■ J. S»L )lpwl ON HI./* 112 IK or six years ago, {g when the rain-making ex- I ' periments were conducted, first at Wash ington, afterward in 'l'ex as. inv college cliuni and I became greatly inter vtti I ested in the subject. . -/ M "Ll We were then sopho pgjj |M| mores at L>. Elementary WNINJ JmH chemistry was our regu- KtUMI lar course of study that year, and we spent most of the spring term experimenting on our own account and exploding a vast number of gas balloons. 1 ho spring term closed on June 20. and all the boys went home, except my chum Jarvis and myself, who, in consequence of spending so much time experimenting, had been "con ditioned," and had a week's hard work to make up in our Greek. Katlier than have it hanging over ns all summer and into the next year, we agreed to do it at once and have done with it. Permission was accorded to xis togo on living in our rooms at the hall, and the resident profes sor in Greek consented to give us an ■extra examination. it was dreadfully hot during the last four days ot June, but we toiled away villi Greek grammar and lexi con, hoping to get home for the Fourth of July; and we should have dcine so. I>ut our Greek professor nte too much cantaloup on the day set for the examination, and thought for -IS hours he had appendicitis. It proved to be no such serious trouble, but it hindered our plans. The professor was not able to exam ine us till the afternoon of the third, so we could not possibly get home for the Fourth. Jarvis was furious. "< on found cantaloup:" he grum bled. "And confound a professor that doesn't know better than to eat it! 3»'o use to start now. We couldn't get home!" he raged on."1 won't spend the Fourth in a railway car! Let's stay here and shake the old town up! Let'- send up a balloon at midnight! We'll make it rain here to-morrow!" Katlier an incendiary sentiment, the reader w ill say. but we had been shut up with Greek for six long, hot days. We had access to the laboratory in Chemistry hall, where we had our balloons, and generated the oxygen and hydrogen gas for exploding them. There was a quantity of cotton ■cloth, paper and glue, which had not been used; and that evening we made o balloon ten feet in diameter, which v e succeeded in charging, outside the window, with oxygen and hydrogen from the laboratory retorts, in the proportion of two to one, that being the formula by which the two gases unite to produce water—and a par ticular ear-splitting explosion. \\ e finished the balloon, ami had the g-iis generated at a little past 11 o'clock; and then, after charging n large l.cyden jar from the static electrical machine, we started out to astonish the quiet little town, and ««her in tin- Fourth of July. We had a large ball of strong ma rila twine and a -pool of >,until cop per wire, the ends of which were at tached for a -park at the base of the balloon. We led our balloon, like « frisky colt, along the lane at the rear of tl"<hemi tr\ building, and out acrotis the ••amp!)'* to ihe edge of the pine •wood-. Then we let it rise. The night was very dark and still, b'it clouds had risen in the north and west, and there was a frequent glow of lightning in that quarter. •'There'- a shower coming!" Jarvis **"hiimed. a- tin* balloon began its a -cut. "We shall Imve In make ha* te," B'lt «<. yet there was not n breath of wind >•: irriug; the balloon liart risen uinl hung directly overhead, and wa» puH'n (112 hard at Its retraining k riuy. We litie.v from pawl experience lhat when the elr. 'tie aptirk acted on the to (fa the cxph hioii would lie , , i . li. , , I we 112 ■ i (owvit 112 till had gone a we pUni.- d. tdc con nee ting the wires, lie bothering with them for some min utes. Then suddenly the first gust of the oncoming shower struck us. What followed came quickly. The balloon swayed over before the wind. Down it bowed until the cord strung out far aslant. "Good gracious!" I cried, holding hard. "She'll get away from me.Jarve! Touch her oil' quick, or she will break away!" In the darkness we could not see just where the balloon was, or what it was over. IJut the next moment we saw! Jar vis had managed at last to connect the wires and touch off the balloon. There came a sudden bla/.e and a tre mendous detonation, as if Ihe whole town had cracked clean down ! through the center of the earth! | The shock bowled us both over, and ! we heard a crash of timbers follow ! ing the report. The thing had ex- I ploded about 30 feet over the barn j and shed of a worthy inhabitant of I!., who lived near the ball grounds, and kept a la/y horse which he hired to the boys at such high prices that they had nicknamed him "Old Gripus." "We've done it now!" gasped Jar vis. as he scrambled hastily to his feet. "That's Old Gripe's barn!" But that was not the worst. Shreds of the burning paper and cloth from the balloon must have fallen among hay and straw, for even as we stood stariner in that direction a bright flame shot up from the building. The only thing left us now was to run to the house and shout: "Fire!" That we did with a vengeance, and soon roused the fire department; the new steam engine and two old hand "tubs" responded. Through their united efforts, aided considerably by the shower which soon began to pour copiously, the old man's house was saved from the fire, but the barn and shed and an old buggy were consumed. Jarvis and I were greatly worried, and, indeed, were on the verge of honorable confession of our act; but | now, I am sorry to say, to our relief, we found that it was the unanimous opinion of every one, including the fire department and the owner liiin ' self, Iluit the barn had been struck Iby lightning! For everybody in town hail heard what they believed to be an awful clap of thunder! Jarvis nudged me in the crowd, and we went home to talk it over. We had very little spare cash, nnd disliked cx ; eeedingly togo home, own up to such a prank, and try to get $250 , each from an unsympathetic father. ' "( hum," said Jarvis, with a down cast look, "this is a pretty low game, I know, but hadn't we better let well i enough alone—for awhile, at least?" It was a terrible temptation, and 1 have to confess that, after a great deal of mental agitation, we surren dered to it. There was S3OO insurance on the barn, but the loss was estimated at s.">oo. We never mi ntioned the matter to' each oilier during our two remaining years in college, for we were far from rich; yet 1 knew by the way Jarvis would look at me once in awhile that he was thinking of it, and trying to discern In w I felt. Hut we said nothing. Directly after our graduation' Jarvis went out to Hawaii, and I did not see him for three years; hul we wrote every month or two. 1 knew that we should have to set tle for the damage before we could feel right; still. I did not like to open the subject to Jarvis, for I did not know exactly how lie was ituatcd. It transpired that lie fell the same wav about il - I did; lint the sense of dishonor wore him out III' t, "1 my, Jack," he added, as a post er! pt to hi letter last New Year** day, Hlri|w'# old burn is pretty hen*,.* on til) coiisclei ee. Hadn't we b«it ter fix Ilutt 'ip? In equity It will be it matter of interest and all, whiili ue ow i to the Phoenix coin • 111 illi'i we better do it?" y -I I ... "conscience account" last iiioiitlt; < fTort to tun he it rain in IS. on tlm night before the Fourth of July. ■ Youth'* ( ollipMUiofi. CAMERON COUNTY PRKSS, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1903 The Small Boy s Day HIS lu ll any one should ask yuu, Ol . \ 11 II liu Uliu :-iliOU.U — r /ISS s Tin. Liaj u t CUtbi ale. Pg Tliat in, ]/ '1 u-inoi'iow is the Uay, I/' H Hut we start la £ Ail of one day previous WL Ho as to be certain —* Of good im asure. VCjj&S 1 wurry, \\ ur lose anj s.eep over It 'l J' no one shouiu asli you— illplv'l'; i.wry one will lind it out. \\\ V" mail who aiun't know 1 \. \ ' \ That it was M'lV *'m P Ju;y il I 1 ould have 10 be blind j I \\ 111 both e>ta, ' I , A !'•.•: i:- iiil. ■ ar» Vl K'»\ Ai.d lama In I,is intellect. -o\i/ j' r \ To be pvrfti i;j .-ale il would be will also Tr For him to be I in darkest Alrica i.l And to have been ,Y 'slYr K'l Uead ttn years. //~ il >. y There is no danger ■f/jKjiM A Hut ptyjjie will nnd It out. 1/ tMAJtlii In facti //f iT Most 01 them know it now i'. 'j'l And tl.oso who do not Are rapidly acquiring UT l\ The information. § Along about this time of year It is one ol the Most obvious tacts ICver brought to the attention Ut a great people. It is easier than tailing From a bicycle To know when it is The Independence day. All one has to do ' s to remove one's head From between the pillows, ///'>» Take the cotton Out of one's ears gAnd listen. Fourth of July. W as invented by th-e Yankee*. The Chinese worked patie For many centuries And invented the lirecracker. Together they make A great combination, Which resembles the shot Thft.t was heard round the 'f'/Z/. T" A world, S/r/*7 0nl * its lc,U(J er. Ifl /lfl l'» the olden times j!> / Fourth of July AV Ka Was comparatively harmless. 1L(\) ( Thwaverage boy ([ \ Aw Had about live cents Cy.»V To spend. ) That would buy 100 crackers. £■7l After they were touched off /Ti < v He was through. 4/\Uj —O Possibly he got up in th>./norn- TJVJ ing V, <» And shot off the old musket, nns But he was not allow ed W 0»S Tow aste ammunition \ ) During the day. .112 No one was hurt W> Unless he at»- 100 much. Mr> Now it is different. The small boy jd&r Who is not allowed To have two toy pistols, Z. ji. oS3w One in each hand. w'Ar A firecracker between each too WljwA And a bunch of cannon crack- -rs E ■ £To throw into street cars Ww-V/Jm* Thinks he is abused Vss' f*- And 1 hat his father nol P atrlotic ' MMk Many years have pnssed J 1 S(f Since we iicki iltlu ltritlsh & liut, say. We did su< h a job if of it that we are Obliged to get together SfJsL ()| "'e every jearand if W// Our forefathers fought, •y* Bled and died : That we might shoot Are <syw/.\Jscrackers / V//7/\\\ f) nce a year '///' Providi d we had the money '// ,' \Or credit // To get them. 4'l'l'-' v licke ! the British m So thoroughly With our Innocent sports. Anil w are at lib. 11.\ » IjK To shoot off our thumbs. -J7 < Bars 1 r to< s \ TO express our feelings, V\ L y/XZ Then turn the Small Boy loose \\C / rL Oive him full sw ing, \D A nil matches. "iSr r As well as guns. VvU \\ !-• t him enjoy himself vV /y> While we v //l'. Take to the wooiTs. —Chicago Daily News. U? U? V DIED ON THE FOURTH. Three Preside 11 In Have Panned Away urn tlie llirtliilny <>( (lie In ite <1 State*. Tliree presidents *>f the I nited States died on the Fourth of July, two on its liftieth anniversary. One was Thomas Jefferson, who 50 years before had signed the Declaration of Independent e, and John Adams, who at the same time, had, after a three days' debate, secured the adoption of the Declaration. It might be taken for granted that these two repre sentative men were warm personal friends, even if history were silent upon the subject, which it is not. When Jefferson was dying on that day which he had so signally helped to distinguish, his friend \Cas also breathing his last. Adams did not know of Jefferson's illness, and his last words were: "Thomas Jefferson still survives;" as if there was con solation in the thought. But his friend hud already passed from earl h. President Moi.roe, who»e famous "doctrine" has kept his memory yreen. also died on the Fourth og .Inly (Ivil). Of him Jefferson said: "If his soul were turned inside out, not a spot could lie found on it." Ilia: Monroe, like hi distinguished friend mid predecessor, should away 011 the unnivei'-ary of the In dependence of the country he served so faithfully, i- a touching coinci dence. The republican vice president •if the I'll teil States, 11 a 111111 >lll Ham lin, closed hi* long career on (lie Fourth of July, IVjI. Detroit Free i r. a. Another 1111 |ire*»li»it nf \iui-i-lrn. "Why Im It itial American# are so brave un l -elf possi >d'.'" uskeil one Kuropfull soldier. 1 . I . «! Lite youth of the country all attend, tnbl JN'»»»ot> \i tile tribe It i* bet ter known a the Kourtli uf July."*. AN AID TO RELIGION. lord Kelvin, a IH«ltii:;iil«)ieil Srlio|ar« I'ayx TrlbllK to Xielenee. Lord Kelvin, ''.e distinguished scientist, in ifiuttag a vote of thanks to I'rof. Jlenslow for his lecture be fore the I'niversity College Christian association, demurred to the profes sor's assertion that, with regard to the origin of life, science neither nf firnted nor denied the creative power. On the contrary, he said, science positively affirmed the creative pow er. Science made everyone feel that he was a miracle in himself. Mod ern biologists were once more ceun ing to the firm acceptance of a vital principle. They had been absolutely forced by science' to admit and be lieve in a directive power. In an in fluence other Ilian physical, dynam ical and electrical forces, there was nothing between absolute scientific belief in a creative power and the acceptance of the theory of the for tuitous coi course of atoms. "Was there," he asked, "anything so absurd as to believe that a num ber of atoms falling together of their own accord could make a crys tal, or sprig of moss the microbe of a living animal? Nobody could think that anything like that even in mil lions and millions of years could un aided, give us a beautiful world like ours. Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticisms, but with freedom we are bound to come to the conclusion that science is not antagonistic, but is a help to reli gion." ARTISTIC TOMB IN CARTHAGE. An Interettlns Discovery itecently Made 111 tile KUIIIK ol tile Allel.-li • city. Pere Delattre, for 2.1 years engaged in scientific research in Carthage, where lie lias made many excava tions, has just discovered a singular ly interesting tomb of white marble. It is extremely ancient and curi ous, and is marvelously preserved. The sides are decorated with paint ings. On the lid of the tomb is fash ioned in bas-relief the figure of a young woman, Tanit, the high priest ess and great protecting deity of Carthage. She is clothed in a plaited green tunic and is half enveloped by two long vulture wings. On her head is a bird arranged as a sort ot head dress and in her hand she holds a dove. She wears great gold earrings and a double gold necklace. Differ ent. parts of the dress are relieved by very brilliant coloring. The eyes nre extraordinary in their animation. This treasure has been transported to the Lavigerie museum. A Cure for Dropsy. Sedgwiclf Ark., June 22d.—Mr. W. S. Taylor of .k place says: "My lit hoy had Dropsy. Two doc- 1 tors the 'st in this part of the country j —told me he would never get better, and to have seen him anyone else would have said tiiey were richt. His feet and limbs were swollen so that he could not walk nor put on his shoes. "When the doctors told me he would surely die. I stopped giving him their med icine anil began giving him Dodd's Kidney i Pills. 1 gave himnhree pills a day and at the end of eight days the swelling was all : gone, hut as 1 wanted to be sure, I kept on i with the pills for some time, gradually re- j ducing the quantity, till finally 1 stopped altogether. "Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved my j child's life. Before using them he was \ a helpless invalid in his mother's arms from morning till night. _ Now he is a : healthy, happy child, running and dancing ; and singing. I can never express our grntituile. "Dodd's Kidney Pills entirely cured our | boy after everybody, doctors and all, had ! giveu him up to die." IVortli Something?. The new metal, radium, is said to be worth $.'1,000,000 a pound. Don't neglect | to save up your scraps of radium.—Chi- . cago ltecord-llerald. Summer Service of California Limited. The Santa l'"e announces that the usual ! semi-weekly summer service of its Cali fornia Limited train was inaugurated June 2 west-bound from Chicago, and June 8 east-bound from San Francisco and Los Angeles. The time card is approximately the same as heretofore. It is stated that the California Limited was a very profita ble train the past season, bookings being made in many eases weeks ahead in order to get the space wanted. Daily service will be resumed next fall. She Didn't Go.—He (;ifter a tiff)—"Oo ing home to your mother, eh?" She— "Yes, 1 am." "lie—"Huh! What do you suppose she'll say to you?" She—"She'll say: '1 told \ou so. life made up.)— N. V. Weekly. "To tell you the truth" "Shshsh! Don't trv it, old man! George Washington did that once, and look at him now—he's dead!"- I'altimore News. Doing llis liest. "You should always do your best," said the cheery philosopher. 'Hat's what I'm doin' now,' answered Meandering Mike, "'in doin' me l>est— to keep front workiu'."— Washington Star. Coildics —"Whenever I see you you are reading a novel. You don't mean to say you remember all of them Short "Dear me, no! It's because I don't remember them I like to read them." ISoston Tran script. Tom -' I can't help asking my fiancee occasionally why she loved me." Dick - "Me. too. Mine always gives me a very satisfactory answer." Tom "That so? W hat doe> she say?" Hick -"because."- ■ Philadelphia Ledger. < Oil fu»e«l. "Did you say 1 I'hicken chews its food with its gizzard?" asked the little l«iy with the Inuli forehead. "Yes; that is practically the process." "Il that 1- the c.i»c, he iiuci led, ly, "how can a chi« ken tell whether it has tht* toothache or the stomalh ache?" —W aslnngtoii Star. ♦- I ■! ■ I I 'III** Hitituiil of \riii*. Ill*' \<»uii c i It'i its If.iVi* ti 'in \\ *-t Point « w being by oue ol Hal tiinoie's beauties. 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Mrs. Pinkham's medicines are certainly all they are claimed to be." MRS. M. E. IIUCIIISON, .'M7 East Ohio >St., Chicago, 111. Mrs. Pinkham Tells How Ordinary Tasks Produce Displacements. Apparently trifling incidents in woman's daily life frequently produce displacements of the womb. A slip on the stairs, lifting during menstruation, standing at a counter, running a sewing' machine, or attending to the most ordinary tasks may result in displacement, and a train of seriousevils is started. The first indication of such trouble should be the signal for quick action. Don't let the condition become chronic through neglect or a mistaken idea that you can overeotne it by exercise or leaving it alone. More than a million women have regained health by the use of Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If the slightest trouble appears wliich you do not understand write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, 31 ass., for her advice, and a few timely words from her will show you the right thing to do. 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Tin complete ulii 1 U ration of tii.it Uie.ut I ml mmj'tiou iTutnii u!o»U) is now jlbiu through the u-« of Tile I) SloiU'll'■> I'oln lull ion 8)-Urn ol Met!i • :t, W.i.i IVlit l'o»itively Curt tiin Dii.i-J Ommm. 1 * 1.,e M M nielli.l' Ie >er> <»re.it ♦xt M cllOti 112 AlnneHt.it ' ti l\\«*f I'lP-ented to Sulferern from tiii» tli»» i It piiViuU aod I inn t'.iiuumptt n of tlie I 1,..11. I.uii 'ii.i i, 1.%. >|i!. • n ni.il K lit . All • 4t.ii i a! l inltti. il* "t tin Oi)j4*. di»*l> ii' Hft,iu| ml l\ ii, .in-nth ii/i 1 «!• Ili a! ng 111 Hue Inn of I 1> o \V' n u 11 i,i \|i l in • ! 11l ; ! ■! of Knur S|'vi.iic Uwin-tlu** •• iiluntutui »iio»# (FT 3 J '! PILES t. FRF;E MEDICINE TO ALL. To P. veto All On i lii'.uh i» t c W iijef fill I'l.'ju i ....i tin- lln it ,in . Mciii final Ti< irtin*lll .i Full, I'i.v I ,ur ~ coa »,.tiii« of the Four IW Urge PackigH, il ln»t rated above, « ill l«- gl.i.:l> »< nt to t-vcrj 1V.,.., I ,„1 I. met Mui|.:v - r ' votll N tut - i' : t»iii •• i i: - \j.ii,'to ni: v \ BMM I 11. I I'-. 1.11, n leu, t* Pine St. New \ ik, snil t ie t om|>Wte Pm I'uat. DOCTOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE. A. !♦. K.-C iwn nII i \ Httl'llNN *!*«• \nv »l| list ll« Ultuw M«lr lltul im ut* III* AlllU'itH* 3
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