HAIL.
RESULTS OP XX
S terms Absolutely
Localities Where
g Haa Been
Done.
The cannon defense against hall
forma the subject of a report to the
state department by United States
Consul Covert at Lyon, France. The
Hall Cannon society of Limas has
prepared a report on the use of the
cannon during the past year. The re
port deals with the experience of 28
cannon-firing societies, which used 463
cannon in a number of storms. It ap
pears that during the 15 years prior
to the use of cannon the losses from
hail amounted to shout $3,088,000, and
that during the five years In which
cannon have been In use in the same
territory the losses were but $158,412.
During the year 1904 the same com
munes sustained no losses whatever,
a fact attributed entirely to use of
cannon. The writer of the report
says:
“We base our confidence in the
efficacy of the firing on the fact that
che thunder and lightning ceased, the
wind abated and the clouds disap
peared under the firing of the cannon,
and a mild fall of rain and soft snow
succeeded. These facta are undenla
ble.”
The report reviews the results of
he firing in 28 storms during the
months of April, May, June, July and
September. The results are generally
the same—cessation of the thunder
and lightning, dispersion of the clouds
and a slight fall of rain and snow.
Where no cannon were used the hall
fell and caused serious damages. “Th«
communes not defended by eanoon
* suffered enormously.” In sneaking of
one storm the report says:
“This storm was literally arrested
at the east on the boundaries of the
firing. In the northwest and a little
dlstanae from the cannon a hurricane
swept over the country with violence,
everywhere causing great damage.”
The report contains several pages
on the storm of July 22, 1904, which
caused great damage in some parts of
the country not protected by the can
non. This hurricane caused incalcu
lable damage In 29 communes. TW4
communes, Lozanne and Belmont,
were entirely desolated, "hut they had
but a few cannon, one six and the
otner eight They are separated hg
a great distance from the oountry that
Is provided with cannon.” The mayor
of Lozanne, who is the president of
the society for defense against the
bn 11, wrote that his neighbors found
themselves upon the edge of the com
m ines where there was no defense
against the hail and were unable to
resist a storm of such violence. He
says: “During the first few minutes
of the storm the firing was followed
by the falling of a few soft hailstones,
and everybody noticed, even In that
general storm, that the thunder and
lightning diminished as the firing con
tinued, and that the diminution was
caused by the cannon.” In several
places all traces of vegetation disap
peared and the consternation was
great In the wine-growing communos.
Ti e mayor of Belmont reports that
the firing was powerless In his com
mune on account of the small number
of cannon.
The report mentions several locali
ties where the firing was very active,
-and It says the hall was checked when
the firing commenced. In the country
known as Arbresle there were, from
all accounts, but few cannon in use,
and the destruction from hail was
widespread and disastrous.
!n the great Beaujolais wine dls
trk*, where the country “fairly bri»
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it they found it. necessary to flr«
only on the boundaries of the large
vineyards, and that, as a rule, but
very little firing occurred In the cen
ter of the field. The consul says he
t.^s met a dozen or more large wine
growers who assert emphatically that
th y have not the remotest doubt of
the efficacy of the cannon to destroy
the bail in the clouds and to turn tt
Into a mild rain.
“The use of cannon against the
hail," says Consul Covert, “will un
doubtedly continue In France until
some authority appointed by the gov
ernment shall assume control of the
experiments and demonstrate Its im
potency. If such a thing he possible.
Tha farmers of Arbreele, whers but
fair cannon were used, are preparing
to wage a more effective campaign
against the ball next year. Their
president and the other officers of their
societies are of the opinion that the
Lsole cause of their losses thi3 year
was the failure to use a sufficient
number of cannon.”
merican Life.’
peaking of the
American life,” W. de
“every man is trying to
other man-giving up
■ up honesty, giving up
it; creating a war,
man against every man; the
wretched business falsely keyed
oy money-ideals, money-politics,
MR »vmey-religions, money-men.”—“With
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THE LAKE OF SACRlfVcE.
Louisiana Body of Water About
Which There Is / an Indian'
Legend.
Lake Ca-ta-ou-la, Jthe sacred lake of
the Indians, lies ensconced, as it were,
in the deep solitude of the forest
which skirts the .Attakapas prairie on
the east side off the Teche at about
nine miles from the town pf St Mar
tlnvllle. The beauty of its scenery
and Its picturesque landscapes have
probably no equal In the state, says
the New Orleans States. Its waters
hare the transparency of crystal, and
Its depth averages from 90 to 100
feet.
The word Ca-ta-ou-la means the lake
of sacrifice. The following legend, as
dramatic and tragical as the Biblical
narrative of the death of Jephthah's
daughter, gives us the origin of that
name.
The Tetlmetcbec Indians, being
threatened with dire calamity, the na
ture of which we know not, thsir
prayermen consulted their oracles, and
were informed that to propitiate the
great Manitou and to avert the calami
ty a fair maiden of the tribe was te
be sacrificed to the cruel god and her
soul drowned In the placid waters of
Lake Ca-ta-ou-la.
The beautiful At-ta-la, the fair
daughter of the chief, offered herself
as a willing victim to propitiate the
Great Spirit.
Dressed In all the finery and pic
turesqueness of apparel of an Indian
princess, she repaired to the lake In
whose waters she was to find a watery
grave, followed by the weeping maid
ens and the stern warriors of the
tribe.
She glided in hsr light canoe on the
waters of the lake until she had
reached the middle of the stream, and
with her eyes upraised and hands ex
tended toward the heavenly mansion
ol the great Manitou, she offered him
her youth and her life blood as a
sacrifice to propitiate him and to
avert the calamity that threatened her
people.
With radiant smile she then turned
toward the shore of the lake where
knelt the weeping maidens. She waved
her hand gently to them, bidding them
an eternal adieu, and plunged into its
waters, to be seen no more.
Supersltitous persons assert that
even to this day in times of great
calamity and misfortune, when the
moon spans the sky and shines serene
In the high heavens, streaking with
silvery fringe the gentle ripples of
the lake, a shadowy form is seen glid
ing on its Waters in a light canoe, with
hands extended heavenward, and they
say that all at once, uttering a wild
and unearthly shriek, the shadowy
form .plunges headlong into the waters
and disappears, while the terror-strick
en denizens of the forest answer the
shrieks with howls and lugubrious boot
ings.
From that time Lake Ca-ta-ou-la be
came the sacred lake of the Indians,
and every year they repaired to this
spot to propitiate the great Manitou
with their offerings and sacrifices. Into
its crystalline waters they plunged
themselves to get cleansed of their
moral and physical impurities; into its
sacred waters they dipped their amu
lets and arrows to avert approaching'
calamities and to protect themselves
against the devices of the evil spirit
He who could not make this yearly
pilgrimage felt despondent and un
happy, and his inability to follow the
others in the saintly journey boded
him no good.
If while Qgrforming his immersion
in the lake one should happen to
drown, his memory was execrated, and
his death was considered the judg
ment of the great Manitou as an atone
ment for the crimes committed by
him.
The lake is still called Ca-ta-ou-la.
the lake of sacrifice, but the great
Manitou, like his Indian worshipers,
is now a thing of the past.
Frost Makes Fat Turkeys.
“Cold weather makes fat turkeys,"
said the poulterer.
“Why?”
“Because in a warm fall the ground
keeps soft, the vegetation lingers on
and the fields are full of worms and
bugs. What’s the result? The result
is that the turkeys, from sunrise till
dark, tramp the tempting fields on tong
forages, eating the worms and bugs,
which thin them, and walking all their
soft and fine flesh into tough, striugy
muscle.
“A cold fall, with early frosts and j
snows, freezes the ground and kills |
the bugs. Then the turkeys are ftot
tempted to wander. They loaf in the
farmyard, gorge an abundance of
grain, and put on flesh like a middle
aged woman at a seashore hotel.
"But in a warm fall, hunting the Ir
resistible bug, the turkeys do their IB
or 20 miles regularly, and become ath
lete*. For athletic turkeys there is no j
public demand.”
The Lawyer.
Now, guess who it is that takes nn
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unlawful suit, nor give aid or con
sent to the same; that he may delay
no man for lucre or malice, but that
he may conduct himself with all good
fidelity.” Guess who takes that oath.
But you would never guess It In ths
world. It is the lawyer.—Kansas City
Times.
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