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Hunting Malay At Bacttag Sport of fho Straits Oa Accomt of ReBgioaa of Native* CttMrea?Trap That b Uai by Malaya With Good Results. A FBR BUAIA BERNANQ (teach a crocodile to iwlm) Is a favorite Malay retort; but only those who have seen the wily saurian whirl oil a mud bank Into deep water, splash ins hie tail and leaving a wake like a twenty-knot steamer, can appreciate the sarcasm to its fullest extent Yet. strangely. enough, very few men will go out of their way to shoot a croco dile, says H. H. Hipwell, in the Lon don Field; and as the Malays them selves seldom trouble to get rid of the brutes, they flourish exceedingly all along the west coast of the peninsula, from Kedah in the north to Johore and Singapore in the south. Steaming to the southward through Malacca Stralta in any small local craft, one hugs the land sufficiently close to discern the characteristics of the immediate shore. Mangrove1 swamps and mud flats, sluggish riv ers roll their yellow waters seaward through many channelled deltas, make a crocodilian paradise; and the long, scaly reptile* have not failed to take advantage of it. Seldom a week passes without a report coming to hand of the disappearance of some unfortunate or other, who. paddling his tiny dug out up stream, has been knocked from his perch in the stern by a stroke of the reptile's tall, and then has been carried reslstlessly away to some un der water larder, there to be kept till a convenient season, for the crocodile prefers his food high, and, contrary to popular belief, rarely bolts a kill on the spot. Sometimes It happens that one or more crocodiles will take up their quarters close to a Malay kampong, 1. e., village; and then it behooves all the mothers to keep a sharp eye on their children, for the cunning beast has been known to swim noiselessly for some distance past the spot where the children are playing by the water's edge; then, going ashore, it executes a flank movement, and, coming down upon the unsuspecting little ones from the long grat a behind, it seizes its vie* tlm plunges into the water ere* the other children fully realise what nas happened. Several ways of catching the brute when be becomes more than usually dangerous to life and limb are em ployed by the Malays; but, for reasons that will appear later, the destruction of a crocodile is only decided upon when all attempts to drive him from the neighborhood of the kampong have failed. For simple ingenuity it would be hard to beat the plan usually pur-1 sued on the Kedah River, which de bouches into the Malacca Strait about fifteen miles northeast of Pulo Plnang. The modus operandi is as follows: A small bamboo raft about two feet square is constructed, and on it is erected a flagpost surmounted by a red flag, while from the under side of the raft or float runs twenty or thirty yards of stout line, ending in a few feet of chain. To this chain the barbed hook of hard brass metal is attached by three feet of untwisted fibre, in order that the fine ligaments may get between the crocodile's teeth and thus prevent his snapping off the bait. On the shank of the hook a live owl Is made fast, together with a short leugth of bamboo to give It flotation, and then raft, line and bait are dropped into the river. Loudly squawks the unfortunate fowl for a few minutes, but its sorrows are short lived. A splash, a swirl, the bait has disap peared, and the men return to their homes, leaving a boy to mark the pro gress of the floating flag. Next day or the day after half a dozen men paddle down stream till they sight the raft Then, taking the line ashore, they haul away, and as by this time the hook is flrmly entangled in the croco dile's Intestines, he shows but little fight, and is easily dispatched. Both in Kedah and in Province Wel lesly It Is possible to get a shot from ahore, and even In Pennng Harbor an occasional crocodile has been on the muddy beach in front of the club. These stray specimens must have crossed from the mainland at least a mile away, a fact which conclusively disproves the theory regarding the cro codile's helplessness in sea water. Moreover, there Is one huge brute which has been seen several times, both ashore and afloat, close to the fishing village of Tanlong Tokang, a small promontory not three miles from Pennng town. He Is regarded as kra mat. i. e.. holy, or the abode of a spir it. by the Malay and Chinese flshers thereabouts, who aver that he never has been known to touch a human be ing; and they certainly testify to the reality of their belief by boldly work ing their prawl nets on the muddy shallows a l.undred yards or more from shore. On one occasion I was lucky enough to get a glimpse of him as he scuttled seaward, and the brief scrutiny thus afforded did not evoke a desire for closer acquaintance. His scales were of a dull brown hue, differing entirely from the usual color, which Is a dark olive green; the body seemed unusual ly broad, and the tall stumpy and thick. Needless to say, there was no gun handy, or I wouldn't have had the luck to see him. Crocodile shooting Is usually pooh poohed on the grounds that it affords but Indifferent sport, and to a certain extent this Is true. But, nevertheless, It has a clmrm of Its own, and If pro per care be exercised, the sportsman will usually be able to get a fair chance for a shot during his day's outing, and If the bullet does strike home he has the satisfaction of knowing that one of tV.s cruel brutes has gone to his ac count, and probably serves as a funer al feast to his fellow reptiles at the mid* time.. Though It Is possible to get a shot from shore, the best plan It to take a canoe, or koleb. as the Ma laya term them, together with a con ple of man to paddle. At to guns, of atary man bat his choice, but It lit difficult to beat a .44 Winchester for all round work. Time jonr de parture 10 as to arrive at the river month shortly before dead low water, and then, as jon near the spot, load your rifle, set as far forward as you can. and wait. The Malays are up to their work, and paddle the koleh swift* ly through the water with short, noise less strokes, while you search the low mudbanks ahead as carefully as you can. "Tuan, tuan, to the right, to the right," comes a whisper from behind you. The head of the kolch swings round a little, and there, on the bank of windy mud. lies an indistinguishable something. It may be a crocodile, or it may be a piece of driftwood; at any rate, you are creeping nearer and near, er every minute, and you cover it with the rifle. Suddenly the erstwhile log seemc to break about two feet from the end nearest you. snd pstch of dull, whitey yellow becomes visible. It is the under side of the throat, and instinctively you pick it up with your foresight and lire. Directly you havo fired, paddle as quickly as possible, for. hit or miss, he will have made off into the river. Examine the bank care* fully, and if you are lucky there will be a few dark blood stains on tho sand, and in nine cases out of ten that is all that you will ever see of your kill. On one occasion a well-known sports* man In the Straits killed instantaneous* ly a big brute some twenty feet long, using a service rifle and Mark IV. am munition. The dum-dum penetrated the horny cartilage just below the eye, and mushrooming at once, drilled the crocodile from end to end. This, how ever, was at an unusually close range, say ten to fifteen yards, and the im pact must have been terrific. In the peninsula, as elsewhere, the precise significance of the terms crocodile and | alligator, as applied to the Indigenous ( saurian* of the country, is a matter of frequent and sometimes bitter dis pute. Not being a skilled. naturalist, I can only add as my quota to the dis* 1 cuKsion the remark, based on personal observation, that both the long pointed snout of the true crocodile (C. polus tris) and the broad, squat head of the gavlal seem to be equally common in the rivers of the west coast The Malays, despite their conversion to the tenets of Islam, still retain a firm belief In the spirits of the forest; sea and river, and on many a jungle stream, where the water swirls black and deep round some out-jutting rock, you may frequently see attached to a tree close at hand tiny pieces of white cloth and baskets of pleated rattans filled with fruits and rice. Ask your boatman what they mean, and he will reply that they are "anchak," a Dyak word signifying offering. Drop the subject until you have camped for the night, and then. In all probability, dls> creet questioning will elicit the fact that the spirit of the stream dwells beneath the aforesaid rock, enshrined in the mortal body of some giant cro* i codile. Naturally, it follows that to assist In depriving a spirit of its earthly resl donee is reckoned to l>e an ill-advised proceeding, and among tlic natives any accident tljat may occur when out cro< codile shooting is put down to super* j natural intervention. Only a year ago i four men were out after crocodiles up I one of the small rivers near Singapore, ! and, on returning shoreward one of the men was unlucky enough to pick up a loaded rifle by the muzzle. It ex ploded, causing very serious wounds; but to this day the Malays of the dls trlct firmly believe that the spirit of the river had thus shown displeasure at their intrusion. Nevertheless, given ordinary luck and n fairly steady koleh, there should be no danger, and the man who doe* not experience a thrill of delight when, after half an hour's silent watching, every sense on the alert, he sees and fires at the huge, loathsome brute, who, mortally wounded, churns tho water into a flurry of mud and spume, is no descendant of Nlmrod, and to him the joys of the hunter are as a sealed book, which he, alas! Kill never completely open. Our Neighbor'* Telephone. If In an emergency we use our neigh* hor's telephone, should we offer to pay him? Where the number of messages is unlimited, this would not be either necessary or proper. Where It is Urn* ited, however, one should usually of fer to pay, unlets one has reason to suppose that this would be disagreea ble to the household or to its head. As an ordinary message costs only a few cents, offering to pay for It has a com mercial aspect which would be offen sive to people of a certain sort, while others are entirely willing to receive the money. Indeed, some families have a cup near by for the rccelpt of the telephone toll. These persons are obliging neighbors, but argue very sen sibly that their friends will prefer to pay the small fee which sooner or lat er Is handed over to the telephone ex change. For a long-distance message which involves an extra charge, or for < a telegram sent over the telephone, wo should always pay, ascertaining from j "central" what the charge Is. If, pre ferred, a telegraphic dispatch can bo paid for at the office.?Good House- j keeping. Prnlrlo Chicken* to He Plentiful. Reports from western Kansas indi cate that prairie chickens will be plen tiful again this fall. Prairie chicken*, like the buffalo, succumbed to the advance of the hosts of civilization. During the days ot the first pioneers prairie chickens were as plentiful in Kansas as English spar rows are to-day. As the country set tled up they gradually disappeared. It was not ruthless slaughter that put them out of business; It was the pres ence of the wbMe man and the things that followed in his wake.?Topek* Capital Tb? ?dtaoy land cyclone Is usually quite >iwlw, mad It Is only by a mls taken dm of the term that It has be come associated with those terrifying storms peculiar to our coon try known as tornadoes. Cyclones hare a bad reputation because they are commonly associated with other more harmful storms. Instead of being dangerous and destructive, they are the chief source of rain in spring and autumn and supply the snow which adds so much to the pleasure of our northern winter. They cover a large extent of territory at one time, and on an sver sge follow one another scross the coun try from west to east at Intervals of about three days. ? tornado often does great damage. It Is known by Its funnel-shaped cloud, which bounds and bounces along, now high In the air and again touching the ground. Where it skims along the ground the havoc Is greatest. Here the mightiest structures of man are crushed In an Instsnt before the ava lanches of wiud let loose from every direction. The sir seems to have an explosive force, buildings fslling out ward Instead of Inward as one might think. In such s storm no place is safe, but the southwest corner of a cellar affords the best protection ob tainable. If in the open, lie flat on the ground. During a tornado, which lasts but a few minutes, the sky Is covered by clouds of inky blackness, which here here and there take on a livid greenish hue. The surface winds rush spirally upward into the funnel-shaped cloud, carrying with them many arti cles which are afterward dropped some distance beyond. The danger sone is confined to a path less than a half mile in width and one hundred miles in length. These storms occur only on land. The true hurricane is ocean-born. On the high seas of the tropics it marshals Its forces of wind and wave, before which the stoutest ship is helpless and the fairest islands are laid waste. Even the sturdy mainland trembles under its awful castigation. These ocean storms last much longer than tornadoes, cover more territory and cause more damage. The hurricane which overwhelmed Galveston de stroyed several thousand lives and mil lions of dollars' worth of property. The West India Islands are frequently scourged by these awful visitations, and our own Atlantic coast sometimes feels the lash of these dreaded storms. But the hurrlcaue and tornado are rare. The former seldom extends far Inland, and usually occurs in 1he late summer or fall. Tornadoes are prod ucts of the South and West, and are mostly confined to the spring nnd early summer months. The cyclone is a uni versal storm which travels over land and sea, in season and out of season, in spring or in fall, in summer or in winter. It is an old friend, but one much abused.?From "Nature and Sci ence," in St. Nicholas. Swan's E|ci Hatched by Tbunder. A beautiful white swan sut patient ly on her nest in n zoo. "She's a-settin*," her keeper said. "There's seven eggs under her, and they'll be ready to hatcb out by the time the next thunder storm cornea up.* j "Thunder storm?" tald the visitor. ' "What has a thunder storm got to do ! with it?" I "It'll hatch out the eggs," the keep er explained. "Swans' eggs are so bloomin' bard that nothin* short of a good clap of thunder will burst 'em. | It's a well understood fact among nat uralists that young swans are never hatched except durin' thunder storms. Did you never examine a swan's egg? .Why, hang it, it's as hard as a rock." Considerably impressed, the visitor sought out the superintendent of the BOO. "Your blrdkeeper," he said, "tells me that swans' eggs are so bard that it takes a thunderclap to batch them. Is this true?" "It is a trodition," the superintendent said gently. "Many persons think it true. You and I, however, would just call it a tradition?an odd, pleasant, in teresting tradition."?Washington Post. No Rose t> Pare White. Probably the largest rose cut in this city this season is a specimen of the Murchloness of Londonderry, which Mayor Barnbart has bad in a vase at his residence. This species is credited with produc ing larger blooms than any other, specimens six inches across being not uucommon, but the specimen produced by Major Barnhart is only a trifle less than seven inches across, and contains a double handful of petals beautifully imbricated and appearing pure white, but there Is n slight tinge of yellow discernable about the base. Mr. Barn hart says there is no really pure white rose, the whitest known when placed alongside snow showing a tinge of some color. This huge bloom was not the result of disbudding or other forc ing, but was produced on a shoot which came u~> in the centre of the bush, and so was well shaded during the late warm weather, wbicb caused It to attain the extra size and its per fection.?Portland Oregonian. Do Wo E?t Too Mucli or Too Little? A wife generalization on this subject is tliat those who can have all the food they desire are very apt to eat for the pleasure of eating, and commonly eat too much. This, however, is not true of most of those who hove to earn their bread by daily industry in occupations which earn them the prevailing rate of wages. Very few of this class are overfed at any period of life, and that a more generous diet would be to their advantage is more likely to be true than that they need to be advised to eat less. Bad cooking and monotony in diet are much commoner evils.?New York Times. The Value of a Son Bath. If people would recognize tLe vafue of the beat and chemical rays of tbo sun, they would be as particular about exposing the human body to this celes tial body as they are now to set their plants where they will get plenty of sunshine. Just as plant life is Im proved and invigorated by the suu's rays, so is the human body greatl/ benefited by sunshine. Take frequent sun bathv^Whst to Est, Niagara la worth $1,000,000,000 as a source of electrical power. The electric motor la fast displacing the leather belt in factories. There Is more ioal In Montana and Wyoming than in Pennsylvania. The average coffee tree in Honduras ? produces half a podnd of benns. The United 8tatea uses nearly a third more coffee than the rest of tli* world put together. The population of Ireland, which fifty years ago was over 8.UOO.OOO. if now less than 4,600,000. An Innkeeper of Wilhclmberg. whe turns the scale at 502 pounds, is thi heaviest mun in Germany. Rome has a water supply of 200.000. 000 gallons a day, Loudon ouly 100. 000,000, and Paris 90.000.000. The spider can spin webs through out life. It has the ability of produc ing different kinds of silk, according I to the object for which it is needed. There is a merchar.t in New York who has made a fortune by the sale o| celery. For twenty years he has Imud led uothing else. In season he buyf it in carload lots. Out of seusou he keeps large quantities .rozeu in ice for which he obtains I>!k prices. Th< celery comes out as brittle as glass. M. Fremlet, the French sculptor, ha? received a commission for a monu ment, to be erected in Paris in inemorj of the pigeons which carried message* during the siege. At its commence ment the institution of the pigeon post was of marked service, and thousand; of letters and dispatches were scut out of Faris by this means. We have the skunk all to ourselve? in North America. He lives in Can ada as far north as the upper part ot the Mackenzie IUvcr. and is distinc tively a North American animal. He it found throughout our broad domaic from I'ortlund. Me., to Oregon, and from Florida to Los Angeles. Foi j some reason he seems to have a preju j dice against Nova Scotia, and is not ' known in Newfoundland. The skunk is really a very respectable beast anc cannot be severely blamed for making himself obnoxious to bis enemies Some bold experimenters assert thai! the skunk is very good eating. ABOUT EAGLES. Tli? Mnntich Bird of the Scottish Hllla? | Ills Htnnti and Habits. A writer who uas studied the habiti of eagles among the Scottish hills suyt that the birds construct their eyriet ' toward the end of March and the eggs which number two or three, arc laic In April. Eagles serin to prefer for & nesting site some nm-lcnt pine with t southern exposure and wide outlook of a ledge ou a cliff, but this wrltei noticed that thev sometimes builc their eyries on quite small rocks where they can be got at without inuci difficulty, while ;tll around are im mense precipices where man's foot ha: never trod. It has been said that ai eagle will fearlessly attack any one at tempting to rob its eggs and young but this is probably much less ofter the care than Is generally supposed When one of a pair of eagles i? trapped or shot, the remaining birc has often great difficulty in finding t mnte and may li. unt its nesting slt< for several years by itself, Whik soaring round ami round their eyrlef the eagles utter a musical note some what similar to the cry of the wile' goose. Young eagles wlien first hatched art while balls of down, and innny weeks elapse before they ave able to leavt the eyrie. Tbeir parents supply tlieit with a very liberal larder, consisting principally of ptarmigan, grouse anc blue hares. The rush of their wing? as they swoop down on their luckiesf prey may on a still day be heard at i' great distance. Kagles at times wiP carry off Iambs and young deer, and have been known to drive deer ovei a precipice and to tear them to bits while lying lifeless at the foot. Some tiroes they will even condescend to car ry off moles and inico to their eyrie Although the eagle, as a rule, prefers to capture bis prey himself, yet at times he is not above feeding on the dead carcass of a deer or sheep, and often gorges himself to such an extent that he is unable to rise after his too hearty meal. In most localities of Seotlnnd whero the eagle has its home there will also be found the hoodie crow. The eagle will seldom, if ever, attack the hoodie, but whenever the king of birds ven tures too near the former's nesting tree, the angry boodles will immediate ly drive off the intruder. It is laugh able to see the eagle flying for dear life before the ? erce onslaughts of the enraged crows, which swoop and dash after him with shrill "craas" until he Ik far from their nesting site.?Chica go News. Draught* From Electric F?n?. Persons who are sensitive to draughts should not sit in a strong breeze gen erated by an electric fan. One good way to derive comfort from these use ful contrivances, without permitting the waves of air to beat directly against the body, is to turn the fan U? ward the wall, from which they will rebound. An agreeable change in the atmosphere of the room will be felt, without the strong wind continually blowing on one's back. Two Brilliant Work*. At the Important musical festival re cently held in Frankfort two new or chestral works attracted Germany's at tention. On*? was Ia>uI* Nicotic'* "Gloria," which takes six movements to represent man's battle with enemies of the ideal. The other was ItIchard Strauss' "Slnfonln Dotneatlca," which the Germans thought full of humor and yathus and received with cnlhnslssro. HUNTING PON MASCOT* When tbs late Professor 8ommer> ?111*,'of tbo Uilrcnitj of Pennsyl Ttnla, tbo laarned collector of gems, charms and mascots, had set his mind on seme carlo heard in one of his niMltngs with Oriental*, nothing could bar the way. Were It in the centre of the Desert of Sahara, or on tbe top* moet pinnacle of the Himalayan Moan tains, be would go after It and keep up tbe search until the treasure wee found, purchased, and placed on ex hibition at tbe University museum. American gold was Professor 8om mervllle's mugnet wherever he went He tbus describes Its effect on one of his expeditions: "On one occasion we desired to visit the fsmous Dllwarra Temples in In dia, and for that purpose engaged two Jlnriklsbas and a number of na tlves to draw them, about twelve in all. Tbe Temples, as you know, are set In a magnificent grove of mango trees on a mountain top, and surround ed by great bills. With a fhir measure of tact and money 1 Loped to secur? from tbe people of tbe vicinity some of their odd talismans and rings. I said to tbe chief rikisba-man: 'Now, Lala, Vhat will you do for me if I double your pay? I want to make this jour ney in half time, and if you accomplish It you shall be double paid.* "He went to his helpers at once and Informed them tbat I was a prince. We started out under the contract. He ran ahead of the convoy, raising both hands In the air, and crying to tbe as tounded people: 'Here comcs a prince. Down with you. Here comes a prince.* "And during the entire twelve miles' j ride I was treated to tbe un-American experience of seeing tbe people cover their faces and drop abjectly to tbe ground in obeisance and salutation, only daring to lcok at me through their parted fingers. But my amusement at tbus being treated as a prince was nothing to the gratification I ex perienced in securing from this people ?who did not dare to refuse so august a personage as 1?some of tbe most in teresting Inscribed talismans that I have in my collection."?Harry Dillon Jones, in tbe Booklovers' Magazine. WORDS OF WISDOM. Men. monkeys and facts are stub born things. Tbe only thing tbat beats a good wife Is a bad husband. The less a mnn knows tbe more anxious be is to tell it. Men who pride themselves on their own culture haven't any. A woman can sharpen a pencil as quick as a man can thread a needle. Some men are born bald, some achieve baldness and others get mar ried. The best thing about Adam was hip rib. and that was removed to make a woman. A man who has a good opinion of himself is often a poor judge of hu* manlty. A man never realizes how insignifi cant be is until be atteuds his own .wedding. Telling m Mm by Dli Wttch. "I can alwaj's tell a careless, incom petent and altogether irresponsible man by tiie condition of bis watch," said a veteran watchmaker yesterday. "He never has the correct time, no matter how expensive his watch may be. On the other hand, the alert fci low, who is always alive to what is going on and who is quick to take ad vantage of every opportunity?the fel low who succeeds in spite of the fact that he may carry an old-fashioned silver watch, or even a nickel one?al ways keeps his timepiece in good re pair. It's a pretty good test of a man's character, I find. A watch ought to be thoroughly overhauled and cleaned at least once in every two years. The man who neglects tbis duty and who doesn't seem to care very much if his j watch varies a few minutes is gener ( elly the one who doesn't get along well ' In life. Take my word for it, the sue i cessful man has a great amount of respect for his watch." ? Philadelphia I Uerald. "* ' Coflllnt Aloins in the World. There arc some people, no doubt, who j fancy tliat ?32.<mjo mi ounce is quite I enough to give for nnytliing in the j world, and yet from till appearances [ there is little doubt that tbis price will I come to be looked upon as a very mod* I est one for radium. The action of the ! Austrian Government in restricting the { mining of pitchblende in Bohemia is already having its effect, and the mighty atoms become more valuable every day. As an instance of the man ner in which the precious material is regarded we need only mention the demand that is made for the mere loan of a specimen of radium. It is of 1.800,000 activity, und has a distinct effect on the electroscope at n distance of eight feet. For the few specks of yellowish substance in the centre of a case half the fclze of a lady's watch over ?100 has been refused, the owners preferring to lend it out to doctors at to a time.?London I'all Mall Gazette. DUrMll'i lieroieti Wife, On the way down to Hatfield Mrs. Disraeli bad a fall on the premises of a dealer in marble and cut her face most severely. When she cached her destination she took her hostess aside and said: "My husband is preparing a great speech. If lie finds out that I hare had this accident lie will be quite upset. I want you to take me straight, up to my room and say I've a headache. He lins lost his eyeglass, and if you put me a long way from him at dinner lie will never see what condition I am In." The plan an swered admirably, and Disraeli did not find out what liad happened for two days.?Diary of Sir Mountsluurt Grant Duff. t Profit* From One lien. i A man in south Missouri gave his daughter a hen and agreed to feed it two years. lie lind an elevated opin ion of the girl's talents for business when she told him, at the end of the time, that the products of the ben's Industry and tliat of her offspring in the two years was $?H in the bank and 200 chickens that Would soon lie ready for the skillet.?Kansas City Journal. TM OMmK Car In AwnHcfc The ear that stands la tkt rood* Van at Plaiavllle. Mm. to tha old ?Is railroad coach la tha Ualted State? and aa such makes a pathetic appeal to all people who remember tha earliest days of rallroadlag. It recalls tha days when It was admired by all the countryside as -It rolled over tha rails between Boston snd Providence at a pace which to-day would be regarded as almost fune real. To-day It stands neglected and many years, and enmeshed by count less cobwebs?a rusty, useless old thing In a remote corner of the round house. - To the younger generation It seems almost Incredible that this primitive vehicle could possibly have been the predecessor of the magnificent Pull man of to-day. Its outlines suggest a stag* coach rather than a railroad car. and the Jolting of the crude struo ture was but little broken by the deli cate-looking springs beneath it. The roof of this venerable convey ance was used to accommodate ps? sengers on days when travel was "heavy" or the weather fine. Time haa made many ravages on this old coach, and to keep It from further In I Jury It has been necessary to nail I boards acroas the aides and over ths wheels that mar the quaint effect. It Walked In. Early la the morning L H. Haney, landlord of the City hotel at Barns boro, Cambria county, was aroused from his slumbers by a crash In hit room. Opening his eyes, he wan startled to see a big bear. The noise had aroused Mrs. Haney, and stao screamed for help. Her husband sprang out of bed and seized a chaii to protect himself and wife. Bruin came toward tbem. and Han ey swung the chair. Mrs. Haney wan still screaming and the guests of the hotel were coming from their rooms. About this tfme the bear concluded that things were getting too Interest ing and be decided to leave. As hr emerged from the landlord's room in to the hall there was a rush to got out of the way. Arms were quickly ob tained, and the bear driven off. Immense Stalk of Rhubsrb. Asa O. Bunker of Aehvllle. Me., has gathered a rhubarb stalk from bis gar den that measures CO inches in length, 39 Incbes across the leaf, 7 tnches around the butt and walgited 3pounds. ACHED IN EVERY BONE. CtilriMCO Secletj Woman,Who Wu So Kirk She Could Not Sleep or Knt, Cured by Dum'i Kidney Pllli. Marion Knight, of 33 N. Ashland Ave.. Cbicugo, Orator of the West Side Wednesday Club, says: "This winter when 1 started to use Dean's Kidney rills 1 acted in every bone and lind Intense pains in the kldueys and pelvic or cans. The urine was t b i c k a u (i cloudy, and . 1 could barely eat enough to live. 1 felt a change for the better within a week. The second week 1 began eating heart ily. 1 began to improve generally, and before seven weeks had passed 1 was .well, i had spent hundreds of dollars for medicine that did not help me, but (6 worth of Doan's Kidney Pill* re* stored me to perfect health." A TRIAL FREE?Address Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. X. For sale by ?U dealers. Price, 50 cts. Disproved Old 8uperstition. The performance of a Canaan, N H., hen which hatched thirteen chick ens from a setting of thirteen egg; recently may be considered remark able considering the fact that shi was set upon this unlucky number ol eggs on Friday, May 13, with one of two other unfavorable conditions pre vailing. Their First Time In a Bed. When the people got back to thf H. H. Coe farmhouse near Ottawa, Kan., after the flood had somewhat receded, they found two hogs and thrf* dogs comfortably occupying one of the beds r.pstairs. FITR permanently cured. No flt?<ornervo;is oess aft??r first day's ust< of l)r. Kline's On-at NervelleHtorer,tat rial bottle and treat f ro? Dr. B. H. KliKe,LU.. 031 Arch St.. l'hlla.. t'a. The mont widely known Kngish writer in Japan m Carlyle. Plso'sCurefor Consumption Isan Infallible medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W. Bamusl, Ocean Orovc, N. J.. FhK 17, 1900. License is paid in I>ondon on 7000 auto mobiles. Miss M. Cartledge gives soma helpful' advice to young girls. Her letter is but one of thou sands which prove that nothing to so helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. " Diab Mrs. Pimram:? I cannot praise Lydia XL Pinkh&m's Vege table Compound too highly, for it is the only medicine 1 ever tried which cured me. I suffered much from my first menstrual period, 1 felt so weak and dizzy at times 1 could -not pursue my studies with the usual interest. My tho-ifhts became sluggish, 1 had headachos, backaches and sinking spells, also pains in the back and lower lfmba. In fact, I waa sick all orer. " Finally, after many other remediea had been tried, we were advised to get Lydia E Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound, nnd I am pleased to say that after taking it only two weeks, a wonderful change for the better took place, and in a short time I was in perfect health.' I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indeed glad to tell my experience with Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege table Compound, for it mada a dif ferent girl of me. Yours Yery truly. Miss M. Cabti.bdok, 533 Whitehall Si., Atlanta. ?a." - $S004 forftlt if original of Sbamt latter provide ??nnn?n*ta connoi bo product*. Drove Away Hungry Lynx. As Roland Scrlbner cf StnfTcrd, Vt. was out fishing the other day in ? } stream within sight of the house, b? happened to glancc behind him and saw a lynx coming toward him from the woods, growling and snarling, hit mouth open. The hoy waited untl' the animal got within a few feet ol him, and as it crouched to spring dealt It several blows with his lish ing rod, whereupon the lynx turned and ran back into the woods. Puroo SCROFULA. UlireS ULCERS. SALT RHEUM, EC ZCMA. avary for* tf malignant SKIN ERUPTION. SmMm being rfRcaeiowa I* toning up 1h* iftkn tad rettariag tfco aoa atitutioa. when impaired from any emi*. It a A Household R?icad* ?Ino Tonic, anrf its ilneit luperM<?r?l KmIIm properties justify ut in g>irt?<Mii| ? cur# ? ?II blood diitaut, if dirootiont arc (bllcwtl Prlcc, 01 |it'i?Bntilc. or ? BoUIm (or |1 FUR SAI.K BY DKIMblHTn. sr JIT rDCC ??>?>* op woNt>r?rrr. cow, CICN I I nCD l?C>*'h*r with iBlb'MltWi BLOOD BALM CO., ATLANTA. OA. Hero It Is! Wint to loarn all atcut .? :i<irs?r How to lick Out a .?oodOne? Know Imprr'nt' j ions *11J ho Cuard n^unisi .'rauil* Uclofi I'isciu-i- and '?ftwl t Cure when HAU.e la I uwlol#! Tell the Ago by i bo Tooilit Wlia. to call tUo Different Parle of tit* Animal.' How to Shoe a Horae I'roporlyf All this iml other Valuable Informa Ion ran be obtained by oaOtng oar IUO-PA(iK 1LLI<8TRATB? SIOKSJ: HOOK, wliluh we ?nil forward, poll* I'aul, on refKtip: of only Sfi reuU in Mam pa. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 131 Leanard Ht? N. Y. City. RIPAim TAUTTTjai mf tt? tot ?M> ppw* mMlirino twer r*-nrtt A ? arrd millions of them htft btra MM iuaalofflr y?ms. < oiiMImUoo. hwi burn. rick btttdarbe. cfuuIniCbU brcnth,?<?v UiMMtaod every llliiMk attain* from a dltordnrrd HnmaeC are rt-litwd or carts] by mnr Pi' will ?r>D< rallT tin nJUl wiiDintwpntv minute*. 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Constipation kills more people than all other diseases tofether. It ^ ?IMl 'onf yesrs of suffering, No matter what alia you, start taking CASCARET8 today, for you will never get well and stsv well until you get your bowela "I" Taka our edvlca, atart with Cascarets today under absolute guarantee to cur* or woney refunded. .The jenuinoJablet stamped C C C. Never sold In bulk. Sample ao4 booklet free. Addreaa Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. yto MONEY IN CHICKENS...*. For 2Bc. In stamps we send a 100 Pnge Book giving th? ?xpcricnec of a practical Poultry Raiser. Tells everything r?? quislto for profitable Poultry raising. Book Publishing Company, 134 Leonard Sti _ ?' Vew York.