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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
MIRRORS OF AIR.
What IL IL That Causes the Marvels Of
the Mirage.

The cause of the mirage is now well
understood-so well understood that
there are ways Of making small mirages
for experiment.
The simplest explanation that / can
give is to say thar the rays of light COM
ing from the thing that is seen are bent
in going through layers Of air differently
heated. When these rays are so bent as
to be almost level with layer of air,
they do not enter il at all, but ESQ to
speak, glance of and are reflected as IL
from mirror. Then the air reflects just
rs glass mirror or a body OF water
would, if it lay between the eye and the
trees or ship
This explanation will give you q gen.
eral idea Of the cause Of the mirage. In
the case of the desert the rejecting air
mirror is believed by the observer to be
water, and the imape changes its place
would move "a you advanced on u glass
mirror In the case of the ship the air
mirror seems to be above you and re-
fleets the ship, which is really out OF
sight over the horizon. But / do not
pretend to explain all about tine differ
snt images that may possibly be formed
under different conditions Of the atmos-
phere; that is "A schoolroom task, and a
hard one.
The fata inorganic is form or modi-
fcation of mirage often seen in the
straits that separate the toe of the
"boot" of Italy and the island of Sicily.
just opposite. When the sun is just at
the right position and sea and air are
also ready to help, strange views Of OBJ
jects upon the opposite coast are seen
from neutrality-suspicious. magnified
and set against background Of colored
mists. Fata inorganic means the fairy
of the sea
1t is said that sometimes, during q
hot and still summer day, by placing
the eye close to the surface Of dry
road, mirage can be- seen. but / have
never tried it.
Before these and other strange sights
were understood and explained we need
not wonder that sailors and travellers
held many strange beliefs in regard to
them Tudor jerks in st. Nicholas.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
SHERlOAN'S BEST SPEECH.
A Newspaper Man Tells the Circumstances
of When 1t Was Made.

OF w men IL Whs
"The last time General Phil Sheridan
was in Milwaukee,, said Bob Howard,
the newspaper man, Twas when the
Army of the Cumberland held it's an
nual reunion here in 1882. A banquet
was given the association at the Ma
tional home. General Sheridan presided.
In his opening speech he was puzzled for
words, but after fashion he managed
to stammer out something that but few
heard and less understood. | was report
ing the event for The Sentinel and had
taken down everything Sheridan said
just as he spoke it, When he got through,
he came around to see me and said,
Look here, Mr.. Reporter, do you want
to please me?''
Deed, / do, general.
Then please don't print any Of that
id slush of mine. Just make up a
nice little speech for me. +"
Howard made up dainty little speech
for the commander Of the American
army, which greatly pleased him.
A few years later, when he was on
duty at Washington, Towards duties
frequently took him to headquarters,
and he always met a hearty welcome
The first time he called Sheridan said
"Oh, yes, remember you! You are the
man who made that nice speech for me
in Milwaukee, -
On several occasions he introduced
Howard to his friends as the author of
the best speech he ever made. chicago
Times Herald
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
ST. PAUl'S ROCKS.
A Submarine Mountain In the Middle of
the Atlantic Ocean.

the Atlantic Ocean.
Almost at the very center OF the At
lantic ocean-only a trifie north of the
equator and about half way between
South America and Africa-is sub
marine mountain so high that, in spite
of the immense depth of the sea, it
thrusts its peak 20 feet above the waves.
This peak, startling from its position
forms "A labyrinth of islets, the whole
not over half mile in circumference,
known as st. Paul's rocks. So steep is
the mountain, of which this lonely rest
ing place of sea birds is the summit that
one mile from these rocks "a 500 fathom
line with which soundiBgs were at
tempted by Ross on his voyage TO the
Antarctic failed to touch bottom.
Were the bed of the sea TO be suddenly
elevated to a level with the dry land.
ST. Paul's rocks would be the cloud
capped peak of mountain rising in
sheer ascent in the midst of broad
plain They are supposed TO have been
formed by the same disturbance CT ma
ture which separated the Cape Verde is
lands from Africa.
Treacherous currents make navigation
in the vicinity of these rocks dangerous
A Brazilian naval officer, who passed
them on an English steamer, tells me
that the evening before they expected to
sight them he was told by the captain
that at 5 o'clock in the morning they
would appear about five miles west. AT
that hour the officer went on deck and
looked to the Notwithstanding but an
expanse of heaving sea. He CHANGED to
turn, and there, five miles to the east
ward were-the rocks. The currents
had, in less than 2 hours, carried a
full powered steamer ten miles out of
her course. Gustav Kobbe in st. Mich.
olas
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
ICE CAVES.
N California With Their Product ~ Clear
as Crystal.

In Modos county, Cal. is an immense
field of lava covered with a beautiful
forest Of conifers, which is inhabited by
deer, bear. panther, lynx, coyote, porcu-
pine and numerous fur bearing animals
whose pelts are Of value to the trapper.
II was in these lava beds that the Modoc
Indians made their stand against the
government troops some years ago and
were with very great difficulty destroy
ed. Ii il here that the ice caves are
found, and from them the Modocs drew
their water supply while besieged by
the troops
One never having been over lava
field can form but little idea of the
chaotic manner in which the ingenious
workmen have left the products Of their
labor The only order observed is disor-
der of the most exaggerated kind,
wherein every mass of rock has been
twisted or raised or depressed or arched
over some cavern in "a different way from
that of its neighbors. The caves scatter
ed throughout these lava beds are OF
very varying shapes and dimensions.
Some are mere covert ways, with all
arch of stone thrown over them. Others
are Immense chambers some yards from
the surface, another kind is sunk quite
deeply and may be in "a series of cham
bers united " u CorridCr that opens at
the surface, while another kind seems
to go directly to the center of the earth
without stopping
1t is here that the stores of ice are
found. which is formed from water that
filters in annually from the melting
SHOWS above. Every winter the lava
beds are covered with fall Of snow
which varies from two to ten feet in
depth. The temperature over this region
in the coolest weather is often 90 or
more degrees below zero, so that any
water that might be in the caves is
frozen solid, unless the caves mouths
should be entirely covered with snow,
which is not often the case. Now, when
spring comes and the snow melts the
water percoates through into the cold
storage chambers beneath and is there
CONCEALED by the prevailing cold. Ii is
in this W ay that the ice has been made
and stored for years. And were these
caves accessible To market they would
furnish the purest of ice to many cities
for years TO come. Popular Science
News
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
Manning and the Jesuits.

Edmund s. Purcell, who wrote the
biography of Cardinal Manning that
was so widely discussed and in some
quarters condemned, wrote paper for
The Nineteenth Century entitled ION
the Ethics of Suppression In Biogra-
ply" in which he makes an interesting
statement concerning Mannings rela-
tions to the Jesuts:
Cardinal Manning could not endure
lit was not in his nature-to be looked
upon by the Jesuits as AN "enemy of
vital godliness. They fell under his
ban. Metaphorically he "cursed them
with bell, book and candle" In a
laughing fashion their retort came
quick:
Cardinals may come. cardinals may 20,
But we go on forever.
Cardinal Manning, as is known of all
men, regarded the suppression of the
Society of Jesus in 1873 as the work of
Gods hand. He likewise looked upon
its restoration in 1897 as Gods work
But his abiding hostility to the Jesuits,
based, as he declared. ON their corporate
action in England and Rome, was testi-
fed by the prediction which he uttered
on various occasions, II foresee another
1873"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
Hereditary Suicide.

An extraordinary instance Of heredi-
tary tendency to suicide was told by
Professor Brouardel in Paris lately. A
farmer near Etampes hanged himself
without apparent cause, leaving fam
lily of seven son and four daughters.
Ten of the II subsequently, followed the
fathers example, but not until they had
married and begotten children, all OF
whom likewise hanged themselves. The
only survivor is son, who is now SO
years of age and has passed safely be-
yond the family hanging age.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
The Episode Closed.

He is young lawyer, and she lived
in the west end. They were to have been
married in month. The other day they
fell to quarreling over the telephone.
She was petulant. He was angry. Final
ly she called him b-b-brute and said
that he could consider the engagement
of.
"All right" said he, and then he
"rang off," a. they say in telephone
parlance.
And sbe-well, she returned the ring.
Albany Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

He (telling hairbreadth adventure)
And in the bright moonlight we could
see the dark muzzles Of the wolves.
She (breathlessly oh, how glad you
must have been that they had the muz
zles onl-Pearson' Weekly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
Cardinals may come, cardinals may go.
But we 90 on forever.
His Chance.

Timmins--I have notion to write
one of these Scotch dialect stories.
Simmons-But you don't know any
thing about Scotch dialect.
Timmins-I know as much about il
as the people who buy the stories In
dianapolis Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

In many parts Of Central and South
America sensitive plants are so numer-
Gus that the course of man or animal
through the underground may for an
hour be traced by the wilted appearance
Of the foliage
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

Some people talk much about what a
happy place Heaven is and do nothing
To make their homes resemble it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

Success attends those who make the
best of what is near at hand. without
waiting for remote contingencies.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

The Visigoths in Spain. from Alaric,
in $50 A. D., to Roderic. in ZOE. had
81 kings
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

No man has any mercy on his own
besetting sin when he sees IL In another.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

From Washington to Timbuktu, by
land and sea. the distance is 3. 39b miles
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

Cheapest combination on earth N.
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

There are 1927 knots of ocean dis
lance between Cherbourg and Fire is
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04
Grand Rapids Il Indiana IL. X

The G. r. & l. Red Book" containing maps,
views and descriptions OF Michigan summer Re
sorts, sent on application 10
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Grand Rapids. Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-04

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth
write JOHN WEDDEKBURN CO, Patent Attor.
news Washington ID. c. for their e1.s0O prize offer
and list OF two hundred inventions wanted.
The herald., 1897-08-30

Union team of Riverside, coasting
matches to finish up the great twenty
five mile team race for the Division chal-
lenge cup now held by Santa Ana. For
this latter event the best teams in
Southern California will compete. Ex
cursion rates will be given by all the rail-
roads.
The meet to be given under the aus
pices of the East Side Cycling club on
September 9th will really be the cycling
event of the year so far as Southern
California is concerned. From the num-
ber and quality of the racing men en-
tered some sensational sport should be
furnished. Perhaps the most interest
ing event on the program will be the
three-cornered match between Charles
Stimson Fritz Lacy and Arthur Bell.
Lacy in this event will make his bow
from the professional side Of the fence,
and in StimSon and Bell 1t Is generally
conceded that he will find men fully
worthy of meeting him. Should Ziegler
and Farmer" Vaughn meet on the same
day the program would be complete in
every detail 1t might be well for the
managers of the race meet to remember
the crowds on the track at the former
Sunday meets and make provision to
keep the people off the racing path. No
one Is allowed to obstruct the track in
horse racing, and should not be permit
ted to do so in cycle racing.
The herald., 1897-08-30
THE KENNEL

The recent controversy that has been
raging among dog men in San Francis
CO anent the qualifications of James
Mortimer for the position of judge at
bench shows is well-nigh over. Field
Sports took the position that Mortimer
was incompetent, while Breeder and
Sportsman sided with him and allowed
him the free use Of its columns to hurl
charges against Mr.. ]. E. Payne, editor
Of Field Sports. From the action taken
by A. c. Vredenburg, the representative
Of the American Kennel club, Mr. Payne
seems to have been entirely justified in
his structures upon Mr. Mortimer's fit
ness for the responsible position Of
judge. AS far as Mr.. Mortimer's press
censorship is concerned, the American
Kennel club always has kept, and let
us hope always will, aioof from any at
tempt at muzzling the papers. AS the
The herald., 1897-08-30

ing up period and was ready to get down
to work he was practically beaten man
Tom Sharkey and Peter Maher will not
meet in the ring in San Francisco, or If
they do it will not be under the auspices
of the Knickerbocker Athletic club. Zeke
Abrahams the club matchmaker, says
that the fight is off, as the men have al
tered the articles Of agreement sent to
them to sign, and the club will make no
concessions.
The unsatisfactory articles Of agree
ment for the bout between Maher and
Sharkey specify that the referee shall
be chosen twentyfour hours before the
fight. This Connolly will not agree to.
He wants an eastern man, or at least one
who lives east of the Rocky mountains,
to referee the bout, and he is likely to
have his way. Both men want later
date for the contest than October 18th
The referee must be a man with sand to
enforce the rules and perfect knowl-
edge of them. People who know Sharkey
say that he does not purposely infract
the rules. He has been used to rough
and tumble fighting, and when he gets
a hard crack the desire for revenge is
instantly so strong within him that he
forgets all about rules and regulations
and goes in for hunk regardless. Moth
ing will bring him to a realizing sense of
the folly of this sort thing quicker than
firm, law-abiding referee. But it is
hard to name such a man off-hand. Al
Smith is that kind Of a fellow, but it is
not probable he would referee any fight
again.
Billy Brady announces that he has
signed Dan Creedon and Kid Mccoy as
the bright particular stars of the fistic
tournament he intends giving in Nevada
next fall. He says he will hang up a
$4,000 purse for them to battle for That's
a very tidy sum of money and the fortu-
naet winner of the prize-if at all provi-
dent-will not have to worry about
where he will get his Christmas dinner.
Apropos Of this match it might be we'll to
remember that Mccoy was measured,
according to the Bertillon system in Gin
cinnati, recently, and he sized up very
close to Corbett and Fitzsimmons. The
famous Captain Barclay thought that a
16S-pound man was "big enough to fight
anything that walks on two legs" Nc
Coy has not yet reached the 12stone
weight, but he should next year. He
talks Of challenging Bob Fitzsimmons
then for the heavyweight championship
If he can get a crack at him at 15S pounds
(Which he will not.) There are two men
he should tackle first. They are Joe
Choynski and Peter Maher. If he downs
them he won't have any trouble getting z
chance at Fitz or even Jim Corbett His
best friends advice to Mccoy is Don't
sweat your cattle" All things come to
him who waits
The herald., 1897-08-30
SPORTING NOTES

The fleet of the New York Yacht club
disbanded at Bar Harbor Me-, Wednes-
day, August 18th. The races for the
Owl and Gamecock colors, which were
to have been sailed Wednesday, August
18th, were indefinitely postponed, owing
to the inclement weather.
A Newfoundland dog recently rescued
man from drowning in the Pajaro river
at Sargents The man was drunk and
fell from the bank into the stream. The
dog plunged in after him, mouthed his
clothing and swan to shallow water
from where he was dragged by friends.
The Fresno county agricultural fair
meeting will take place October 5th to
9Th inclusive, instead of from October
18th to 18th, as originally intended Sec
retary Rockman has made arrange
ments with the Southern Pacific Rail
road company so that horsemen intend
ing to go to Los Angeles can stop off at
Fresno and have their horses take part
in that meeting, ample time being al
lowed for making the trip to the City of
Angels and having rest-up. Read the
advertisement in this issue and send in
your entries at once.
Mr.. Richard Croker. now racing his
thoroughbreds in England, has decided
to sell his trotters. The sale will take
place at his stock farm near Richfield
Springs, August 23d inst. Belle Medium
by Happy Medium, Mamie Fisher by
Alcantara, and other fine mares with
colts will be among the lot to be sold.
State Game Warden Loveday of Illi-
nois has interviewed all the express COM
panies passing through that state on the
subject of carrying game killed out of
season. The heads Of departments have
unanimously agreed to throw no OBJ
stacles in the way of the deputies sta
toned at the various depots seeking in
formation that would lead to the arrest,
conviction and seizure of illicitly killed
game. The deputies will also be al
lowed to open all suspicious packages,
barrels or boxes.-Game and Shooting.
A, release in baseball-a case of bounce
and f1re-really counts for very little, to
Judge from the league rolls of today.
Among the players now in active service
who have been turned down outright
The herald., 1897-08-30
THE WHEEL

September 9th the Riverside wheelmen
will give their sixth annual race meet
which promises to surpass all former
tournaments. The program will consist
of the thirteen mile road race in the
morning over the famous Magnolia av-
enue course. For this race are adver-
tised many good men, among them
Long Bill'' Furman, who captured sec
ond place in the last Santa Monica road
race. He will meet Carson Shoemaker
again at Riverside, and it Is generally
conceded that he will beat out his lanky
rival from the orange district. The af-
ternoon sports will take place at Athletic
park, commencing at 2 o'clock sharp, and
will consist of a one mile novice, one mile
open, one mile 2:S0 class, one-third mile.
dash two mile handicap amateur, two
mile handicap, colored riders, five mile
team race between teams from Elsinore,
PerriS and San Jacinto, five mile team
race between the Postal and District
teams Of Los Angeles and the Western
The herald., 1897-08-30


his high forehead, and with very nau-
tical Dress Colonel Astor was accom-
panied by Percy Kirkland. his broker,
and the two were on their way to the
custom house. where the millionaire
registered his electric yacht Utopia and
took out papers as her owner and mas
ter.
Astor who looks more like Nahuati
Indian than civilized bowling swell in
New York society, has peculiar habit.
Watch him an hour and four or five
times you will see him thrust his right
hand deep in his trousers pocket, haul
out a lot of loose change, spread the
coins out in his long, narrow palm, count
them over and over and return them to
his pocket. The operation will be re-
peated at intervals of about twelve or
fifteen minutes.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-08-30
Mr.. Partridge's Gift to the Parish

A handsome present has been made to
the parish of Bletchingley, Surrey,
which until 1882 was a parliamentary
borough. close neighbor to notorious
Cation, and returning two members, one
Of the last of whom was Lord Palmers-
ton. A leading resident, Mr.. H. Part
ridge of Castle Hill, has just erected, in
memory of his daughter, a beautiful
convalescent home to accommodate
eighteen patients. 1t is meant primar-
lily for those who have suffered from
acute rheumatism, but other cases from
the village and the immediate neigh
borhood will be admitted. There is to
be no charge whatever to the patients,
Mr.. Partridge himself undertaking the
entire cost of maintenance; nor is there
to be any restrictions as to the creed of
those admitted. The building was for
mally opened and dedicated by the
bishop of Southwark, who described 1t
as in every way a perfect home.-London
Telegraph.
The herald., 1897-08-30

case stands at present, Mr. Payne seems
to have decidedly the best of the argu-
ment. Had Mr.. Mortimer been wise
man he could have found out from a
large number Of people that Editor
Payne Is not a good man to browbeat in
any way, shape or manner. He has
made his charges, and apparently
proved them; consequently, Mr.. Payne
cannot be said to be on any other than
the right side.
In a recent issue of the American
Field, Mr.. G. Muss-Arnolt writes en-
tertainingly Of the constant wall of the
pointer man that pointers never re-
ceive fair treatment at the hands Of
field judges when they are in open COM
petition with settlers. Mr.. Arnolt says:
"This discussion seems to have stirred
up hornets nest, with really more fuss
than it is worth. I am, and always have
been, an owner and breeder of pointers,
and while my pocketbook did not permit
me to enter the royal sport Of gentlemen,
I have attended field trials and-kept
my eyes peeled, too. have never no.
ticed any prejudice or favoritism. If
the dog was good enough it got there,
short or long coat, whether of King of
Kent breeding or Graphic blood. or any
other blood, and any man writing about
these matters in the style appearing in
your last issues should attend, first, a
few trials, and go there without the
ideas set in their heads previously that
they know it all, and that no judge, or
set Of judges, could give them any
points,"