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VOL. IV.
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HiLLsnoRoucir, sii:ura county, x. m apkil 21, isso.
NO. 9.
STOCK BRANDS.
J. W. l.cnolliui,'' Mm k nnil Brand.
Itninds and ear
murk. Km- mark
,11'rosM thu loll and
i rnlr the stoop iu
i-iKiii.
StiiiliVs Brand. ' ,
lli nniln used br 3:
8. nml .1.11. 8ia lev
rir hrmi'linir their
rattle; hrands on
e 1 1 tilf; mid for
horno one triangle
011 U'lt ahouitier.
(I. address, t hloritlP. N.
('rnjsoii & Co.
Plarrd on left of
unit'.
Placed upon
eft shoulder
Placed upon tho
Vfl S'dO f ClGvpa
.inl jPurliiiK mid
mill'' lettHhoulder
dI horses.
I! mud on left side,
astrai-lit harbrtind
under half crop in
npht e.ar.wome with
Hplit abuvo crop in
par.
p. o. address, I,ns
Piilounis, Sierra ( o.,
X. M.
'Jliuiiiiis Abfjtins.
Ilnrc1 branded
jii eilher shoulder,
on cuttle, e ther
tide. Any branded
wiee, hHmti brand,
have wold.
Nrciindino Dnmiit-Kirz.
Minnd used
1 cattle and horses.
Jnxr)ll 1 rillllilill.
llorsos brnnded
on left t de or left
nip. J-' nine on ent
ile, With the nddt
tion of our murk,
left ear lioint; cpht
and under h t.
Jleiiium (irolK1 A; Fred Shaw
Cuttle branded
wk'c, once on IcTt
tip Hud onr on It-It
de; iiltci one third
t en-'h t-:ir cut oil'.
Mnmd on liorset
in hIkivp oil left
hoiilder.
.loli 11 11. Alloy
Mmnd for rnttie;
lrtt on tihouldi-r,
ipcoud on hide,
th nl on hip.
P. O. nddri'jiM,
Grit ('tan, N. M.
I'nehlitii t iHidi'lavio t'lmvcs.
Stock on lefl hip
;tnd ear innrk oil
both curs.
Mnr Yaili'.
Itrand for tork:
Kur mark crop
to the i igtil
i ntrle bob to
:pll.
Wrllj & Minvx.
Fnr mnrk in swnl
iow fork r. trhl car.
John Sullivan.
Hrtind on Mnrk:
Knr nirk ! n hole
cwlap on rigtit oar.
Ilran l for stock
:iM-d on left hip
mil back, rear the
-hou Ider. Kar mnrk
'inder iope in eat h
P O. ad lre.s:
Ijke Valley. N.
M.
Felix Uouyalc.
Trand nel lor
lock on the lelt
ide.
P. O. adtlre:
H 'llahoroUKh, S.M
s. s.
1
szar
rr.
r-.
SI J F 1
4
A -A- 1
TV '
3k
J a uit's M
Ornbuiiii.
Ilmnd used on thn
left sldn of cattle;
.pill on rfulit ear;
mtt-hulC left enruut
ilt.
wo
P. O. address:
lllhitio rough, N. M.
B. K. l.'rcrlj.
Five Inch on taft
s'tle; nia of both
car cvit olT mid a
noteh in under sulo
of rttrht enr, near
tin h-tft l.
I'. . -address:
Lake. Valley, N. M.
milium lottom
CC
Stork lirnntl uiff
tm riht (title.
lluiiglilon k Hone.
Cnitlc ol.l iiivn
ntihlv lioHr tlte
'.'ounier lirHiut.ttlllft
llrnntl of tontl-
nc-iiini ( mi In in,
unod us uliove f tui
ttl. Icnnpo lirnflipiar
ierof lilluuml Kt il
Caiiytin.
See lllnek Kiuific.
101.1 oftire:
Oiitllou. N.
M.
Hnncll Iti iid.
Morse brnnd sntne
is cut. only MiniMcr
n left hip. Other
hriinil M 1 itml
dewlap ftlit once.
1- nr mnrkp.crop mid
HPIU llOttl M tU'l'
iNir murks lis above
Kspeiidmi InfulP-,
I raiiiisfo A piiilitea.
Ilrnntted on ri(rht
tide of liotscs mid
till lie.
Jose Tafnja j ia relit.
T'ost-offlep:
Ctlchillo Nero,
New Mexico.
( lltlllla Til'l lid.
Ilrand iisotl nn left
'ilp of horses and
mile.
P. O. H'Mros:
Illllsboro, N.
M.
Ifafacl OliiiIen.
Prnnd iied on
lorwes, inulen, cat
Ic uid bunos.
Antott!o Itpez
Tlrand used on
'iorsp, nnili bur
'os and cattle
P. (. adtlresn:
Las Tolornas.
Ohmi'it, Meir A Glilsrn.
Cnttle brnnd used
'it iou .ue.
Helen
Saiioiu.
'atte branded on
de Far timrk : Cu
lt r b.t in kit and
r wht crop
P. . nddre8:
1 atrview. Sierra
to., X. M.
X. .M. Xonrot.
M on oth .idn
harp lioth ram.
P. O. adtlrrm:
l nrt irn-, Kicrr
t., N.M.
1
II!
V f I
.? 1 w 1
r
i to a
rr"-
l rjMJ
Vi FT
IVj" - llrnnd for mock
I jf jJ, nsi'tl on r:nlll suit.
. ,v -
"
HJTG
S RTLj
(owl
11. A. Klngrr.
JJTi on t'lllior ot
I ImiIIi tit
( nip tiff HKht Hint
ti inter slii(t off Iff I
ettr.
1'. O. nrltlivts:
KU'i'view, Sierra
Co., K. M.
WorJcu.
P. O. mldreM!
r.ns I'nltiiua, N. M.
Sierra l..nit and Catllr I'vinpany.
Tito lirnnit ! ned
on tlm lelt ultlit in
1 he rtiUtnvmir mttu
Iter: W tin ghoilMer
I. on ftittii anil I' on
tlil Hlltt
iieroltN lite rninii.
l'liti rump ntnrk in
iimm! in itlaee of the
enr inurW as rrrtml
r4 in tiook "A,
1. IB, Sleri H t o. reeoitls.
s
The ithovp U utt tine
of our brands for
Htork on the left Hide
It. II. llt'Mier. Ccni nil Vsnnirer.
S. S. .iHt-kMiin, Ituueli MttluiKer.
V. O. uitttretn: Kmxtlon, N. M.
Silllllicl Wl't'L'S.
llnneli on lnilmn
t'l't-ek, i'iitlt iniles
oulh nl I like Vnl
lev. Iliiiii.l on loll
tide of entile mill
in cither Mitltt of
iore mtiek.
IV II. Hil'lres:
I.ilke Viilli y, N. M.
J 11 lilt 8 Knlclil.
.IK (rnnneetrd) on
II llliKll.
o. Hitilre:
l.nku alley, N. M.
It. F. Parks.
ffXL:
This brnnd used
on the r1 Bide d
enttle tnid on the
lelt thijrh on low nes.
P. i ndilreas :
ik" VHliey. N. 51.
J. II. Udwnuiii.
t ntt 'e brnmb'd on
h' Ifft Hide; hnrai
rauiletl nn t hi
P ninl n few li
aim-
d on the rihl hp.
P. . address ;
l-'liiman, Hierra
'ounty, N. M.
t Mock 1 o.
tin piittlp, hordes
SmtI 'titt inn les the Iti:
t TJ in-H !! on thrruht
h p. Hi Mieep mid
liov'f an uixter hiill
clipp in the ltft c:ir.
A. M. Juiuch.Si'c y
L. V. I,. A J. S. Co.
P. li. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
Shiver.
P. O. nddT-esi:
1'airview, .Sierra
Co., . N.
Ilntiffo at find
uround White Itoek
Sprlnic.
P. 1 1. nddres:
.tike VHliey, N. M.
Perkins Sharon Co.
W on
ler.
left nhoitl-
on left
hip.
P. l. niWrc:
-"llir ieM-, Siel
Co., S. M.
M illiiim rotloiu
I'sed fm r k" side.
Knr mark: Hound
hole in each ear.
l. address;
,jMke Valley, N." M.
('attle branded on
!ef t hip. Pomp cut-
i it mi i nn I n nt'i
marked and brand
ed Itum-
brnnded tn the left.
P. t. adiln ss: Grafton, M
V. S!nttr.
The above Is used
for a ranch and
road brand. ( tittle
ZB J
A t'randed on left
ide. home cattle
imw on the ranges
led thus:
l. n'ltlrei.s:
Grullon, N.
connected,
u Is e d on
left thlt,-U
t ie hrand.
P. O. addre:
lirallou, N.
" W. J
Ci- ft y , U
l.akc Valley I, anil ami
1! xSw. J
Jltllll'U
11. F. (Jrulie
J. W. Tate.
Ui
fs I.
t. 7-titfia I.
S. U. M.
My mark and
brand list d on t:nt
lie and horses; cat
1 1f luarnlfd on ripht
hip, horc on tell
shoulder. Somecal.
tie liramlfd thu-
"A" on kH hip.
i O. address:
l.r.ln.n, N. N
: :
PET NAMES.
PAPA'S
W hen I -oine lioute my ehlhtreii ftbid
Itiinli out w.th joy lo im. ct their "Jud.
Then tpifckly w ill my little Ciuldip
ItruiK forth whihi t!ip ei h loi hi r "Oaddy.
MlfS Kate nn eny chair will draw
( lo.e tt I he Ure for her "Paw."
Anil Fred jump nimbly fn tny lap
To hear u Mnr Irtnn I. Is "Pup."
And U'dlit- proud I v hnv s his ti)p
And nit a to synt it for his "Pop. '
A-..1 !thot nays 1 imisn't stop her
W lien he kisses her dear "Popper.'
Anil Miss Amfimbi, full of love,
GelH supper icatly for her "(Joy."
And Grace, a Irjr n rorue as Topy,
Wnh plump wee nuns htifts "Popsy-opi
And Ttnuinv irh i s his hend a to.
Ami wants to r dc ii nn the "llos."
I love my ttd.c yet 1 voiild r1l(er
Have them onh e:l me "I-in her."
. ( . i in ''- i.iir St rt.
HKSIKdKl) IiV K LAMMS.
Alligatora initi MoconBlna Alto
gether Too ricntifi.il.
Oil tl
ti'e ;:i 1 1 i
sonlli ..licre nf I.:il,e II :i rtn'V
lrrnvM (lie (imi nf a sulilnn
liiliilei' in :t i'lutiii of slimli'tl r.ililine
minis. A Kinall it it 1 liiililewi'il "A"
lent ilrlicil nn the yelliiw :;nil e-:ive
him sliiller. His li'lit liiitleiui nf
t'VH'i'.-s wt.s 1 1 ii it 1 1 I 1 1 j i nil the slitu'e.
From his talk we synn leanu i that lie
ns a eiiuiuf I'luiiila eraeker ami an
iill-ai'iHiml li 1 1 1 1 1 1 r, iivfiTi'iiit; nl 1 i t.ii urn
lis jjaiin., lint nut nvere tn ileer. Iiern.
iniil hers or even 'enmis, ami lliat. lie
was faiiiiliar villi even w liter cmirse,
Indium. iikiiiihI am! hlull' in the jrivtil
M. iIiiIiu'k iiiiii ie IVom l.nke Ilaniev tn
Lake Washington. As we sat iii'numl
the ciinip lire thai iM'iiin the "Inw of
11 prairie lire shnwctl faintly nn a tlense
eluiiil nl' sinnhe lliat tn erlitinir Hie
Miiilhern hnriztiii.
"Vcs," he saitl, ill resn iise to a re
imnUnf the 1 im tnr's, "hit's a iuie;lity
!.rnm e:;r fur n :iirie lires. The I'fnsl
Killeil the nraiiir ".Tils-, anil hit stantls
lliere lltiW tell nr t w l ive feet 1 1 i "i ! i itml
dry as timler. I tlun't feeknu,! ever
(cell a win-f lire than the tme I foil in
with lip l Miiiil Little Mud Lake alnli'
ahtml I he hf-l nf I'eln iiiii V.''
The Florida rrarllvr lumvs litl le of
the I t ijrhli nin;; eli'eel of the linre of
iieeeli ealh'il III lierntile. lie is not
skilletl in the t nilo inenl of prnfaiiily
for the sal. e of emphasis. His yarns,
thoii 1 1 ei nit a in in;: 1 1 at erial for I he must
.pirili'tl iee:tal, ii rn reeletl oil slowly
mil tisiia II v w ii html the least show of
i niiiialitin. It is iniiiossilile to imparl
ilea of our hunter's droning Npeeeli
initi his disi ec'iu'il of every -fll'ei't nfler
which the oi'iiinai v stnrv It Her strives.
he went on to t. !! u. ahout t lie prai
rie lire.
"I was n-tfoin' up jitter ''-attirs," he
Si'l. "A little w:iv tail of Little Mud
Lake, iiiul iilioul nn hour, nr mailie an
li hi l'li a half, 1 seen a pretly con
siirriilile siiiuke a-pilin' up to the
s'uth'iinl. The wind w as in I lie linrlh,
and hit's slow work for a lire to eat
hits wav tip to windward: so I pulled
my boat out of the river into a little
hieonn jn-t liitr enough to turn her
ruiiund iu, look a cold hite nf supper,
rolled up in my blanket, ami went lo
sleep in the bnat. I ilmi'l know how
luii' I had been n.-loi p, but some lime
in the nilit I iva, woke up by a mar
in' noise. I put my head out from 1111
1I1T the bbinkel and fuiiml the wind
hail ( handed arnund tn s'tilh'ard anil
uas blouin' a rt rli t slid' oale. Ilil
iliiln't take me Inn;; to see llial I he sky
was all lit up wilh a red "hire. I emihl
hear the crackle nf Ibiines prelly con
sid'riU'ly cln-e up. ainl sasl to my
self: 'I ret k'Ui tiie lires a-eomin'
this way, and I'tl belter see about it.'
Ft! seen a e-i.,.,1 many prairie tires, bill
when I stood up in the boat, I was sort
fti M'rpriscd. Ilil seemed as if every
thinu- In the s'liili'iiid was a-biiruiii'
up. and the Haines was suoepili' tinr'h
laslcr'n
"1 b,
niul saw
piod tie;
l mule emilil canter
ketl back Inward the north,
I'tl a-piilled out of Ihe river a
al fiinlef 'n I (hiiuht I hail,
tw that, in the stranjrc jrhtre
up all the little waterways.
and I
that lit
'tw a'n't
into the
Unities,
was the
much ii-t- In tr to pull back
river ahead of the rushiii'
The lilt le pond 1 had run into
end of a sort o' pocket, and
dry crass stood all around it
the lal
ten leet hieh, 'ecptiif the open places
in the side where 1 come iu. The
roots tii' the crass was a-oTowin' in
waler just deep enough to cover 'cm,
Ihuiih 'twas a dry time. In wet
weather ynu could pull a boat rijTht
through the tops of the crass, or run a
steamboat over it. Well, stein' as
how si i n 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1" hail pit to be done
ri'ht o!V, 1 shoved the skill' into ihe
middle of the pond, stuck down aimar
in the mini, ami tied her nose lo it,
close lip. Before I'll !'nt her made
fast the lire had come so close that the
sparks and cinders was niirh-a-inost
bliniliu' me. ami the wind whirliu'
upward with the tlanie made Lil
ha'r stand tin end. Hit seemed as
if the whole world was a-eiiin' up in
the llamcs. Law- ! von never seen such
a wild siht. ami iu front of the rtisli
in' lire, s.iilin' around in Ihe blontl-reii
skv, was herriiis. mar-li hens, black
birds, crams and stiidi, all'a-s.piakin'
and takin' on. anil streakm' it thnnioli
the Jol'S of the l-l-ISS as llleks illl
cools. But "twa n't no place for me to
be stantiin' and Innkitf on: so 1 soused
my blanket in the water, o;ol down in
the bottom of the boat and covered
lnv-i !f all up with the wet biankit.
Just t.elore 1 put in v head under I r;ol
il ejimpso of a irooii-.-i.t tl critter, a
deer or painter, I reckon, cuin' by liek-el-cut,
wilh the Manic-, jitst calcliin'
onto his tail.
"1 hadn't been under the blanket
niot't' ii a scond. seems as jf. when Ihe
red showed thrntiv.li the blanket, ami I
cnllitl feel the hot air over me. While
I was thinkin' this was nlsiut the wu-t
lire I'tl ever fell in with in these mt
parts. I here came a tr. nienjus cra-hin'
and s wish in', Inmit r eieii t loin I he roar
mid crackle of the llame.-, ami the.
water in the shallow little .i;rnon bo
pan to spliu-li itnd the ln.al to rock.
What's this?' sag 1 to inis'If, ami
then tlp'in mini? u lunk iij;in my hoat
that iiih-a-iniiFl tinned her over.
Then she was hit on t'other side sunt
stiit spiiiniii', and the crasliin' ami
swishiu' in the e;r:iss ami the splashiu'
sidashin" ami h'iliu' in the walernns
all the time fjrnwin' lnmler'n lniltler.
Hy this time, loo, my boat was roekin'
and bobbin' about, now h'isteil tdean
out of the water ami now most sunk by
soliietliintr lloppiii" ilown on the eiin'j.
1 couldn't stand it no longer, ami I ii
up my head ami peered out. ' loiltu s,
by siimkey!' says J to myself. 1
couldn't hold my eves open hut a sec
nntl, in Ihe edtje of the llame, almost;
but leai iu' aloni; rielit muler the lonp
iu' tongue of lire was n solid drove of
'trators, 4ij; and little, chinked in with
water moccasins, and they w as a-iiiiiip-In'
into the lillli. pond, "w hieh was al
ready a fnainin' and biliii' with litem
that was already in there. I had In
e-et my head under fioht aWiiy, but 1
could tell pretty well what was jrum'
on by the eumniuttnii ill the waler ami
the bnbbin' nf the bnat. All this took
place ill a L'o'i'l ileal less lime than it
lakes me to tell it. von know. Then
etiiiie a Must of heat that sinecd the hairs
nf my blanket, ami at the same lime
a-lhippin in the water that seemed like
hit wns enin to smash Ihe skill' into
splinters. Hit seemed as if this lasted
a terrible time, ami then the heal le
t';m In moderate, lint the sinnke set
tled dow n eiioiieh to choke n body, and
the commotion in Ihe waler kept up.
If ynu are a bettin' man inn can bet
mt bonis 1 wanted that skill' tu hold to
gether. "When the smoke had cleared iiwnv
so that, after two or three trials, 1
could keep mv head out from under
the blanket, f sat up in the skill': Hint
such a sijrlu! Well, sir. wlicthf r .you
believe me or mil, lliat litt lo fond was
plumb full of Valors and moccasins,
and was actually overllowin' Willi 'em.
They was wedded so thick around tny
boat that she was h'islcd half way out
of Ihe waler, and 1 couldn't have, pit
her away any inure than if she'd been
kelclietl in a jam of saw-lns. 'Yer's
a pretly ketl le o' lish,' says I In myself;
how'lii I ooin' tn t;ct out of Ilil, w ith
these yer Valors a ferment ine;' niul
fliawiu' at each other, ami the mocca
sins sirikin' riehl and left, ami tin'
skill' niirli-a inost hiirli ami tlrv for want
of room in Ihe water anuuie 'em.'
Wi ll, while 1 was a seltin' there juni
tlerin' il tiver and watrbin' the dirty
smoke ami llame that craw led nloiifl in
the rear of the lire that had passed
over, I saw a Wig Viitnr iiiakiu' his
w ay out of the pond by the course 1
had conic, in. Others followed bini
and pretty soon there was a general
move iu that direclioii, and my skill
beiran lo settle down to her usual limit
in' position. The inoecasiiiH eleared
nut, loo, some sipiirmin' oil' with the
Valors and others craw lin' up on the
warm stubble that tin; lire hail hunted
over, ami iu less'n air hour 1 as alum
in my boat, in Ihe little lagoon, iu the
midst of a blackened prairie."
"Von niiht half killed ipiile a num
ber of alligators," nietr.-sied the llne
Inr, "if Mm hail jrnne at il jiisl w hen
they were Ihe thickest about you."
"Pidii'l kill a Valor that trip," saitl
the hunter. "To tell the truth, I was
sick of Viiliirs, and 1 pulled mil o'
there in the nini'iiiiie;, made for the
nearest Muff, irot a bear and a couple
o' bucks, ami came back down thu
river."---A'. 1'. Xini.
A GREAT TELESCOPE.
At u n lark's ro iilnif Work - lli lnuliiK
the M mill Mlllilnn llioitltctl lllli s.
The largest refracting telescope ill
the world is now in process of const ruc
tion in the modest work-shop of the
venerable Ah an ( lark, the eminent
tclescopc-maker, in Henry si reel, ( 'nm-
briil"-eiiirt, Boston. The two disks of
elass tro lo form the lens of Ihe "Teat
Lick telescope which will be placed ill
the observatory on the peak of Ml.
Hamilton, a beipiesl of the California
millionaire, .laincs Lick. 1 hesc two
circular "lasses are valued al. iWi.OiHi
each, and it tlcstroicd thc could mil
be duplicated within the uet si
months for millions of dollars. The
disks were cast i.i Paris, Ihe order
I nj il ir civet) live years ao, bill Ihe fail
ures were so numerous that they were
not received by Messrs. Clark until
last September. When linished the
lens will be thirty-six inches in diame
ter, si inches w ider than the one. they
recciilly completed forlhe 1'ussian (,ov -crniiieiit.
Since rcccivinjr the blocks last
September, Mr. Clark and his sons have
hi t'n eonslanlly al work upon them,
bill they do not expect to nave them
completed niueli before fall. When
completed the two lenses will Weiei
about Tin pounds. The work of polish
ijX the disks has "reached thai slae
where the. removal of a few (Trains
more of less from the wrung place
would ruin them, 'the only inslru-
i it used is the hand smeared with
roiijjc a polishing substance liner than
the liiiesl emery.
Some idea of Ihe power of the instru
ment may be pained froni the .state
ment recently made by an astronomer,
thai .'ain;: at the. moon, yin.ooi) miles
awav, that orb by this telescope will
be brniieht lo within less than one
hiiiutrc.il miles from the eye of the lie
holder. Mr. Clark is eighty. iw. years
of aio'. lie and his wife on March 'J.i
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
their wcddiiifr. He was born in Ash
lield. Ma-4., and brought uu a farmer's
boy, tint his scit-taiiiil .skiii ,:.i,iietl hoi!
a situation as an rntrinoor, a! the ae of
Itventy-two, ill a Lowell calico mill.
Ten ycaiss later ite had beet mi a minia
ture painter in Boston, w ith a studio in
Court street. All the lime that he was
I'ainlin;; these portraits he was e-rin l
inp away at lenses for a pastime, and
when the daguerreotype threatened the
extinction of Ihe pol l .ait-paiutin pro
fession he stepped into telescope mitk
in. Chiaifjo Iiitrr Orcun.
Youn Featherly - "Do you recall
thai notation, Miss Waldo, beeinniiie-:
No pent up - no pent tip pent lip
Ithaca contracts '." Miss Waldo
" No pent up ITicn,' 1 think, Mr.
Featherly." Yumi"; I'calhcrly-"Ah,
los, I'tica; thanks, I knew it was soi.ie
Inwn
Sun.
in Central New York. A'. Y-
WEATHER SIGNS.
Irtihfllf Vll.ilniii M'lilt'li fan ll I'onnd
In Itlrtls mimI Nature.
The man who is nut of doors at Min
rise can form a pretly accurate opinion
of what the day may be. If just before
sunrise the sky--especially in the west,
Is suffused wilh roil, rain ovnt'i'all.Y
follows iu the course of Ihe day. Ill
winter often snow. If, however, it he
frosty weather, the downfall is some-
limes delayed. On the oilier hand, if
the sky lie n dull gray, and the sun risen
clear, gradually dispersing the vapors,
it will be line. If he retires behind th
clouds, ami there are reddish streak
about, it will rain. Should the sun
later in the day, shine through a gray,
watery haze, it 'will probably be il rainy
ni -rlit
The sunset is v ery unreliable. Often
n beautiful sunset will be followed by a
had day. After a rainy day, suddenly
al sunset, in the far west, will appear
a niagiiiticctit streak of crimson (not
copper-color) - this generally foretells
a line day. A tinted halo 'round the
situ at setting occurs ill long-continued
rainy weather. A halo round Ihe moon,
especially if some distance from it, is a
sure imlicalion of dow nfall al hand.
Bainbows are unreliable, except they
occur in the morning, w lieu rain may
la' expected. Sun-dogs ami fragments
of prismatic- colors during the day
show continued uiisetlleil weft' her. A
dazzling metallic luster on foliage dur
ing a cloudless day iu summer pre
cedes a change.
Huge piletl-up massesof whiteclotiil
in a blue sky timing winter indicate
snow or hail. If small, dark clouds
float below Ihe upper ones, moving
faster than (hey, rain will follow, as it
will if, iu the morning, pale brown,
siiuike-tike cliiuds are floating about.
Ited-tinged clouds, high up al evening,
are followed by wind, occasionally by
rain.
Mists at. evening over low-lying
ground or near a river, precede line
and warm days. If a mist in the morn
ing clears oil' ns the sun gets higher, it
will he line: but if It settles down
again after lifting h little, rain is at
hand. No dew in the morning is
mostly followed by rain, tun! a heavy
dew in the evening by a line day. Bain
follows two or three consecutive hoar
frosts. A shower of hail in the day
limn is usually followed by frost nt
tilL'ht. If, after rain, drops of waler
still hang on Ihe branches unit twigs,
and to window frames, the rain will re
turn, but if they fall, and Ik" wood
work ilrics, line weather is at hand.
Slones turn damp before wet: nt the
seme time il must be observed that the
fact of their doing so does not Invaria
bly inilicate rain, for they will do so
occasionally before heat.,
Smoke descending heavily to the
ground is the sign of very doubtful
weather.
Objects al great distances, which are
generally indistinctly seen, or even not
seen at nil, soim liuies loom out clear
and distinct. When this happens, bail
weather or change of w ind ensues. A
well-know n instance of this is Ihe Isle
of Wight, as seen from Snuthsea. If
the opposite shore is clearly seen, there
is ruin about. If, at niolil. after being
blow n out ami exposed lo the outerair,
the wick of a candle continues to
smolder a long time. Ihe next day will
be line. ( Ireen-colored sky betokens
unsettled bad weather, often long con
tinued. If, on a line day, Ihe tliisl suddenly
rise in a revolving, spiral column, rain
is near.
The howling of the wind indicates,
in most bouses, bul not invariably, that,
downfall is near. Iu some houses,
owing to their con-l riiel ion, the wind
always moans. hcrever the wind is
at tiie time of the vernal etpiinox
(March "1 and I hereabouts), lliat will
he the prevailing wind thr. iiighiiul the
next three months.
If the stars appear unit .iially numer
ous, ami the "milky way" very clearly
tlclineil. with the surrinliidingsky tlark,
or if (here be a tiii-lv appearance over
the stars, rain is coming; while if there
he but few stars, ami thus" very bright
and sparkling, iu a pale, steely sky, it
will be line.
Swine, before rain, are unusually
noisy anil restless. Swallows in line
weather will lly high, and nt the ap
proach of raui close to Ihe ground; but
the latter tines not apply if Ihe day is
cold, in which case they hawk very
low.
Onninion sparrows washing vigor
ously in a puddle on the road, or at Ihe
edge of running water, is a sure sign
of rain. A baker, who kept a parrot
in the dry atmosphere of the bake
ollices, noticed that a few hours before
rain the bird look an imaginary bath,
llultering, as if splashing waler, mid
preening her feathers. Cnelt'ii Fnm
ili) Mntj(i;.iin
An Innocent Missile.
When (Juocn Victoria and Princess
Beatrice were driving near the Buck
ingham Palace Park, along Ihe Con
stitution Hill road recently, a shabby
lotiking man elbowed his way through
Ihe crowd ami threw a small package
into the carriage. The (Juccn was
alarmed al the man's approach, and
Princess Beatrice leaned forward ap
parently to shield her mother. The
package, proved not to be dynamite, as
Was suspect '.'ti, ii'.tl tl tunc coiiipiailliug
that the petitioner had been robbed of
his pension, lie proved lo be Charles
Brown, an old Knglish soldier w ho hail
sev eral I inn s been cniiliuetl ill an in
sane asylum. He was arrested. A'. I'.
I'od.
Practical ctliit at ion: A college
student at l-astnii. Pa., promptly
nipped a hazing party in the bud bv
tinliinbeting his pocket battery ami
shooting the door panels full of holes
just about tin' limn the committee on
Ihe powers of the Senate were demand
ing his papers. This shows how thor
oughly is that young man prepared for
college life w ho learns how tit shoot
while unending the grammar school of
his native village. Don't leave every
tiling to be learned in college, young
nuiu. llurttte.
MEXICAN LIFE.
tmr ot the ICplrurrau Mnnirla l'ii.n.Tril f
Mir IlltUlgo..
Tortillas Is not only o tie of Ihe
Mexican dishes, but one of the wonn n't
chief indiist'-ies. In almost any street
there ran be seen women on their kneen
mashing corn between smooth stonea,
inakiiiff it into a bailer and linally slnip-
inej it into round, Hal eakes. They spit
on their hands to prevent the duiit'li
'from stickine-, and hake iu a pan of
hot frroasc, kept boilintr by a few lump
of charcoal. Hieh :1ml poor buy and
eat them, apparently unmindful of ih,
way they are niade. But it is a bread
that American must he educated to.
Many surprise the Mexicans by refus
ing even a taste after I hey. see the bak
ers. 'There are some really beautiful irirl
among tlm low class of people.' llair
three-tpiarlers the lenrrtli of the wiunm
and of wonderful thickness is f.:niimin.
It is often w orn loose, but more fre
tiienlly in two lonj; plaits. Wix-mak-ers
Iiiul no employment here. The. men
wear Innjr, heavy hanjrs.
There is but one tiling that poor and
rieli indulge in with eipial delij;ht nutf
pleasure. That is eijrarette-sniokint;.
I'huso totteriiifr with ajre down to tin)
creepitii; bilbe, are continually sniok
iut;. No spot in Mexico is sacred from
them; in churches, on the railway cars,
on the streets, in the theaters -(ivcty
where ate to he seen men and wonicii,
of the elite, Ninokiiifr.
The Mexicans are unsurpassed ser
vants. Their thievery, which is a his
toric complaint, must be confined tu
those in the suburbs, for those in
houses could not be morehoucst. Their
cleanliness issonielhiufr. overwlielniiiifr,
when one recalls the tales that have,
been tdd of the filth of the "rt,nseiK."
1 airly in the niornintrs, tlm streets,
walks in Ihe plaa ami pavement am
swept as clean us any thiny; can be,
and that with brooms not as pun! in
those, children play with in the Mait-n.
Put an American domestic and a Mex
ican servant together, even with thu
difi'erc nee in the working implements,
and llio American w ill "get left'' every
tune, lint tins cleanliness may be con
lined somewhat to such work as sweep
ing ami scrubbing; il. dots not cer
tainly exist in the preparation of food.
Tlm meat express does not by any
means serve to make tho meat morn
palatable, (ieneially an old mule or
horse that has reached its second child
hood serves for the express. A hii;t
iron rod, from w hich hooks project, is
fastened on the back of the beast by
means of at raps, Tlm meat is liiuig
on these hooks, w here it is exposed to
the mud and dirt of the streets as well
its the hair of the animal.. Men with
.two large baskets, one in front, one
behind, tilled w ilh tho refuse of meat,
follow near by. If they weal' trousers
they have them rolled up high so tho
blood from the dripping mi ni will not
soil them but run down their bare legs
ami be absorbed in the sand. It is as
serted that the poor do not allow this
mixture iu Ihe basket lo go lo waste,
but are as glad to get it as w e are t
get sirloin sleak.
Men with cages of fowls, baskets of
eggs and bushels of roots' and charcoal
come from the mountain In droves of
from twenty-live lo fifty, earning
packs which average three hundred
pounds.
Piihpie, which is sucked from thu
mother plant into a man's mouth ami
thence ejected into a water jar, is
brought to town ill pigskins. Thu
skins are tilled and then lied on to
burros, or sometimes - not frequently
- carried in wagons, the lilted skin
rolling from side tii side. Never les1.
than four tilled skins are ever. loaded
mi lo a burro; oftcner eight and ten.
The burros are never harnessed, hut go
along in trains, which often number
fifty. Mexican politeness extends even
among the lowest classes. In all their
dealings they are as polile as a dancing;
master. Th' moment one is addressed
oil' conies bis poor, old ragged hat, ami
bareheaded he stands until you lean
him. They are not only polite lo oilier
people, but uniting themselves. Omt
poor, ragged woman was Ining to sell
a broken knife and rusty link at u
pawnbroker's stand. "Will you buy?''
she asked, plaint ively. "No, Senorila,
'facias" (1 lliank you), was the politt)
p
reply
lttih.
Mt jirtj Cor. Villnburih 1'is-
A POOR WOMAN.
lion t ni'lf Nti'Hil" Munaffrd to .ivr ("art
ikfft ('harRm.
"I'nele Stead" is what they called n
shrewd obi gentleman who used to live
in Winthrop, a little way out of the vil
lage, up the side of the pond, near
Keadlicht. One of his fellow-citizen
was a man named l.ovcjoy. L'nclu
Stead met I.ovejov in the. villago olio
day, and he sa'ui to him: "Lovejoy,
there's a poor w oman lives out on tho
edge of the town that needs some pro
visions. 1 in willing to supply ner, mil
I've stdtt my horse and have no means
f L'cltini' the stuff to her. Now, 1 11
buy her a barrel of Hour and a ham ami
some .wilier supplies if you'll carry
them out lo her with your loam."
Lovejoy saitl certainly he'd be very
platl to do it. Accordingly, I'mlo
Stead bought a barrel of Hour, a haul,
a bucket of sugar, etc., and. telling
Lovejoy where the woman lived, sent
him oil1 on the errand of charity with
the good things in his pung.
I.tivcji'V f.'isi'y fontv.lthi' hnueo whrm
the woman lived. He unloaded tho
goods, pulling like ft grampus as lot
rolled the barrel of Hour in, and saitl
to the woman: "Mr. Steadtnan sent
von the provisions. He's a mighty
kind-hearted man to send you all Ihesd
tilings."
"Well, I don't know why lie
shouldn't send them to me!" i xiJaimed m
the woman in surprised accents. "He'
my husband." l.nristou .k.)Journa!.
m m
A new theory, propounded by M.
I.udovic Breton, as to tiie formation of
coal is that it is produced by tlm sink
ing of l.ating islands like Those which
now occur on many lakes ami rivers.
Those islands are composed chiefly of
turf, w hich, being swallowed up by tha
water, become fossilised at ihvs bottom.
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