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JSCHUYLER COUNTY QHRONIOLE, JANUARY: 23, 1913. '“\SERV\Es— \’1 セ ेϕ %INl0N ROAR OF THE ARCTIC. ‘- RURAL EGYPT; A Laohing 'Ti5§0n'Wlt.l1f Gratitudn by sullen Thunder of the Galen‘ andjtho ' “Voices ofdthe Ice.” One of Its Quaintagt Spectacles I; Q £69 Emlrfq 8,orwp'rjrt,;.v Native Wisdding. Abd-or-Rahugan were :1 tiemr_y' scmvx that buded In fur some one; gum “ms nu, gem caressed his rusvhide RIJWDES he watched the camels lzeltsgguujen, When. all was ready to start he women out four uauxum undi four deieclxed 1001(- mg A:-‘n_b:4 answered shatnefauedly to the su-uunnns When Crahks Predictqd the De- struction ot the City. V ‘Most of us cherish the idea that in the far reaches of the Arctic circle there prevails an everlasting death- like stillness. But those who have spent much time in the far north as- sure us that that region is far from being silent. although so little -life is manifest for the greater part of‘ the year. However modernized Cnirdls on will become. says a writer In the Wide‘ World Magazine. rural Egypt. remains the same today as it has been to: countless generations. One of the quaintest sightgs out in the country 13 a native wedding. 1 was fortunate in seeing two'ot them. one from a train. and the other while walking near the village of Heliopous. Whichis the site 6'f”‘fl”1é\‘9.\f1E'i'é'i1\f‘ '<':ity\‘o'l\‘“0n,‘ ‘m“e“nti'on“e“d—’ in the Bible.‘ TERROR RULEU THE PEOPLE. Tile Muir spoke to ‘them disp21sslon- ate1y.' as one xjulgln speak :6‘ oneis dog, and then. waning his lmorbng to the nearest 0|‘ the four culprits. be bad»- nim my my a dozen of the best. wh*..=t: he W.:a;tched and criticised each strain: with grim earnestness. ~ Bell. a Lunatic, Hid the Entire Popu- lation In a Frenzy of Fear Awaiting the End by Earthquake In 1761—Tho River Thames Panic of 1524. On polar seas the ice. ‘though thick and solid as granite. is hardly ever still‘; There are tides in the arctic. and these lift and lower the huge icetields. causing them to give out all manner of noises. Even as late as November the. pack will Wake up without warn- ing and pile itself in huge heaps with indescribable cl-ashings. groaniugs and roarings. Peary speaks of the \rabid roar” of the “tumbling chaos of ice blocks.” His Esikimos were terribly frightened and set up weird howlings. The dogs whined and barked, and alto- gether the noise was terri Every arctic explorer has given similar ac- counts. The bride and bridegroom were corn- pletely screened from the public gaze by a canopied arrangement on the back of a camel. .It looked like an inn- rnense ottoman adorned with a cover‘ illuminated by gorgeous patterns. This camel was followed by the bridal par-, ty. all women. seated on a long train of camels, each camel supporting two women. \\”‘ . Men. it has been well said. think in nerds.. II: will ne seen that they go mad in nerds, for innumerable in- stances can be given or a. whole people‘ suddenly shaking 011?. the trammels -or reason and running wild under the de luslon or some impending calamity. A panic terror of the end of ‘the world spread over London In 1736 by me prophesy of the famous Whistou. who predicted that the world’ would be destroyed on Oct. 13 In that yegr. prowds or people went out on tbeHap- pointed day to lslihgton. Elghgate. Bgmpstead and the intervening to witness the destruction of London. which was to be the “beginning of the end.\ ltvwas not a pleztsnnt sight to wa.t(:h. and I thought in policy to tum aside. but the rest of the caravan thomughly enjoyed the exhibition and greeted each well laid blow with approval. ‘ . . ‘When, the punishment was completed each of the’cu,lp1rit.s in turn came tor- Ward and kissed the emir‘s feet. thank- ing him for his mercy and caning Anah to witness that they were his dogs. to do with as he wished. The great. clumsy creatures (the cam- els. not the women) were almost en- veloped in immense rugs. on the top of which apparently :1 feather bed had been deposited. and on this the women squatted, giving vent every few mo- ments to a prolonged shrill trill, which I gathered was intemled for a festive song. Altogether the lncongruity of: the spectacle was exceedingly comical. 9?“: ’ 4/ o ‘ a . I6- [.7-3 /A53 ’f;r9'“7'M' #‘’a 10*”, \ 4.2.1’.-. ‘ ' T_ 229’ 4 - j ‘A ' . 2*C\f}£.<éuC\—'7. ‘M0 279- ‘We From their subsequent conduct I have no reason to believe that they did not mean everyword they said. though at the time“l was skeptical. It is not ev- ery day that one learns such an object lesson in humility and feudal servicea- Wide World Magaziue. ' The movements of the ice—the grad- ual crowding and pressing. bending and pushing, the breaking of the masses of snow lying at the “ice foot” -—have given rise to the expression or explorers. \The voices of the ice.\ it may be that one will hear a low sing- ing, splashing or grumbling. alternat- ing with various other sounds. crack- ing and snapping. These sound irreg- ularly from a great distance. like a confusion of human voices. the racket of a railway train or the skurrying of a sledging party. Then. again, the noises are such as to cause the ex- plorer to fancy he hears the steps and voices of various species of animals. Spring is the noisiest time in the po- lar seas. McClure of the Investigator compared the breaking up or the ice at that season to heavy thunder or the sound of great guns. Another writer likened the sound of the breaking ice tloe to that produced by a volcanic eruption. A Moreover. the air in the arctic re- gions is seldom absolutely still. Gales are frequent. The winter winds. ac- cording to Peary. blow with almost unimaginable fury. On one occasion in the cabins of the Roosevelt the sound resembled that of some gigantic power plant. everything vibrating to the pulsation of the machinery. The whole atmosphere was with the deep. sullen roar otthe Wind. and so thick was the cloud of snow picked up and swept forward on the wings of the gale that powerful lamps were invisi- bl'e ten feet away. On high ground. such as that of in- ner Greenland. the wind is never still. Nansen tells of the constant hiss of the breeze laden with tiny bits of ice. which along knee high like a shining white river glittering in the pale arctic sunlight. Nor is there lack of sounds caused by\animal life. In the arctic may 01'- tenbe heard the haying of wolves and the barking of seal. while in the sum- mer the harsh cry of sea birds echoes along the faces of the clllfs.—Elarper’s Weekly. Schuyler County A |V|aI:> in i Again in the year 1761 the citizens or London were plunged into excitement by two earthquake shocks. and the prophecy or a» third. whichwas to de stroy them altogether. The tirst of these shocks was on Feb. 8 and threw down several chimneys: the second” was on March 8. Public notice was directed to the fact that there was ex- actiy a month's interval between the two shocks. and,» a crack brained fei- lo'w named Bell was so impressed with the“‘idea that there would be :1 third in i the forthcoming month ‘that be com- pieteiy lost his senses and ran about the streets predicting the destruction of London on April 5. As the awful day approached the ex cltement became intense. and great numbers of credulous people resorted mail the villages within ~a— circuit oi: twenty miles. there to await\ the doom ,0! London. Blackheath. lsllngton. Highgate. Eiampstead and Harrow were crowded‘ with panic stricken _ti'1git,iv_es_ ,w:honpajd_exonhitant _pric':_es for accommodations in these secure re- treats. Such as could not afford to pay for lodgings atthese places encamped in the'surrounding ( As is usual in panics, the fear be- came contagious. andhhundreds who had laughed at the prediction :1 week ‘ before packed up their goods and chat- teis when they saw others‘ doing so and hastened away. The river\ was thought to be a place oi‘ great security, and accordingly all the available mer- chant vessels and barges were packed with people. who passed the night be- tween the 4th and 5th on board. ex~ pe_‘g1;ing.,_e.very moment to see Sl_;._,Pau,i‘s totter and the \towers of Westminster abbey rock and tail amid a cloud of dust. But on the following day the greater part of the fugitives retnrned. convinced that the prophecy was.a raise one. A few months afterward Bell was con in a lunatic asylum. where he died. Great consternation was caused in London in 1524 by a prediction that on the 1st day of February the waters of the, Thames would over the whole city or London and wash away 10.000 houses. The prophecy was implicitly believed. and many families packed up their goods and removed into Kent and Essex. As the time drew near the numbers of these emigrants increased. in January droves of workmen might be seen. followed by their wives and children, trudging on foot to the vil- lages within or twenty miles to await the catastrophe People of a higher «class were also to be seen in vehicles bound on a similar errand. INGENIOUS PRISONERS. INSPIRED AUTHORS. They Won a Pardon For Their Daring Attempt to Escape.‘ Ideas Come to Them. It Would seem. In Spitewsof Themaeives. Among the prisoners in the French convict settlement or New Caledonia were two marine engineers who not long ago received a pardon—strang'e as it may seem—for making a daring and ingenious attempt to escape. Living together in the snme but these men were engaged for years in dlgglng a secret tunnel from their but to the beach. At the end of the tunnel they hollowed out a dhamber in whlcb. with pieces of driftwood-and little bits ofsteel and iron smuggled Into the but, they fashioned a boat. the metal being at first used to make tools and afterward to form bolts and rivets. Bernard Shaw has stated more than ,once that he is» \inspired.\ ''I- am pushed.\ he says. \by a natural need to set to work «to write down <-ohver- sgitions thg; c_or_n_e into my head «mac» countably. 'At tirst I hardly know the speakers and cannot find names for them- Then they become more and’ more familiar, and ,1 learn their names. Finally I come touknow them ‘very well, and discover what it is they are drivingl at and why it is they have said and dune the things 1 have been moved to set dgwn.\ Other writers and painters. -too. have described their pljocesses in a similar way. William Blake was positive and emphatic in describing himself as a Erie-“I-9 \ xi f!'i セ ”w1'l “the- words that were audibly spoken to him. and he painted in the same Way from a model set before his eyes and ‘visible to him 2_1lone. Rodin.’ the Frem.-h slculhtor, gave his assent to the same idea of models visible to the eye of. the amst, Dickens said that his characters were actually visible and audible to hirh. and it will be remem- bered that “Knbla Khan\ was dl(-tnt:- ed to Coleridge while he slept.-Lom don Spectator. . ea I’, $1-O0 Then with in pains they built an engine to propel the boat. and after laboring mightily for seven years they compieted their task. * Everything was ready except the provisioning of the vessel.’when they were betm_ved by a fellow convict to whom they had con their plan. But so impressed was the French com- mandant by their marveious energy. skill and patience that he managed after 9. yeah to obtain a pardon for them.—Pearson’s Weekly, v Read the Terms Set Forth Below and Extend Your Subscription. To tan rabbit sliins with the far on lay the skin on a smooth board. the fur side undermost. and fasten it down with tacks. Wash it over with a solution of salt and water. then dissolve two and a halt_~' ounces of alum in one pint of \vu1'tI;J'*‘\§':1ter and with a sponge dipped in the‘s}olution moisten the surface all over. Repeat this op- eration every four or tlve hours for three days. When the skin is quite dry take out the tuck§§ and. rolling it loosely the long way. the hair inside. draw it quickly through a large smooth ring until it is quite soft, _then roll it the contrary wnkv of thebskin and re- peat the operation. Skins thus pre- pared are useful for many domestic purposes.—London Mail. Tanning Rabbit Skins. A Schuyler County. Map on a scale of nearly\ an inch, to the mi1e,%ha.s been issued for the Chronicle by a Philadel- phia p_ub1i7shing _ « The Curious Guanaco. \A.mu'ra3\ uguanacon whispered one. as ' they 'éi‘o - in the «boat “Kill-“ and he pointed to the ri be- side me in the stern sheets. The gold- en brown or the white brezisted. deer- like animal stood out. a little note of color. complementing strongly against the verdant green of the dark. wet for- est side. but well ‘out or range. 1 had seen the {Indian :.-.uanaco skin oapas (cloaksa sold by the fur dealers of Pun- ta Arenas, but this was my lirst glimpse of the animal itself. many thousands of which I saw later during my expedl’-‘ions through Tlerra del Fue- go and l’al.ago11lu. \You are a queer animal. ln:‘te~ed.\ upostrophized an‘ Ar- gentine lleutenunt as he and Captain Musters on-\e viewed a solitary gua~ naco. “Ymzhave the nelgh of a horse. the wool 0'.‘ a sheep. the neck 01‘ gl vam- el. the feet of a deer. and the swift- ness of the devil.\ Yet wlthal a grace- fulanlmai and at a dictnm-9 not unlike red deer. though large-r.-—()utlng. This Mapiis mounted \on asheetiof paper, 23 by 29 inches in size, v ' h“brass“bindings, and is ava_i'1a;ble for desk use or hanging on the wall- Formation of Worlds. There are two hypotheses in reference to the condition of the matter of the universe at the moment when science begins its discussion of the formation of the worlds. Both these agree‘ that the matter was in a nebulous condition. As Professor Young says: “This does not assume that matter was created in a nebulous condition.‘ As the egg may be taken as the starting point for the lifehistory or the animal, so the nebula may be taken as the starting point for the life history of the planet- ary slstem.\ On one theory the nebula was in ‘the form of a heated gas; on the other. it was a cloud of cold me- teoric dust. This latteremany astron- omers think is more likely to be true. -Scienti American. In a Pevfume Factory. The Towns are shown in colors and are true to scale, While the bound- ing counties and the adjoining town? iship.sn--a1:e;indicate,<1,,,rias::s.,nLi.nforma- tion with which very few are familiar. Musk is perhaps the most ‘vtilunble and delightful of all perfumes. yet the re as he opens the musk pods. must wear thick cloths over mouth and nostrlls..so repulsive Is the 0(iOl' that the pods emit. Indeed thls oclor lnhaled for an? length of time causes nosebleed. Clvet. knragulinc and ambergrls have in small quantitiesadelicious perfume. but in lztrxze quantities they smell so abominally as to give the worker nausea. ' « A Chicago woman was traveling in the orient. On a trip through a desert she Wascartied by fourstalwarthlac-ks in a chair suspended on poies. the natives. started out\ with greet cheer. but as the jonrney,progres_se'd and the sun beat dowi them they began to chant a‘ prayer to Allah. it was melodious. though a bit mourntni. its constant repetition was soothing. and the may dazed. On awakening. the prayer. grown more mournfui. almost despairing, vv.as__stii_i,_~@ng intoned. Turning to her interpreter she asked the meaniét! oi.‘ the mysterhus words. The interpreter pretended not i:o__t1ear. but heingipressed tor an answer ly bowed iow and said; ‘Madam. since you insist. they pray- that the f:reat‘Ailah may\ make you less fat.”--—Chicago» 'l‘ribu By the middle of January at least 20.000 persons had quitted the doomed city. leaving nothing but the bare walls or their homes to be swept away by the impending Many of the wealthier’ class tnok up their abode on the heights of Elaurfspstead. Blghgate and .Black.heath. and “some erected tents as far away as Walfham abbey on the north and Croydun «in the south or the Thames. _ The State Road Routes; ways steam and’ electric, and every highway of the county are outlined, together with the heights of ‘land, the streams an v2fl‘1‘eys‘,“the~sh0re*s—~ef Seneca. and the upland lakelets. I e The girl was talking to the ex-col- legé man. “And what are you golng to do now that you have completsd your educa- tion?\ she asked. The hawthorn blossom is delicately sweet, and perfumers pi-lze it highly. yet a roomful of hawthorn blossoms smells like :1 cbarnel house. This. too. is true of the tubemse.—Pb1|udelph1a Bulletin. “Oh. I think I'll live on my income.\ he answered uiriy. V \I am disappointed in you. Live on your income. indeed! Why don't you do some great deed to s_l1'o‘w the world how clever you are?\ \My dear young woman, if I sue- ceed in living on my Income it will be the cieverest deed any man ever ac- compiished.\—-Cievelaud Plain Dealer. on the fateful morning the wonder- ing crowds were astir at an early hour 0 wircli \th‘e‘\risim;e ol\1“he‘ waters.’ it was‘ predicted that the inundation would be gradual. .uot sudden. so that they expected to have plenty of time to. escape as soon as they saw the wa- ters rise beyond the usual mark. The day grew older. and the Thames on quietly as‘-of, yore. The tide ehbed at its .usual‘ hour. to its usual height ‘and then‘ ebbed again. just as it twenty astrologers had not pledge edgtheir ‘word to the contrary. ' Blank were their -far-es as evening approached, and as blank grew the fades of the citizens to-think» that they had made mien tools or tlhenj1,seIves.l ?Nlgh,t set ‘in. and the obstinate river‘ uo41lcL_nnL_li1L_1ts_...iiLaIer;-2;,evs'eep away even one home out .01’. the‘ J(),« ‘_Still‘. howeirer, the people were afraid. to go to sleep ~ Many\ nun- dreds remained up till d‘a‘w‘i'r of the next: day. -lest the ,deluge should come upon them like a: thief inlhe hlght. 0n‘the marrow it was seriously dis- cussed’ whether it would not beLndv1s—- able to duck the false prophets’ in the river; Luckily for them. they thought or an expedient which allayed the popular tury‘... '1‘—h‘ey asserted that [by an \error they’ had ~— date or this awful 'im1nda a century too early-. The-. present‘ gefieration of cockneyrwere safe l.o.udon would be washed away. not In l.'y'24.-i but »In 1624.-eI.o_ndon Family Herald. Explaining What a Snob Really Is. \Uncle Roy. what is a snob?\ “A snob. Eddie. is a person who ‘In- herits a great deal of money. goes abroad and buys himself a veneer of culture. returns home and poses as a connoisseur of something. and‘ goes around calling his poor relations ‘par- venus.' Why_do you ask such a ques- tion. Eddie?\ D The Military Tract, the Watkins hand Flint Purchasegghe Phelps and _jG‘or14i1an1 Putrchfase,_the Watson Patent, the coijporation ‘ b‘ounds, Wthe ‘section numbers, . the mne circles from the Ciountjymseat of * Watkins, aare all set: forth in detail. n 5' - He Got on Deck. A sailbr‘ wbo landed after a long voyage. and having been paid otf. call- ed a cab. ‘threw his luggage inside and jumped on top himself. “Beg pardon, sir.\ said the astonish- ed cabman. \but you should get inside and put, your boxes on top.\ “Steer ‘the craft ahead. jnrvey. Pas- sengers always go on deck and lug- gage in the hold; was the reply from the‘ top.--London Tit~Bi'ts.< < \Because 1 heard Donald's big br6th- er talking about you this ‘afternoon am he said you were a snob.\-Kansas any star. ' There was only one piece of pudilingv .t‘or dinner. and Mrs-. .lo1‘1és'divided_lt between b_e_r[ children‘. Ned and ’GI‘ade, Ned looked at nm piece and [then \at mother's -emp_ty;plate. “M‘othet.\ he said. \I don't think‘ I» (‘an eat my pudding while you l_1aven’t'any.\ \Why. Ned.\ sand the mothfer.‘ ‘m’uch‘rpleased; “howénnse!' you\ are. deaf!‘ But. you see. mymoy, there‘ is‘ no; more pud- ding.\ \\1 know that. inotber. You take Gracg ’s_!\-London- M an. Unfeelings ’ :_ \My husband is a brute.\ said the- excltable woman. “Have you been scolding him?” \Of course I have.\ _ “Ah. I supposed he talked, \back and used harsh language.\ “Worse than ‘that: He yawned!\ _This New AMvap of Schuyler is given to every Subscriber of the Chr0n*ic1‘e ewithin the bounds of the coulzlty, who will pay up Varrearages A. and e for one year in advance; It e cannot ‘well be sent ‘by mail, but ‘upon ‘receipt of sub- sIcrip‘ti7on money, will be given o11t.atj this oi or delivered by a represent- ative of this p'a;p_er. e g e 4 Abra of \1 understzlnd tlxux, you once_ sang in a glee club?‘ ‘ “Yrés,\ t'ep’Hed the great politician. “And I want to ‘tell you when a man. with a ‘voice like‘ mine can hold a po-- s_it1on- in a glee club it s'ho'Ws that he is some 0 - Los Ang'elesL L1ste‘ner.. one Exception. Mrs. 'Gadsby-[*1] get even with Mrs. Gabble. Mrs. Gibby—What has she done to you? Mrs. G;1dsby—Sbe told me that Mrs. Gu wasn't at bome,.so ~Ivh'urr1ed' over to make a tail on he;-.. and she was at home, after 9a\1l.-Ex- change. “Where ih‘ere“s a winner there’: al- ways a lost-se'r.” ‘ \Not always.\ \Well. Mme an instance to this cone t1‘ » . “When you’re playing_ card; with ‘youxpgirl for kisses.\ ' ‘ \My new c‘oo‘k broke Her word ta me to come early.\ \Wen. if her‘ -word H) you is all she breaks in the house you are getting on‘. easy.\——iBultI more Amerlc-an. ' Jack’-Wfha't sent poor Algy to an 1'n,-‘ sane asylum? Tom-VA train or thought’ passed tlxrough. his -brain and? wrecked it.-«Huston 'I'ran':xcx-ipt.‘ . ~ Mrs. Beunam—|*m sf:-.-;3d the doctor’: bill is too high. Beuhaxn—-[Bin he saw- ed. my me». Mrs.‘ Bonham-£l‘hat.’a‘ what I'm ‘ti-.v'nr1ng* on,—'-New York '1‘l'n'1es. ' -Théw 1;‘ no witness so terrible. no’ ggcunet so nowerful, u consctéuce.-‘~ Pmyblnt - “life 12: -sh‘o_rt.\ .na Josh Billing» “bur it is long enu to. n_1‘ln ennymui who wants‘ tew‘ be ruined.“ ” It is dtagrm-e‘IuI,~ to 9tl1m1)|e~tU at the same stone -'—-«Greek Vroverb. 'i‘mn-in 2.: ‘no tIme‘vso-miserable but I‘ nmn may up truu.—8lu'xkenpéare. , -13‘ .
