The herald., October 19, 1883, Image 3

About The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890

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"You did!'
i S i a n i
V:\VA
a iittIt' fit-rk,
iini1tr!u! jiitco of werk!
iPvi
1'i
u
si 't mv.r a. bin as
u".M -*3, 1 decln
-^j-f c.aod j^et in therel'*
my-' IVi-p '1 i«I ri" i!" say i
v gave f-'p' horrid nip.
,^ hi tf) diiuoe am! pck,
nick out I'.-s wings-aud D-i
m1 aad ^.ru-'k, and ca.
twosumi! chirks couiil
•Park:":: turned Jo set.1,
and o-iifkt d.and called ir
reiit %vi ?•. might and main
old u--ed her bea
!.i! (do p. wtb ma y a t-qu
if on ebhff &»<»"
fiir^y skip y
1
h1
:1«
v
foot shorter
that a man ii
I In stan
bund and
and want
make
I W, ,,
is loi i
1
says Peep,
•I'knuw''—y(Jvs were fas- asleep.'
iit like hhvthiinr.
n jiitiMtiti 1 turut! I itiii,
Suit! Ill::' 1
V 1
h1 a I'lilf t**P
i,.t| You'd |-«d a n
i'o! were lad-a ^-ake,
u W k
i''' a
I.'J'I
ea!,
iiS y-.'i mukt VlMJ 11 I'
tilow INiosh-r's tali s. 1 l»er»!
on di.iu't come out of a:»
i i)hi sled bre ik,
it small ij i -.**
jv* croodled,
tis further on' of th
e ro-nii enough for y
V„ur ei: I :-ay it' true!
owr lii -hor.idcr then,
!h\ hy the old gray hen—
-slu'll, t'J:fan.l brow::
a b.iM v-f v" 1''•A' down.
iipi f-r. and -»nrt au i spry
eim-st \ii\i ami the bla:fcvy
!l
hie.
•liti'li I.uillt i Hit id J'
lean: s
as tin
y told auaiii:
eg* that don'
tny th^y iJiiin ana ta.K
•ti's wiiriii n ii.niu'ii! ia!k
it i: r. J'd like t» knov
«Hi:ie ironi. or when" yon
tcm.x-r and t-ara vour »od
ch w»rni3 for a 1".='!»titjl trrod.
ijiiarrfS-—I will imve pear*'
:t k-n«. .*•' he
I'd li «'ar with Ins ye io-,v claw,
i i .- e n a t- v 3 0 u S I
11 lit'f ft'Ui.rr.-' ('iirled nuc
1 hervci'' "H'.it h* wax ai
1,'ill llil JILTS Ollt C'lo* 'l
l!V !C I'.RN.
a while .'j-ft is si a: v .i
loves to help his wife!
ir him when we see hin..
him I 'iff and lY
uniatM... chilblains,
.lie wif! never
iiaid-fieaded
hope his w?!e will love hin
him as the apple of her eyc
''noon! pooh!" at him when
tins of not fetdiv.*
iiiis' a spidl o! i i
»le'! eoinint' on.
ie same time, we runted ledp
him when he hanjij.s on. tin
wiiinir,
ays very weather
out tr.1. rioiln1!". 1 i• ii...
wi e, or ht'i-aiisc the snov.
lt»t her dress ami \v*ts he:
1 yives her the neural^! ..
/liii' ^'ood in him to
tlie hi'Lji nniiiir, We udnnn
we liooo vv*1 slrdl he for
aii.'h'iij: at ins way^it' (hui:^ ii.
•8 the Ut-ker under one arm
up 011 an an^le ot u iit le more
due debtees, (everyihiim if
iiotn-ed, is aiwiiys tipped ai an
|uh1 h'rtv-Jive tlejziee,- when
flks id it!, and j,e takes the
ii !»a-ket in the other hand a'
•-l the ha. k steps, wld^thti.L', to
I'lieeii'iilly h* is helping his
-ie .-•Allien the pin basket, and
iroe or lour pins, and seatter
lli.-rent direejions. U« makes
'Ip hr them, and the elotiies
•es ils li.-danee, and away
ami a ''hosomed'' shirt
into tin mud.
i\ ho is watehint him
w'.
teh oi.t a-i-ms to kec him
'th their v.i uah!e advice -she
him in irenzv
-lenkiiis! what iloen possess
1
1II
p-t 1 hem elotiies all down
'I'iiat's jn^t like a man!'
«:i-traets a woman like having'
"it jret mu-hlii-d. The burning:
-'itni, or the iletrth of a lavor
»nuid he nothing to it. It is
i.'no vvoman we have ever seen
v
vd'.!
equanimity.
e
'blul man scrambled up the
"J !h, an ehuekst tiiein into
A little dirt, more or less,
to the thinking of a man :in
to be his cuit's or shirt
V line in triumph, and
e hiisid,.^ ,,f ju
u
v
*111
v
t!i:tn (IK« -.r
know a:n thi
.'i^ht
1 1
»th in
-vliat
And tfici
tin* yat'ijii i
It'o/cn lv t.
us pa
kVKO
-•!..( 1,
b'r
,-jiV-nt I.--e and '•mow,
''al -n'
tid u|]
ti'c in,
-iVM'itl
the h.
sir
i as J. al
!, arid is not
i hastily sis
it n\or th,. denial tii/cd
fiifi: iie pins n
.'e-i th
he vi-
K'S
n
ii'id women jii^avs w:m :i a
do anv kind of
." rk a little better than the
"fiiselvea it'they only have a
a w s
himself, for it is generally
clothes-line, puts three pin*
'.''"h to have them handv, and
into the basket. The lirst
V! pillow-ease, lie
j'i, ajittle cross-wise, ami pins
v n^rv
sides. Then he gets out a
rawcis in,| holds the n up,
"R which way thev oimht to go,
u
l' of )uis(—ihat is the way
r%
Vl°V1*
i e a
'W
u s
1 1
ttliil he putfi
surveys ttiem with intense
|"ios
his watchful wife
^'iidow, "do puli them draw*
W 1
oven! One of em is a
u
1 0
y
!hn
i, ar.d then two aprons, and t)
t, and th.in a mir whi.-U In
u- (-li'i-vex. aiid thinks ki.,ks
'iif-'.' a man would |,
Lr
i with
Mtarlc:
I that hiit wrori..'
i'V a ^fiirt iiun- up
Who \van«s t'i staii'.
rt'torK "l.et me alone,
'V?
n I
1^,
U'S
O hi
i kii 'V
a im\
.i.d
•ks .if
in i -n
I know how to hum
-Mothes!"
1 -eh he sei/.e- & J-.g
been so lorn rfoln
ttie ciotlies in the basket have /»•. /,en
stitt to u, siim
1 he tiijs and tu^rs and still
toe spread and the basket do not p-»rt
:-patiy.
1 !e lav.1 ,t s »*. .»
1
i:i»« the ,•
luxation i res^tai..'.. on its part is too
mu- n tor him, and 1,.. |j,| over back
ward, ana hi feet land ,,u i,
e n
ies i"t uu!i: ii'.:, and Ins head strikes
ch •Mies p.,st, and the ^irls over to
v v n s v o
V 5 i
I'lisiht 11113 SB-
"In vvcii prop 'rti »aed Jinnies it
,-nal
ad
.u'tii
tis'. "I
cert A:::
this to t:
shoulde:
than tin
joint, at.
from tin
111
ea
follow Ml
1 find the lenj*
foot to be al
)f the f.lci1,"
and li\e !.:hths ha id. lin-er-nd
to wrist-) i 1' -'i-ht ainl tniee
eii.ow-joint .ten n.ele
lidersJ^welve hiehes.'-'
or Aipeis^I'M'K. 11 lilt
had abandoned in 0
th iirtsst conlinu'-d:
corner 01 u.
"It vim wish test vour .livnsyiM-iiiea
here's a frood method i'ut tms sti-K to
eMi' tlv vi)tir own len-th Ilien marK it
,.jl'nito iwentvd'our cjual part^. ii'o
hef
eights wiist-j
elhow t-
Taking a lon_: vi.-.
some pedestiian
corner of tne yard,
o n e
,_.jl with
^\aiits his wile to see bow ex
|le wants to show her that
Jt
just iiH iK'Mtfy and expedi-
s
he can. Korihere are very
^ho don,,! jrivatelv entertain
wlil'ii"'
1
IIH) h:»!i'» out c!o"
\ii'i ji: (i .1^
huv .Mary Jan" n lier let'.'in
1 rubiu r.-. and r:: her miOetis
I joes »u and ci: those
should mark about the ank
joint from flu- '.ntom ot your toot, n um
ber seven the knee, thirteen the hip
twentv the shoulder and twenty-lour
(hr top of the head. The enjth o your
foot should be mewhere between
three and four parts, from your mid
dle tin-er's end to wrist joint thret
mrt». i
1 1 k w s i i u i
n-d sail!: "Lilt
atia'.d we
JU'li it is ah.
i ..».!
v i
.-
i th'ii.rs ail over ami picks e e
,s out of the snow t!.at he s-j-' 1
1- 1, ami found out a ont the u-.:- of
drawers, and s:-ivs to herself H'-a"
-'.•'II iiasis 1 he clothes out In rsell In-re
a :er, if }-'ie :,,i-!" z-' o\ o hei l-e.- 1 in.
,':i»«now:
in arid \V"iu iii.
e some raro experi
'lrs. B, -wt H." .«aid per
•'u^se'. whi'e we waited
tM l"|Ut
we had el,
I a u^ahou
bane unaim
hnliiant s
in
thi
roumH. t• i:.jc i
in_' «'Ve,*irreeri'--.
coars
IS
1
'ft iiiidy from
..j.' ::»io^the
tip :wftar
hand bears a
foreftrni, and
dhow -to. thft
U Ir )'il t'i*.
.. is iu iemith shorter
mill the ankle to tiie knee-
which the
a n^ui- me:e-iinn^ ?r
from hand
ankle, t•.*
from an
lr"in kri
ei-.dit -,
and six--
of head, thine
of foot,
i \d
imps oea.r
rd from the
iipneitain te
,.a\' he infer
her -.rh
foot
:.i, i s#yen-ekhth^.
1 -..•!»
tee
11 .in
el it:
i-. turn, teen an
1 t\v 1
i 1 collar h«me, sixteen
i al t«llaf hone to fop
iiid on*A'eighth length
heel to too,ten
*T"i 1 ,11
S oVderten. The female head issma 1*
C, tlK.
ti-ciMl in.-a-uic-'H-Iils i n
lovid to decide what shou ..» be thi
width or hei^tii ofWie tiiture or o. tfat
1 i I n unlit? l'itiure tlio cu'^utu
'"r.t
tlian tint oi the lious or aoout the hi| .,
while iu the female this order is nei.i.v
reverseil.'"—t-'lan Jit-lie. in (. inemuaU
Enquirer.
New Taeoma.'a thrnim.' youi.^ t-wi
in Washiinrton Territory, already mi'
«\,rtv lawyer*, the total population he
but The local paper savs eaee
,,„e nl'the fortv came with the jdea that
he was to be the principal man in tm
M-rrlVory, nn-1 iu
^taU'S Bt'i»l"r.
pn
ha!
an
ierhos
Macao with miners,
n to have our sun ers
ed bv ours«*ives ii.-i we hud appointed
"I'tpanv.
.-an
ae juahitance of ta{)t.
haviiiir some business
with lather, had
nr p:a .-ral times. l-' nal
anie a lay in autumn,
ai o ne and father ueie closeted the
^renter part ot th» day, overhauling pa
|eis, meinorafihs, Slc'-ds and receipt
iather at the time \\u- doin^ a meat
o business as an attorney.
U !ei-t'n .e iather said to me: 'lies.-.
no ml an eumii. aloi.
ma?
1" i
tiie
mi'' thon.al dionid
fiiit'cos «»}, feci hke
ood t't him by tiie trie
It \*ii! take him ha'f
-*'(i 'Mr -i
ft hen
ti. -S
ias t' v 1 t-.- the
and to d.U'V .! a Hi-
i-mias is about, will von'
:o for although there ..
heiuff comtnitted in the
ies, pri'-ate fami i"s ii,
h" fear. )ur hoisse wc^
UeS'.iI
•jrrav
bpi.id
fath
.in's-sk-
Wtiere's y nr money e ft?"
"ill 'i!i i'i'-i in the jil rirv.
..•n i 1'xke'I with a nder imjuirin^
:inc.- into it,v le.'. the little wo
thi* memoi'v 1
,{.-h
man's cheek i
i!' von are in the
to-ni'jlit, al
.....
ssary.'s
... .iut 1 was not
that strata of tim
pi-i-uiiar to vvomar
atV'lV.
von as i put tuiw^s
room, and viewed
thout a fear or
:i.-u *m n-of-a i k,
i nb lie
-ji ,1 oes im- ah-i muii h
1 ki.ew there was some
afternu
1
ut»o
tlie hill that fatti­
er was aiiNion- to h-u'e put on tlie straw
berry he-is, and, seeing Thomas up
there v.ith his ha-ke:, 1 tied a scarfover
mv l.ead, took another basket, and went
•lip to iseij) him.
",\s i p^sed
U
the hill, I Paw a man
in the highway-peak to him, 1 hesitated
about ^omu' on, hut the man made only
a in-mlcni's pause, and then went down
the I oi ae.d \\a soo
turn in the highway.
'•Who wa- tii it, T:
"Oil, miss. v,ks
11.ills, saying that my
bad fah on the 'n: :"i«
me to ..ome an
br(d:en entire
"\Y1 at will Oo.'
told tin'- man I
-,ee him hi 1:
w-mid lie sun
not earlier
:icea,e il bv a
.mu.-?" I inquired,
a nun from thy
brother has had a
id is -ll'iwinL' for
1 :-. Ilss ii\'-- .ire
not come to
iv -hut it I went, Miss, I
to be back bv 11 o'clock,
You mav ro, Thomas, i
1
yourbrother
is hurt o ira•1. I'ajia wio tiat oe away
blip."
"lh.it, -i y vo!-,: .r .ady
"Never mn nie iu such a case as
thi ." 1 was al ways vc ry tenuwr-neart ed,
"You may go, and I will run right back
to the house."
"He talked a few minute* more, was
profuse in bis thanks for mv kindness,
and then started down for the eitv. I
took un the two baskets and went Hing
ing to the bouse.
"I Hat. alorie by the open window, en
joving intensely thus being alone, and
the quiet beauty of this cool autumn
evening.
'Terhaps you wonder at this," and
the dimpl'-H played about her pretty
mouth, "but little birds were singing a
new song in my heart, and the quiet let
me hear the sweet echoes.
"tint directly 1 chided myself for being
rather careless, as the road was a thor
oughfare, ami a ehunct, Ktraggler might
surprise me. I arose, closed mv win
dow, and obeying some strange, im
sive power, I walked through the
into tiie library, took my iathei's
key from in accustomed pho-e. unlocked
his'de-k, found the paekage of f0,1)(«'»,
and, placing it in my bosom, r«docked
the door am! returned to the sitting
room. I did not light a lamp 1 had
no need of a tire, as that from the
kitchen stove warmed the sitting
ro jm h.ut!i-iently in this mild weath
er.
"The house tnw old-fashioned, very,
with a fireplace in he sit! ing-room open
ing lip into chimney of capacity HUlli
cient for a foimdary stack. We had
cheerful open tire-» latter on hut tin?
bouse being an ancestral pile, was gel
ting somewhat dilapidated, and '.he par
tition separating the h«rge chimrey had
fa 11e 11 in. Men had Keen sent out. to
e:ear the rubbish and make repairs, but
the work, half done, was su-pemled on
account of t!i- arrival of ("apt. Boswell
1
this important busiiu ss atl'aii.
would hay fuj tyod immen
He a parkisng iire in the
III
really took no heed
quick ear caught the
•tul)!', aeidng. cl vf
uld
ht an
"I wonder that this new revelation
did not sutloi ate nie. The man on the
highway—the injure i brrther—Thomas
had betrayed us. He had overheard
about tiie money. A robber wa- in the
house and another was outside. My re
treat would be cut tdh How thoughts
ran riot through mv mind! H^w would
th'-v kill me? Would 1 sillier long
i o'epanion return',
lust.
"They nad fo a
chambei i :.•
hmger use \t
.. irrieit from
.• 1 COIlld
of time, unt
'Uij-t ot a foo
ill) to {be doo-
her kno^k, albeit I w hit
her 'iretty 1 at-t but km
and e echoes died id
i Coiiciuded 1 iiail the i'.v.l
regard to them. Anyli vv,
'ight the lamp, 1 did so ami
ied to tin .1 it past 10 .i| n'k.
ticieutly aroused from, my
1 i i u's)
w i 1
answc
jealous I
ck ta.m
a'toget
m\ self
I won
was s! 1
i was Hi
re velie to
*d nd vos.
want a ''ook from th«
I took up my lamuaa 1 a
to the room,
'l ull'll lied 11.10 tte-I ret i VoiUme
1 dtiwn from the stool, and
"If ever anyone fc.it themselves dying
i did a) that moment. My song died 011
my lips, while a thousand thoughts
."oeined to Hash into my mind iu one in
ttant. 1 nvo'iuniariiv I gasped, and then
with a strong ellort ^f the will power,
for whit 1 am famous, took U( the
song again and sang it to the close.
"Among other thing, I remembered
the lateness of the hour ami the proba
b'iity that all the people were iu bed
and 'asleep. I remembered the foot
pteps in the door-vard, and---and tlere
was a fresh, pungent smell of tobacco
smoke in the room. A scent of smoke
it was not in the
ere and plac
my bosom.
011'
ro .111 when I \va-
1 o Vo'i \\oti ie,- {hat my brum leeled
... my heait .-topped boating for an in
n!? lle^ides, whoever th" robber
\va«, he would 'soon begin work, imf.
knowing how early niv father and the
captain might leturn. And I should tie
murdered. Somewhere within u few
yards or a few fe*d of me the robber as
sassin was concealed—either iu the re
.-ss behind the cabinet, or under the
ag, draped, paper-strewn table.
,,A faint sound outside nearly made
set down the 1 impjstsllJ had urn'on
-. musiy left my ti st sons5thd|w.i^-inging:
F'-»ra bride a soitli" s^o.i her,
\mi winning tongue had h?,
"i knew that temporary" salva ion
power and liberty to leave that room,
even depended upon my appearing un
conscious of the robber's proximity.
"I got out of the library and "found
myself in the sitting-room. A hasty
glance at the. door -bowed tb" kev ab
sent rrom ihe lock.
"l'reachery!
0
11 ought he hours
ie :'i .en mv
lili'y
c.itnion. Th"v
ellt to the
1 mo\ ing fir
re oj,j
the
1 ae
V
ea ..
1
.At
this in-taut I was sure that I heard a
faint creak of the library door at the far
end of the long hall,
One swift despairing glance around
me, one wild idea of escape, and I ex
tinguished the lamp i)ti the table, and.
crouching in the fire place, I rested one
foot upon the andiron, swung out the
iron crane, stepped the other foot upon
the strong supporl and rose into the
flue. Something tom-hed my head
Tnank tJod! it was the rope with which
the dislodged bricks had been hoi.-tid
out. (irasping this carefuhy with my
hands 1 held myself like a wedge in the
opening. If I had envied large, noble
looking women before, I now had rea
son to be thankful for my diminutive
form and ninety-odd pounds, of avoirdu
pois.
"I had little time, however to think
of anything except the iuumneiit danger
of knocking down a fragment of brick
or mortar, and bus discovering my hid
iiiL' place, for the clock began with sono
rou- peals to strike 11. l.'ndcr cover
of its echoes there were quick, soft steps
in the hall, and the bolt of the outer
door was withdrawn. The huge tine
mu-t have acted like a telephone, for I
beard cverv sound with fearful dis
iinctne.-s. First there was a pause by
the door of the sittintr-room, then
breathing in it, then whisnerius.
"I. heard Thomas distinctly, when he
said
"She isn't here she's gone to bed: but
lite money is the library
"He cautious,'' advised a strange voice,
"and we may not have to hurt her.'
"They curef.illy retreated, and my
heart struck oil' the seconds against my
ribs in a way tl-at was suilocating, for 1
knew that their search would soon be
over, ami what I hen?
"In less than live minutes they were
whispering iu the room a/a
in.'"
"Confound her!" aspirated Thomas,
'she took the money witii her."
"Then we'll have it if'
"The pause meant ail that words could
convey.
"The cold sweat, was coming out of
every pore of my body. The dust of the
creosote had penetiatod my mouth and'
iioslrns, ami I had totake one baud from
the rope in their absence and place a
finger wpon my lips to prevent sneez'tig.
"Come, hurry,"' was the angry watch
word exchanged bet ween them, and I
heard the stairs creaking as they ascend
ed to my chamoer. Thomas was fa
miliar with all the bouse.
"Why did I not. drop ilown and es
cape outside?
"First, then, they had locked the out
er door ami withdrawn tiie key to pre
vent a surpri-e from without. Second,
there might be a third confederate out
side. Hut the most important, reason of
all was, it seemed to me, that I never
Coil!ti get out of the 'aperture that hud
allowed me entrance into the chimney.
I ran the risk of discovery and death in
any cace.
"Oh. whv did not my father and his
A
•,
1 r-rei
-a.hs
ml tin
o
h-iied
.. A las*
I Oil ie eoie, inil-'d
-tay
1
,,i
V
i,
iudi!'' and b.tiili ood ami
oured vialh.-- aite id like to
iteu her n-e.v." 1 .. ....1 ...
et \N e'.'ti his teeth.
Shall we search
It'ri 110 U8t we've turned over every
ning under which a mouse could hide!
4
"What, then? Shall we waylay the old
man and fix ium?"
"They haven't th Money i wan ief:
here.''
The cellar," sngge.-tetl the voice.
"Once more they dashed, out. only to
return in hot haste now for there was
the trot and rumble of a horse and ear*
riago on the bridge between us and the
city."
"Stay," urged the stranger, "trump
tin some kind of a story, and we may se
cure. the money yet."
"T wouid," return Thomas, 'hut the
girl's a witch, and I am just as sure that
sh 5 is some where near us all the time,
and wouid hand me o\er to just!to—
IV.
"There was a seamperoutside, and the
sound of feet running toward the river
came down the with- mou'hatthe top
of the chimney. Father and ("apt. Bos
well drove into the yard ami up to the
:oor just as tiie (dock -struck 12.
"Thomas," called my father, in his
inning 'ones, "come and take care of
the horse."
"Receiving no response from hi
n il punctual factotum, he sprang up e
steps, and ottered an wxciamalioo
oorror at finding the door open.
iioswe
a light
said he
when
r'.ainly
down the
"Qm Jason," o captain,
"there lias been foul pk ln-:c."
"Foul play? My God' !i
girl!''
'Father,' I i.,,: the
:irsl Rttemp! i foot,
-nded in a hysterical eou
"Where in that? What is .' -ailed
uv listraided father, and
1
men
dashed lor the 'library.
"I now strove to descend, but the
movement, broujht down bushels of
mortar and broken bricks iroui all sides,
and closed up the flue. bethought mo
of the ropp, ami, by slicking my toes in
here amt there, I went up the chimney
hand over Innd.
"Agile as a ea
when I reached the
lop of tin- low chimney I sprang down
np .u the roof and began calling loudly
for father.
"You -hou'd have heaid ihem run
through the |house ami halloo before
they located my voice. At last the cap
lain came out 4 doors.
"Will y u get me a ladder, please?"
•aiid I. 'I want to get down froin here.'.
"'A 1 aider, Jason,' shouted the caj
tain 'the dtdegirl is ... 1. the rooL'
'For the love of heaven, girl, how
come you there,' said my father, as
lac.led upon tiie ground and began
-h.,king the soot from my clothes.
"'I went, up tie-re through the chim
ney, papa. But you had better put up
1 he ii .'l-se—-you will have to groom him
yourself to-night—and then I will tell
you all about it.'
"The captain led nie into the house,
for i was trembling violently.
"'Now,' said father, being absent only
a moment or two, without htlingme
have time 111 mop the smu! from my face
and hands 'now tell us what this ilieans
—my little girl climbing the ridgepole
iike a cat at night?'
"In a few mornenhs matters were ex
plained.
"Thomas, the villain!' ejaculated my
father: 'I'll have bin if 1 have to hunt
the twocohtinerits for him, and fie shall
have his deserts.'
"lie kept his word. Thomas got a
term in the state pri on,
"Wn oi 1 gave tin' captain his money
I should have bur-t into hysterical sob
bing only I remembered the sooi in
time to prevent shading myflelf in b'ack
crayon, and C.iol. Boswell boiieved that
-talure and bulk won not always certifi
cates of the best material and—"
"And, fini-hed Dan, our jester, "it
may be said, Mrs. Boswell, that you act
ually Hue to his arms.''
She smiled and bowed as the sonorous
tones of the driver came in among us:
"Stage ready, gentlemen."—New
York World.
I'vporinients With
Acid.
Sulphuric
1! oeriments of an interesting and val
uable character have been made with a
view to counteracting the damaging ef
fects. produced by sulphuric acid, which
the combustion of ordinary illuminating
gas causes, in sufficient quantities, by
destroying the binding of books and
tarnishing the lettering on their
backs—besides, of course, vitiating the
atmosphere to a degree unfavorable to
health. In these experiments, two
plates of finely perforated zinc were
suspended, one three and tiie other
twelve inches above the burner. At. the
end of three months, the lower plate
showed an accumulation of the ordinary
brownish-black depo-it and a tuning of
sulphate of zinc, but the upper plate
was only slightl
1
affected. From these
results it would appear that a single
plate of nerforated zinc, about a foot
square, placed over a gas jet, is snfliei
en! to retain most of the noxious ema
nations!
When a man drops fl out of his pock
et he doesn't make much of a time but
when he loses a eoil&r button worth
5
cents he goeti on like a madman.