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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
HOW TO LIGHT A FIRE WITH ICE
REMARKABLE USE TO WHICH IT
CAN BE PUT.
This Is Possible When the Sun Is
Shining, and You Have Clear Ice
How It's Done.
BY THEODORE WATERS.

Two very surprising things may be
done with ordinary ice First, you may
make a burning glass out of ice which
will burn holes in paper. and even
start a fire in the woods. The only tool
you will need will be a pocketknife. and
with this il may be well to remember
that no boy need freeze to death in the
woods when the sun shines. and there
is plenty of ice around. He may make
his fire as follows: Select the dearest
ice you can find. In frozen ponds viii
often be found q little hillOck of ice
caused by an eddy in the water be-
meath. Knock off a piece of this clear
ice and white it into the shape of a
double convex lens.
You should have no trouble doing
this. for ice can be cut very easily with
a DOcketknife. Perhaps it may be We'll
to inform the uninitiated that a double
convex lens is one which bulges on both
sides. That is, it is shaped like
figure L. 1t gathers uD the rays of
sunlight and concentrates them against
one spot which is called the focus
point. Ordinarily a lens is made of
glass, but ice will perform the same
feat. if correctly shaped. First cut your
ice into a fiat piece. a little thicker than
and as round as a silver dollar. 1t
might be well, also, to leave a long
silver on one side of the circular piece
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
, serve for a handle. When you have

to serve for a handle. When you have
cut out your fiat circular piece. scrape
ward the center, until you have round
ed off both sides A little practice will
enable you to do this evenly. although
you may waste or break two or -t-ree
pieces of ice in the effort.
AS you go along with the work of
scraping. put the round piece. or lens.
in your mouth every few minutes. The
heat of the mouth will not only polish
the lens, but it will smooth away those
extremely fine ridges or knife marks
which might otherwise interfere with
the concentration of the light. When
your lens is finished. it Ilould look like
figure g By holding il a proper dis
lance from a piece of paper. say about
an inch, it presently will set the paper
on fire.
The other feat spoken of above is
the making of good magnifier out of
a piece oe ice. II you are in the woods
some winters day. and wish TO exam
inc some minute object thoroughly. you
may do so very readily with ice- Pro
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an see by tepee, then show me the
trail
81 'fraid you play me some treek
Wiesahke,' say Tomtit.
Don be 'fraid, Little Bird 1 not
hurt you, say WieSahke.
$50 the Torntit he go for guide Vie
sahke on the trail He keep flying
head Wiesahlxe so he can catch him.
"By-an' bye WiesahlSe say. Come.
Little Bird; I'm tired-let'S spell it,
that mean res a little. So they set
down for a res.
Don be 'fraid, Little Bird say
Wiesahke; for the Tomtit he sit up on
bush
Then they travel again.
Now, We'll spell again. say Vie
sahke, pretty soon. Come, sit close to
me, Little Bird, am, lonesome, say
Wiesahke. Dom be 'fraid-I won hurt
YOU
so, .by-an'-bye. the Tomtit he not
'fraid, an sit close to Wiesahke on the
groun'.
What that thing over there?' say
Wiesahke, pointing to the bush. When
the Tomtit look that way, Wiesahke
catch him in hes han.
Now, Little Bird, 1 got you, he
say. You play treeks on Wiesahke. ehi
What | do make you suffer? If I
pluck your feathers all out that not
'nough.'.
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coed as when you made your lens. only
instead of making slightly convex sides.
make your lens in the shape of a, ball
down the edges, gradually working to-
or sphere. Opticians often sell glass
balls filled with water for magnifying
purposes. The ice will act the same
as the water-filled glass ball. and it is
Wonderful how much you may add to
g days enjoyment in this very simple
way. There are winter insects.
branches OF trees, dead leaves and bark.
snow and ice, all of which will reveal
hidden wonders under this very simple
microscope, which nature places with
IN the reach of any ingenious boy OF
course, the city boy may also amuse
himself with ice quite as readily as his
country cousin. and he may do it in
summer time, if need be. with the help
OF the commodity which the ice man
leaves at the door every day.
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skinned over to the opposite bank, and
there its occupants met a company Of
farmer soldiers and lumbermen, who
had heard of the raid from the messen-
ger on snowshoes and had started to
rescue them. But David and his father
had rescued themselves, so they Dor
rowed a horse to take their sleigh for
ward to the town. where Mrs. Epafford
and her little girls were staying, and
the company of rangers FASTENED on in
pursuit of the Indians.
HENRY EDWARD ROOD.
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strength in guiding the bounding
sleigh, and could not afford to look
back for an instant.
Eyes, and he's done for, my SON.
Then both were silent. On and on
sped the sleigh down the mountainside,
and to David the snow had a curious
appearance. It seemed as if he were
sitting still while the great white mass
rushed by him uphill. But the cold,
cutting wind in his face was so strong
as to dispel this Illusion. 1t almost took
away his breath. One mile, two miles,
three, four, five, they went, until the
river was reached; and then came the
most dangerous place of ALL for the
sleigh leaped off the bank and fell a
yard below to the ice. But it anded
right side up, and by good luck there
was clear space of ice straight across
where the wind had swept a broad path
in the snow. In far less time than it
takes to tell Of it, the sleigh had
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handsomest house in all Clinton and a
dozen servants to manage it.
L wouldn't, no, I wouldn't even lift
the cover if the minister told me I'd
got to, to save my SOUL
In her earnestness Abigail Simpson
stopped rocking, and looked askance
at the subject under discussion.
1t was an ordinary old fashioned,
round cheese box, painted pale green,
with a very shiny surface. On the
cover, rudely carved. evidently with
dull knife, were the. letters S. S.
THAT belonged to my great grand
father" Abigail went on, hitching her
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planned. land it had S. S. on TOP of it.
and I thought it might mean a sign
for dollars. so 1 opened it,
There was a sharp exclamation from
Abigail. She was very pale.
The cover stuck like fury. = Walter
continued, '.and l broke three blades of
my jacK-knife and cut my finger try
ing to get it open. but ] was bound to
do il. and did
"What?"-his aunt attempted to saw.
while she looked beseechingly at Abby.
''Oh. just an old almanac and some
dried squash Seeds Walter replied.
carelessly That's why he marked 1t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
VERMONT BOYS COAST FOR LIFE.
Thrilling Story Of Colonial Day HerOism That Saved Hero
Fathers Life.

guns here, and hide yourself in the hay
beside me. It's a slim chance. and a big
risk, but it is the only one, if we want
to save our scalps,"
81 see your ideal" cried the boy. and
he did as he was told. Father and son
had lain there, buried in the hay.
half an hour, in, through
chink in the barn, they saw seven In
dian warriors surrounding the house.
The savages staggered. and some of
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This boy was I5 years old in 1777,
when General Burgoyne started from
Canada for Albany, and his name was
David Stafford. He lived with his
father and mother and two little sis
tiers on farm away up in the Green
mountains of Vermont, where the win
tiers are long and the snow sometimes
lies four feet deep for weeks at time.
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S. S., you see-scuash seeds. took
the box and dumped the seeds on the
aoor"
There was a sudden crash outside.
and an Irish howl, as Bridget trfp0ed
and sent the boiling teapotiiying-s
I never knew it TO fail" Abigail
said, folding her thin hands resignedly.
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HOW THE TOMT|T BECAME GRAY
LEGEND FROM TEPEEs OF THE
NORTHWEST.
How Wie-Sah-Ke-Chack frightened
a Grizzly Bear, Ran Race With a
Stone and Scared Little Tomtit.
BY w. A. FRASER.

zone time" began Baptiste, "Wie-
sahke was walkin' near Great Slave
lake. when he came to a muskeg
(swamp).
''Wiesahke was looking at that mus
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BUILDING A FIRE ON THE ICE.

pipes, or some other article essentially
devoted to masculine requirements.
OLIVE HARPER
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Piles Are Universal.

one person in every four has some
form of rectal trouble. Remedies that
will relieve are plenty, but there is one
remedy only that radically cures the
most stubborn cases. Tabler's Buckeye
pile Ointment cures blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, no matter
how old or serious the ease may be. No
main. no operation, no loss of time and
Int trifiing expense. If your case is
serious YOU must choose between sur
gerry or Buckeye Pile Ointment The
latter is the surest. Price, in bottles,
so cents; in tubes. 70 cents.
Sold by H. c. NJ. L Drug Department.
The oldest brand in the market is
the M. & NJ. tea; it is second to none
in quality and flavor. Try pack
age and be convinced Hewlett Bros.
Co., sole agents
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81 wouldn't never open it for any
thing in all this world. not even if you
should give me $1,000 right down, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
THE PALE GREEN BOX.
Aunt Abigail Simpson Explaining
It's Mysterious Power For Evil.

BY HARRIET CARYL cox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18

"Codrington," said a voice from one
of the hunks Here
l was getting on. I'm afraid you
must have lost all your clothes" was
the next thing that occurred TO me.
Yes said the voice, land such love-
ly diamonds
Then came a torrent of sobbing. and
between sobs: "Oh, how could ! be so
horrid as to think of such a thing now.
There are only sixty picked up they
say And ali those other poor people
drowned Isn't it awful TO think
about?"
Very probably" I said. But we've
saved our own skins and I don't think
we've anything to be ashamed of. 1t
wasn't my fault that some one gath
cred me up. though"
Then a man came in and stared at me
thoughtfully-a fisherman in clumsy
sea boots and brown patched oilskin.
"Closhish squeak you've had, mister"
said he, slowly. We've just passed that
other boat what run you down. She'd
about seven foot of her bow gone and
looked pretty sick, 1 tell you. We
hailed her, to know if she wanted any
thing, but she said, No Got her steer
ing gear fixed up again and was go
ing TO put in Portsmouth. She's a
Welsh collier bound there. Rum so,
this has been. Where was your steamer
hit?"
Haven't a notion"
well, what were her water-tight
bulkheads doing?"
Very sorry. but 1 can't tell you
III m said the man. Then what
do you know about it?''
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of the starboard boats with revolver
outstretched. He wrenched away the
weapon and gave it to me. Here's
a gun. old man. Just you wire in and
murder the swine If they try to swamp
YOU. They'll soon see those port boats
Won't lower. and they'll be back here
in a minutest
Now, peculiar feeling had COME
over me. had made up my mind that
had got to die, and didn't waste time
by being sorry for myself over it. All
my brain was turned on two objects.
First. 1 had got to keep my ticket clean
by seeing that the two girls was look
ing after were sent away clear OF the
mess And second, l wanted to leave
a very red mark on the towards who
were wasting other peoples lives be-
cause they could not save their own.
That last wish amounted to mania.
was ashamed of being a man whilst
some of those bfutes lived and could
call themselves men also.
One of the starboard boats had been
lowered already, packed with people,
after fall had damned in the block. and
because the other took charge, she
tilted bow-downward. and split her
wretched freight into the charging
seas. Another boat was swung out.
and lay beating against the rail as the
steamer rolled. I would have hustled
my two charges into her but she was
crowded in an instant and lowered
away. She took the water safely.
showed off. and with oars straddling
out on either side. crawled away over
the inky water like some uncouth in
sect.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
TIE .LULPTOk TAXIDERMIST.
John Rowley Explains Process For
Taking Life Masks of Animals.

Inferior taXidermists simply fill out a
skin with excelsior packed over a rude
wooden framework. the latter being
used to keep the figure rigid: but Mr..
John Rowley, the famous taxidermist
of the American Museum of Natural
History, actually makes a plaster OF
paris statute of every animal he han
dies, in order To bring out each curve
and joint and wrinkle, just as each eX-
lists in life. over all, the hide is care
fully cemented.
In order to carve a statue Of any liv-
ing creature, the sculptor taxidermist
must of course, have a model When
ever practicable. Mr.. Rowley makes a
life mask from some goodlookinS
specimen of the animal with which he
has to do. The Central park zoo is but
a few minutes walk from Mr.. ROwley )
laboratory, and the authorities there
are ever ready TO lend him whatever
assistance he may desire For purposes
of taXideTmy it is necessary TO take
only profile mask.
Taking the life mask of an animal
is an exceedingly difficusL matter, be-
cause the greatest care must be used
to keep the hairs of the hide from
sticking to the plaster, and TO keep the
frightened subject quiet. If amy of the
plaster should enter such sensitive
openings as the ears, eyes, or nostrils,
and by its struggles not only spoil the
mask. but injure itself. Mr.. Rowley
has never attempted to take the life
mask of a lion, a hyena, or a grizzly
bear; but in the case of more doclle
beasts, he manages very well. Assist
ants hold the animals. and then the ex-
pert carefully anointS with grease eV-
cry portion of the figure of which he
wishes 10 obtain a model. When the
whole surface has thus been rendered
free from adhesiveness, he lays on the
wet plaster. In a few moments this
hardens. and when removed. furnishes
a perfect relief, in the negative. of the
animal species represented by the hide
which is to be stuffed.
From this negative model. Mr.. Row
ley carves his statue. For pose. natural
grouping and outward habits. the
sculptor taxidermist makes up his rep
reservations from what he can CLEAN
from observation, written descriptions,
and from actual photographs. Mr.. Row
ley is constantly collecting photographs
and taking snap shots of animals in
different poses, in order TO make his
knowledge of these subjects as nearly
perfect as possible.
Whenever the taking of life mask
is either impossible or too difficult and
dangerous. the taxidermist models the
statue as well as he can from these
photographs. assisted by measurements
from the dead skeleton.
Mr.. Rowley holds that taXidermy is
as much of an art as sculpture itself;
and the many expert critics, and thou
sands of appreeiative visitors who an
nually view his work as exhibited in
the American Museum of Natural His
tory. are of the same opinion.
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THE LIGHT DE THE BULL'S-EYE WAS UPON HIM.

% the Lincoln public school. on West
rhirty-ffth street: the Brown boys
attended a select school on the boule-
ward. Out of school the neighborhood
boys fiocked together and played Skinny
on the streets or football in the vacant
lots; the Brown boys staid at home. If
the neighbOrhood boys wanted to swing
in their swing, or teeter on their teeter,
or try their tools, or lift their rabbits
by the ears, or stroke their pony, the
Brown boys said:
Nope; my mamma won't let us play
with you
Such rebuffs naturally made the
neighborhood boys mad, and they got
even by splitting into Mrs. Browns let
tuce bed, throwing mud at the clean
windows, chasing the three Brownies
on their way to the select school on the
boulevard, throwing stones at them,
cutting their kite strings, doing every
thing hateful to them. Perhaps Mrs.
Brown was justified. in thinking that
her boys would be contaminated ,by
associating with the neighborhood boys.
But the neighborhOod boys knew, and
all their mothers knew, and the three
Brownies themselves knew, that while
they were actually goodygoody when
their mother was at home, they let
loose" as soon as she was out of sight
ana became the medneSt oOyS tndt you
ever saw.
However, the neighborhOod boys did
not hate Jack. Jack was the cutest
yellow dog that ever cooked ears. He
belonged TO the Brownies, but, spite of
this misfortune, a more gentlemanlY
dog never sat up and shook hands all
around. He had shaken hands with
every boy in the neighborhood except
Bill
In the whole neighborhood Jack had
but one enemy. That was Bill. Jack
never had Disseminated between Bill,
the grocer's boy. and an ordinary
tramp. Whenever Bill appeared at the
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"AFTER MORE HAY"
The Old Man Was a Wit AS Well As
Worker.
Boston Courier

1.-THE help we get nowadays don't
amount to shucks Time was when the
help you hired in haying time could DO
| a decent days work, but this year
| they're wurs'n ever"
Old Farmer Smith was getting in hay
at his farm in a suburban town, and
had two or three new men at work
with him. The old man continued:
Tell you what II is, old as l am can
| pack more hay on to a wagon than any
two men of the present day can fork
up"
gested one of the men, at the same
time tipping the wink to his mate on
the opposite side to sock it" to the old
man.
The old man needed no second invita-
ton. With a bound he mounted the
cart, and was slowing away hay at
tremendous rate. Up came forkful
upon the other.
The help was putting in its best
ticks, and the old man was kept squirm-
ing around in lively style, much TO the
amusement of all hands.
The help was rapidly getting tired;
it would never do to give up and allow
the old man to come off victorious.
something must De zone al once.
When ! put up a heavy forkful or
this side. give him all you can lift from
the other end and knock him out" said
one of the men to the other in an I'M
de-tone.
The plan worked well. One of the men
lifted an extraordinary big forkful. just
putting 1t upon the edge of the load.
and while the old man was leaning over
endeavoring to get IL in place, the fell
. do he Cnrlld
lift upon the back of the old fellow,
which. of course, upset him and sent
him sprawling to the ground.
Hello, what are you down here for?'
asked help No. /, endeavoring as well As
he could to conceal his merIiment.
Quick as a flash from the old man
came the answer:
After more hayr'
This answer tired the help COM
Met ely
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by way that boys know, and let the
little fellow go.
Jack yelped and struggled, but away
he went, drawn on by the resistless
cable, faster than his small feet could
fly, heels over head. dragging on his
back, a little bowling, struggling, yell
low mass. People on the streets stopped
and looked; some We're heartfess
enough to laugh, others exclaimed in
pity, one ran to phone and rang up
the power house to stop the cable
But it was too late. AT the third
block an express wagon, hurryins
across the tracks. struck poor Jack and
crushed the last spark of life from his
mangled little body.
The fate of poor Jack shocked the
whole neighborhood. and the boys held
an Indignation meeting in the Swans
woodshed. They decided to go in with
the Browns and avenge the death of
poor Jack. The Brownies had to meet
the other fellows on the sly. They
were glad enough of an excuse to get
in with the neighborhood boys, for
they were tired of pretending to have
fun all by themselves.
Robbie Owen was leader of the neigh
borhood boys. At his suggestion the
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curiously at the curtain rod of the
bunk, which lay doubled up and twist
ed between my hands. Then it began
to be borne in upon me that the ship
was awake with screaming and the
tramping of frightened feet, and then
the Interpretation of these things came
to me in a flash. We were in collis-
ion.
A man snatched open my door, stam-
mered out, Were going down, Oh,
what shall do?" and ran away shout
ing The ship was full of noise and
darkness and hammering. The propel-
Ter had stopped. no light came when l
turned the electric switch. and we had
so heavy a list TO starboard (my side)
that. already the ports We're covered
most of the time. 1t was precisely clear
that the steamer was in a bad way,
and ones first and most natural in
stinct was to bolt for the upper decks.
I'm ashamed to say that l had al
ready rushed outside the door, with this
idea. before l got my wits in hand
again. But then l pulled myself up.
and went back and dragged ON some
heavy serge clothes over my pajamas,
and added boots and whisky flask,
after which l pounded off along the
alleyways to the room which Mrs. Cod
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RUN DOWN.
By cuTcL1FFE HYNE.

copyrighted by Cutcliffe Hyne. 1892
''HulIo. there's Calvert, of all people,"
/ heard a brisk voice say behind me,
Now, he's the very man. I'll introduce
you to him this minute, and then we'll
go below and see your room, and
baeksheesh the steward into civility."
l turned my head and saw Vanrennan
elbowing his way amongst the crowd
which swarmed on the steamers
bridgedeck between the gangway and
the head of the first-class companion.
He had a couple of dressing bags in his
fists, bundle of rugs under his arm
and a pair of ladies in his train To
these last he introduced me.
Mrs. Codrington, and my sister
Mabel. They're going across to New
York to stay with some friends, and
then, when the warm weather comes.
they're off with a party to see the
Yosemite valley. They'll be met on the
wharf at the other side, but up to there
they'll be two lone, lorn females. and I
want you to give them the benefit of
your countenance, and do the genial
watchdog business. BY the way, you're
taking matters pretty coolly; you look
either as if you had been settled here
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Browns back gate. out flew Jack,
trembling with rage, snarling and snap
ping at those great feet that kicked at
him so viciously. The Brownies might
have set Jack right with word; in
stead. they sat on the fence and hooted
and let Bill deliver the groceries as
best he could.
For business reasons Bill said moth
ing. but he swore vengeance in mis-
heart.
Bits chance came one day when all
the boys were in school. Jack came
trotting along the street on his way
TO escort the Brownies home from the
select school on the boulevard. Bill
lassooed the astcnished little creature,
tied rope to his collar. dropped the
other end Of the rope into the slit in
the cable car track, caught the cable
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Nothing" said I, except that I'm
here at present, and that just now /
imagined ! was drowned"
well, said the man. you won't do
much toward dirtying any poor beast
of a sailors ticket at the inquiry, that's
one blessing. I'll send you in a can OF
tea and then you'd better sleep. We're
standing in for PenZance. to bring the
news, because there ought to be re-
ward kicking about, and by the time
you wake We should be there. So long