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I THE PL'S SDCC I ? BREEDING MONGOL! || HOW IT The pheasant of the Mongolian kind will in a few short years succeed the quail as the popular American game bird. The pheasant has not only its toothsome qualities to recommend it, but its beauty, in waving plumage of ravishing hues, and therefore will prove a prize that every sportsman will endeavor to secure when the season is once open for its slaughter. It has unduly attracted the attention of our sporting gentlemen for many years in consequence of its successful introduction on the Pacific Slope, and now many Eastern States are introducing the Mongolian bird into their domains. In Ohio alone over 200 birds were liberated this year, and in several Southern and Eastern States the bird has been introduced for v breeding purposes. The male bird has the cheeks naked and the bightest scarlet, minutely specked with black; the crown of the head bronze green; on each side of the occiput a tuft of dark golden green feathers capable of being erected at ? .6. iMpEYAN PHCA5AN?, V pleasure, and very conspicuous in the pairing season; upper part of the neck dark green, glossed with purple and violet blue; lower part of the neck, breast and flanks deep reddish orange, showing in some positions beautiful reflections of light purple; each feather bordered and terminated with pansy p.\rple; center of the belly and thighs blackish brown; center of the back and scapular feathers black or brownish black, surrounded with a yellowish white band and bordered with deep reddish orange; lower part of the back and upper tail covert green, interminged with brownish orange and purplish red; tail feathers brown crossed by bands of black and fringed with reddish brown; bill pale yellow; legs and toes grayish black. The female has cheeks covered with small closely set feathers, and the whole of the plumage yellowish brown, mingled with different shades of gray, brown , and black. In a recent article in Recreation, a sporting magazine, G. M. Miller, of Eugene, Oregon, tells of the Mongolian pheasant which was introduced into that State about twenty years ago from China and which has attracted the attention of hunters throughout the United States. Mr. Miller say? of this interesting bird: "It was introduced into Oregon bj Judge 0. X. Deming and has multiplied until, in the prairie sections oi "Western Oregon, it outnumbers any other game bird. The reason of the great increase probably lies in the fact that it hatches two broods, of sixteen to twenty, each season. When the chicks are about three weeks old the hen turns the family over to the care of the cock, she laying again. The cock is not a Mormon, in any sense o: the word, lie selects one hen. auc I Wl I III ?WWBO?P??qMKMMB *, ESSORII AMERICA, I' I5: M AN PHEASANTS, AND fk IS DONE. ? m. 'forsaking all others cleaves unto lier.' Hence, to breed these birds successfully it is essential that a cock be provided for each hen. 'The Mongolian pheasant is a prairie bird and is seldom found in or about the timber. He likes the tall grass, ferns, wheat stubbles and low bushes, such as the wild rose and the . buckbrush. After the young birds reach full growth they do not congre1 gate in large flocks, as do the prairie chickens, but are found alone, in ?pairs, or in'small flocks of five or sis. \ They feed on gram, insects ana green vegetables, such as red clover, cab? bage, etc. These birds are great favorites with sportsmen. The mag! nificent plumage of the cock almost i rivals that of the peafowl in beauty, j His prevailing colors are gold and; i bronze, with touches of black. He j also has a clear white ring about the ! i neck. The head and upper half of! : the neck have a bluish green of change able shade, similar to that of the mal- ! i' lard duck. I foa IWCMGIPUCASAMT? | "The pheasant gives out a stronger l scent than the blue grouse or the prairie chicken, and lies better to the dog. During the open season, Sep j tember 1st to December 1st, an hour's 1: drive in any direction from Eugene will j bring one into the shooting grounds. i The lawlimitsa shooter to twenty birds each day, but this number is often killed in a few hours. "With suitable inclosure and a reai1 sonable amount of patience these birds >! can be successfully propagated any- ! ; j where if the climate be not too severe. < They cannot be tamed or doraestica- j ted. After months of captivity they are as wild as when first taken. They j are 'game' first, last and all the time. ; "The flesh of the Mongolian pbeas- | ant is almost as white as that of the i domestic chicken and has a pronounced j ' 'gamey' flavor, much appreciated by ! . all lovers of wild meat." Following are instructions, given by j a writer in the St. Louis Star, for . i propagating pheasants: ; | A bos should first be constructed, i The runway, which is covered with >j wire netting, is detachable from the * b ?4- iV, V? ic cof > UUA cl L tac CUU, ?> Aiciciu tug aoovv, | I and -where the hen and young birds | ; are protected from storm and cold, j i Both the runway and the box are j placed on the ground. To construct a nest take a square | piece of sod about the size of the box ; ' and in the centre cut out a round! space about the size of a common hen's j s nest. ; Very little dry leaves or chaff should j i be placed in the bottom of the nest. j s: Disinfect the hen with insect pow- j ! j der before placing her upon the nest. ' '! The hen should be placed upon the i j nest with some common eggs for at ; least two days before placing the 1' pheasant esrgs under her. This i:? clone to test her staying qualities. ; The eggs should then be placed under i the hen at night time, after removing J the hens' eggs. Food and water should be placed in the runway so the hen can subsist ; during incubation. i The eggs should be examined every day, and for this purpose the lid or roof of the box should be li\ted while j ^ the hen is out in the runway, so that | hone become broken or soiled. Should j any of the eggs become soiled from broken eggs or otherwise, they 3hould be cleansed by taking a rag wet with tepid water aud wiping them, but do not place the eggs in water. It takes from twenty-two to twentyfour days for the eggs to hatch. After the eggs have been under the hen twenty days, they should be sprinkled with lukewarm water twice a day. This is necessary in order to aid the young birds to leave the shell. The runway and box should fit close to the ground to prevent the young birds from leaving, as they will surely leave the hen as soon as they are out of the shell, unless this precaution is heeded. The hen and young birds should bo kept closely in tiie t>ox lor twenty-four hours after they aro hatched, and should not be allowed to have either food or drink. At the end. of twenty-four hours both hen and young birds may be let out into the i runway. Give the hen all the corn she will eat. This will keep her from eating the food of her young. The food for the young birds for the first week should be of custard, t j , r ? made of milk and eggs, and should bo given fresh at least live times a day. Care should be taken not to feed ktoo u much at a time, so as to keep the coop clean, for if the place becomes foul it will tend to breed disease, and the young birds may die from diarrhea. ^ The food for the young birds for j. the second week should consist of ^ custard and milk curd. The custard should be given three times a day, and milk curd, which should be mixed with equal parts of ground hemp and canary seed, shonid be given twice a o day. A common coffee mill will answer the purpose for grinding tho seeds. Some young lettuce and young onion top^, chopped fine, should be added to both the custard and milk curd. The young birds should he given plenty of green food by placing lettuco or young clover in the coops. e An"] Ancient Toll Abolished. ? Windsor bridge across the Thames ] lias just been freed from its two-penny <] toll through the greed of the corpora- fc tion. This had an undoubted right to a collect tolls from prescription as they $ had been taken since the reign Ot Henry VI. It asked Parliament in 1734, and again in 1819, for power to f( charge additional tolls, and obtained s it for a limited number of years. The E privilege expired about ten years ago, but the corporation continued to col- s lecfc the money till a litigious Briton g refused to pay, thus bringing the matter to the attention of the courts. ! 2 In Mexico City "first-class Amen- i eaa butter, made by an expert," is ad- j * vertised at fifty and fifty-six cents a i pound, at wholesale and retail, re- | speciively. ' ? ) I THE REALM A curious new fad just now seen: n the point of gaining a foothold i he range of feminine fancy, and if ontinues to grow pussy ill peep 01 ver the brim of many a stylish hi ' kittens' heads fob bonnets. " his winter, for the cat seems about lave its inning as a factor in person idornment. They are more artistic than owl ind the milliner defends her practi ,s much less barbarous than the u; if birds, for the decapitation of ca rill save many a hapless feline fro he miseries inflicted by malicioi roungsters. Black and maltese are favorite y STYLISH AND ATTBAC iough occasionally a white head sed on a dark velvet bonnet. Attractive Costamo For a 311st. The stylish and attractive costnn hown in the large illustration, ar escribed by May Manton, is made < ightweight wool serge in Sumafe rown, with yoke of silk in the san olor, sash and collar of plaid ribbc nd trimming of embroidered pass lenterie. The bodice, which is sligb 7 pouched, is made over a fitted li: ag that closes at the centre fron 'he outside is fitted by shoulder ar nderarm seams only and closes i isibly at the left shoulder and unde rm seams. The yolk of silk is fac< nto the lining, the overlapping edj f the serge being outlined by a bai f trimming. The sleeves are tw earned and show only sufficient ft less at the shoulder to support tl paulets. The skirt is five-gored ai its smoothly across the front and hip ?he fulness at the back is laid in u ierlying pleats, which form the ft iack. It is lined throughout and h: n interfacing of haircloth six inchi ieep. The edge is bound with v? eteen. To make this bodice for a miss ourteen years will require one ai even-eighths yards of forty-four-int oaterial. The skirt will require three ar even-eighths yards of the same wid1 joods. Ideas in Headgear. Bonnets are not worn by womc auch under sixty. Large hats, toque nd the boat-shaped variety are tl avorite styles, with here and there ?oke for the few who can wear i leathers are put on to slant bac rom the face and fall a little over tl OF FASHION. I , mmmmm8z8$mm , is Lair. Miroir velvet Las tLe preferin ence for milh ery, atfd glace silk and it satin are both . sed. Anything glossy it is in style, at Ladles' and Misses' Tzarlna Blouse Coat* i Ruisian-green cloth, black mohair braid in scroll design and Persian lamb far combine to make this garment one of the most handsome and most stylish shown this season. The hat of mode felt is faced and trimmed with bands of green velvet; variegated quills standing up from a small bow at the left side. While the success of the blouse coat is an assnred fact, writes*May Manton, many ladies } that are not of slender frame will hesitate to adopt it in some Jof its variations. The model here presented ia one that will be found very generally becoming as the front alone pouches ! while the back fits the figure snugly; ; a style that is suited to all figures. Its simple construction and fitting by shoulder, under-arm and back seams renders it easy to develop, and the closing is made invisibly in centre* front with coat hooks and eyes. A J unique feature is the shapely collar that forms a plastron front and back and extends below the belt to the ' lower edge. The belt is shaped to fit the figure rounding below the waist line in front. ? The coat sleeves are of fashionable to proportions, box-pleats adjusting the al fulness at the top. The stylish Medici collar is seamed to fit closely, flaring s, apart high above the neck. Coats in ce this style can be made'of material to so match or contrast with the skirt, the ,ts different varieties of cameTs-hair,zibe* m line, rep and velours being very apas propriate or of kersey, melton, cheviot or other coatings. Fancy linings of Ro- ( is, man stripes or plaided silks are chio d i is and fashionable, an interlining of thin flannel being necessary -when dress goods are made up for street wear. ! The varieties found in the shops I makes tlio question of garniture a j comparatively e^ y one and the man :n i ' COAT OF RUSSIAX-GEEES CLOTH. I i S, i J , ie j aer of applying tlie same is only a 1 j a j question of individual taste, t. ' To make this coat for a lady in the ! j :k ; medium size will require two yards of . I ie ! fifty-four-inch material .CURIOUS FACTS. Persia lias not a single railway. The cotton crop in Peru grows in twelve different colors. Excursion tickets for dogs are now issued by two English railroads. Since 1870 Victoria, Australia, has voted more* than $250,000 for the destruction of rabbits. Caterpillars from six inches to a foot long are common in the vicinity of the Darling River, Australia. The Falls of Niagara carry down 10.000,000 cubic feet of water per minute, equal to about 3,000,000 horsepower. In some of the farming districts of China pigs are harnessed to small wagons and made to draw them, it is said. The rent for one salmon-fishing station on the Tay for next season is $525.0. This was the successful bid of a syndicate. Hobo is a common word among the Sioux or Dakota Indians. They use the word in referring to young men who have nothing to do. There are three varieties of the dog that never bark?tho Australian dog, * tho Egyptian shepherd dog and the "lion-headed" dog of Thibet At Italian inventor has invented a boat with steel fins, which is propelled solely by the motion of the sea water. It goes best in rough weather. One of the learned antiquarians, Dr. Petrie, says that smoking pipes of bronze are frequently found in Irish tnmuli, or sepulchral mounds, of the ' most remote antiquity. The big trees (redwood) of Calaveras grove, California, are ninety-two in number, ten being over thirty feet in diameter. Thev ranze in heizht from 150 to 237 feet and in age from 1000 to 3500 years. A rapid penman can write thirty words in a minute. To draw this he must draw his quill through the*space of a rod?sixteen and one-half feet. In forty minutes his pen travels a furlong and in five hours and a third, a mile. It is related that Lord Justice Collin* attributes his earliest success as a Queen's Counsel to having been found at his chambers one Derby Day when a hundred-guinea brief was going a-begging because so many "silks" were enjoying themselves at Epsom. Baron von Hollenben, the new German Ambassador to this country, is criss-crossed from .breast to crown with scars inflicted in duels, twentyone of which he has fought. There is a saying in Germany that while the Baron is sometimes marked by a scar, his opponents are often marked by a oravristohfl. Besides his record as principal, he has appeared as second in thirty-five affairs. Many Halrbreath Escapes. Captain Jo Desha certainty bears a . charmed life. Several days ago ho i picked up a bundle of oats to take to I some stock, and while carrying it un- * der his arm felt a wriggling inside the bundle which he thought was a field* mouse. A moment afterward he saw the head of an immense poisonous snake sticking from the bundle and darting its tongue at him in a most venomous way. The Captain dropped the oats in short order and ran to a stone fence for a rock. When he returned the snake had escaped. It was as big around as a man's wrist. In riding one race horse and leading another to the pasture the horses, so J glad to return to grass, began to kiok J up their heels and prance around at a M great rate. Captain Desha wa3 thrown from the saddle and his foot stuck in fl one of the stirrups. As good luck I would havo it the horse remained j quiet, while the other ran away. Had 1 both started the Captain would prob- ! ably haye been dragged to his death. i During the war a bullet passed entirely through Captain Desha's neck,' barely missing the jugular. Another plowed its way through his scalp. At another time the Captain received a bullet wound in the shoulder. Who A can beat thi3 record??Cynthiana 9 (Ky.) Democrat. ^ ^ ' *} Keep Oat of Public Office. V "This rage for office is one of the strange things in American life," obcerved J. B. Henderson, the wellknown former United States Senator from Missouri, to a reporter at the Coates House. "If a man would esert a private pursuits the same care, the a same energy, the same talents and. ibility, the same study, the same gan- 1 :ral activity that are required to bo 1 successful in office, he would make | nore money and be happier.' The ' I the thirst for office is one of the nn- fi Kcuuuuiauic tujiu^s iu aui&iAVMu ? lies. Possibly it is great because an I American likes to be considered and I trusted by bis fellows. The craving 1 exceeds that in other countries, be- I cause, where offices are appointive, it fl is a sign of trust of only one person, 1 or of a cabinet, or of a few persons at fl uest." The honor here is the expres sion generally of one's fellow citizen^. fl General Henderson should know I whereof he speaks, since he was United fl states Senator for eight years, a mein- I oer of the Missouri Legislature for three terms, twice a defeated candi- fl date for Congress and several times fl special prosecuting attorney for the fl Government. He advises young men fl to keep out of office.?Kansas City H Star. fl A Duke's Endowment. fl On the occasion of the wedding of 9| She Duchess of Teck to her handsome 3ut impecunious husband,her brother, ^ :he Duke of Cambridge, gave vent to J lis unfortunate habit of thinking M ilond. "When the Duke of Teck soljmnly pledged himself with all his ^B vorldly goods to endow the bride, the fl Duke of Cambridge marred the poI? B ;maity of the occasion by exclaiming ^B ^uite audibly: "Well, by Jove! And Wales gave him his shirts!"?Crypt, j \ 1