SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. xn.
Hard times have decreased moat
Consumption.
Over two-thirds of the population
of Utah are of foreign birth or ex
traction.
The Japanese have a better scien«
tific knowledge of earthquakes than
any other nationality.
The gold production of this coun»
try for ten years has varied but little
from $32,000,000 annually.
Americans own sixty-four steel or
fron steamships, of a gross tonnage
of 197,108 tons, sailing under foreign
flags.
A Brooklyn public official says that
he cannot see why so many widows
are moving into that city. The latest
census report shows that there are
more - marriages in Brooklyn in pro
portion to its population than in any
city of the Union. "Isn't that reason
enough?" asks the New Orleans
Picayune.
The ornamental features of tho pam
pas alone aro known here, says Mrs.
Harriet W. R. Strong, in the Los An
geles (Cal.) Times. 1 discovered that
the plumes could not be destroyed in
water. Hence, as a product for bank
note paper they are valuable. Again,
the fiber will make rope. This wae
brought out in Jackson Park through
one of the judges of awards, who in
formed me that at tho present time
the strongest rope in the world is be
ing made in South America, where also
they have tested the paper-making
qualities of the plumes. They also
weave a cloth with which they make
dresses for their women.
Reports from United States consuls
in Mexico to the State Department
warn Americans against emigrating to
Mexico, with a view to permanent
settlement, with insufficient means, or
without informing themselves in a re
liable way as to the prospects for
earning livelihoods. Many Americans
have been induced by alluring state
ments as to the cheapness of coffee
raising, etc., to emigrate to Mexico
within the past year, and some have
lost their all by doing So. There are
good opportunities in Mexico for en
terprise, frugality and thrift if backed
by the resources necessary to success
in a new country.
A peculiar solution of England's
problem in India may evolve before
many years, predicts the New York
Independent. There is a growing
tendency among Indian princes to
marry European wives; and the re*
suit is likely to be that many of tho
States now governed by them will in
course of time pass into the hands of
Eurasian rulers. If it should become
the rage among the Rajahs and Na
wabs to have European wives as it now
is to have European horse trainers,
etc., then the heads of the great native
States will before long be of mixed
race, and such a state of things would
put a now phase on the political des
tiny of the country.
Attention was so centered upon the
labor troubles that tho close of the
San Francisco Midwinter Fair on the
Fourth of July passed almost unno
ticed, Yet tho event, was worthy of
comment. The Fair, despite tho hard
times and tho interminable industrial
difficulties, was a remarkable success.
There were more than 2,000,000 paid
admissions, which is a most gratify
ing ahowiug considering that tho Pa
cific ooast contributed practically all
the attendants. The managers of the
Exposition aud the people of San
Francisco deserve the highest credit
for their pluck and enterprise in car
rying tho Fair to a successful conclu
sion. They will find their reward in
the advertising which it will give
them.
The United States Couvt of Chey
enne has just rendered a dsciniou of
great inti rest to insurers, us it inval
idate* the clause found in moat poli
cies, that no agent has authority to
alter the clauses printed on a policy.
It appears thot a Mr. Henderson went
to an agent there and applied for an
insurance on his life, _sti»< ing that he
whs afraid of lieing shot 1»v all rllrliiy,
ttho, he iy»d reason to ticliove, was
looking for htm. Tlte agent told linn
hi' would give him n policy covering
hi« cast-, and Henderson paid him the
premium. Shortly afterward he was
killed liy the enemy, as he had antici
pated. and tli< company i fused to
pay thi- luouraucr to the widow, as the
policy contained a elan e < tpruaaly «•*-
rmpting the company in mm* death
reunited from the doiaga of sonic par
ty with declared l)"»tile intent. The
court »»>» 'hat the elatuu doe* Hot
count, and thai til** ne-ioy iiitai |>«
Hit I.
There aro 1785 separate railroad
companies in the United State?.
The German Emperor has advise 1
the universities to establish rowing
clubs, after the English model.
The population of Massachusetts if?
neatly as large as that of all the other
New England States combined.
The High Court of the Transvaal
Republic in Africa has recently de
cided that foreigners are liable to
military service after two years' resi
dence in the country.
An old gentleman, of Dexter, Me.,
has been doing a great deal of public
good in his town, and the Board of
Assessors, as a delicate compliment,
reduced his taxes. When he found it
out he was very much annoyed, and
goiug to the Assessor's office, swore
them up again.
Railway construction in the United
States for the six months ending June
30 was 525.25 miles, built by fifty
one lines in twenty-five States. Colo
rado led with fifty-four miles; South
Carolina added fifty miles; Florida,
forty-eight; West Virginia and
Louisiana, forty-eight; Pennsylvania,
forty-two, and New Jersey and Texas
each thirty-four.
Steel is now cheaper than iron. It
seems hardly possible, remarks the
Boston Cultivator, but the estimates
of cost in a recent bidding for a bridge
in Pennsylvania to be made with steel
stringers aud steel rivets was lower
than a like estimato for the same
bridge made with iron stringers and
iron rivets. Four bids were made,
and in each case the bridge could be
made cheaper of steel than of iron.
The successful bid was 51905, as
against $2157, which was tho lowest
bid for the iron bridge. Owing to
the greater strength of steel, the
weight of metal in the steel bridge is
much less than it must necessarily be
for one of iron.
The American Register, of Paris, Is
authority for the statement that the
descendants of Queen Victoria are
either now in possession of, or will in
the natural course of events come to
occupy, seven thrones—those of the
British Empire, the German Empire,
the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of
Greece, the Grand Duchy of Hesse,
the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
and the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
According to this the Anglo Saxons
may shortly come to universal rule in
Europe, as its language is coming to
be the universal language of the world.
Possibly in this way, muses the Tren
ton (N. J.) American, the universal
Republic, so long predicted by dream
ers, may be established.
This is called the age of electricity.
That, in the opinion of the New York
Recorder, is a mistake. We haven't
crossed the threshold yet. The ad
vance has been wonderful, however.
In 1870 two exaiuiuers in the United
States Patent Office did all the work
of the bureau; now twenty are re
quired, and they are months behind.
Then two electrical patents were issued
a week; now there are fifty. Notwith
standing all this advance the small
amount of electric energy obtained
from a pound of coal is sufficient to
stimulate every inventor in this line
to renewed effort. The next great
step will be to dispense with the boiler,
engine and dynamo and create electric
energy direct from fuel. Until that
is done the age of electricity will not
have begun.
As an offset to the movement for n
general disarmament of Europe there
hns receutly been going 011 a discus
sion as to its probable effects 011 the
labor market. Mr. Longburst, Honor
arv Secretary of the English Chamber
of Commerce in Paris, has come out
boldly in favor of large armies in the
interests of the working classes. He
shows that the armies of Europe 0.1 a
peace footing number 3,775,000 men.
Allowing 77;>,000 to be retained for
keeping peace at home, how could the
remainder be provided for if dis
banded? They could not Mud occu
pation in the fields or tho factories,
because production has far exceeded
consumption. A full of wages would
become inevitable, and the at niggle for
life be much severer. Itather than
throw the liberated men on charity
he argues that it would be better foi
them to retiinin in the regiments. The
cost to the liutlou Would Hot be more,
and service in the HI'UIV is less tie
moralizing than idleness. llmiJi- a
military training lout its advanta •< a.
It teach** habits of order un I di -
ripline, and it prevents early uiurrm. k,
which ill eoiiutii' H that have 11 •
sellptioii are uinoii; tin eiie can*'
of I'oveiiy and (liatreaa.
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1894.
A SUMMER LONGING.
I must nway to wooded hills aud vales,
Where broad, slow streams flow cool and
silently,
And Idle barges flap their listless sails—
For me the summer sunset glows and pales,
And green fields wait for me.
( long for shadowy forests, where the birds
Twitter and chirp at noon from every tree.
I long for blossomod leaves and lowing
herds,
And nature's voices say, In mystio words,
"The greon fields wait for thee."
I dream of uplands, where the primrose
shines,
And waves lier yellow lamps above the
lea;
Of tangled copses, swung with trailing vines,
Of open vistas, skirted with tall pines,
Where green fields wait for me.
I thfnk of long, sweet afternoons, when I
May lie and listen to the distant sea,
Or hear the breezes in the reeds that sigh,
Or insect voices chirping shrill and dry,
In fields that wait for me.
Theso dreams of summer come to bid me
find
The forest's shade, the wild bird's melody,
Whtlo summer's rosy wreaths for mo are
twined,
While summer's fragrance lingers on the
wind,
And green fields wait for me.
—George Arnold.
DARKEST LEFORB DAWN.
BX HELEN FOBBEST GBAVES.
§ HERE'S nothing in
tho paper," said Au
rora Clymer—' 'abso
lutely nothing !"
She threw down
the printed sheot as
sho spoke—a tall girl,
with wistful blue
eyes and hair droop
ing a la Psyche over
her forehead.
_ "Tlion," said Mir
iam, "that's three
cents wasted. And there aro not
many cents left."
"Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast!"
6ighed Aurora. "And it was coffee
and oatmeal yesterday ! Oh, dear, how
wretched it is to be poor! How sick
one does get of things!"
"Try to remember that it's always
'darkest just before daylight,' " en
couraged Miriam. "Sit up to the
table, dear, and eat something. It's
nice and hot!"
Miriam was a sweet, fresh-faced girl
of eighteen. Not, perhaps gifted
with Aurora's beauty, but when you
looked at Miriam Clymcr once, you
always wanted to look the second
time.
"Where is Polly?" fretfully ques
tioned the elder sister. ' 'lt docs seem
to me as if—"
At that self same moment, however,
the door flew open and a rosy, flushed
damsel burst into tho room like a
southwest gale.
'•Breakfast time already?" cried
Polly. "My goodness me, how tho
time does fly?"
Polly Clvmer had very black eyes,
which laughed at you like a sunbeam,
a crop of short black curls, and teeth
which, although rather irregular, were
milk white, and her two cheeks were
like two roses nowly blossomed.
"Girls, I'vo been eo busy!" said
Polly.
Aurora frowned a little.
"I wish I was busy," said she.
Miriam helped her younger sister to
oatmeal.
"I should bo busy too," said Mir
iam, "if there was anything to do."
"How perfectly ridiculous all this
is!" cried Polly, waving her spoon.
"As if there wasn't always something
to do! Of courso Aurora would rather
do typewriting, because that's the
trade she's learned—"
"Trade?" echoed tho scandalized
beauty.
"And Miriam knows more about
music lessous than anything else; but
if ono can't get what one Wonts) one
must want what ono can got. And
I'vo earned a dollar thin morning al*
teacly."
"What!" cried Miriam.
"Moro oatmeal, please," said Polly.
"Oh, yes, I'vo washed and dressed a
dear littlo girlio in the flat downstairs,
and packed her littlo doll's toy of a
trunk for tho train. You see, the
nurse got augry and wont away. The
mother was that pallid consumptive
who was burled last week, and the
father is a sort of ne'er-do-well, who
plays tho cymbals in Jones's Theatre
and don't pay any of Ills bills. Aud
tho janitress was at her wits' end what
to do, and I slopped into the breach.
It mado mo think of the good old
times when I played with a doll almost
as big as I was."
"But where on earth is tho child
going?" asked Miriam.
"To her friends I suppose. I left
her asleep in tho crib, and tho land
lady's little girl watching her. I'm to
go back after luy breakfast. There,
Mirry"—as she tossed a big silver dol
lar to tho housekeeper-sister—-"take
that to buy moro oatmeal. Aud look
here, Miriam, Doctor I'nltitt has got a
big order lor tho ltosnbud Halm togo
to a watering place somewhere 011 the
Jersey coast, and wants some one to
paste 011 labels and tie up tho bot
tles, without loss of tiiuo. There's a
chance 1"
Aurora drew herself np.
"I don't think George Uelden would
like it," said she.
"Oh, George—bother George 1 Tin's
nothing but a drug clerk hiuistdf.
It's none of his business ono way or
tho other !" cried Polly.
"Well, perhaps if you won't men
tion it," »atd Aurora, timidly. "One
lias one's professional reputation t<>
maintain, you know,"
"Stuff! said Polly. "Dootor Puf
tlt'a a good-natured old soul, and I
(•ally think if nouie ono don't rally to
his assistance, he'll get tin tpopleo
tic fit."
"Apd," suggested Miriam, •'since
there's nothing in the 'Wanteds' to
day, you might as well be earning a
little in some way, Aurora."
Dootor Puffit was in the front base
ment of the big flat where the Clvmor
sisters dwelt, surrounded by gallon
jars of "Rosebud Balm" and moun
tains of bottles. Ho looked despair
ingly up from this chaos.
"The order goes out on tho three
o'clock express," said he,"and that
wretch Alphonse, lias not been near
me to-day. I will discharge Alphonse.
I won't put tip with his nonsense an
other hour. My dear young lady, you
don't say you will actually help me?
Then my business character is saved !
The Silver Beach hotels will know of
tho greatest discovery of the age, and
I shall vindicate this great prepara
tion—which is not a cosmetic nor a
drug, but a marvel!"
Polly went back to her baby, who
was awake now and smiling like a
mediaeval cherub in an altar painting.
"You darling 1" said she, with a hug
and a kiss. "How any one could go
off and leave yon, I cannot — Oh!"
with H sudden stiffening of her rosy
features, "so you are Dolly Temple's
father, are you?" For a middle-aged
gentleman stood in the doorway, look
ing qne.stiouingly at her. "Well, you
needn't come back hero. The child's
mother's friends are to take her away
at once. And perhaps, if you hadn't
been so dissipated and neglectful of
poor Mrs. Temple, she might have
been here now. I can't help it; some
one ought to tell you what tho people
in this house are saying about it. I
don't want to be hard on you," she
added, "but if you were to sign the
pledge, and try—really try to do bet
ter for the futnre—"
"I really think that is unnecessary,"
interrupted a composed voice, "for I
am already a strict temperance man.
You are mistaken, young woman. 1
nm not Sergius Tempte, but Mr. Car
thew, the father of the late Mrs. Tem
ple. The telegram was delayed, and I
hove only just reoeived the summons
to come."
Polly blushed to the very roots of
her curly hair. She had not a word
to say for herself.
"Oh, why couldn't I have minded
my own business," thought she. "It's
just os tho girls ore always tolling me.
My tongue is a deal too long."
"Are you the nurse?" Le asked,
sternly.
But the janitress, hurrying up at
this moment, speedily enlightened
him ns to the exigencies of the case.
"It's a young lady, sir," said she,
'•/ torn one of tho other apartments,
and what wo should havo done without
her I'm sure I don't know. Tho dear
little miss has took to her so kind."
Tho sternness of Mr. Carthew's
bearing abated somewhat.
"She is very good," said he. "As
I have no one to take charge of my
daughter's child, I slmll bo pleased to
engage her services for the present."
"I know that other woman wasn't
good to her," observed the jnni tress.
Polly looked at the baby, the baby
held out its little hands, with an iu
distinct, cooiug sound, liko a bird in
the hedges.
"I'll go," said Polly.
"The train leaves in twenty min
utes," said Mr. Carthew, looking at
his watch.
Polly rushed up stairs for her hat
and shawl. She left a scribbled note
on the table for her sisters, neither of
whom was iu the room, and with Mr.
Carthew and the baby just caught the
train.
"I— I don't know where we are go
ing," stammered Polly.
"How neglectful ot' me not to have
mentioned it," said Mr. Carthew. "To
my country seat at Silver Beach."
"Oh," thought Polly, "if Aurora
only knew ! Ho has got a country
seat, has he? I do hope Mrs. Carthew
will be good to me. 1 wonder if there
are any daughters, and if they would
like a musical governess? Because if
Miriam could get a place, I think we
should be perfectly happy.' 1
Hut she glanced mirreptitiottsly at
Mr. Carthew's grave, handsome face,
and lacked the courage to ask any
lnofe questions.
"He must havo married very
young," thought she.
A stout lady, in a black silk gown
and white muslin apron, met them on
the steps of a pretty seaside cottage,
with a belt of pine trees in the rear,
aud the curling fringes of the Atlan
tic Ocean in front, and welcomed the
now treasure warmly.
"This is my housekeeper," said Mr,
Carthew. "Mrs. Mott, Miss Clyrner
is the now nursery governess for Miss
Temple. Make her as comfortable as
yon can."
"Mrs. Carthew is not at, home?"
Polly ventured to ask, as tho black
silk matron led the way down a long
corridor covered with cool, checked
matting.
"Bless your heart," said Mrs. Mott,
"t.hero ain't any Mrs, Carthew. If
sho'd beeu living, my vonug lady
would never have made that foolish,
runaway match."
"Nor any Miss Carthews?"
"Nor any Miss Carthews," uoded
Mrs. Mott.
Polly took the baby out on the
beach for a walk next day, it seemed
more like the doll-playing days of her
1 childhood than ever, or else like a
1 pleasant summer dream.
"I'll walk as tar as the drug store,"
1 said she to herself. "There's quite a
! Huttlenient of houses around the hotel,
and some very pretty stores. I've a
reat mind t<> walk in and ask for a
bottle of T>oetor l'uftlit's lto#elnil
I liil Hl for the Complexion."
Klio did so. Polly Clymer was never
lacking in cool midaeity, whatever
might have been In r otlu r lUitleieii
eiw,
"Why, fully, U this you?" d*-
inanded A familiar voice behind tha
counter.
"Goodness mo!" cried Polly. "It'i
George Btlden!"'
"Yes," said the tall, straight young
druggist. "Why, didn't you know it?
I've bought out this business, aud I've
telegraphed for Aurora to come down
and marry me. We may as wellspend
our lioneym oon by the seaside attend
ing to business. The dear little girl,
ouly to think of her pasting on all
them labels herself ! Puffitt told me
about it. Puffit supplies tho capital,
you see, on condition of my pushing
his specialty. I've taken a cottage,
and telegraphed Aurora to bring you
and Miriam along, too. Silver Beach
is a rising place, and there's plenty to
be done here."
"I'm awfully obliged to you
George,"said Polly, holding up the
baby, "but I'm a nursery governess
at present, and can't leave my situa
tion. But I'll call and see you and
Mrs. Belden as often as possible."
And she strolled back to the Car
thew cottage along the edge of the
Atlantic, talking soit, unintelligible
nonsense to the baby as she went.
Three mouths afterward, George
Belden shut up the "seaside branch"
to return to the New York store which
Doctor Puffitt had purchased and dec
orated in Algeriau-Mooresque style
with more gold-leaf and peacock
plumes than would have seemed possi
ble to the uninitiated mind.
"The Rosebud Balm has been a suc
cess," cackled Doctor Puffitt. "And
I owe it in no small degreo to Belden's
enterprise. Belden's is a genius. ''
Mrs. Belden had decided to assist
her husband in the store.
"It's a great deal nicer than type
writing," said she, "and twice as
profitable. And Miriam will keep
house for us. You haven't ventured
to ask Mr. Carthew whether he'll be
returning to that Madison Avenue pal
ace of his, Polly?"
"Oh, I have asked him!" said
Polly. "I'm not afraid of Mr. Car
thew any longer."
"Notwithstanding his princely
ways," for Aurora stood in great awe
of the stately gentleman. "And you
will be continued on?"
"No," Polly answered. "Mr. Car
thew has engaged a new nursery gov
erness for Dotty."
Aurora clasped her hands tragic
ally.
"Ob, Polly!" she cried. "And yon
will lose your place?"
Polly lifted the roguish eyes which
had been temporarily hidden behind
Dotty's yellow curls.
"I am going to bo baby's grand
mother," said slie.
The Matador's Last Thrust,
The art of the matador is not to run
up to the bull and stab him, but to
have him come to you and fling him
self upon the sword, while you direct
his movements this way and that with
tha scarlet cape. He will follow a
red cape anywhere, aud the cliulas are
busy from the beginning of the fight
to the end, leading the bull away from
the fallen picadors or the imperilled
banderilleros or the matador. Even
after the sword is thrust into his neck
up to the hilt, it takes the bull a long
time to die. A harrowing sight it is.
Tho noble creature —tho only noble
creature, as it seeins, in the ring—
stands up as long as he can, vomiting
forth torrents of blood, as all his en
emies crowd around him, sticking to
it until he drops trembling against the
fender. Then in conio the teams of
mules, gayly decorated with llags and
ribbons, to carry the bull and the
horses around tho ring at a gallop,
leaving a bloody track behind,
aro not Content with reraovinf, 10
bodies by the nearest possible exit;
oh, no ! These gay teams go gallop
ing around the whole arena, each drag
ging its bloody carcass, while the band
plays another quickstep.
They are hardly out of the ring be
fore the drum rolls aud the next bull
bursts into the arena. So it goes on,
until six bulls are done for. All the
while our neighbors iu the next box
are eating and drinking. As for us,
we see nothing but the suffering and
death over aud over again. It carries
you back to tho Roman circus, and yoil
wonder what civilization lias done for
Spain, whoso population is still so
thirsty for blood. The Spaniards are
so used to it that they see none of the
barbarity, only the skill and the
science. And the English residents
in Spain aro more enthusiastic than
the Spaniards themselves.
,V Historic (inn.
Tho London Telegraph chronicles
th" removal of "Queen Bess's pocket
pistol,"an enormous piece of brass ord*
nance which for generation has frowned
from the cliffs of Dover, to make way
for a battery of modern guns. The
"pocket pistol" now rests in honorary
retirement in a less conspicuous part
of the castle. This gun is twenty-four
feet long, takes a charge of tlfteen
pounds of powder and has a range, it
is said, of eight miles. It has not
been fired for so long, however, t at
nobody knows how far it will o.irry.
it is elaborately ornamented with
figures representing Liberty and Via
tory. This gun was presented to
Queen Elizabeth by tho people of tho
low eouutries in recognition of her
efforts to protect them and their re
ligion. It has an inscription in Flem
ish, which is popularly supposed to
run:
"liti'L in« IT >ll. MI I K«<>p MO el<»an,
Aii'l I'll carry i» ball to Calais fIMMi.' 1
Aii l thcro inn popular notion that
thi> nun urn* alil« to Htret'p tbr Froneli
port on the other siilo of the ehannrl.
I'he noourutt' trntmlaliori of tho in-
Nrription IK, however:
"(ivr tlirf hill nn I lal" I «an throw mj ball.
M\ nam# U 'ltrenkwrol M mii'l ami Wall.'
'I'IM' "pocket putol" hM IOIIK tune*
to l»i' r<K«r>li>'l ni< valilalili*,*avrt
if a nit'UU'lito ot the rvigu uf Klwt«
hctb.
Terms---81.00 in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Months.
GLACIERS IN THE-WEST.
THE VAST ICE FIELDS OF THE
SIERRAS.
California lias Some of the Most Re
tnnrkable Frozen R ... ♦>je
World—Wells of Blue Water.
~7\ MONG the many attractions
/ \ which California offers to
strangers and her own peo
<£" ' pie, says the San Francisco
Call, are the glaciers that lie in the
high Sierras that constitute the back
bone of the State. The glaciers of
Switzerland attract thousands to that
region every season, and it would bo
interesting to know how many of these
American glacier seekers are aware
that sorno of the most remarkable
glaciers in the world are in America.
The California ice rivers found in the
Sierra Nevadas are not remarkable for
their size, but are, nevertheless, typi
cal glaciers, and, taken with the fine
scenery of the mountains, will repay
the climbing that is necessary to ob
serve them. If one could ascend in a
balloon from the summit of Mount
Shasta a most interesting series of
glaciers would be observed radiating
from the central peak, and even while
standing on the cono they may bo fol
lowed with tho eye, one being about
four miles in length, with an average
width of three to four miles. Imagin
ing ourselves poised above the peak,
we see below tho sharp summit 14,511
feet high, and on the left Shastina
crater. In old times, geographically
speaking, Shasta has been a terrifio
volcano, and the canons of its flanks
are cut into the lava deposits of ages.
The greatest glaciers seem to reach
to the north and east. Reaching down
into the Shastina crater is the Mount
Whitney glacier, that winds away
from the summit to the west, sending
a small glazier to the south, encom
passing the Red Rocks, near the Sis
sons trail. From the ridge that
reaches down southwest and on tho
north side are seen six or eight small
glaciers. The Whitney turns to the
north and after throwing a spur to tho
west extending in a moraine at about
9150 feet above the sea. The glacier
is three-quarters of a mile long and
covers an area of about 2000 square
yards. It is an interesting fact that
in nearly all the old descriptions of
Shasta the writers appear to have
taken these glaciers as simple deposits
of snow that lie in the deep canons
and so last. But such is not the case ;
they are true glaciers, exposed to tho
sun for three-quarters of the year.
The view up Whitney glacier is grand
and impressive, showing great fissures
and crevasses, deep - nongh to be ex
tremely dangerous in crossing and re
quiring no little Alpine climbing to
surmount.
Crossing ft ridge to the east of
Whitney glacier, we see the Polam
glacier reaching down from the sum
mit in a northerly direction. At tha
summit it appears separated by a
sinuous ledge of volcanic rock, and
below is pierced by numerous jagged
peaks. It is particulary noticeable
for its terminal moraine—a mass of
rocks heaped up, the result of the
crushing force of the ice river. There
is one extremely deep crevasse at the
altitude of 10,000 feet—a magnificent
fissure reaching down deep into the
heart of the glacier. Below this there
is a succession of deep chasms. The
entire glacier is about one and a half
miles in length, and has an ice area
of about 1,800,000 square yards. Its
terminal moraine lies about 10,000
feet above the sea. From the slopes
of this glacier an idea of the grandeur
of Shasta may be derived. To the
northwest it stretches away in a
majestic slope for sixteen miles. To
the southwest the descent is 10,000
feet in eight miles. Passing over a
dividing peak, 11,058 feet above the
sea to the east, Hotlum glacier is
reached, which extends in a northwest
direction from the summit. It is wide
and fan-shaped, its foot ending in a
terminal moraine 10,500 feet above
the sea. At night all is still on the
glacier, but at noonday, when the
heat of the summer sun is felt,
myriads of streams find their way
down, cutting the glacier and making
passage often dangerous.
The neve of Hotlum, or the upper
portion, has two conspicuous ico
streams that flow through it. One in
particular is forced between two
rocky buttresses and so shattered that
the ice assumes the appearance of
lofty pinnacles fifty or sixty feet in
height. These are typical of glacial
ice, assuming rich opalescent blue
colors well worth the climb to enjoy.
The crevasses here are deep and dan
gerous. and from them issue strange
sounds, caused by the melting and
downward motion of the icy monster.
Here are the famous glacial wells,
filled with blue tinted water. Hotlum
is about a mile and a quarter in
length, and has an area of 9,600,000
square feet. Following round Hot
lum glacier we come to the southeast
tongue, whice is called Wiutum gla
cier, and which appears to reach down
farther than any of the others, send
ing a narrow limb into a deep canon.
From its lower end rushes a glacial
stream, forming Wintuin Falls, about
8000 feet above the level of the sea.
Of all the Shasta glaciers Wiutum is
perhaps the most remarkable. Here
are <3,000,000 square feet of ice—a
gigantic flat berg reaching to an un
known depth, three-quarters of a mile
wi.le and nearly two miles in length.
Its rate of movement has not been
tested, but a glance at the surface
show* the terrific power that is forc
ing the ice ou aud on.
A humming bird in said to hnva
been stung to death by a bet at Co
lumbia, win., recently.
I'll.' (jtieeu of P.nglaiid iieter sign*
a di-atli warraut.
NO. 46.
THE LOW SUN,
O level rfun, thy broken rays
Lie on tho winding meadow ways,
Aud by tho straam lons shadows llinff
From willow t.-ees that hedge the spring.
O lovel Sun, thy rays are tippod
As wands In thy soft circle dipped ;
.uow-fiying birds, touohed as they pasi.
Flirt gilded wings from grass to grais.
O lovel Sun, these broken rays
Tresago another death ot days ;
On meadow wnys shades pricked by light
Move, merge, and darken into night.
—Margaret 8. liriscoe, in Harper's Bazar.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
E /-ked into a cocked hat—Tho
cre& —Truth.
A young man is a theory; an old
man a fact.—Atchison Globe.
A boy's idea of glory is to play bawe
ball iu a "suit." —Atchison Globe.
If a woman looks cool on a hot day,
she doesn't mind being warm.—Atchi
son Globe.
As soon as a man announces that he
is a reformer, he ought to be arrested.
—Atchison Globe.
The baseball player would be all
right if he could only play as well as
he practices. —Puck.
Man is made of dust; and his name
becomes Mud through the watering
cart of Fate.—Puck.
A man's confidence in his own ex
perience is an inverse proportion to
his age. —Ram's Horn.
Hunger is the best sauce, but when
you have no other it is fatal to the
stomach. —Ram's Horn.
Women never get over the notion
that they are entertaining angels una
wares. —Atchison Globe.
Be polite to everybody. There's
no telling when you may have eome
thing to sell.— Atchison Globe.
A growler is a man who would much
rather sleep in a cyclone than in an
ordinary draft.—Galveston News.
When the last man leaves the room,
the women draw their chairs up
closer, and whisper.—Atchison Globe.
"Thus we part, wretch, and this is
the last letter from your unhappy
Anna. P. S.— More to-morrow."—
Fliegende Blaetter.
Laundry machinery really seems to
have reached the stage of perfection.
It can destroy a collar in a single wash.
—Boston Transcript.
"I fail," said the boarder, frantic
ally sawing at the steak, "to a
weak point in this Armour plate.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hi land— "What c 'uuwance that
egotist Spudkins is!" Halket—
"Right-you are. He's a regular 'l'
BO re." —Pittsburg Chronicle.
It is supposed that the fashion among
women of" reading the final pages of a
novel first is due their predilection
for the last word.— Boston Transcript.
Clara—"When you refused Freddie,
did you tell him to brace up and be a
man?" Haddie— "No, I didn't want
to bo unreasonable." —Detroit Tri
bune.
It is always discovered, when a man
is killed while engaged in some
hazardous business, that it was his in
tention to have retired next year.—
Atchison Globe.
Hungry Higgins —"Say, it ain t hot
on the road, here, ner nuthin.
Weary Watkins— "You said'er. Don't
you wisht we was in some nice, cool
jail?"—lndianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Ca r son—"I hear it was a runa
way match." Mrs. Vokes Yes.
The bride and her father caught up to
him with a preacher when he was try
ing to escape."—New York Herald.
Doctor—"Let's see, did I prescribe
for you the last time you were here?"
Patient —"Let me see—oh, yes! I
remember now, for I was deadly sick
all the next day."—Boston Transcript.
Beggar—"Kind sir, pray give me a
shilling for my six hungry children?"
Passerby—"Awfully sorry: but I'm
not buying hungry children just now;
I've got nine at home already. ' Lon
don Moonshine.
Bangle—"Nature has been very
I kind to Mrs. Bluscher. See the roses
j ou her cheeks?" Miss B. s rival
I "Yes, indeed. One must have a
| natural gift to paint like that.
I Arkansaw Traveler.
"Did Miss Fyppe receive many
! proposals while at the seashore ?
i "Many? Why, receiving proposals
J got to be a habit with her. She got
' so she couldn't even hear a soda water
bottle pop without exclaiming, •This
is so sudden!'" —Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Mr. Unn —"But, mv dear fellow,
this account has 'ieen running seven
years." Scientific Debtor — 'That's
i right, old man. But you know every
atom of a man's system eliauges in
seven years. I am not the mail who
j bought the goods. —Cincinnati Tri
bune.
The good, kind old gentlemau
looked down benignantly on the small
urchin blacking his shoes. ".Vow,
my boy," he said, after he had finished
blacking his shoes, "what would you
| think if I Rave you a nice new
; bill?" The boy, down on all fours,
cocked liis head up at his prospivt iv i
; benefactor. "I guess I'd think yoit
wanted ninety-five cents change, he
replied, and the subsequent proceed
ings provod his guess to he correct.
Detroit Free Press.
The export from Sweden to the
Unite I States iu 1 H.»:» is calculated to
have had a value of *8,100,000. The
principal part of tins export, or more
than s|'2.'■!•''*,ooo, e«inai»tc*d of iron
fl '• ' „ .
The liest strnw .u the world i« gr»« n
ill t'luli* utid Japan, and is m* e 11110
braid iu England nud Helgi im.