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Tke Closing Tear. When chimneys no more music hold, For that the swallows all are goue ; When winds be salty, blowing cold From sailing ships and the wet dawn; When briers where the rose was bold, On blackened twigs show berries sere. Then oh, my love, and hey, my love, The dosing o' the year ! When gusts die down and laues grow still, And the cold weather comes once more; When stiffening stalks begin to thrill. And twisted boughs bud at the door; When for some sweet space on the hill. White as long since the thorn-bash blows, Then ob, my love, and hey, my love, The year is at the close. -[Lizette Woodward Reese. MAT'S HUSBAND. EY ll. h. KETCHUM. She doubtless bad a woman's reason for marrying him. That kind of rea? son may not satisfy other people, but it is invariably sufficient for the femi? nine reasoner. Sam Toms was what is called ??wathless'* by his Texan neighbors. OM Bill Bunn, his fafher-iu-law, him? self not a very energetic or useful c??ran, used to sit on the steps at the cross-roads store and publicly bewail his sad lot in having Sam for a mem? ber of his family. Nominally, Sam was a cowboy ; but most of the time he would tell you he was "jes* layin* off a spell, ty rest np like," Ue had always been inst so-dis.'in gnished for laziness JU au easy-going community-and nobody expected him ever to be otherwise ; and it puzzled people immensely when energetic, capable Mattie Bunn accepted him for "reg'lar comp'ny," to say nothing of tho sensation created by their wed? ding. Mat, as bas been suggested, proba? bly had some reason for marty lng Sam; bat it is quite certain that she never told any one what that reason was. Sam was fall, and big, and handsome in his careless, slouchy way; ? he had always managed, no one knew how, to wear good clothes, toa These facts, and his perennial good-nature and friendly ways, were the only points in his favor. Against him were the points so forcibly -taken by his father-in-law, and, also, that he got drunk whenever be could possibly do so, and was, morally, so weak that any one could easily lead him astray. How Mat and Sam got along, BO - one but Mat knew. Once in a great while, Sam would do some work and earn a few dollars. If he got home with it without stopping at the saloon, well and good. But oftener than not, he would "drap in jes* t* take a nip 'r two," and that would settle it At sueh times, he would stay and buy ' drinks for- everybody present while his money lasted. Then he would come home in a maudlin, tearful state of intoxication, and invent some tale to account for his condition and the disappearance of hi? money, winding np with the promise, never to let it happen again. And Mat would pre? tend that she believed him, and would stroke his curry head until he felj asleep. Then she would look at the handsome scamp for a few minutes with love unutterable 5n her eyes-the tired eyes back of which were a world of unshed tears. But she never com? plained-not the first word; the firm set mouth and weary look might indi? cate ever so much, but her lips never expressed iL And Sam gradually grew more and more useless and shift? less, trusting to his wife's ready wit and fertility of resource to carry them both over the bad places. There were lots of bad places, too. Twice Sam ran into debt several dol? lars at the saloon, and Mat found some means to pay the debts-only herself knew bow. But the second time shs informed the saloon man that he must trust Sam no more. Aud, besides these things, to live-how did they do it? Nobody could guese. Perhaps even Mat herself could not have told; yet live they did-or, rather, existed-and, for the most part, kept ont of debt. Sam sometimes worked, but never for very long. He always found some excuse for leaving a place within a * few days? He could almost always find another job easiiy enough, for he was an excellent ''hand" when he chose to be-but he did not hasten about finding a new job when he had given one up; not until they Were j reduced to the very last straits could Mat get him to huntiug work again. ? One day, Sam left home fora ranch abdut thirty-five miles distant, where ( he heard they wanted help. Two days , passed-three-four-fcve-and no j word came from him. Mat was not a a little worried, although Sam had i often been away for two weeks at a j time without sending word to her. < But this time it was different; there i was no excuse for his not sending a message, as the stage came by the < ranch be had gone to three times a ' week. If he had found work there, a8 he expected, he could easily have j could easily have notified her. So, < Ute iu the afternoon of the fifth day, she threw lier shawl over her head and J went down to her father's to find if < they bad heard anything of Sam. The old fellow was standing in the doorway talking to a couple of stran? gers. "No," he was saying, "they b'aint i b'en no person 'long yere las' few i days, but what b'longs yere. Mebbe, ] though, he mont a b'en seed over yere i Bacon's. Ben thar? No? Wa-al, \ jry boy's coraiu' in fm thar purty I soon, an* he cn tell ye. Come in au? i feed ; Jack'll be yere right soon. " i Mat stayed to help her mother with j t the supper, and daring the coarse of ? s the meal learned that the two strangers i were officers trailing a horse-thief, i who had stolen a valuable horse at a t ranch forty miles east and sold it at Pickett Station, aud who was believed i to have com? this way. I < A A3 As she listened to the conversation, a sadden nameless fear came upon her, making her feel faint and ill. As soon as sapper wa6 over, she took her shawl and harried home. Somehow she was not surprised to lind the door open. She entered hastily. Sam was in bed, asleep and breathing stertorously. He had evi? dently been drinking, as his elothes were scattered about the floor, and Mat, looking ont the back door, could see his pony standing patieutly where Sam had left him, waiting for some one to come and feed him. Mat leaned over the sleeping man and kissed him gently, her eyes full of love. Then she turned to pick up his clothes aud put them away. The trousers were heavy, and something jingled in one of the pockets. In? stinctively Mat thrust her hand into it, and drew it forth, clasping several gold pieces. As she did so her eyes opened wide, and she stood as if stunned for a time, her heart chilled with the same strange fear that had stricken her awhile ago aud impelie I her to hurry home. She rushed to the bed and shook Sam roughly. "Sam! Sam"-wake up!" sue almost screamed. The man turned over and looked at her stupidly. "HTo, M-Mat! Yere, be ye? Gimme kiss," he said, in a dull tone. "Not twell ye tells me whar ye done got these yere things I * Mat's voice sounded broken and shrill. Sam sat up and rubbed hi? head, looking at her in drunken wonder. "W-w'y, them-them thar, honey?" She shook him fiercely, and said in a lower tone-a tone of earnest force: "Tell me, Sam Toms, what* ye done got these yere coins! Quick, now I" Her tone partially sobered the man, whose eyes opened wider as he asked, querulously : *What ye so all-fired fussy'bout? I hain't done nothiuY' Aud he laughed in a half-druukeu, half-nerv? ous way. "Sam! whar did ye git 'em?" He sat dumbly staring at her. "Sam!" her voice was full of hor? ror, "did you steal that t'iar boss?*' No answer; but Mat saw by his eyes she had guessed the truth. Slowly (he coins fell from ber hand to the floor; slowly her head bent forward until her face touched the pillow. For minutes she did not move-not until Sara, who had beeu staring at her wonderingly, reached ont his big hand ?nd laid it caressingly on her head. Then she sprang to her feet, her hot eyes glaring, and her form trembling with anger aud horror. She did not speak, but fixed her gaze on his face for a few seconds. He did ixA meet her look, and, presently, she turned ind ran out of the door. Sam, almost sober now, called after her, but she did not answer. He got out of bod slowly and started to dress aimself. He had almost finished, when Mat, accompanied by lier father aud the two strangers, returned. ..Thar he is-an' thar's th' money," she said, and passed on ont through the back door, without looking at Sam. **?**. There was a jail at the cross roads ; it was a primitive affair, bat solid and substantial, lt was a dugout in the ?ide hill, and had a heavy oak door ind great steel hinges and lock lt wa* plenty strong enough to hold a , Jozer men, all anxious to escape, and 5am Toms did not try to escape. He , only sat still in the low, damp, dark? some room and tried to understand how it had all happened. It mast be ? \ drunken dream-but no, he was il most sober, &nd knew where he was iud how and why he was there. But lie could not uuderttau d. Hid Mat- , was it really Mat who had given him up? There mast be some mis- ? take. The big strong man fiually began to . realize it ali. He lay down on the bunk and cried himself to sleep, like , si child. * * * * * It must have been about one o'clock . in the morning when some one silent? ly entered the house of old Bill Bunn, . constable. This some one entered by ihe back door, went stealthily into the , room where Bill and his wife slept, rummaged about a few minutes, and then emerged from the house. It was i woman, and she Imd something in lier hand. Sam Toms wa? awakened, a little if ter this, by a rattling, j tiring sound. Lie sprang np, just as the big oaken loo rs swung back aud revealed the figures of a woman and two saddlc liorses. "I come fr ye, Sam," said the wo raau, with a sob. "I done brung both ponies au' ou' clo's. Le's go, Sam ; ( we c'n git 'crost th' rivah befo' maw? alu'. Come!" He clasped her in his arms, and they . ;luug to each other a little while. Then Mat said, more steadily: i **Coine, Sam. Le's go ovah t' Mex- ( ico-an' mebbe we c'n try V do het jvah thar." And they rode forth in the bright, free moonlight, dowu toward the Kio ( irande- i uto a new a.id better life. - [The Argonaut . A Wonderful Machine. C. M. Spencer, whose inventions tome time ago much simplified the naking of screws, has, with A. H. j Eddy, President of (he Eddy Electric j Company, recently invented and com- , >leted a machiue which is believed to J )c as far ahead of his other inventions , ts they were ahead of the old hand < nachiuea. The new machi ue, says ( he Hartford (Conn.) Courant, is in , mccessfal operation, aud every test of - t has proved highly satisfactory. Hu- , nan ingenuity, it would seem, can levelop screw in chinery no further, j The machine will take the wire trom i coil, head the ?crew, cut the threads, , Mit oif the screw from the coil ?rd } L Xii W -JL make the ?lot. No machine bat been invented before that will do all this. lt does without any additional handling: of material what before this present invention was alwuys done by two or three machines. Besides, it separates the lin "shed screws from the shavings, depositing them clean and bright in a receptacle placed to re? ceive them. AU other machines have to be fed with the straightened wire, the rods being about ?0 feet long. The last two or three inches of every rod are wasted. With this machiue the only waste is at the end of each coi?, i wo or three inches, and thc coil may be 400 or 500 feet long. The advantage of feeding from a coil is not only iu saving of waste, but also in the eating of labor. Put on a coil of wire, start the machine, and it will attend to itself. The oper? ator can attend to other duties if he jikes, and when he returns he will find a lot of completed screws, the little machine being still at work and attending strictly to business. Simplicity is the ruling feature of tjiis machine and the impression pro? duced in watching it work is the won. der that no one ever invented it be? fore. It is safely covered with patents, of course. In other machines the wire is revolved rapidly agaiust the tools and die. In ibis the wire is held in the same position throughout the pro? cess and is carried by an ann agaii st the different instruments, which oper? ate upon it until thc completed screw is turned out. Saved by a Slipknot Thc traveler in the uncivilized re Sfions of South America has to face many peril?. If bc escapes the sav? ages, who are adroit and bitter enemies ; if he can secure water and food, aud survives the iu tense heat, aud believes his expedition has every chance of success, he may die within au hour from the bite of a poisonous serpent. M. Thouar, in his dairy kept during his explorations in the Pilcomayo delta under a commission from the Argeutine government, describes an experience which prompted him to eternat vigilaucc in regard to snakes. He was lying in his hammock; the sergeant of his guard was asleep un? der a tree close by. Suddenly he noticed an immense serpent coiled about the sergeant's leg, and extend? ing its head toward his bare chest. What shouhl he do? To wake thc mau meaut certain death to him; but how kill the. creature or attract it away without waking him? . He re? called a method of capturing the cobra of India. He prepared a slipknot. By steal? thy, almost imperceptible movements he attracted the serpent's attention. It turned its head. Theu he leaned from his hammock, and with a long piece of grass tickled it gently on the throat. It raUed its head. He cast the noose over it, and drew it tight around the reptile's neck. It was not a moment too soon. The sergeant awoke. He fainted* with fright, but the danger was past. The slipknot had saved him, and a stroke of the sabre cut off the serpent's head* A Fortunate Find. I. N. Locke of Wayne County was i formerly an active trader, In May, 1872, he was in Chicago, and bought a lot for a small sum. He put the deed in an envelope and placed it in his pocket with other papers. A few days afterward*, while getting i uto his buggy* he 1 >st the envelope and all its contents. He advertised for it, but , really cared only for the notes, think* , ing the lot of little value. Johu ? Rit chev, a victim of softeuiug of the brain, was wandering aimlessly on the street the day Locke lost his papers. He found them and laid them away, and even after his death no notice was taken of thc supposed worthless ? papers. About ten days ago John , Ritcuey found the package and gave it to Mr. Locke, and through his altor- ; neys his claim has been established. , liad the deed remained concealed a , few days longer thc twenty years j would have expired and no claim . would have been allowable. It is a , lot on the boulevard additiou, and the , parties occupying it have given Mr. ( Locke $20,000 for a quitclaim.-[lu- , dian apo! is News. , Paint from Cottonseed Oil. A new paint, which is said to be specially useful for the protection of metallic surfaces, is prepared from cottonseed oil. A gailou of pure cot* tonseed oil is put into a suitable iron vessel and twenty pounds of melted < lead poured iuto it. After a thorough 1 stirring thc lead separates into glob- ( ules, and when the oii has been poured ' off after cooli ug, there are found to } be about seventeen of thc twenty 1 pounds of lead remaining, the other 1 three pounds having been absorbed by 1 the oil. On the lead which has been 1 employed being again melted, and thc . operation being repeated to the fifth pouring-thc amount of lead being 4 Ie86 at each succeeding pouring-the total quantity of lead absorbed is about ' ten pounds. Tho oil thus charged with the lead is then used as a paint, being employed iu the usual manner for metallic surfaces. - [Picayune. Year of Greatest Growth. The year of greatest growth in boys ?S the 17th; in girls, the l3ih. While rills reach full height in their l?;h ?rear they acquire full weight at the tge of 20. Boys are stronger that ?iris from birth to the 11th year; then >irls become superior physicially to -he 17th year, whet: ilie tabic? ate igain turned to remain so. From November to April children <?ro*a a rery little and gain no weight: from rVpril to .July they gain itt height, but Or>e in weight. :m<l from .Julv i<> November they increase greatly in * weight, but not in height. - [Indiana* Wlis New? GREAT RIDERS. Matchless Horsemanship of the Cossacks of Russia. Soldiers Who Can Outride the Girc?s Performer. ? tribe of people known centuries igo as the wild Kazaks of Dnieper and the Don, freebooter?, as the name implies iii the Tartar tongue, has gradually beeu brought under. rigid military rule, so that at the present day the descendants of Ulis restless, warfaring race furnish ihe Russian empire with one of the most valuable elements of the nationa1 army. Then career as freebooters came to an end under tho reign of Ivan IV., and since then they have rendered excellent ser? vice as scouts and skirmishers, and their good offices in the protection of the frontiers from the Caucasus to China are almost invaluable. They are light-armed soldiers, and? according to a writer in the PosUDis* patch, above ail) artists on the horse* They ride their horses as easily bare* back without saddle or bridle as with the usual equipments, and always at the briskest trot or the wildest gallop. The "DjiVhitOTka," as they call their military code, which prescribes the many hazardous exercises practised by the Cossacks, is calculated to fit the young cadet8, the "Djighites," for the hardest and most perilous service reu. dered by this branch of the Kassian army. When the cadet has gone through the intricacies of thc Djighi tpvka, at which time he has attained his 21st year, he has lost all sense of difficulty or fear and enters Upon his active regimental service for four years. Among the most commonplace ex? ercises which the code prescribes are hurdle racing on the part of the men armed with sword and gun; shooting in every imaginable position, as turn? ing backward in the saddle or using the horse as a bulwark to fire from behind. The latter exercise is* par? ticularly interesting. The Cossacks approach at a mad gallop, come to a sudden stop and jump from thei.i horses, while lhe latter, trained, as carefully as the men, lie do wu with? out a word of command and protect their riders with their flanks. The Djighitovka is divided into two kinds of exercises, the arbitrary and the voluntary. The latter embraces a line of feats of which the best profes? sional circus rider need not be ashamed. The meu jump to the ground and back on their horses as they gallop madly along; they bend way dawn and lift objects from thc ground as they tear over the open fields; they jnmp from one horse to another while the latter goes at full speed, or they ride along standing upright in the saddle and throwing the spear. In the latter case the Cossack stands really in his stirrups, which have been previously crossed back aud forth to bring them on a level with the saddle. Standing on their heads while charging over an open field is by no means an unusual exercise. One shoulder pressed against the saddle, the Cossack maintains his equilibrium by clutching the stirrup* with both bauds. The ambulauce service with the Cos? sack regiments is limited to mutual help. Two mounted meu ou horses will holda wo u tided comrade between them tc .emove him from the battle? field. Besides these wonderful feats of individual horsemanship the Cos neks execute exploits hi groups, such &8 a daring rider carrying a com? rade on his shoulders to fire at high range. Cossack military training comprises two chief branches? that of handling ihe horse, and using either sword or gun with equal facility and to thc greatest disadvantage of the enemy* While the regular code exercises are hazardous enough; the voluntary ones ire always accompanied by great risk ind danger, and energy and dauntless? ness are as necessary elements as sup? pleness of limb. Much depends also upon the horses, and, because men md animals diflbr materially in point >f natural apitude, the latter exercises ire not required generally but can be chosen at will, although the hardiest md most vigorous cadets are encour iged very liberally to go through them md personal rivalry has much to do frith developing marvelously fearless 3ossacks for his majesty, the czar. Accidents, which arc bound lo or> mr now and then, do not diminish :he number of candidates for that sours* of military training. A Rus? t?an proverb says, "Those who cut tvood must not mind if the chips fly," ind Geue**ftl Zeydlitz's reply to his .oyal master has become proverbial imong the Cossacks. "How is it," isked the Czar, "that so many men in ,'our regiment break their necks?" 'Your majesty," answered Zeydlitz, 4if you desire it it shall be stopped, jut in that case I will not be responsi? ve for the conduct of the regiment vheu it face* the enemy." Portugal** Capital. The earthquake and tidal wave fhat Icstroyed Lisbon in 1755 gave the city ' i reputation which it has since never ' ost. There ure few geographical lame? more familiar to the schoolboy md to the general reader. 'To avoid he recur re uce of a si miar catastrophe , he Government established a nuifoi m ? u ebi eel ural design 'hat will permit , he exterior walls of masonry to fall j vithout drawing with them ihe inte- , ior of the building, of which they , re independent. Two houses arc at- , vays hui!? together, and when the Va mo work i- entirely finished and ? ol id i lied the wail* arc pu around the j 1 tincture. Thc Lisbon houses receive j I he light only in front ?nd in the rear. ! Ia the middle is a sort of court per? fectly dark. This method of con a ti-net ion is at least ? part?a? explanation of the uni? form appearance of the city, lo which the architects have found it almost im? possible tb gir? greater Variety. Though the streets of Lisbon are com? monplace, and its public places with their ornaments inferior to those of other great capitals, the situation of the city on the Tagus and itt line back? ground of lillis give it a uoble aspect. The si ree's on thc hills seem quiet af* ter the quay?, with their fishermen, hurry of business and thc noisy street railroads, of which the number is con? siderable. On the great avenues the shops are brilliant with their display of foreign* goods, and curious for the display of native laces and jewelry. To see tire people? however, it is necessary? as in Spaiu, lo visit the bull-fights, where all classes? massed lu a great alena, present a chaos of movement and brilliant color. The gallegos with their green caps? the fishermen with their red berets? thc peasants With broad-brimmed hats and many colored gannon ts? and the fi*h women, decked with great ornaments like Idols, mingled With the Upper classes?, who were showily? though not so gaudily dressed. As in Spain? the bullfight is the crowuiug sight, having seen which thc stranger leaves the country willingly, as if there was nothing more to he seen.- [San Fran? cisco Chronicle. Bees and Their Business End? Scarcely a summer passes in which children are not fatally injured by bees? A paragraph sent by the Lon? don Standard's Paris correspondent gives a striking illustration of the deadly power of bees wheu assembled in sufficient numbers. At Mantes, Lucien Petit, 6eveuteen years of agc. while driving in a cart drawn by . horse and donkey, passed a garden in which there were some forty bee? hives. Whether from the excessive heat, or some other cause, the bees swarmed out on the approach of thc cart, and the lad just had time lo jump down and lake refuge in the ditch full of water when they attacked the team. Maddened by the myraid of slings, the poor auimals galloped away at a furious rate, followed by the bees. The donkey soon succumbed, and the horse survived only a very short time. The lad in the ditch witnessed that extraordinary scene, trembling with fear. When the horse and donkey were dead, the cloud of bees flew back to their hives, and Lucien Petit, taking courage, crept out of the ditch ran off to Mantes, where, it can easily be imagined, his story was scarcely credited. The Gun Not Needed* A certain doctor in northern Maine is noted foe his love of hunting, and he is reckoned a pretty good shot. During an epidemic not long ago a well-known lumbermau (now de? ceased) had the misfortune to have several of his men quite sick? and one of them being in a dangerous condi? tion, the lumberman started in haste for this doctor. Now our medical friend is sometimes quite slow in get? ting ready for his trips, and on this occasion, after being called? he wai unusually so? Suddenly the thought came to him that he was to go so far into the woods he might see some game, and stepping to the door where the nervous lumberman waa impatient? ly waiting, he inquired, "Say, don't you think I had better take my gun aloug?" ?-Gun? nol" was the excited reply, "the mau will be dead enough before you can get there."-[Lewiston Journal. To Prevent Disease. The suggestion recently made to call in the outstanding paper currency, especially that which is old and worn, and replace it with new bills, was made in the editorial columns of the New York News during the cholera excitement many weeks ago. Now the Loudon Lancet urges the British Government to begin at once to pre? pare for next year. "The coming months," says that journal, ..must be utilized in the work of combating tho malady which is likely to bring dangers far in excess of any we have encoun? tered." If such be the medical out? look, the Government is called upon to prevent the germinating of disease from the familiar things we haudle every hour in the day. Our paper currency is among these thing', and it ought to receive attention. Oysters on Trees? The mouth o? the Yaqui aver is only 10 miles down the gulf from Guay mas, Mexico, and is the place where the ancient explorers reported having seen oysters growing on tree?. This was doubtless true, as thc oysters now fasten themselves to the branche8 hanging in the water, and are taken ofl' by thc Indians and brought to the city and sold. Oysters are the great ilish here and may be had for most ;my price. The Indians will bring a boat load of about ten bushels with thc shells still on them aud sell them fora ilollar in Mexican money, which is ahout 60 ceuts in our money. They are scarcely half as large as the Eastern oyster, but have a splendid flavor and ate a favorite dish at all times of the pear.- [St. Louis Republic. A Thiers Walking Stick. Some ingenious contrivances are used by thieve?. The latest looks like an ordinary walking-stick, but is so arranged that by pressing a spring j it the handle the ferrule will spread ipart aud form a sort of spring clip that will lake hold of anything that is iv i thin a roach. _~m_ it is a custom in Australia to give^a j ?onus to thc shepherd for every lamb J ?io raises. This stimulates a spirit of ivatchfuliiess. THE WILD TURKEY. Interesting Facts About This Big American Bird. lt? Habits and Haunts, and How It is Hunted. There are two well-known varieties of oar wild turkey-the one found east of the great plains, the other Spnnd west, principally in Southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Old Mexico. The nest is usually of dry leaves in some depression within a fallen tree-top or other brush pile. The female conceals her eggs by scratching over them loose leaves when she goes out for food. She is a close and watchful sitter? however, and ie usually not far away? During the sitting period the males retire in flocks, keeping closely concealed While moulting* but are readily called from their retirement by the peculiar love cry of some female Who may have had her nest broken apt "When the yoting are nearly grown it is said that all sexes and ages reassemble and later they oft rt begin to migrate al? ways on foot? If they come to a Wide stream they ascend some tall bluff aud wal? Up and down it for a day or days, trying to get up courage for the attempt at crossing? Anyone who has watched domestic turkeys fly up to roost will see how mach they are afflicted with indetermination? Should some fall into the water before thev .ri reach the farther shore they swim much better than one would think and thus most of thent get over. When they cease migration they all break np into smaller flocks and may be ex? pected anywhere that thete is food j and shelter. The food of thc turkey is various. Acorns and grain in winter are the staple. The gizzard is so strong, it is said, as to be able to digest the pecan nut. Stress of weather may bring the birds around the feed lot and straw ricks, but they are extremely wary in their approaches. When frightened they prefer running lo flying, and the gate is very rapid and apt to be much prolonged, so that a wide detour is necessary to intercept them. Follow, ing the bird directly behind when it is once frightened is rarely successful. Even from a dog it will only fly fur? ther away, but when a flock is feeding in the woods, the sudden dash of a dog among them will generally put them into trees at once, and if he con? tinues to bark they will become so engrossed that the huuler may ap? proach within easy gunshot. A smals rifle will afford many shots because of its little noise. I have seen several shot down in this way with a 22 caliber revolver, and even some knocked over with clubs. But as a rule turkey hunting is a matter of the strictest caution and a great knowledge of the hannis and habits of the game. It is compelled to have in it much of the pot-hunting element, for a flying shot is rarely of? fered. So cunning and acute is the bird, usually that to outwit an old gobbler in any way is indeed a triumph. After flocks have be?u scat? tered, success can only depend upon Judicious imitation of their assembly call. There are three calls at least that the hunter throughout the season must learn : First, that of the mother reassembling: the young; second, that of the young and grown birds when j lost-the peculiar "kce-yonk" varying j in tone with the agc and sex of the bird ; and third, that (heard only iu the spring) peculiar low call of the fe? male so enticing to thc old gobbler. Some few persons, es? pecially ludiaus, have the ability to imitate the ''gobble'* of the male. It is a very successful call, for our hero is as ready for war as for ? love, and associates the two things *ery intimately. Tame birds tethered are sometimes tried, but are apt to be unsatisfactory. All these tones must be learned by experience only, aud, except the gobble, they may all be produced by sucking (with the lins in close contact) through any hollow tubo about three inches long, not lar? ger than a wheat straw. The favorite is made from one of thc wing bones of thc bird ; but aside trom a sort of flatness that fits the lips well, 1 think it is no better than ono made of other material. A friend and I once bagged ll nearly grown wild tm keys after we had secured the mother by* calling them up with the hollow stem of thc | Western horse ni i nt. A hollow wood? en cup or a bit of cow's horn with a wooden bottom, out of which a nail or hard wood peg project?, which is jumped over a slate or whetstone as a boy jumps his pencil on his slate these and matty other calls atc often used, but without special advantages. Turkeys can be easily baited and shot from blends as they approach, and on ca!tn evenings especially, pre? ceding iain, it' one will sn quietly within woods where they arc known to be, turkeys may bc heard just a' sunset flying up to the tall trees lo roost. Une who hus never heard this sound tan scat eely conceive what a booming noise il makes in the silence of the deep forests find how far it may bo beare. Thc roosting trees may bc located, and in thc moonlight or the blush of dawn the birds may be approached and shot. Thc bes; weapon, all m all, isa heavy sho'gun and large shot, Shoot tn thc head and neck if possible; take ?ll chances in flying and ?et to your bud as soon a> j it strikes the ground.-[5ft. Louis Re? public. Ked Snow. Every visitor to the Arctic regions duds lhere patches of snow which i? of a-bright red color. Everv writer upon Arctic life and experience re tag rfc? uuou this strauire appearance, I Doctor Keeley, iii bis recent bo Irate! in the North, describes this and the plant that gires it its br color. It seems that a similar g colors the sandstone cliffs a ta wi br orange. The plant is a lichen, and liier? be little doubt that it is kiudred yellow lichen which grows upo rough bark of trees along our s] The Artic variety is smaller and delicate, as well as of a color mo tense. Patches of the red snow peculi the Arctic regions were observe the glaciers and in tho shady noo the ice, but itscoior was wholly ti eut from that of the curious mentioned above? Later he ha< opportunity of gathering and exs ing some of this red snow, whicl curs in patches and exists only o surface} au inch below the snow as pure a while as that found where; The color was not uniform eve the surface; but occurred in stn Ou closer examination it was foul exist in the little crystals of < which composed the surface, and in these the tint Was not the i throughout, but radiated from tres. When the suow Was melted it for a bright red liquid about the shad claret punch, and on standing the oriag matter gradually settled to bottom as a deep red sediment^ wi under the microscope, proved tc composed of a ni in ute- celled pl the "protococcus uivalis.,?-[Yoi Companion? - Self-Mutilai ion in Animals. It has often been observed many animals, when kept in capth develop certain unnatural traits. < of these is a tendency to self-inu lion-an instinct on the part of animal which impels it to devour extremities of its own body. Dr. Franz Werner of Vienna, 1 tria, has recently published some teresting observations in this dil tion on European orthoptera. Fi a number of species kept under obi vation Dr. Werner concludes tba tendency to self-mutilation does prevail in the truly phytophagous fa lies, such as the Acridiidae and Gi lidse, but that it seems to be confit to the raptatorial species and that i most strongly developed in cert predaceous Locustid? with poorly veloped wings. In all observations ample nouri meut was provided, but this did ; prevent the specimens from eati first their tarsi, especially those of t anterior pairs of legs, then the tibi and finally the females commenced eat their own ovipositors. Arno the specie? observed the rare SD serrata excelled all others in its avid to devour its entire legs, while Mau religiosa was contented with chewi up its tarsal joints. Of Barbitist serricauda Dr. Werner was not al to collect perfect examples, for soon as a captured specimen is h< between thc fingers it bites off its o^ front legs with great rapidity, most instances the chewing is delibi ate and evidently without sensation paiu. - [insect Life. A Live Pig as Bait. "To catch a boa is a very dialer and dangerous task," says a man wi makes it his business to capture wi animals and reptiles for manager purposes. "Briefly, it is accomplish* by means of a labyriuthiau tangl embracing sixty square feet of gr?uni The labyrinth is made by joining t< get her, end on end, pieces of matting The web is eight feet high, usual h and placed so that the opposite wal will be two feet apart. All sorts c criss-cross and diverting combinatioi are made with the matting-it i supported here and there b stakes, making, wheu it is set a geometrical puzzle that migL we i challenge the ingenuity of mau ??The trap is baited with a live pig which is placed in a pen in the eenie of the labyrinth. By aud by alon; comes the boa constrictor, lt is eas; enough vo get in. He scents the prey he is very hungry; the pig is de voured, and here the boa comes i< ?nief. For hours he tries to releasi himself from the tortuous passage; which rise about him, but finally In "rows tired and stretches himself ou for a nap. Then is our time. \Xi open the labyrinth and catch him.'* [New York News. Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla and Charybdis were twe monsters dwelling on opposite sidei of the present Strait of Messina, which separates Sicily from Italy. Scylla was a terrible creature who lived in a cave on the Italian side. She bad six heads, each with three row? of teeth, with which she tore in pieces her .vic? tim?. Even now there is a cave and town called Scylla right at the extreme point of the ..toe of the boot." Charybdis was near the other bank in I Cicily. She was the daughter of Nep? tune and Goaa. Dwelling under a large rock, she three limes a day drank down the waters of the sea, and three times threw them up again, thus form? ing a whirlpool, which is to this day off the Sicilian coatt - [Xew York World. Carrying Bricks. Cargoes of brick have to be stowed j in the most earoful manner, siyt the I Boston Globe, or else the vessels car ! ryiug them will founder in thc mildest ' weather, owing to the strong tendency j j of the brick to absorb the water caused by i he leakage which necessarily oc? curs ou all woodeu ve&scls. The brick will absorb the water as fast as it ruu? in from an ordinary leak, and the in-] creased weight of the brick cauces thc j vessel to settle until the makes the final plunge, and the crew are at a loss ! te kyow tjj? ??use Jang tB? tong tatt thrilled ni j son { Qaeflsatfae King. Hi* courtiers be*** lbw Before the thron? with gold and gems ' alight, Answered him, mosing: "Sire, we de not know? j ?We heard the tong. It echoes in our heart, The singer from our vision passed away; Ifs deemed him only of his song a part, And then-it is so long since yesterday!"" Che singer heard, nor hearing felt regret: What could it matter where their praise might fall? nae song, at least, they did not quite forget. Naught ig the singer, but the song is all. , -[Kay Lennox, in Independent. HUMOROUS* With the aceounlaut it is always ?Ummer time. the dyer is not a desperate mah, yet he Usually dies with his boots oil. A man Who is iii society and wahi! to keep in must be constantly going .tit "Be aisvj now, Moike. that make* yoi! holier so? " "Cause Or ve ?iidl?er tooth/* Sim fathiier-You look rtt? down; old man. Kaut Helpit-I am. Mj creditors are after me everywhere; ?re long the wind will whistle, But let us still be gay; for it cannot whistle "Comrades'* Or .'Tarara Boom-de-ay?'' It isn't considered good form for a physician to tell his butcher patient that something is the matter with his liver. ??Who won that long-distance walk? ing match?" "Spriggins." "He did; who was his trainer?" <4Hi* 10-month old baby." Optician-You have a bad case of strabimus. Ponsonby-Didn't think it was as bad as that ; thought I only had squint Brace-Why is it you are after me all the time for that bili. Taylor-I never put on lill tomorrow what can be dunnded today. Ralph-There is oue thing I notice that every girl likes to have her finger in. Robert-What is that? Ualph-r An engagement ring! Mr. Verrisopht-I wish to wed your daughter, sir. Am I to understand that you give assent? Mr. Heavyrok -No, sir-not a penny ! ?That wallpaper has a very cold look," said a customer to a dealer? .?Well, you see it is intended for a frieze," was che dealer's reply. Often with the proverb plan Saddest havoc may be played. "Man proposes," said the man "No, he doesn*i!p cried the maid. "Do you enjoy football ?" he asked j of the man who sat next to him at the game. "Some." "Are you a player?" "No; Tra a surgeon." . Mr. Youugwife-My dear, the bank in which my money is deposited baa broken. Mrs. Y.-What a mercy you've got your checkbook at home, ! lore!" j Ethel-Yes, uncle, dear George pro ! posed five times before I finally ac ! cepted him. Uncle_Er-What yon might call welt shaken before taken. Lieutenant Thorpe-Were you. pres* ent when Meynell died? What were his last words? Lieutenant Foley He hadn't any-his wife was with him at the time. Stalate-To prove my love, there is nothing I would not do for yon. Ethel (yawning)-All light, fir. Wind up the clock aud kiss Fido good-night." Bride (throwing her arms about the bridegroom's neck) -Yon are my prisoner for life. Bridegroom-It'* not imprisonment for life, love, it's capital punishment. In troth she was a pretty lass Who gazed into the looking-glass, She murmured as she gazed again .'Fm sure I was not made in vain,'* And echo answered, "Maiden vain." "The mean things that are said about women," said a very nice man to me today: "are just as likely to be untrue as the nice things which are said about the men." First Orator-Everyone thought yon were very happy in your speech to? night. Second Orator-Ahl First Orator-Yes; everybody said you loved to hear yourself talk. Closefist, Sr.-One thing bear hi mind before you decide to go into politics. Closefist, Jr.-What, father? Closefist, Sr.-That it is only a step from City Halt to City Hall Park. Miss Grcenleaf-I have just been reading a book called How Men Pro? pose. What is your opinion on that subject? Miss Browuleaf-Simply lhat they dont do any such thing. A friend of ours attending a lecture not long ago heard a scientist utter the following passage: "A'l along the un? trodden paths of the past we discern the footprints of an.unseen hand." Featherstone-What did you leave your suburban boarding place, for? 1 thought your laudiady was going to be like a mother to you. Ring way ehe was. She wanted me to sleep in % cradle. A Mild Reproof. The other morning Jones turned up at the ofiice even later than usual. Hie employer, tired or waiting for him, had himself set about registering the day's transactions, usually Joues' first iuty. The enraged merchant laid bia pen aside very deliberately add said to Jones very sternly indeed, "Jones, this will not do!* ??No, sir," replied Jones, gently, drawing off his overcoat as he glanced over his employer* shoulder, "it win not. You have entered McKm ken's order in the wrong book. Fur better to have waited til! ! came!"-[Y**ilf?f Blade