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mail. The liquid form embodies the med
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Boiled Water
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CHAPTER VII.
TJIi: MA volt's I'AKTT.
•p7 «y ELM was a good otiicer in
many respects, and his pa
is 1 triotjsm was of the best; but
he liked jolly company, a
glass of something Ktrojtg and a large
share of ease. Detroit lay many miles
northeastward across the wilderness,
and the English, lie thought, would
scarcely come so far to attack his little
post, especially now that most of the
Indians in the intervening country had
declared in favor of thu Americans.
Recently, too, the weather had been
favoring him by changing from wet to
dry, so that the upper Wabash and its
tributaries were falling low and would
soon be very diiiicult to navigate with
large batteaux.
Very little was done to repair the
stockado and dilapidated remnant of a
blockhouse. Theru were no sufficient
barracks, a mere shed in one angle
serving for quarters, and the old can
non could not have been used to any
effect in case of attack. As for the
garrison, it was a nominal quantity,
made up mostly of men who preferred
hunting and fishing to the merest pre
tenso of military duty.
Gaspard Roussillon assumed to know
everything about Indian affairs and
the condition of the English at Detroit.
His optimistic eloquence lulled Helm
to a very pleasant sense of security.
Beverley was not so easy to satisfy,
but his suggestions regarding military
discipline and a vigorous prosecution
of repairs to the blockhouse and stock
ade were treated with dilatory geniali
ty by his superior officer. The soft
wonder of a perfect Indian sutumcf
glorified land, river and sky. Why not
dream and bask? Why not drink ex
hilarating toddies?
Meantime the entertainment to be
given by Gaspard Roussillon occupied
everybody's imagination to an unusual
extent. Rene de Ronville, remember
ing but not heeding tho doubtful suc
cess of his former attempt, went long
beforehand to claim Alice as his
partenaire, but she flatly refused him,
once more reminding him of his obliga
tions to little Adrienne Bourcier. He
would not be convinced.
"You are bound to me," he said. "You
promised before, you know, and the
party was hut put off. I hold you to it.
You are my partenaire and I am yours;
you can't deny that."
"No, you ure not my partenaire," she
firmly said, then added lightly, "Feu
mon partenaire, you are dead and
buried as my partner ut that dance."
He glowered in silence for a few mo
ments, then s:.id:
"It is Lieutenant Beverley, I sup
pose?"
She gave him a quick, contem
of her tantalizing smiles.
"Do you imagine that?" she demand
ed.
"Imagine It! I know it," he said
with a hot flush. "Have I no sense?"
"Precious little," she replied with a
merry laugh.
"You think sq."
"Co to Father Beret, tell him every
thing, and then ask him what he
thinks," she said in a calm, even tone,
four face growing serious.
There was/un awkward silence.
She had touched Hone's vulnerable
spot. He was nothing if not a devout
Catholic, and his conscience rooted it
self in what good Father Beret had
taught him.
• Father Beret was the bumble, self
effacing, never tiring agent of good in
tils community. He preached in a ten
der singsong voice the sweet monot
onies of his creed and the sublime
truths of Christ's vodo. was ia
deeyl i|(i: spii-ilual rather of his people.
No wonder Rene's scowling expression
changed to one of abject self concern
when the priest's name was suddenly
connected with his mood. Tie .'uiiv*-
Klonul looruetl betorc the byes of his
and his knees smote togeth
er, spiritually If not physically.
"Now," said Alice brusquely, but with
sweet and gentle firmii«»t,, ;go to youV
fyu.eec, go to pretty and feocul Adrienn%\
afnd ask her to be yoiir iHIPtPJiaIH!.
Refresh JPUr conscience with a noble
draft of duty and make tliat dear
little girl overflow with Joy. Go, Rene
de Ronville."
Rene felt ' ; i!q m»ui eosvermi, yveft
«ouktug. t>ut' he talrly tuaiut»'iuu>* -
food lave, and WVfat o»»-~
Ing auotli"- - "■> without say
. n'ord.
"Ciel, del, how beautiful she Is!" he
ttlQßght, as he walked along the nar
row street In the dreamy sunshine.
''But she Is not for nie, not for me."
Ho shook himself and tried to be
cheerful. In fact he hummed a creoJe
Sltty, something about "La belle Jean
ette, qu' a brine nion coeur."
Pays passed, and at last the time of
•ke gtw*t event arrived. It was a
ft'osty night, clear, sparkling with
•tars, a keen breath cutting down from
the northwest. M. Itoussillon, Mine.
Uousslllon, Alice and Lieutenant Bever
ley went together to the river house,
whither they had been preceded by al
most the entire population of Vin
teiiues. Some fires had been built out
side, the crowd proving too great for
the building's capacity, as there had to
be ample space for the dancers. Merry
groups hovered around tin? flaming
logs, while within the house a ttddle
sang its simple and ravishing tunes.
Everybody talked and laughed; it was
it lively racket of clashing voices and
rhythmical feet.
When the Itoussillon party arrived it
attracted condensed attention. Its im
portance, naturally xtt the greatest in
the assembled popular mind, was en
hanced—as mathematicians would say,
to the nth power by the gown of Alice.
It was resplendent indeed In the sim
ple, unaccustomed eyes upon which It
flashed with a buff silken glory. Ma
trons stared at It, maidens gazed with
fascinated and Jealous vision, men
young and old let their eyes take full
liberty. It was as If a queen, arrayed
In a robe of state, had entered that
dingy log edifice, an apparition of daz
zling and awe Inspiring beauty. The
dancers swung together and stopped In
confusion. Hut she, fortitled by a
woman's strongest bulwark, the sense
of resplendency, appeared quite uncon
scious of herself.
Little Adrlenne, hanging In blissful
delight upon Itene's strong arm, felt
the of excitement and wondered
what was the matter, being too short to
see over the heads of those around her.
"What Is It? What Is It?" she cried,
tiptoeing and tugging at her compan
ion's sleeve. "Tell me. Bene; tell me. 1
say."
Uciic WUH gazing hi duuib uduitrallou
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1904.
into which there swept a powerful
anger, like a breath of flame. He rec-ol-
H ip
i PA iWSS \H4-illo£Z
lira
IPIp
It tarn eg if n queen hud entered.
lected how Alice had refused to wear
that dress when he had asked hor, and
now she had it on. Moreover, there she
stood beside Lieutenant Beverley, hold
ing his arm, looking up into his face,
smiling, speaking to him.
"I think you might tell me what has
happened." said Adrienne, pouting and
still plucking at his arm. "I can't see a
thing, and you tell me."
"Oh, It's nothing," he presently an
swered rather fretfully. Then he
stooped, lowered his voice and added:
"It's Mile. Roussillon all dressed up
like a bride or something. She's got 011
a buff silk dress that M. Roussillon's
mother had in France."
"How beautiful she must look!" cried
the girl. "I wish I could see her."
Rene put a hand on each side cf her
slender waist and lifted her high, so
that her pretty head rose above the
crowding people. Alice chanced to turn
her face that way just then and saw
the unconventional performance. Her
eyes mot those of Adrienne and she
gave a nod of smiling recognition. It
was a rose beaming upon a gillyflower.
M. Honssillon naturally understood
that all this stir and crowding to see
was but another demonstration of his
personal popularity. He bowed and
Waved a vast hand.
But the master of ceremonies called
loudly for the dancers to take their
places. Oncle Jazon attacked his fiddle
with startling energy. Thoso who were
not to dance formed a compact double
line around the wall, the shorter ones
in front, the taller In the rear.
Alita U-ii-Liih, ,■ W( , V p soon in the
whirl of the dance, forgetful or every-"
thing but an exhilaration stirred to its
utmost by Oncle Jazon's music. When
their dance was ended they followed
the others of their set out into the open
air while a freab stream of eager danc
ers poured in. Beverley insisted upon
wrapping Alice in her mantle of un-
Uned beaver skin against the searching
winter hreuth. They did not go to the
lire, but walked back and forth, chat
ting until their turn to dance should
lome again, pausing frequently to ex
change pleasantries with some of the
people. Curiously enough ty'th of them
had forgotten tho £nct that other young
men would be sure to ask Alice for a
dance and that more than one pretty
Creole lass was rightfully expecting a
giddy turn with the stalvya t und hand
some Lieutenant Revei-le#.
Ifiena $e fU'iivljle he fort low* broke
fudely ji|tu thwif selfish dream and led
Alice Into the house. This reminded
Beverley of his social duty; wherefore,
seeing little Adrienne Bourcier,
made a rush and mn I 'at a
swoop finja mft n't of a scrambling
circle of mutually hindered young men
'Allons, ma petite!" he cried, quite In
the gay lone of tho occasion, and
her lightly a|on%' *yltb
• » «U3 Ukc fcagiu dviUCttiK With a
linnet, «,y a gkun with it fairy, when
Ul'.' big lieutenant led out la petite
Adileune, as everybody called her. The
honor of Beverley's attention
.pprcciated on \'. ,: , l vy,V:V> J 5 WMI, hit
lev u>y"\V'M w»* *"
(furi.V»"<• *' -~ l ' < '- VLS
.'.mce. Nor was Bever
that lie ever for a moment willingly
lost sight of the floating buff gown, the
oiiiuing brown hair anil the beautiful
face, which formed. Indeed, the center
of attraction for all eyes.
It was some time before Beverley'
could again secure Alice for a dance,
and he found It annoying him atro
ciously to see her smile sweetly on
some buckskin clad lout who looked
like an Indian and danced like a Pari
sian. lie did not greatly enjoy most
of his partners; they could not appeal
to any side of his nature just then.
Not tliat he at all times stood too much
on his aristocratic traditions, or lacked
the virile traits common to vigorous
and worldly minded men, but the con
trast between Alice and the other girls
present was somehow an absolute bar
to it democratic freedom of the soft de
manded by the occasion, lie met
Father Beret and passed a few pleas
ant words with him.
"They have honored your flag, my
son, I am glad to see," the priest said,
pointing with a smile to where, in one
corner, the banner that bore Alice's
name was effectively draped.
Beverley had not noticed it before,
and when he presently got possession
of Alice he asked her to tell him the
story of how she planted it on the .fort,
although he had heard It to the last
detail from Father Beret just a mo
ment ago. They stood together tinder
Its folds while she naively sketched the
scene for him, even down to her pic
turesquely disagreeable interview with
Long Hair, mention of whom led up to
tiie story of the Indian's race with the
stolen daine Jeanne of brandy under his
arm on that memorable night and the
subsequent services performed for him
by Father Beret and her after she and
Jean had found him in the mud beyond
the river.
The dancing went on at a furious pa'-e
while fliey stood there. Now and again
a youth came to claim her, but she
said she was tired and begged to rest
awhile, smiling so graciously upon each
one that his rebuff thrilled him as If It
had been the most flattering gift of ten
der partiality, while at the same time
he suspected that it was all for Bever
ley.
Help in his most Jovial mood was
circulating freely.
It was late when fathers and mothers
in iLc to surest ;id
journiaout. lu tho open lamp.! sus
pended here and there the oil was run
ning low, and the ni£ wicks sputtered
and wiakixl with their yellow flames.
"Weil," said M. Uoussiiion. coming
to where Alice and Beverley stood in
sulated and isolated by their great de
light in each other's company, "it's
time to go home."
Beverley looked at his watch. It was
a quarter to three!
Alice also looked at the watch, and
saw engraved and enameled on its mas
sive case the Beverley crest, but she
did not know what it meant. There
was something of the sort in the back
of her locket, she remembered with sat
isfaction.
Just then there was a peculiar stir in
the flagging crowd. Some one had ar
rived, a coureur de bois from the north.
Where was the commandant? The
coureur had something important for
him.
Beverley heard a remark in a startled
voice about the English getting ready
for a descent upon the Wabash valley.
This broke the charm which thralled
hini and sent through his nerves the
bracing shock that only a soldier can
feel when a hint of coming buttle
reaches hiai,
Alice saw the flash In his face.
"Where is Captain Helm? I must
see him immediately. Excuse me," he
said, abruptly turning away and look
ing over the heads of the people. "Yon
der he is; I must go to him."
The coureur de bois, Adolphe Dutrein
ble by name, was. just from the head
waters of the Wabash. He was speak
ing to Helm when Beverley came up.
M. Roussiilon followed close upon the
lieutenant's heels, as eager as he to
know what the message amounted to;
but Helm took the coureur aside, mo
tioning Beverley to join them. M.
Uoussiiion included himself in the con
ference.
After all it was but the gossip of
savages that Dutremble communicat
ed, still the puriHirt was startling in
the extreme. Govornor Hamilton, so
the story ran, luul been organizing a
Jarge force. lie was probably now on
his way to the portage of the Wabash
with a flotilla of butteaux, some com
panies of disciplined soldiers, artillery
and a strong iiotly of Indians,
Helm listened attentively to I)utrem
ble's lively sketch, then cross ques
tioned him with laconic directness.
"Send Mr. Jazon to me," he said lo
M. Roussillon, as if speaking to a serv
ant.
The master Frenchman wont prompt
ly, recognizing Captain Helm's right to
Command, and sympathizing with his
Unpleasant military predicament if the
news should prove true.
Oncle Jazon came in a minute, his
fiddle and bow clamped under his arm,
to receive a verbal commission, which
sent him with some scouts of his own
choosing forthwith to the Wabash port
age, or far enough to ascertain what
flie English pominander was doing.
After the conference Beverley made
baste to join Alice, but he found that
she had gone home.
"A fix we'll be in if Hamilton
conies down here with a good force,"
said Helm. Beverley was yoqtig, eu-.
ergetlc, bellicose, and to him every
thing seemed possible; he believed in
vigilance, discipline, activity, dash; he
had a great faith In the efficacy of en
thusiasm.
"We must organize these French
men," he said. "They will make good
as( a body. There's no time to be lost,
but we have time enough yjhlcji to
do a great deal b lore Hamilton can
arrive, if we go at it in earnest,"
"Vour theory is ex.ullent, Itoutcu
ant, but the practice of it won't be
worth much," llelm replied with per
fect good nature. "I'd like to see you
organize these parly voos. There ain't
a dozen of 'em that wouldn't accept
the English with open arms. \ W<K>W
'em. They're good leti, p >Hte and
all Ybey'H hurrah for the
nag—that's easy enough—bu» put 'cm
to the test and they'll join in with the
strongest side; see if they don'\.
course there are u |e.iy. (inception*.
There';} he's u>| right, and l
|iav.ii (atU.I ill Haaawn. and I.egrace,
Honville."
"Itoussillon" — Beverley began.
"Is much of a blowliard," Helm luteu
rupted, with a laugh 'muU, but
his biting i* probably not
v *Av^V'""
"lie and Father Beret control the
whole population at all events." >akl
Beverley.
and buch a population!"
W"l>iH> joinlug In Captain Helm's
iuugh at the expense of Vincenncs,
Beverley took leave to indulge \n *
mental reservation pi Alice.
Ills heart wen. Wt by*. Jsi, e had
W w»^ re ftIMl lulcd u as
yet, in his pride—and it was not a false
pride, but rather a noble regard for his
birthright—he vaguely realized how far
she was from him, how Impossible.
|TO BE CONTINUED.]
An Exfcailun I'ndfr Imllnn Lnw».
Daniel Darls was the name of the
culprit, and ho was condemned to
death for the murder of his brother-in
law. On the day of the execution his
coffin had been placed on two chairs
under a big oak tree, which still stands
In the old courthouse yard In Coweta.
He requested them to let him see the
collln, and he stood by Its side, gazed
sadly Into It and said It was all right.
A chair was set at the head of the
collin. lie took his seat, pulled off his
boots and said he was ready. Captain
Chllders, the sheriff, pinned a small
blue ribbon on the lapel of Davis'
vest over the heart. The prisoner
viewed all this with composure and
unconcern. Two men, one with a
double barreled shotgun and the other
with a Spencer rifle, took their places
about twenty feet away. The com
mand was given, ready, aim, lire! Both
shots were simultaneous. The blue
ribbon was hit, a convulsive tremor
and poor Daniel Davis was no more.
Old men wept, and many were the
tears that were shed for this poor full
blood Indian who had taken the life
of his erring brother-in-law. —Coweta
Courier.
A Hook the Only ImmorlnlUr.
"After all,"" as the brilliant and mel
ancholy Kufus Choate said, "a book la
the only Immortality," and sometimes
when a book Is attacked and even de
nounced lis destiny of fame Is only con
firmed, as the vivacious and cheery
Pope IMo Nono when asked by a too
daring author to help on his latest pub
lication suggested that he could only
aid it by putting It In the Index Kx
purgatorius. Yet If a book is to be
left unread at last the fault must ulti
mately rest on the author, even as the
brilliant Lady Kastlake complained
when she wrote of modern English
novelists: "Things are written now to
lie read once and no more—that Is, they
are read as often as they deserve. A
book In old times took live years to
write and was read 000 times by 500
people. Now It Is written In three
months and read once by 500,(MX) peo
ple. That's the proper proportion."—
Thomas Weutworth Higginson in At
larMe
COWS TRAINED
FOR THE TEST
Jerseys at the World's Fair Are Ex
pected to Show That They Are
Superior to All Other Breeds.
The herd of Jersey cows assembled
at the World's Fair at St. Louis to rep
resent the Jersey breed in the universal
dairy test has been inspected and has
been pronounced In perfect condition
and ready to start upon their six
months' grliid on a day's notice.
W. It. Spann of the Burr Oak Jersey
farm, Dallas. Tes., was the inspector,
end he was thorough in his work. He
passed a week 011 the Exposition
grounds, and much of the time was
spent In and around the Jersey cattle
barn, and the condition of each indi
vidual of the herd of forty cows was
definitely ascertained.
Never was more intelligent and care
ful treatment lavished on animals. No
athlete was ever better trained for a
qpntest retiring tl:e development of
speed, skill and endurance than has
been this herd of Jerseys. When it is
known that this herd is to compete
with selected herds of Ilolsteins, Short
horns, Brown Swiss and Devons. and
the herd making the best score for the
production of butter, milk and cheese
is to establish the standing of the
various breeds, the importance of the
cows being in perfect condition may
be understood.
For a solid year the Jerseys have
been in constant training. Twenty
five cows will participate in the con
test. Cows were selected from the
best herds in the United States.
Dr. J. J. Richardson, president of
the American Jersey Cattle Club, un
der whose auspices this entry is made,
toured Europe and visited the famed
Isle of Jersey, where the breed origi
nated. He was seeking the best cows,
but returned satisfied that Eim»pe
could show no cows that were better
than those bred in America.
Though only twenty-five cows will
participate in the test, forty cows were
selected. They were assembled at
Jerseyvilie, 111., a year ago. This is
near St. Louis, and the cattle have be
come acclimated. Last December they
were removed to St. Louis. The cows
are the property of individual members
of the club and are louned for the term
of the test. C. T. Graves, u breeder
at Maitland, Mo., WHS selected r.s the
superintendent to have charge of the
cattle, and he has been highly com
plimented by Dr. Richardson and In
spector Spann for the wonderfully tine
condition in which he hits placed the
herd.
A series of model dairy barns have
been built for the breeds competing in
the test. The barns are octagonal In
form, and are so arranged that the
cows are in the center and a wide
promenade permits visitors to pass
around and view the cows as they
gtapd in their stalls.
The milking and feeding aro to b«
done In plain vlotv of tho public, and
representatives of the various herds
will ut all times have access to all the
barns to see that no sharp pracUces
are Indulged in.
The test not only couslsts lu show
ing the amount of "better, milk and
U taken into consideration.
Every ounce of food given each cow is
weighed and carefully recorded. When
the cows are milked, the milk is con
veyed to a model creamery in tho Ag
ricultural building, where it is tested
und made into butter «n<\ ttud
where all carefully kept.
The vattlo participated in a
at Chicago during the Co
lumbian Exposition and carried off
first honors.
Superintendent Graves fc* sanguine
over the result of the present test. lie
jay# that tho Jerseys have always
demoustmtod their superiority over all
Other breeds when placed In competi
tion, and this time they wIU »bu\v to
better advantage tb'»U ever. Not only
is the Jersey wiifk. richer in butter fat
thv uullf Of any other breed, says
Mr, Uraves, but it can be produced at
a less- cost. The Jersey cow* the
smallest of the stnr\d H *'«t breeds, and
he asserts that they consume less feed.
They frsMinllate their food, und It is
converted Into milk and butter and l»
not used in building up und K'.ivtatulng
a large curcass.
"We tiro going to make all other
ttrwnU take to the woods after this
tent," Bald Mr. Graves. "A feT days
ago I was testing sornu of our Jersey
milk, and my hands were all sticky
and greasy from the enormous amount
of butter fat the milk contained: Mr.
Von Heyne, who Is In charge of the
Ilolstelns, sont over a quantity of his
milk for me to test. Of course, from a
commercial standpoint, there was no
comparison between the milk, but It
was a pleasure to test his milk, for
when I got through there was no
grease on my hands. After this I
will have a bucket of Ilolsteln milk
around handy to wash my hands In
after testing our own rich Jersey milk."
The test begins May 10 and contin
ues 120 days.
Unique Cali/ornia Map.
A unique exhibit at tli* World's Fair
was prepared by the agricultural de
partment of the University of Califor
nia. It Is a large map, so colored as to
show the character of the various soils
of the state. It gives a clear Idea of the
iltuution and the extent of the arable
and untlllable sections. In the locali
ties that cannot be cultivated are
shown the Sierras, the lava beds and
the desert. The map indicates the lo
cation of the cultivable portions of the
mountains and Mohave plateau and
shows the nature of the foothills and
valleys of that wonderful state.
CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA
The Mo*t Magnificent Beds Ever Seen
Are Part of lht> Celestial Empire's
World's Fair Exhibit.
The Chinese exhibit at the World's
Fair Is filled with pleasing surprises.
Some of the most magnificent articles
of furniture are a part of this wonder
ful display. The carving and inlaying
of Ivory, bone and wood Illustrate the
marvelous skill of the Chinese.
Models Included In this interesting
exhibit show the homes and home life
of the Chinese, their weddiugs and
funerals. Chinese tea house, restau
rant and shop, Chinese weavlug and
some of the beautiful silks and wear
ing apparel of the Chinese and their
methods of manufacturing them.
One feature of the exhibit Is two
magnificent Chinese beds, each of
which has the appearance of beiug a
small house of great beauty. One is a
summer bed, the other for winter. The
summer bed is hand carved and inlaid
with Ivory and bone figures and land
scapes exquisitely carved and so
skillfully Joined as to appear a part of
the wood. The bed and furniture are
of carved bamboo. The bed consists of
' an anteroom, with tables, chairs and
tea stands, and in an inner room, which
! is the sleeping apartment, there is a
couch trith coverings of gauzy silks.
The winter bed is still more elabo
rate. It cousisffc of three compartments.
The first contains four chairs, a tea poy
and a cheat of drawers. This is the sit
ting apartment. The second is the dress
ing room, and the third is the sleep
ing apartment, or the couch itself. The
furniture is of rosewood inlaid with
ivory carving of birds, flowers aud
trees. The couch is covered with silks
of the finest texture anil in gauily col
ors. The sleeping compartments are
lighted with Chinese lanterns of silk
hung at the outer entrance, while the
light enters through gauze panels, haud
painted and in forms of rosewood iu«-
laid with ivory figures.
A table and dish made of highly pol
ished ash, with exquisitely carved
bamboo figures Inlaid, are shown. The
work is so artistically done that each
| article seems to have been made of
one piece of wood.
There is also a large display of Chi
nese lanterns made of silk, gauze and
other light material and some made of
beads artistically arranged with glass
centers. The silk and gauze are beau
tifully haud painted.
There are models of some of the
great Chinese temples, theaters aud
arches, showing elaborate carving in
wood and ivory and two large elephant
tusks exquisitely carved.
WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS
Twenty Miles of River Pront For Wa
ter Craft at World's Fair City.
Free wharfage will be given to all
boats landing at St. Louis during the
World's Fair. Traffic Manager Hil
lenry of the Exposition and Joseph P.
Whyte, harbor and wharf commission
er of St. Louis, have decided on the lo
cations assigned to the various kinds
of boats.
Yachts, steam launches and all boats
propelled by their own power have
boon assigned wharf space between
Chateau avenue and Biddle street.
These streets, running east land west,
form the boundary lines for the cen
tral business district of the city.
House boat* have been assigned
wharf spaos north of Biddle street
and south of Choteau avenue.
Sf. Louis hns a river front of twen
ty miles. The Broadway lfne of the
Transit company parallels the river
from the city limits on the north to
Jefferson Barracks on the south. At
ao point are the cars more than five
blocks from the Mississippi river. The
World's Fair may be reached for one
fare by transferring to any of the
eight lines that cross Broadway and
reach the Exposition grounds.
No charge will be made for wharf
age. Application for space should be
made to the harbor and wharf com
missioner at the City Hall, on Twelfth
street, between Market street and
Clar* avenue.
THE WINTER OF 1861.
Coldeat of the Nineteenth Century |a
New England.
The winter of 1801 was noted for be
ing one of the coldeat, and, in fact, it
was the coldest one, in the century.
The coldest day of the winter was Fri
day, Feb. 25, and is known as cold
Friday. There had been a heavy
storm of light, fine snow. It cleared
off cold, and the wind blew a perfect
ful. The air was filled with snow so
thick one could see only a rod or two
In any direction. Men who were oblig
ed to bo oa the r0...' perished and were
fruud frozen as hard as marble statues.
A very few travelers survived the or
deal. But few had thermometers In
those days to tell how cold It really
was, but what few there were regis
tered 40 to 50 below zero in Androscog
ftn, and in Aroostook county it was
•ven lower. Penobscot bay was frozen
over so solid that Sam BandaH of
Vanalhaven took a horse and sleigh
and, together with the Hon. Martin
Klff, who was the representative to the
legislature from Vinalhaven, cruised
from Vinalhaven to North Haven, then
to Saddle Island, then to Camden and
thence across country to Augusta,
where be left Kilt and returned to Vi
nalhaven again safely. Portland harbor
and Boston harbor were frozen over
solid. Thousands of the Boston people
availed themselves of the fact, and the
tee on the harbor was covered with
skaters.—Lewlstoa Journal.
GRINNING MATCHES.
A* Aocepted Form of Sport la Early
EntlUh Day». '
That grinning matches were an ac
cepted form of sport in early English
days is shown by an advertisement an-'
nouueing a gold ring to be grinned for
by men on Oct. 0 at the Swan, CoVeshlll
heath, in Warwickshire, which appear
ed in the Post-Boy of Sept 11 and 17,
1711, supplemented by the suggestion
that all the country fellows within ten
miles of the Swan should grin an hour
or two in their glasses every morning
In order to qualify themselves for this
extraordinary competition.
Addison gives a detailed account of
one of these "Co Hroversles of faces,"
telling us that the audience unanimous
ly bestowed the ring on a cobbler, who
"produced several new grins of his own
Invention, having been used to cut
faces for many years together over his
last."
His performance was something like
this: "At the very first grin he cast ev
ery human feature out of his counte
nance; nt the. second he simulated the
face of a spout, at the third that of a
baboon, at the fourth the head of a
bass viol and at the fifth a pair of nut
crackers." Addison adds that a comely
wench, whom he had wooed in vain for
more than five years, was so charmed
with his grins that she married him the
following week, the cobbler using the
prize as his wedding ring.
Face Powder la Cuba.
In Cuba there has never apparently
been any dearth of face powder even,
among the lowliest. The Cuban wom
an, octogenarian as well as "sweet sev
enteen," considers powder a more neces
sary article of the toilet than soap and
water and utterly Indispensable to her
attractiveness, which It Is her absolute
duty to preserve. All classes of the
community are devoted to the powder
puff, from the little six-year-old orphan
in the asylum to the lady of high de
gree. In any Cuban school teachers
and pupils are alike unsparingly pow
dered, niul a powder box is to be found
In every desk and as likely us not keep
ing company with the chalk used for
the blackboard.
The Man In Moon.
Probably even in prehistoric times !
men have noticed the face of the "man
in the moon." Plutarch noticed It and
even wrote a whole book about the face
In the moon. But, besides this, many
other objects are supposed to he visible.
The dark markings on the surface are
likened by tlie Chinese to a monkey
pounding rice. In India they are said
to resemble u rabbit. To the Persians
they seem like the earth's oceans and
continents Reflected JLI a mirror.
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CURIOUS EXPLOSIVES.
(tow Gdo Cotton la Obtained and
1 >ured For I'm In Shells.
Hydrogen forms a part of noarly all 'n.
organic substances. In the greater
number of plants hydrogen Is associat
ed with carbon. The growing plant U
provided with roots spread out in the
moist earth, while the part which is
above-ground is provided with leaves
that come in contact with a great
, quantity of air. By some mysterious
j influence tluit we do not understand
, the heat and light energy derived from
the sun operating in connection with
plant life decomposes the water In the
earth and also the carbonic acid gas
which forms a small percentage of tho
atmosphere. The roots take tip water,
and It flows up through the trunk of
the tree, while at the same time the
carbonic acid gas of the atmosphere is
decomposed, the oxygen set free and
the carbon combined with the hydro
geu of the water. It will therefore be
seen that In both cases oxygen k net
free, and the hydrogen of the water is
combined with the carbon of the at
mosphere, forming a true hydrocarbon,
which in many cades constitutes the
greater part of the weight of the plant.
The fibrous material so formed is
generally known as cellulose. Pure
cotton and paper pulp made from wood
are examples of pure cellulose. If cel
lulose is plunged Into strong nitric acid
the hydrogen is displaced by what are
known as "nitrogen groups"—that is,
oxygen in chemical combination with
nitrogen enters the substance, decom
posing It and driving out the hydrogen
and supplanting it. The action of the
nitric acid upon the cellulose produces
water, which reduces the strength of
the acid, and to avoid this a consldera-
ble quantity of very strong sulphuric
acid Is mixed with the nitric acid.
. This absorbs the water as fast as it is
, formed, keeping the nitric acid, as one
might say, in a dry state. When cot
, ton has been nitrated in this way and
, then very carefully washed for many
, hours to deprive It of every trace of its
acid and dried. It becomes gun cutton,
chemically known as trinltrocellulose.
If, however, the acids are weak, then
collodion cotton is produced, which is
[ known to chemistry as dlnltrocellu
. lose. It Is only trinitrocelltllbse. bow
ever, that Is employed in the manufac
ture of high explosives.
, But cellulose is by no means the only
material that can be nitrated. There
, are, in fact, hundreds of materials
which may be thus converted into ex
, plosives, and all are nitrated in prac
, tlcally the same manner—namely, by
being dropped Into strong nitric acid.
( ' When glycerin, which is the sugar of
fat, is nitrated, it is known as nitro
glycerin, one of the strongest and best
known of explosives. Nitroglycerin
and gun cotton form the basis of a
great number of smokeless powders.
When carbonic acid (phenol) is ni
trated, It Is called trlnltrophenol, or
picric acid. But picric acid was mado
more than a century ago from indigo.
It crystallizes in brilliant yellow scales,
and It dyes all animal tissue an in
tensely brilliant yellow. It was used
many years In the arts as a dyeing
agent before Its true character as an
explosive was known. Picric acid is
indeed a very peculiar substance. Al
though one of the most violent explo
sives known, it is one of the safest.
If thrown luto a whlt«#hot furnace, it
burns away like pitch; if set on fire in
the open air, it burns with a yellow,
' the open air, but if confined in a strong
receptacle and Ignited by a strong ful
minating charge It detonates with ter
rific violence, reducing the receptacle
Into fine fragments.—Harper's Weekly.
Beaver Dam Brook.
When the town of Wesley, Me., was
first settled a colony of beaver was —-
found on a small brook below whore
the settlement was made. This brook
crosses the road leading from Machlas
to Wesley, a short distance before the,
town is reached. A dam many feet;
in length is constructed across the,
brook, making quite a large pond.,
From this dam the brook received Its
name, and it has always been known
as the Beaver Dam brook. So perfect
ly was the dam constructed that It
has bacl jd up the waters of the
stream for many years, and In ap
pearance It has not materially changed.
It Is to be hoped that the present strin
gent law> which makes it illegal to
kill beaver at any time, may be In
strumental In bringing back this valu
able animal, but such results can hard
ly be expected.—Maine Woods.
A Story of a Great Painter.
! Vandyke, who was a pupil of Ktl
bens, had much pride in his own work,
as is shown in the following tale: The
' canons of a certain church asked him
to paint a picture for them, and when
It was done and they saw It the canons
called him a "dauber" and went away,
disgusted. Vandyke was only a younsf
man then and had no redress, but after
awhile some critics passed upon the
picture and declared it to be wonder
ful. The canons were sorry for their
mistake and to make amends gave him
a commission for two more pictures.
But Vandyke was on his dignity,
he sent them word that there were t
plenty of "daubers" in their own place
without calling upon those of Ant
werp.
A Beneficial Shock. ,
' One day a gentleman gave half a
crown to a "deaf and dumb" bejrpar,
who, quite taken off his gnard by such
unusual munificence, exclalmod: "Bless
you, sir! Bless you!"
"Hello!" said the gentleman. "I
thought you were deaf and dumb."
"So I was, sir," replied the beggar,
"but your extraordinary generosity,
was such a shock— such a pleasant
shock—to the system that it has re-,
stored my speech and hearing. Bless
you again, sir, a thousand times."—
j London Tlt-Blt*.
UNDER THE ROSE.
The Term Which Stand* mm the Sym
bol of Closed Lips.
Sir T. Browne, iu his "Inquiries Into
Vulgar Errors," dated 1040, says of the
old phrase sub rosa, "The expression is
commendable, if the rose from any
naturall proper-tie may be the symbole
of silence," aud goes on to quote some
Latin lines which represent tho rose
bud folded in its sheath as an emblem
of closed lips. *
He also speaks of the secrecy to be
observed "In society and compotation,
from the ancient customo in Symposl
ackc meetings to wear cbaplets of roses
about their heads."
Others derive the expression from tho
fable that Cupid gave a rose to Har
pocrates, the god of silence, as a bribe
j to prevent the disclosure of the amours
of Venus.
There are many records of rosea
carved upon ceilings In early and In
more modern times as reminders to
guests that words spoken In convivial .
moments should not be repeated.
It Is said that in 1520 roses conse
crated by the pope were placed over
the confessionals In Kome to denote se
' cr*cy.