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SUNDAY MORNING.
petrified trees
OF ARIZONA.
The Silicified Wood is Beauti
fully Tinted.
By D. Allen Willey. #
IN the north western part of Apache
County. Arizona, is located the
most remarkable petrified forest
yet discovered on the American
continent, and wliat geologists believe
'<> be the most wonderful specimens of
silicified trees In the world. The for
est is about eight miles square and was
originally composed principally of firs.
It is located upon a plateau which is
.V)00 feet above tide water, although
the theory of geologists Is that the
woodland in its natural state originally
existed at a much higher altitude. It
is in the centre of one of the most des
olate parts of the West, surrounded
for many miles by a country which
yields principally sage brush and soap
weed.
The plateau on which the forest ex
ists is divided into many small gorges
and gulches, and the strata of which it
is composed consists principally of
beds of clay, sandstone and sandstone
shale. Under a portion of the strata
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TIIE TWIN SISTERS.
water tern be found at a depth of but a
few feet, and it is believed that below
it fire several subterranean water
course#. The trees in various forms
arc Scattered throughout the region,
'the majority consisting of fragments
of trunks, although quite a number
are in a vertical position. The great
majority are completely petrified, as
far as the wood is concerned, and have
an outer coating of what seems to
have once been sand and gravel. This
coating, it is believed, was formed by
the action of the elements and by the
movement of the trees at different pe
riods in the world's history. Geologists
have divided the forest into what are
termed three centres of accumulation,
on the theory that much of the wood
has been carried front one point to an
other by natural phenomena In each
of these centres of accumulation can
be found logs and blocks from a few
inches in diameter to five feet, while
trunks in length range up to fifty feet,
although the tree forming the Natural
Bridge has been measured a distance
of 111 feet to a point where it meets
the standstone formation, its length,
in the formation has not, as yet, been
estimated.
The beauty of the slllcified wood and
Its hardness has attracted attention to
the petrified,- forest by manufacturers,
who have used it as a substitute for
onyx and other material for the manu
facture of table tops, clock cases, tiling
for floors, and even curious jewelry.
Tl)C> position of the various trees in
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AN AGATIZED LOG BRIDGE.
the forest makes it exceedingly pictur
esque, but since 1803, when It was first
discovered, but comparatively few
tourists have explored it, owing to the
difficulty in crossing the gorges and in
climbing the mesas and other forms.
Some of the trees have been found pro
jecting from deposits of what were
evidently at one time volcanic lava
and ashes as high as twenty-five feet
above the volcanic foundation. Others
are on the edges of the gulleys lying
like gigantic cannon, as if protecting
the locality from the intruder. In some
portions of the forest trunks are piled
as neatly as if they had been arranged
for the sawmill, ten to fifteen being
counted in one lot. As will be noted by
the accompany illustrations a large
number of them are In lengths of but
a few feet and at a distance looked
like great cart wheels. As their cen
tres aue beautifully tinted.with the col
ors referred to the scene in the sunlight
is so brilliantly dastfUnjc that the vis
itor could imagine himself in a sort of
earthly paradise were it not for the
desolate surroundings formed by the
clay, sandstone and volcanic forma
tions.
Probably the most remarkable feat
ure of the forest is the Natural Bridge
already referred to. This forms a
thoroughfare across one of the gal
leys or canyons upon which a man can
safely travel and which has been
crossed by a sure-footed mule. The
bridge consists merely of a huge tree
trunk, which, it is believed, lias never
moved from the original section in
which it fell. The centre of the trunk
shows that ILis completely silicified.
The exterior* coated with a sort of
cement made of sand-rock, in which
geologists believe it was originally im
bedded. At the middle it measures ten
feet in circumference and at the base
four feet in diameter. No branches,
however, of any kind can be found
upon it, nor are there any indications
that branches have ever grown from
the trunk. The supposition is that the
gniley has been formed by the action
of the elements washing away the for
mation from beneath the trunk as it
lay where it originally fell and that its
first bed was upon the solid ground.
Several theories of the petrifaction of
these trees have been advanced. One
is that ages ago a volcanic shower bur
ied a number of forests in the South
west and that the action of water in
later periods produced the necessary
chemical action to change the woody
matter into the present material. In
the ease of the Arizona forest, how
ever, there is little evidence of vol
canic action, except in one or two por
tions.—Scientific American.
The Font, of Pocaliimtnfl.
One of the most Interesting relics at
Williamsburg, Va., is the font from
which Pocahontas received baptism,
which stands in the Baton parish in
that old town, so full of historic asso
ciations.
Contracting Taatcg Sliown.
The cottages at Newport afford a
strange commentary upon the contrast
ing tastes of the American nation.
Their heterogeneity were impossible
in a race of settled culture, in a race ol
common blood, in a country of limited
extent. But the United States is ana
tion of nations. Its people are not
Americans, but Englishmen and Scots
men, Frenchmen and Germans, Ital
ias and Spaniards of the third or fourth
or tenth generation, says the Smart
Set. Their taste in architecture is a
taste that was born on the sunny Medi
terranean shore, in cozy Normandy
orchards, in classic Spain and Italy, in
baronial Scotland and England. It is
revealed in the chateaux, the castles,
the villas, the loggias of Newport. Se
ville and Welbec-k, Florence and Fa
laise here stand side by side on tiie
same strip of grass, separated only l.y
a grille from Venice or Antwerp
FIRST FICHT UNDER THF FI.AU
Fought on land, Was at Fort Stanwix
New York,
The first conflict waged under the
thirteen Stars and Stripes on land,
after their direct authorization, is
known to have been at Fort Stanwix
(subsequent}- re-named Fort Schuylcrl,
in Home, N. Y. The fort was invested
by thy British on the lid of August, at
which time the garrison was without
the authorized standard: but they had
a description of the design, and soon
formed a flag from materials in the
fort. Victory perched upon their rude
and hastily constructed banner: and in
one sortie made by the Americans they
captured five of the enemy’s standards.
By an order of Congress, approved
by the President January 13, 171 M. the
flag was changed on the first day of
May, ensuing, so as to consist of fif
teen stripes and the same number of
stars. This continued to he the design
of our flag until tlic year 1818, when
the Union embraced twenty States.
On the 25th of March, in that year, on
the motion of the Hon. Peter 11. Weud
over, of New York. Congress passed
an act entitled “An Act to Establish
the Flag of the United States.” It
read as follows:
“Section I. Be it enacted, etc., that
from and after the fourth day of July
next the flag of the United States he
thirteen horizontal stripes alternate
red and white: that the Union have
twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Section 11. And he it further enact
ed, that on the admission of every new
State to tile Union one star he added
to the union of the flag: and that such
addition shall take effect on the Fourth
of July next succeeding such admis
sion. Approved, April 4, 1818.”
The flags of the United States have
since continued to he of this construc
tion; so that, whatever their variations
to indicate the branch cf the Govern
ment service to which a special (lag
belongs, every one shows by Its red
and white stripes the number of colon
ies which originally formed the nation,
•while its white stars in a blue ground
will tell the number of States now em
braced in our local Union.—George J.
Varney, in New England Magazine.
Pantomime.-
Certain gestures are absolutely iden
tified with certain feelings. To shake
one's fist is to threaten; to hold up one's
finger is to warn. To indicate thought
we place the tips of the fingers on the
forehead; to show concentrated atten
tion we apply the whole hand. To rub
the hands is everywhere a sign of joy,
and to clap them a sign of enthusiasm.
It would be easy to multiply exam
ples. Affirmation, negation, repulsion
are all indicated by motions that every
one understands.
It is the same, in quite as great a
degree, with nationalities, in spite of
the original diversity of the races that
make them up. The mimetic ebaran
ter results at once from race, from
history and from climate.
The gesture of the Englishman is
fierce and harsh; he speaks briefly,
brusquely; he is cold, positive, forceful.
Ills salutation is cold and accentuated,
but his handshake is loyal. The ges
ture of Germany is heavy, good-hu
mored and always ungraceful. Many
of the Slav people are unwilling to look
one In the face, and they have a false
gesture.
The Spaniard and the Portuguese,
although dwelling in a southern land,
gesticulate little; their language is
rhythmic, slow, solemn; they are grave,
their salutation is a little theatrical.
The Italian is lively, mobile, intclli
gent, gay; his language is harmonious,
sonorous, warm and luminous like his
country’s sky. The salutation of the
Italian is quick and full of feeling, his
gesture colored and exaggerated. Lon
don Answers.
A Luminous Explanation.
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, special ambassa
dor to Spain, tells the following anec
dote, says Harper's Magazine;
In the discharge of ids duties in pro
moting the cause of education he lias
been frequently called upon to address
the pupils of schools he has been visit
ing. On one occasion he was at a rural
school, i.ud the usual address was ex
pected at the (lose of the exercises.
The children went through a number
of ealisthenic exercises, which were,
probably, somewhat elaborated in
honor of the distinguished visitor, and
then came (he doctor’s speeeh. Think
ing it was a favorable occasion to im
press upon his youthful auditors the
importance of drill and practice, the
doctor, after expressing the pleasure
that the exercises had given him, told
the children that they had done far
better than he could have done, and
then asked:
“Can someone of you tel! me why
it is that I cannot do these ealisthenic
exercises as well as you have done
them?’’
After an instant’s pause a small hand
went up, and, on receiving an encour
aging word from the doctor, a little
boy stood up and said:
“’Cause you are old and stiff in the
j’nts”—which was not exactly the an
i swer either expected or desired.
A Contrary Conductor.
“There is the greatest difference im
aginable between street car conduct
ors,” said a woman who uses the cars
every day. “I always try to make a
point of having change, but the other
day I didn’t and found myself with
nothing less than a $5 bill. The con
ductor changed it promptly, giving me
$3 in bills and apologizing for being
obliged to give me the rest in silver.
On the next line of ears I saw another
conductor accept a $5 Dill from a
woman and then search his pockets
for change for pure contrariness. He
gave her the whole sum in quarters,
dimes and nickels and a liberal number
of pennies, so that her hand bag was
filled with small change, and then at
the next corner he got off at a cigar
store with a $2 bill to get change to
u in the car. - ’—Philadelphia Record.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
Styltsh Organ Grinders.
Much amusement was afforded the
residents of Ixigan square the other
evening by the actions of a couple of
gentlemen who were evidently exhil
arated from taking too much liquid
refreshment. The men were enacting
the parts of Italian street musicians.
Both men, who were attired in Prince
Albert coats and wore shining silk
hats, made a laughable sight as they
pushed a large hurdygurdy clear
around the square, stopping In front
of a dozen houses en route.
While one man ground out music
the other passed his silk hat for a
collection. The donations were
liberal, too; even the poorest-clothed
workingman, seated on a bench in
the square, tossed in a copper for
the “two swells what got broke and
had to take to the streets for a liv
ing.”
An officer, who evidently knew the
two men, finally persuaded them to go
home, and the instrument was return
ed to the waiting Italian, from whom
the had hired it.
Just as the two men had turned to
go away they met a poor, lame old
woman, whom they stopped and made
wait while one of the men emptied his
collection of nickels and pennies from
his hat Into the surprised woman’s
apron. Both men pqlitely bowed to
the woman as she stood pouring out
thanks and blessings, and then they
went their way arm in arm.—Phila
delphia Record.
EMBARRASSING ERUDITION.
“That young man has a brilliant fu
ture before him," said the phrenolo
gist.
And the little Boston boy whose
bumps were being examined polished
his spectacles and exclaimed:
‘‘Pardon me; but you open up a very
interesting field of inquiry. Where else
could my future be if it. were not be
fore me?”—Washington Star.
SUCCESS NOT SURE.
“Well,” said the cheerful wife, who
thought she had a soprano voice, “If
tho worst comes to the worst I could
keep the wolf from the door by sing
ing/'
'7 don’t doubt that would do it,” re
plied her pessimistic husband, “but
suppose the wolf should happen to be
deaf?"— Philadelphia Press.
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they come.
Why Not?
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It Acts an Important Part In the Irri
gation of the State.
A little known but interesting fea
ture of the natural water supply of
Texas Is the occurrence of unusual
artesian springs which flow from the
rocks at the foot of the enscarpment
which bounds the eastern portion of
the Edwards plateau. These waters
are formed in springs at. Austin, in the
San Marcos River at San Marcos, at
San Antonio and elsewhere. They
issue from the ground In strong, gush
ing springs and flow away in bold
streams which form the sources of
lakes and rivers.
A careful study of their behavior
shows that their flow is not constant,
but fluctuates between a high and low
discharge. It has also been discover
ed that these changes bear a remark
able resemblance, both in time and
amount, to the fluctuations of rainfall
on the Edwards plateau; the crest of
the rainfall curve over this region be
ing followed with great precision by
tho crest of tho discharge curves of
tho springs. This similarity has been
found to hold true for dry and wet
years alike. The Edwards plateau is
a flat, grass-covered upland, 14,000
square miles or more in extent. The
rain which falls upon it does not flow
off in surface streams, but sinks into
the porous soil, and eventually finds
it way underground to the bold scarp
line in the region, where it bursts out
in abundant springs.
The Ban Antonio River has its
source in one of these artesian springs,
and between it and the wells driven
to supply water to the city of San An
tonio there seems to he close connec
tion, shown in their mutual changes,
which indicates that their waters have
a common source. It was recently
noticed that when the wells were
steadily drawn upon for twenty-four
hours the water of the head lake of
the river fell several inches, hut that
on shutting oft the weiis the lake
regained its level in about one day.
So intimate is the relation between the
flow of the wells and that of the river
that it is always possible to tell how
high the water will rise in the former
by observing the river’s height on a
gauge rod placed upon its bank.
The supply which these springs add
to the state’s water resources is im
portant and the division of hydrogra
phy of the United States geological
survey, through Prof. T. U. Taylor of
the University of Texas, is making
a study of their occurrences. —Chica-
go Chronicle.
A DANGEROUS ENTERPRISE.
“My dear young friend," said the icy
philosopher, "always think twice be
fore you try to adjust a public griev
ance.”
"But am I to stand by and see my
fellow man oppressed?"
“Sometimes you’re obliged to,” was
the answer. “To point out to your fel
low man wherein he is oppressed usu
ally amounts to a reflection on his
common sense. And that he resents
above all things."—Washington Star.
An Explanation.
“Talking of misnomers, there’s ‘rock
and rye.’ Now, there’s no ’rock’ about
it. It’s just whisky syrup.”
“Perhaps the word 'rock' is meant
to suggest that it comes in quartz, and
that it's gneiss.”—Philadelphia Press.
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