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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.
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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. Gadean de Kerrville,
pn the ancient trees of Normandy. The
most remarkable trees so far deseribed
are the two yews of La Hyde de Routot,
jn the department of the Eure. They
are respectively 93 and 8} meters in cir-
‘cumference at the base of the trunk, a
173 and 14} metres high. Their,
are estimated by the author to be not less
than 1500 years. A chapel has been
‘constructed in the hollow trunk of ene
‘of these yews, three metres high and
two metres deep. Before it was trans-
formed into a chapel the hollow would
hold forty persons, and ‘eight musicians
have played in it in concert. The beech
of Montigny, estimated by the author to
be between 600 and 900 years old, is
[eighteen metres high and 8.20 metres in
‘[ circumference at the base.. There are
oaks from 200 to 900 years old, one of
whieh is nearly forty metres high, —
Popular Bcience Monthly.
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stoutness, It is one that will recom.
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A lute ease and safety with which it can
be employed. It consists simply in
never eating more than one dish at each
| meal, no matter what that dish is. A
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