138 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



piABCH 15, 1883. 



ONLY ONE MATCH. 



\ I l-*l'l "• I I In :n::-. b is y ..<•, wad the following letter 

 • i [row .i tnond ::i English LafcOj Endiawt: I have not bar] 

 Umotill now m write y.ei uboul. .lolin-i.nV. ii.lt ,-nt nrc hi. Die 

 lake that terrible night. This is the way thai Johnson was 

 piwente „w-n the lake: He had uotioedthat 



tii.' noating Ice in the river was hard when he wewl up in the 

 morning, and thai ii became soft and ninshy in the afternoon 

 "' thought that the Ink.' would be partiall'v open :n..l ih,. jr.. 

 it! the -won Id haven, i tiillieult.v in' |iiisliiii.r i Iir,,.uh 



it. Gverythine wont along sn thly until ho struck file toe 



'"■ lli'ijol about two boat lengbha 



intoitandotmldgetuofUrOier. It was -till dayiigb.1 when 

 na got there, He took in tho situation a1 once, and said to 



r "' !l - '■*' an lint was with him, that ii would be impossible 



to get down the lake that night; that ii would bo their death 



k'e it. The weather was getting iniriiM.lv oold. 



and tin' dm tin- -ii, .«■ was s,, .1,11-.. i hat In- could scarcely see 



fclwi length of his boat ahead of htao. Tb»j were i at two 



rods from the north bank of the river; there was notliirm 

 left for them to do but to turn the boat and seek shelter in 

 ihc woods. Bere they encountered much difficulty as the 

 boat could be scarcely moved on account of the ice and snow 

 that had been frozen t<> it. mi.) tin- river wa- -o deep i li.it 

 . 1 1 if .i i-i m li.i.l |,, put bis hand- down into the water-.. Ili.u 1 1 1< - 

 paddle would reach the bottom. They were full, afteen 

 getting to the shore. By this time it had. become 

 quite dork and bitter cold, with the snow -.■itin- down in 

 torrents, The first thing to i„- done was to lin.f , shelter 

 from the wind and t,> make a lire. Aji examination iv. ,:. d 

 Dli at thoy had bui match. 



The. situation was getting desperate in tl xtreme and a 



.1.1 before tie m. The boat was dia-ed a sliorl 

 1 ,,i. He woods, •lohnsoii then dried oil the decks 



with a paddle, took off his rubber coat, spread n upon the 

 snow, and turned the boat oyer the coat. He then crawled 

 and. i ii: l.oat and whittled the deekbonr.l into line shav- 

 ings upon the rubber coat; then tailing hi- oiled gun rags 

 from his cnrtriih. .-a.-.-. p..invd hi- bottle of gtm oil npoti 

 them; some of tie rags he saturated with wln-kv X..1 wish- 

 ing to use the match tmtil he had exhausted other ne. ins be 

 pi'ooeo led to obtain Are by extracting the shot from s,.m.' of 

 Ins -In Us and putting dry rags thereui, also putting rags in 

 the hariel of the gun. In this wav he tried several times to 



gel lire l>\ si tmg under the hoat. Inn did not one.- 8UC o I 



in ignit mg the rags. By this time theywere nearly frozen 

 I'he in ie had ■,;,,. to s. , wh.,t virtue there was in the 

 match. Hi. v eoul. I .1. lav no longer and live, fur thev were 



-1 ""-■ Johnson told me the next dav that he fe'lt that 



their lives depended upon the match, that it il went out their 

 lives would CO out with it, Thev had .ilre.-ulv tried for half 

 an hour to obtain a ore with the gun v. iihout success: so the 



iiiai.'li wa- th.-ii ■ I..-I i 1. ,Iohn-..n again crawled nude 



the boat to arrange the rau- and shavings upon the 



coat so ae to keep them out of the snow. Here he it 



- damp and cold and might extingi 



■ died !■■ hi- friend to einptv hi- -h dl-box a 



ill., linn, this being d< be c*refully gathered bis Bhaviags 



and mfX into it Though uir-adv sufV.riiu with the intense 

 cold, .lohieon and Bel] tpok ,.!l their Outer .oats and Stuffed 

 I hem under the win. I ward siile . ,i the boat, between the "itii- 

 llld the ground, to prevent the p.i-sibilrtv ..I the wind 

 tfnji nut the u.ai.h when ignited. 



In t.his.-iipieme inoveiii-m. fearing the awful consequences 

 Ufa failure, Johnson weakened and faltered nnu asked Hell to 



from his rubber 



live- of two 



at llrst struck . i 

 Tie- -ecu, I sir..] 

 wil h more vigOl 

 rags and inavit 

 few ilr\ I wigs a 

 boat was a li- >ll. 

 pi. . i.-us eonieni 

 I iv was in Ham 

 were, set on iro. 

 ing at a time, di 

 extinguish one i 

 difficult} 

 hatchet, anl ne.-i 

 being frozen in' 

 a . ..How tree w 

 Bre extended ov 

 in the morning I 



Ii upon which 

 Wing hand he 

 lie. match-safe. 

 ■ third stroke. 



.ere sale. Tile 



gate 

 who 



botto 



lei-ringly as if he had the best of eyes, but 

 :iy miles on an errand ton new part of the 

 led to carry a map of the township in the 



n of his feet, a mostr. 

 took the wrong road, i 



he hail reached it. He w 

 II at night, while his sons 



urate 



He 



the dead limbs lying on thi gj 

 ud. it iK-caine neeessar\ io -. I I 



could be found. Consequentl] 



i ires Of ground. About 2 o'i 



d inn lire asserted itself. A in; 



and broiled. There was one pi. 

 all left m the lunch box. which si 



lev heard our guns when we tired, a 

 o. bin. as you are aware, we did 



POT LUCK FROM OUR EXCHANGES. 



The Russian General tgnafcieff is aov, 



l-alae.. in SI. Petersburg. A corr, 

 •workshop' of the general contains a 

 arms, uni.pie of iheir kind: each pi 



In ing neaT the Winter 

 ipondenl says; "the 

 oliection of historical 

 •e has a tradition, and 



I to hi 



i .Abdul A/.iz 



The good observer of nature exists in fragmei 

 '■•.. ,■■•! a trait there. Each person sees what i 

 Imo ti se... The fox-hunt. a- knows pretty well tin 

 habits of the fox, hut on any other subject he is apt 

 you. He conies to see onlv fox traits in wdiateve 

 "upon. The bee-hunter will follow the bee. but lost 

 The farmer notes what effects his crops awl Ins ear 



ay and 

 •Mislead 

 ,e looks 

 e bird. 



the banishment of inoistur* 



ud he knew the right house 

 s a miller and fuller, and ran 

 in it by day. He never made 

 Ii his customers' bags or wool, knowing each 

 touch. He frightened a colored man, 

 c.ted stealing, as if he had seen out of the back 

 suchf/aets show one how delicate and sensitive 

 .ion to outward nature through his bodily- 

 come. Heighten it a little more, and he could 

 weather and the seasons, and detect hidden 

 inerals. A good observer has something of this 



ve it. Agassiz traces the glaciers like a rastre- 

 win misses no step thai theslowbut tireless gods 

 ange have taken, no matter how they cross or 

 our.se In the ob-enre fish-worm he sees an 

 ; kneaded and leavened the soil likegiaut hands. 



•able fact that the wholesale and wanton de- 

 li.- forests in the northern counties is having a 

 upon the annual rainfall and is seriously affect- 

 ition of tho Hudson River. The bill presented 

 ure. suggestive of statemanship of a compre- 

 There is no subject to which the attention of 

 lUldbe more frequently called. The destruction 

 ands in the Adirondack region is a menaco to 

 ate. Every falling tree is a presage of drouth. 

 ;s grow the waters never descend, except upon 

 totive storms. The felling of tii 



eloi 



Everj raft which floats lazi 

 tieut "prophecy of drought at 



tile 



a B? u 



i for th 



ml whiz thr< 



teaching the lesson t 

 For some time the i 

 Yale campus has c< 

 entered the dining- ro. 

 has made the study o 

 to find out the r.-.-klc 

 watical kn 

 room, he a 



igh the 



i. at. 



vater. The 

 a dirge and 

 ■:.-./ ii : ; saws, 

 logs, are but 



in. her 

 agiue.l 

 sh the. 

 1 hand 



s eye is keener than a hound's 

 ! elude him than he can elude 

 to be so keen that the displace- 

 .- bending down of a spire of 

 ■dust from I he fence are enough 

 he half-obliterated foot -punts 



the 



npi 



ie again detects it in the suburbs of 

 [nu-ked home and caught, I knew 

 th who not onlv went, about his own 

 guide, burning up to his neighbor's 



parable loss.— Xalionut Jicpublican. 

 ess use of firearms on and about the 

 1 considerable comment. A shot 

 if a professor of mathematics, who 

 ie study ot curves a specialty. He was determined 

 the reckless student, and he brought his rnathe- 

 iwledge into play. Knowing the breadth of the 

 easurcd the fall of the bullet in crossing it. Then 

 d the distance from his house to the West Divinity 

 building. With these data, and knowing the curve which a 

 bullet takes, he computed the heighth from which the shot 

 was lin . I. and fixed upon the very window from which the 

 bullet must have come. The next day two students wore 

 greatlj surprised I-, a call from the professor, who accused 

 them of firing the slaot. They denied it and the professor 

 gave his proof. Tho proof was so strong that they finally 

 admitted their guilt. 



A young lady tells of a plump dog in a fainiily where she 

 was making a visit, which she trained to lie under the table as 

 a foot-stool. N«w, whenever a chtur is placed at that part of 

 the table the dog locates in front of it, but cannot bo induced 

 to remain unless the young lady occupies the seat. 



; Diseases, Colds and Coughs, 



eel In 



tii 



For Thro 



Throat Diseases. Colds and Coughs, 

 3 have proved their eflicaey by a test of 



—THE Mn,D POWER CUBES.-— 



HUMPHREYS' 

 OMEOPATHIC 

 SPECIFICS. 



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II VM.ii,-.. t -..in Pi rtorta, 25 



I t IT.. Ml.. UiiU-ll, l.lll.e.lll Ilreill.ll.L- 25 



1 I Sail 111., -in,.. ■ ,:l.ous, .25 



15. Rhenucui I:i.--.. untie ruins 25 



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