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f l • SENECA COUNTY JOURNAL. VEVOTE'Y) TO TJTE TE S T lyTETlEBTB OF TJTE FEOFLE I } f CJTirFiCJT Jl¥F BTJLTM. VOLUME 6. EMC A FALLS, N. Y., WEDMSDAY, APRIL 2 , 1890. NUMBER 6 Seneca County Journal PUBLISHED EVtBY WEDNESDAY, BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CO. (LliUTEU.) SENECA FALLS, N. Y. F R A N K N . S T E V E N S , B u s in e s s a n d L o c a l M a n a g e r. OTEIEtlsdlS- C ounty S obscribeks , - $1.50 per year. w h e n paid in advance. B y C arkiek , - - $ 1.75 p e r year, w h e n paid in advance. ahveetisihg eaiss 1 m 2 in Sin i inikcol j^col [ i F i S l l l , iiliiili be published, charged at the legal rat BC8INESS CARDS-Not exceeding five lines, *5.00 per year. BUSINESS NOTICES-In local columns, 10 cts line for first Insertion, s ets. per line foi h subsequent Insertion. L. FOSTEE OEOWELL, seneca fa l l s , n . y . JOHN F . OEOSBY, M. D. W .M .F 0 L L E T .M ,D . icaCo..N. Y. Sheldralte, Seneca Ci •DMAN, Fropr. OOVEET & BODINE. try Produce, Lodi, N. Y. H igh e s t o f all in L e a v e n ing Pow e r.— U . S. G o v ’t R e p o r t, A u g . 17 , 1889 . AfiSOLUTElJir PURE XTe-nr G o o d s RECEIVED DAILY. BARGAINS IN BOOTS <& SHOES At Addison’s FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS Women’s Serge Gaiters Men’s Plain Shoes, - Misses’ Shoes, - Women’s Shoes, 50cts $ 1.00 - 1.00 1.00 NEVER UNDERSOLD. CALL AND EXAMINE AT A D D I S O N ’S. H. A. HILIMIRE CUSTOM TAILOR Dr. Wii. I BELCHER, D e m t i s T Tcctli preserved by carefully lllUiig tliem Artificial tcetli witliout idates Artillcial tcctli w itlipialis ot golil, .silvci or ^a-The most dilllcult ami complicated ojiera. O v e r W a y n e ’s B o o k s tore, • SENEGA FALLS, N.Y. INSURANCE! For I.NM'ii.tM'e. that is K n i.uuE go to SAMUEL LJACORY 67 FaU St„ Seneca Falls, N. Y. LIFE, i'lUE, AtdDENT, CY't LONE ami TORNADO, ami REAL EST.VTE AUENT, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. File and Live Stock In..iuranec ti specialty. All bu.sinc.ss placed In my bands will reccite prompt and personal attention ilonses insured against Fire, Llgbtning, Broken Legs, Aecidi-nts, and death trum disease, wherever they may be in this State. Farm Property insured at ri^asonablo rates against B iro, Liglitning, Kerosene Lamps, and «tcain T l i r e s b i i i g .................................... All losses adjusted at this Agency, and Promptly P a i d ........................................... Be sure ami see us betoro Insuring elsewhere and get a policy that gives value reetdved oniec ill Mimdy nuilding. No. 07 Fall .St., SENECA FALLS, N.1 S e r v i c e s a t t n e c n u r c i i e s . iKENDAIA GASH STORE I NOTE OUR PRICES, i Oramilatod Hsf; A,^'ets; C, ii}*et.s. ^ Jai)an,^3\ ets.Tdifpaii, uucolorcd.iiOcts.; Ilio, tS-aOcts.; jraracaUjo,^?cts.: Java,ojets. White Fish, t» t-ta.; UU-oiit, !> Cotlfish, 5 MADE TO ORDER AT THE Po>»u^3h>rir)cts.i porcmi . IIciul IHsht oil, :J gulloiw and over, l’2>y fU I I Oranges and Iif*inou'‘, ‘ri 2 el.s. per dozen. I PERFECT FIT GRARASTEED ^ THE FINEST IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC GOODS LOWEST OF PRICES, AND A 91 FALL STREET, SENECA FALLS, - N. Y. | IrcPs lers. Dry Call and get Prices, No Trouble in show Goods M. E. BACHMAN, • KENDAIA, N. Y. EVERY HOUSEKEEPER __ '1^, ' gSSS=!g^ p a p e c a t m s K ^ m s s E ouncod uf'ain and a^aiti “Tin* Best,” as it is the MiLHLST IiulSlli' ,hliiy\L l^■ WILilia N o w is y o u r O p p o r tunity SHAND LEY’S ’SL'T?JoTl.els'^d\salL; I f TRY IT FOUR MONTHS O N L Y F I F T E E N C E N T S . Yca'ly suliscrtpUou, f l. \. Address. Sample copies tree. •'THE HOUSEHOLD.\ BraWehoro. Yt F o r the next 3 0 D A Y S t lALD, Rector. ART REPRODUCTIONS, F V PASTEL CRAYONS, J j . 1 . U l l U i l l U i l k l ARTISTIC ETCHINGS, ON PAPER OR SATIN. MEZZOTINTS, ARTOTYPES. ART REQUISITES, ETC. George Shaodley No. 60 P a l l St. froii 4 cis, to 30cls! BOOK? 5 f'o%'s •¥- I Any book in tlif^ tv «rld furnish, d at publish- cr*sprice. Nunmbuok..sw.intLd. (i^endstanip). Metropolitan Tress Agcacyi 45'ff'arrcaStii FiY, FARMERS AND HORSEMEN: At 91 Pall Street, Seneca Falls Second floor, opposite Stanton House, 1 MAKE THE BEST WOKK AND OF THE BEST MxVTEKIAL, WARBANTBD. AU styles of Harness, Collars, Whips, Boots, Brushes, Curry Combs, Eohes,&c. t make to order all styles of HORSE BOOTS OLD HARNESS CLEANED oUe.a ami Rcpitired a t the lowest rates. I cut and rd ^ « 3 -'iH a m ess sol^^^^^ store, OAK TANNED LEATflEIT S l s l # - - s ' s s Repairing Promptly Done And to your entir^satisfaction in quality g i v e ;. m b a t r i a l RIVAL FOUNTAIN PENS GiliLe’8 Drug StOLe, Having recently secured the agency ol tlie ..RIVAL FOUNTAIN PENS” tor Seneca Falls WO are enabled to guarantee every pen sold as satisfactory and superior to any other on the market, at the same price. l # i l * PH OTO - EIM G R AV IN G. IT PAYS TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR BUSINESS. graphs. Send stamp for pcciineu sheets. GOOD WORK. Metropolitan Tress Agencyj tow PRICES. 45 Warren Etreet, QUICKTIME. New York. ■ Rubber Stam jAHICmEBSELF-U!: r.tin :n ^ r a a S r « c „ TOWN AND Cc EVTBA^wtrf* ^ Agostsssisacr^^:::;; s: 2 isi: 3 p f:r terna EASTER! EASTER! ATTACTIVE - - - APPROPRIATE CARDS, BOOKS, PICTURES, NOVELTIES, ETC., ETC., E A S T E R . Now ready at ^E, .A BALLADE OF YOUTH. Over iiiy forehead an<l tlirough luy ho Life U it lu'lit. om«* ui'lglit to boar; Yoixt’i E U'*t sill'll a Weary load; WMiil lst th'».i d**iu‘iye me of my share, peuh. til it art hirkiiiff down the road? Wilt *!i >a not slumber and forget To irii'.ed y;raiii i-o iienl.v sowed, () 1 • i»i m*l lonijiu’.f and sharp set l)eath, iiiut art lurkiiij? down the road? Nav : X shall pray thee not, lamenting Tlio end of in»^ and tho end of all Thou h-Lst no soul for tears, repenting Tli> .saei'pirig Mad«‘, .vUeu moitals fall. At some lane's turn lYl liear tho call “Stand ■\ and as grass X shali be mowed. Sstrike, then; thou shalt not me appal. Death, that art lurking down the road. Sei..ie them suddenly, thine so justly. J.IKWToxrs 11 1 . wmow. ili'^irc you to tell her yp.^tonlay, when was particularly en- waa a tall, a n g u lar girl of LT, witii feet ami liamls pitifully in her w ay, aiid-bi”-, like tliD.se o f a hare dis- “ Mark A ntony’s widow!\ said Jlr.s. Melthoriic. sharply. “ A g ain! D idn't I '(■ you to tell ■ailed, that I ga“e<lV\ H yacinth Melthorpe hesitated. She frightened eye.s, like tliose turl.ed ill its woodland haunts. “ Maninin, \ .she ventured, “ won’t to n seehei-y Sill' i.s very pretty and young, and she looks so dreadfully tired.” “ No, I w o n 't,\ said Mrs. Meltliorpe, standing w ith a little Dresden .statuette in her hand, a n d considering wjiether it liail hi tter he packed in a trunk or car ried by hand. “ I am going down to my brother-in-law H a rper’s, w ith Norine, and I liiive no tim e to spare for poor r e lations.\ ••Oh, luainina, liu s li! $he will hear denlia (ioklilaiid, w ith her quarter o f a million, for tlie a sking.\ “ Mamma, she is your brother's ,Mr-.- Melthorpe fixed upon her young- e.'t horn a (iorgon glance w liich nearly froze her to stone. \Be silent, iiiiss!\ said slie. “ Is it for !i slip of a thing like you to c o n tradict me :nul lay down the law? Tell Mark .Xntony’s widow to go about her busi- At this uiomeiit, however, reinloreed ler hear mi anybody Tlie truth never lent, however. H y acinth was reinloreed by a slight, fair haired little womtin in a very p lain hlaek gown, valiiiiitly presented herself on tlio \Do not blame H y aeintli, Mrs. Mel- thorpe,” .said slie. “ I called to see you heciiU'C I hav<> ju s t returned from a visit to H a rper castl.-\------ Mrs. Melthorpe slilfened visibly. H y a cinth looked appalled. Even Norine, the beauty of tho fam ily, who lay like a snltami am o n g )ier ousliions ami drank choeolale, rousi d lierself into sometiiing like attention. lifting her big, deerlike eyes to the blushing face Of tho new comer. ■‘.'4he is pretty, in a w ax doll sort of fasliioii,” tlioug'ht Norine, who herself was a .sort of Jim o iiian belle—large, lan guid and pink cheeked. “ Yes,” said JIrs. Melthorpe. “ B u t if you will allow me to m ention it, Mrs. Mark A iitim j, it wtis liardly the thing or you to besiege m y poor dear brother- ii-l.aw—even at liis own iiou.se.” Mark A ntony’s sister.” ••H iim iilir said Mrs. Melthorpe. -‘If you expect, luailame, to he adopted by all Mark .Vnlony’.s relations, yon will liiid yoiir-elf considiTably m istaken. You u”e young, and perhaps iiiexperi- cneed. .Ulow me to w a rn you th a t too much pushing will not be tolerated bv the fam ily.\ !\fr.s. Mark .Vntoiiy Maywood colored to till' very roots of her golden fringe of liair; she would liave spoken, but h e r si-ter-iu-law kept the floor. \ I f you will I'i-ad the new.st>apers,” said she, ••you will perceive tliat tliere ai<^ 11 ' ‘ nty of situations as companions, -leiio-ia[)liers, amanuenses, and so on, I . l.e hail.\ .\gaiii Mrs. Meltiioriio struck in: “ Or t would rei^ominend you to study teh g m p h y , or purchase a typew riter and iiiaetiee diligently upon it. Any- tliing Would he preferalile to hei'oming a burden upon vour friends. Good morn ing!\ Mrs. yiark .Vntony w itiulrew silently. Norine Meltlioriie tossed her head: Hya- osey.\ cried Nor ihbiiig about?\ cruel,\ faltered Hya- “ Yoii m ig litat least h a v e offered luT a <■ 111 ) of y o u r c hocolate, N orine.\ \N'oiiseiis saiil Norine. “ T he wo man lias got to he taught to know her place! Let tier go to work!\ \B u t slie never was In-ought up to do anything. She was rich when Hiicie ■'lark A ntony m arried her,\ pleaded H y aeintli. “ .sihe m ight have had a few tliousand dollars — noiliing to wliat Pnulentia (iotdikiml would have iulierited: but it is no fault of our.s that Mark .Lntony gamble.l them all .aw.ay. H er m other slioiild h a \.' brou g h ther up differently.” •Atamma, it’s ju s t the w ay you h.ave ediieated Norine. She c an’t even sew on her own slioe buttons!\ protested truth- lul Hyaeintli. ••rimv dare you argue witli me, you iiuperlinent minx?” r e torted Mrs. Mel- tliorpe, putting down the Dresden statu- I tte and giving H y acinth asm a rc box on the ear. \G o down stairs and help Bridg.-t, a t once; and don’t you ever d a re again to dict.ite to me!” $0 till' jiacking w ent on, for a lthough Mrs. Melthrope liad only w ritten to lier weaitliy hrother-iu-law th a t she would spend a few weeks a t H a rper castle, w ith ais permission, a s -dear Norlne's health w as delicate, a n d H y aeintli, sw eet child, wa.s g rowing a great deal too fast, still she iiad made np her m ind to rem a in there perm a n ently, w hen once she had obtained a footing. “ And I wonder,\ thought indignant H y aeintli, “ w h at m a m m a calls th a t but pushing.\ Tiie Melthorpes w ent down by train the next week but one, leaving the pack ing boxes on storage and taking only nine trunks. For H a rper Castle w as not m a n y miles from Saratoga, and Mr.s. Mi-ltiiorpe intended that “ d e ar Norine\ should have the benefit of the fashion able season. “ A lbert H a rper is as rich as ;ring motl some of the money his nieces!\ is a s rich a s Croesus,’’ thought the m a n euverin g mo th e r, “ a n d lent on seen much of the there’.s n o n shouldn’t be spe Hhe had not seen much o f th e Harpei of H a rper Castle, of late years, becau there liad been no v e ry p a rticular w arm th of affection between herself and her sis ter. “ I f I had supposed,\ reasoned Mrs. Melthorpe, “ that A rtem is was going to m a rry rich, I should have treated her very differently those year .4 th a t she lived a t home w ith me. But Melthorpe •said there w as no reason she shouldn’t earn her living a n d save us the e x tra ex pense of a lady's m aid, a n d of c ourse all tliat is a bvgone now, a n d if we play o ur cards xvell we can liave a home a t H a r per C:istle for the rest of our lives!’’ The elegant open li.ndau w ith its deep bay lior.‘-e-- gliUeriiig witli gold plated hariii'.vs, and its two coaehineii in black royal June ['lihorpe hustled a fter <1 lier.self tiiniilly waiting at llic station, iitcred it. ii) her. a nd H y acinth >■ iit the lutfli of till' ciitTlagf. “ T h i- is sometiiing like.\ languiidy c.xultani been grubs all our 1 meiicing to t>e biilii like to feel ni v wings.\ And H y acinth w as sili Col. H arper m et them a t tho superb arched portal beneath a row of Corinthian columns. He was a hand- middle aged gentlem an, his liair ■ ■' ■ w itli g ray, his keen, dark _ glasses, sively. Mrs, Mcl- thorpe squeezed liis hand. H y acinth shrank back, scarcely daring to appro priate a n y of the welcome to herself. “ Pray walk in,\ .said the colonel., “ I was ju s t considering the propriety of w riting to you w h en 1 received the let ter aiinouneing your .speedy visit.’’ ir'.ilbev'i! O: w riting to \M v dear \ \Y e s,’’ sail Col. H arp them into a stately draw ing i lat my a ffairs pt w ritin g to us?” rper, ushering lecided to let m a rriage.\ Mrs. Melthrope gave a gasp. Norine looked appalled. No thunderbolt could' have taken them m ore by surprise. “ A rtem is has been dead a year now ,’’ w ent on the colonel, in cool, business like accents. “ Tlie lady who lias hon ored m e by intrusting her future to my care is a connection of this family. Eve lyn, my dear,” (beckoning to a sliglit figure which up to tliis tim e h a d lingered am o ng the shadows of the bay window draperie.s). “ I wish to introduce you to m y late wife’s s ister and her daughters. Mrs. Meltlirope—young ladies—this is ^ v ’?, 7 e H y acinth, in lierii is U n cle M ark A n t pulsive fashion, “ it is rs. Melthorpe h ad reddened as if boil ing carm ine paint liad been poured through a ir lier veins. Norine grasped a t her Lace neck frills as if she found dilficulty ill breathing. Mrs. H arper greeted them witli a certain calm gra- ciousne-ss, like a queen receiving her suh- “ I tried to tell you a b o u t it th a t day iii the city,’’ said she. “1 should have liked to a sk you to our quiet wedding; me out. You •spapers, or to itliing of that chance H arper buy a typew riter, o kind, i could not get a chance to Col. H a rp e r wr plain to you that friend of m ine in the darkark A ntoin rried M A tony, and before he s betrothed to Miss A rtem is May- Mrs. Melthorpe and Miss Norine re- irned to Now Y'ork in the e vening train. It was come and gone tl best speedily to retire fri tho field. B u t Mrs. H a rper put in a plea for H y aeintli to rem a in a t the castle. deemed it best spec I w as the only le,” said she. ing to bo an eavesdi’oppcr, I lieard her begging for quarter for me. T h a t it was cavalierly refused w as n o f a u lt of hers. You will stay w ith me, dear little Hya- “ I f m a mma does not o b ject,” said H y acinth, secretly w o n d ering if the world was c o ming to an end. “ M amma” did not o b je ct in the least. I t was som e thing to liave th a t tall, aw k w a rd school girl provided for, she thought. “ B ut wliat Col. H a rper could have seen to fancy in M ark A n tony’s widow,” said .she afterw a rds to Norine, “ I can’t imagine!” Perhaps a ll this w as a lesson to Mrs. Molthorpo; perhaps not. There are some jieople who will never learn m u ch in the school of th a t grim old pedagogue, Experience!—Amy Randolph in New York Ledger. I’liylng Tliem Off. M anaging Editor—Did you pay the artist who illu.strated that great poem, “ C liristmtis Chimes,” on your first page? Seeretarv—Y’es, sir. Sent him a checl for §250. “ I sent iiim $75.” “ Yes. Is a n y money left?” “ About seventeen cents.” “ V ery well. Send it to the m an who wrote tlie poem.”—Philadelpliia Record. A Modest Demand. Clerk—I w a n t an increase of salary. Employer (wearily)—All right. Any- -And I w a n t to get off an hour earlier every day, so I can spend it.— thing else? a w k —An Women Writers in Franee, A Paris correspondent says: The most discouniging obstacle the American wo man has to contend w ith in Paris is the great num ber of Englisli am] French writer.semiiloyed by tlie American press, while it is impossible for an American writei- to be recognized by foreign jour nals. One of the most rabid :inti-Am eri cans, in his personal feelings, receives thousands of dollars a year from Ameri can mag:iziiies a n d journals. No woman e:in live by her pen wlio lias not a regu lar .salary. To attem p t it i.s one of the magazi live by it lia^ rd o u s a n d vexatious uiidertt ings. H aphazard corre.spondence is cast ing bread on the w ater that in nine cases out of ten brings back—tlie m anuscript. Mrs. Hooper h a s a stated salary, wliich enables lier to live in cozy a p a rtm e n ts aim enjoy Parisian life w ith comfort. Her daughter has studied for the stage, and last June created the role in a pla. . 'licli Mrs. Hooper lias w ritten, called “ Helen’s Inlierilance.\ \ Marvelous Gust Iiidiaii Caiinuii. It is 171 feet long, 5 feet and 6 inches around the muzzle, w ith a caliber 18 inches across. By the natives it is called a destroyer of life, 'ord tlie date of its pei-stitious people actas o r divinities, n this great death :hes across. Jaun Kuslutll, o; History does no VO mammoth t 3, which have rested for ages ees of the pee- )f them, has been around it that it could w ithout felling one or Tnulition says th a t the cam fired once, and th a t the ball was impelled tw e n ty-four miles!—St. Louis Republic. Didn’t Want .Millet to See It. S. R. Callaway, a prom inent officer of the Grand Trunk railroad, was, some years ago, connected w ith a western road, a n d necessarily spent much of his tim e where his w estern interests lay. O ut there he m e t Millet, the a rtist. Sir. Callaway and the painter came togetlier on a luinting trip and became quite inti mate, which resulted in the railway man inviting the artist to m ake a visit a t h is home. The invitation was accepted and the tw o started homew ard. Ju s t before re.aclung the city where he lived Mr. Callaway went into a telegraph office and wired Co his wife: “ Jlillet, the a r tist, is coming home w ith me for a few days’ visit: take th a t chromo out of the dining room.”-C h ic a g o Herald. m m sTiiAYGi’: w im k h s . SOMETHING ABOUT YEARS WITHOUT WINTER OR SUMMER. Cioliiiics Wbicli Have Come in Their XVakv --iioiv and Ice in Jane -KeeimlH of 01.1 Times. On the second page of V’ennor's “ W eather Bulletin\ for January. ISy-J, was fouial tin- following: \ D uring De cember. 1877, a western newsp;iper re marked th a t not .since 1837 has ;my De cember season been known so mild. Lawn grasses are growing iinely :uul dandelions are in bloom; navigation is perfectly open.\ Com menting on this, Mr. V ennor says; “ Now, a gain, in 1881, we liave to record a very sim ilar state of affairs for the same m o n th of the year.\ The St. Paul Pioneer Pre.ss of Dec. 22, 1877, contained a n editorial of which the following is an extract: “ T his rem a rkable w eather knocks the Old Settler association on tlieir beam December, witli the meremry its silver heM.s to the H ere it is tlie 22d of ju dancing on lusic of DO degs. with scullers o r c rews of oansmen, ing upon the placid bosom of the to r o f m e andering stream s—all this ........................... above in the shade, of the St. Paul Boat club, each i s of oansmen, sport- ances- stream s—a ll th and oo, is the re.sult of the i-em:i.rk- atiier whieli now’ prevails in Miii- 3 ota. * * * This is a fact w o rthy of being placed on record for the benefit of all coming investigation of climatic facts a nd theories in Minnesota.\ The winter of 1877-78 is not tlie only one of exceptional mildness from wliich the w riter lias a u thority to di [STMAS. iry stood a t froii :ero throughoui THREE KISSES. Till’ first •! as given in tlie summer time, of iTime, -And the t.'orld was fair as a blasliing bride Wooed b) tile sim in bis wanmb and pride, Aii'l till* \\o(xls werii gre'Q where soft, wind sigluMl In tlie Unie of that sumniMr, fair and sueet, When a s ngh* kis^ made life complete. T?iev kissed again in llie autmim sere, ihf wind moaned over tho moorland dreai Sinking a dirge ovei* faith's deatiibed. And the j)ure httirs hhisheil a sad, shamed red, For the ligiit anti the *itV t>f summer had lied; An-l oh^ the sorrow a trust be'trayed, And the passing from simliglit into the shade: IS given thou ('()1!1>()1!AL NICK BROWN. It was strange th a t Capt. J o h n TYood —the title being one of courtesy—.should liis daughterighter Ethelthel E to join Rio Grande, where him ill camp o] he was hard at work fact liei'amc known, tlie captain of tlie Ranger company at .Murdervill irec of 1 ) hull from the \ e n d of the track” Rio to her lathi lleiiegaib le young ‘ I camp. lndi:uis from Mexico—Ton- Lijians, Goinanche.s. Kiow-a; few Mesealei f Victorio's band ng oveasiona imps of the ■r :ind entered die reinn; n making il predatory ley crossed tlie Pecos lieavy work tested ther- irnoon, Kickapo .Vp;u-bes —liad 111 raids u])i from till river :ind entered uiioii the lieavy v licit makes this portiiui of the Sonthern Pacific road so g randly picturesque. The.se tliieving Iiuliaiis would dasli across the river in tlie dark of the inocii, steal a ll the luuses and inuies they could conveniently drive, and be back ;igaiii aero.-s the river heforcthe Rangers could bo iiotilieil and a scout ordered out to pursue tho i-ascals. Tho Mexican Rangers, or surales, wore never on hand when these raids took lilaee. a n d the Indians, einbolilened by success in e.seaping capture or battle n, altacked travelers going to and n tile construct ion camp. •r induced ithel, barely in lioarding mas d ay. 1.881, t 45 to 53 degs. tlie Mi.s.sissippi valley, merging ini raer heat from tlie m o uth of the Ohio southw a rd. Tlie day was clear and hriglit, with wind .south to southwest. Ill Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska the fan n e rs plowed every- m onth d u ring the winter. The lilac buds swelled into full leaf in February, 1882, in nearly all the states named. On Jan. 26, 1882, the best testec inoineters stood at 42 deg.s. above morning, a t 57 deg.s. in the aftei and did not fall below 50 degs. for thirty-six hours, Feliruary showed ti ty-onedays upouivhich the mercury ro.se above 40 in the sliaile, and upon sixteen of the.se the tem p erature was above 50 degs. some tim e during the day. On the 3th. Gth, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th it m arked 60 o r .above, a n d upon one occa sion, tlie 12tli, stood between 75 and 80 deg.s. for five hours. Tlie tlieriuometer responsible for this seeming inconsistency failed to roach tho high w ater m a rk of Feb. 13 again until after the end of tlie first week in June, | ^ with a single e.xception. May 4, w hen it | m arked 83. I m e ntion this fact for the. ,.i\ beij^efitof the reader who m a y th ink the ..j Nick Brown, of the instrum e n t w ith w hich the readings Rangers.\ c om inued the barbar- ak e n one of inferior grade, and, „..,ed v„ung man. lifting till' Ranger c aptain lo tender an c.scort to his frii-ad, Gapt. Wood, a n d wlien Mi.-s 17 and fresli from an east- ling scbool, alighted from Uie train at Del Rio, .she was considerably surprised, a nd not a little alarm e d , at be- iiuely pro- iiig greeted by :i tall, handsomely portioned m an, willi a drooping r taehe a n d ihirk eyi’s, who w as clad in the pictiiresqui’ garb of tlie Ranger service, booti'd, spurred and girdled w ith a cart- riilgi' belt, from wliich depended a scab bard containingoiitaining an ivory bandied six .shooter. “ You a re Miss Eliiel Wood?\ inquired the slraiiger. “ Y-e->!\ faltcrcil tin* maiileii, slirink- sigbt of bis pistol and TVin- in consequence, very tuations of beat and cold. Southci people tliey hear yellow connection w ith ' 1877-78 can gain who get ni >r grade , a ‘ptible to fl rvous when m tioned iu —inter of I itionti by | some consola watcliiug the cliange w hich comes O' the face of the w estern and nortln man when he is inform ed th a t the spring like c h a racter of J a n u a r y and February, 1882, indirectly brought a b o u t tho m.any cyclones and prairie tw isters of tlie sum mer following. Many scientists, living and dead, the late Mr. Vennor among the num b e r, believe and believed th a t w arm w inters arc very likely to lie fol lowed by a sum m er of destructive wind far a.s 1882 is concerned, tlie irkahle. fangi rs,\ com inued couP-red young soiuiirem imlitcly, and his eyes a t siglil iiity. ■•Thocapti 11 iluw n l>) escort with a n e w liglit Etliel’s wondrous 1 C and my lur fatlici's which, if we travel by ambulance, mil tw o days' m arch from here. If you could ride bor-: back, Uiougli,” lie coiitimicil. “ anil wc made an early start to-morrow, w(- miglit ma “ I ju s t llotl’ oil liorscli!] I’d Ethel, am iiisiderei II dying to gallop < tonus. As fa: oincidence is i F CYCLOXES. tw isters began to e x h ibit th a t year ••[!„. .st-uc- down in Louisiana early'^in M arch, about I two or three week.s a fter the rem a rkable | ijcj. f hot February d ay. leveling sevenal tow n s , eoriii.ral hiuglii ,1 also a t her nai- mT^rSfng^rate “fe™ A pril t i became {good iiako it by nigh! irscliack riding,’’ a n nul her elii'i'ks grew rosier with !inticipatii>!i. \A t school I was l•xc••lll■nt horsewoman. I of your prairies\ ----- ••W e h a v e n o prairies out liere,” reeled the corporal. \O u r course acro.ss an arid alk-ili plain.\ Ellu l laughed, and confe.ssed ! Al this 1 ' lliat she w: r prairie s ou t liere,” cor- rporal. \ O u r course lies nul confe.s 6 1 ignorant girl fr< the latter expression pr.airie terror sprang up, all unlooked for, in Rice county, K a n ., traveled in a northeast direction, killing everybody in its track. On the same dav tliree sep arate cyclones cro.sseil the state of Jlichi- gan, killing in the aggregate seventeen , ^ persons and a g reat deal of stock, besides houses destroying an immense a m o u n t of proji- ' erty. From th a t tim e forw a rd cyclone.s hatched out like tadpoles in June. They were here, there and every place for a coujjlo o f months, doing great damage to property, Imt sparing hum a n life, ex- ce))t now and then an i.solated family. N ext came the appalling eal.amitj al (Trinnell, la., in whicli fifty .six pcr.sims lost their lives. On the same night cy clones of m inor size visited Kansas, Alis- .souri, Nebr.aska. Illinois a n d Minnesota, killing from three to tw elve in eacli state. iiriiig accomniinliilioiis for E thel a t luiiset hotel, an edifice p a rt adobe, p larl sloiic. V. itli a canvas Note the n ames o f tbestates ju s t m e ntion ed, and also ilieli.st given a bove, in wliich said th.at plow ing continued throughout the w inter, nell h o rror about a fortniglit ative quiet reigned. Then ca a calam ity. r the Grin- jf compar- irkan a cala m ity , in which nineteen hi aian lives were blotted out of existence Tins sum m ary does not take into sicler-ation the cyclone t, Brownsville, Mo., and at Fayette. Pa., both of wl)ich o c funed in Aiiril of tlie same year; nor the ones at McAllister, I. T., and at M ontgomery, Ark-., in May, each of wliicli claim ed a bloody record. One thing is c ertain: it takes into considera tion enough to show th a t “ phenomenal\ w inter w eather Ls :i boon not to be ap preciated. OLD TUlE WEATHER. The record for the summers of 1878 and 1882 , it m ust be admitted, strength ens that opinion; but what are we to think of the summer of ISKJ, wbicii brought neither cyclones or yellow fever, and which, in fact, brought a summ er only in name. Tlie w inter of 1815-16 was as rem a rkable for its unseasonable ■weather a.s that of 1837-38, 1877-78. 1881-83. E. Bishop, a u intelligent old gentle- Mass.. concerni to The Jam estow n Journal “ D ecember, 181.5, and January, were very warm, indeed, e fires were seldom lighted in February was also m ild as spi man, who lived a t Essex, Mass., a t ihi tim e, gives the following interesting fact m ild to the middle of in witli ice and inued till June, bitter cold, the coldi know n ; frost, ice or snow alm ost every night, destroying almo o st e v e rything that the first half, then A pril, when wintei rest, ice o r si stroving alm frost could kill. Sno deep in V erm o nt, New Hampshii Maine, three inches in the intei 'uly was thick as A ugust was worse still. Ice form ed half incli tliick a n d killed alm o st every green thing in tliis country and in E u rope. Corn for seed in 1817, th a t raised in 1815, sold f o r §5 a bushel.” Not u n til December, according to Mr. Bishop, did the sun shine o u t w arm , like ■pring. I t seemed a s if the seasons h a d been entirely re-rersecl.—John W . W right in SU Louis Republic. lest ever ;now al Snow fell ten incites New H am psh ire and cold and frosty. Ice form ed as t Window glass througbout New England. lie •■went into camp\ w s<ju:iil, piirclia.seil loild e hur.se.s, and look .Midi an inieietR in l■ul■hlg c o m lert for Etliel th a t the lat ter ilreained of him all night, a n d when the Mexican girl wlio wa.s the g eneral fiietotum of tile Sun.set called lier. while the night shailow.s still elimi; tl,.. eartli, she aro.se w itliinit a m u rm u r, al- ihoagh onllnarliv slie loved to lie in bed A t early daw n the p a rty was in the saddle, and troUi il off up the “ govei’n- meiit road\ to tlie Penis a n d beyond. As coinmaiiiler of the scout Corporal Brown rode 1)1 side Kllie), uliile tlie till' single j,aeli mule followi were five all teid, i leen no liiJina ilepredati liUt-d. Coi'iioial J’low n fell ahlj sure of turning Miss Ethel h' r father w ilhiuit a eeident. In his secret heart, however, he wished til'll the Indians mi jilt :.ttgck them; not that lie w;inte<l to j. o;virdize hiit fai;- ch. ■.•.,■ ■) s.*l. ty, bur simply lo show her lie’.-.- !! 'ngi rs eo-ihl light. They e:!!!!]) 1 for di-mer at Moxon's Springs, aiul ('orporal Brown beg:in to regret lliat the jonriiey would be so soon It wa.s 5 o’clock in tlie afternoon when the crossed the Peeos a t Dead S teer ford, and Ihero were still tw elve miles of before The burses were jaded, and wlien the corporal ordered a gallop, a n d set the ex ample by spurring ahead on ills lilaclt cbnrger, w ith E thel a t liis side, tlie o tlier horses responded reluctantly, and it re quired :i liberal use of the .spur to keep them at Ih-il g.ait. \W e ’ll get to Vour d a r k ,\ tg i- ' his sa.ldlo B u t ju s t then liis keen eyes fell upon a sight that caused his clieeks to suddenly ^row w h ite w ith apiueliension. On a rise not more than half a mile distant was a large body of Indians, a p parently aw a iting their approacl). “Los Iiidios!\ he cried to his men, and wheeled out of the trail. Tlien he glanced apprehensively at She looked bac £ a t h im smilingly, a l though lier lips quivered and her color suddenly fled. “ I understand you.” she said, waving her riding wliiji tow a rd the band of painted redskins. “ Those are Indians, and they—they’’ ----- \TYe’il h a v e a running fight witii tliem to Clark’s camp,\ answered the corporal, solemnly; ‘'and heaven preserve you from all danger.” ‘■1 am n o t a fraid—w ith you!” answered Ethel, quickly. Their eyes m e t, she lield out her hand and he clasped it and carried the w hite fingers to his lips. “ I ’ll die defending y o u ,” h e whispered, and as there ion lately It rem a rk- e t to y father’s camp by th e c orporal, leaning over in ‘and so will m y men. “ I believe you. I tru s t you,\ came the m u rm u red response. A n d then au iuvolui j to her lip.s, ig th a t their oluntai-y cry of r th e Indians, i the pack m u le— idiaiisguin- -p. for their and daslied down tow a rd them. •‘To (.’lark’s, bov.sr c ried tlie i unslinging his W inchester rifle. ‘-T1 outnumlier ns tw e n ty to one. Ride your life—never mind th e and sliout ns you galloi).\ On they dashed, witli tlie Iiidi ing ujioii them at every stej). horses were fresh, ami the anim als rid den by the rangers liad been h a rd pushed In vain the i7;mgeis di.seharged volley after volley into the ranks of llieir pur- Their telling :iini did not check led, and ju s t ahead Cor poral Brown saw :i low roofed building of stout plank, wliich he knew wa.s the powder and dynaniire magazine for Clark’s camp. “ I f we can hold out for tw e n ty m in utes”— he was thinking. B u t ju s t tlien E thel’s liorse stum bled and fell. H:id lie n o t r e a d ied out ipiickly and seized her in his strong arm s, .she would h:ive been ilasliei Down a gently sloping dry iirse they da.shed, an d ju s t ahem ground. Still galloping, lie lifted her to a place on the saddle before liim, and liis hor.se dashed past the m agazine, and com menced to jiant and shicken its pace as they began to c limb the divide. “ W e can never hold out. I t mu.st be a tiglit to the deatli!\ he gasped. For liis men were already in tlie lead, w ith only tlie heavy laden pack mule behind him. In passing the magazine tlie mule fell to the ground a n d lay there helpless. This momentarily checked the ad vance of tlie I ndians, for the hand halted to rob Hie pack. The delay e reach tlie top of Corporal Brov The entire Indi an band was grouped about the fallen mule and tho magazine. He reined up liis panting liorse, set Ethel upon the ground, and leaping I'rom the saddle himself, cried: ••Halt, men—lie low—the magazine!’’ Tlie Indians were already mounling, when lie raised his rifle to Ids shoulder, took quick aim a t the magazine lielow, and with a prayer th a t the shot m ight prove effeelual, pulleil the trigger. A lmost simuitaiieoiisly with Hie crack of tlie rifle was another rejiort that .seemed n> rend the earth. The e n tire party was tlirown down by the explosion, and even the liorses stag gered and fell. For an instant tliey lay there, and then Corporal Brown, with a confused buz zing in ills ears, rose slowly to his feet. In the dry water course below a cloud of d u st for amom entoli.scureJ lii.s vision; but when if settled be saw only a gaping liole, on the edges of which were the con- ole, on th e edges of used fragm e n ts of oilies o f Indians or w h at m ight be th ndiaiis o r horses, he c ould no “ They s\ere :inxious, however, toilri him out, and to ih:il end frcqueiith st : troops to imike threatening deiuon- alioiis 111 tl 11 lireeiioii, T i'.-i-i isliington's luents Ge .•siiingion I’laiiilH d . which has of •eoine \ei-j popular u s a place ■A re.'ort tor -peeial iiienicker.- wlio lie- bire to get rained on. “ W ashingtou viewed Uiese British dem onstrations uiqiaieiitly with e xasper ating c;ilmiie.ss; but he .-.ouietiiues -ent Gen. Morgan ■lown lo interview ihe in truders, whereupon the British suddenly discovered lliat they had pressing busi ness a t I’ertii .\m b o y ,an il lost no iiiue in getting iliere, 'Oil' l.iy a sm all British eommaiid with tw o pieces of a r ti lk r y was c u t 'm one of these raids, a n d came down Iroui Wooilhriilge towards the isix Roads. On the way they stopped and fired a round shot over tow a rds the old tavern. W liat : lor, nobody knows, us there was no one in sight. Tlif ball finding nolhiiig else to assault, struck a rock out by Hie burn and kno'jked a c h u n k off it as big- as a flour barrel, and the piece lies there yet. ‘ ■ An old c onliiiciital .soldier, t\ ho passed away many years ago. lias left upon rec ord th a t he saw Hu- hall strike the rock, ami that the jiieees flew and hummed like the nation. A few m inutes after he saw a young Brilisli officer come down the road riding :i very fine horse. He was a good rider and the horse was going at a sm a rt trot as lie passed Hie old t.tvern; hut a few minutes later lie cam e on the full run and w ith a n empty saddle. A jiatriot sentinel stood on the school Jiill b\ the sell Brarahall Imu le stone bridge a n d waa t, th a t sentinel shot him about t “ Tile eirciim stances wouiil probably never have e x cited especial interest in tho.se piping time.s, full of Its of vindictive w arfare.), not been that, after w;iiti game a n d co find it. The body of the Brit gusted liad it iting for the dis- :ire, tlie sentinel royalist went to look for his g; lysteriiiusly disappeared, and thougli an active seiireli was made it never was found. •‘Y ears a fter, when Hie old tavern was dispensing applejack amid scenes of pas toral peaeefuhiess, an old continental soldier will) resided in tlie iii ighliorhood, and was fam iliar w ith the story of the shooting anil Hie missing body, started le from the tavern one n ight, and Hie 3 about sliuttiiig up when Ins ine hack on the full run, re- otehis well earned rheumatism , ivliite with lerro,-. W ith chat- hod ies oi His bullet h a d exploded the dynam ite in the magazine and they were safe. “ T hank God!’’ was his fervent prayer, as lie helped Ethel to lier feet. | He dill not m o u n t again, but, holding ! lier hand, walked across the divide to- 1 wa; d Clark’s camp. I 'I'liey were m e t presently by ;i big j gang of Hie navvies, who had been | alarmed by Hie explosion, wliicb, so il i was stated, was heard tw e n ty miles ! (.'orporal Brown explained m a tters; ' l)iit: bn made a longer explanation to j Ethel, a n d a still longer one to lier father ■ iifterw a rd, wlio said in reply; ! “ .Slie’s y o u n g to m a rry, corporal, a n d j I’d lliouglit to keep Iier witli me several j yenr.s yet; but you've fairly won her, illlli she's yours. I onlv evset fi-nm veil ! one promise—leate and go liaok e ast with landlord custom er eat) arilless otehis well e arned teriiig teeth he rehited liow he was tc dling a long home, w ilh his he.ad dov and thinking of nothing in* parliculai-, when he lieard a big sigli elo.se by, a nd, ,v riglit on the end of handsome looking British oking u)i, he G bridge a h ridingiding a bout the road sloi bay horse, r looking intimlly c, ing :is thougli he thing he wanted very big ' groiuul and sigli- looking for some- ich Imt could ‘ 'B ' gosh!' said the old soldier, ‘I knowed right away it was lliat dead British officer Imiking for liis body, and I 1 ‘ame away as ipiick as I could.' ■'Tims, vou see, tlic authenticity of the Six Kiiads' glio.slis regularly estiiblished.” —J. D. O. iu Newark Call. you've fairly yours. I only exac t from \ <m I If the practical biisin (he Range) service that the Inisiness of flo AVlio can blai lui.siug when ■its tho stal iree lui: e tliat corporal siicli a treasi hel was tho stake?—.Vpache George li lilaiielphia Saturday Night. THE SIX ROADS’ GHOST. The above was the rem a rk ni;ide by an old friend a.s they drovoalong approach ing the south braiicb of the E-abway river a t the Six Roads. •‘Ghost? Who.se ghost'?” was the nat ural query. “ I have never seen the unquiet shade myself, but popular tradition assigns the specter to a handsome British officer wlio had his career summarily adjourn ed silie die. at this first bt'idgi u iiiiehe was busv trying to coerce tlie revolu tionary rebels into love and duty for his mas-tcT, K ing GcorgG I II ,” By the tim e he had made tliis e.xplana- tion we were acro.ss tlie bridge, and our norse liad given a spasmodic jum p as thougli lie had seen the ghost, hut it wa.-- only a rum inative cow that, breathed a sigh in the ncar-hy ])asturc. ■‘Well, regai'ding your gho.it. W hatis I'ts liistory and who has seen it?\ ••Several people c laim to have seen it, and it i.-i also fair lo say that tliere are quite it n u m ber more who a re willing to swear that they have n o t seen it. altlioiigii they have looked for it conscientiously. ! belong to the latter class myself, I look for that ghost every iiiglit th a t i :ro'ss th a t bridge. Not that I paiticnlarlv w ant to sec* it or th a t I have any special busine.ss with eititer British officer.s or ih ti r unquiet shades, but because it is very natural that, when a man is told that a glio^t may lie seen in a certain place, he will look f o rit there, and at iame time ioleinnly assi jon't believe in ghosts in any 1 •Now. as to the liistory of tliis p a rticu lar ghost, if a gho.st <-an be said to liave a history, which [ claiii] i.s open to doubt, E wilt give yop tlie iradition tlie folk lore of the vicinity ('tiriiishes. Before tlie iron liorse knoi'-keil the Inisiness a nd the :-omauce out of mans a country tavern, :he loealilY known as Hie -Six Roads\ was cjuitea pluee. Previous to the build- Jig jf the lurnqiike road, in 18](), the cros- roads at tliat J ..v e was tlie rally ing center for .r large district of coun- try , .Some if 'lie earliest Fourths of July the<-omiti'\ ownesi were eelebrated day- great lieartiness. Even before Hie Rev- ■iltilionary war then was a blacksmith sliop and several houses, besides the tav- e)-n, to give the place importance, and during 'the tim e that tried men's souls’ some tragic events traiispiri-d near the old tavern. “ The south branch of the Rain river runs about four hundred ; south from wliere the old revoliitii that he d the patriotie ghv vays drew there a .crowd who feaste ■ 'is liiellj by people ied o r getting oul er, let him step i Tw enty-third stree :is q uiet ;u will'll the I :>wer.s is a and tliat Hiey are used e getting m a r- world a ltogeth- L-ose m a rket in 3 iifternoon be- Yhen lie r eaches erything about ell eotilil be. By 4 o'clock, drive up filled w ith ho: le c arts of flowers shipped from farm s and flower farm piers and railroad depots by expi everything imm ediately takes on a ’ confnsial and anim ated appearance. out of tow n rose IS. ju s t a rrived a t confnsijfl ai dozen clerk I app'.arani I ks anil the proiirietor appea rmSly from n<.'.,xly know; lainint Fi arance. and the pro simuUanef: wdiere, mill the bo.ve.s, c o iilaining layer tipfiii Inver of tja.skets filled witli all va rieties of i-.)-es, picked early that m orn ing, ar>’ impaeke.l. In packing. Hiero.ses nr.' l•,■ll■efllll\ plaee.l w ith the fir.-t layer of items running one way, reversing Hie iayi‘r, a n d so on to tlie iskei. By tills tim e the room will) men anxious to procure tlie first pick and the dioicest variet,y, ler on the m I of the liiisli rst picli ley barg rjxaiii ;is closolv, oljlivion to all liieir fragraiiee as if the goods were the m< cloth or c o tton.—New York j'iet an d beunty, ordinary •arly Hiree- I preceileil him,im, are mere spider i,r:ii-l;s in the desert, a n d our best moilern.s. Tlie e.xpiorations of Stank and Hioso will) precede X sealed 1 irations ol 'lied h ; 1 .-Vsia, there i.s Thibet and Turkestan, in .yi'riea the great desert of Saliara to lie e \]ilored. AVe knew alm o stnothing of Borneo, Paima or M adagascar, and triousmnls of islaiiils in the Pacific ocean are still nnexjilored. Great tracts of .\'j-lra lia have never iieen iroiMen by tlie toot of a white man, and iiearlj ail of S.mill America inside of the eoa.sl liiie.s is known only by hear- ■say and tra'litioii. ('oiiiing uj) to oiir norliierii half of the continent, we e n counter more niiknowii lands. Central Ameriea anil Me.xi;-.> offer fertile fieid.s for e x ploration, and lower California has never Iieen ijioroughly ex|)loreii. In the I'm* north is G-i*et--nhvn<l, BaOtin Land, (lie g reat H udson hay region, all of British .\m e rica nortli of H titiide 60 degs.. and imr g r -at territory of Alaska. —Golden Days. .■V i'retty A very sbiip au electric siiark u physiei.si. Hound tl lamps:!iim)iey is pasted a strip o f tin foil, and iuioihei' siriii pa.sted from one end of the eliimney ! . w ithin a quarter of an inch of tlii- ring. Then a pieee of silk is wrappeo louiul a hrusli. and the inte rior of 111 .- ehiimiey is i-uhbed briskly. In the dark a Wright electric spark may be seen to pass i rom one piece of tin foil to Hie oHier eacli lim e the brn.sli is w ith draw n from liie ehiinney. Many other experim e nts cun be trieii w ith this a p paratus.—New York Telegram. ide by ;i litre of a . I EiigL ........... tavern stood, and dividing itself on this fee is atiimii low ground, required then, as now, tw o ' coffee .sold in bridges. In the revolutionary days, a n d ‘ if you ask tin e ----- - ------------- ' after, the bridge f u rthest ■ • ' ' was a single arch stone il feet higher than the linslisli I' h is d*' iiiiiiahle. The reudy grout the simps is as line a s dui he will have from tlie t; road leading to it from the'soutli. ■ p „ t bv pe.i'olation. ’ Made in i ‘•At the tim e the British arm y lay ican way, bv boiling, it requ around New Brunsw ick and Perth Am- ' gerated'cy.ze’or it is like mud..—London boy, W ashington found his force too w eak to risk a battle, and he retired lo grocer to grind i it the size of grami sugar. It I.s only po-ssible to have it drinkable, 'ay m a king in a Frencli coffee in H te'Aiuer- :ated cive or it is like m u d the m o u n tains in Bound Brook a n d Pi ! could easily d e l ! British had Hie Plainfield if end h i ms h rare gi rear of where d now flourish, iseif there, a nd d; ji : good sense to tub.-i know th a t to tackle (Jeorge up am ong flower every those hills would be a most iiiilie.illhy tittle trouble and unprofitable investm e nt nf tim e, but it lias b >t ILoott*.? Dc^onia. P. B. 5Ii ..li .-.ii-i in ();caa;-,l and Gar- ••A u i.i! li. - I ... iced us th a t the unprofitable talent and Hessiai to be wasted. ins tliat cost loo imu-over til’ tubers, tim e, b u t it h a s b >e:i d on.', a n d we e jdauts much i:i bloo’Ji now. Tiic tubers may he started at any time if iiropvily kept.''