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VOLUME XXV.-NUMBER 48.
TROY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1882.
i WHOLE NUMBER, 1,296.
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THE HANOI2I& OP THE C2A2T2. -
BT HO IT W. LOJCSttXOW.
trtdrtUcnmAUUr,UhMag the erane, is th French
agression tor a tawae. warming, wr tfca first party given la
anewnevae.
TU lianU uvout. and ran are aH tba wiU
TTuU throc-tinr. on with merriment and Jesta
To celebrate the Uaneinr, f tba Crane
la the new boase, into tbe nlfibt are erne;
JJnt still tb fir upon the beartb barn on,
And I slooe remain.
O. fortonate, O. lPpy day,
Vfaea a daw lwaseaehl finds It place
A isobs the myriad Look of esrth.
like a new star Jost sprang ta bulb.
And rolled on it bariDMikFat way
Into tbe btmadlcM realms tt space I
Sa said the gaesta U speech aad am;.
A In the chimney, bornlng bright,
We base tb Iron crane to night.
And merry was tbe feast and loaf.
And now I ait aad nose on what may be,
Aad ia my TlOon ace, or,wi to see.
Through flnating vapors laterfoam with light.
Shapes ladetermiaate. that ckam and fade,
Aa shadows passing into deeper shade
Sink and Unde the sljibt-
Tor two alone, there ia the hall.
Is spread tbe table round and small j
Upon the polished ailver shine
The evening lamps, bat, more alrlne.
The light sf lore shlnea orcT all i
Of lore, that aaya not mice and thin,
Bat aura, for oars la thine and mine.
They want no cneata, to come between
Their tender fiUocea hie a screen.
And tell them tales of land and sea.
And n tatauever may bolide
The great, forgotten world outside ;
They wast no guests; they needs mast be
Each other's own beat company.
Tbe picture fades; as at a vffiage fair
A bowman's vie a, dissolving into air,
A gain appear transfigured on tbe screen.
So In m j iWr (Us; aadnow once more,
la part transfigured, thrvngb the open dour
4 Appears tbe selfsame x-rae.
tested. I set the twa acaia.
Bat not alone t tbey entertain
A bttle angel unaware,
iV.tb face aa round aa ia tbe moon :
A roy al gtttsit 1th flaxen hair.
IVIhi, thnmed upon lib lofty chair?
llratnson the table with his apsnn.
Then drop it rarclrMi on the Coor,
To craap at thing cnaem brfore.
Are these Wual manneri I these
Tbe ways that in, the arte that please f
Ab, yen; ronripr well tbepnet.
And hatm r be ib-m Muim iM-kt ;
lie ruUth br the right divine
lf helpltenDma m laMy bora
In purple charabrr f the mom,
A a eel errica erer thee end thine.
lie spcVhetb not , a4 yet tbvre lke
A conversation hi bife err;
Tbe truUt-a aileace of the G reeb,
Tbe Kravest Udom vt the wW,
Not spoken In language, bat in look
More leclhle than pnntml bwks.
As if be i Mild bat would not pA.
And now, ), monarch abolnte.
Thy power i pat t proof; fwr. In
KeiiistleM, fathomlfan. and slow.
Thti nurse cooks ruUinj like the m,
A nd pahe bark t by rhair and thrt.
And m Jieil ni-ht to King Canute.
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As one who walking in a foret sees
A loTtly Undrsie tbroucb tbe parted tret-.
Then it not, for boughs that Intrrrrue ;
Or as wr eee tbe tnooo aumelinmi rrTealed
Throosb li IfUnjt cltMida, and tbm again concraletl,
rW 1 behold the scene.
There are two guesta at table now;
Tbe kln, drponnl ami older crown,
No longer orenpirs the thron
Tbe rrvwn Is on hi nutter a brow j
A lYinceea fnan tbe Fairy Islta,
The very iattern gill of girls,
AU'V'ered and embowered in carls,
JUJ Rated from tbe Xleof loera.
And aailiac with soft, silken sail
From far-off Ih-eamland Into oars.
Abore their bowls with runs of blae
four at are rye of deepr hue
Are loukJoe, dreamy with delight;
limpid as planets that emerge
Abore the ocra' rounded Trrge,
hoft-sbinlng through the sumawr night.
Kteadfsst thej gaxe. yet bothin; see
Beyond tbe boruon of their Imiw U ,
Nor care tber fwr tbe worhl that rolls
With aUlU freight of tiwabM soul
lata the dajri that are to be.
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Again the toaslog bonghs shot oat the scene.
Again tbe drifting Tapois intervene.
And tbe moon's pallid dnk 1 bidden qaite;
And now I see Ibe table wider grown,
Aa round a pebble inbi water thrown
Dilates a ring of light.
1 see tbe table wbler grown.
1 see it garlanded with garsta.
As if fair Ariadne's Crown
On I of the sky bad fallen dowa i
Maidens within whose tender breasts
Affcnuaand restless bepes and fears,
Forth reaching to tbe coming years.
Flatter awbile, then quiet lie.
Like timid birds that fain would fly.
But do not dare to lrare their newts :
And youths, who Inlbeir strength elate.
Challenge the Tan and front uf fate,
aeer as cbamttlons ta be
In tbe diTine kaight-errantry
Uf youth, that travels sea and land
Sreaw' adventure, or pursue.
Through citVs, and through solitndes
Frequented bjtheltrie lusr, .
Tbe phautora with tbe be konmg band,
That still alluies and still eludes.
O, sweet aiusions of the brain!
a, sudden thrills of fire and frost!
Tbe wot id ia bright while ye remain.
And dark and dead when ye are lost !
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The meadow-brook, that aeemetb to stand still,
(Quickens its current as it nears the mill ;
And so the atream of Time that lingeretb
Ia level places, and so doll appears.
Bona with a swifter current a it nears
The gloomy mills of Death.
And now. lik the magician serulL
That in tbe owner's keeping shrinks
With every wUh he speaks or thinks.
Till tbe Last wish consumes the whole.
The table dwindles, and again
1 see the two alone remain.
Tbe crown of star U broken in parts i
Its jewels, brighter than the day.
Have one by one been stolen away,
Ta shine In ether homes awl heart.
One is a wanderer now afir
In Ceylon or In Zanzibar.
Or sonny regions of Cathay ;
And one is ia tbe bnlaterwus camp.
Mid ehuk of arms and bono' tramp.
And battle's terrible amy.
see the patient mother read.
With aching heait, of wreck that float
Disabled on those seas retoule.
Or of Nome great heroic deed
On iMtlle-nVld, here thousands bleed
To lift one Ikto into fame.
Anxious fc'ir brad br graceful bead
Above tbr chronicles of pain.
And tremU-. w lib a aerret dread,
Lett there anmes the drowned or slain
She find tbe one lrIorcd name.
After a day of cloud and wind and rain
burnetim the setting icm break oat again.
And, touching all the darksume woods with light,
Smiles on the field, until they laugh and sing.
Then bke a ruby from the horizon's ling.
Drop down into the night.
What see I now 1 The night Is fair.
The storm of grief, the clouds of care.
The wind, tbe rain, have passed awa ;
Tbe lamps are lit, tbe fire burns bright,
Tbe house is fall of life and light
It ia the Gohlen Wedding day.
Tbe guests come thronging in once BHrr
tJoick footstep sound along the floor.
The trooping children crowd the lair.
And in and out and ever) where
Flasbe slung the corridor
The sunshine of their gulden hair.
On tbe round table la tbe ball
Another Ariadne a Crown
mt of tbe sky bath fallen down;
ilore than one Monarch of tbe Moon
Is drumming with his ailtet spoon;
The light of love shines over all.
O. fort unite, O, happy dav
The prvple sing, the wopf sac.
Tbe ancient bndegrwni and the bride,
Smiling contented and serene
Vpon tbe blithe, bewildering scene,
Brbold, well pleased, on everv aide.
Their forms ami features multiplied,
As the reflection of a light
Itwrea two barniftbea mirrors gleams,
tr lamps upon a bridge at night
Stretch on and on before tbe eight.
Till the long vista endless aertna.
IKelcrf Mm.
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A STORY OF TWO WILLS.
It was the (;liMmiest of gloomy ilays. Tlirra
xraa not a redrrruinj; fpatnre about it. IT it bad
only rained, there rufht have Wn music ia the
drops; if it haj enowed, reronMhae 'livcJ
OTcr" the heautiful ihmtji; but it did neither,
and now, late ia the aftrrntKin the air uaa
thick, damp vapor, and theHrret auliledrep
witU alush and mutl, that an nnpaveil Western
town anjijdies co bountifully aud readily.
Then a rain, the life of a vtmnir attornrv is
not always a whirl of excitement and pleasura
ble result. Not a living wul except a Iwot-
black jnat aa if we should ever need bootblacks
a fa in had enterwl the dowr that day. In vain
I tried to give my mind over to the arbitrary
atatntea, and then in despair nought the more
iuvitiDff stimnlaats of Kecina vs. Reynolds;
even the fiowip of a preat leadiug case failed to
inspire me, and wearily I turned from my looka
to my thought, and from my thonghts to my
gloom.
It was jut then, before I had ascended to
the realms of anicidalpnrpone fori walked that
wayslowly that the door-knob, hesitatingly,
cautiously turned, and I was again hard at
work, pen in hand, with one eye on tha paper
and the other on the door.
I won't make a diagnosis of just how fast my
"?i vas kenS if pcradenture the door
would open, and homeUnlv that was auntebodv
come in. I culd endure the aapense no long
3 SVl?ltda.,,kar"Iy "I1- The door had open
iSfl. vV" eTeniuE -hadows were gath
XSSUl at? madt " that my visitor
tD?rMi.fd,nnuer alady-the most sie
nlficant word ia the greatrl,t of fM l SfP
Teil concealed her face, but old or yonng. ngly
orpretty, her thoughts probablr were: "He's a
yonng manvery yonng he hasn't had very
much experience don't think he ever did sncii
work before it would help him, hat that dou't
Lelp.me I had.better look1
lint I interrupted my own forebodings by
springing to my feet with a Good evening,
'madam ! Step In; I'm through with the matter
in hand a little pressed now, with term time
npon us, but have an hour to spare to-day each
a dull day! Sit down! and my first Jrinmph
was won", "for she was seated. ""
Tli en I swept ror hooks from me with an air
of relief, as if any problem he might agitate
wonja uecntiaspiay cotnpareu xo wnat i una
just pasted through.
I had-notasyet so much aa canght tbe color
of her eyes, and couldn't but wonder why she
kept her veil drawn soclosely nnleas she was
meditating a sudden flight to the office of the
halddieaded wretch right across the way, who
bad a few gray hairs and more experience, yon
know but had a bad attack of the rheumatism,
too, tha ok Heaven, which I devoutly trusted
was keeping him home on so bail a day as this.
'l want yon to write a will," the suddenly
began, in a half halting, half inquiring voice.
"Certainly, madam!" I answered, nobly re
solving to strengthen tbe faith within her; and
I pulled a half nnire of legal cap toward Mne,,
and thought of the solemn opening and weighty
formalities'iif its publication.
"It's to le my husband's will," ehe added.
"He dare not come oat on such a day as this."
And she slavered so prettily, that I was recon
ciled with the weather for the fiit time that
day.
Hadn't I better come to ynnr house V I ven
tured to suggest.
"Ob, no! not now! she answered, with a
light sigh. "It might excite lnm too much.
He's very, very feeble, these chilly days. lint
he may le better to-night, and I will seed the
carriage for yon then. It will not make any dif
ference, will it, about the will beiugbindingr
And something told me that she was peering
very anxiously at me.
'Of course, madam, if he then fully and vol
untarily adopts it as his, it is Just the same as if
I took it all down from his lips."
"Well, we want ho wants to leave all his
real and personal property t me, with full pow
era as executrix and I am to take care of his
only child, and to make for her tuch allowanc
es as I shall think wise."
"What is yonr daughter's name P
''She is not a datighlerf be answered, with
the (.lightest token of a gathering animation in
her voice.
"Ah, yes; just so!" said I, nervonsly fumb
ling with the paper. "Sue's your step-daughter."
"Yea, Mr."
"What m her name! Von sec, I mr.t inration
it."
"MaWl Cecil," she hanghtily spoke.
"A denied pretty nameT I'rrmatked to my
self, I wonder why the wants to stumble mi
oer pronouncing it'P And then 1 1 ried to for
get all altoiit it, as I took up my x-u and 1h
gan: I I "Ah! pardon me, madam, hut
what' ynnr husband name V
What fooN men am when a little excited, ew
jKTially oung men, more especially xounglaw
rrs sitting up with an early ca-;!
lleU Y.. (Veil."
'I, Kolnrt Jl Cecil, of the Count of Herki
mer, and Male of f do make and publMi
this my ln.-t will and testament.
"I cive, bcoticath and tie vise to iiiv dearlv Ie-
loved wife
"Ah! pan! on, madam, but what u our
uamnP
'I.ucy L. Cecil."
To my beloinl wife, Lucy L. Cecil, all my
rftil and ierMinal projH-rtyof whatweer kind
ornatre, aftertlie paymentuf all my jul debts,
aud 1 herebr commit to her euari'liaiidiii mv
only child, ilaWl Cecil, for nhotu there ahall In
mane sum aiionauco aud maiutenauce as my
beloved wife may aee lit.
"And 1 hereby appoint Lucv L. Cecil mv aole
executrix of this my Jast will aud testameut,
hetvliy revoking all former wilN by me made.
"in wituest nliereof I Lave hereuutn wt my
hand, tins third day f Novt mler, A. I, let-.""
"I antmose yon understand." I nudertwik to
explain, "that this will vests all your Iiubaud'a
proierty in you, as to leave your daughter al
lowance to your own dincretion is ti Irae her
at law nothing in her own right. The provis
ion N, in short mean Ingles, except that it Alma i
that the testator had her ia his mind when he
made his will, and so fur makes Jt all the morn
binding."
"Exactly! she tpoke with animation, and
then, heeming to recall herself, added: "It's bin
wish, aud I ha1I -e that you are well paid fur
your trouble and counsel the carriage will Ihi
hero erysoon." Aud ahe had gone ah quietly
as she came.
The remark about payment had entered a
very threadbare coat, and Mnick right home.
"Hut it'a tio mean, all the same, payor no
pay," I growled. "To cut that girl off that
way, wit until a cent :
tit a cent! lint it's tbe old stnrv.
and I eant help itr as I sank bark with a
philosophical smile on my fate.
Then Just iu sport, in a fit of malignant sat
isfaction I took up the Mecoud sheet of legal
cap, and acribblet! therr-npon, with a formal
opening and close, that this same, I'olert K. Ce
cil gave all his property to his dearly Whned
daughter, Mabel Cecil, and left the lady of the
veil where the law fonnd.her.
But such is the history of the world!" I con
cluded solemnly, "ever s'ucb; and what a gulf,
deep, impassable, between what ought to be
and what ia. Howl ebould like to bridge it
oier! Audi buttoned tip my coat, and walk
ing tn the window, imagined I could sec through
the darkness, the coming of the carriage of Mail
am Cecil.
The time dragged slowly, very slowly, and I
neer felt mora genuine relief iu hearing heavy
wheels grinding through the mud and slush",
and a knock at the door to notify me that all
was ready.
I sprang iuto the carriage, and away we dash
ed through the darkness, now so sullen aud
heavy, that I could not for the life of m discov
er to what portion of the town we were being
driven. Hut it seamed a very abort time before
we came to a sudden halt, and the carriage door
opened. The coachman conducted ror to the
brown-Mono teps. where the door was already
awaiting me, and I steppedinto the dimly-lighted
ball.
Ah I did so, a lady whose figure and manners
told me she van Madam Cecil, glided from a
side room, and with a little plainthe smile,
bade me follow her at once. Hut in that itittttut
Iliad read Iter face and perhaps her "character.
She might have lieen thirty-six, only she didn't
look it, with tho brilliant black err, pearly
teeth and elegant manners; but behind all
these, I read the positive force that, turned to
good may save a country, but given over to eil
would sacrifice every principle to succctt.
Noislessly she glided over the carpets, and si
lently I followed her. She passed into tbe H-
brant. and from thence as instinctive!? I felt
into tbe chamber of death: even clczant lumi-
tnreaud ciMly paintiumand embroidered cov
erlets, are not to overaw e my dest iny.
Mr. Cecil, the lawver has come" ahe iid
softly, as she stoojicd oter the emaciated lace of
a silrr-balred man.
"What ! Wliof" a he started from a seeming
stupor, aud looked wonderiugly at me from his
sun sen eyi-s.
"He will read it to yon now, Mr. Cecil;" ad
ding in a low tone: 'He is sinking rapidlv; I
fear oa must hasten."
I frit that I mnst; I had seated mj self by hi
lietlsiile, and as I did so, I saw his lips tremble,
and I believe they were breathing a name : I
imagined it waa "Malel."
Our Imldeat moves are born upon tbe spur of
tbe moment.
"Mrs. Cecil, may I thank von for a glass of
waterf as I took ont the will she had drawn.
"Quick, sir, quick!" said I, as I noticed his
mi n ken ryes watching her hastening footsteps.
"Do you want yonr daughter to have all your
pnqierty, save what the law gi res yonr wife.!"
He started back from me as if be could not
trnt bis own senses, or was doubting whether
to put confidence in me, but he seemed to feel
the necessity of doing so, and suddenly the dull
eyes brightened with a momentary gleam of re
lief and joy, a-s Le clearly ana wr red:
. yes ! And God ideas j wti P "
And I ttw was thanking Heaven, for the whim
that bad led me to write two wills m very much
alike in length and apjearanc, and it was only
the work of a moment to make the exchange,
and jnst in time.
With Mrs. Cecil came the ITonse-kerpcr and
maU'Servant, and in their presence the dying
maa signed his name to the second will, and
they wituesscd it.
They lad goue; and I Marled to go, when the
old man pressed iny hand, and I saw the tears
gathering in his eyes. As I turned to go, I lu
volnntarily felt that the black eyea of Madam
Cecil bad witnessed all and suspected 'every
thing. I sbonld like torn that will!"1 she firmly
said, in a low voice. r
"Some other time. lie dying, Mrs. 'Cecil.
"So much tbe greater reason, air! Show it to
me!"
I looked her calmly and suggestively in the
face, and then started for the door.
"Stop!" ahe cried, and a tiny, silver-mounted
revolver gleamed in her band.
, "Mt .Go,1! Mr- Cecil," I cried, "yon Lave
killed htm P a I heard a strange sound behind
me, ami would have tnrued though all the pis
tols In the universe were turned against me'
The old roan's arms had been turned aa it in
prayer, but now sank withered npon tho pillow,
whilst his eyes i stayed at us in the rigidity of
death. J
Instinctively Madam Cecil seemed to recog
nize that it was all over, aud, lowering her wea
pon, bissfcl at me between her pearly teeth:
Ton have played uie false go."
And I wentj gladly enough, from the brown
stone front, with its treachery and avarice, into
the dark night and muddy streets.
isrni as.
He sure yon are right, then go ahead.
gisrtlIattC0UjSi.
H. "W. X,0KOFZXOW-TK 2QOC0BIA3&.
bt acrrm Iioasux.
3eo torpem aenectam
Degere, nee cftharm carentom.
MNot Ube tuneleaa ia old agel"
An, surely blest bis pilgrimage,
Wbo, hi his 'Winter's snow.
Still ahigi with noto aa tweet and clear
As In the morning cf the year.
When the nrst t1oU blow!
Elcst! but more blest whom Sammer heat,
'Whom spring's impulsive stir aad brat,
Ilare taaght no feveiish luret
AVboss mose, benignant and serene,
StQl keeps his Autumn cbsplet green,
Uecaaae bis heart is parol
lie calm, O, white and laoreate bead !
lie calm, O, dead, that art not dead.
Since from the voiceless grave.
Thy voice shall speak to old and young.
While song yet spools In English tongue,
Rj Charles or Thames wave !
THE ST. CT.ATR PAPERS.
Ad fixtesial va atast Valsmbl Collection! r IVcvr
Ilisloric JIalerial Gesi. M. Clair at Tlcon
derogai,andBaff;oTernrf the srthweierai
Terrilorr-A 'alsiable Slcleaitiflc Kcries
Other I.liernry IXreviiles, IVie, Etc.
"The 8L Clair Tapers' is the modest title of a
work which Hon. William Henry Smith has
been a long time iu preparing, acting under the
authority of the State of Ohio, of which he was
for some time Secretary of State, at which time
he became much interested in the history of the
connection of General St. Clair with the north
western territory as its Governor, and, natural
ly, in the history of St. Clair's life generally.
The title is modest, because the work is much
more than a collection of papers. It Is embraced
in two large octavo volumes, containing nearly
1,MX) pages, and, though something more than
one of the volumes ia consumed in the collection
proper, the reader will find in the other a very
clear, simple, straightforward life of General
St. Clair, told with earnestness, and the evident
conviction on the part of the writer that its
subject was an honorable and able man, who
had in his lifetime been much maligned, aud
never accorded full credit for tho good he did.
It is well nigh impossible, or it would seem so
from readinir lnanv bio'rraTdiiefl. fur nnr tnn t
prepare a biography of any distinguished sub
ject without becoming more or less a partisan
ou ono Mue. or tuo omer. i rouaurv mncn ox tuts
comes of the fact that biography, like history, is
largely undertaken by thows who have Mime
foregoue conclusion to fortify who have made
up their minds In advance, that the proimsed
hubject is cither detui-god or devil, aud ati
proach the consideration of the whole subject in
that light, and use all the resources at their
command to establish such a view. Hut where
such views exist they usnally owe their exist
ence to partial information, collaterally ac
quired while engaged in the pursuit of some
cognate theme, or prejudices collaterally ac
quired; and it has sometimes happened that in
tending biographers, starting in with one view,
have come out with onit a diflerer.t one. It i
ii't intended, in making these remarks, to apply
them to the work of Air. Smith, except in nil
inverse way. Without doubt, lift is n sincere
bfliever in the general good faith, rectitude and
ability of St. Clair, but qnite as plainlv, he ha
succeeded iu avoiding any show of undue' par
tiality, or acridue? of tone toward the political
opMiuents of his subject. He gives, in complete
ft trni, so far as they are attainable, tbe docu
ments upon which hii conclusions am bated,
whether they incliuo on way or the other, ami
it is by way of emphasizing the obvious value
of this work that the difficulties and warping
influence which biographers generally encoun
ter, and too genera ll yield to, are here alluded
to. The verdict in all cates, so far us u some
what hurried reading may enable one to judge,
eeems to be made up from a careful considera
tion of all the accessible testimony. It is writ
ten, too, in easy, pleasant, .rather colloquial
style, free fmmall suspicioti of any attempt at
"line writing," and very agreeable reading. It
i not at all free from literary Mcmiilie. and
would have leu tbe letter for revision a- to
verbal and phrase forms, by some competent lit-
erary hack, but tbe blemishes are not such as
doni tue meaning, or seriously interfere with
tbe pleasure of reading.
The three salient points in the narrative may
fairly be said to be that which details St. Clair's
brilliant part in th campaign on the Delaware,
in the winter of 17,G-7, during which tbe well
nigh expiring hopes of the Americans were
blown into fresh life and vigor by Trenton and
other nearly contemporary events the close and
careful statement of the farts and reasons whirh
led to tbe evacuation of Ticondcroga by St,
Clair and tbe forces under his command, a short
time previons to the battles with Ilurgoyue at,
or near, Saratoga aud a clear and apparently
exhaustive exposition of the events which led to
1'resident Jeflersou's removal of St. Clair from
the office of Governor of the north-western ter
ritory. The first of these three facts his bril
liant part In the Delaware campaign has never
lrecn especially disputed; that it is nut now re
called that it has ever been so couvpicuously set
forth elsewhere in history as in this work. Con
cerning tbe aecoud the evacuation of Ticon
dcroga much was said aud written immediate
ly after the event, and at intervals since, and
sharp ceusnre visited on St. Clair, at the hands
of many people, though there hare not been
wanting some who were clear-sighted rnongh to
see that the act was the indubitable salvation of
the occupying force, and one of the chief condi
tions precedent to the subsequent capture of tbe
invading force under Ilurgone. To one wbo
looks at it now, it seems astonishing that an
officer shonld 1 censured for withdrawing
while thero was yet time from so obvions a
dead-fall as Ticoudernga lwcame at once when
the Hritish occupied Mouat Defiance. The mil
itary blunders of lioth sides on the occasion was
something to make a soldier groan. Here was
Mount Defiance, a high hill almost within mus
ket range of the fort, ami from its superior
height commanding the fort completely almost
to the top of which a common six-ponnder gun
bad actually thrown a round shot from the fort
and therefore imagine tbe effect of a plnngiTig
fire downward! which the commanding officers
of the American army (though St, Clair, Arnold,
and others reported the contrary to le the fact)
persisted in believing to I inaccessible, and
that, too, when tbe exploit of Wolfe and his
army at the Heights oi Aurnuam must nave been
frobh in knowledge and such a commanding
position calmly lctt for Hnrgnyne to take pi&es
sion of. On the other baud, Bargoyur, finding
thus tbe key to tbe front door, as it were, laid
down within his reach, seizes it, of course, and
then proceeds to unlock the front dor without
any effort, so far as is known, to prevent a re
treat through the back door. Had Hurgoyne
been as acute a soldier as he was a craccfnl
writer, be would have made the seiznrc of
Mount Defiance, aud the occupation of the
Skenesliorongh road, and all other roads leading
from the fort, simultaneous acts: aud. had he
doueso, St. Clair's two thousand men must hate
surrendered; aud, without them, the victories
at Saratoga would have lieen, h far as human
iudgcient can go,. Impossible. AudyetSt.CIair,
laving been forced into a deadly position ,lj
intluemet he could not coutnd, was sharply cen
sured for saving his army fnmi what ought to
have been total loss. Kven the high-bred aud
unusually fair-miuded Geueral Schuyler was
anxious to be excnlpated from having had any
thing to do with the evacuation which can
only be explained by tbe fact that he was al
ready so much in trouble ou his own account,
that be shrank from anything more, even thongh
to do so was to le rather wanting in tbe loyalty
of friendship. The present work makes tbe sit
uation clear, aud vindicates St. Clair in a way
that dor not admit of auy refutation. Tbe
third of these salient points tbe accouut of tbe
amenta leading up to tbe removal of St. Clair by
Jefferson opens another, and a broad glimpso
iuto the furious partisan tempests that marked
tbe beginning of thus century. The birth of the
so-called Kepublican party, nnder the. political
leadership of Tlmmas Jefierson, was marked by
more acrid and unreasoning bitterness of feeling
than has been manifested at. any other period of
oar history, with the possible exception of tbe
few years immediately preceding tbe late civil
war. It was fortunate for our integrity as a
nation, perhaps, that there were no Atlantic
cables and no steamships In those days, and
more especially that at that time one Napoleon
Bonaparte was giving the kiugs and emperors of
the old world about all the active business they
cared about undertaking ; for we were certainly
in a state to hare fallen an easy prey to any
who might have had disposition and opportuni
ty to put forth a strong hand and crush" us.
Heated aa we think our political controversies,
and disgracefully personal aad unworthy as
many of them are, they da not reach the amaz
ing rancor of manv of those of that period.
General St. Clair had been the friend of Wash
ington aud Hamilton, and was a warm and pro
nounced Federalist. The narrative of tbe events
named, and the letters and other papers referring
to them, also disclose the fact that St. Clair
never made any concealment of tbe fact that be
held Federalist views. It discloses, alo7 the
fact that the most direct and formal effort of
his enemiea to displace him failed of their pur
pose, and probably very largely from Jefferson
old personal friendship for him, ami that tbe
nltimate cause of executive action against him
lay, or was stated to lie, in his own contemptu
ous utterances against the party In power and
the administration. Without doubt, the loyal
old soldier had abundant provocation for all be
said. Indeed, considering the extraordinary in
terference of party at the time, be seems to have
borne himself with what now looks like marked
temperance and moderation. Nevertheless, it it
difficult to avoid the conviction that there must
bare been something more than appears now
on tbe surface to provoke tbe final executive
action. That action was certainly indefensible
In ita manner on any principle of official cour
tesy or of good breeding, and ita very wantcf
these argues some extraordinary provocation,
real or fancied. It is embodied in the following
letter:
Dr.rARTxr.NT of State, WxsiirxGTox, Xov.
22. Arthur St. CUir, Efj. Sir: Tbe President,
observing In an address lately delivered by you
to the convention held at Chilli cot he, an intera-
K ranee and indecorum pf language toward the
gialature of the United States, and a disor
ganizing spirit and tendency of very evil exam
ple, and grossly violating the rules of conduct
enjoined by your public station, determines that
your commission as Governor of the North-western
territory shall cease on the receipt of this
notification. I am, etc.
James Madison.
Ioatcad of sending this to St. Clair, it was in
closed in auotner letter to Charles W. Uynl, Sec
retary of tbe territory, who was bitterly hostile
to St. Clair. This letter was as follows, under
tbe same order:
Sir: Inclosed U a letter to Governor St. Clair,
from a copy of which, also inclosed, you will
find that his commission as Governor of tbe
North-western territory is to cease on his receipt
of the notification. Itiaoulytobe added that
no successor has yet been appointed, and conse
quently that the functions of the office devolve
on you, as Secretary of the said territory. I
have the honor to be. very respectfully, your
most obedient and humble servant, t
JXMTS MADIOX.
On these extraordinary tetters Mr. Smith com
ments justly as follows:
"inis omcial correspondence is a striking
illustration of the political madness of the time.
That a gentleman of the high character, the cul
ture, and the experience uf Mr. Madison could
consent to commit such an indiguity as to send
a fetter of removal under cover to a malignant,
personal enemy of the officer removed is remark
able; aud it would be difficult to justify tbe act
on the ground of official duty. It would have
been impossible for him to have committed any
other act that would have been legarded by St.
Clair as more offensive."
It is precisely because the action was so extra
ordinary that one is led to suspect the existence
of some provocation, perhaps personal, which
does uot appear. Mr. Smith gives all tbe acces
sible papers referring to this as well as other
affairs.
There is mnch more that It would be a pleas
ure to advert to, but it mnst be forlwrne. The
volume contain a very large nnmlier of docu
ments of great historical interest and alue,
which are hero first made public, aud the pub
lishers seem justified iu characterizing it as "tbe
most important contribution of original materi
al to American history issued from the press for
many years." The author has given great care
and labor and ability to the preparation of the
work, to say nothing of having exieuded sever
al thousand dollar ia making his researches as
complete as possible, aud has well eamed the
thaukaof all who are interested in "the ruth
of history." Chicago Timr$t Feb. 11.
EOLAB CYCLOHXS.
Ulartn Outbursts Visible en the otar Disc
Indie ling- J! ouster Com mat Ions.
Yesterday afternoon the sun abone warm mid
bright over the city'a smote, when a represent
ative of the Telegraph knocked at tbe door of
the Allegheny Observatory. In spite of MURK.
mile spots, tho unhine was nn usually bright
and enjoyable, and early spring was on erv
hand, the birds singing as if there were no stirb
: things as spots in tbe brigbtueas that surround
j til thein. Trof. Very answered tbe MimmoiiN.
I It was an inopportune time for n call at tbe
, queer-domed building. I'rof. Iangley was deep
in worK, in viewni iiisuepariure lor uasuiug
ton, iu the evening, with his completed report
to the Signal Servito Hureau. It is a labor
which has engaged his attention for months, ami
to li nihil it in time for bis departure for the Cap
ital required strenuous exertions all day yester
day. Not only Mr. llSngley but Mr. Very and
assistant were busy as bees in clorer. It -was a
most annoying time to have the biggest spot
fur teu years come sliding iuto view on tbe sun,
aud a correspondingly inopportune time for vis
itors. Hut with extreme courtesy Prof. Langley or
dered a halt lu the labor of copying, and tran
scribing, and formulating.
'Mr. cry, said he, "turn the dome, iqen the
! shutters, and put the telescope on the sun."
Tli is work occupied but a few moments. Tli
azure dome rumbled around in rnqtunse to the
turning of tbe lever, the shatters were drawn
down, admitting of warm sunshine into the
cool recesses of the circular apartment. The
great brazen eye, with its pupil of nine-inch
apertnre, was swung noiselessly until aimed di
rectly at tbe siiottcd God of Day. Then an eye
piece, containing a power of 100, was affixed' to
the lower end oi me great tube. Mown toe lat
ter darted the light that, eight minutes before,
left the perturbed surface of tbe sun, bearing
with it the record of vast disturbances going ou
90,00.000 of miles from the summit of Observa
tory Hill.
There it was, depicted on a sheet of white
paper a great fiame-colored disk spattered
with inky sttots. and these rpots. ahaued out
wardly from deepest black to the gulden hue of
the nnspottett aunace. it was a wonutnully
beautiful picture, set in tbe snrronnding alia fl
ows of the telescope apartment. Prof. Langley
then atihstitnted a power of 350. The golden
disk became the size of a child's hoop, and the
spots were jet black islands floating in a wide
aud apparently shoreless sea of interwoven
tlatnes.
"Xow we will put on a power of 700," aid
Prof. Langley, as he substituted another lens.
The hoop bad grown to tbe dimensions of a
cart wheel, aud, of course, only a small portion
of tbe solar surface could be shown at once.
Tbe largest cluster of spots covered a space up
on tbe paper as large as the palm of one's baud.
About the awful chasm of the largest spot could
be traced the path of a cyclone whoe forces, if
developed on this earth, would sweep the Amer
ican continent out uf existence lu the time re
quired to read these lines.
"And all these phenomena," pursued Prof.
Langley, "I am obliged to ignore just now, in
order to work at my report. Mr. cry Is mak
ing observations, however, aud I shall be back
from Washington in a conple of days. 'Hera
is a flame whirling a1ont this spot that is trav
elling at a rate of nut less than two hundred
miles ier second. Into this dark spot now in
the field of the telescope this earth could be
dropped without touching the sides of the
chasm. I can see a change in thirty mi notes of
time. Xew spots are developing, and others are
being bridged over by tbe sweep of the cyclones.
It is the lanrest spot, this particular one. that
has been upon the sun for teu years, and tbe
energy of action is remarkable at preaeut on tbe
solar disk."
Tlie spotted area of the sun at 430 yesterday
was almost wholly south of the solar equator,
aud included seven separate clusters or groups
of spots, the largest approaching tbe centre of
the luminary, and one just passing out of sight,
owing to the rotary motion of the orb. The
same cause is bringing two large clusters hourly
into more favorable view, from tbe eastern limb
of the nun, and these will be in their best osi
tion for observation in five or six days. To. pass
across the disk requires twelve aud a half days.
Upon Prof. Langley V return, be will deote
himself to thoroughly studying these extraordi
nary phenomena wlncn are peculiarly in his
realm of special researcli, and in which he ranks
with tbe most famous men iu tbe world. The
nature of these solar
i .mivi. m !,. suit
spU has Wn described,
s been studied bv Mr Lair- i
rntleman does not pretend
in so far aa they have
ley; but even that gentleman does not pretend
to account for all the amazing things be notes
upon the solar surface.
"We are certain, however," said he that the
black portion of the spots are far below the solar
surface."
Whence comes tbe supply to keep up tbe
monstrous combustion that is the source of life
and beat for tbe solar system, are questions
which astrouomero of the future may be able to
answer, but which as yet are1 only conjecture.
ntttltrg Telegraph.
m icni as . -
THE INFAMOUS STOCKADE.
The Hecaes af the Retol Pr!sB at Aatlcroow
vllteUeTlsiiesl.
A few private stones have Wen erected by
friend of the dead, and stand in long white
lines like mounted officers among infantry, aud
it takes but little stretch of the imagination to
make reality oat of the picture set forth In the
beginaing. Many have come to remove bodies
of relatives, but tbe grounds are so welt kept
and cared for that few removals have taken
place, Tbe marble slabs are some of them very
beautiful, being mottled and variegated, and
among so many thonsand some exquisite speci
mens occur. Here and there appears a square
atone shorter than the rest, with a simple num
ber, of an unknown grave. It strikes one with
manrnfal Interest to see the frequency of ages 19
aud 20, which appear on so many stone. Nine
teen seems to be the average of ages.
But little is left of the stockade; the line of
red clay breastwork is, however, vet intact, aud
worn smooth by tho tramp of the sentinel in
gray, who years ago trod the weary beat, scarce
ly better fed or clothed than the poor wretches
within. A field of oata has been planted In tbe
enclosure, which Is fall of wells sunk by tbe
prisoners, wbo tried to tunnel the breastworks
to escape. Few succeeded, and If the outer
works were reached, the rifles of tbe sentinels or
baying of the blood-hounds gave the alarm, and
recapture was almost a certainty.
"What about WIrr, the keepert" I inquired
of a soldierly looking man in butternut.
"He ought to have been homed," was the reply.
"Were all the atrocities perpetrated hereby
him at all exaggerated f "
"No,-d nhim! and tbe half was never told."
"Do you live here t"
"Tea, and I was a guard at the prison for three
year during the war!"
"Have yon any objections to giving me your
name for publication t
lHo; my name is J. F. Wood, aad I was cor
poral in the Second Georgia Infantry, regular
army orthe Confederacy.''--. porrUad Prea.
BLUEBELLS.
Ah, met bow many years bare flown.
Jaince Z, wbo wander bow alone.
That April morning stood
with mv one friend beneath the trees.
While wonderful wild harmonic
Hang through the bluebell wood.
The year waa young, tho wnrld waa sweet.
Our hearts were voting, and h-apt to crtct
Tbe glsdues of the day
Ao cloud was on tha April sky.
We Uughed aloud, scarce knowing why,
Along the woodland way.
And like a carpet on the ejound.
The axars blBebells all around
la fair profusion grew.
Amvag the nwcrs I sat me down.
Asp wore my friend a dainty crown
Of tender blossom blue.
I placrd tbe circlet with delight
Upon her forehead smooth and white (
The axuro af her eve
alight put ta sham the blaest newer.
That ever grew ta sheltered bower
enatn the softest skies.
Ah, , my friend, my one dear friend !
Our pleasant Sprtnjr-tlme bad aa end i
Wv left the fairy ways.
The mystic paths of sweet romance,
Tbe girliah round of song and dance,
for life's bewildering maze.
' New here, alone, within tbe wood,
tVhera la youth'a blnebeU-Ume wo stood,
f sit me down to-day,
II j heart fresh-stung with sharp regrtt.
Because thy path from mine 1 est
So very far away.
Bat. dear, my tears are aclfiah tears.
For God hath blessed thy happv yean
With blessings wide and deep j
Thy Summer came at Spring time's close.
And for tby bluebell gave love rose
r'or evermore to keep.
Yea, tiod bath givea thee all the good
Of maiden time and matron hood.
Tooth's s-priag and Summer's prime i
And now life's reddening Autumn leaves
rail softly on love's gathered sheaves.
Hound up for Wintertime.
Triend, If to me. when Spring time died.
Was given no glorious Summer-tide;
If never happy ilaj
Succeeded April's shower and son.
And it when blaebell Urn was done,
2i o rosea lit my way ;
If evermore my heart doth mis
A joy foregone, love' crowning bliss,
I know the lesson meant j
It wanting stars of earthly lave,
1 know aoo brighter shines above,
My friend. I am content !
PLANETS IN MAY.
Mercnry is evening star, after tbe 1st, and
plays au unusually prominent part on tbe plan
etary annals of tbe month of May. Otthe'.M,
he come into superior conjunction with the sun,
when, pasting to his eastern side, he commences
bis short course as eveuing star. He then fol
lows iu the track of Venna, oscillating in a
straight line east of the sun towards Ids eastern
elongation. He, however, travel much faster
than Venus, being nearer the sun. For the law
is unvarying that the nearer the planet is to the
sun, the greater will be tbe velocity. Besides,
on account of being nearer, he is never so far
from tho sun at his elongations. Venus is some
times forty-set en dgreea from tbe snu at elonga
tion. Mercury is never more titan twenty-nine
degrees diataut at that cikmtIi iu his course! The
swift-footed planet therefore overtakes Venus
ou tbe 30th, and the two planets will make a
charming picture at their conjunct ion or nearest
approach. Mercury being 'a degree aud tbree-
qnarters west north-west of Venus. Obnervers
will find no difficulty in recognizing the planets,
for tho brilliant Venus will be a guide to point
out the brother planet, who is difficult to find.
The planets must bo looked for iu the north
west, Mercnry fonr degrees, and Venus three
degrees north of the snnset poiut, both planets
being about twenty-three degrees east of the
sun. As they are above the horizon an hour
and a half later than tbe sun, there is every
reason to anticipate a rarely beautiful conjunc
tion. Mercnry is in conjuuetion with both Saturn
audXeptuus on the same day, the 4th, passing
two degrees north of them. The conjunction is
invisible, for the three plaurts are hidden from
sight iu the sun's rays. On the 13th, he is in
conjunction with Jupiter, about two degrees
north. Jnpitwrwill then be plainly visible, and
Mercury are enough from the sun to lie imssibly
picked up bv bright-eyed observers, as the plan-
1 eu do not set till after d o'clock. Thus, it will
be seen, Mercnry Is In conjunction with four
planets in one month, passing, in tnm, Saturn,
Neptune, Jupiter aud Venus. The most favora
ble time in all the year for seeing Mercury as
evening star, with tbe unaided eye, commences
altout the middle of the month and continues
throngh tbe first part of June. Any pains-taking
observer w ill be sure to find him east of the
sun, and about three degrees north uf the sun
set point, while Jupiter, on the 13tb. and Venus,
on the 30th, will point nut bis position, without
fail. Mercury now rises at about & o'clock in
the morning; at the close of the mouth, he sets
almnt a quarter past 9 o'clock in tbe evening.
Saturn is evening aUr nntil the fith. when he
reaches an Important time-mark in his course,
and is the first of the fivo planets travelling on
the same road to reach tbe goal. On the 6th, at
3 o'clock in the morning, he is in conjuuetion
with tbe sun, rising and setting with him, and
completely hidden from sight in his bright
beams. The earth, the sun and Saturn are then
in a straight line, with the sun in the centre.
Saturn is at bis greatest distance from tbe earth,
being more than ten hundred million miles
away, instead of about eight hundred and thirty
million mT?es, his distance at opposition. At
conjunction, Saturn's distance from the son and
the earth's distance from the sun mnst he added
to get his distance from n tbe planets being on
opposite sides of the sun. At opposition, the
same numbers must be subtracted, the planets
being on the same side of the sun. If these
aspects of the outer planets are understood, it is
easy to follow their movements. Conjuuetion
finishes Saturn's course as evening star. He
then passes to the western side of the sun, be
comes morning star, aad, a month hence, will
emerge from his temporary eclipse in the sun'a
rays, and may be seen shining faintly in the
east, a short time before sunrise. He will rise
earlier and grow brighter aa he recedes from the
sun and approaches the earth, until iu tbe sum
mer months he will appear before tbe dawn.
Every one should follow Ida course, aa he will
present a noteworthy aspect for careful study,
while he travels from conjunction to opposition.
His approaching perihelion, his widely opening
rings, and his great northern declination will
make him appear larger and brighter than be
has done for nearly thirty years. Soma of the
new telescopes that will short I v be in working
order, may gain renown by making disco vert en
in the Saturuiau system; for something new is
always illustrating tbe capabilities of tbe most
ho;eful of all the sciences.
An interesting planetary eveut of tbe month
la that Saturn and Neptune reach conjunction
on the same day, tbe former at 3 o'clock in tbe
morning, and the latter at 6 o'clock iu the after
noon. If, therefore, a straight line should be
drawn from the earth through the snu and Sat
urn, it would, if extended, pass near tbe huge
planet that travels farthest from the sun.
Another event. In which the same planets are
actors, occurs at 8 o'clock ou tbe morning of tbe
11 th. Saturn aud Xeptane are then in close con
junction, Saturn being twenty-two minutes
niu. .epiunc, lor mourns, nxs ocen siowiv
.. r,. .. .
C,n0K opon. Saturn a tracks, and has at la-a
"rrtaken htm. After the conjunction, he will
$ the piwIwiee-, 1 the first of the morn
ing stars to make uis advent in the eastern sky.
Hut as he ia never visible to tbe naked eye. and
only worth looking aa iu the telescope when
near upiMisition, observer must be content with
knowing that, though unseen, be Is surely pur-
stung bis slow courm among the stars, and that
his path !s as plainly marked oiit as if he were
tbe brightest star in the heavens. Saturn sets,
on tbe first of the month, a few minutes after 7
o'clock in the evening; at the end of the month,
he rises not far from half-past 3 o'clock in the
morning.
Neptune is evening star until the 6tb, and
then morning star for the rest of the month.
He is in conjunction with the sun at 6 o'clock,
on the afternoon of the 6th, when in bis turn he
comes iuto line with the sun and the earth, tho
sun being in the centre. His distance from us
then ia more than twenty-eight hundred million
miles figures that oar finite powers can form
little conception of. It Is more than probable
that other planets will be found farther off than
this distant member of tbe system. Indeed
there are observers who have mapped out the
Cirtioiiof the sky where these wanderers may
looked fur. and wbo devote themselves to the
search for ultra-Neptnnian plants. The move
ments of Saturn and Neptune are to closely asso
ciated during tbe month, that tbe history of tbe
one Includes that of tbe ether. They travel al
most aide by aide, as tbey arrive at conjunction
with the son on tbe same day; come into con
junct ion with each other a few days later: and
then change places on the celestial track, Nep
tune preceding and Saturn following. Neptune
seta, on the 1st of the month, about a quarter
after? o'clock in the a vening; at tbe end of tbe
month, be rise about half-past 3 o'clock in the
morning.
Jupiter l evening star nntil tb 30th, when,
at three o'clock in tbe morning, be takes his
turn in coming into conjunction with tbe sun.
Jupiter, the 'sun and the earth are then in a
straight line '-with tbe son in the centre, the
hnge planet being about five hundred and ninety
million milea from the earth. He will continue
to be visible about half of tbe month, after
which his leaser beams will be eclipsed by the
more powerful sun's. He is so far away that his
moons can not be. seen during May and June.
.Before be is lost to view, he makes bis farewell
appearance by getting up a lovely picture on
the western aky. On the Sth, be la In conjunc
tion with Venn, passing nearly one degree
south of her There is no more interesting con
junction among the planets than that where
the queen of the stars and the "father of tbe
goda approach each other, although tbe actors
in tbe present conjunction are not in their
brightest phase. Tbe planet set about Tbalf-
past 8 o'clock, nearly an hour and a half after
the sun. Venn is about fire degrees and Jnpi
tcr four degrees north of tbe sunset point. This
will be one of the loveliest pictnres that will be
traced upon the sky daring a month of intense
planetary activity. Jupiter et now not long
after half-past ti o'clock; at tbe end of the
mouth, be rises nearly with the sun, about half-pa-st
4 o'clock.
Mars ia evening star during the month, bnt
his movements are -devoid of incident. His
brother plaaeta have absorbed tbe interest, and
left him to plod on with lagging step and lessen
ing light to the goal they have passed. He seU
now about a quarter 1-efore 1 o'clock in the
morning; at the end of the month, he sets at
half past 11 o'clock In the evening.
Uranus is evening star, and plays the role of a
looker-on, while the other planets take the part
of principal actors. He is still in Leo, in nearly
the same position where he was found last
month, Uranns sets alut 3 o'clock in the
morning; at tbe close of tbe month, he seU
about a quarter before one o'clock.
Venus is evening star, and beads tbe list for
her peerless beauty. She is now a brilliant ob
ject in the west, soon after sunset, aud increas
ing in size and lustre with every successive ap
pearance. She plays her part In two notewor
thy cod junctions d urine the month. For she Is
near Jupiter on th 5th, and near Mercnry on,!
iuc ouin, an we nave aireauy uescriueti. All
through the year she willcommand supreme at
tention from star-irazers. fur the treat Impor
tance attached to her transit, and also for her
own serene and fascinating loveliness. Venus
now sets at twenty minutes after 8 o'clock; at
the end of the month, about twenty minutes
after nine o'clock in tbeeenlng.
The May moon falls on the 3d, and wins no
special distinction. But the new moon of the
17th is the most distinguished of the year. She
celebrates the commencement of her coarse by
causing a total eclipse of the sun, invisible here,
hut visible iu tho eastern hemisphere. The line
of totality passes across the north of Africa, the
south of Asia, and ends in the Pacific Ocean.
The new moon also signalizes her course on tbe
same day by a rare phenemenou.
THE OCCCLTATXOX Or JITITEU.
At twenty-four minutes after 7 o'clock, Wash
ington time, the new moon, sixteen hoars and a
half after her change, will pass directly over
Jupiter and occult, or hide him from view. As
from new moon till full the moon moves with
the dark edge foremost, Jupiter will suddenly
disappear when he reaches the dark limb, pro
ducing a startling effect, as if lie were suddenly
annihilated from the sky at a poiut where hi
path was unobstructed. There are few obser
vers who will possess the practiced eyo required
for witnessing an occnltation with the moon so
near the snu. Bnt it can be done by those who
Know wuere xo iook wiih me naked eye, ana
with the aid of a good opera glass or a small
telescope. Jupiter, on that etetiing, will bo
about one and one-third degrees iyrth ofthe
sunset point, and about ten degrees east of the
sun, aud sets a few minutes before 8 o'clock.
The occupation of a planet by the moon is a
rare sight, aud that of Jupiter by the slender
ciesrrui win not soon oe jorgoiien. ine moon,
satisfied with tbe production of a total solar
eclipse and an occnltattou, has nothing more to
tio wnn the planets during the month, except
to past at a resectful distance near Mars, on
the .'d, and near Uranus, on the tTth.
May is, therefore, a grand gala season among
the planets. Into one short mouth are crowded
more important events than those that some
times illustrate tbe retords of several sin-eesrtivo
mouths. The conjunction of the three largest
planets of the system with the sun: tho con
juuetion of six planet with each other; thesu-
penor coiijuuciioii oi .Mercury, me roiai eclipse
of the sun, and the occnltation of Jupiter, form
a brilliant succession of phenomena as imposing
to the mental eye aa tbey are beautiful to the
physical eje. The graud feature of the month
is. hawever. the number of planets in line with
tbe sun at nearly the same time, ami the mar
velous preponuerauce planetary attraction
pulliug upon tbe sun in one direction. Mercnry
is the first to drop into line, Saturn and Neptune
follow next, aud gigantic Jupiter is tbe last to
join the ranks. The sun is now passinir through
the maximum of un-siHU. Whether the plan
ets have anything to do with the commotion
agitating his surface is something which no as
tronomer has yet been able to determine. The
problem remains to 1m solved iu tbe astronomy
of tbe future. 'rorioVare Jvurttal.
SUN STORMS AND AURORAS.
The great sun spot which was visible a few
days ago without a telescope, and which there
is strong reason to believe was con nee teil with
the splendid auroras and great magnetic distur
bances of last week, is now nearing the weteru
edge of the sun, where, through tbe effect of
foreshortening, it Is no longer visible without op
tical aid. In the telescope it is still a wonder
ful object.
iteports irom observatories tn van on parts of
the conntry ahnw that It has been noticed and
closely studied by the astronomers. On tbe ICth
imtt., when it was approaching the centre of the
disk. It exhibited tbe greatest disturbance. A
portion of the sun'a surface, more than a thou
sand million sqnare miles in extent, was heaving
and whirling and tossing nnder tbe tremendons
forces at work. Chasms, some of which by
measurement were several thonsand miles across,
yawned within this area, their jagged and shin
ing edges and deep purple, abysses showing splen
didly even in small telescopes. Bright tongus
projected from the fides over the central chasm,
and In some places narrow bridges of snowy
whiteness crossed them. These holes were of
every conceivable size and shape, and around
them all was the vast penumbral shade, resting
like a veil upon the face of the sun, and Indica
ting to the trained observer the limits and ex
tent of tbe great depressed area in which the
still deeper chasms were formed.
All the minor features of the great spot were
continually changing. Au hour's watching re
vealed changes which, though slight compared
with the vast extent of the spot, appeared mar
velous when a little figuring showed the rapidi
ty of tbe motions that were taking place.
The evening of the ICth was clear, aud tbe sun
could be watched till it touched tbe horizon.
The tremendous disturbances that had revealed
themselves durinc the afternoon, continued at
sunset. The astronomers put np their teIecoje
to wait for the morning, when the study of the
great spot could be renewed. But hardly bail
the twilight faded before in the north, in the di
rection of one of the earth's magnetic poles, a
pale green light began to glow, and prraentlyan
arch was formed, and then the mysterious cur
tains of the aurora were sclent ly swayed and
shaken in the heavens.
At the same time tbe telegraph lines and the
Atlautic cable were crippled, aud the, magnetic
needle showed tbe greatest excitement. The ef
fects of the great sun spot, or rather the effects
of the forces which produced it, were being felt
by tbe earth, aud it was responding to the mag
netic thrill communicated from tbe snn.
The great spot continued through the week to
show signs of intense activity, and almost every
night the auroral streamers were shaken in the
north, although the first display of Snnday
night was un equaled by any that followed.
That the magnetic disturbance did not cease so
long as the aurora lasted, those whose business
suffered through delays in the telegraph know
too well.
At first sight It seems a startling; proposition
to assert that the sun baa it in its power thus to
interfere with the workings of tbe Atlantic ca
ble, and to interrupt to no slight extent the cor
resiMindeuce ami business between two conti
nents. Nothing that the ancient fable makers
related of Phorbus and of his Car of bay was
more wonderful than this. It would be yet
more stsrtliog, however, if those who believe
tliat the tornadoes and other atmospheric distur
bances, which hare made this month of April re
markable in meteorological annals, are alaodne
to tbe disturbances In the sun, could establish
their theories as scientific facts.
The power ol tbe son Is only jnat beginning to
be appreciated, even by men of science, and it is
impossible to predict where tbe study that is
now beiogronoMntrated upon this subject will
end. Science bas to-day no more splendid and
promising field open to it. -V. I". 5a.
ISBH
Ingersoll on Presbyteri an i sm .
We moat jndge people in accordance with
the creed tbey lelong to. Mr. Talmage is a
Presbyterian, ami regard every human being
wbo happen to be born only once as totally de-
K raved in every joint, and sinew, and nerve, and
e lielieves, as hi creed teaches, tbat God never
made a human being wbo didn't deserve Daniel
tbe moment he wa fioiahed. Accordingly, pen
are born in original sin, totally depraved, and
God can not be deceived br any veneering of
good works, bnt looks on fore as hatred, and
honesty as larceny. I don't blaroeMr.Talmsge;
I blame bis creed Preabyterian ism. His doc
trines tend to crush out all natural joy from tbe
human heart. I believe there is something good
and bad in every human heart, and tbe seeds
of goodness are in every uL Men wbo are
called wicked men do good things, ana men wbo
belong to tbe church do terrible things, Laugh
ter.! Bible readers hare stopped resding their
Bibles long enough to beat or murder their
wires, to burn honest men, to draw the sword
and fill the world with war. No human being
was ever so bad as the Presbyterian creed. Ac
cording to it, all tbe good fellows of the world
are going down to eternal pain. Applause.
According to it, aU the great and glorious are In
perdition; and the gres test man who bas adorned
tbe pages of history Charles Darwin, wbo has
died within a few days U also in perdition. If
Presbyterian irn Is true, they are all In hell;
every soldier who fought and was killed In the
civil war Is in perdition In a prison, compared
with which Llbby and Anderson rille were places
of joy. Idray winfainoaeaereed. Applause.
What right, then, had a Christian to buy an un
believingsubetitatef These Christians up above
are probably now going to the edge and looking
over. One nudges the other, and says: 'vo
yon sea that fellow there in tbe fire f Thai was
my substitute.' " Roars of lanhteT.j
THE "POET AND THE CHaXDREN.
sr joirc o. warrnia.
With a kUtj of Winter annsfaine
Over hi sick af jrrr,
la the sil TaUtoric mansion
lie sat, en Us last blrta-dsy.
With U UqU aad hU pleasant rtotss.
And hla boQsehshl aad hi kto.
WaU a sniDtl as of rayria.U aloeing
From tar and aear stole in.
It eaaae from Us own fair cltv.
From the prairie's boundless plain.
Front tbe Guillen Gate oraonsct,
A4 tae cejarn wood of Maine.
And him heart crew warm witttla aim.
And bis muUtunlng eyes grew dim.
For be knew that bis nxmtrv's chiWrrn
Ware alaeuig tbe sons of him t
Tbe lays of hi life's jtlad morning;
Tbe ps'lmseaiseTrain: time.
Whose erboe shall float fwver
OuttewloJauIevrrycliue.
AH their beantifnl cnastJatieas,
Seat forth like bird of cheer.
Came flochinc back to hi windows,
Aad sang in tho Port's ear.
Grateful, bnt solemn aad tender.
Tbe mask rose aad fell
Wna nJT akin to sadness,
Aad ereetiaa; like farewell.
With a sense of awe be Hstmd
To tbe Voices sweet and yonac:
Tbe last of earth and tbe first of heaven
Seemed 1& the aung tbey aung.
And. waiting a little loader.
For the wonderful change to come.
He heard the SoanMitifng Anjjel
Who calls God's children home 1
And to him. In a holier wrlcome,
Waa the mystical mean.u eiven
Of tbe words of tbe blessed Master:
"Of such la tbe kingdom of lira ven !
PROTECTION FBOM CYCLONES.
A writer in the Chicago TrtJa-se makes the fol
lowing auggeatious respecting the perils of cy
clones and the means of escape from them :
"One of the most common effects of a eve lone
Is that It blows down or carries away, with their
contents, the houses it encounters. In either of
these events the inmates are ordinarily destined
to destruction by being rrushed or precipitated
to the earth, and to tlee from their houses is as
fatal. If a place of refuge could be made under
each house, in most cases tbe family would lm
able to reach it before it would lie struck by the
storm. If there is a cellar, n few dollars would
construct In one coruerofit a room, with a plank
or timber roof unconnected with tbe house, but
strong enough to snstain tbe shock, if the latter
were to crash down upon it. Wero the hou-e lie
blown away, the room, if not too high alove the
surface of the cround. would he left nuimured.
To make sure that such wouldlN-theresiilt.it
would be well to have the roof of tho nsmi no
higher than the earth on tbe outside of the wall,
or to have the earth baukvd np and abided to
a level with the roof. It might le nrcrsaary
also to have the roof timbers strongly clamped,
mortised, or pinned to the side. Still lettcr It
would be to arch tbe roof over with brick or stone.
It would lw sufficient if tho height was were such
as to enable the family to maintain only a sitting
tHistnre. When thd house Is erected iumiu tot.
without a brick or stone cellar, the ditficultyof
insuring the salety of the lamiiy wouui iws so.iie
what greater. If an excavation existed or was
made beneath the house, a place of refuge miht
he made in it by setting strong posts upright in
the ground and rovrriiigtheencbcd space with
a timber roof. If the excavation had Wen used
for a cellar, a corner only or the whole of it may
be fortified In the way stated, according to the
size aud expense. This room should be w low
and so strong that were the house to lw blown
away, neither tbe posts nor the roof would he up
rooted or broken. It might 1m desirable to pru-
ide it with a stroug door opening outwards, and,
if of brick or stone, with air boles to preeut
suffocation of its inmates. These preparatious
supiMto the honse-owner able to procure jtostsor
timler. If this could not conveniently le done,
a place of refuge might lie prepared by digging
a Imle under the house or in Its vicinity, like a
well, and if possible, cuveriug It nearly over
below the surface of the ground with split rails
or logs, or If some depth, leaving it open alto
gether. If there wasakuoll in the vicinity, n
small cave dug in the side might furnish pl
protection. Its efficiency would depend upon
the directiou from which the storm should come.
j In many parH of the west ryehmes have occurred
aireauy, null it wigiit ue pirnuiuru um nimuar
conditions of beat and elevation of the laud
would give rise to others from the same direction.
Perhaps tbey generally come from the southwest.
A place of refuge in such a location, wonld be
liest constructed on the northerly shqwofthe
kuoII,orat the southwestern corner of the cellar.
Having provided for hi family, the proprietor of
the bouse, if a farmer, and likely to be caught
at work a distance from home, might have a
place of refuge near at band. Perhaps with all
tbe precautious possible, much loss of life would
be likely to be caused by a cyclone. Men wonld
be caught driving to cc from town; lightning
might strike the inmate of the place of refuge,
or they might be drowned ont by a flood of rain.
But the facts will show, I tbiuk, that the loss of
life is almot always caused by the fall of build
ings, by tbe force of the wind snatching Its vie-
tims aloft and dashing them to the earth, or by
missies with which the air is filled. If so, a
temporary lodgmeut iu a strnctnre which tho
wind will not blow away or uproot. If een at a
sacrifice of comfort, or at the risk of drowning,
iu case a flood were to break over it, or of being
struck by lightning, wonld be in a high degree
desirable.
STRANGE XETAXOPHOSIS.
A Waasaa Whs Tarn est lata m Jlaa After
Jlarrlage.
Most of onr readers bsve heard of the Burn
ham Novelty Company, which has been playing
about in tbe smaller towns of Iowa during the
past winter. The company has, however, gamed
confidence aud is playing at St, Paul. It is said
to be on its way to Habuque. From what we
have heanl of its merit, we are led to hope that
Dubuque may be spared, lint toere la an ex
tremely interesting history connected with tbe
luinaeers of this company, and we give it to our
reauera wuu me soieuiu asnuraucc mai u m wru
authenticated. Mr. and Mrs. Bnrnbaiu are res
ident of Waterloo, this State, where tbey have
resided for some time. One of the principal par
ties in the strange affair about to be related Is
Major Powell, whowas,sa)atheSt. Paul 'ioarrr
ret, editor of tbe Minnenppolis Tribune in 1573.
Prior to this time Powell had led the life of a
Bohemian, and in his travels went to Hrodhaak,
Wis., where he met a charming young lady jss
sessed of talent as a musician. Mr. Powell was
then lecturing, and tuadea favorable impressinn
both tiiNin th? yonng lady and her parents, and
the friendship for tbe girl ripened iuto love and
marriage. The joung lady was about nineteen
years old, and had always been reared delicately
by a family of tire highest respectability. The
father wasaphysicisu and drnggist. Soon after
her marriage to Major Powell a change leganto
take place; her complexion liecame swarthy and
a beard began tn grow, which demanded the
attention of a razor. Other physical changes
went on, and after the couple bad been reason
ably happily married for nearly three 3 ears,
despite the Major's dissolute habits, it became
impossible to deny the fact that the girl waa
more man than woman. A visit was made to
Chicago, an eminent physician waa consulted,
who confirmed tbe suspicion, a snurgical ojra
tion was performed, and Major Powell and his
wife separated, there being no matrimonial pro
vision to bind two male together. The disclo
sure was very mortifying to the parents of tbe
ex-wife, and they shortly afterward moved to
another place. The metamorphosed individual
availed himself of his prerogative, and put away
his crinoline and donned male habiliment, and
commenced work in a drug store in Chicago un
der the name of K. W. Burn ham, a change in the
given name being made to suit the change in the
sex. During the time yonng Burnbam had lived
as a woman the acquaintance hail been formed
ofayVang woman, also of musical predilections.
The two were chums, even room mates together,
without a suspicion of another condition being
present. The regard formed ripened into love,
and after a period had elapsed the two were mar
ried, and have since lived happily together, mak
ing their home at Waterloo. The husband aud
wife are none other than K. W. Bnrnharo, the
head of tbe Bnrnbam Novelty Company, and
Mrs. Gertie Kverette Barnhara, one of the mem
bers of tbe party. There is notbiogjn Mr. Burn
hams appearance to indicate the strange history,
aud be la now thoroughly masculine in appear
ance, capable of raising a heavy beard, though
to meet the requirements of his baianess be is
cleanly shaven. The fseU are well authenticated.
Mr. Barn ham is the nephew of a prominent cit
izen of Minneapolis, In whose family be lived as
a charming young girl for a considerable t'sie,
and 1 the subject of one of those cut Ions freaks
in nature, which are rare, but undoubtedly occur
Dnimqt Time.
Wht He Wocldxt He llauztrA. prom
inent ex-Confederate officer, now residing In
Washington, started out the other evening to
find a man servant. He met a pretty good look
ing colored man, and asked IT he could recom
mend a good servant. The colored man regret
ted that he could not. "What are yoa engaged
at! saked tbe ex-Confederate. "Why can't I
employ you f "I am not doing anything just
now, was the reply; "but I expect to have a
seat In Congress in a few days, ly name Is
Lynch, and I am contesting the seat of General
Chalmera." WXifion 6Ur.
Nrw Tokc Berdldi The subscription for the
benefit of Mrs. Jesse James will probaUybea
pleasant thing. The people of Missouri will
carry this sffair throngh unaided, strangers who
passed through tbe SUte having subscribed long
enough for the support of the family.
ftsifWICWTkV JtvlMnSM "That ma 1iaaV
buds with me once. Send Mm to the penlten-1
I
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iiaij.
THE "WONDERS OF OLD EGYPT.
Cairo, Jaunary 1G, 15si The past year will
ever bo memorable for tho valuable and remar
kable discoveries that it has vielded to Egyptol
ogy. M. Maapero has just published his official
report of tho great find of royal mammies at
Thebes. The narrative is enlivened by numer
ous photographs, among which are those of the
mummies of Thothmes HI. and Katnescs 1 1.-the
grand old monarch who.se titles ate inscribedon
the Central Park Obelisk. Tho text of the in
teriors of the pyrimid-s of the V. VI. Dynasties,
opened at SakJcara last spring and summer, are
also appearing in rapid snecession in M. Maspc
ru's "liecueil, published at Paris. Besides thete
discoveries, concerning which Accounts have al
ready appeared in your columns, three addition
al discoveries have been recently made which do
not deserve to oe passed by in silence.
In the desert, five miles west of Koni-el-Hama-dra
a Tillage on the western border of the Hel
ta, and midway between Cairo and Alexandria
the Bedaween unearthed a large stone which
they described as "taller than a man, and cover
ed with fine writing. Herr Kmil Brugsch, the
Conservator of the Boolak Museum, and brother
of Dr. Brugsch Pasha, proceeded at once to tho
spot and found the atone to be a stela, or tablet,
used by tbe Egyptians to record decrees and epi
taphs. This newly discovered monument Is iu
scribed with trilingual texU which, prove to be
copies of the Decree of the Synod ot Priests as
sembled at Canopnt, ordaining tbe deification of
Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy Euergetes,
aud creating a fifth order of priests to be called
Euergeta. Tho decree is dated the ISth or the
month of Tybi, of the ninth year of Ptolemy Eu
ergetes (b. c EW), and is consequently nearly
century older than the famous Kosetta Stone.
Another copy of this same decree of Canopu is
inscribed npon the stone of San or Tanls, in the
Boolak Museum, of which the British Museum
possesses a cast.
To appreciate the interest that attaches to
this new find. It may be well to recall the fact
that In l-HD--?, it was the tri-lingaal Kosetta
Stone that yielded to the researches of Voting
and Champollion the key to the language of au
cient Egypt, and thus became, as Mariette says,
"the instrument of one of the greatest discove
ries that do honor to the nineteenth centnrv."
Not, however, nntil Lepsins and Mariette, IsCW
fi, brought to light the Greek hieroglyphic, ami
demotic textsoftheCanopicIK'creecutrra veil n!-
hn tbeStoueof San, was the accuracy of Cham-
Hiiton s moiie or interpreting hieroglyphics con
firmed, ami tho study of Egyptology placed ou
sure and solid grounds. The at quo of Koui-el
Hamad ra as, judging from ana!oy, 1 siipKise
this stela wilt henceforth lie called bean th"
same decree as that of San, except that tho
texts, inscriptions, and representations am very
much fuller and detailed than am those of tho
latter. Thestelalsa splendid piece of work
manship; it Is of limestone, aud measures eight
feet high, by three feet wide and two and a half
feet thick. The top is rouuded, and represent 4
the winged-disk, and pendent vrai serpents, to
gether with the upper and lower portions of the
crown pahent. Below tho anri serpeut there
are some twelve lines of hieroglyph, aud repre
sentations of Ptolemy Energctcs, his queen, aud
his daughter Berenice, tlrw "0.tieeii ot Virgins."
Then follows the decree In Greek hieroglyphic.
and demotic. This stela has already been placed
in the Boolak Museum, which, with the additions
of the past year, is now quite as rich in monu
ment, tablets, mortuary relics, ami writings
b irring historical papyri as are the combined
eollectiousof Europe. This is a-s it should b-,
forEgjntian relies have au artistic value here
w hich they lose in the uncongenial climate and
surroundings of Kurojie and America.
The second discovery I have to announce, i
that of two tombs of the VI. I)t nasty, which
present the earliest known instances tif the area
These tombs are of private persons of high rank
They were discovered near tho most southerly
group of Sakkara pryamids, ami within a stone
throw of proiuiuet trnnketed pyramid of King
Una, known as tho Mastaba-el-Pharaoun. Ir
should be remembered that iu the interior of tho
Pyramid of Mycerinns of the IV. Iiytiastv th
smallest of the three great Pyramids of Ghtzrh
there's a passageway, the top of which, al
though resembling an arch, is not constructed
on the principle of au arch that Is to say.
blocks were placed horizontally, one projecting
beyond that immediately ltclow it, till the up
permost two meet In the center, the interior an
gles boing afterwards rounded off to form the
vault. Several instances of these pudoarcb-t
are known to exist in tombs of the VI. and later
Dynasties, but no true arch had hitherto Un
foitud previous to tbotte in the tombs of the
XVIII., XIX., and XX. Dynasties, nearTheb-s.
The arches in the two recently discovered tomlm
of the VI. Dynasty are built over the entrance.
They have oruauieutcd ke stones, and are leati
ti fully constructed of fine bricks.
The third discovery to which I have referred.
Is that of the long sought-for entrance to the
Pyramid of May doom a pyramid which will
probably turn out to be at least a century older
than the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and hence
the oldest known monninent in Egypt. This
pyramid, situated some fifteen miles tothe south
of Ghizeh. is one of the most striking landmarks
on the Nile. From a distance It seem, to stand
on the top of a hillock; a nearer view shows this
hillock to be formed by the crumbling awav of
the outer casing of the pyramid itself. It fs
called by tbe Arabs "el Haram el Katdab (the
false pyramid), for thev suppose it to be formed
of the rock itself. Its general appearance has
been described by Miss Amelia Edwards aa 'au
unfinished Tower of Babel. Tbe Pyramid of
Maydoom is doubtless the most carefully con
structed aud altogether the bet-1milt pyramid
in Egypt, About fifty years ago Ibrahim Pasha,
wishing to effect an entrance, thundered away
at it for a whole dav with nrti11erv lis neither
obtalued his object, nor did the Pyramid itself
suffer much material injury. A few weeks ago
Maspero workmen, after a Jong and careful
search, removed the massive blocks which hail
so long concealed a small opening, that proved
to be the much coveted entrance. This aper
ture was discovered on tbe northern face of tho
pyramid, and at a considerable distance front
the base. The corridor leading from the entranco
toward the interior has been cleared for a dis
tance of forty-five metres. This corridor Is sim
ilarly disjioaed, and Is constructed In the same
manner, as that of the Pyramid of Cheops. The
entrance to the central chamber is effectually
blocked np by tbe falling of the roof of the cor
ridor. The workmen are, however, busily en
gaged In clearing away the debris a task both
biCJcult and dangerous, which may require one
or perhaps two months. The only texts thus
far found in tbe corridor are the inscription of
two Scribe, who visited the interior of tho pyr
amid in the time of the XV. Dynasty. Hecently
discovered collateral evidence tends to strength
en the hypothesis that this pyramid Is that of
King Snefroo. of the III. Dynasty, who reigned,
according to BrogHch, n. c. 37W. or, according
to Mariette, n. c, 4-hJ. The picks of the Arab
workuieu will, however, hiniu determine the
question.
Discoveries of the startling and dramatic na
ture oMbose of the carefully preserved Knyal
Mummies, and the opening of long closed pyra
mids and tombs, are perhaps overshadowed, as
far as real scientific value is concerned, by anew
region in Egyptology recently ojiened by the
successful exertions of Dr. Brugsch, Pasha, ami
M. Kevillout. These two savants have made a
specialty of the demotic writing of Egypt a
writing so intricate and confused as to be unin
telligible to some of the keenest Egyptologist r.
The hieratic writing, used almost exclusively by
the priests, ia tothe hieroglyphic wbatthehand
writiugof tbe present day Is to print. Tbe de
motic is a very much abbreviated form of tbe
hieratic, and stands In about tbe same relation
to the hieroglyphic that our short hand doea to
the page of a printed book. Moreover, tbe de
motic, riug written fn the hurry of every-day
business, actually presents a penmanship so
cramped and careless as to add almost insur
mountable obstacles to tbe already difficult task
of discipbering It, Cor. -V. I. Vott.
Wonders in the Sky and Air.
Cosmic and meteorological wonders are mak
ing this year one that promises to be a memora
ble one in the records of each events. Sun spots
are numerous and of great magnitude, and ac
cording tosome writers of more or less authority,
they are responsible for much that is taking
place in tbe air and in tbe earth. Tbe great
comet, which is still too deep In Infinite space
to be visible to the naked eye. Is advancing
upon our system at a tremendous pace, aud will
soon stir np the superstitious and gratify the
scientific. The magnificent auroral display of
last Sunday night was one of tbe grandest of re
cent years, and throngh Its electrical manifes
tations, bas greatly increased scientific Interest
in tbe atndv of these weirdly beautiful phenom
ena. The illsaouri and Louisiana' cyclones, tbe
tremendous thunder storms that visited New
York and Philadelphia this week, and the tor
nado near Pittsburg, all indicate singular dis
turbances in the natural forces in operation on
our planet. With the exception of those killed
or injured by the cyclones and thunder storms,
no definitely ascertained injury to human af
fairs has followed these manifestations. On the
other band, by affording opportunities for ob
serving the powers of the earth and sky at work
under unusual conditions, they are increasing
the sum of human knowledge, and probably af
fording blnU tbat in some way not yet under
stood or Imagined, will jret be utilized to tbe ad
vantage of mankind. There is a great field for
scientific research In the strange freaks of cy
clone. The extraordinary power displayed jbr
the wind alone, or the wind In combination with
electricity, in connection with these phenomena
would not be credited if there were not thous
ands cf witnesses prepared to testify to it. This
subject should receive special consideration,
though it Is probable nothing can be done to
avert these cyclonic visitations. People living
in sections in which they occur, may find it ne
cessary, however, to take precautions for self
protection If they sbonld become more frequent.
The simplest plan would be to construct subter
ranean apartmenU near one's dwelling, thongh.
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