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son was lighting n*T hodae
>1 no-clad bill,
iv bird was rufllad aa It perched
w\ adow *111,
ns chased tor ths kitten on the
vwept garden walk,
1 the dainty head
a dahlia rod
>n its slender stalk.
e bird at the rose tree, unheedc
cares to-day;
I the thousand thhun
t the future brings
? such as they.
household Ingle oen I*.?
>?ng clouds lnt#rPMt
- ? ? "?/wi_k 4l
ww uuw? lurougn ino MJHt
hole, and a shadow tho house en K
shrouds;
ftfl And I know I must quit my mountain, and
j go down to tho vale below,
ft For my houso is chill
On tho windy hill,
TThon tho autumn tempests blow.
H. mind Is forover drawing an Instructive
pnrnllol
Twlxt temporal things that porlsh and eternal
things thnt dwoll?
When billows and waves surround mo, and
waters my soul o'rflow,
I descend In hope
I From the mountain top
y-Hptic sheltering vale below.
Jj j go down to tho Valley of Hllenee, whore
tho worldly aro never mot 5
f I know there Is "balm and healing" thoro
for oyos t hat with tears are wot;
And I And, In Its sweet *?nin?inn
? ?(|ouilU
solneo for nil my nnrn,
IKor thnt vnlloy puro,
With itn sholtorsure,
T s tho beautiful Vnloof Prayor.
?Chambers's Journal.
HINCKLEY'S'OMECTHNS.
EY EMMA A. OPTF.n.
W<^DN?T h?je
ing hii hands nt tlio Rink. Joan Carhou,
bin niooe, was ringing clothes out
of tho bluing water.
"SVhut in it now?" alio asked, looking
rtraight at him, with 11 keen twinklo
in her l?ig, brown, heavy-fringed
eyes. llor chocks wore as pink iih
wild roses. "It's his now thrashing
JK# machine, ain't it? Wnl, I have hoard
> v- 'twas a regular daisy 1"
Joan disapproved of nlan^, but a
Kansas ranch is a favorable place for
IUO OlllllVUUOU Ol it.
"1 don't know nothing about his
thrashing machine. What 1 know is,
I know Andrew Wilkorson, when I was
livm' in the south part o' Indiany,
twenty years ago, r.r.d I uin't going to
have nothing at all to do with a man
that wan celebrated all over the country
for being a cheating, lying, onprincipled,
no-aooount scalawag 1"
"Well," said Jean, squeezing out a
^^Bt?tbcloth, "you'vo b'en Haying that,
pappy, ever siuoo they moved here,
and I hain't oven disputed you."
Ho was all tho "pappy" sho had
over known.
"I won't neighbor with 'em I"
"Wal, you needn't. Onlv. noomR to
mo you havo theso spoils of Bwearing
you won't havo nothing to do with I
him just when he's got something now,
er be'n elected town trustee, er raised
an extra big crop of something. I helive
it riles you to think ho's getting
I along k<? good," a mischiovious dimple
I dOYfUOpiug itself at the eornor of her
\l ripe mouth. "I really believe, paprv
Mr. Hinckly rattled tho wash-basin.
llo could uevor scold Jean, however
great her guy impertinence. But he
upoko with sternness.
"I don't want nothin' to do with 'oin."
ho repeated. "Nor I don't want you
to have 1 There's a young feller in the
family; I've seen him once or twice.
.1 wouldn't have you have no truck
with him, nor know him, not for all I
got in the world?not the son of a
man like Andrew Wilkorson. Blood
tolls. If you over boo him, to uuy of
tho corn-huskings er merry-makings,
you give him tho solid-goby. Now, I
mean it!"
"You've b'on saying that for thirteen
months, too, pappy," said JeoA,
laughing.
But hot laugh was odd. Hho faced
her uncle bravely, but her cheeks had
lost thoir pinkness suddenly, and her
breath came for a moment in little
gasps.
Mr. Hinckley woro spectacles, and
was not particularly observant, anyhow.
When Joan carried a baskefiul of
clothes out to tho line, ho gazed uftcr
her, proudly and securely.
"The smartest gal in tho country
and tho handsomest!" he reflected,
with commendable moderation. "It's
got to be a lino foller thatgitshcr away
from 'pappy!' "
Mr. Hinckley had to drive to the
village that afternoon, to try and scare
up a deccnter hired man than lli
Adamc, whoso laziness appeared to bo
ft positive disease.
He was thinking abgorbedly of many
things as ho drove along--Andrew
Wilkerson's heinous failings twing for
the moment wholly out of his mind.
"Hi, there 1" a teamster shouted.
"Turn out, can't you?"
"Turn out yourself, ScthSimpson,"
said "Mr. Hinckley.
They were old friends, and they
grinned at each other.
But Mr. Hinckley's three-year-old
"colt" had no liking for the great
empty hay rack upon the rude seat ol
which Seth Simpson sat. She reared
quickly and violently.
"You fool of a horse!" said her
driver good-humoredly. "Keep in the
road!"
He jerked her back, but she jumped
again.
Mr. Hinckley was bending forward,
with a strong gra??? nnon the lines, pmi
one of the protruding poles of the rack
struck him forcibly on the forehead.
The lines fell from his hands, and he
felt of his head in a daze of pain and
alarm, and foil forward just as Heth
Simpson reached und caught him.
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A TolnminotiB voice vu sounding la
hi* confused ear* when hi* wMW fa- '
turned to him.
"?o, sir < gov BoOtcs Cwlllsr." It
aid, decisively. "He'* the only feller
round here that know* tlpe difffelronoe
between a toothache and a oa*e of I
cholory morbus.
"Ooodnesa, Andrew, qnit your joking
1" a jroman's pleasant voios beseech
ed. "Tain't no time for joke*.
Bnt yon had better get Doctor OolHh*t
loosened and Wjt'1 *" c?H*r
A big iienvv hl'lr jftC|? H" wet
"m--AD,irow w-,::rzn "to-'
liko that. I ..J.'.' "f1""
jj'iii... he ' ,;ovh:rr'i
?l?i-!:'?ti-t I,',, Jxz
? avuuu V
"Andrews," hui?1 his wifo, "if you
can't talk any lower, you'll havo to go
out in the kitchen. Ho ain't jest the
man to have round anybody that'H nick,
Mr. Hinckley," h)io Haiti to the sufferer,
"hut ho ineaiiH well."
Thereupon Andrew gave a loud
laugh.
Mr. Hinckley rained liimHolf and
leaned on Imh olhow. He felt ill nt
ease, dintlirhed, half angry.
"Andrew hcnt up for your tiioce, Mr.
Hinckley," ?aid Mm. Wilkernou. "We
didn't know just when you could he
moved, and we thought hIicM want to
know?"
"Um! yoH. I'm much obliged. I
ruchh I can he moved; guesH there
..ii.'t iiroku," Mr. Ilinekley
ronpoiided. He was eyeing Andrew
WilkerHon without warmth. "You've
changed oonsider'hlo ninco wo know
each other up in ludiany, hain't you?"
ho queried.
"Indiany?" Andrew WilkerHon repeated,
in hearty toncH. "Oh, yon.
yon, to-he-nuro 1 So've you."
"You'rethicker Met."
"Wal, yes, guesH I ho. You're hold*
ing your yearn well, Mr. Hinckley?
splendid."
"Hotter lay down ag'in, hadn't you ?"
SOIll !!1S WHO.
"I guess I'm holding my years," Mr.
Hinekley rejoinod, linmollit'iod. "I've
got it good straight. honest life heliind
mo, niiyhow. 1 never done no injury
to no man."
"CourHO not course not!" said Mr.
Wilkurson, in a soothing manner,
which nettled his enforced guoHt.
"I've tried to forgot that little
transaction we had, Andrew Wilkerson,"
said Mr. Hinckley. "Sinet
we've boon neighbors here I've tried
to forget it. Ihit 1 can't rcely forgot
being cheated out of a hundred and
twenty-one dollars ami a half clear
T?* ?>!?<? v "
"Want it fifty-one cents?" Mr.
Wilkerson demanded, bursting into a
great roar of laughter. "Heo here, I
wanter know what you're driving at.
I thought you was loony?out of your
head?when you begun, but I sfe you
ain't. What are you trying to get at?
I never see you before I canto Here, in
all my born days."
' Ain't you Andrew Wilkerson, ol
IndianyV"
"I'm Andrew Wilkerson, but 1 ain't
of Indiany, by a long shot ! I come
from Michigan always lived flier'?
tier I ain't ashamed of it."
"Andrew," his wife remonstrated,
"if you get him excited "
"I ain't excited," sanl Mr. Hinckley,
lying down, weakly. "I felt, minute
1 laid eyes on you, that I'd b'ou making
a mistake all this time. I've got
cousider'blo to apologize for, Mr.
Wilkerson. I ain't ever had a good
square look at you before, and I
thought the hull time you was a feller
that, wa'nt much better 'n a ?'n a?"
"Coyote," said Mr. Wilkerson.
"Will, seeing I ain't that feller, 1 aiif't
going to worry about it. Ner you
needn't apologize none. If I'd thought
a feller'd clean me out of a hundred
and twenty dollars and fifty-one cents
?wa'nt it?? I'd h'on mad. Wal, uovf,
wo hain't h'en verv neighborly, but I
kind O* think vonr usil and n?v
in title up f?>r it pretty mueh?"
"Andrew !" said Mrs. WilkerHon.
Hut u (Hidden rush iiinl tlutter of s
blue gown iiml inetihereiit little murmuring*
interrupted the talk.
loan Meat over her uncle, her arms
around him.
"Oh, puppy," she cried, "you nin'i
killed? Oh, pappy, I was Hcnrod to
death when Wilbur ooine and told
me!"
" Told you I guessed he wan't hurt
mueh," h?ii?l a tall young man behind
her.
Upon this young man Mr. Hinckley's
eyes were tixed. ile was a line
looking fellow, ami Jean had called
him Wilbur.
Mr. llinekloy felt that some explanation
was due him trom somebody,
but he made his own explanation first.
"Jean," he said, "he ain't the man.
Ho ain't from Indiany, Jean. I've
wronged him."
"Oh, pnppv !" Jean sobbed. "Nor
I hain't done right by you. I've
known Wilbur almost ever sineo he'*
been here. We got acquainted at the
Fisk girls' daiwc, tnd we've seen each
other lots since, and ? and, pappy?"
"And we're going to get married before
next spring, 1 reckon," said Wilbur,
with a tlush of pride and content.
His father gave a rolling laugh.
"What, you minx," he eried ?"you
agreed marry a son of Andrew Wilkerson,
of Indiany?"
"Yes, I did," said Jean, her bright
face hidden on her uncle's arm. "I
thought till this minute that you ivhh
tbfl in** 11 pappy thought you was. Hut
I?I liked Wilbur so, mid I trusted
him, and I didn't euro who his father
was, and I wouldn't ask him about it,
either, and make him think I eared if
his father was a rascal."
"You're the right kind!" said Andrew
Wilkersou, almost in a shout.
"You're the gal for mo?and for my
boy !"
"She's the gal for the best man on
top of the earth," said Air. Hinekley,
stroking her hair. "No, no, Jean, I
ain't, hurt much. t'H dance e.t your
wedding, but yon don't go 'way after
it and leave your pnppv. 1 can't spare
.'on. 1 guess there's plenty of room
jn my ranch for yon and the man that
can make you happy, hoth of yon."
"I'm so glad of that, pappy J" Jean
whispered, joyfully.
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1,^1.
?STwi* .Mr. H??g^a.
wtl? ?topy~* ?* ?. A l?
I ^BTwirts^ss?54/
? ? |L|- 4500
A top ?*w^ln^Ml!1"*'
povvd* u worth t^?y 7J. h91J
pj^ia : &?oJSSj?
^fiitnid that people eat twent/p^
cent, moro breed when the weather is
cold than when it is mild.
Paris now gets its water supply from
nix great springs. It travels through
eighty-three miles of aqueducts.
The Mediterranean has been com*
monly supposed to be a sea without
tides; but, as a matter of fact, at
Venice there is a tide in tho spring of
from one to two feet.
Tlin nave onimolo "' XIk 1
..........in VI HOIIU AIDITICB,
according to Professor A. 8. Packard,
of Brown University, comprise 172
species of blind creatures, nearly all
of which arc mostly white in color.
The campus at Yalo College is now
lighted by eloctrio light. Thia is anid
to be the first time in the hiatory of
tho collego that lights of any kind
have been displayed on the campus.
The pain oauaed by tho bite of n
moaquito ia caused by a fluid poiaon
injected by the insect into the wound
in ordorto make the blood thin enough
to flow through the mosquito's throat.
In calculating "oxaot time" at the
National Observatory at Washington,
the astronomers do not, as ia generally
supposed, use tho sun as a basis of
their calculations. Bucli deductions
are made only from the relative nosition
of the * Mixed stars."
The largest sun spot ever noted by
astronomers appeared in tho fall ot
18<?7. It was 2H0,0()0 miles long and
11)0,000 miles wide. Four hundred
planets the size of the earth, could
have been laid side by side in that
"spot" without touching each other.
A disease known as peach fever is
common among the employes in the
fruit packing and canning establish*
merits of Maryland and Delaware. The
more experienced workers seem to become
proof against the irritant after
some years in the business. There is
no evidence to show that the disorder
is contagious.
Neither the turtle, tortoise nor toad
is provided with teeth. There is a belief
that a turtle can bite oflf a linger,
Imf 111.. .1. *l.: 1 n
'..V WMV vtlllliu V?ll UU IIUHIIII^ U I 1 III*
kiml. Its jaws are very strong nnd
tlio horny membranetlint runs around
tho jaw, where, in other animals tooth
aro found, is so lnird and lough that
tho turtle onn crush tho hones of tho
hand to a |>nl|>, hut as for luting ott' 11
linger, tho feat is an impossibility.
A Costly Walk.
Tt has boon loft to a St. Louis business
man to construct a gravel walk,
neither long nor strikingly beautiful,
that is a modern if comparatively bumble
rival of the glistening highways of
(lotion and fable, for it represents
St5.IKK) hard < <??)?
I'M war <1 1'. Kinsella, Vice-president
of the Hanlcy-KinHclla Co (Toe Company,
is the proud possessor of this
unique walk. It is composed of several
tons of Brazilian pebbles that
came to him in an ordinary business
way during tho past few years.
This lirm are heavy importers of
Brazilian colTee. llefore the berries
are ready to be roasted for the market
the sacks are opened and the contents
carefully examined for twigs, leaves
and other impurities, the latter generally
taking the shape of small pebbles
about the si/.e of a eotl'ee berry.
These came with such regularity and
in such quantities that long ago tho
idea they were accidentally in the sacks
was abandoned, and the conclusion reluctantly
reached that they were purposely
plaeed in the bags to mako
weight. The daily discoveries of these
Brazilian pebbles will till an ordinary
water bucket. The importers pay for
coffee. Two years ago Mr. Kinsella
concluded to utilize this apparent evidence
of dishonesty of tho far away
cotfco packer, and 1 uid the nccumulation
of pebbles carted out to his handsome
residence, on the West Pino street
boulovard, No. '1323, where they were
used to make h handsome garden walk.
The pebbles represent a weight that in
eo(Foe would be worth $15,000. The
gravel path is each month being added
to, and it is but a question of time
when Mr. Kinsella will have the most
expensive piece of garden path in tho
world.?St. Louis (llobe-Demoerat.
Fight Between Two Bucks.
Few people are aware of tho desperate
character of a tight between two
ferocious deer. At Harbin Springs
recently two two-year-old bucks met
in an inclosure and for about half an
hour the tight was most furious. They
tore up the earth and gored each other
iu a frightful manner. During a part
of the time, and while the combat was
the hottest, the air was tilled with dust
while they struggled for advantage. A
short distance away stood a doe and a
fawn surveying with an expression of
interest and wonder a contest which
was to decide which would rule the
family. All doubts were soon set at
rest, as one of tho bucks made a tremendous
lunge that landed his opponent
fifteen feet away; this lie followed
up with a rush that pinned the other
against the fence, from which he
shortly afterward escaped, only to be
caught again by his angry foe an I
tossed into a spring and gored until lie
bellowed, which was a sign of surrender.
The light was exciting while
II UIMCU, 1111(1 WIIS WllllCMCd hv tile
guests of tin- Springs nnd ?|ti11? ? number
from town who were visiting there.
? Miiidlctoii (Ca).) iiidependent.
Close Dealing.
A woman sold a pig to a butcher the
other day and he killed it on the premises.
Now it is a superstition with
some butchers that to cut off a pig's
tail insures the preservation of the
ineat. The pig's littlo tail was cut off.
But the woman was on the watch. She
picked up the tail and gave it to the
butcher to be weighed, saying: "I
want pay for the whole of him."
But the butcher got even with her.
The reckoning came to half a cent, j
probably because of the addition of
the tail. She wanted the haif Cent, of
course; she always does. So the
butcher placed a cent on the block,
cut it in two with his cleaver, and gave
her the half cent ?Portland (Me.)
1'reas.
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SnOOTttQ WitH FERRETS.
tbanmro ncm to Dzrra ba?
bmivbolc THXn holm.
Folate About Mauling and Working
tho Croatarea and ChoOiIng the
(iroilnd td M Cduredi
7T LTbOUdH thete are a goodly
/\ limber of hnnters who think
y^y. tO?kgeam of nport does not
^ until tho snow is on
the gronzMXhe; can get after the ralv
bit, and by |he aid of tho ferret, drive
him forth to(get a good funning shot
without aU the tiresome tramping, I
i r. 1 e - - ?
aioug ma scent ol a rabbit in search
of food* of tan to get no nearer to the
quarry than several hundred yards.
Truly tb.S ferrotov has tho best of it
when ha knows his business and has a
good ferret that knows his equally
well. The great trouble is that ho few
of our ferrets do know thoir busineHH,
or, to use a common phrase, "one end
of it.** The fault of this lien in the
owner of the ferret, and is easily remedied,
for there is no animal moro
easily trained, or more useful when
trained, thnn .the well-bred ferret. I
was talking td a man the other day
who breeds ferrets and makes quite a
business of ty, keeping them on a
farm, and having them divided ofT in
yards and hut< lies, just as if they were
pri/.o rabbits. I wanted to buy a
couple of yot ng buok ferrets for the
coming season, and asked him if ho
had any bred from parents that had
been properly trainod? Ho replied: i
"When I first! oommencod this busi- ,
ness 1 had ferrtets on hand that were 1
trained like bird dogs, and, of course, i
1 vuluod thorn accordingly. Do vou I
think tnero was any demand for them?
Well, there was not, and when I asked i
or .$20 for a perfectly trained for- (
ret people thought I was crazy. So I |
gave it up, and now havo neither I
trained for rota nor ferrets roared and I
bred from trained stock. It docs not t
pay." ??
1 was surprised at this, and picked '
out a pair to do my own training, I
ready for the first tracking snow. As <
from this'it would appear that a great 1
many people who use these animals do '
lini iiiiihicutanil flu* nilvnufono* /? '
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gained from a trained one, I may as (
well inako it plk'n beforo I go any 1
further. I thtwk all will allow that
there are few things more annoying to <
the hunter then to have the ferret <
"lie up" whenWML.into a hole, result- I
ing in the losnwflbprt while you wait ?
his pleasure ahj?*5pming out, or if he '
iH loft, the los5^^-"tho ferret, value, I
say, 310. Thnrt^only the first evil. '
the others are wlf&u ho will not work '
at all, refusing prtreistently to go into
an earth, or whoa ho enters, and fiudH '
a rahbit, he will kill and eat it instead <
of dragging it out, and lias no idea of
answering tlio voice or call of his mas- 1
tor. lu Germany, France and Eng- ?
laud the ferret i? taught all of this, .]
and there is, with few* exceptions, no 1
bother and no delay to sport. ?
Obtain a young animal, and see that
he is healthy, has clean feet, with no
scabs on them or anv siorn of there .
having boon any, for this is a sign of
"hutch ret" and will make tho little
fellow sensitive to hard weather, and
apt to shirk. Take, him homo and havo
for his homo a moderately warm, dry,
clean hutch, and mind that it is kept
so. This is the most important item
of them all. Then commence the
training process, which is done
through the medium of food. When
you go to bod food him, make a curious
squeaking soiuitl like a rat squealing,
produced by pressing tho touguo
against, tho side of tho teeth and
Htrongly sucking the air through tho
interstices. Any boy will give you a
lesson. Do this whenever ho iH fed,
ho as to impress upon tho mind that
the sound is counwted with food, and
half the training is done. Then begin
to handle him. Make -up your mind
to the fact that when yon put your
hand down X1"1 witl think it is some
thing to eat, afrtsLwill raiHo up to l"nose"
it, and tmt if you draw tho 1
hand away in a sudden manner lio will !
be <iuicker than you, and will seizo it,
giving you a pretty bad bite; but that f
if you keep the hand moving steadily
and fairly down, in a fearless manner, '
the forret will find out his mistake
ami not bite. This is one of the hardest
lessons tho trainer has to learn, as \
they are bloodthirsty looking little 1
cattle, and ;t. requires some courage to
do this the first time or two. Having
overcome this difficulty, handle iho ,
ferret at all times and all seasons.
You cannot overdo it, and after a time *
you will take quite a fancy to the little
thing. I never carry a ferret bag,
but carry them loose in my pocket,
which is fitted with a flap and button. '
Having progressed so far, take the
ferret out in tho open, anil take liim
hungry, so that when you make tho
call he will be keen to come to you,
when ho must be rewarded with a <
piece of meat or liver. If he docs *kis 1
well, advance him to the hedgerow or brush,
and get him so that he will <
come to you whenever you make the >
call. c
When tho hunting commences, be ?
careful and liavo the ferrets well fed
the night previous, but not the morn- '
ing you go out, unless it is very cold, ^
when a very little milk may be given. 4
I'lns will insure better work. Arriving J
hi iin; eitnn, ciuicr located oeiorc
hand, or by the hound dog, take tho '
ferret nn<l placo htm m the entrance; '
if it lie tenanted he will immediately <
go down, if not he will go in a little '
way ami conic out. Then pick him 1
up and try elsewhere. If ho stays in, ^
an ear placed to the ground will locate 1
any disturbance, and toll you if the )
rabbit is pinned. If there is no bolt 1
in a reasonable time, and the ferret, ?
remains in the earth, stoop down and '
make the feed-call, and if properly
trained the ferret will come to you,
and his jaws will tell you if he has '
found and killed a rabbit, bv the
blood on them. Always reward him '
with meat or liver until ho is an old [
hand at tho ImaiWess. You will then (
have a ferret that will be the envy of
the neighborhood. Sometimes the f
best animals will take a fit and "lay j
up,' that is to say, they will refuse to ^
come out, and in such a ease the best
way is to make a nest of grass or leaves
at one end, and bank both ends up
with a sod of grass. The next morn- (
ing, or pi ss dy as you return, the j
ferret will be found curled up on the
bed waiting for his master.
The tpiestion of mu/./.ling a ferret iil
ways a lively matter of argument. ,
Moat of the muxzlee need ere totally
unfitted for use, end one might ea rea
sonably expect e race home to rni
with e plowing ooliar around hie neck
m to Axoect a ferrAt to do
with one of the made-to-sell monstrositiea
on hia no*?. A muzzle ahould
consist of firelight* aoft leather straps,
whioh are put together bo one formi
the ring of the snout, the others lying
one along the nose, one under the
chin, one around the noae near the
eyes and the last encircling the neck
close behind the cars. If you cannot
make ono yourself take the little fellow
to a harness maker and get him
interested in the matter, and he will
turn out a muzzle that will fit like a
lady's glore, and the ferret will work
comfortably and well. Remember alWflVH
that the animal ia n)v>vin? a
"natural instinct when lie limits and
that your aim is to assist him as much
as you can.
As to working them with bells T am
not so prejudiced. If the grass o
undergrowth is thick ono must either
have bells or very great watchfulness,
as it ruins a ferret to let him run
around loose, even for a very few minutes,
and that is what he will do if he
gets out of an earth without boing
scon. The objection to bolls is that
he sound travels a long way through
tho ground, and if there are any other
passages with rabbits in them they
will all "git up and git" while the
hunter is occupied with ono. If they
are used they should bo of tho tiniest
model of sleigh bell procurable, and
should bo slung on to a very light
strap, care being taken in putting the
collar on that the bells are so arranged
that the buckle comes under the chin,
and the hells one each side and ono in
the Tildd'e of Iho of tho UCCll.
If tlio hells hang under the chin they
are in the way and half the time they
jiinuot sound, while if properly disposed
on the collar the weight ot tlia
buckle will keep them on tho back of
tho neck, where they will do most
?ood.
As most rabbits boltod from earth
ire shot withiu a twenty-yard rnuge,
.he gun must either bo a cylinder bore
;r must he so loaded as to produce
ivh.at is called "scatter" shooting, and
vhat is more it must be a hard-hitting
?un, for tho furry fellow takos a lot
>f killing, and frequently gets awav
ivith quite a load of shot on board.
L'lie orthodox load is ono ounce and a
piarter of No. ft Rhot and throo
lraohms and a half of powder, using
diick wads over the powder ; but many
food men prefer No. 4 Rhot, and unhesitatingly
uso wood or smokeless
howder in the second barrel, if not in
>oth. This is very important on a
uisty morning, when smoko from
ilack powdor hangs around. Arrangononts
to include fair rabbit shooting
tnd board may be obtained as low as
wolvo dollars per week, and a personal
risit will arrantro for any number o?
>dd days 011 about the same terms.
Itabbit shooting obtained this way
eats tranqiing unknown ground out
uf sight.?New York Recorder.
k Curious Worm.
"when Her Majesty's ship Cliaiicnger
was engaged in making that celebrated
(erics of soundings, and whilo measurements
of ocean depths wore being
bakeu in tho viciuity of the Ladrono
Islands, tho dredger brought a curious
ipecimon of the worm family to the
mrface. The creature was about the
size of a lialf-inoh rope, nearly twentykhreo
inches in length, and striped
?nd banded with all the primary colors,
[t had a hooked, hornlike proboscis,
inrell equipped with powerful teeth,
jacli hooking downward. Tho horny
?eak was used expressly for capturing
food, and was only 3* inches in length.
Exactly what a true representative of
ho worm species would do with n
"captured" edible may seem a mystery
;o the average reader, but our rainjow-colored
sub-marine curiosity had
ise for just such provisions. Wlien;ver
a periwinkle's egg case or a fresh
ot of frog spawn floated his way he
nstant.ly seized upon it with his
irmored beak and quickly "turned
limsclf wrong side out," completely
mveloping his dinner. This proced
iro revealed a remarkable state of
itVairs. The "dinner hook" was the
niufl at both ends, the body of the
vorm fastening around it at tho midlie,
and the color ot tho "inside" of
.ho worm was the samo as the "outlido"?that
is, if anyone could tell
vhich was which. For want of a betier
name the specimen was labeled
Vermes vice versa.?St. Louis Republic.
TIIE III(?!lF.ST AWARD.
tJoyal linking Powder lias all the
Honors In Strength and Value 2()
per cent, above Its Nearest <'oinpet
itor.
The Royal Raking Powder lias tho
mviable record of having received the
lighest award for articles of its class
?greatest strength, purest ingrelients,
most perfectly combined?
vherover exhibited in competion with
ithers. In the exhibitions of former
rear", at tho Centennial, at Pari.:,
Vienna and at the various State and
Industrial fairs, where it lias been ovlibited,
judges have invariably awardid
the Royal Baking Powder the highest
honors.
At the recent World's Fair the <xiniinntion
for the bakiiur now.lor
i wards wore directed by the chief
hcinist. of the Agricultural Departnent
at Washington. The chief oheinst's
otlicial report of the tests of tho
Hiking powders, which was made for
lie Hpeeitk* purpose of ascertaining
.vliifli was the best, shows the leavenng
strength of the I toy si to be H50
Millie inches of carbonic eras per ounce
if powder. Of the eream*of tartar
mking powders exhibited, the next
lighest in strength tested contained
nit 13:1 cubic inches of leavening gas.
rhe other powders gave an average of
III. The Uoyal, therefore, was found
if twenty per cent, greater leavening
itrcugth tnaii its nearest competitor,
ind forty-four per cent, above tho
iverage of all the other tests. Its
mpcriority in other respects, however,
n the quality of the food it makes as
:o fineness, delicacy and wholesome*
icss, could not be meaaurod by tigIt
is these h'gh qualities, known and
ippreeiated by the women of the country
for so many years, that have
<uiseil the sales of the Koyal Baking
I'owder, as shown by statistics, to exceed
the sale of all other baking powIcru
combined.
r W?yi of a Captive Wildest.
Everybody has heard of Nic Arend's
1 wildcat. The cat was given Hid sone
1 months ago, and ever sinoe has been f
uu tiu r*i vi tne lano. xne
* cook, a colored woman, at Nio's place
' feeds the cat, which has manifested a
> great fondneaa for her. When ahe ap1
preaches the cage he pnrrs in the most
pleasant manner, but if anybody else
1 oomes about him he immediately
' growls and shows his wicked looking
fangs. The cat is perfectly satisfied
' with his home. Two or three times
his cage door has been accidentally
1 loft open, but he never even walked
^ outside to see what the rest of the
world looked like. However, whenever
It occurred that the cage door was left
open, Nic always missed a chicken.
The other day he saw the cat catch
one. He simply crouched down by
the door and waited until the chicken,
oblivious of danger, came along, and
then he shot out his paw and had the
chicken by tho head. After he catches
and kills the fowl he picks all the
feathers off it almost as carefully as a
cook, and uses his mouth in the operation
while holding the bird between
his paws.?Florida Times-Union.
Tho largest pnrk in the United
States iH the Yellowstone. It is sixtylive
miles north and south, tiity-Kve
east and west, contains J)o73 rqnrro
mues, ana le-aowr rasi sbofe tho ten
level.
Brown County, "nnsns, hns n man
wlio can husk un<l cril> 135 bushels of
ooru in ten hours.
Oai?u?:tt Etueuton, n Missouri minor, recently
sent out a lump of coal weighing 2140
nounds.
Ladles needing a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Brown's Iron
Hitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malar a
Indigestion. Hiliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Hlood rich and pure.
Li.ott)'r reports lOtM vessels lost in intra,
of which 249 wore Hritish and 120 American.
iri<>\i's 'flits i
Wu ofTer One Hundred I) i.lars Tlewarl i' :
any rase of Catarrh tauicaau t, be cured by
Hall's fas iter i t 'ur .
F. .I.Ciikni.v %'l- Co., T'rops., ToV d >, O.
We, tho nndu*sigii.-d, hi?\u 1; own F. ,1. t lie
noy for i it > last 15 year ;, nml t-elivvu i nn i'
fectl ,* lionoraldc in nil bndne s transact I uit
nn I linar.e ally a'd to carry out any c.dilution
inado h.v the r tin .
West & Tuuax, Wholesale Druggii.tr-, Tele V.
Ohio.
w.vi.ni ??, kin a:; m vuvi.v, v'h lc. m.
1 irug; iris, Toledo, o i '.
Ila l'a Catarrh Cue i i (1 -kc i I item ill v, r.r t
In ; d.reclty unci 1 hi lojci l i .ue .uaa.tr
taccs of t lie 5\. l.'IK. i'ri a, 7-V. p 1: tie. .-ad1
liy al! Druggist/.. ithnunir rren.
If your Hack Ache, or you are all worn out,
food for nothing, it is general debility.
Brown's Iron It Iters will euro you, make you
trong, cleanse your livi r, and give you a good
AlllH'tilf ! >11HS I llM 114*1* VI* 4.
The clgnr trade, which is saM to bo a Rood
Index to tho financial situation, is ltnprov- J
lug.
A wonderful stomach corrector?Beecham's 4
Pills. Hecc-ham's? no others. ^5 cents a box.
l\si: llita.vn'.s UtoN.inu, 'PnornKS for
Coughs Colds and all other Throat. Troubles.
?" I'rc-'jinlnently the bosl."?/lev. Henry Ward
*bt a''let.
Sextrb unions will try eo-operntive house
keeping.
Now i
Is tho Timo to Take a )
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To purity your blootl and build
up your strength so as to
prevent Pneumonia, Diphtherh,
the Grip and fevers
from getting a hold 011 you.
I too l's S irs ip.irilla possesses
just the qualities which make
it the ideal Fall Medicine.
Be sure to get Hood's,because
Hood's nr> Cures .
llood'n I'i I In arc |>r.?n|>t and efficient, yet easy j
Inaction. Sold Ity all druKglHtti. 2o cents. j
jVii I
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of a hidttd I procured
a bottle of An gust Flower. Itufcemed
to do me good at once. I gained
strength and flesh rapidly. I feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me."
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.? ^
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