bllar’'s d ticks Tick- ty of @ der.” : ny wis and. Josiah Glint "had been ..8ood friends and. neigh- _ bors from “the boy- | ~hood days. «Theygrew up togethbr, married, sisters, and settled on Bmore than twenty years. “Then came a season of estraugement. Josiah lived on a fine he angle formed by the junction Creek and Lane River. Aopner's - {down the Salt Creek valley. and % ¥ Their wine and] children were not allowed to exchange visits, One'night St the: Aollowirg spring Salt Creek 108e to a height many ot Shere any point it had ever reached in the his- tory of thé ‘valley. There had been a week of rainy weather, so that the tur- ; bulent stream was much swollen, and on this particular night there was a tre mendous rainstorm. - As'the Lane River was swollen greatly; there was no. adequate outlet for the turbid flood which swirled and rushed Conse- f quently, the current of the Lane was not only stopped, but turned back, so that } for some hours the river actually flowed up st a brawling ttle stream, like a person of passionate impulses, calmed “| down almost as quickly as it had risen. The - light’ of = morning reveaved a strange state of affairs to Josiah. ‘Ex- cept the very small area of high ground about the house, his entire farm had | been flooded. Everything -that would float was carried away and stranded on Abner’s farm. Here was retribution in- ‘| deed! Who could have dreamed that’ the | current would set up stream and carry back to Abner that which it had once taken from him? But there it was, Josiah walked along to the upper edge of his farm and saw thousands of his rails—those he ‘had. made as well as those he had taken from Abner—piled ‘up on the low knolis of Abner's farm. his unexpected acquisitions.. Among |i them was Josiah’s own stalk-rake. 'Ab- ner was contemplating it with smiles of welcome, . Then, fér the first time in almost a year, Josiah set foot on his neighbor's land, and walked over to where Abner stood grinning, “Pll come and git that rake after 5 8 while,” said Josiah; shamefacedly. ' Don’t think ye will, " answered Ab- | ner. " «An'why don’t ye think I willy? ¢¢ "Cause I ferbid ye to set foot on my: land.” “Ain't that ny rakel” same as stole las’ spring?” Didn't I put ina hulk month clearin’ yer logs out o’ my cornfields” ‘What d’ye call them, then, on’ whose air they?” . Abner pointed to his oatfeld, thickly studded with logs and drift which had g.! undeniably come from Josiab's wood. land, * 8 ‘low we're about even, Fo 80 in | lemme have my rake and we won't say { in Teply. nothin’ about the rails,” said Josiah. “I guess -we're nigher even as we stand, so ye kin let the rake stay. right .whar it 280 Josiah walked home without a word ‘Abner stood chuckling over and the discoméiture of his brother-in-law. get down - on various parts of farm. Then Abuer would haul back and rebuild his fences, le Josiah would burn the debns. one unlucky spring, when Josigh's had just appeared above the ground, ’ ame over its banks and wrought ‘m. Not only were Josiah's moved and Abner's brought into aces, buf; Josiah’s cornfield was t quantity of timber that Abner had his farm during the ‘winter. oking about “his cornfield one ig. Tree tops, logs, big chips, org ections of bark, fence rails, all ed with slime and ‘mud, were re- ‘cut and pile up all this drift- ich would not burn for weeks. | f his corn, which had been the in the neighborhood, would be ~ And by the removal of Abner’s nces much.of Josiah’s corn would be trampled into the ground. No wonder Josiah was out of sorts. ~ If he had been left to himself all wight have been well, and I should have ha story to write. But .as Josiah loomily viewing his:-Hooded prop-. , Abner came across the field. “Mornin, SL” Bi grunted. : ay looks kind 0 bad, don’t | =r Bip" ‘Bi said nothing. “How soon kin I come au’ get. my rails}? fi “Don’t know as ye'll: get ‘om at all,” said Josiah. #4] thought them was mine over yan- Abner pointed to a mass of rails and cornstalks which ‘were undeniably GAfn't them yourn, too, then, an! them, an’ them?” Josiah pointed gloguently. to the mud-coated logs and “ran they air, Si, most of ’em.” when ye take the last one of | my corn we'll talk about let- take them rails, too.” . n't ‘wind helpin’ ye clear off that ef ye ask ft. But I'd like to ye settin’ foot on my land uted Josiah. ‘df I've got ter log-rollin’ fer ye, an’ do in my’ own cornfield to boot, I'll just keep the g 'th the trash,” Bue ye then!” said Aber be hanged! I'll sue ye fer ettin’ yer trash in here, an’ oxn, if ye come in after 0 ring suit ss he had or helsaw that the expense 1tw weigh the profits, He made | 1s dnd ‘rebuilt his Ee ond Sh ‘Late in the afternoon the Lane, fed fuller by countless creeks farther up, crept over its banks and came: gliding gently into the 4ittle depressions of the adjacent fields. No sooner was it dark than Abner Baldwin, armed with a shotgun, took his: stand behind a tree near the pile of drift where the rake lay. No sooner was it dark than Josiah Glint, telling his hired man to follow him with a wagon aud feam as soon sas the moon was up, started for the scene ‘of higlate encountér with his neighbor. “Josiah intended to clear away the rub- { bish from his rake and have it ready to load into the wagon when it arrived. Abner had divined Josiah's intention,and was prepared to keep him away,even by using the shotgun. Meantime the river was creeping, through the fields aud across the wood- lands, Josiah bad no little trouble in making his way in the darkness. At last, when there was but. one little de- ression between him and the rake, he found that hollow. filled with water, and gat down to await the coming of the wagon. . Long he waited there in the darkness, river at a distance, and the lapptag of the wator as it rose higher and higher. The moon was just casting her first faint beams across the land, when, above the sounds of the rushing current and of the nearer water which had risen almost to hie feet, Josiah heard something of a still more alarming mature. ‘A eontin- ‘uous crashing as of splintering timbers came from a point up the Lane River. Blent with this was a loud roaring, which pew momentarily louder and came 0 What ‘could it be?! Josiah rose from the ground and peered anxiously in the direction of the sounds. Louder and louder; nearer and nearer, and more incomprehensible! Surely that wasa falling tree he heard. | Another and another fell, each nearer than the last! Just then the moon came boldly into view, and disclosed to Josiah a line of white foam paclog madly toward him across Abner'’s oatfiel . Then the truth was plain. Deming’s great, levee had broken, the Lane was coming down like a low wall moving at speed, and Josiah was caught in the flood. He stood fora few moments. without power to fly or even to take his eyes from that wide crest.of water charging down upon him. Next instant he was whirled away by the torrent, scarcely able to keep “his head above the water. Soon he man- aged to grasp a solid timber and steady himself enough to look around. Josiah had already drifted considerably behind the crest of the wave, and was now being Saesiad. Hnidlya acres his own farm, in comp by loge corn: stalks, and 57 vith bres Abné : supportt He cottld hardly bel but it was his § or ply te Josiah ‘also saw Abner looking over ~ “Wasn't them my rails ye jist the- { and was King David's no sound audible save the roar of the | private bureau, and showe “But to what was Josiah c i F, SE longer.” od h his way along to the place where Abner was clinging, placed an arm around him, and grasped a rake- tooth firmly with each hand. +I don't" deserve it, §i,” said Abner, I was goin’ to keep this here rake.” No; yo wasn't, Ab. I was goin’ to steal it this very night.” “No, yo wasn’t, Si. I was goin’ fo fill yeé full o’ birdshot.” #Wal, it seems to be a sort of a pardne got consider’ble interest in if,” said Josiah, grimly, Rapidly they drifted over Josiah’s farm until they came to Salt Creele, whose swift cross-current bore them out into the main channel of the Lane. Both men were nearly exhausted when they were drifted into an eddy, whence they managed fo climb on a great log, and from there into a scrubby tree, “Abner had been struck by a piece of timber when the flood caught him, and now suffered great pain. of osiah held him in the tree. +All’ night long the flood roared past them, bearing uprooted trees, ‘buildings and various wreckage. But the two men were happy in their reconciliation: for though neither said a word on the subject, each understood that they were firmer friends than ever before. ‘Next day their neighbors rodoiiol them, badly chilled, and thoroughly worn out with the long night's watch- The story of the terrible havoc wrought by the Great Lane Freshet 13 told in the history of the valley, and does not be- long to this narrative. But neither of the two men who drifted down on the stalk-rake ever regretted his experience. on that night. . The Baldwin and Glint children now play together every day; their ‘mothers are happy in the reconciliation, and nowhere can bs found two firmer friends than Abner and J gash. Yoni Con panion. : : Musical SI se . Apollo was the old god of music, and vented by Mercury. | When the latter was four hours old he found ‘the shell of a tortoise, and madeit’into a lyre with nine strings, in honor of the nine Muses. This instrument Mercury gave to Apollo, who became a wonderful player upon it. The lyre was used by the Greeks in olden times, and from it was fashioned the harp, The old time viol was the first instru. ment cf its kind, and furnished the plan for the modern violin, which, however, is seven hundred years old. It is said Charles IL introduced it into England. One of. the finest makers of violins was Stradivarius, of Cremona, who existed in the early part of the eighteen century. Yiclis. ade by him are worth thou: ee by collectors and performers. the flute of to-day is different from that of the ancients. It has been improved upon from time to time, and the old it now. The lagetiety which is some- what similar, is about 1581, The first trumpet was a sea shell, and was used by very old nations. were well known in thé days when Hom lived, and a Jewish feast of trumpets 18 spoken of in the Bible, nearly 1500 =. ¢. Alexander the Great is said to have used a speaking trumpet 385 B.c." The harp, which was suggested by the lute, is ascribed .to Jubal, 8875 =. c., favorite iastru- meat. The harp was used by the Welsh and Saxons, and also by the ancient peo- ples of Ireland. One of the oldest harps existence is in the Dublin College Museum, ‘and originally belonged to Brian Boroihme, King of Ireland.— Harper s Young People. rr eis A Noted Umbrella. The famous umbrella’ which most visitors to Mont-de-Piete, the great Paris pawnshop, ask to see has long since disappeared.. This umbrellas was pawned for 81 in 1831, and was not re: ‘deemed for more than forty-five years, The original borrower regularly renewed interest much more than either the umbrella was worth or than had been ‘originally lent upon it. It was quite a show object at the warehousé some years ago; indeed, the director kept it in his it to his friends as a curiosity. It was yery old- fashioned-looking, and ‘was ' literally covered with labels referring’ to the suc- cessive renewals. ‘One day ome of the ‘big men of the management, took pity on the poor proprietor of this umbrella it as a present to the owner. "The man, a worthy workman, was most indignant, refused the offer and declared that he was in no need of ‘charity. It was generally believed after thisthat the man was a crank. ing his umbrella, which has since seuinbled intg dust. ————— Blue the Color of Melnasholla. The color blue has long been asso- century author asserted that blue eyes ‘were injurious to ‘well authorized belief ‘that = ons: who k in indigo dyeing estab ents ate uljarly subject. to melancholia. 4 authority derives Ihe ‘expression Germa affair jist now, as we've both | ! his favorite instrument; the lyre, was in." dollars: now, and highly es The flute is very old in’ its origin, but people would probgbly fail to recognize | Szedifed to Juvigny ; Trumpets ] the loan each year, paying in the way of Whose, attachment #0-this ~upromantic | object was proved. by. larity in i ving, redeemed it a and sent He died withont redeem: | ‘health ‘and spirits. | One authority traces the term to the The New York Oentral Company is about to lay the first 100 pound rail ever “rolled or used m the United States, and it will be laid on steel ties. A French inventor has devised a sus- : pended camera, by means of which Pho- tographs may be taken on board of a . Non even when the sea. is running Tests in electrically welding rails for horse or steam cars show that the im- portance of allowing for the contraction and expansion at the joints has been overated. The French Minister of commerce has issued a decree authorizing the employ- | ment of pure nickle for the manufacture of measures of capacity intended for the use of liquids. It is now proposed to cover the surface of the sea around an endangered vessel with a thin cotton or silken net made unsinkable by dipping ia a special chem. ical preparation. A polycycle omnibus, which is in effect an elongated tandem tricycle, has been invented in London, England. It is so arranged that each passenger will have to assist in propelling it. How best 1) rotect wire ropes from the castosive iluonces to which they are subjected’ ‘one of the practical questions of the; “day. It is now 'pro- posed to cover the wires with a lead coating. It is apparently the settled purpose of the Chinese .to construct a complete plant for the manufacture of .iron and steel, the very latest types of Bessemer and Blemens-Martin plant being included in the venture. ; The Falls of the Arno at Tivoli, Italy, sre to be utilized for the Ii ghting of Rome. The" current will be carried across the Campagna for sixteen miles and transformed into’ carrents of lower pressure for the service: of publi and | private buildings. A novel idea for producing electricity cheaply consists in surrounding any con- venient source of heat, such as a stove or furnace, with a series of thermo-piles and by charging accumulators with the cur- rent thue produced throughout the day to light the house at night. . A lifeboat of aluminium has” ‘recently been built. It is a matter of considerable curiosity to ‘see how this boat will answer when thoroughly tested, as it is thought to be ‘more than likely that ita obvious good points will be more: than counterbalanced by warious disadvan. tages. . The ‘official adoption” by Russia of the Canet quick-firing gung has, it seems, to be reduced to the order of one quick: firing coast gun, with carriage and pro: jectiles. This order was made with the distinct understanding that, in- case of the adoption of the system, Russia would herself manufacture the guns required. Long-disténce photography is rendered quite successful by-a new camera with a telescope objective; which consists ‘of a concave lens’ of short, focus and a conves lens of considerable “length of focus ‘These are put at a certain distance apart, depending on the difference, of the two foci. By the laws of optics this arrange- ment projects an inverted image of an object at a long distance from the lenses. Herr Klinge has ‘been studying the eruption of peat bogs and the stream of dark mud these give out.. He rejects the explanation that it is due to exces. sive absorption of water by the peat, o1 that it is caused by exploding gases, but attributes it to land slips of the ground under the bog, and remarks that in Ire. land the eruptions are most frequent in limestone formations with caverns and bodies of underground water, : Milk from the ordinary cow contains eighty-seven per cent. of water. There- fore, if & cow drinks 100 pounds of im- pure water eighty-seven per cent. of the impurities of that water will be found in ‘the milk, as the cow has no filter in her to purify the water which she drinks. Consequently every farmer will see the importance of providing his cows with plenty of pure water, and not permite |’ ting them to drink from marshes or ftaguant pools, ; = Ra Venerable Trees. .A very interesting work is in courss | of publication by M. 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