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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

poutchery pales before that of Borodino in tho
it 1m oE Eainpaign, for on that field the French
-" $500 Gead and wounded out of I3o 600
eis"Sed, and the Russians $1,000 out of the
out OF 264. 900. ~ vi Nhu'liateo
nov the only battle in the latter half of M.
HiiietTeh'n century which can comDare win
Sadou III sSGaoshter is that of K6niggr;itZ or
sia NJ a, III Iooo which ended the lAusiro- Prus-
Siah War Out of 1000 men engaged "a Sio
IN un, h nu or wounded-fO.OO0 Austrians and
one in three '' "' against
c Ihe mo, most sanguinary battle in the American
Fii war was that of Antietam Creek fourht
n,.CcWWecn Mcclellan and Lee on September II
aroiI Wnen' after repeated repulses. the Fed,
Out or 10000 men engaged, % 100 ,vare Iatt
on me htid-the Federal loss being II 400 and
that Of the Confederates II 0;sC. and ~, anu
member. was before the era of hreecbI"a,dnrs
ht "Tttysourg the combined losses were T., 00O:
I"',1 tne n9i!per or men engaged was nearly
uoupie' ana the proportion. therefore was MOI
FGItI 50 great as at Antietam.
ia axe; aeaLni Leipzig and Waterloo. and CON
zig the French lost 10000 men OUT of loo Oh
" lnp o fne t Afs i3Uo out of 2s,ooo-1o3 oo0
ratlo or Sadowa Then at Waterloo Tho iossns
OF me Allies amounted To 22,976 out of S30Do
ana tilgSe OF the French to upward of 20 ouo
ou' oi ,'"V" IN other words. one man out of
every three that fought that day was either
49, -, M3unot,i Now; at Sedan under the
French lost 10000 out of l5OOO0 before tbnv
STatenueteeLa i2r smaller proportion than at
Wateri@o while the Germans stated their losses
az ,,o22 killed and 300 wounded out OF the
-''O,UoO brought into action
These facts and figures seem TO us 70 rro,o
cohciuSlNely that war is no longer so murderors
as II was. The alteration in tactics and i'm tho
formation of troops attacking has countaractoa
the superior precision and range of modern
hrearnS the shell. though it's moral effect is
greater, is not so destructive as the round sbot
grape and canister OF the old days plavinp mon
troops advancing in line column. The maya
ZINE rlhe, hcalculacly superior in accuracy and
penetrating power to the old Brown Bess IS
not so deadly In its effect; for when II fails to
Kill outright, tho wounds 1t inhicts with its
tiny projecule are not nearly ugly and Grip
ping as those OF the old spherical bullet which
smashed. where the other glances Oh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13
"TON" NiNN ~ PlRTS.
From Engineering.

FROM Engineering.
The expulsion Of Tom Mann from Paris has
been attended 10y some curious incidents He
went as the rcpreSen tatiVe OF the international
DOCK ana Riverside Workers. TO give an address
to the railway workers. He prepared the adj
dress, but was not allowed to deliver il. and ID
" as read in French by the secretary of the union
MI Mann was ordered to leave, and had to give
an assurance that he would not attend any
meeting during the twenty four hours allowed 10
him. Subsequently, the Prefect of the Seine was
taken to task for prohibiting the lecture and q
vote OF censure upon him was carried by AZ TO IL.
ana questions were put To the Minister of the In
terror as TO the expulsion of the lecturer
Then came clever trick the part of one Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

IN" labor leaders: the speech OF Tom" Mann
VAS handed over to OF the Municipal Council
OF iariS and was read. by which means IL be-
,.'tlc public official document published by au-
N'NN'Y ana posted all over Paris I. Is about
ne n'at'S' 'hing ever done by 4 representative
OF itn'r IN conjunction With one who sym
N2thized With 1t il public body. The lecture
Would NIX more than three columns Of Engineer
inS. and was circulated by authority. II the
lecture had been allowed. only few would have
heard IT. and but a small proportion would have
read the report OF it: now il will have, n wide
circulation all over France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13
MODERN LOSSES IN BATTLE.
wAE NO LONGER 50 MURpERoUs 40 1T WAS IN
NAPOLEoN'S TIME.
From Chalnhers's Journal.

From Chanhers'S Journal.
Compare the slaughter in Napoleon's cam
paignS with the worst within living memory
with Gettysburg ana Antictam in the Ameri-
can Civil War; with K0ni SSrjitz. in the Austro-
PruSSian War: with Sedan and Metz in the
trancc-German War At jena, in 1906, the
10000. and the French 10000 out of Il total
OF !@Oop-that is to say, 10000 casualties out
of 10000 engaged, or. roughly speaking.
in five At Eylau. in 1907. the Russians lost
c1.Un men out of 10000: the French 10000 out
Of SI.0D-that is, for both sides, the appalling
proportion of one in three, At Wagram. in
1909. the Austrian loss was $1,000 out of 100000:
the French 1000 out of the same number. At
Aspern. where Napoleon suffered his first de-
feat on May II and -, 1900. the carnage
still greater for the French lost 81, 900 out
OF tO.OOO-Cne- half their cumberland the Aus
TRANS 10000 out of 10000. But even this awful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13
GEOGRAPHY OF THE ALLEY

Nearly all the blocks Of this part Of New-Yorl
are honeycombed with curious old-fasbiopod
alleys IN which are set rear tenements and STA
pies Out tIe Arch' Is the quaintest Of them all
IL gets its Eame from substantial stone arch in
the row OF rear tenements belonging to the Sulli
van-st houses The Alley" itself is the shane
or cross Its main pathway runs from Sulli-
van to Thompson ST.. under four rows Of houses
Directly at right angles to IT, in the very centre
OF the block. is a lane some one hundred
and hfty feet long. On this face most Of
the rear tenemcnts. Tho alley itself is
Hi-paved and so rough that anything like
a complete cleaning has long ago been i'm,
possible. 1t was this. in fact. that brought about
the decision to wipe out the alley for the Health
Board recently issued orders to the owners of the
property to asphalt the Arch" from street to
street. and these owners unwilling to go to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13
A PERFECT ITALIAN PARE

The park which consists of a large tact NJ
roiihg meadow and woodland. exhibits in per
lection the unsurpassed beauty Of Italian land
scape art. 1t has little of the formal gardenine
OF the smaller Villa Medict nothing OF The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02

snowflake stake.
President: Jesse n Smith, Snowflake.
Counselors; l. II Hatch, Woodruff; j ii
Richards, 81 Joseph.
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A Kansas correspondent of Orange
Judd Farmer writes: Last season sue
cessfully stored 1000 bushels of beets
out of doors. With n stirring pillow four
deep burrows Of the required length
were made in well drained place. The
loose dirt was then shoveled out, leav-
ing shallow trench. The beets were
pulled and hauled to the trench in n
wagon, where they We're topped by
hand and piled in, bringing to well
rounded top They We're then covered
with dry hay or straw and "a few inches
of dirt thrown on. To prevent heating
wisp of hay was twisted and left
sticking up through the top of the COW
ering, thus giving free ventilation until
colder weather.
As the season advanced more dirt was
added until by the time winter had set
tied down enough had been put on to
prevent freezing. Some favor burying
without the straw covering. / tried
both ways and found each method was
equally effective, but the trench with
the straw covering was much the east
err and convenient to handle when
opened. Should farmer have n frost
proof cave where he could put few
bushels at time the trench need be
opened only on the sunny, warm days,
and the disagreeable task of taking out
the roots in cold or stormy weather
would DO done away with.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02

corn growing sections and manufactur-
ers are perfecting them year by year.
While silos will hardly ever come into
general use all farmers who raise corn
will want some means Of utilizing the
valuable fodder, the common habit of
wasting which is one of the greatest
leaks in American agriculture.
The butts of the corn plant contains
more nutrimcnt than the soft top and
leaves, but, as The Farm Journal OK
plains, when chopped off, however short
the cut may be, there is left sharp
edge that hurts the mouths of cattle
and causes them to become sore. In
shredded fodder there are no sharp
edges, but the entire outer surface is
broken and crushed so that it becomes
e like coarse hay and can be eaten with
out difficulty by any stock on the farm.
This corn hay can be handled with a
pitchfork like hay, can be baled like
hay and sold at good price in city
markets Whatever waste there is in
feeding this material goes into the ma
nure heap in the best possible shape; in
fact, the waste makes the very best
stable DedulnR, Wnlcn certainly cannot
be said of the whole stalks.
There arc machines that shred the
fodder and husk the corn at the same
time When the corn and fodder are
both dry, this does excellent work. In
rainy seasons and when corn ripens late
it is difficult to preserve the fodder and
the grain too.
While this plan requires more hand
work, the shredding can be left until
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02

Lewis Oleson, Minnesota, writing in
The Orange Judd Farmer, says:
Spots where crops will not grow be-
cause of alkaline material in the soil
can be restored by applying large guam
titles of barnyard manure and blowing
st under to depth of four OF six inch
es The quantity will depend upon the
amount of alkalinity, but 80 to 40 large
wagon loads per acre usually suffice.
Apply at any time. Eight years ago
put 40 loads per acre on aspot of ground
where it was impossible to grow any
thing, even grass. Much. to my sur
prise, have raised seven bountiful
crops of grain since then, all, with one
exception, being wheat The crop was
remarkably free from rust and other
diseases. 1t is probably best to seed
such land to oats after putting on the
manure
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1t is claimed that Manitoba's wheat
crop is the largest in the history Of the
northwest
If the celery blights, spray with So
luton of sulphate of copper, one ounce
to eight gallons of water. Mr.. T. Grein-
or says this is safe and effective.
Professor Smith of the New Jersey
station says pound of paris green to
70 gallons of WAFER is safe and will
surely kill the cabbage worms if sprayed
On at the right time.
There is a shortage in the commercial
onion crop.
1.-THE largest class of new students in
our history" is the tenor of reports COM
ing from many Of the agricultural col
leges
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missions OF the Church where mission.
airy WORK IL being conducted:
EUROPEAN MISSION.
Rulon S. Wells, President, AZ Isling-
ion, Liverpool, England.
The European mission Is suhdvided
into missions, the names and addresses
of presidents thereof, all of whom are I'M
der the immediate jurisdiction of the
president of the European mission, being
as follows;
The Netherlands Mission Frederick
Pieper, Isaak Hubert STRAIT l2O Rotter-
dam, Holland.
Swiss and German Missiop-Peter Lou
tensock, 20 Archivestrasse, KirchrufeId,
Bern, Switzerland.
Scandinavian Mission--C. n. Lund, st.
Pauls Gade II, Copenhagen, Denmark.
HAWAIIAN MISSION.
Samuel T.. woolley, p. o. Box 40.
Honolulu. Sandwich Islands.
AusrRALAsIAN MISSION.
Ezra +. Richards, care j. II. Dalton,
2. o. Box 236, Auckland, New Zealand.
SAMOAN MISSION.
e. j.. Wood, p. o. Box IL, Apia,
Upolu, Samoa.
SOCIETY ISLANDS MISSION.
Daniel t. Miller, Papeete, Tahiti, So
cieGy Islands.
NORTHERN STATES MISSION.
Louis a. Kelsch, l43 lie Moyne St..
Chicago.
SOUTHERN STATES MISSION.
e. S. Kimball. p. o. Box 1903, Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee.
EASTERN STATES MISSION.
A, p. Kesler, so Concord street,
Brooklyn, New York.
CALIFORNIA MISSION.
Ephraim Nye, $50 Castro Street,
San Francisco, California.
INDIAN TERRITORY MIssIoE.
William 4. Jack, ST. Johns, Kansas.
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Emery County, Utah.
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President: Il ID Woollev, Kanab.
Couuselors: Thomas Chamberlain. Order
VILE: Daniel Seegmiller, Ranch p o,
Kane County, Utah.
Kane County, Utah.
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beaver stake.

President: Chas d White.
Counselors: NJ l. shepherd, J f Tolton.
Reauer COUNTY, Utah.
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Squeeze the seeds into clean water,
wash them free from pulp, although it
may require several washings, and put
them in groccrs' butter trays to dry
Farm Journal explains that the wood
absorbs the moisture and they dry
quickly. They can then be put away, as
other seeds are. in paper.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02
A NEW snnEDDINa DEVICE.

NEw slREDDlNG DEVICE.
the fodder has thoroughly dried out,
and when this is the case the hay keeps
better when baled or stored in barns
The journal quoted illustrated bale
of fodder ready for sale, also one of the
new shredding devices, which cuts are
here reproduced
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SHREDDED FODDER.
Stopping a Big Leak by Utilizing the En-
tire Corn Plant.

tffo OOrn FINnf.
A succession of dry seasons, causing
q shortage of grass, has forced us to
learn the value Of the corn plant for
feeding purposes. The use of the silo
has been spreading westward after be-
ing adopted by advanced farmers of the
east. Later on machines were invented
for shredding both dry and green stalks.
These are being adopted all over tho
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p. Il. means Presiding Elder

Hhcrea Yard has no post Office Of Us olrn, G.
nedresi post Office 10 II, and the one at iohich the
esfdenfs obtain their mail, Is giren in pdrentesis.
d. When any ehln9es occur in the .Joreoo-
ing list, the Stake TithnJ clerk trW confer
Jdror by reporting the same to the Prcsi Ha1
Bishops Office. Boz ssO the list may be corrected
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President; Orson Smith, Logan.
Counselors: Simpson NJ Molen, Hyrum;
Isaac Smith, Logan.
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., 1891.
AUTHORITIES

Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
AS Sustained the Sixty-Seventh Semi Annual
Conference.
OCTOBER q, 1906.
WOODRUFF Prophet President OF the
Church OF Christ Of Latter day Saints all the world
GEORGE O. CANNON. First Counselor Presidency
JOSEPH F. SMITH, Second Counselor Presidency
LORENZO SNOW, President Twelve Apostles.
MEMBERS COUNCIL TWELVE APOSTLES
LORENZO SNOW, oHN HENRY SMITH, w. MERRILL
FRANKLIN ID RICHARDS. GEORGE TrAsDALE ANTON II LvND
].
FRANCIS NJ. LYMAN, w. TAYLOR
The Presidency Twelve Apostles Prophets
JorN SMITH o
b. YOUNG REYNOLDS, RuLoN S WILLS,
c FJrLpsrrp. JONATHAN C. KrApAl,
b. H Roberts,
B. Passion, Presiding Bishop
ROBERT T. BURTON First Counselor the Presiding Bihophc
r. WINpER, Presiding Bshopic
john JAouRs and CHARLES W. PENKosE, Assistants.
oil
WLFoRp WOODRUFF, C. MAEsRR H.
SNOW, WILLARD YOUNG, JAMES SHARP,
GEORGE g CANNON, JOSEPH f. SMITH, JoHN NICHOLSON
WOODRUFF Religious
Church of Jesus Christ Of Iaterday
JoHN NICHOLSON Clerk o the General
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Emery stake.
President: G G larsen, CastleDale.
Counselors: Orange Soeley, Castle Dale,
VIM Howard, Huntington.
Eanaaai Eaa...t.. LII
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Weber Stake.

President Il w Shurtlif, Ogden.
Coupselors: G + Middleton, n G Fly
uare Ogden,
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Cassia County,, Idaho
Davis stake.

President: John w Hess, Pennington,
Connselors; Joseph ii Grant, BounIiful;
Jos. Smith Clark, Pennington.
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President: George Osmond, Alton.
Councillors; WIN w Burton, Arson V
Call, Alton.
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MISSION ADDRESSES.

Following are the names and ad-
dresses OF presidents OF several OF the
missions OF the Church where mission.
airy work il being conductec.
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OCTOBER q, 1890.

MILFORD WOODRUFF Reaor and President oil the
Church Jesus Christ OF Latter day Saints in all the world
GEORGE Q. CANNON First Counselor Presidency
JOSEPH f. SMITH, Counselor the First Presidency
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Willard stake.

Presidents: Ira n Hinckloy, Fillmore.
Counselors: Daniel Thompson, Scipio;
David r Stevens, Holden.
MilLnrn C0lLutn Iknh
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President: Richard Fry, Morgan.
Counselors: Samuel Francis and w II
Rich, Morgan.
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President: Collins Il Hakes, Mesa.
Counselors: Henry q Rogers, Lehi;
James + johnson, Mesa.
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N A M r s
PRESIDENCY AND BISHOPS
OF TUE
Organized Stakes Of Zion.
N A M II s


Presidents: Charles o Card. Cardston'
Northwestern Territory, Canada.
Counselors. John A Woolf, sterling WI
iiams, Cards,on, n Northwest Territory
Canada.
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Hammock stake.
President: Il Kicks, Rexburg, FIRE.
mont county, Idaho.
Counselors: VIM + Rigby, briggs, FIRE.
mont county, Idaho; Thos Bassett,
Rexburg, Fremont county. Idaho
Fremont Countu, Idaho.
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CRssia Stake.

Cassia Stake.
President: II d Haigbt, Oakley.
Counselors: Moroni Pickett, Marion.
VIM + Brim, Albion.
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President: Oliver c Hoskins. Portage.
Counselors: John NJ McCrary, VIM III
Gibbs, p o, West Portage.
Boz Elder County, Utah.
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President: James T. Steele, Iona.
Counselors: Robert l. Bvbee, Leorne o,
Joseph S Mnlliner, Iona
Fremont Comfy,
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Nan Luis stake.

President: Albert X Smith, Manassa.
Counsolors: Levi p Helm, Manassa,
Thos \ Crowther, Sanford.
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7ooete County Utah.


WARDS. DIsUops
tlONers''''. ........t ID st GeOr
Deep Creek ...........John A Erickson T. Il
u Il CITY .......... w + Moss
Grantsville...... ............James l. Wrnthall
Lakeview CTooele). ...............J G Shields
- John,. .....,....................D III Caldwell
Iooele ...,........,...,..."Thos Akin
vernon ...s..... u Sham
Mercur Branch........Jo Joseph r Bost, p ID
Uintah stake.
President: s r Bennion, vernal.
Counselors: X S Collect, James Hacking.
Nornnl.
URtah County. Utah.
WARDS BISHOPS.
Deep Creek (Vernal) .............,.........
Glines (Nernal) Peter Abplanain
Jensen (Jensen) ..-.....,,- George BILLINGS
Merrills (Nnples) ..............James ShaiIer
Mill (Nernal) ........."..S erling V. Colton
Mountain Dell (Vernal) @ Perry Bingham
Nernal (Vernal) .........-.George Freest6ne
Utah Stake
President: Edward Partridge.
Counselors: David John and Rae1
Smoot, Provo.
Utah County, Utah.
WARDS BISHOPS.
lplnc'.,...,.,.,,....... Albert Marsh
American Fork."....-..W VIM. ID. Robinson
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President: Geo C Parkinson, PTeTon.
Counselors: Solomon II Hale, Matthias
Il Cowley, Preston.
p,,ei3,, No,,ntu Tinbo
The Press., 1897-01-07
Ltttle Courtesr Among Travelers.

'.I am sorry to have to say it, 1" re- marked sleeping car conductor, tbut somehow-and have no explanation for it-men travelling are not as cour- teous and accommodating to lady trav- alers as they should be. The men who ask for all kinds of accommodations, when they have their wives, sisters or female relatives travelling with them and they never fail then to claim every thing in sight-are ill many cases the men who decline to give similar favors to other lady passengers. As matter of fact the upper berths ill a sleeping car are the best, the best ventilated, and l think experience has shown the safest in cases of wreck. Still, the de- mand is nearly always for the lower berths, because it is easier to get into them. This is particularly so with lady travellers. In my last half dozen trips from and back to this city have had more than the usual percentage of lady passengers, and l have not succeeded in one case in getting any of tne men trav elers to surrender lower berth for an upper berth. The me1f, being more ex. perienced, secured the lower berths and refused to give them up. Washing ton Star
The Press., 1897-01-07
A SHOWER IN THE VILLAGE.
This Word Picture Somehow Awakens
 Pleasant Memories.
Exchange.


 Pleasant Memories. Over the whole village that stiffness reigns which only a Sunday ill summer can produce. It is nearing the noon hour, and there IS 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- side, and the rolling music of the organ faintly waited from within reaches the deserted streets outside. Rows of houses with closed blinds and unoccupied door steps meet the eye on every side, and down narrow lane near at hand a freshly painted barn gleams hotly in the fierce sunshine. Three or four pigeons have futtered to the roof and are sun ming themselves and softly cooing.
 Near the door of the church a horse and buggy stand, and now and again the animal, bothered by f.es. stamps and splashes ill the shallow puddle un- der him.
 A dog trots lazily up the street and stops on his way to chase and bark at a few belated sparrows. One of the pigeons stalks with dignity acrGss the roof, and another hutters into the air with a whirring sound and disappears.
 The sound of the organ has died quite away and only he distant ciucklng of a disturbed hen breaks the qulet The sun- light seems to have taken on darker shade.
 A sharp gust of wind sweeps up and down the street and ruGhes 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, and the newly painted barn, that moment ago looked scorched and bllstered, seems to have taken oil a cooler unge. The breeze has died quite away, and there is a moment of supreme stiffness.
 Then dull, sullen sound that seems like the roar of distant train steals upon the air. It comes again, and there is no mistaking it-.it is thunder A Hurried hen luns across the lane and disappears behind board just as three large drops mark the dust covered side walk. Drops are falling everywhere, and as they increase ill number they de- crease in size. There is a gentle batter on the sidewalk, on the house top. through the trees, which becomes more and more hurried until II generates into a steady rush of failing ram. The lanu- scape is almost shut out from sight.
 Slowly and by hardly perce r,IDIe ue- grees the steady rush becomes d batter, and the sun, with sudden brIinance changes each drop to a sustenlng a.a- mond.
 The rain ceases, and the sparkling trees gently shake tnemselves ill the sunlight.
 The shower is over.-Walter M Egg ginton in New Bohemian.