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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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<j be?t animals will take a fit ?*nd "la.
up,"that in to say, they will * .use t
r come out, and in 8uch a case the bee
I way is to make a qost of grass or leave
0j at one end, and bank both end* u]
0f with a nod of rrrafa. Tho next morn
l,r iug, or pi 88 bly aH you return, th
j{ ferret will be foupd curled up on th
vt> bed waiting for his master.
, ) The quoation o, xju/./.ling ferret i
always a lively m. ^r ol arguwuiil
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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 . ' s 'Pills i
5V? offer One Hundred I> 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 <c \ I -. .err..-.l! v, r.-!
la.f d.reetiy ateiii 1 n li! ihjci I -u < r
laces of t lie '. it1. p y 1 .
ilV till . r ?.
If your Hack Ache*, or you arc all worn out,
jiK?\ for nothiiut, it is general debility,
brown's lro!i H.Iters will euro you, m ike you
trniiK, cleanse jour liv? r, and ?Ivc you a good
?l>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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i [cod's S irsap.irilla possesses
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Be sure to get I food's,because
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A remedy which,
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about toexperiewo
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>5is- T'.J attendant open
f V > Child-birth, proves
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