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Show ' i t VOL. IV AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, MAY She stood for a moment in tbi IN LONG hall, and it aeeined that tha shadov of a man awaited her, with arms outLittle children ran for REMARKABLE VOYAGE THAT PALE - FACED, stretched. ward and clasped her knees with facet WAS RECENTLY MADE. lender girl, lying upturned to be kissed. Tiny soft armi back on a held wearily tightly round her neck. pile of soft cushTbuu Dthar Walloon Ailnt Danish the thought, weak woman! ions. Alone in her room, she waited fever Traveled Three Handred and bevvutj-Flv- a A man flustered, iahly throughout the long watchea o Mllee Steer luetrameete Were angry, tearing a the night until the early mall shouu Tented. 8 buncli of violets to come. Toward morning Bhe fell in t standing troubled aleep. pieces, HE amount of atbefore her. The maid knocked at the door. devoted to tention Y o u will not. Cicely sprang up, her heart throb-blag-. navigation of the then. Cicely? Reair is constantly on member it is for the last time, and you My letters, quick, girl! Increase bath lu the one She tore say you will not?" open eagerly. It wai and EuAmerica 1 cannot. Relieve me, 1 cannot very abort and ran: Write and tel: rope, says the New Man like he did not notice the break me everything, I will rome at ones The York Herald. in the girl's voice. Her great pleadand comfort you and we shall be very remarkable experi1 was a brute to treat you at ing eyes were on his. happy. ments In which He did not see them. I did. kites have been You can. You know you can. Gut lu answer Cicely wrote this: an I important faca must tell little First you wont you family tor which lu on were carried as you The violets wrnt into the Are and history. My grandmother, the of this during vicinity city of were burned up. the her latter lift part know, spent A little queer in her last summer and fall are still fresh In Cicely put out a soft hand and under restraint. They stroked her lovers. head, they said. That was not tht the minds of most persons. reason. She was an inebriate and died demonstrated the feasibility of llftlug Poor old Will! she said gently. He jerked his hand roughly way. drinking. My mother had a loathing heavy weights by the force of the wind The mere sight ol exercised on kites, and will, no doubt, me mad. drive Cicely, for intoxicants. Dont, you you are as fair as an angel, as tender wine on the table made her faint. Her prove of immense advantauge to fuas a dove, but as stubborn aa a sister, Catherine, as you know, entered ture aeronauts In the way of enabling Don't scream so. Will, the girl In- St. Annes Convent. When I was bore them to direct .their balloons. Those the curse descended on me. All my who are Interested ih following up terrupted. You are making me dreadfully life I have fought against the horrible such matter await, with extreme hopeThen yor fulness the result of the proposed voytired. It is nearly as bad as the tragic craving that assails me. came and I felt that with you I should age to the polar regions by Swedish love scenes on the si age. He turned on her fiercely. conquer. Then another thought ram scientists, which was postponed lust There you go again, making a joke to me. What if my curse should de- summer at the critical moment owing Now yoi to unfavorable winds and weather; but of It all. Good heavens. Cicely, why do scend to innocent lives? you do It? At least I have n right to know everything. Do you blame me! that the subject la receiving the closest The man telegraphed in reply: know that. attention Is shown by the remarkable Whatever you do is right. My brav voyage recently made by a lmlioon I have told you why I do It. It is impossible for me to marry, so 1 may heroine, may the angels prepare yon named Touring Club, which accomas well treat the matter lightly as reward. plished the journey of G08 kilometers So Cicely entered St. Anne's I won't be able to make 1375 miles) from Paris to Agen. seriously, This many jokes in the future. I am going record has never been surpassed in to enter Ht. Anne's Convent. 1 wrote length, except by two ascents during to Sister Catherine, my aunt, and told SUBMARINE GUNNERY. the siege of Paris by the balloon Yllle her that I had finally determined to I utlei d'Orleans, which landed in Norway, come. She is expecting me shortly." Kurreufol Tnl of a Cun Flrail and the Gen. Chanzy, which lauded at Water at a Target. Then why do you do it. Cicely? Ausbach, in Bavaria. Both' of these The under a of gun firing Cant you see that you are ruining both water experiment distances exceed the record of the of been lias in made the hartior our lives by this girlish freak? I don't Club by a few kilometers only. Touring was attendPortsmouth. and England, understand it. There is some hideous ascents made ed by an apparent complete success, Only one of the forty-fodeviltry beneath it all. under the of the Rudely for A New auspices York Herald. He strode up and down the room, says the Aerial Navigation of Berlin, anil only was used. water low At gun kicking savagely at the furniture, two mentioned of the What are you going to gain by en- the gun and lu carriage were lowered sent up during the siege erf Paris beneath sent the a diver surface and Heaven? tering this convent have down to equaled the distance record of solid on a in it place position The girl did not answer. the Club. Inddently tlie recTouring With a gesture of impatience he plank platform laid at the bottom. The ord for of sojourn above the length was with large weighted turned around and went 'suddenly to platform was also exceeded,' and ' many earth blocks of and to it granite steady keep the door. new instruments were tested and will "Well, go to heaven! he cried, al- the gun and carriage were then placed have a wide In bearing on the proposed test Fbr a first the position. target most shaking his fist at her. Go. And international study of atmospheric of oak and beams composed planks to cheer it remember that may you you conditions means of stationary e by. twenty-onwas lowered Inches thick have left me in the other place! The balloon Itself was made of The door slammed behind him. His and set In position beneath the water feet from China silk and had a cubic content of steps could be heard running down the at a distance of seventy-fiv- e the muzzle of Behind this 1,700 meters. Five hundred kilograms the stairs. Then the hall door closed, and gun. target the hull of an old vessel was of ballast were taken, making the total tha girl was alone in the house. She sat quite still for a moment, the towed into position directly in line ol weight, Including instruments and bal735 kilograms; altogether somelights in the room seemed to blind her. the fire from the gun. In order to make loonist, over a ton. The two aeronauts thing boilthe test the more severe sheets of She arose, and turned them down. Then she threw herself on the er plate three inches in thickness were were Messrs. George Besacon ami Maucushions again, and wept tears of bit- riveted to the hull of the craft at the rice Farmen. The anchor carried was Sobs racked her slight point where the shell from the gun of an original design, a grapnel with ter sorrow. would strike if it was not deflected two stocks. The valve was studied with particuby the water end succeeded in passing lar care, permitting the gas to escape which through the target something the majority of army and navy experts rapidly whpn the balloon wns to make Having a landing, without requiring a continpresent did not anticipate. made all these preparations, the diver ued strain on the cord to bring into came to the surface and, taking the play special mechanism. The latitude shell with which the experiment was 'reached, was never very high, and it. to lie made, again went below the sur- required an hour to sttaiu 2.000 feet, face and carefully loaded the gun. the theory of Mr. Bcsacon being that which was then aimed at the target when one .nhdertakes an extended voyA age in poiut of time It is necessary to and the hull of the vessel beyond. remain In a low altitude, so ns to husmechwire connecting with the firing anism of the gun led to the shore some band the supply of gas. The greater distance away, where it connected with portion of the voyage was made at a an electric battery in rharge of the height of about 700 feet. The bill loon ascended at Paris early in the morning firing party. The test was made at and followed the dirertion of the railYOU DRIVE ME MAD. high tide. When all the conditions road line to Orleans. The was descent the and wordwere was given right the frame, until it seemed that her delicate at 3:15 on the afternoon of the made current sent from the battery hrough next body could not withstand the strain. day, in the neighborhood of Agen. the wire to the submerged gun. There calmher when sobs had Presently, after having been In the air more than watei of a was the disturbance ed a little, she turned up the lights slight hours. The rate of travel of the thirty and crossing to the writing table, wrote over the place where the gun was i balloon varied from fifteen to fifty sunk and the vessel anchored beyond thia letter: miles an hour. One of the features of I had Intended that you should leave the target was seen to rock and sway was the distribution of me forever as you have done, with bit- and then gradually settle in the watei this voyage printed blanks, asking certain ter thoughts in your heart, then you and sink. which were to be filled up and remight have forgotten me. and perhaps turned by whoever found them. Nine found some one elBe more worthy to Tribute to Neptune. thousand of these were sent out love. And that Is why I have tried to Carrie It makes a grpat deal of dif- the voyage and about 150 of themduring have 1 so Hut cansend you uway lightly. ference whether one be in one place oi been returned, furnishing Important not hear that you should always think another In the mnttrr of If data. 111 of me. Will, for 1 love you from Lenten season. On land, when the the bottom of my soul. Think of me there Is so much to occupy one's time itnl Cburi-- Work. Tather as a martyr who is going out of one doesn't mind giving up this or the come to pass that In some of has It SL ConAnne's and this life, entering but at sea. now" Janet our churches you can There is some other thing, get 100 young vent for your sake. Oh, I nni sure you are wrong there men to attend an entertainment where beneath as it all hideous deviltry you On the ocean one finds no difficulty is will not find five who are 'Willing say. If you think it would better 1 Boston Tran- you everything. up giving do to any real work for God. Ear. to soul and tell you will lay bare my script. 8. Roche. Olln this I am thing. doing you why UNTO THE CHILDREN.11 TIIE AIR TRIP homei Uitr ur 110-pou- ns A PEEP INTO AFRICA. THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSES. They Wm n Outgrowth mi tbs Swm Mirre Trio'i Anml ef the Native ait the Aataaali. rim on Headlands. The eastern coast of Africa was an When ships are sailing upon the ocean the lights of heaven arw their unknown region in Marco Polo's day, and when he had traveled so far to guides. Even in the dark ages, when the southern end of Asia that he beunthe compass and sextant were to get glimpses of Africa he could known instruments, the seemingly mo- gan not believe that he heard reports from tionless pole-sthung like a beacon the eastern side of that continent of light in the northern heavens, and the which be already knew something, as rising and setting of the sun and formed the southern border of the stars distinguished the esst from the it Mediterranean Nicholas. ar west, says the St Nicholas. When, however, uhipa come near the land the lights of heaven are not sufficient safely to guide them. Rocks lie In their paths unseen in the night; reefs and shoals spread under the water; while inRiispcrted currents sweep the frail cruft all blindly upon these dangers. Nevertheless, ships were sailed along dangerous coasts for centuries before s plain system of marktug dangerous places was invented. The early marines were bold anu reckless rovers more than half pirates, who seldom owned a rood of the roasts along which they sailed, and could not have established lights and landmarks on them had they cared to do so. The rude beginning, then, of a system of lighthouses was when the merchants with shorn the reckless mariners traded In those dark ages built beacons near the harbor mouths to guide the ships into port' by day. and lighted fires for their guidance at night. As such a harbor-guid- e hud to be a sure landmark in tlie day time and a light by nighi, it soon took on s settled shape -- a lower on which could be liiilil a tire; and such a lower was usually built of sione. This method or guiding ships into (he isn't s which they sought was scarcely established before human wickedness, used it as a means of their destruction. Bands of robbers, or, as they came to lie called, wreckers,'' would hide themselves somewhere near the haven sought liy a richly laden vessel, and after overpowering tbs would extinguish the beacon-tire on the night on which the ship was expecti d. Then they would light allot her fire near some fretteherous reef. The mariner sailing boldly toward the false light, would dash his vosatl to. dciUructiun on, the .reef, whereupon the robber hand would plunder the wreck and make off with the bool). rs POSTAL FACILITIES IN 1800. A Curious TimIhI Mistake. Many curious mistakes occur in the pwt office, Inu one which cuiue to tlie notice of a mail rierk on the train between Boston ami Portland lust week was out of the ordinary. A letter addressed to a person at Germany, had been sent here from England, and was being curried to I ques-.ion- s, Frankfort-on-Ihe-Mul- If there is any glory In turning sneS back to an enemy and running away the Plymouth Rock Puritans are entitled to all of that kind of glory they cat carry. Rev. V. Marshall Law. Droughts Kill i Town. As a result of a succession of drouths Archer City, Texas, has In four yean sunk to a settlement of 150 population, whereas It at one time was a bustling , dt7 of 1,500. n. the stale of Maine. self-deni- al (Story. s ( the field ef uslness enterprise restricted, but the transuctiou of business within that field was slow and difficult, says the Atlantic. The merchant kept his own txioks. or, as we would have said, hla own accounts: wrote all his letters with a quill and when they were written let the ink dry by sprinkling It with sand. There were then no envelopes. no xslage stamps, no letter isixes in the streets, no collection of the mail. Tlie letter written, the paper carefully folded, sealed with wax or a wafer, addressed and carried to the Itostnflirc. where postage was prepaid at rates which would 'now seem extortionate. To send a letter which was n single sheet of pas'r, largo or small, from Fusion to New York or Philadelphia cost 18 Vi cents and to Washington 25 cents; and ibis when the purchasing power of a cunt was five times what it Is at present. To carry a letter from Philadelphia, then the capital of the United Stales, to Boston ami bring back an answer by return mail would have consumed from twelve to eighteen days, according to tbe season of the year and Uie weather. I CICELY. nih Ilii.ineM l.atler's Slow tsry Ago. In ISiN) not only was I - She went out herself to post this letter. A cool breeze played on her heated face, and refreshed her a little. A curious thought occurred to her when she cams again to her lonely NO. 2i. 2!), IS',17. 1 Tlie I'neuniiitlr Tire Ki pliMlril. While Ed Geers, a horse trainer, was driving a spirited filly at Selma, Ala., one of the pneumatic tires of tho sulky burst with a loud report. The filly ran away, seriously kicking the trainer, whq baa a broken arm. rut fare and scalp and seriously injured ankle. Cals Minill In Sleep. see, says St. So he speaks of Madagascar (which he calls Madagascar) Zanslbar and (which he calls Zanghibar) as though they were parts of India. If we remember that Marco was the first writer, European or Asiatic, to mention Madagascar by that name, and almost the first to give the world any Information roncernlug that unknown land, we may excuse the fact that his geography is sometimes mixed. But bis description of the people and the animals of eastern Africa are pretty accurate, as may be seen: They are all black, their hair Is as black as pepper and so frizzly that even with water you can scarcely straighten it. And their mouths are so large, their noses so turned up, their Ups so thick, tbelr eyes, so big and bloodshot, that they look like very devils; they are in fact so hideously ugly that the world has nothing to show more horrible. There are also lions that are black and quite different from ours. And their sheep are all exactly alike In color; ihe body ell white and the head black! uo other kind of sheep is found there, you may rest assured. They have also many giraffes. This is a beautiful creature and I must give you a description of 1L Its body is short and somewhat sloped to the rear for its hind legs arc short while the fore legs and the neck are both very long, and (bus Its bead stands about three paces from the ground. The head Is small awl the animal is not at all mischievous. Its color is all red and white in round sputa and It la really a beautiful object. The women of this Island are tbe ugliest In Ihe world, with their great mouths and big eyes and thick noses. The people live on rice and fleet l and milk and dales, and they make wine of dales and of rice and of good spices snd sugar. Thera la a great deal of trade and many merchants and vessels go thither, Hoochor First Church. From the Chicago Chronicle: It has been determined that the church In which Henry 'Word Bceoher began hla ministry shall be torn down to make deroom for buildings of sign. When Mr. Beecher became the pastor the church was the finest in Indiana. Hla salary wag $800, but at the same time the governor received only $1,300, which included pay for hla private secretary. Beecher la remembered by members of his first congregation for his wit. popularity and sociability, and aa a lecturer to young up-to-d- men. Some persons were inclined to bethat Mr. Beecher was a little too exuberant and fond of fun, said a I remember member of the church. that It wus said that at a lawn party he took off his coat and rolled down hill. Once, In coming from Terra Haute In a stage at night, he found an elder of his church in the stage. He disguised his voice and Inquired what people thought of Beecher's church awl about lleec.hrr. All this was done for pure fun." Mr. Beecher was twenty-si- x years old when he caine here, and he remained for eight years. In 1847 he left to go to Brooklyn. lieve Oil from the C round. Not all Americans know it. but pe. troleum was produced in Scotland long before it was found in the UnltedStates. In Scotland it is gut from a shale rock and it is nnl found in a liquid state at all. For many years the mining and refilling of this shale was a vuel Industry. It is still important, but ns American r lined oil ran lie sold cheaper In Scotland than the produrt of that country there has hern a great falling off of the Scottish product. The Scotch shale Ih Idurk and is found 4'SI feet below the surface in a region known as the oil fields of West Calder, between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Paraffin wax, ammonia and lubricating oil. In addition to Illuminating oil, arc mude from the crude oil or tar that Is got from the shale by crushing. Exchange, Cats can smell even during sleep. Toleration. When a piece of meat Is placed ImmeToleration la not acquiescence in diately In front of a sleeping cat's noae what may be right and true, but It Is the nostrils begin to work as the scent of what Is not approved. endurance tbe Is received, and aa Instant later the oat Keane. J. J. Father will wake upi t I |