Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 August 1895 — Page 6

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MY OLD CLAY NPE.

I *fcrold the skies were ever bine. And life from morrow free, Or else that friends were always trus.

But that can never be. Tho band of fate across the loom Oft w€«ves a duHky stripe. And then I seek amid the gloom

My old clay pipe. & Tls wise to laugh one's ills away, And hum a merry song, Bnt where'a the heart that's always gay

When everything goes wrongt So if a sulky pout I see On dear lips, red and ripe, I find the friend still true to me,

My old day pipe.

I used to think that 1 oould make Of life an endless smile, 5 And dreamed of one who, for my

Were loving all the while,

1 Bnt now I check the useless tear I'd be too proud to wipe, And bless the friend that's ever near,

My old clay pipe.

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A MAD RIDE.

5 "Is Jack Tunnlcllffe going with you tomorrow, Tom?" said my wife to me. "I wish yon would take some one else." "Why, Norahf" I asked. "He's been stranger than ever In his Banner since his wife died, I hear. In fact, I've been told by more thaii one person that he's quito insane at times. It's not to be wondered at if he is, poor fellow. I don't know a sadder case. He'd only been married a week. Such a horrible HeaFh tool It's enough to turn a man's brain, and I must confess, Tom, I wish Jack was not going with you."

Nonsense, Norahj People always exaggerate and make the worst of things, as you know. If a man's at all original or eccentric, it's at once assumed that he's lion compos. Of course, Jack's low spirited and absentmlnded and perhaps a bit peculiar at times. How can he help brooding ovor his terrible loss? He wants some exciting occupation to take off his thoughts from his trouble. He's as fond of ballooning as I am, and a trip will dfo him all the good In tho world."

The above conversation between my •wife and myself took plaoe on the evening be foro the day which I had fixed for a balloon ascent. Ballooning was my hobby. I had conceived a liking for it on my very first ascent. This liking had become a "craze," for the novel experience and ctrange sensation of sailing over houses and trees and of soaring Into the clouds had a peculiar fascination for me.

Rocently I had tried to combine utility with pleasure and had made some ascents solely for sclcntlilo purposes. I had found a kindred spirit in young Tunnlcllffe, and we had had many delightful and successful trips together. Owing to the untimely death of my friend's wife, our aerial expeditions had been suspended for awhile. As several weeks had elapsed since that sad event, I felt anxious to resume these expeditions, and as Tunnlcllffe had expressed his willingness to accompany me a day had been fixed for our next trip. It was when I was talking to my wife about tills self same trip that she expressed her Kigrot that Jack Tunnlcllffe was going with me.

I had not much difficulty, however, In overcoming her objections and allaying hor fears. She was not averse to my hobby and had even accompanied me in one or two of my shorter Journeys in the air. Moreover, she sympathized with mo in my desire "to mako some useful discovery," and was therefore unwilling to damp my ardor or hinder the progress of my observations. She had felt the exhilarating effect of a balloon ascent, and my reference to the benefit young Tunnlcllffo would •probably dcrlvo from tho projected trip appealed tq l)gr experience as well as to her tendor heart.

Accordingly next day at tho appointed time, everything being in readiness, we started on our aerostatlo journey. Tunnlcllffo, contrary to his usual demeanor, seemed a little excited, but this caused me no apprehension. His interest had apparently boon awakened, and it was only natural that ho should be animated on suoh at} occasion. Tho balloon was set at liberty as soon as we had taken our seats, and tho machine roeo beautifully. There was a gentle breeze, whioh bore up slightly southward. Wo roso slowly at first and so had plenty of time to gase on the vast and extending panorama below us.

Presently wo outered a huge bank or mountain of cloud of the kind called cumulus and wore surroundod by a chilling mist which induced us to put on tho wraps jye had brought. When we emerged from the cloud, a scene of folryllko beauty suddenly burst upon us. Wo were In a kind of basin surroundod by mountains of oloud of tho most fantastic shapes, of onormoils sijso and of dazzling brightness. Now and then as wo rose wo caught sight also of wondrous ravines of curious shape and groat depth. Those mountains of olouds, with their silvery and golden sides, tholr dark shadows, their varied tints and summite of dawtling whltennoss, presented to our wondering gozo a scene of surpassing beauty and grandeur.

This sublime spectacle evoked my highest admiration, while tho silence and vastrtctm of space Inspired me with awe. I drank in thwo exquisite and varied delights with such avidity and with such absorbing Interest that I had scarcely looked at or spoken to my companion since wo had started. But an exclamation from him now diverted my attention, and, glancing at htm, I was surprised to see that he had risen and was much excited. "What Is

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Jack?" I asked.

"Isn't It glorious?" lie replied. "I wonder If heaven Is much more beautiful? How delightful it would be if we oould xeooh it I I should so© my Ada again, then." "My dear fellow!" I Interposed hastily, pomewhat alarmed—not so much by his words as by his excltod manner and wild look. "You think too much of such things. You have been brooding over your loss more than is good for you. Will you"— "At any rale," •cried he vehemently,

It'» worth trying so here goes." And seising one of the sand bags he threw It over. The lightened balloon At once began to rise more quickly. "What are yon doing, Jack?" I shouted

For heaven's sake, keep calm. Wo area good height already. We shan't be able to breathe If we go much higher. It's getting uncomfortable aa It is." "Shan't we? Wo shall see about that. I'm going to try, anyhow. Besides, I don't oare if I can't breathe. I want to we my Ada. That'* all I oare about."

I began to fear the worst. Was he go log mad? Were the report* my wife bad heard literally true and not exaggerated after all? What a fool I had been not to be more cautious 1 Whether be was mad or not, he was in a dangerous mood, and my position was far from pleasant. To opposehlm would evidently aggravate him

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and mako matters worse. To humor him was undoubtedly the wisest course. "Look here, Jack!" I cried. ""Sou say you want to see Ada. I can tell you of a better and surer way of going to her than this. If you will listen to me"—here I involuntarily moved my hand toward tho valve oorcl—"if you will listen to me I"— "None of your blarney, man. I'm not to be wheedled so. I'm too old a bird for that. Leave the oord alone, oan't you? I'm not going down again today. I'm going to see what's up there, and don't you try to stop me," and he glared fiercely at me.

The horrible nature of my situation was now only too apparent. There oould no longer be any doubt of Tunnicliffe's condition. I was in a balloon with a madman and about four miles from tho earth. 1 felt the oold sweat on my brow and my brain began to reel. But with a tremendous effort I pulled myself together, for my only ohanoe of safety was in retaining my self possession. To attempt to overpower him was out of tho question. The strength of a madman is so well known. My only hope of escape was to outwit him. But how? Forced into unnaftral activity as my brain was by my desperate situation and by the neoessity of prompt action, I oould think of no devioe or ruse that would do any good. I was completely at the mercy of the madman.

The hopelessness of my oase paralyzed all my energies. I felt unable to move or speak, and even the power to think was almost gone. In my despair I glanced at the valve oord. Owing to the rotary motion of the balloon it had unfortunately become tangled. To free it I should be obliged to leave the car and climb into the ring. But to attempt suoh a thing, even if I were physically capable of it, would be certain to lead to a struggle whloh would ai certainly send one or both of us out of tf»e Oar.

We were now at such a height that asphyxia was imminent. I could hear my heart throb quite plainly. I breathed with difficulty, and a horrible sensation like that of seasickness came over me. The oold was so intense that I shivered, notwithstanding my wraps. The mental strain was trerible. I was almost frantic. Knowing, however, that in a few minutes I should be unconsolous, and that then all would be over with me, I nerved myself for one last effort.

As I rose from my seat my eye fell on the grapnel. Fortunately it was on my side of the car. A sudden idea struck me. Here was a weapon to hand. It was an awful thought. It would be a terrible deed. But there was now no alternative, no time for delay. My senses were going. I stretched out my hand, but the madman, who never took his eye off had detected my purpose.

With a sudden movement he darted forward and Belzed the grapnel, but in his eagerness to forestall me ho had precipitated himself too far over the side of the car and almost lost his balance. He made a desperate effort to recover himself but, seized with a sudden and irresistible impulse, I pushed him over, and, with a horriblo yell, which rings in my ears whenever I recall tho occurrence, the madman disappeared from my sight.

Almost mad myself—I am not sure that I was not quite so just then—I climbed into tho ring to reach the valve line. But my hands vere so stiff and numb with the cold that I could not grasp the cord. By a kind of inspiration which seemed providential, I seized the cord with my teeth, and after two or three tugs the valve opened with a loud clang and the balloon began to descend. Thank heaven! I was saved. My hands being useless, I was obliged to throw up my arms and drop into the car, where I lay motionless and unconscious for awhile.

My swoon could not have lasted more than a few seconds, for when I recovered the barometer showed that I wt& still in a high altitude, although the balloon was descending rapidly. I rubbed and beat my hands until the olroulatlon was restored. Then I set about taking the necessary precautions against a too rapid descent. But I acted moro like an automaton than a conscious agent, for seemed In a kind of stupor or trance all the time.

How and where I reached the solid earth I oannot say. I have only a dim, hazy reoollcction of being surrounded by a crowd of people. Some were bending over me and seemod to be questioning mo, but I could not make out what they said. I felt an awful pain in my head and remember nothing moro until I found myself in bod in a dark room and my wife bending over me. This was several days afterward, and I learned then that I had been brought home In a delirious state and had had brain fever.

When I recovered, my friends congratulated me, and tried to persuade me that as my homicidal act was done in self defense It was justifiable. I hope It was, but I oan never recall It without misgiving and horror, and I have never made a balloon asoent slnoe.—London Tit-Bits.

Sounds at Night.

Sir David Brewstor has given an excellent account of a mysterious night sound which would havo frightened most persons, but which proved innocent and harmless when tested by a steady observer. A gentlemen heard a strange sound every night soon after getting into bed. His wife, who retired earlier than he, also heard the weird sound, but not until the husband got into bed. For along time no possible cause could be assigned, and the effect upon the .Imagination became rather unploamnt. Tho husband discovered some time afterward that the noise came from the door of a wardrobe whloh stood near the head of the bed. It was his custom to open and close this wardrobe when undressing, but as the door was a little tight he could not quite shut 1$. The door, probably affected by changcs In the temperature, forced itself open with a dull sound which was over in an insfen't.

And so many a goad ghost could be solved bya little attention to tl.SOUIKK resulting from the expansion and conttwt: of

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w, low fi ics, wainrcxrtlng and !•:-ni ture. Heard at night when all Is still len aki of furpitnro in a Mum if o.u3 qt.-.o st :Ung until one oom«s to know that it is due to the weather.—Lip plnoott'a. ,,

front Worry.

"Wise are we," says a reverend doctor in a printed sermon on Don't Worry.' "if we learn this part of the ta&ym never to waste a moment in worrying over what no hnmatt power can give to again This is true e\ -n in sorrow. Sad only unfits us for duty. There

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grew in his back yard. The idea was not new, as any boy who has been in the country oould testify, tlHugh pumpkins or squash are the vegetables generally employed. However, this gourd was especially effective by reason of the beautiful markings, the green showing in dark lines against the dear yellow. By means of a small wax oandle suoh as is sold for Christmas trees, the gourd lasted seyeral nights without withering.

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TERRE HATJTE SATURDAYIEVENINQ- MAIL, AUGUSTU31, 1895.

FOE LITTLE FOLKS.

Some New Bo* Designs Whloh Any Boy Can Kaally Make. The Chinese feast of lanterns does not take plaoe until September, at the time of the harvest moon, but it ia not saying much for an American boy that he can get ahead of a Chinaman. So it happens that grocers and tobacconists are now besieged for oigar boxes, and tho demand for tissue paper has already produced a scarcity of desirable colors in the market.

Last year a boy in the eastern district exoited the admiration of his fellows by making a lantern of a large gourd whioh

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But most oity ohildren must he content with box lanterns. By taking two oigar boxes, the size which holds 50 oigars, opening the lids and forming a cube, a lantern double the ordinary size may be made. Of course it will be necessary to out a board for the top and base, the former having a circular or square hole for air. Four suoh boxes will make a handsome cross lantern. Take the lids off and turn the boxes so that they open inside the figure. The lids will supply boards for the top and base. I:-

For a gourd lantern the best ornamentation is a face, and by cutting fcfre rind very thin in some places and leaving it thiok in others excellent effects may be made with light and shadow. With box lanterns the idea of a stencil should be employed. Mark the figure you wish to have. The best way is to draw it on paper and paste the drawing

cm the wood. Then cut the lines in dashes not entirely .out. Circles are pretty for corner ornaments. These axe easily made by using a coin for drawing the ring, burning a hole in the center and enlarging it with a penknife.

The designs here given are some whioh The Eagle artist has drawn expressly. They are simple and effective. —Brooklyn Eagle.

The Boy Was Right. wmSM

Schoolteacher, examining the class, lights on tho youngest, and is so struck with his intelligent aspect that he questions him forthwith- "Now, my little mau, what do five and two make?" The little one remained silent^#!'*' Well, suppose, now, 1 were to ffivo you five rabbits today and two more tomorrow, how many rabbits would yon possess?" "Eight!" replied the juvenile promptly. "Eight! Why? How do yon make that out?" 'Cause I've got one at home already. It was quite true, and the teacher had to try again.—London Telegraph.

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Tfce Ky* Indicates tVtnp**. A horse expert says that bad temper is indicated by an eye "which shows the white, glancing backward." This opinion Is entitled to respect if only for its atttiq aity and a moro or less general belief that & applies to men as well as bones.—Phil •deiphla Ledger.

tie Wanted to Know.

At Asmall school th? pupils were not long since reading the story of an important battle. The text read: "Both sides fought with dogged pertinacity."

When this point was reached, a boy in one of the bock seats raised his hand and calmly inquired of the masher "What kind of weapons are those?*' —San Francisco Examiner.

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Governess—Now, Jack, if I were to give 13 pears to Maud, 10 to Edith and three to you, what would that be?

Jack (aged 9)—It woo kin" be fair.— London Tit-Bits.

THE RETIRED BURGLAR,

Work Kft«Uy Prosecuted in the XaronH. of a Thunderstorm. "Speaking of cinches," said theretired burglar, "tho easiest, softest, smoothest sunp I ever struck was in a house in a small town in Rhode Island. There was a thunderstorm coming up as I went along toward this house, and just as I got there it began to sprinkla By the time I'd got inside it was coming down pretty hard, and I was glad to be under shelter, for I hadn't brought any umbrella with ma I hadn't had any supper either, and when I got into the dining room I thought I'd get something to eat. The sideboard was locked and the key carried up stairs, but a little jimmy opened the door as easy as a knife would open a pie. I set out a little snack on the table and sat down and ate it comfortably, with the rain pouring down outside. If there's anything I like, it's to hear a storm a-raging Outside when you're settled down all snug and comfortable within. "But here was something I hadn't counted on. The thunder was roaring and plunging like a dozen earthquakes busting down through the sky, and it kept the house in a tremble all the time. I knew nobody could sleep in that thunder. They'd be sure to be all awake, but hero I was, and I hated to lose a night, and after I'd waited a little and the storm didn't show any signs of letting up I thought I'd go ahead an see anyhow. The very first room I looked into up stairs settled the whole business. "Over in one corner of this room, beyond a bed, I saw a woman standing in front of an open closet door. Two children hopped out of the bed, and the mother pushed them into the closet, and then crowded in herself and pulled the door shut tight. It was all very simple. Husband away, no help two children sleeping in another room, woke up by thunder, come into their mother's room, all scared mother puts children in oloset and gets in herself, as lots of folks do in thunderstorms. And then I walk over and turn the key in the lock, and there you are. No danger of their coming out till the storm is over anyway, but just as well to be sure about it, and then I just quietly go through the house. It isn't big, and it doesn't take long, and I come back before the storm is over and unlock the closet door again and skip, and that's all there is to it."—New York Sun.

THEY DEVELOPED YOUNG.

Two Famous Poets, Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Cull en Bryant. Oliver Wendell Holmes received the degree of doctor of medicine in 18*50, being then 27 years old, un4 in that year he also published his first volume of poems. Nothing of Dr. Holmes' has been more popular than "The Last Leaf," contained in this early collection, and none has more richly deserved to please by its rhythmio beauty and by its exquisite blending of humor and pathos so sympathetically intertwined that we feel the lonely sadness of the old man, even while we are smiling at the quaintness so feelingly portrayed.

Dr. Holmes was like Bryant, who composed "Thanatopsis" and the "Lines to a Waterfowl" long before he was 20, in that he early attained full development as a poet. Although each of them wrote many verses in later life, nothing of theirs excelled these poems of their youth. In their maturity they did not lose power, but neither did they deepen nor broaden, and "Thanatopsis" on the one side and "The Last Leaf" on the other are as strong and characteristic as anything either poet was ever to write throughout along life. What Bryant was, what Holmes was, in this, his first volume of poems, eaoh was to the end of his career.

To neither of them was literature a livelihod. Bryant was first a lawyer and then a journalist. Holmes was first a practicing physioian and then a teacher of medicine. He won three prizes for dissertations upon medical themes, and these essays were published together in 1888. In 1839 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth, and the next year he married Miss Amelia Lee Jackson. Shortly afterward he resigned the position at Dartmouth and resumed practioe in Boston. He worked hard in his profession and contributed freely to its literature, and in 184? ho went back to Harvard, having been appointed professor of anatomy and physiology, a position which he was to hold with great distinction for 85 years.—St Nicholas.

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