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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Blakely hill, which was not far from the
house, but which was three-quarters of a
mile long, very steep, and never used for
anything. On the way there they passed the
church. and whether by accident or design
they dropped a lot in front of the
church on a big drift, and If you 60 up TO
Ardmore next summer you can see that drift
cleaning in the hot summer sun. Every
enc has to drive around it, but it has
brought lots of summer people to the place,
so no one has ever complained.
Arrived al Blakely hill they sprinkled a
path ten feet wide for the whole length and
that used up all their powder but a little bit,
which they saved for future use.
Then they went home and went to bed so
early that Mr.. Catlin said to his wife: Il
declayre fort those boys get better'n better.
l was always full of the OIL Harry when 1
contented to let that man go off with his
mis'able compound tonight if I'd ben them.
I'd a covered the farm with it,"
They're the best bows in the world,
father" said Mrs. Catlin, and went up TO
their room to kiss them good night and
tuck them in.
Boys are generally anxious 10 have snow
remain, but in view of the queer things that
were going 10 happen the Catlin boys wished
hard for a thaw. But the weather held cold
for two weeks and 10 one suspected that
any snow bad been chemically hardened
Tho boys built several bonfres on Blakely
hill 10 test it and it didn't melt a bit.
They limited TO their schoolfellows that
when a thaw came there'd be more fun than
a goat up at their house and at Blakely hill,
but beyond that they would say nothing.
At last, toward the end of January, there
came a warm rain, and snow in the vicinity
OF South Ardmore vanished like maple syrup
and buckwheat cakes.
The boys heard the patter Of the rain on
the tin roof and they Rugged themselves and
chuckled. In the morning they were up as
soon as it was light. The rain had stopped,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

be good to play croquet with next August"
Won't they melt?" asked Brainerd.
III you can melt EN- I'll give you my
whole OUTFIT
A bonfire in the snow always appeals to a
boy and they soon collected about a hundred
cones from a tree near at hand. Then the
stranger built a little pyramid of them,
poured some kerosene oil on them from a
tiny can that he carried in the pocket of his
ulster and touching a match to it had a
blaze in a few seconds.
The brick-red blaze lighted up the snow
and made it sparkle with a million diamonds,
but the boys were too interested in watch
Ing the further processes of the stranger TO
notice the beauty OF the scene, He took a
little water sprinkler out of his other pocket
and filed 1t with some OF the powder. Then
he busted the snow with il for the space Of
a yard square.
Now make snow balls boys and put them
into the fire.
The boys got 10 work and fashioned big.
round snow balls. patting them into shape
and hardening them by a pressure OF the
knees. When a dozen had been made the
stranger said, Now dump them in the
IRE"
The boys did so and were not at all sur
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

prlsei TO see them res.s. the heat. for they
had perfect confidence in the stranger. After
they had been in The bed OF Goals for FIVE
minutes the stranger kicked them out q the
fire. and although they we're somewhat
smoked. they were otherwise just as good
as when put in.
Now, you see that my compound does
Just what ! claimed for il. You'd better
buy a quart. Haven't you any money laid
by for "a rainy day."
Yes" said both boys.
well. put IL into perpetual snow instead.
Much more fun. You can make a coastine
place on some kill that no one ever culti-
Yates"
"Blakely hill said both boys together.
So Bernard sent Braiuerd back TO the
house to get FIVE dollars cut Of their tin
banks-he generally made his younger
brother run errands for him-and while he
was gone the fascinating stranger gave him
a quart can OF the compound with a little
nickled sprinkler and then when Brainerd
came back he counted ten half dollars into
the strangers hands.
Il think you boys are too good for this
earth said the stranger as he proceeded
to 20 on his way.
Why so2" asked Brainerd.
Why, you seem so particular about only
using 1t in places that amt going to be
cultivated. When l was a boy ] would have
sprinkled little patches here and there just
for the fun of seeing heaps OF snow in mid
summer
"Oh, that'd be bully said Brainerd.
laughing at the idea, and Bernard seemed
TO think there we're possibilities in it, so
after the stranger had gone off into the
darkness they opened the can and poured
scme Of the white powder into the little
feeder and then they walked all around the
house sprinkling it in a thin line. They
they sprinkled the gate posts, and / am
sorry to say the front path. The snow once
hardened into place, could not be shoveled
off.
Then they got a lantern and set out for
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

but it was very warm. The mercury regis
tered 80 on the front porch. They dressed
and went out OF doors in the morning twi-
light, Bare ground everywhere. Bare ground
as far as they could see, except that on the
front path there was three feet OF snow
packed hard, and all around the house a
drift and two picturesque heaps on the gate
posts, and under one OF the pine trees a pile
OF ashes and half burned cones and twelve
snoWhalls.
Mr.. Catlin was disposed 10 be angry when
he saw what had happened, but good Mrs.
Catlin reminded him that boys would be
boys and that they might have covered up
his winter wheat.
well. it does beat ALI" he said at last,
and when he heard about the c~oasting at
Blakely hill he grinned like a boy and
said: Mother, what say We all go over
there and renoo aour youth"
Mrs, Catlin would never grow old. She
was always ready for anything, so a merry
family party, including the hired girl and
the hired man, set out for the hill, drawing
in their wake the boys big bobsled.
OF course lots OF people saw them going
up the road pulling the sled over the bare
ground and many thought them crazy, but
when a few minutes later they heard shrill
cries OF glee from Mrs. Calm and the girl
and the deep bass laughter OF the men and
the shouts and choTtles OF the boys they
ran out 10 see what was the matter.
And when they saw motherly Mrs. Ca;lin.
her hair streaming in the wind. steering the
bobsled down Blakely hill on an enintnes
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

u hard snow. while all around the grass
was fresh and green, wins to its winter
blanket just removed. they came out. too,
young and old, bringing sleds and trays and
anything on which they could coast.
And from that time until people got tired
Of the sport. which wasn't until late in
September. that hill was alive with c~oasting
parties when the mercury was Up in the
hundreds and stored ice melted like heated
butter.
But the pathway OF three foot snow in
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

the Catlins' front yard was a good deal Of an
eyesore to the old people and at last they
covered it with dirt and planted grass seed
on it and named their place The Embark
ment,' and took summer boarders on the
strength of it. and now Mr.. Catlin blesses
the day the stranger sold the boys the won.
derful compound.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
WHITING As 4 RECREATION.
Said to he n H%enIthful Relaxation for
~ Tired Mind.

People who flock southwark during the
winter as a relief from the cares at home
take on some new and strange occupations.
At present the passion is for whiting. In
fact, it is the amusement of the hour of
the banker, the merchant and the tired-out
millionaire. But it is not the same aimless
chipping away of a stick that delights the
school boy; very pretty things are made by
these grave designers, paper cutters being
the most general.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

It IS sparkling, It is pure, # is effer-
yeseenee, Cooks Imperial Champagne Extra
Dry. Taste delicious. Bouquet excellent.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
pRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Little Willie-The bible says there will be
no marrying in heaven. ! wonder why?
Little Emma don't know, unless it's be-
cause there won't be enough men TO &c
round.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

\ Song.
| On Answer to The Man with the Hoe.')
BY Kate Masterson.
From Ciant-forests. hewn,
AZ Ion fields. of grain:
Fl he furrowed nils and the belching
" ir fuel of hand and brain;
Fro tao mountains mine-dus depth
To star paths made by men.
Sounds one vast song that rolls along
And circles the world again:
work-Let the anvils clang!
Work-Let us sew the seam!
Let US bind the girth of the mighty earth
With the music of our themei
Sing as the wheels spin round.
Laugh at the, red sparks. flight,
Ana life will flash from the sledge's clash
Till all the land is light!
over the deserts waste
We measure the miles of chain
Till the Steam King roars from both the
shores
We search in the oceans bed,
And bridge where the torrent hurled,
And we stretch a wire like a line of fire
To signa through the world!
You with your tinsel crowns
And Kingdoms of Crumbling clay,
You with gold in its yellow mould
Rotting your lives away,
Sleep when the day goes By.
And the sweat of the hand that ploughs
the land
Are gems that you cannot buy,
Work-Let the anvils clang!
Work-Let US sew the seam.
Let us bind the Eirth of the mighty earth
With the music of our theme!
Sing as the wheels spin round,
Laugh at the red sparks flight, =
And life will fash from the sledge's clash
Till all the land is light!
From the wealth of the living age,
From the garden grave of death.
Comes one acclaim like a furnace flame
Famed to a white hot breath.
Honor the Man who Tolls.
And the sound of the anVil's ring;
From a deathless sky a hand on high
Has reached to make a King!
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

BY Hamilton Schuyler. Orange, n. ].
The pathos of the world is in his eyes,
Within his brain abortiVe Screenings roll,
His nerveless hand in impotency lies
With palm held open for the pauper's
dole.
The burGen OF all Intellectual things
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

You're a lobster That's what you are!'
exclaimed the boy with the brimless hat.
That's more'n you are" replied the boy
with the pile OF papers under his arm.
When you git into hot water you turn
pale!'
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

"Will you give me a kiss, johnny" asked
a ~spinster Of a 5-year-old.
mo, indeed" replied Johnny.
why mott" she asked.
cause if ! did the next thing you
would be asking me TO marry you" was the
unexpected reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Edgar, aged s, was afflicted with earaehe
and screamed frantically with pain.
Hush, dear" said his mother, don't
cry so; it only makes it worse, Don't you
remember how nice your little baby brother
behaved when he had the earache? He didn't
make half so much fuss about il as you are
making"
What d-does that k-kid know bout ear
a-ache?" sobbed Edgar. Hills ears amt
h-half as b-big as m-mine."
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Tommy" said a mother TO her small son,
I'm afraid that when your father comes
home all tired out with his days work, and
learns how naughty you have been. he will
punish you"
Well" replied the precocious youngster,
Il hope he will be so tired that it won't hurt
very much"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Here's the clock key, mamma" said A.
y~ear-old Tommy. will that do?"
"Will it do for what, dear?" asked the
~astonished mother.
ITO wind yourself up with" replied the
little fellow. Il heard you tell the doctor
that you were all run down"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Mamma shall tell your father tonight
when he comes home. You've been fighting
again.
B~obby-Please don't tell him, mamma.
I'm licked bad enough now without having
another scrap with papa
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04

Is In his salt. his c~ouutenance. his mien;
While round his harassed brow forever
ClinEs
The hooking ghost OF what he might
Here. where men toll and eat the fruit Of
toll.
He idly stands apart the whole day
thruughs
His hand and brain can find him uaught
TO do.
No sweat Of manly effort lamps his brow:
Ia workshop. field or mart he hath no
place.
OR scorufuI. counts the offered means
disgrace.
Too proud to dig, vet not too proud to eat
The bread of strangers to his face and
name.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28
CHANGING THE SIGN IN THE CHINESE LAUNDRY

was in tow. Between the Hook and Long
Branch he counted fifteen schooners at
the same time. None of these arrived
during the night, and the inference is
that they were blown off shore by the
fierce wind
The wind at midnight had a velocity Of
seventy-f1ve miles an hour at tie Hook,
and between and a o'clock its speed was
measured at eighty-fve.
The fact that the Jersey and outside
Long island beaches were windward
shores gave the life-savers less response
bility than is ordinarily felt in high
blow.
None Of the regular liners were sight
ed today, although the American liner
ST. Louis, from Southampton last Satur-
day, and the North German Lloyd steam
er Aller, from Bremen, week ago last
Thursday were expected to arrive at an
early hour. The two Glasgow liners, the
State of Nebraska, of the Allan-State
line, and the ETHIOPIA, of the Anchor line,
are making long passages. The State of
Nebraska is now seventeen days out
from the Clyde. The ETHIOPIA left Glasgow
the day after the Nebraska.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28
other material used In the manufacture
Of candy, furnished fine fuel for the

other material used In the manufacture
of candy, furnished fine fuel for the
flames
The flames, driven across First street
by the heavy wind, set fire to the two
brick buildings at 216 and 212-214 occu-
pied by the Appleton Manufacturing
company, and the Plumbing and Steam
fitting Supply company. In both build
ings the windows We're smashed and the
storm sash and the roof singed and there
was some damage to them by water. The
Hotel de Hennepin was the worst suf-
ferer Of any Of the smaller buildings. T.
J. Harrington, the proprietor, said that
his furniture was worth $1,000, and he
carried no insurance. He will suffer a
loss of about 5000 on his furniture, while
the building itself, owned by an Eastern
firm, as are also the buildings at 210 and
212-214, is damaged to the extent of about
$500 by fire in the front end and which
burned out doors and windows and singed
the front rooms and roos. James Iverson
& Sons carriage and wagon shop, at 200
First street, is also damaged, the front Of
1t having caught fire.
McKuskick, Copelin, Riddeli & Co. en-
ployed about a hundred people in the
factory, which occupied the whole four
floors and basement.
Kraemer's American hotel, across Sec
ond avenue from the burned building,
narrowly escaped destruction. owing to
the great heat, although the wind was
blowing the fire away from it. There
will be loss Of about s100 to the hotel,
fully covered by insurance. McKusick-
Copeln's insurance. was placed principal
ly through the Josiah Thompson agency
An itemized list of it could not be OBJ
tained last night.
The building was the property of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany, R. M. Newport & Sons being the
agents, and bore $4,000 worth of insur-
ance, $4,000 Of which was on the candy
factory. 1t was distributed as follows:
Detroit Fire and Marine ms. Co... .$2, 500
Westchester Fire Insurance Co... 5000
Agricultural Insurance Co............ 2,560
Connecticut Fire Insurance Con-. 5000
Queen Insurance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000
Glens Falls Insurance Co.............. 5000
Minor losses, all insured but Hamil-
toms, were:
200 First street north, damage to
stock and building .................... $500
Hotel de Hennepin, 206 First street
north; Edwards e. Heritage West
ern representative of building. 500
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28

one Of them commanded by the same
captain of the Maine, though in these
cases the vessels were saved. Nothing Is
more certain than that the Maine was not
blown up by the Spaniards."
There is more in the same strain, con-
tanning as proof of his contention the re-
mark that mo more is heard Of the monu-
ment which was to be erected to the
crew of the Name
The Saturday Review strikes bold
note of defiance of the majority of the
English correspondents in America by de-
claring the general feeling In America
is by no means with US in this matter
(the war;, whatever its better informed
units may think
So deep has the military craze taken
root that swell dinner parties are now
using khaki table cloths, with bright red
flowers placed in imitation of cavalry
boots
Mr.. Hugh Wallace, of Seattle, after a
week in London, goes to Paris today. Re-
garding the present outlook in the United
States, Mr.. Wallace said:
Silver, as an issue, is dead. The DEM
ocratic party will nominate either Dewey,
German Olney or Justice Peckham, on
the platform of freedom of trade and
sympathy with the independence of the
Transvaal; opposition to an increased
military power; opposition to entangling
alliances, and opposition to any compro-
mise with respect to the boundaries Of
our country
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28

no more desperate battle in years. A
terrific wind was blowing toward the
northeast and the mercury was down to
2 degrees below zero. The alarm from
box As, Third avenue north and First
street, came in shortly after 6 o'clock.
Every company in the fire department
was short-handed, many of the men be-
ing at supper. The flames spread through
the building with such
TERRIBLE RAPIDITY.
The first warning which the firemen
had was given them by H. E. Shell, who
boards at the American house just across
Second avenue. To him the fire appear
ed to be in the shipping room, near the
elevator shaft. He ran to Station A,
two blocks away, and gave the alarm.
When the firemen arrived the building
was almost a mass of flame and the heat
was unbearable Hose Company No. IL
ran line of hose from hydrant on the
corner ir. front of the burning building,
but the hose caught fire and the company
had to uncouple from the hydrant and
fee
The water tower was sen, in on the
Second avenue front of the burning build
ing, but the heat burned the hose, and
set fire to the tower itself, which was
taken out of service. The first firemen
on the scene sent in a third alarm, which
was quickly followed by general alarm,
when Chief Canterbury arrived. For hf-
teen minutes 1t looked as though
HUGE CONFEDERATION
was bound to follow. The whole of the
McKusick-C -Copelin plant was mass OF
flames, which drove across First street
toward the north, setting fire to the
smaller buildings, and driving out the
eighteen or twenty inmates Of the Hotel
de Hennepin. In twenty minutes after
the fire broke out the First street and
tho Second avenue wall above til, second
story crushed inward. About o'clock
there was an explosion inside the build
ing, supposedly at the starch room,
which took down the walls clear to the
ground in front on Second avenue and
on the First street side. One huge piece
of rock, weighing about 800 pounds, was
BLOWN CLEAR ACROSS
Second avenue, striking the iron rating
beside the American house, and. then
crashing on the sidewalk
Pipeman Tony Wilson, Of No chem
ieal, jumped from the appartus as the
walls fell, and was slightly injured which
is the only accident reported.
To add to the f1remens troubles tele-
graph, telephone and electric light wires
fell in the street.
The large quantities of -four, starch and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.
Longest Tunnel in the World. to
Cost S13.413.6OO.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-A report to
the state department from Consul Frank
enthal, at Berne records the progress of
one of the greatest engineering enter
prises of the century, which began Nov.
1S 1885, when the first blow was struck
in the Simpleton tunnel. This tunnel
will be twelve and one-half miles long
the longest in the worlds to be com.
pleted in FIVE and a half years, and is to
cost $l3,413,5o0. 1t will be the third turl-
mel connecting Italy with outlying coun-
tries by rail, and will save forty-three
and a half miles between Paris anu
Liman There are many engineering
feats of this great undertaking briefly re-
ferred to in the consufs report, which
make it of extraordinary interest to
civil engineers All of these were the
inventions of Engineer Brandt, who died
a year after the beginning Of the work,
Up to the date of The report, Dec. 12 last.
two and one-ffth miles of the tunnel had
been completed.