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view. The years slipped from my
shoulders and [ was once more a child in
an Eastern meadow, wandering amid the
white weed" and clover, and stopping,
thrilled with delight, to touch and gloat
over a single shooting star growing at my
feet. 1t was always an event in the sum-
mer, the finding of this flower. Other
events grouped themselves about it.
After that 1 RENE m bered things as hap
pening the day or the week before or
after found the shooting star" Moth
ing else ever happened on that day. There
was nothing left 20 happen. The event
was supreme. So deeply impressed upon
nv memory is the rarity OF this plant in
our western New York meadows that
California's beautiful abundance Of bios
SONS has not yet accustomed me to re-
gard it as common.
Icherish the lovely, eerie flowers when
/ find them as though | knew l should
not see another throughout the season.
wild cyclamen," it is called hereab bouts
but it is really the meadow cowslip, the
dodecatheron of the Greeks. Twelve
gods" the name means. Those old Greeks
and Romans were full of poetry and the
hard-sounding Attic and Latin nomen-
clature of our botanists is often more beau
tifully expressive than our English names
for the plants. This little chickweed here
at my feet, for instance, is called, in Latin,
trientalis, because it usually grows the
third part of foot in height. The reason
seems little far-fetched, but why should
we call the little plant chickwee and why
should the common name of the beautiful
/ cyclamen itself be anything so hideous as
''sow- bread?
Now that the honev-making flowers are
really in bloss ON the busy bees are busy
indeed. l opened hive the other day
and peeping in saw that the waxen com bs
are rapidly filling. incidentally l per-
formed for the hive service that always
gives me an indefinable sense OF sympa-
tnetic regres. From the floor, underneath
the combs, / scraped nearly half pint of
dead bees. The hive seemed in no way
depleted. The workers came and went
busily in the sunshine, and all seemed
well with the colony, but there were the
bees that had died of old age. Some
were not yet dead, but struggled feebly
from the mass as they were brushed out
into the light and warmth. The first bees
hive last June in the heyday of youth,
when warm weather started the honey
flowing and stirred the swarming instinct
in their blood. They were pioneers form
ing new colony. All summer long they
toiled. building the combs now ready TO
be filled and rearing a young brood to
take their places. Through the bright
winter days they went far afield for sup
plies. During the heavy rains they busted
themselves inside, constructing the Won
derful cells that fortnight hence will
hold the golden sweetness of the flowers.
Then, their labor done, before they had
seen its full fruition, in the bright pleas
ant spring days they lay down and died.
The young bees of the colony, like the
young people of the human race. will
reap the benefit of their labors. Those
who laid the foundations for the after
work will never see the rich honey stored
in the CO mbs. They sowed, but others
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So they tried several times to arrange a
match between the two brItes, but wnen
it came TO the scratch Jose proved bash
full and would not allow the match to lake
place. He was making a good thing by
exhibiting his freak at 10 cents a LOOK,
with fondIe or two and the privilege of
feeding him peanuts thrown in, and he
protested that he didn't want to make his
pet unpopular by having him officiate us
executioner of the most popular bulldog
in the county.
OF course the sports swore that Jose
was afraid to lose his freak, and there the
matter rested for a month or two, and
people began to lose interest in the
strange animal. The gate receipts fell
off, AID by and by any one could see the
Mexican's pet for bare piece OF the shoe
leather it cos: to loiter In front OF the
Washington-street blanks" until Jose
and his freak came out-for Jose was
strong on faro. When he played, how
ever. he always had his freak with him
for mascot and it is the opinion of sew
eral OF the keenest Washington-stree
dealers that the freak made mascot
against which no bank could hold out.
In spite OF all this, however, the god
dess did desert Jose upon one occasion
the day before he left Phoenix and two
days before the now historic battle which
I am struggling to bring hating pen to
the point of narrating. And may state.
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4piZona's geological Freak
The Fne-Horned Sheep Which Whipped the
Biggest Bulldog in Marcopa County.

IAH2HILE he was in Phoenix he cre-
4HtE9 ated somewhat of sensation,
SNlAe.N and was the pet if not the lion
of the hour. Then he went down to Gila
Bend and covered himself all over with
glory and blood by whipping the biggest
bulldog in Maricopa County. It's the
fve-horned sheep I'm talking about. lie
never had any other name, even In the
natural history books. He is the prop
erty of Jose Morilet, who told the people
at Phoenix that his freak pet cost him
5000 in Mexican coin. and that he brought
him from a hidden mountain fastness
down near the Chihuahua and Sonora
lines, out of the most marvellous collection
of geological freaks on the face of the
earth. Morilet's truthful tale was that
he found an old man down there who had
spent all his life in collecting and breed
ing puzzles for the natural history. classi-
fiers. Not that any of the scientists ever
got down that way; but if they had. ac-
cording to this veracious statement of the
owner of the five-horned sheep. they
would very likely have suspected the con-
tents of their bottles, or else the evidence
of their own eyes.
Jose says that the OLD man had three
headed Gila monsters, horned toads with
seven legs, steer with head on each
eno and no tail, dogs with snakes heads,
sheep with five legs, and variety of other
hideous surprises on nature en- ntirely too
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producing the heat by the crude and ex-
travagant process of burning fuel. 1t in
ouires, What is heat? and it forthwith
gathers together its wits and proceeds to
devise newer and more economical ways
OF producing the requisite heat other than
by literal combustion.
The giant intellect of Tyndall possessed
in the most marvellous degree the power
OF scientific analysis and deduction. His
wonderful accomplish ments in the domain
of scientific research evidence deeper
penetration into the subtle delicacies hid
den in natural physics than has ever been
recorded Of any other investigator. No
greater authority upon the subject Of heat
is known than Tyndall. In his elaborate
contribution to the knowledge of molec-
ular physics Professor Tyndall repeat.
edly asserts that heat is mode OF motion
simply vibration OF the molecules of
matter. Later Investigations confirm his
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Most Novel Method Of Obtaining Energy
Air Expansion by Means Of the batory Impulses Derived
From the Raw

, conclusions-that what is heat, as appre-
ciable to US, is nothing but notion, sim
ply molecules vibrating at certain rate
of speed.
The conclusion is evident that. if by
some other means than the application
of actual heat we may be able 10 aid the
separation of the molecules of gas as
steam, we may then be able to produce
the expansion Of the gas in an available
form of energy o: power. That this Is
capable of accomplishment by vibration
is an accepted fact, for vibration is proved
by the Investigations of Tyndall and 9TH
ers to be but another form Of heat, or, to
express it properly, heat is vibration.
Within the few years last past some very
important notifications of previous ideas
have taken place, due to the extension OF
our knowledge about physics. Recent dis
coveries in electricity have opened to our
senses conditions in that branch of en-
ergy hitherto undreamed of. The last dis
covery, that of the "X'' ray, has conferred
most valuable Information upon the mys-
tical subject of electrics. Or the full ma
ture OF the ray, its complete conditions
and powers, we are, as yet, unaware; but
already know that it must consist of mat
ter in the hig hest rate of vibration cognlz-
able to our physical sense. 1t is believed
by many competent to pass opinion that
the ray is capable of exciting intense
vibration in such other forms of matter as
may be under proper conditions subjected
to its influence.
Based upon these logical deductions,
prominent inventor is now at work upon
the construction of an expansive air en-
CINE, the operation of which is accom-
plished by the use of air expanded to an
enormous tension by means of the vibra-
tory impulses derived from the X ray. It
will not do at the present day to ridicule
any announcement like this. Experience
daily teaches us that the inventive
crank of yesterday has become the wor-
shipped king of to-day. Science emphati-
calIy declares "that all gases are COM
posed of m molecules in state of permanent
repulsion,' and, further. that these mole
cules are possessed of electrical character
isties and are susceptible of magnetic at.
traction and repulsion; so the proposition
to employ the x ray as an excitant is both
rational and promislngly practical. OF
course, there are numerous details con-
nected with the en- ployment of this novel
mode of procuring energy, which will have
to be carefully studied out, but they are
all within the field of well-understood
mechanics, and present no insuperable
obstacles. 1t is the novel method of OBJ
tanning energy-primal power, thatis here
presented. f. NJ. CLOSE, Disc.
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composed of molecules in state OF per-
manent repulsion; the molecules may be
compared 10 springs constantly bent, and
making constant effort to free themselves.
The amount Of pressure which these mole
cules exert against the sides OF the vessels
which contain them depends upon the
volume or space which they occupy. So
that a given quantity of gas exerts
greater pressure in smaller than in
larger vessel. Heat and cold play very
important parts in determining the condi-
tions and powers Expansive force) OF
g ases. The molecules of the gas are kept
from disassociation by cod, while their
struggle for separation is aided by heat.
The bursting of a boiler is due to the
enormous expansion OF the gaseous steam
prod uced by the furnace fires.
A number of disting uished scientists
have devoted patient research and expert
ment to the phenomenon of the expansion
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From the X Raw

of gases, and one of the results of their
labors is the establishment of the fact that
gases expand their volume certain fixed
amount for each degree of increased tenn
perature. This is expressed by the term
"coeffi cient of expansion" and means the
increase of the volume for each degree
centigrade. The working of our engine,
therefore, depends upon the expansion OF
the steam-gas, and we would conclude that
increased power of expansion would give
increased dynamic force or engine power,
which is the fact.
We have learned that heat is the agent
which aids the separation of the m olecules,
and so we employ it to expand the gas.
Atmospheric air expands .003665 for each
additional degree OF applied heat. Steam,
which is mostly hydrogen, expands about
the same, its coefficient Of expansion being
00S666
Inventive genius never rests. 1t is un-
satisfied with the knowledge that heat e1-
pands; unsatisfied with the method OF
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whelmingly the masculine favorite, it is
bv no means q general feminine favorite.
The favorite woman's color, standing at
the head of the female list is red. Roughly
speaking, of every 80 masculine votes,
10 would be for blue and 3 for red while
of very 80 feminine votes. would be
for blue and for red. Red and blue are
thus more nearly equally popular among
women than among men. Other relatively
marked masculine preferences are for the
colors related to blue (blue violet ard
violet) and other feminine preferences are
for lighter red, or pink, and to less ex-
tent, for green and yellow. Further, men
confine their selections to relatively
fewer colors than do women; and finally
while all men and women alike are much
more apt to choose a normal than tran
sitional color and darker than lighter
shade, yet the tendency to do so about
the same in the former direction is
markedly different in the latter res pect !;
of a dozen men, 10 would choose among
the darker colors and only two among the
lighter for the most pleasing color: while
of dozen women, seven would choose
among the darker and five among the
lighter shades. This feminine fondness for
the lighter and daintler shades appears
also in other respects.
Passing next to the discussion of the
preferences among the combination OF
colors enumerated above, the first note
worthy result is that no combination of
colors occupies the position of decided
favorite as did blue among the single
coors, but that preferences for the several
com binations vary gradually from the
m ost TO the least favorite. The two most
frequently and about equally preferred
com binations are red with violet and red
with blue. which are somewhat similar
in effect (the violet being very dark in ap-
pearance); more than one-fifth of all the
persons contributing to the results choose
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numerous. and in many cases too horrible
to mention. And this fve-horned sheep,
being duplicate, and not very awful
specimen at worst, the old fend let him
go for a couple Of hundred shining.
And perhaps Jose's story is correct-I
have not the data at hand now to deny it
but it is not the story that 1 started
out to relate. The bulldog was fa-
nous not only in Maricopa County,
but about all over the Territory.
He was probably the ugiest looking brute
in any two judicial districts, and had got
his teeth into the entrails of more than
one bear in his time. A bulldogs teeth
are hooked like, and when on duty in the
mouth OF full-grown and full. blooded
proprietor they have the power to tear
things asunder in most pitiless fashion.
Some of the Phoenix sports had an idea
they would like to see Tigers hooks come
together on the throat OF Jose's five
horned pet, not because they had any,
thing in particular against the pet-no one
had-but because Jose used to blow so
much about the fighting qualities Of him.
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T2TGOW often do we pause and gaze
Hf with admiration upon the working
xS1S of a steam engine. The beautiful
piece of mechanism yer fails to enchant
US with its complex yet harmonious
motion. 1t is familiar spectacle and yet
but few who look upon it really under
stand how it operates; how the energy is
created and applied. Not one i'll hun
dred persons could explain that the rhyth-
mical motion of the numerous parts was
roduced by the expansion OF steam ad-
mitted through valve into the cylinder
where it pushes the piston head 10 the
further end, where another valve, opened
Just at the right instant, admitted new
steam that pushed the piston back again; +;
the alternate opening and closing of the
valves being accomplished by the to and
fro movement of the piston.
Steam is gas, and, like all other gases,
expands when IL Is heated, and 1t is the
application of this weil-known principle
that operates the engine. Ali gases are
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shall reap. to store and sow in turn for
their successors. There is no accumula-
ton of private fortunes in the hive, no
monopolies, no trusts, but each tolls for
all and lays down the burden only when
its allotted span of life is ended. The
length of bees life depends largely upon
the amount of work it has to do. have
somewhere seen its natural duration for a
worker bee stated at ten months, but from
the quantities of dead bees swept from the
hive | feel sure that at least two genera
tions perished in the upbuilding of the
streets of comb ranged so accurately in
the racks. But the life of the hive goes
on, as it has since Virgils day, and will
when we are gone to our rest and our
human successors take up where we lay
it down the task of making this world q
richer, sweeter, better place because
human beings have done their allotted
work in it. ADELINE KNAPP
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one or the other of these combinations.
Popular Science Monthly.
Blessing Of Employment.

-
When morn the task dispenser passes by.
Some take their burdens up with sweet
elation,
Taught by kindly past that jewels lie
Mid stony wastes of routine occupation;
Others subvert the golden hours that hasten,
Despite the past accusing looks that chasten.
Most blest is he who the essential path
OF happiness in labor is pursuing,
Who heeis times opulence by day, and hath
The prize OF sleep allotting nights soft WOO
ing
Who will permit no rust on its tools shining,
Or dust in chambers of his minds efining.
The climbing rose that tolls that it may twine
Without the easement its rare bower OF
beauty,
Mingles its perfume with this truth divine.
Blessings succeed to effort, grace to duty;
So hands employed gives impetus to thinking,
And purpose finds its goal through work un-
shrinking.
No faithful labor ever comes to naught,
Feet that are shod with care insure swift
running,
With toll and pain cool evenings rest Is
bought,
And stalwart Dor conquers latent cunning.
His mind is rayless where no plan is growing
While he who looks afar keeps his face glow.
ing.
ARTHUR HOWARD HALL in the Salem Gazette
Some of the orders for books sent tc
London publishers by country correspon
dents are highly amusing. One book
seller wrote for work of "Rarry Stock
les," when he wanted something OF Aris
totie's; another who wanted "Gaudea
mus by Farmer, asked for "God Aim
Us. by farmer" and third sent a re-
quest for "Pharaoh's Life OF Christ" wher
he wanted Dean Farrar's celebrated work
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Fa1orite Colors.
While blue is pre-eminentlv and over
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vi Scene at the Ranch Of he Woman Miner Of TuoIune

CALL has
ysnhke hh all the Hym
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"Farsw.lI D..r s.y..,

Harrison Vernon Hartley, tho al
legged Legitimate SON Of the late M.
d. Foley, died in Reno Sunday morn
ing OF scarlet fever. The death of the
boy has brought to an end the suit
instituted by DR.. Thoma of Reno
against tho Foley heirs for division
Of the estate.
Tuesdays Gazette says that Henry
Mayenbaum and James F. Dennis,
attorneys for Vernon Harrison Hart
ley, tileo the following notification of
his death in the United States Court
at Carson this morning:
In the Circuit Court of the United
States, Ninth Circuit, District Of
Nevada.
In the matter of the estate of M
D. Foley. deceased, Vernon Harrison
Hartley, minor, vs.. John d. Folev.
ct ais. a
TO the Honorable. the Said Court =:
IL ls our painful duty to suggest
ana announce to this court that said
Vernon Harrison Hartley died in the
county of Washoe, State of Nevada
on the 2lst day of February, in the
year OF our Lord Jesus Christ. 1897
Requiescot in pace.
Farewell dear boy, thou tender limo.
cent child of woe.
Escaped han thou the cruel world of
strife below.
before the Mighty Judge who know
eth all, indeed,
Pure soul, thou needst no advocate
thy cause to plead.
j. F. DENNIS and
... HENRY MAYENBAuM,
Attorneys for SAID minor, ante
mortem.
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Ab0OIuteIY PUF0,
In onOrIan.


At a meeting of the teachers and
pupils of tho Wells Sunday School.
the following resolutions were adopt
ed:
WHEREAS, The Great and Supreme
Ruler OF the Universe has, in His in
finite wisdom, removed from among
us one OF our worthy and esteemed
citizens, DR.. J. w. Petty. and
WHEREAS, The long and intimate
relation held with him in social as
well as professional capacity, makes
it eminently BETTING that we record
our appreciation of him; therefore
RESOLVED. That the wisdom and
ability which he has exercised in the
aid OF humanity by ever faithful SER
vice, will be held in grateful remem-
brance.
. RESOLVED, That the sudden re-
moval of such a life from among
our midst leaves a vacancy and a
shadow that will be deeply realized
by all, and will prove serious loss to
the community and public.
RESOLVED, That in deep sympathy
with the bereaved relatives of the de-
ceased, we express our hope that even
30 great q loss to us all may be over
ruled for good by Him who doeth all
things well.
Resolved, That copy Of these res
olutions be forwarded to. the Elko
press for publication. and a copy pre-
sented to the bereavsd family.
MAUD DAUeHs RTY COULTER,
KATHERINE HCNsYMAN,
EDNA HAMILL,
CLEoN MURPHY,
VIRGINIA PSUETY,
Myrtle RALPH,
WINNJFRED WOODRUFF.
Com. on Resolutions.
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ITO . Ftnish.o

The following lines by Derrick
Dodd' we're handed to US yesterday
by personal friend of Speaker Allen
with the remark that they expressed
that gentleman's views on the woman
suffrage resolution defeated in the
Assembly last week. They may or
NAV not be q libel on our worthy
speaker, but we will take the chances
and publish them in accordance with
the request of his friend:
We've boxing bouts and bangtails.
and matches by the score,
Yacht races, football scrimmages and
coursing, too, galore.
But the contest to a finish that we
know would surely please
lie free for-all chm sweepstakes for
the female suffragees.
They could meet in the Pavilion or
some other place more vast,
And when they got to talking we
could nail the entrance fast.
Inc subject would be "Demon Mau,"
who, they would resolute,
Keeps the iron heel Of tyranny nailed
always to his boot.
And then--say the next morning
when che earthquakes seemed quite
DER.
We could count tho broken wagging
tongues that Uttered up the floor.
And If one @last- word" survivor, from
the wfeckage should arise,
She would win the golden bellows wo
would hang up for the prize.
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Deafness Cannos DC cured

OSAASoS ONuhOB DC Nuf00
by local application as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of tho cart
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition Of the mucous lin
ing Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing.
and when it iB entirely closed deaf.
ness is the result, and unless the in
Illumination can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an
infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We win give Ono Hundred Dollars
for any case Of Deafness (caused bv
catarrh) that cannot be cured by HALF
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars.
tree.
f. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists.i75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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::ss...Brya., WAC rlse,.d b,

A prominent Republican OF this
county rernsrked to a Democrat Sat
friday: "Well, Bryan was elected.
rHow's that2' remarked the Demo-
erst. sWhy, haven't you seen it in
Fhe newspapers that Bryan Is elect.
edf' mo. / don't believe / noticed
Ehat, !" replied the Democrat. swaan't
predicted that il Bryan was elected
Ehere would be failures and business
disasters all over the cuuntryi It's
come, and Bryan must have been
elected, '-Carmi I'LL Courier.