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VOLUME II.
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FKlfl#Y, JANUARY 23, 1880
NUMBER 38.
The Clare   County  Press.
ISSUED EVEHY FRIDAY AT
Clare, Clare County, Mich.,
ALVABO F. GOODENOUGH,
Advertising* RaU'«.
The following Table of Advertising Rates has
been carefully arranged according to a plan based
on space keqi-ikkd ami time continved. Special
care is taken to set up and .arrange advertisements
in a systematic manner, thus making tbem more
attraftive than when jumbled together.
 TABLR OFADVEKTISING   HATES.
i wk   2 -wk   4 wk a mos. 3 mos 6 mos  1 yr
10.00
15-00
30.00
=5,00
30.00
50.00
80.00
■it,
DEATH Ol? KING OLD XEAJK.
ar c. i. mario .
j inch Ji.00
l. in      1.50
3 in      2.00
4 in 3.50
U col 3.00
ii col 6.00
1   col I0.O0
Business Cahes, 3 lines $s per yeer; each additional line,jji.
LBGAt Notices—Rates prescribed by law.?
Local Notices—iocts. per line each insertion.
An, Advkktisi.n-c payable quarterly in Advance.
i,S°
2.50
3.50
4.SO
6.50
2.25
3-73
5-25
7.00
1.000
3.00
5.00
7.0O
9.0O
13.0a
3.75
6.25
8.75
I J.25
j6.oo
4.50
7.50
IO.50
I3-50
19.50
g.oa
14.00
20.0O
25.00
35.oo
J5,oo
20,00
3O.0O
35-°o
50.00
BUSINESS CABDS.
E. D. WHEATON. 0. W. PERKY
WHEATON & PERRY,
UWVERS,
CLARE,       -       -       MICH.
AU businoss intrusted with them will rccciv
prompt attention. Collections made and Real Ee
tate bought and sold. Office Maynard Block.Mnin St
WM. II. ELDEN, Jeweler akd
dealer in Wall Paper, Hooks and Stationery, Sewing Machine Fixtures, etc., Claris.
/^(rwrjEFFERI1^7^^5*OT
vjT PminATK and Jl'STiCK or thk Peace, Clare.
Special attention given to making collections. , Of-
ce 0* Main Street.
Q.EO. J. CUMMIN'S,
Attorney~at-Law and Solicitor,
Gourl House Building, Farwell, Mich,
o.
C. CASTERLIN,
Attornoy-ancl-Counselor-at-Law, and
Counselor & Solicitor in Chancery,
Court House Building, Farwell, Mich.
'<     Q H. SUTHERLAND
HC. DODGE, Justice op the
« Peace and Notauy Ptulic, Vernon, has
Good Farming Lands for Sale
Cheap.   Titles Perfect,
Terms Easy.
H., C. Dodge, Frwell, Mioh.
Court House Building, Farwell.
S. COOLEY,
DEALER IN
Harness, Whips, Robes, & Blankets.
The best assortment of Trunks and Traveling
bags in t>wn, and prices the lowest.
THE BEST OP MATERIAL USED,
All work   warranted.   Repairing done  promptly
I will sell cheaper than can be bought elsewhere in Saginaw Valley.
T3TBEN SMITH,
AZ/rARY PUBLIC.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
3IARK, MICH.
Partu.ularattcn'.ii.r. paid to looking land, estimat
iu^ j.inc timber, adjusting trespsasscs and paying
taxes for n«u risMents.
Manhattan Fire Insurant: Company of New York
Sir. 1:4 and «^.nn'!. with low rates.
Tho day was ono o£ bleak December's!
Of this month's days it was tho last;
Tha wind was bold, and blow so cold
That ovon tha grate's glowing embers
Appeared to feel the bawling blast.
Each member of the family
Drew cIoboi- 'round the cheerful hearth.
Father, mother, I and brother
Composed the group quite fair to see,
Though sadness reigned instead ot mirth.
Por mournfully tho town church-spire'
Poured forth that night a funeral toell;
She old elm groaned and Hover moaned
It sounded like a muiUed lyre,
This solemn tolling of the bell.
It tolled the death of one more year,
Hied way upon the winfer*s blast.
How with soft tread was borne the dead,
On its shapeless, shadowy bier,
Silently to that great vault—the l'ast.
This thouRht occurred: I'll stay aad see
The Now Year in aud tiie Old expire;.
But my brother, sire and mother
Cared not in this to join with me;
'■dreot him for all," they said, •■ we'll retire."
drow my chair close to fhe Rrate,
And watched the time-pieco noar tho door.
Each quick second clearly beckoned
The Old Year closer to tho fate
That years on thousands met before 1
And, as I pondered o'er that thought,
Knocks at the door came faint and slow.
Somewhat afriRhtl took the light
To seo who had our cottage sought
For shelter from the drifting snow.
How I drew the bolt r scarce can tell;
Tho door flew back with sudden jerk,
And across tho mat—sad Bight was that—
A white-haired stranger prostrate fell.
Where death, I feared, had done his work.
Alarmed gazed father in his face:
" Girl!" ho cried, " tis, 'tis King Old Year I
His -wraps exchange, the couch arrange,
Then quick! some wine from yonder caso;
But that he'll live I have no fear."
'Twas true; our Liege soon oped liis eyes,
Then sat erect and glanced around.
"Oh! King, what tide," my father cried,
" Has launched theo here as from tho skies ?     ,
1'ray is thy head to be uncrowned}"
A wealth of silvery hair he bowed,
Aud wept, methought, theji heaved a sigh,
As he raised his head and sadly said,
"Ah, Time Is strict, of strictness proud;
Soon I'm dethroned—aye!—doomed to dio!"
"No, no, good Sing J you must not die,"
Wo all exclaimed in oarnest tone;
"None can complain; you justly reign;
Oh live, great King, tho foe defy,
Aud unrelenting hold thy own."
"All, words will naught avail," he said,
"No might on earth can savo me now;
My time has come, and I must home-
Must pass the portals of the dead,
And thoro before the Maker bow,
"Most dreadful thought!   Yet nono deed lent
Who do not God's commands o'erlook;
B»twoo to thoso that join His foes;
Besfcnowthoy check their base career,
">«a»;wnr i»»f to-C*JP'iifc*s crest book.    . „ .
L."BBk* ■- .. A        vi    ._   ■'•   *"'.   hi    v , "V
y-^^^'^^^U^^m^tk.Kt^i^^p. -.
*Wbon thono two hanilK reach twelvo to-night,
Sounds Gabriel's horn, then I'll bo horns
To join at onco the spirit flqck,
And leave King New Year to his right,"
Gazed all eyes upon the dial;
But momenta few had he to stay;
That death he met with some regret
Is, methiuks, beyond denial—
With mournful sobs he passed away.
0-lang, t-wang—twelve tbe clock was stricking;
With a start I woke, chilled well-nigh through;
The lire was out beyond a doubt:
Old Year, too, was not much lacking—
Just in time I woke to greet the New,
SMIOMISli'JlW. 111.
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But the buffaloes had the " wind " of
me from that side, and without hurrying, or seeming to notice my approach,
the whole herd bore off to the right, and
moved down along the timber onjthat
Bide faster than I conld make my way
through it without noise,      .....
I followed for » hundred rods or
more, aud once was up within ninety
yards; but the cows, which are "shyer
than the bulls, had moved still farther
away.
At last, ont of patience, I sent a shot
after them at long range, which had the
effect of instantly stampeding the herd
down the river.
Shouldering my rifle, I started, in no
very good humor, to go back to tho
river, across the meadow, for a cup of
coffee, at least, before further hunting,
when, chancing to turn, I saw three
white goats just over the top of tho
timber among the crags which here wall
in the river bottom.
The goats were looking at me. Prob-.
ably thoy had heard the report ofthe,
gun. Though well up among the rocks;,
they were not, I judge, moro thnn three-j,
fourths of a mile from where I stood
I had never yefc been able to shoot"
one of these goat-antelopes, for thoy
were the wariest of game; yet I though^
there was a chance of moving warily
through the woods to tho ioot of the.
crags, and then making a shot. So I afc
once turned back. . >
But I had my labor for mypaini
When I reached tho foot of the rooks.-
tho goats were not in sight; and even
" rasly np to fhe suBft—- ... .   x     ,   , , ,,,-,,,
mit of tho crags I could not discern a ;??'m6 "l"t^in ten feet> Perhaps, the bull}
trace of them.   The shy creatures ho3j barged him
taken hasty leave.
But while looking for the goats I saw
more buffalo.   Over beyond the cyag$ ^nstant,
there was n green, open plat, as large hs1*/: The heaf gave one sweep of his paw.
small farm, in tho midst of which thero| jThe bull fell. His thick neck was
was a litt.e pond-hole, besides a gfe»fc ,'^rokon. He. scarcely seemed to stir
upright reddish rock, or butte, 'whieiSj f^ere he lay, feet up.
,. _ j» _ 1..J1  -e  -t.±.Li- . t '—--i'V.i-U '*. '-im...!. ~„~   w.-:~-i-   ~:J
had a tuft of little poplars growing **«% *-!~Tkat one quick sidewise stroke had \
lite, frw. r\f AL -' .'t'.jrr,   -Stldinn ifn ffttol wwlr       "Vnf   ftrvm WUot-o T
nW& by that time. As it was, I thanked
nmjucky stars, and, lying as low as pos-
fwslg,* determined to be a spectator only,
aftftsee his grizzly majesty do the hunt-
iM( and then take the first opportunity
cl.8lipping away.
>Op: emerging from the hemlock, the
gmi brute stood partly up, and swayed
hfjaiself to and fro once or twice snif-
£ag the buffalo.
^ Then he moved toward them. I ex-
tfgiKGd they would scent him, and in-
swfitly moke off,
<!iBut tJbey did not appear to notice
lvte)( at aU till he 'had approached
within twenty-five or thirty yards, when
tae nearest of the bulls—one of the
ijfq -old shaggy ones—suddenly faced
rixand with a,low "Bool" and, arching
fyls neck, pawed the turf, showing no
jaigXis of fear or of retreating.
f^"i6 other two bulls began booing j
pawing where they stood, a few J
away,  but did not appear dis- j
. j$»ed to retire from the field.   The os, j
-however, sheered off beyond the rock, j
1 #jjct stood looking on, with now and j
VStln a loud snort.
- 'Seeing the bull on his defense, the I
grizzly rose partially again ancl looked j
.hjrot over, then, dropping to his feet, he !
advanced upon him.
.^The bull held himself drawn up with I
IWad lowered and horns just visible in j
tnehnge mass of his shaggy mane.   He i
Jepked like a lion, thus arched for fight,!
Jjjilid with his tail standing out behind.
^..Neither the grizzly nor the bull ut-1
after climbing cautiously up" to tlie suaS '&*6& a .s°,}nd> b,ut wliei1,tho b?ar *"»<}
'—        -* J'*me within — n--■>.-.■»
isrged him.
.      I expected now to -witness a grand j
fa. jjp'sMo.   But tho onset was over in an '
THE TAT BBIDUi:.
'$«jine its fatal work. Yet from where I
*p?ns it seemed to have been but a pat. 1
'The bear sniffed the fallen bull once j
« twice, then advanced toward the '
iither old bull, who was pawing and!
IJKioing in   deepest bass.   The latter
ihe top of it
It was an odd-looking place, all;)
rounded by reddish  crags  and^
gravel knolls, except on the site;
the crags on which I stood, whore,ii
was a low thiskefc of hemlock,
thicket may have been from n. qijlJfc^stopped when he saw the grizzly coming I
to half an aero in extent, being*, "j^p*".1; toward him, and in silence, as the first \
little patch of thick evergreens a*(6ilj0!l«d.done, awaited the onset, !
the edge of the grassy open
,t „Up in .tho shadow oi Uiq
aUwajtq .the yntef-hql^. ,Troro,   >
lalo'DuuBfanaohe 6t't1iioie"quew*,
legged buffalo oxen, such as are som.
times seen in the herds hereabouts, andl'
some of which grow to be fully tw^a;
feet taller than the largest bulls.
These oxen can be seen a mile off in
the herd. Thoy are great awkward, flat-
sided creatures, but commonly glossy-
haired and fat. They have less mane and
"Withj
.^S&d encounter was bat a repetition j
i otliei,' "V?hen the bear "was with-
he'irali 6httrg§dv
*^ffl^ftto& I actually heard the bull's f
A^aK'feiack;!   That such a neck could
;t^o&5be' broken jseems incredible.   Yet i
oie.igiioke* o£ the grizzly's pawdid it;!
."oitSStlan^positive. \
$ though^the young bull would now '<
run.   But with a pride not less than '
A Marvel ol Engineering Skill,
The Tay railway bridge crosses the
river Tay about one mile above the city
of Dundee, and is some ten miles inland from the ocean. Starting from
the Newport side, or south end, the
bridge crosses the river almost due
north and south for about three-fourths
of the distance, whsn it makes a curve
to join the land line, which runs at
right angles.
The bridge carries a single lino of
rails, is about 10,350 feet long, and contains 85 spans, 11 of which aro 245 feet
long each, and the remainder aro from
67 to 227 feet long. They are all lattice girders except one of 166 feet,
which is bowstring girdors.
The roadway is carried on the bottom
booms of tho girders of the eleven 2-15-
foot spans and two 227-foot spans,
which allows a clean water-way of 88
feet for the passage of vessels.
The piers are of varied construction,
but in most cases the foundations are
formed of iron cylinders filled with
brick and concrete. Fourteen of the
piers are all brick; 33 are brick
for 5 feet above high-water mark, finished with a stone belting upon which
are carried groups of cast-iron columns
braced together. Twenty-eight consist
of groups of cast-iron columns braced
together, starting from the cylinders,
and are incased with brick to 5 feet
above high water. Two ore cast-iron
cylinders throughout and filled with
concrete, and the others are of cast-iron.
The bridge is slightly arched, the
rise from the south end to the highest
point being 1 foot in 365, and from the
north end to the highest point ifc is 1 in
74, Looking at the bridge from Dundee to Newport it had a very graceful
appearance," and was universally regarded the handsomest structure of the
kind in Great Britain.
The first publie expression of belief
that sueh a bridge was practicable was
made in the Dundee Advertiser in November, 1863, In October, 1864, the
same papor announced that a bill would
be applied for to sanction its construction, and the bill was presented in
Parliament in December of that year.
Prom this time forward almost innumerable obstacles had to be met and
overcome, and the act of Parliament
under whioh it was constructed was not
obtained nntil 1870, and on the Sth of
bring the pier into proper position.
The rams were connected with the base
of the pier by wrought-iron links which
were provided with vertical-suspending
bars. To these were connected a pair
of balancing crosshead plates by a central bolt, the hydraulic rams being similarly provided with crosshead plates,
while the upper and ower rests were
attached to the wrought-iron links.
The rams had a stroke of 12 inches,
and the links, which passed through tha
slot-holes in their base, were perforated
with holes 12 inches apart, corresponding to the stroke of the ram.
Being fixed to-the pier at low water,
the girders gradually lifted it as the
rising tide raised the pontoons, and the
whole mass was subsequently towed out
at high water, the weight of the pier,
which was submerged eight feet, being
carried on steel pins, passing through
the holes in the links and resting on
bearings provided on tho base of the
rams,
To lower the pier the crossheads on
the rams were connected with the links
at the top of the stroke. Then the hydraulic pifmps with a few strokes raised
the pier an eighth of an inch, when the
steel pins were drawn out and placed
a foot higher up. By means of cocks
the water was then let out of the rams
—first on one side and then on the other—and the pin was lowered nntil the
steel pins rested on the bearings again.
The crossheads were then disconnected
and fche rams pumped up again to the
top of the stroke. As the lowering proceeded links were added, and the whole
apparatus, though weighing 140 tons,
was under complete control. After the
pier was in place temporary caissons
were provided, and the brickwork completed.
There was used in the construction
of tho bridge 9,801 tons of iron, 90,600
cubic feet of timber, -4,350,000 bricks,
and 26,350 cubic yards of stone.
The Tay bridge was formally opened
May 31, 1878, in presence of an immense concourse of people, which included a great number of distinguished
persons and leading railway officials,
since which time it has been in constant use, and has been of great value
to the city of Dundee, and to that entire section of the country.
j
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less hump on the neck than tho bulls;; that of tho two old"veterans he stood
and their horns are much slimmer, but his ground, bawling and viciously slat
tion of the work, tho contract pride
being $1,085,000, and the time specifiefd
for its completion 3 years. Six years
were, however, required in which to do
tho work, and the to**ai cost was i
$1,750,000—the obstacles in the  way '
Death by Meteors.
Mr, Proctor writes:   "I have re-
^ceiyed.iBeveral incjuirieg, gogje,. of .them
3BW*itT-e. *rr„n«™-«., ..ceiYga.geverat inquiries, Bogie, oj.tnem
omprntffi^aiS®^
Gharlefe De Bergjie* & ?Oo., ot Londoh,
Cardiff and Manchester, for the execu-
^*&->>
dangers to be feared frpiii meteoric
downfall, the death of David MeiSent-
later having apparently suggested that
suph dangers jnay l)e greater than has
heretofore been supposed. If we knew
the average number of meteoric masses
which break thoir way through the
earth's   armor—that   is,   through   the
"*ti'irT% '*£
JVT B. JEFFERIES,
DEALER IH
FRESH & SALT MEAT,
Fresh and Cured Fish,
Fine Groceries and General
FA1UI PjtODUCE.
Cheapest T E A in Town !
Cash paid for hides.
MAIN .STREET, CLARE.
HOTELS, LIVERIES, &c.
"VTEW   FURNITURE,   NEWLY
Refilled, Nexr Proprietor,
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
V. K. BROWN, Prop.,
MOUNT PLEASANT,   MICH.
FirstCIasx Accommodations.   Good Sample Rooms
for Agents,  Good Barn.
jRiARWELL BILLIARB HALL,
FARWELL, MICH.
FINEST~CIGARS,
Pure Wines, Liquors, A les, Beer, Porter, Cider, Etc.
Those desiring a pure article are invited to oall.
HEXRV  NEWTON.
SUMMERS & NEWTON,
Proprietors ofthe
FARWELL   LIVERY.
HORSES & CARRIAGES
TO LET.
Parties conveyed everywhere in this
section and vicinity.
.Sap-Terms reasonable.
TTAGLE HOTEL,
Coral, Montcalm Co., Mich.
A. FRED 'GOODENOUGH, Prop.
A Temperance Mouse.
This is a new house, neally furnished, convenient
to tho trains, with good accommodations at reaspn-
»ble prices.
GOOD JCBVERir ATTACHED.
SINGULAR  DUEL.
While stalking buffalo one morning during my two year's factorship at Fort Assiniboine, in the
Hudson Bay territories, I witnessed an encounter which well illustrates the relative, strength of a buffalo
bull and a grizzly bear.
Wolf and buffalo shooting, with an
occasional climb among the cliffs in
pursuit of u wild gray sheep, were
almost my only meanr. of amusement,
and but for these my life would indeed
have been a lonely one.
But of the hunting no one could
complain, for there is no better hunting-ground in the world than the
Saskatchewan country and the region
lying northward of it, along the foot
of the Kockj mountain range. Buffalo (bison) still roam in great herds on
the plains to the east and in the mountain valleys, and there are moose and
deer in the wooded sections.
Wolves—white, gray and black—are
always sneaking about the skirts of the
great buffalo herds; and because large
game is so plenty the region is much
infested by ferocious gray bears, the
danger of stumbling on one of which
is the chief drawback to a hunter's enjoyment.
No sportsman, however well provided with breechloaders, will voluntarily risk an encounter with one of
these grizely, monsters. Their extraordinary fierceness, as well as cunning,
has never been a whit exaggerated.
On the morning above alluded to, I
had gone out early from the camp of a
hunter named Oline, on the McLeod
river, with whom I was stopping a few
days. The place *was well up among
the mountains, and the river bottom,
though open and grassy in plats of
several acres' extent together, was
bordered by timber and thickets of
scrub.
The sun had not risen when I left our
tent, but in the gray light I saw a small
herd of buffalo feeding on the edge of
the woods across the river, about half
a mile distant.
There were about a dozen of them,
and with my glass I could see that three
or four out of the number were cows.
We were in need of a fresh meat
supply. So, without waking Oline, who
had got in late from his beaver traps
the night before, I took my gun, a double-barreled twelve-bore Dickson, and
set off for the herd.
We had a little raft on the river, upon
whieh I crossed over, and then, keeping
in the alders along tho bank, went up
and around the open plat, and followed
down in the timber beyond it, thinking
it would be no difficult matter to get a
shot at short range.
longer and more curved.
As beef they aro equal to a fat cow.
ting his spike horns.
After a sniff at the
being in several respects much greater ! 'firmament,*  expanse  of  ether, pure
old bull, as if to
But it is rarely that one of them can bo make sure that he was dead, the grizzly
shot or mi} down on horseback, for they; -walked coolly toward the survivor,
will outran most horses. In that re-' But the younger biill was less phleg-
spect they differ wholly from the bulls, Imatic than the old ones. He roared
which are not much inclined to run, j and tore the earth with his horns, and,
and will often turn and defend the]-without waiting for the bear to come
cows when they are pursued. ] very near, dashed at him witb a furious
The buffaloes had probably lain dur-! "blart" of rage
ing the night in the shade of the rock.;    T]ie b        ^ t   b t becnuse   f the
I at once made out the tall ox, and, after ^  he m[sae& his ma8iter.stroke:
another good look at him through my.    Por ft moment or  two illere wa8 a
glass, resolved, if possible, to secure d couflict and &  b ^
bim; for the hemlock thicket extended j x ^ as mad^ ^ diffs re*,llnd# j
ap afc one point within 100 yards of the', aistimtly heard bones sn and the
rock as I.nidged [bull  Ws tlm)       ]ieaclfore^ost dong
With a glance to my gun, I made my , the d<   j-  Wfttched   breathlesdy*
way down among the rocks, gained the, for a^oment, but he did not rise nor
edge of tbe hemlock copse, and then,; syr_ '
on my hands and knees, crawled very j
slowly and cautiously through it—so as
than was originally anticipated
The ceremony of laying the first
foundation stone took place on Saturday, July, 2'2,1871. At iirst but about
seventy men were employed on the
work of constructing fche piers, but this
force was rapidly increased until some
25U men were regularly employed
transjiarent elemental air—ifc would be
I very easy to calculate the exact chance
j of death by meteoric downfall. As a
j matter of fact, we have no satisfactory
i evidence on this point, because most of
the meteorites which fall upon the
' earth   escape   attention.   I   suppose,
however, that if Prof. Newton, of Yale
The ordinary  plan   of constnicting t College, rightly assumes the number
iers, by forming coffer-dams, was not; ?***$£« sta|'s o£ ftl1 oxdf™ ,{o be m-'
piers
attempted; but, instead, the piers were
built on shore and floated out to their
destination. The plan first adopted
was to build and sink separately the
two cylinders composing each pier.
Eaeh cylinder of wrought iron was in
the first jilace filled with lining of brick
up to tlie lower-water level, leaving an
opening in the center, and, when finished to this extent it was floated out
by means of pontoons and sunk in its
000,000 yearly, we may fairly assume
that aboufc 4,000 meteorites fall annn
ally upon the earth's surface. This
allows one meteorite for 100,000 falling
stars. New let us take the total number of human beings afc anv one
time on the earth as 1,500,000,000.
Assume the risk of persons within
doors equal to that of persons in the
open air—for a meteorite falling on a
house would  not be   seriously inter-
not to move a bough nor crack a twig,
if I could help it.
Coming to the further side, I peeped
oufc from among the boughs. There
were the bulls and my tall old ox, feeding close together near the water. So
still was the morning that I could hear
every bite of grass they took.
Two of the bulls were tremendous
fellows—shaggy, and wifch enormous
manes and humps. Their stub horns
were blunt, but of ki,ge thickness.
These were old bulls. The other was
a youngster, not more than two or three
years old, but his horns were sharp—
they stuck out like two ebony spikes—
and his coafc was very glossy, almost
black.
Bufc the long-legged ox was the animal I wanted. He was standing in fine
position, with his side fair to me. But
the distance was greater than I had estimated. I was almost afraid to risk a
shot; but I saw if I could bufc work my
way round a hundred rods or so to the
right, I might creep up close to them
from behind the big rock.
For a minute or two I weighed the
chances, and had about concluded to
firo from where I lay, and risk it, when
a sudden movement in the thicket close
at hand, accompanied by a swaying of
the boughs, arrested my attention, and,
to my amazement, there emerged before
my eyes—not fifty feet off—a great gray
grizzly bear, nearly as large as one of
the buffalo bulls.
My heart gave a jump, and then!
curled down as low behind the undergrowth, and lay as snug to the ground,
as I well could. In a moment I saw by
his movements that he wasn't after me,
and thafc he probably knew no more of
my presence than I had known of his.
Like myself, he was buffalo-stalking.
Probably he had come into the thioket
ahead of me. Bufc if I had chanced to
firo, as I had concluded to, I have no
doubt I-should have been in lively busi-
Meantime, the ox had disappeared;
and I thought I had better do likewise.
But I now perceived that something,
was the matter with the grizzly himself.
Without noticing his late antagonist, j
the brawny monster stood pointing his {
nose toward the pond-hole, and swayed j
his head and body slowly from side to I
side. j
Then he dragged himself slowly up j
near to the rock, and lay partly down !
on his belly; and now I could hear!
liim making a low groaning or grunting j
noise. j
"I reckon tho little bull has given you [
a stomach ache if nothing worse, old
chap," thought I, and then I went back
through the thicket, and, climbing over
the crags, retraced my steps to camp.
As soon as we had eaten breakfast,
Oline went back with me to the scene of
the morning's conflict.
Prom the .top of the crags we could
see the grizzly'lying in the same place,
beside the butte, and as we stepped out
upon the open plat, he did not change
his position.
"He's got his death-stroke!" Oline
said.
But, knowing the treacherous nature
of these savage brutes, we took the precaution to salute him with two balls
from a pretty safe distance. He did
not stir.
On approaching nearer, we discovered that the animal's intestines were
protruding from an ugly wound low
down in its left side, ancl ifc scarcely
needed the dried gore on the young
bull's horn to testify as to how the
wound was given.
Oline skinned the bear for me, and
I have the skin in my possession. It
measures rather over six feet in length
in its present dried condition. Alive,
that grizzly must have been at least
eight feet in length.
The highest mountain gives the finest
view; but give us a little one for ascent.
permanent  position.   The   weight   of ! rapted in its course, since   it would
each of the first or smaller piers was
about forty tons. Having been sunk in
its proper position, fche water was
forced out of tho cylinder by air compression. Workmen then descended
the shaft, and, as they excavated the
soil the pillar settled down until rock
was reached, which was usually at from
8 to 15 feet below the bottom of the
river. The foundation was then properly adjusted, and the shaft filled with
concrete, so that the pier formed one
solid mass of brick-work and concrete,
incased in iron.
Owing to the narrowness of the base
of the cylinders (9-} feet) much difficulty was found in sinking them, as it
often happened that one side would be
resting on a huge bowlder while the
other was sinking through the quicksand. In consequence of this unaqual
settling there were three instances in
which they toppled over and were lost.
In consequence of tins difficulty it
was finally decided to construct each
pier in one complete structure instead
of two separate pillars. For the construction of one of these combined
piers there was provided a wrought-iron
base 3 feet high, 22| feet long, and 10
feet wide, with flat sides and circular
ends. The base was surrounded with
a conical cost-iron of 5 feet length, furnished with a top flange 21 feet wide,
the base and sub-base constituting a
hollow chamber 8 feet high, sufficiently
large for 12 men to work in. On the
broad flange of the sur-baso brick work
was carried up to the level of low water
in 2 circular towers 9-i feet in diameter,
surrounded by iron cylinders of |
inches of metal, a shaft A feet in diam ■
eter being left in eaeh towor for the descent of the workmen fco the chamber
at the bottom, To transport this mass
weighing 140 tons from its temporary
resting-place to the bed of the river, 10
pontoons, each bearing 2 iron girders,
besides hydraulic rams, each capable of
lifting 60 tons, were floated, so as to
travel with a velocity of several miles
per second. Again, remembering that
the meteors do not fall vertically, nor,
even if they did, do men always stand
upright, we must take a larger" surface
for each person than that which he presents as seen from above when standing.
We may take half a square yard for an
adult, and perhaps a quarter of a square
yard for the average human being. Now,
the earth's surface contains about 200,-
000,000 square miles, each containing
about 8,000,000 square yards—in all
2,400,000,000,000,000 quarter square
yards—whereas the human race occupies
only 1,500,000,000 quarter square yards.
Thus the chance of a single meteorite
striking some one is as fifteen in 24,-
000,000, or as one in 1,600,000; and if
400 meteorites fall per annum, the
chance of one death occurring in any
given year is about l-400th. On tho
average one death by a meteor stroke
might be expected to occur in 400
years. If it is true, as I have recently
seen stated, that nine such deaths have
occurred in the last 900 years, it would
appear probable that 16,000 meteorites,
instead of 4,000, annually reach the
earth."	
"Is there no way," writes an agricultural correspondent, "of keeping eggs
from turning bad?" Well, no really-
infallible means have been discovered,
we believe, but a hound pup about 6
months old will come as near ifc as anything else, if you leave the hennery
doors open. Aboufc one pup is sufficient for a farni of 280 acres.
A contoetioxist was performing in
a New Haven variety show when the
police made a raid. He leaped over an
officer and from a window twenty-five
feet to the ground, finally escaping.
A ksixting-keedle of lightning
couldn't strike endwise in Leadville
without knocking down a half-dozen
Presidents of mining companies.
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