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About The Pickens County herald. (Jasper, Ga.) 1887-???? | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1888)
ting I -angund of which is ! .ua-like structure is , ...ngies and an inch or | Runic inscriptions, interest- I mars, are ou tlie building. zeros as though tea grown in the fi climate of Canada would possess ■ extraordinary puckering ° powers, b, like’ . Nevertheless ,, , unto a green persimmon. Professor St. Andrews, of the Central trying Experimental Farm of Canada, with proposes hardy j some experiments a variety grown in Japan. j - ---------------*-......- - ■ Tlie big cattle ranches of the far West and Southwest are reported to be break- mo-A m e tip. A yea vpir arro <_,o the tno Aionraia Niobrara T Land and and Cattle Company, which has become bankrupt, refused $1,000,000 for its property. Instead of the big companies swallowinsr 1 ° the 1 6 little l ones ° 6 ’ it lt is tUou thought ° 111 toward the i that the tendency is . break- j ing up of the big ranches into smaller j ones. --,-------------^ ! The cashier of a Chinese bank tried to leave with the funds of his bank for some undiscovered bourne or other, but was, unhappily for himself, promptly captured, lt seems to lake a good deal of vengeance to satisfy the demands of Chinese justice, which certainly ought to be, and no doubt is, extremely deterrent. All all events, in the case of this luck¬ less cashier, the preliminary step, when they caught him, was to wall him up neatly in a cell, and leave him to reflect on the error of his ways and to starve, and in the meantime they chopped-off the heads of all his family.— Ijteds Mer¬ cury. It appears that about seventeen mill¬ ions of tons of coal per year is the amount yielded by the chief coal dis¬ tricts of Great Britain—Newcastle, South Wales, and tlie Clyde country—and, as¬ suming this to represent the average annual consumption for many years to come, it is estimated that the British mines will not be exhausted in less than 000 to S90 years. It is further calcu¬ lated that drawing upon only one of her fields, the Westphalian, Germany will not be able to exhaust her coal supply in loss than a thousand years, and she has, : in addition, the riches of the Bavarian, ; the Aachen, and tlie Silesian coal dis- 1 It T . claimed, . . , therefore, that, . ; tncts. is j independent of the resources of other countries, Great Britain and Germany j could supply Europe * with coal for an unlimited period. ; ---- | i The North Chino Hera hi of recent date ute sn says vs that nm persons persons who vno doubt the id • I barbarity of some of the Chinese punish- meats “ have only to walk into the city of Shanghai this mornino', a fewniinutes' end thev will find one of the most 1 ,s ’ - revolting ot fliese punishments . , , . in tub .... | operation, and its infliction applauded ’ by ali the Chinese who know of it.” The I criminal, one Koh. is a hardened ruffian, who , has , passed , the greater par. ot the past ten years in jail. The specific offence for which he was being punished was his habit of blackmailin'' ‘ the new ’ I 111 - " L ! 1 ' e : ,I )Ut . 1C . •' aiL " ub “ im- He was suspended in a cage about five feet high, with his head through the top iu a wooden collar, so that he could not reach " it with his hands His fee' ” which ‘ loaded , nBflpd wi1tl vith chains, were so far from the bottom that he could only just touch it when standing on tiptoe. Here he he was was condemned couucmnc to to stand s ana, withr.nt without food ot w -er, j » ..m< e t.m outer gate of the magistrate’s yameu, the sport of hundreds, until death pu( an end to his sufferings The writer andlts sua^sts that a photograj nf - = j eon,, cupaut . would be telling frontispiece . the a to Marquis Tseng's recent article ot the “Awakenin'' of China.” it Kens Conntg Hjcmlk JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1888. long by fifty feet high. This would stop the that ava'nnche,aud solid of it w as more forty than rods likely long j ! a mass snow and twenty-four feet deep lay above me. What had become of the hermit ? There j was not one chance in a thousand that he had escaped. The avalanche would I 1 block the trail for weeks, and at the vary, ! best it would be some days before any | one at our camp w ould know that I \vus ! would in the hut. the It the hermit escaped buried he I ; carry news. If he was under the snow, I might as well make u.p ; my mind to remain a prisoner unfit l | spring. half I hour was in a bad box, aud for the I first I quite lost my courage. j Then, having prisoner every reason to believe davit,.. tha,t | I must be a for many long j | it 1 began to There take an inventory good bed of stock, of skins as were. was a and blankets, several choking utensils, clock, a table and several rough stools, a a dozen or more books, about thirty catt ’ dies, with tea, coffee, pork, and quantities sugar, several flour in to last me : weeks. I could not have been better pro i vided had I planned lor the avalanche to 'come. There was a lean-to at the back end of the hut, aud I looked into this to find it full of fuel. I felt much more hopeful after I had taken the inventory, for I could not help but feed that it would be For long- several before I saw daylight the again. accident , hours after the cabin sent forth suspicious sounds, The snow was settling aud packing above it, and rafters aud logs cracked and snapped in a way to keep me proved on thorps, If the weight on the roof too great I should be crushed or smothered the moment it fell in. It was after <1 o’clock in the afternoon before 1 felt sale. But very little snow bad come down the chimney. I reasoned from this that it had been covered by rocks or limbs. If such was the case and the fire refused to burn, I should be hard pressed with plenty of raw provisions at hand. I l'elt all the gravity of the situation as 1 threw on somo light wood and made a blaze. was a hard light, for half au hour. Some of the smoke certainly found way to escape, but some, was driven back. However, after a lime the heat the fire brought down agreat deal of wa'tei --somuch so that I could hardly keep a flame going -and about 4:30 o'clock the cabin was cleared of smoke. W lule . could not lor an instant believe that the chimney showed above the snow, I was satisfied that some way had been opener * or tbe smoke to drive away. I may ex- plain here that a great mass of tree tops lodged ou the rooi before the bulk o! that snow came, and these held the snow up so that the smoke went sailing abou’ in a hundred channels. I got my sc if some supper, weunu up tlie clock, and sat down for a smoke and a think. Tlie hermit had two pipes aud “large stock of tobacco, and lonely as was m v situation a feeling of gratitude to God f ? r the comforts at hand was upper- mos ^ 1Q m y tuind. I buried was now deep perfectly under satisfied that I was , the snow, and that my rescue would be'a matter of weeks. The first move was to write out a statement of the accident, ftnd t * 1 ’ s ^ placed where it would be pre- sel 7ed and ^ ound ' u case of my death, T hen I began a daily journal,and followed. mapped A out a programme to be week ’ s imprisonment would be nothing, but after that it would not do to let the m * nd dwell on the situation. You see, ! ke kolror °i wns stillness. The idea ke I )C c i olnill B u l’ ,llat ^ wlt3 buried alive, and it was an awful thing , to think <d- hermit’s clock was an oid fash- ionetl one - w ith !l loud tick-tack, and nft er the cabin . got through settling un- j der tke weight of the snow every tick i ? ouaded al ' nost as loud as tke b low °, f a j h “>"» er - It was so warm that T I needed , only the smallest hre and when I went to bed at y ,° c oe ‘, ; there was no need ot j even a single blanket , lor cover. ; _ a '" x ' rnr ' rr " T,rr “rjt'jse \ be that \ lx * hermit, caught under the ; 8» ow * had succeeded in tunuelling his .'V iy pJ* jy ari'V, i.. i', 0 V an ^i"! “ I had^no bdlt 110 sooner sooner despatched my breakfast than I set about making me a shovel to dig with. 1 found f hatchet, and with this sharpened the a boarJ ' and the snow I dug Horn doorway had 1 heaped bt up in the fuel .V al room, hour } when , I made *“ the discovery ov « that .‘ the ?" hrst rush ol the avalanche had brought d °7 n a g reft ^ lot of 8ma11 hushes and rocks, with had here and there a large tn ' e The ? ,JC '-' n P lied «P skeder ’ but tbe ,y held up the mass of *now so that with a little digging ”.°" ld r ““ a iu abii0St ««y direc * tion ' Great care was .necessary, <!Ver > as tlie burden above was very heavy, mid the displacement of a P” r[ miglit bring down a great weight of After I had run the tunnel straight out from the door about twenty feet I turned to the right, made mv way under a lot of rubbish, and after going about thirty feet came upon the body of an IuUiau. I ' Here the limbs and sticks made a sort ot l bower, under which he lav. and I knew that it was his voice J had heard culling, There were uo Indians about us except hostiles, and just before the snow cade I th, ‘- v ha 1 killed two men belonging f 1 • our camp. \\ e hid no fear of them att<. winter set in, vil,ages knowing that they stuck close to their Here was a ret »k>». however, in full war paint; but I bad no sooner found him than I saw th»t he was deau. though his body was terrible still warm. He had been mauled inti : ! manner, both legs being broken.his head ; j bloody from an injury, and h s right ! j arm doubled under bun as if broken. 1 j <--o«iW see the butt of las -uhe \ sticking out of the snow, but wtfen j I pulled at it 1 found the barrel[ missing. It had been wrenched off. i got his tomahawk and knife, nowever, £IK ANGELS. jl.v as lieart can be, Haehel goes up from me, r faces, uuforgot, children that are not; Uthougli I know in the laud where I shall go. > close in tlie dear old way; t forward aud will not stay; o made it ha$ made lt right; ny darlings out of my sight, Uthougli l know •> the land where I shall go, led. Theie is one small mound, in the sweet grave-ground, sv» blcLui d and spread Daby head d. oh' I know la lari' i c hr re I shall go. •ly groi it and*gone away; i my darling is turning gray j goldeu once in the days so dear, r many an l many a year. Yet I know—1 knw— -i a child in the land where 1 .-.ball go; .y bl ight, brave boy is a grave eyed man, aeiug the world as a worker can; But I think of him now as 1 had him then, Audi lay Ids cheek to my heart again; And so 1 know I shall ha ve him thera where we both shall go Out from the father aud into life. Back to His broad from the ended strife, And the finished labor, I hear the word From the lips of Him who was child and Lord, And X know, that so It shall be in the land where we all shall go. Oivea back—with the gain. The secret this Df the blessed Kingdom of Children is: My mother’s arms are waiting for me; 1 shall lay mv head ou my father’s knee; For so I know I’m a child myself where 1 shall go. The world is. roublous and hard and cold, And men and women grow gray aud old: But behind the world is an inner . place, , M here yet their angels behold Uod’s face, A “ 1 lo: we k,10W . rhatonly oW!dr th * * B ,° an ** Him so. " —Adeline 2. D. Whitney ■ ----- __________ rvnrD IAL'JjD Ai\ , v AVALAiiUlll. , r . , , vmir , -- T «n> Virginia ii : o t b e north of OUy with » lot of miners’ mail strap tied on mv back There tW,..' was no ve.-miar mail, route there but about once a month some one took the letters down and returned with any mail found at the Postoffice. I was on snow shoes. The winter had been severe, and the snow was five or six feet deep on the level. The 27th of January had been a very balmy day-, with a warm sun and wind, and on the moruin<>- of the 28th I started. ° I had to make my way along the base of a range known to us then as Bill’s Thumb, and for this twelve miles there was only one settler. He was an G Jd bachelor who had built, himself a snuo-, stout cabin under the eaves of the Thumb. He was hunter, miner, pros- pector, don’t taxidermist, naturalist, aud i know what else. Some of the boys he "had who hud met him hail an idea that soured on the world, and come out there to live a hermit life, but ho was a chap who kept to himself and would not allow any one to question him. I got along very well for the first live miles, but then realized that I was in danger from snow slides. The thaw had continued through the night, audit needed only a jar to send the great masses of snow lying on the mountain rushing which nothing down the could slope with a force stand. One took ]ilace behind me -&S VtffpSKUS 4 ® He was coming toward the house, but had a burden on his shoulder and v\as movingslowly. Therefore, as I reached the cabin I stood at the door to wait for ] limi thinking do he might errand. wish me to take a letter or some He was still half a mile away when I heard a dull, ^11 away up the mountain above mv head. 1 knew it was a mass of snow tumbling off the rooks, and that it was the seed of a,, avalanche. The sound had scarcely reached my ears when J wheeled to the door, lifted the lat h, and the next instant was inside. I was none too soon Almost every pound of snow o C a mountain side a thousand feet high ea P da quarter of a mile long was in tno- ,iou fcr the bil9e - i! * ame with a ter- rible roar and a succession of crushes as rocks and trees were caught, up, and I held my breath for what was to happen The house trembled and rocked, a thou- sand empty wagons seemed to rush over the roof, and then all was midnight dark- ne5 . Sj and the stillness of the grave settled dowu upon me. The house had been buried under an avalanche. It was God’s mercy that it had not been swept away and tom log from log. There was only a small tire on f] le hearth, arid before 1 moved I struck a match to see mv wav. After looking about a bit I found a candle, and then I bt # a!1 to irm ‘’ ti L ,ate rliL ' situation. On opening the door I found the mow packed solidly in front. Going to the single window I found every ray of light out - 1,1 ,he room was a bundle of rods about as large as my six linger them. and nine fe(;t ]ontJ Tliere were of 1 se j Z ed one and thrust it upward from the ; door, but it did not go and through the drift. I lashed another to it, yet the length was DOt sufficient. 1 lashed on a second, and now had at least twenty-five dear f ee t of pole to probe found with,and I be.ievci! the upper end 4ay light. In front of the cabin, aud about 200 feet away, was a great mass of bare rock forty rods “WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONEST LABOR.” together with powder horn and bullet along pouch, and and when beyond 1 had it, pulled I caught the sight body of moccasin crept in the aud dirt. It a snow took me an hour to unearth second the body, which was that of a warrior, The life had been crushed out of him tu a second. The mass of rock which had come down with him had broken every bone in his body, and a great share of his face had been ground off His rifle I could not And, while both knife and tomahawk were broken. While search- iug his cold and battered body 1 found a buckskin bag containing about tf’JOJ worth of small nuggets of gold, and this gave me a hint to overhaul the other. I also got from him about $200 worth of dust and nuggets, and in the search I found attached to his belt a white mau's scalp, which had not been off the vie- tim's head over twodays. They must have been in ambush pait way up the mown- tain, intent upan taking the hermit's scalp, and but for the avalunche they might have had mine as well. time I had The day had gone by the overhauled the "second Indian's body. Being at work the hours had passed swiftly away, and 1 had not given.my- elf any time to brood over the horrors of the situation. After supper I sat in trout of the lire for awhile, then wrote up'mv daily journal, and when I went to bed I left the door wide open. It. seemed to me that the air was getting foul down there, and by opening the door midnight, the room was 1 greatly afterward purified. It w as as come to know, and the fire was all out, when some noise in the room startled me. I sat. up in bed and was soon convinced that some one or some living thing be- side myself was present. I could hear a labored breathing, together with sounds, as of some one pulling himself j foot along of the the floor, bed and and lighted I Climbed the over caudle. the J What was my amazement to find a third savage in the cabin! He had quite reached the side of the bed, aud had j got out that way, as usual, he would have at least wounded me, for he had his naked knife in his hand and was bent on murder. The hatchet was at hand, but 1 did not need , a weapon. The warrior had been dread- Jully hurt, and, as an investigation beyond proved, had been burred just the other two. When I left the bodies he had dug his way to my tunnel, and then pulled himself along to the door, intend- fng baffled to have in thus, my he life glared as I slept with When all at me the hate a human heart can betray. He \vu- crushed at the hips, aud none but a sawge could have,accomplished what he ■ * cornu naveKilled him at a single blow, but the horrible work was spared m<3 * Death was already beside him, aud as I stood and looked down upon him, candle In hand, lie Uttered a faint war- whoop and fell over dead When 1 was sure .“Jat lire had departed, I dragged him into the tunnel and shut and barred the door, aud so upset had my nerves be- come by the adventure that I did not sleep again that night. In the morning I excavated a hole near where the two bodies lay,and pushed the three into it. and packed the snow over them. Then I began running a tunnel for the ledge in front of the cabin, and had gone about twenty l'eet when the second night came. Early in tlie third day I had to abandon this tunnel on ac- count of a cave-iu which nearly smothered me. Then I turned to the right to come out down the valley, aud I was still at this work when the first week closed. Early in the second week I was and stopped by a bank of rocks undearth, wnen the second week closed I was drifting a tunnel to the left It xvas slower work than you would think for The snow was packed very solid, and all and I dug out had to be thrown behind me, -......-j —a .i „ l ’"'~ Mr^r.0 fgt by tunneling. I started in on the third week *** at ?i° r /' J lian l r °r a any All A that f week I tunneled , to the right again, and at three o’clock on Sat- unlay afternoon I broke into had my done own tunnel. In other words, I woods. as I tt man uoes when lost in the made a half circle and came back on my- nit, while all the time I felt sure I was going straight ahead. The fourth week spent mostly in the house. I was now becoming •much weaker and was to give up. It was on the thirty- fifth night that the cabin begun groan- jng anu racking again, and I knew tliaL the snow was settling down around it. The noises continued all night, giving me many a fright, aud at seven o'clock next morning, when 1 opened the door, j found my tunnel filled up. I was .lamenting this when I noticed that the fire wns dra wing better than usual Go- ingover to the fireplace, I took a look up the chimney and saw the dark sky of heaven. At tlie same moment three or four drops of rain fell upon my face, aod then I understood that a great thaw had #et in and was three reducing da_\s the snow however, around me. it was more, before 1 got could daylight through the win- dow and force my way out of the door. It had been the raining for three day* and nights, and creek below me was a ma d torrent. The snow on the trail was y 0 t very deep, and 1 was compelled to wfdt tao d . iy ,. before 1 could get away, Tb en the weather changed to colder,and , „ ot down to Virginia City. It was nea i-iy ft month later before we cottid get at the bodies I knew were under the gnow 'pj ie Permit had been cuuriit in the edge of the rush, and Filled by being dashed against the rooks. Hi* body wm c arr i e d across the frozen creek to the e <jg*: 0 f a thicket, and such clothin" "tat- as itill clung to it were in shreds and ters They had known of the avalanche $1-00 Per Annum, In Advance* both above and below, and had given me up for lost. As near as the men could judge the snow above me was forty feet deep, and uo one hud nnv idea that the cabin had been spared. That 1 oauje out of it alive was simply the luck which strangely enough «aves a man now and then from the open jaws of death.—-Y*'<( York Sun. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. An Excellent Heap. An excellent 9oap may be made from drippings by following the rules here given: Babbitts .... T1 Potash, , Take one can of j three pints of water, four pounds Put of ! solid grease. Melt the grease first. j hi “ little water at a time. Add the potash, stir five minutes, add three quarts j of boiling water, boil live hours, adding j water as it boils away. Add twoounces of borax and boil one-halt hour longer; ; P 0l *r i ut ° a soa P bos letting- it stand a da.V or so before cutting into cakes. ! A Cheap Floor Faint. Some mouths ago the floors of many Austrian garrisons were painted with tar, and the results have that proved the method so oni- is j formly advantageous appli- becoming greatly extended in its cation. The collection of dust in cracks is thus prevented, and a consequent diminution in irritative diseases of the ; eye has been noted. Cleaning facilitated, of and the rooms has been greatly completely excluded, parasites The coating are almost of is inexpensive, tar re- quires renewal but once u year, and pre- seats but one disadvantage—namely, its sombre color, Fried Indian Meal Porridge. j) ry a .,j ld (d y edow meal in the oven and then sift it. Add to a quart of boil- j u „. wab ,,. „ teoapoouful of salt, and by (Wives dredge in the meal. Stir con- gtautlv ‘ aud cook half to back three-quarters ol - u a i lour Piute on of range lint j tbe moisture is well evaporated, then L„ “ C nnur i n io ..leased aidfirm bread tins and {aoniing t a to .Next cut. it into half j inch slices, dust , )VU1 . (p,.,,, ., imp, |j ol r a u<l f rv a delicate 1 The object in drying the meal brow[) before cooking it is to remove all moist- p Illav ) mve contracted when in a (l amp store or closet. Damp meal often j jm-ments, and it is then unhealthy, Acid an ounce of butter aud two table- spoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese to ( i 1( . .ili, w h;ie it is cookiny and it be- comes Polenta, the favorite food of j ta | v : j Broiled Salt Codfish. . (juthalfof a small codfish into medium g j Z( , c | S( juare pieces, split them in two ’ and soak thera jg bt ] cold water, over n n | j) ra j n an( j dr y them in a napkin next morniug ] {ub u little butter over each j pj ece aud broil them. Place melted them on a p| a (| er alH j . Jour a little butter over them. prawn butter is sometimes served with this dish. It should be very smooth- looking and have a starchy appearance, little Divide three oudccs of butter into balls. Dredge them with flour. Put one-fourth of them into a saucepan, and when they begin to melt add whisk to a smooth consistency. Now one more of tlie floured balls and whisk thor- ougiily until incorporated with tlie first, Repeat this process until all are used, When smooth and thick stir in a tea- spoonful of leinou juice, and if liked u little chopped parsley, Consomme Houp. Cut two DOunt ‘ ] s ski „ of bl . e{ alui two , 8 kn uckle of veai illt «. a kettle, tw(J V’ook uarts of cold water , heat * radually three lgmrs, then add f ow | weighing three pounds, cook ssifJrM £,%£& ‘ and summer savory. Whim tie chicken .. remoV e it. Cook six or seven then Rtraiu. When cold remove -be fat bv laviun over a damn clean cloth or brown paper, to which t he fat wi u ftd j, crp Allow the white quartet' and j erUjj]ied g)ie |i of.’an egg to every stock. Put into a stew-pan and stir 1 unti| ho( wlieI1 it reaches the boiling Doint . let t kePU at that 1JO i nt for half hour, then strain. rt .. . r — Ugefnl Hints, The sure preventive , for . tholera . . Is . cleanliness. Bathrooms should not open into sleep- ing apartments. Pine pillows are used on library lounges as inducing slumber. Been u separate saucepan ' for boili n» ^ pota toes in if po-siblo ofteuer flour is sifted „-ii for sponge ' B Cft Lie ligktct the cake i. will i be. The water iu which codfish has been soaked is very good for washing the mne under the stove. Take a bucket of fredi water into your bedroom every night. It will ali- sorb all poisonous gasses. Bathroom but' accessories may be simple or elegant, plenty of water and soap are within the reach of all. Paint .tains that are dry and old mav b( with . r(!movcd f rom cotton oir woolen the"suet goods Milnmform First cover * ni i -i,utter ‘ with m V , hou,d , , . huve ^ • ,. , hours > « n « ? fdee P’ aD< B s a '. tb,u . ’ *J erV0,,a persons Llirl ten v f“ 1 ,ch sbou,d bo laken re L' u r<;< ! ‘ ' ’ larl v ’ iu :t w ‘ !!1 -veutilated room. - To cure warts take an Irish potato aud cut off a piece of the end and rub on the wart two or tbree times u day, time cutting used. a slice from the potato each Ver y often 0,10 potato is sufficient for cure. NO. 23. THE SONG OF THE FOO Within my sanctum snug I sit, And watch the world go round and round; My Ink is dry, my pen is split, My pen and scissors cunt lie found. Ali! Joy for me, my work is dropped, For wtio can work without his tools?.' True, as you say, my pay is stopped, But money is not good for fools. Ho foolish here 1 sit aud dream Within my sanctum's scanty bound; I touch no pen to thought or theme, But watch the world go round and round With sweat and struggle, toil and pain, From dawn of day to set of sun, With lust of power aud greed of galr With battles lost and victories won, Wilb hate and fear and bitter strife, With treacherous blow and angry wound, While I, the fool, in happier life, Just watch the world go louud and round. —Hubert J. Burdette. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Ilisinga are treated so summarily in Russia that even yeast is afraid to do its duty. it When a physician loses his skill naturally follows that lie is out of prac¬ tice.- Merchant Truceter. How would it work for the women suf¬ fragists to colonize and govern the terri¬ tory of No Man’s Land? Schools of herring are striking in to¬ ward the American shore. They obeyed the orders of the swimming delegate. After all, it is perhaps appropriate that physicians’ prescriptions should be writ¬ ten in Latin, a deatl lauguuge .—Pittsburg Chronicle. In view of his preference for a “shining mark,” it i9 a little strange that death doesn’t capture more bootblacks.— Dans- ville Breeze. When a washerwoman changes her place of residence one may ask her “where she hnugs out now” without using slang. with Au Illinois man who went fishing Lincoln fifty years ago threatens to bug the Century Magazine for not printing his picture.— Life. Now does each side in Congress Declare in hot ferment. That tlie other eyes the surplus With burglarious intent. — Tid-Bits. A burglar in Harlem took, among other things, a cornet belonging trying to an to amateur, raise and the neighbors are a luud of fiOd In 'ini/u “re thief to return some night and carry off the amateur .—Nno York 'lime . Oh, sad is the touch of a vanished band, And the sound of a voice that is still; And sad is the winter without any ice The ice dealer's house to till. But saddest of aJi fdie things I know Is the toboggan slide without Courier-Journal. any snow. — Chicago Lady (to husband)—“My dear, did you think to order a ton of coal to¬ day?” Husband—“Yes.” Chicago Lady —“And my shoes?” Husband—“Yes, and” (peering out of the window) "there is a truck backing up to the door now, but it’s too dark to see whether it has the coal or the shoes.”— Uar/er'e Bazar. Coldest Night Ever Known in America. The other day there was in the city quite a distinguished Boe'.-Di yateh. young His man, celeb¬ says the St. Louis rity consists of his having recorded the lowest temperature everobser.ed within the bounds of civilization. His name is George A. Carden, and lie was on his way from Luma, Mo., to Chicago, where he will act as Assistant Observer in the Signal Office, lt was on New Year’s morning, 1*85, that Mr. Carden, then Signal Service Observer at Poplar telegraphic River, Montana, sent on the solitary world wire that connected him witli the outside this brief but startling announce¬ below ment: “Temperature (52.1 til degrees night trying zero.” “I tossed about to keep warm,” said Mr. Carden. “1'he big stove I kept nearly red hot, but still the iittie room would not get warm. It seemed as cold as tlie outer air. Upon me I had piled covering equivalent to twenty thicknesses of blankets. Army blankets, buffalo robes, buffalo coats, cloth coats, everything in the shape of protection, was heaped upon my iittie bed, yet still I shivered under it ail. No one can form an idea of the cold that night. 1 had to wear tlie heaviest mit¬ tens, and my sealskin cap was pulled I down over my ears. Once, when reached my bare baud out of the bed to throw another stick of wood on the fire it was so benumbed that I had to drop the the stick. Mind you, all this time fire was roaring and crackling.” She Brought the Road to Terms. The second railway built in this couu- try, we believe, was a short line of twenty *"**“ fr orn Magara Falls to Lockport, the track , made of wooden scantling or string pieces with strap iron laid on top for rails. By the way, these olten turned up one end and, catching through above the the wheel, came piercing The up engines cf those bottom of the car. days were of course very weak in power. Oh this railroad was a light grade for a few hundred feet. Near this lived a widow woman who had a large fat hog wllb - b one da .v got upon the track and "“skilled. The railway people refused t0 P a V her forit - on tbtt r<» u,,d that the had - road. She Log no business on the i,ad tlle lard tried out, and after failing to get anything from the railway, she spread this lard liberally upon the rails for a considerable distance along the as- cending grade. The engine having wasunable then no “sanding” arrangement, it to climb the grade; aud as often as they sprinkled sand ou the track by hand aud had passed by, she swept it off and ap- plied more lard. The result was, the railway company paid her all she asked for the hog .—PrairU Fanner.
