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Show NOT BLOWN OFF OY THE WIND. t'tiltLrn Fenttiorii l)ltaptesroil ai tha It-suit It-suit or ilectittlty In tha Storm. About a year ngo tbo telegraphic dls-pni'bcs dls-pni'bcs contnlncd an account of n i i lstorm in Missouri which not only lil. i down houses and fences nnd can . d great loss of lite but actual. 1 . s n ippcd the feathers from a rooster, 'i he e rrespendont stated that not o.. the plnfcathcrs were left, and Iii.i'l cription of how tho cock nest ! nn, g strutted forth, llappjd his n i't. d wings aud crowed ivlth a some w' .:-disfigured- but -still-in-tlio- ring j ' caused considerable merriment. It was reasoned that n wind of such i .1 m would linvo blown tbo fowl to l.rleho, nnl tbo writer was set down us n Muncliausen. tjclcntltic rcienrch, liowever, sustains tho story, but ascribes the rooatcr'a condition to an. other cause. A writer In Dor Stein dor Wulseu says: "Among the most niton-tailing niton-tailing effects of whirlwinds must be reckoned tbo well-supported facts that on their cessation birds exposed to them have been found stripped of their feathers, und people with every shred of clothing torn from them. Those effects cannot possibly bo ascribed to tlio wind. Tlioforco necessary would havo sufllecd to transport tho objects, iiwuy bodily. Numerous clmllar occurrences oc-currences wero obscrvod In Franco In the tornadoes which prevailed thero three years ago, and these wero gradually grad-ually brought under Investigation, Over tho wholo region affected trees were found rent lu n manner which could not possibly havo resulted from i ho wind. Thcso were, first, oaks split down tbeeonur for n length of twenty lo t cut -live feet; second, poplars and liceh-1 for lengths of alx to twelve f i ' v. tie shivered Into sticks of unl-fortii unl-fortii thiekiio,, (for example, a beech t . si,.v. -n Inches In illninetcr was split n I i moro t lian flvolhundred sticks a ecu-i ecu-i mis. tor thick, two centimeters broad 1 three und a half centimeters long); i un i, iir and other resinous trees hnd Uitir sti ui , cut clean through, leaving .iluiunt even surfaces. Thcso phenomena phenom-ena and othera o( kindred natura can 1)0 ascribed only to electricity," Coiuck Soldier. Tho Cossack soldier In the wlntei time Is obliged to sacrifice every other consideration to that of resisting the deadly cold of tho steppes. There la a boliof among them that their entrance to heaven will be easier If they are personally clean, so that a scrupulous toilet is mado boforo any chance of an encounter, but this neatness is not apparent ap-parent at first glance, for tbey are bundled up In great coats of sheepskin or goatskin, with n great pointed hood. Clumsy mlttcnc conceal their hands, nnd wisps ot straw aro bound around their (cot The otllccr looks exaotly like tho private. Tho Cossacks made their first campaign with Russian sol-dlors sol-dlors In 1533. Tho Cossacks now la tho ltusslun army number 10,448, exclusive of those Incorporated with the field troops. |