p 1 * IN THE VAt-LEY. 1 To-day, wh<>n tho sun was lighting my home on tho pinc-elad hill, Tho breast of ? bi:M was rnfflod as It perohed on my window sill, And a k?nf was chased by tho kitten on tho breoze-swept pardon walk, And tho dainty head Of a dahlia rod Was stirred on its slender stalk. Oh, happy tho bird at tho roso treo, nnheodknow no cares to-day . And tho thousand things I hat thofuturo brings Are n blank f.-. en,.h ?a ?ii.? But I. by the household ingle, oan interpret the looming clouds. For the wind "soo-hoos" through the keyhole, and a shadow tho house enshrouds ; An l i know I must quit my mountain, and go down to the vale below, For my house is chill On tho windy hill, "When the autumn tempests blow. jVIy mind is forever drawing nn instructive parallel 'Twixt temporal tilings that perish nnd eternal tilings that dwell ? When billows an l waves surround mo, and waters my soul o'rflow. I descend in hope From tho mountain top ?o tt 0 sheltering vale below. 1 go down to the Valley of Htlenee, where the worldly are never met; I know there is "balm and healing" thorc for eyes that with tears are wet; Anl I find, in its sweet seclusion, gentle solace for all my care, For that valley pure, NVith its shelter sure, f s the beautiful Vale of I'rayer. ?C hambers's Journal. HINCKLEY'S OBJECTIONS. . ^ r-T EMMA A. OPrER. j)r^T~Fa ft WOULDN'T hav< :3 iM nothing to ilr &? with A,ulrpn Wilkerson," said CJI^ Mr* Hinckley4$$^'*ijs2r no more'n 1 /?. '*% would with n ' %,/ >is^#six-foot rattler!" #^u((C(]\:S-^ ITe was washing his hands nt tho sink. Jean Cark-iu, his niece, was ringing clothes out of tho hluing water. "What is it now?" she asked, looking straight at him, with a keen twinkle in her hig, hrown, heavv-fringed eyes. Her cheeks were as pink an wild roses. "It's his new thrashing machine, ain't it? Wal, I have heard 'twas a regular daisy !" Tenu disapproved of slang, lmt a Kansas ranch is a favorable place for tho cultivation of it. "i don't know nothing about his thrashing machine. What I know is, I knew Andrew Wilkerson, when I was livin' in the south part o' Indiauy, twenty years ago, and I ain't going to have nothing nt all to do with a man that was celebrated all over the country for being a cheating, lying, onprincipled, uo-nccount scalawag 1" "Well," said Jean, squeezing out a I tablecloth, "you've b'en saying that, pappy, ever since they moved here, and I hain't even disputed you." Ho was all the "puppy" sho had ever known. - j. won't neighbor with 'cm!" "Wal, t?u needn't. Onlv. seems to mo you have these spells of swearing I you won't havo nothing to do with him just whoa he's got something new, or be'n elected town trustee, er raised tin extra big crop of something. I bel live it riles you to think he's getting ft Along so good," a mischioviona dimple developing itself at the corner of her p ripe mouth. "I really believe, papl'V Mr. Hinckly rattled tlio wneh-basin. Ho could never scold Jean, however great h? r gay imjiertinenco. But he spoke witli sternness. 1 'Idon't want notliin' todo with'em." ho repeated. "Xer I don't want you to have 1 There's a young feller in the family; I've seen him once or twice. I wouldn't have you have no truck with him, nor know him, not fer nil I got in the world?not tho son of n man like Andrew Wilkerson. Blood tells. If you ever seo him, to any o! tho corn-huskings er merry-makings, you give him tho solid-goby. Now, I mean it!" "You've b'en saying that for thirteen months, too, pappy," said JeaTi, laughing. But her Iftugh was odd. She faced her uncle bravely, but her cheoks had lost their pinkness suddenly, and her breath came for u moment in little gasps. Mr. Hinckley woro spectacles, and was not particularly observant, anyhow. When Joan carried a boskofiul of clothes out to the line, ho gazed after her, proudly and securely. "The smartest gal in tho country una xno nanasomest: lie reflected, with commendable moderation.. "It's got to be a fine teller that gits her away from 'pappy!' " Mr. Hinckley had to drive to the village that afternoon, to try and scare up a dcecnter hired man than Hi Aflame, whow laziness appeared to bo a positive disease. He was thinking absorbedly of many things as lie drove along?Andrew Wilkorson's heinous failings being for the moment wholly out of his mind. "Hi, there!" a teamster shouted. "Turn out, can't you?" "Turn out yourself, Seth Simpson," eaid Mr. Hinckley. They were old friends, and they grinned at eaeli other. Hut Mr. Hinckley's three-year-old "colt" had no liking for tho trrcat ompty hay rack upon the rude seat o! which Seth Simpson sat. She reared quickly and violently. "You fool of a horse!" said her driver good-liumoredly. "Keep in the road!" He jerked licr bock, but she jumped again. Mr. Hinckley was bending forward, with a strong grasp upon the lines, and one of tho protruding poles of the rack struck him forcibly on the forehead. The lines fell from his hands, and he felt of his heud in,a daze of pain and alarm, and foil /rwafd just as Seth Simpson reached and caught him. A voluminous voico was sounding in hiB confused ears when bis senses heturucd to him. "No, sirt get Doctor Collins," it said, decisively. "ilc'B the only foller around hero that knows the difference between a toothache and a case of cholory mofbUa." "Goodness, Andrew, qnit yonr joking!" a woman's pleasant voioe bescechod. "Tain't no time for jokoa. But you had better get Doctor Oollihs, | '| Kmnftg v/* 1 ' 1 " 111111 tln^i felt, the breeze produced by a paliu-lcaf fan; he smellod arnica and Camphor and ammonia. tlo was on a lounge, with his collar loosened and his face and hands wet. ug heavy bearded man stood over Inni \ n.lr.>,v "Wul, you're a master-hand, Sary !" ho ejaculated?"bringing him 'round liko tlmt. I don't bclievO we'll need Collins when he gets here. I guess I it's jest i? big bump that he'll get over without ? " "Andrews," said his wife, "if you can't talk any lower, you'll have to go out in the kitchen. He ain't jest the n.an to have round anybody that's sick, Mr. Hinckley," she said to the sufferer, "but he means well." Thereupon Andrew gave a loud laugh. Mr. Hinckley raised himself and leaned on liis elbow. He felt ill at ease, disturbed, half angry. "Andrew sent up for your niece, Mr. Hinckley," snid Mrs. NVilkorsou. "We i didn't know just when you could be moved, and we thought she'd want to i know?" "Um! yes. I'm much obliged. I > guess 1 can be moved; guess there ain't do homes broke," Mr. Hinckley responded. He was eyeing Andrew Wilkerson without warmth. "You've changed eonsider'ble since wo knew each other up in Indianv, hain't you?" he queried. "Imliany?" Andrew Wilkerson ropeatcd, in hearty tones. "Oh, yes. yes, to-be-sure ! So'vo you." "You're thicker set." "Wal, yes, guess I be. You're holdinn v..n* 'v..,ir? u-..ll M- 1TJ..?1.1.... , ...n r v."* " "vii, ihuviajtiy ? ( splendid." "llettor lay down ag'iu, hadn't you?" ^ said his wife. "f guess I'm holding inv years," INIr. Hinckley rejoined, umnollitied. "I've got ? good straight, honest life behind me, anyhow. 1 never done no injury to no man." "Course not ? course not!" said Mr. WilUerson, in a soothing manner, which nettled his enforced guest. "I've tried to ferget that little transaction we had, Andrew WilUerson," said Mr. Hinckley. "Sinct we've been neighbors here I've tried to ferget it. Hut I can't reely ferget being cheated out of a hundred and twenty-one dollars and a half clear money. " "NVa'nt it fifty-one cents?" Mr. WilUerson demanded, bursting into a great roar of laughter. "See here, I wanter know what you're driving at. I thought you was loony?out of your head?when you begun, but I see you ain't. What are you trying to get at? I iu-ver seo you before I came llore, in all my born days." "Ain't you Andrew WilUerson, o! Indiuny ?" "I'm Andrew WilUerson, but I ain't of Indiany, by a long shot ! I come from Michigan -always lived ther'? tier I ain't ashamed of it." "Andrew," his wife remonstrated, "if y?m get him excited ?" "I ain't excited," said Mr. Hinckley, lying down, weakly. "I felt, minute 1 laid eyes on you, that I'd b'ou making a mistake nil this time. I've got consider'blo to apologize for, Mr. Wilkerson. I ain't ever had a good 8'juaro look at you before, antl I thought the hull time you was a feller that wa'nt much better 'n a?'n u?" "Coyote," said Mr. NVilkcrson. "Wnl, seeing I ain't that feller, I ain'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 tifty-one cents ?wa'nt it??I'd b'eu mad. Wal, novf, we hain't b'eu very neighborly, but I kind o' think your gal and my boy 've made up for it pretty much?" "Andrew!'' said Mrs. Wilkerson. But a (Hidden rush and flutter of a blu<* gown and incoherent little mnrmurings interrupted the talk. Jean bent over her uncle, her arms around him. "Oh, pappv," she cried, "you ain't killed? Oh, pappy, f was scared to death when Wilbur come and told me!" "Told you I guessed he wan't hurt ' cAii.l .. *..11 ...... k.LS.J her. Upon this young in-iu Mr. Hinckley's eyes were fixed. He was a fino looking fellow, and Jean had called him Wilbur. Mr. Hinckley felt that no ne explanation was due him from somebody, but ho made his own explanation first. 'Jean," he said, "he ain't the man. lie ain't from Indiany, Jean. I've wronged him." "Oh, pappy !" Jean sobbed. "Nor I hain't done right by you. I've known Wilbur almost ever since he'u been hero. We got acquainted at the Fisk girls' dan-ee, tnd we've seen each other lots since, and?and, pappy?" "And we're going to get married before next spring, I reckon," said Wilbur, with a flush of pride and content. His father gave a rolling laugh. "What, you minx," ho cried?"you agreed marry a son of Andrew Wilkerson, of Indiany?" ' Yes, 1 did," said .lean, her bright face hidden on her uncle's arm. "I thought till this minute that you was the man pappy thought you was. But i?i liked Wilbur bo, and I trusted him, hi??1 I didn't eare who hiH father whs, and f wouldn't ask him about it, either, and make him think I cared if hia father was a rascal." "You're the right, kind!" said Andrew Wilkerson, almost in a shout. "You're the gal for mo?and for my hoy !" "She's the gal for the host man on top of the earth," said Mr. Hinckley, stroking her hair. "No, 110, Jean, I ain't, hurt much. I'll dance at your wedding, hut you don't go 'way after it and leave your pappy, f can't spare /on. T guess there's plenty of room >n my ranch for you and the man that can make you happy, both of you." "I'm so glad of that, paopy J" Jean wliihpered, joyfully. / I I ; -f And Mre. WilkerBOn wiped her eyesA Wilbur looked out Of tho window, ar Andrew Wilkorson *ent and eh^ hands with Mr. Hinckley unti. wife stopped him.?Saturday SCIENTIFIC AN1) INDUSTF*TAL? A lump of niakel woighkg,^( poundB is worth half as many d?* The python lays eggs and hiH? *?j them by jloreloping ? high degrf TfTs said that peoplo oat twonty p?l cent, more bread when tho weather if cold than when it is mild. Paris now gets its waterHupply Iron six great springs. It travels througl eighty-throe miles of aqueducts. The Mediterranean has been com tnonly supposed to be a sea withou tides; but, as a matter of fact, a' Venice there is a tide in the spring o iroin one to iwo ieot. The cave animals of North America according to Professor A. S. Packard of Brown University, comprise 17! species of hlind creatures, nearly al of which are mostly white in color. The campus at Yale Collego is no\ lighted by eloctric light. This is sui< to be the first time in the history o tho collego that lights of any kin, have been displayed on the campus. The pain caused by tho bite of i mosquito is caused by a fluid poisoi injected by the insect into the woum in order to make the blood thin enoug] to flow through tho mosquito's throat In calculating "oxuet time" at th National Observatory at Washington the astronomers do not, as isgenerall; supposed, uso tho sun as a basis o their calculations. Such deduction are made only from tho relative posi tion of the "fixed stars." The largest sun spot ever noted b; astronomers appeared in tho fall o 18(57. It was 1580,000 miles long am 100,000 miles wide. Four huudrei planets the size of the earth, couh have been laid side by side in tha "spot" without touching each other. A disease known as pouch fever i common among the employes in th fruit packing and canning establish incuts of Maryland and Delaware. Th more experienced workers seem to be come proof against the irritant afto :.i ?i... i 'ni - nuiiio yuuin in i in* ininiui'Pn. UH'H' t u<> evidence to show that the disorile is contagious. Neither the turtle, tortoise nor tern is provided with teeth. There is a be lief that a turtle can bite off a linger but the turtle cau do nothing of tli kind. Its jaws are very strong am the horny membrane that runs nroum the jaw, where, in other animals teetl uro found, is so hard and tough tha the turtle cau crush the bones of th hand to a pulp, but as for biting oil' linger, the feat is an impossibility. A Cosily Walk. Tt lias been left to a St. Louis lmsi ness man to construct a gravel walk neither long nor strikingly beautiful that is a modern if comparatively hum hie rival of the glistening highways o fiction and fable, for it represent 315,000 hard cash. Edward P. Kinsella, Viee-presiden of the Haiiloy-Kinsella Coffee Coin pany, is the proud possessor of thi unique walk. It is composed of sev oral tons of Brazilian pebbles thn came to him in an ordinary lnisines way during the past few years. This firm are heavy importers o Brazilian coffee. Before the lurrie . are ready to be roasted for the murke the Hacks are opened and the content carefully examined for twigs, leave and other impurities, the hitter gel orally taking the shape of small pel bles about the size of a coffee berry These came with such regularity an in such quantities that long ago th idea they were accidentally in the sack was abandoned, nnd the conclusion re luctantly reached that they were pin poseiy piaeeu in tne du^h to nniiv weight. The daily discoveries of then Brazilian pebbles will fill an ordinar; water bucket. The importers pay fo coffee. Two years ago Mr. Kinsell concluded to utilize this apparent ovi deuce of dishonesty of the far awa; coffee packer, and had the accumuhi tion of pebbles enrtod out to his ham some residence, on the West Pine strei boulevard, No. 4323, where they wer used to make a handsome garden wall The pebbles represent a weight that i coffee would be worth 31,r>,000. Th gravel path is each mouth being adde to, and it is but a question of tim when Mr. Kinsella will have tho mos expensive piece of garden path in th world.?St. Louis (llohc-Dcinocrat. Fight Between Two Bucks. Few people are aware of the despei ate character of a fight between tvv ferocious deer. At Harbin Spring recently two two-year-old bucks mi in an inclosure atul for about half u hour the fight was most furious. Tht tore up tho earth and gored each oth< in a frightful manner. During a pai of the time, and while the combat wi the hottest, the air was filled with du wbile they struggled for advantage, short distance away stood a doe and fawn surveying with an expression i interest and wonder a contest wliic was to decide which would rule tl family. All doubts were soon set i rest, as one of the bucks made, a tr< inendous lunge that landed his oppo cut fifteen feet away; this he followi up with h rush that pinned the oth< against the fenee, from which 1 shortly afterward escaped, only to i caught again by his angry foe ai tossed into a spring and gored until 1 bellowed, which was a sign of su render. The fight was exciting win it lasted, and was witnessed bv tl guests of tin? Hprings and quite a iiui l?er from town who were visiting ther ? Middleton (Cal.) Independent. Close llealing. A woman sold a pig to a batcher tl other day and he killed it on the prei ises. Now it is a superstition wjl some butchers that to cut off a pig tail insures the preservation of tl meat. The pig's little tail was cut o! But the woman was on the watch. 81 picked up the tail and gave it to tl butcher to be weighed, saying: ' want pay for the whole of him." But the butcher got even with he The reckoning came to half a cen probably because of tho addition the tail. She wanted the half cent, - _ I ?... 1 4J . il I'lMirHt' , nil* lift Wlljn *!<)? ?. DU II butcher placed a cent on tlie bloc cut it in two with hie cleaver," and her the hair cent ?Portland (M< Press. t! ? r i SHOOTING WITH FERRETS. 1 TRAINTWO THKM TO DRIVE RABBITS FROM THEIR HOLES. Points About Muzzling and Working I the Creatures and Choosing the Oroitndi to be Covered; , 7C LTHOUOH theio are a goodly [ /\ hwubor of hunters who think tjpfircam of sport does not fs "ifrovG until tho snow is on , the groundjjfthey can get after tho rabbit, nnd by iho aid of tho ferret, drive him forth to got a good funning shot * W1 thrill I nit !?.! 1 ifoD.iin n (..ini.ii... 1 along tllo scent of a rabbit in search of food, often to get no nearer to the quarry than severul hundred yards, t Truly tho ferreter has the best of it when he knows his business and has a ' good ferret that knows his equally well. The great trouble is that so few ? of our ferrets do know thoir business, ? or, to ubo a common phrase, "one end - of it." The fault of this lies in the ' owner of the ferret, and is easily remedied, for there is no animal moro v easily trainod, or moro useful when 1 trained, than the well-bred ferret. I f was talking to a man tho other day 1 who breeds ferrets and makes quite a business of it, keeping them on a ? farm, and having them divided ofif in yurtls and lintelies, just as if they were 1 prize rabbits.) I wanted to buy a i couple of young buck ferrets for the coming season.' and asked him if ho (, had any bredlfrom parents that had been properly'trained? He replied: ' "When 1 first: commenced this lmsif ness I had ferriets on hand that were trained like bird dogs, and, of course, 1 valued them accordingly. Do you think thero was any demand for them? Well, thero was not, and when I asked v fSln or $20 for a perfectly trained ferret people thought I was crazy. Ho I gave it up, and now have neither trained ferrets nor ferrets reared and bred from trained stock. It does not pay." I was surprised at this, and picked 4 out a pair to do my own training, u ready for tho first tracking snow. As * from tlns'it would appear that a great 0 many people who use these animals do not understand thy advantage to he r gained from a trained one, I may as s wo 11 make it plain before I go any 1 further. I thick all will allow that there are few things more annoying to t the hunter tliant to have the ferret "lie up" when Mt^into a hole, result* ing in the loss cflLgort while you wait ? his pleasure ftH?~Toming out, or if ho 'I is left, the losjjB^?ihe ferret, value, say, 310. Thawrf only tho first evil, the others are wnftn ho will not work * at all, refusing pmeistently to go into '* an earth, or when ho enters, and finds u a rabbit, lie will kill and eat it instead of dragging it out, and lias no idea of answering the voice or call of his master. Iu GermaUh", France and England the ferret. i*T taught, all of this, ' and there is, withl few' exceptions, no ' bother and no delay to sport. I Obtain a young animal, and see that ho is healthy, has clean feet, with no " scabs on them or any sign of thero j having been any, for this is a sign of "hutch ret" and will mako tho little fellow sensitive Jio hard weather, and apt to shirk. Take him home and have . for his homo a moderately warm, dry, clean hulcli, and mind thnt it is kept so. This is tho most important item j. of them all. Then commence the training process, which is done j through the medium of food. When you go to bod feed him, make a curious squeaking sound like a rat squealing, produced by pressing tho touguo against the side of the teeth and strongly Hacking the air through the interstices. Any boy will give you a lesson. Do this whenever he is fed, h so as to impress upon tho mind that the sound is conneoted with food, ami half the training is done. Then begin to handle him. Make up your mind (> to the fact that when yon put your v hand down lp- will think it is some thing to eat, afrdgjrill raiso up to (i "nose" it, and ttflt if yon draw the _ hand away in a sudden manner ho will be quicker than you, and will Beize it, k giving you a pretty bad bite; but that j if you keep the hand moving steadily t and fairly down, in a fearless manner, e the ferret will find out his mistake and not bite. This is one of the hardn est lessons tho trainer has to learn, as lU they are bloodthirsty looking little cattle, audit requires some courage to u do this the first time or two. Having ^ overcome this difficulty, handle the l0 ferret at all times and all seasons. You cannot overdo it, and after a tim( you will take quite a fancy to the lit tie thing. I never carry a ferret bag, f. but carry them loose in my pocket o which is fitted with a fiap and button. Having progressed so far, take tin >t ferret out in tho open, and tako liitr ,n hungry, so that when you make th( y call he will ho keen to come to you, ;r when he must be rewarded with ? :t piece of meat or liver. If he does fbii in well, advance him to the hedgerow 01 st brush, ami get him so that he wil A come to you whenever you mako tin a call. >f When the hunting commences, bi h careful and have the ferrets well fee ?< the night previous, but not the morn at jug you go out, unless it is very cold, e- when a very little milk may be given This will insure better work. Arrivin; d at the earth, either located befor< lt hand, or by the hound dog, take th< ie ferret and ]>lace htin in the entrance no if it be tenanted he will immediately ' 1 go down, if not he will go in a littli lie way and come out. Then pick bin r* up and tr}' elsewhere. If ho stays in h- an ear placed to the ground will locati I"' any disturbance, and tell you if tin ?- rabbit is pinned. If there is no bol e. in a reasonable tjme, and the ferre remains in the earth, stoop down am make the feed-call, and if properlj trained the ferret will come to you ie I I ...Ill inll If i... i.. Him III* JttWH Will It"I1 JU1I 11 HO IIH n" found and killed a rabbit, by th< blood ou them. Always reward bin ; a lt) with meat or liver until he in an ol lj- hand at tho business. You will thei U) have a ferret that will be the envy n l,0 the neighborhood. Sometimes th i bed waiting for his master. , ) The quoation o, xju/./.ling ferret i always a lively m. ^r ol arguwuiil i I Most of tho muzzles nsod are totally unfitted for use, and one might as reasonably expect a raco horso to run with a plowing collar around his neck as to expect a ferret to do good work with one of tho madc-to-soll monstros- ( ities on his noso. A muzzlo should consist of five light, soft loathoi* straps, ( which arc put togothcr eo ono forms the ring of tho snout, tho others lying ono along tho nose, ono uuder tho j chin, ono around tho nose near tho oyes and tho last encircling tho neck close behind tho ears. If you cannot make ono yourself take the little fellow to a harness maker and get him interested in tho matter, and ho will turn out a muzzlo that will fit like a lady's glove, and tho ferret will work comfortably and well. Remomber always that tho animal is obeying a natural instinct when ho hunts and that your aim is to assist him as much as you can. ah to working tncm with noils i am not bo prejudiced. If tlio grass o undergrowth in thick ouo must either havo bellH or very great watchfulness, ns it ruins n ferret to let him run , around loose, even for a very few minutes, and that is what he will do if ho gets out of an earth without being hcou. The objection to bells is that tho sound travels a long way through the ground, and if there are any other passages with rabbits in them they will all "git up and git" whilo the hunter is occupied with one. If they nre 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 tho buckle comes under the chili, and the bells one each side aud ouo in ? the middle of the back of the neck. 1 If tho bells hang under the chin they are in the way and half the time they , cannot sound, while if properly dis- j posed on the collar the weight "of the j bucklo will keop them on tho back of the neck, where they will do most good. As most rabbits bolted from earth are shot within a twenty-yard range, tho gun must either bo a cylinder bore ?;r must be so loaded as to produce what is called "scatter" shooting, and , what is more it must be a hard-hitting ' gun, for the furry fellow takes a lot of killing, and frequently gets away with quite a load of shot on board. llie orthodox load is 0110 ounce and a quarter of No. (> shut and throo drachms and a half of powder, using thick wads over the powder ; but many good men prefer No. 4 shot, and unhesitatingly uso wood or smokeless powder in the second barrel, if not in both. This is very important on a misty morning, when smoko from black powder hangs around. Arrangements to include fair rabbit shooting and board may be obtained as low as twelve dollars per week, and a personal visit will arrange for any number of odd days on about the same terms. Rabbit shooting obtained this way beats tramping unknown ground out of sight.?New York Recorder. A Curious Worm. When Her Majesty's ship Challenger was eugaged in making that celebrated series of soundings, und while measurements of ocean dopths were being taken in tho vicinity of tho Ladrone Islands, tho dredger brought a curious specimen of the worm family to the surface. The creature was about the size of a lialf-ineh rope, nearly twentythree inches in length, and striped and banded with all the primary colors, ft had a hooked, hornlike proboscis, well equipped with powerful teeth, each hooking downward. The horny beak was used expressly for capturing food, and was only 3$ inches in length. Exactly what a truo representative ol the worm species wouhl do with a "captured" edible may seem a mystery to the average reader, but our rainbow-colored Hiib-marino curiosity had use for just such provisions. Whenever a periwinkle's egg case or u fresh lot of frog Spawn floated his way lie instantly seized upon it with his armored beak and quickly "turned himself wrong side out," completely enveloping his dinner. This procedure revealed a remarkable state of affairs. The "dinner hook" was the same at both ends, the body of the worm fastening around it nt the middle, and the color of the "inside" of the worm was the same as the "outside"?that is, if anyone could tell which was which. For want of a bet' ter name the specimen was labeled Vermes vice versa.?St. Louis 1W> public. T1IE IIHJHF.ST AW A It l>. Royal fluking Powder lias all the ? Honors-ln .Strength and Value iiO j per cent, above its Nearest < om5 petitor. . The Royal Raking Powder lias tho i enviable record of having received tho ? highest award for articles of its class f ?greatest strength, purest ingre1 dients, most perfectly combined? a wherever exhibited in competion with others. In the exhibitions of former 3 years, nt tho Centennial, at Paris, 1 Vienna and at the various State and Industrial fairs, where it has been ex( hibited, judges have invariably awarded the Royal Baking Powder the liigh^ est honors. e At the recent World's Fair the exj animation for the baking powder j awards were directed by the chief j chemist of the Agricultural DepartB meat at Washington. The chief oiiem3 isf's oflieial report of the tests of tiio ( baking powders, which was made for ? the specific purpose of ascertaining 3 which was the beat, shows the leaven* t ing strength of the Royal to bo 1<>() t cubic inches of carbonic gasper ounce I of powder. Of the ere?m*of tartar r baking powders exhibited, the next highest in strength tested contained H but 130 cubic inches of leavening gas. B Thi' other powders gave an average of 3 111. The Royal, therefore, was found of twenty per cent, greater leavening strength than its nearest competitor, ' nnil furlv.fnnr ni>r eonl fttmvn ilm ^ ftveruge thu other tests. Its 0 superiority in other respects, however, y in tho quality of the food it makes as " to fineness, delicacy and wholosomeJiess, could not l>o measured by tigH ures. I' It is these high qualities, known and l* appreciated by the womon of the coune try for so many years, that have 0 caused the sales of the Royal Raking i'owder, as shown by statistics, to ex1H ceed the sale of all other baking pow' dors combined. Ways of a Captive "Wildcat. Everybody lias heard of Nie Areud's wildcat. Tho cat was givon NiC soma months ago, and ovor sinco has been living on tho fat of tho land. The cook, a colored woman, at Nio's place foods tho cat, which has manifested a groat fondness for hor. When sho approaches tho cngo ho purrs in the most pleasant manner, but if anybody else comes abont him ho immediately growls and shows his wicked looking fangs. Tho cat is perfectly satisfied with his home. Two or tlirco times his cage door has boon accidentally left open, but he never even walked outside to see what the rest of the world looked like. However, whenover it occurred that the cage door was left opeu, Nic always missed a chicken. The other dav lie saw the cat catch one. Ho 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 tho fowl ho picks all the feathers off it almost as carefully as a cook, and uses his mouth in tho operation while holding the bird between his paws.?Florida Times-Union. Tho largest pnrk in the United States is the Yellowstone. It is sixtylive miles north and south, lilty-t've east and west, contains 11575 rqucro miles, and is tilKHl feet ubof'o tho ta.it level. Brown County, "nnsns, has a man who can husk and crib 135 bushels of torn in ten hours. Oaukptt Etueutox, a Missouri minor, rejently sent out a lump ot coal weighing 2140 pounds. Ladies needing a tonic, or children who ivant building up, should take Brown's Iron Hitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malar a indigestion, biliousness and Liver Complaints, makes the Blood rich and pure. Lt.oto'h reports lUtM vessels lost in inua, of whioh 249 were British and 120 American. iri i.l.trs Tlovrar 1 i' ; uny i'iiso of C.it irih (nut, c.ian t, be cere.i t.y Bali's t 'innrr i t t:r . P, J.OllKNIiV .'i- 1 Props., Toh d >, O. 5Ve, the midc*signed, lunnl. own } '. .f.t ,m acy for I li? last 15 year , and i-.-'iwu 1 mi >' . feet Ileiuorulile in e.ll 'nalnc < Iran -a. ! i >a? m i iliinnc ally aid < t< Ntyout nay oeligulain made hy tiie r ilri i. 1 WDPit TuiiAX, Wh ilcsalo j>rn rei i , Tolo Ohio. Wai.iu u. Kin a:i .'i- To invt.v, m I'rngi irts. T'.l. do. n i i. ITa 1 si'ut irro Oar t i? t l>etito t -lies t lie nerve?. The cigar trade, which is said to b? a Rood Index to the lluancial situation, is Improving. A wonderful stomach corrector?Beccham's Pills, lieccham's- no others. 20 coats a, box. T'si: Huo.v.n's it tONi'iiiAi. Tiiocuks for Coughs, Colds and all ot!i>r rbroat Troublei. ?" I'rc-omincntly tho bc.sl."?iltr. Henry liaril ilinc'iil. Dknvru unions will try eo-oporatlvo house keeping. 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