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THE LAW OF REST.
A MAN MUST SLEEP IN PROPOR
TION TO HIS LABORS,
r.Un Ho uilall-t III Own Uillily, Ilrullli.
f-lr-HKlIi imkI Ifttliilit I'oi-nn-l lit
IiiI.IImxmI Ili ;r l-t l olly of Our
TIo.Iimi IAU:
A inuii must k1ih-j in ro;nrt in to Iris l;v-Ihh-h.
Tho avt'i-no l;riminl is ilit hours, or
oiic-tliinl of th! l.iy. W'hoowr li.s thU is
t,;iri' i -I j x hi own uhility, hi-altli, Mri-nth
util lifo. TL-r is no roli-nse from th law.
A i:rm m.jy ImIi'l-vo himself an cxc-r ptioii.
For a short tliim In? muf tai-in to Ih kik-Ii, hut
I. is I'oiiifl to illustruto tho law with u:i
:nji!i;sU Thcro is no crash uml hrvak ut.
,! - that of rTiMwcrful man, when w k-' !
1 ro';.":i wheel. Ho lacks tin' mMiiemtivo
1' iAcrof i;ic:i comimralivcly iiioih fragile.
If ' .i;not l ml, ho breaks. The jnol.aliility
j i! will lKikc himsi If to narcotics or slim
i.! Hit ; ami nftcr a l.on l ie or that sioi t p
n!it i.:ioininiotisly. No, there is one law that
must I) oliereri. Vna must sl r:i or pi to
l.ieee:. Grant sail ho could ili n .'riri with
less t !ia:i nine hours' tileep. Na;i-i-.-a was c.
fi'i-K rh sleejicr; hut Whc-i his ability to sleio
v.'.'!tir-tl his power went with it.
I ro; m:o ti Miei-t wiinv tho mistakes
r.ri v; I li.it 1 -al to sl-ei!es.s:ic!s. First of till
there iia vital error with chihhcii. A cliiM
fi!:o:ihl lie m lie. I as t lie fowls are, at suikIowij
fit leas!. Ami In? should lie allowed to rise in
t!i!i morning as mk;i as ho wakes. It is not
only torture, hut an unhealthy mischief, to
co.m'm 1 children to lie in led, awake, two
hours, to jirevent disturbing older i-ople.
I alximinatx- niht parties for children. I lio
licve every pliysiciau lies. It is not no much
the rxjmsuru, and tho eating in tho night, and
the had nxsoeiations formeil (of a high
toned sort, jiossihly), hut tho breaking into
the bleci habit. Finally hail is it for chil
dren to study ill the eveiiin;;. It gorges their
Trains with blood; and if they sleep they
!re.iia. You cannot emphasize tM strongly
tho mischief of children's night study.
Whatever a stolid lot of animal nature
can do, our American children are sensitives
and cannot do that is, safely sleep two in u
l;eL No matter in what else, you economize,
there i.i a criminal folly in economizing lieds.
F.very jiersoii neeiLs his own lied more than
:o iiivd:s his own chair or his own plate at
table. And tho liost bod in the world is a
y;oo 1 lied f fresh si raw covered with leiity
if liils. 2f child should Ik' allowed to
bleep on feathers or animal ivfu:k of any
other sort, Kut to slueji two in a lied is a
vital ilamage. One is sine to absorb tho
electric energy of the other. AY hat v nnsst
j'ool; for i.; to aecumul.iU; constitution fur the
flu'M, f.ii'l e-,ta!.-lish a stout, coiuiervative ten
lo!:ey. Our American lifo will lie sum to
tnake I:ev3' drafts on him. If he has no
ci:;it:d h. -;v.jpayi:o interest. This habit
of r-li-epin uion.j ;!;ouM he retained through
life under til! ca- ii:nsUl!ices. More mischief,
fir, well as immorality, conies from the opposite
-o!ii- :. than from any other common habit.
.V ;'o:i deal of i.oii;:en -..) is sometimes pub
Jisl. i al-"'.'t 'r.-.idi:! cluldreti to lit-1 with
full :' i:!!:;' ':;. This i:-. v. 11 eaou;;h si Iosjnh
li is i'.a r.n.'in:il cad has not av;;kenel to
a;:i '.i of the I raia, bat us mpo.i s:s a child
Las c j:;;o to an a;;e of active tho!l;;ht he
iho;ihl Lav,' a c'.'anee for li;ht xei isi' atld
i'l.: ' al ter his lue.ils, never, however, allow
jki ; to ;:o ti Ik-I esc-ite 1. Alxive nil
!.i;; .:; t l: iieTin cated is the stormy season,
ireijiie-itlv i:id-);.;ed just at retiring. The
!;i: i prefers t o sit invariably retires
ll a K'erm cf I'.-.vsioii, j.d;!ed to by the -form
of ivtrso or parent, lb-' should ljc::lmly ana
rcstrasisea iro::i iiji suea oaiorcaKS.
:.; a i',r at riillVivnee in children aliout
-; vry active brain:; grow sleepj"
ti i-tiiv early, of hers cimallync-
,w w-."keful ami exeiied.
Ti cr-
n-id (l:
live vi
'."r.. ;i i.h.ill vxi break ui our habits formed
in chi! iIkkI.' Mot-t ei-rtainly they should
jicvir l-o inixlijafl beyn::d t!us ab-ohite ile
Uia'.oi ' t l:f. The jr. ricr ti:no to slen-) is as
(he a live Lours p.us into tlic passive. All
iiat'.:". at the wilhilrav.-al of light is lulled
i : e. t. 3ki only, with a few predatory
; i-i? ro.;i ;ts the impulsion of nature, and
either to shorten his sleep or to
I his l est to later hours. His power to
s H.!:'T . Liuiseif is far more limited than
iV.i
jvr.!
tbr.
1i!:i' ;;'ses. U itlj 1 he rarest exceptions, each
jx?rs i:i in turn, sooner or latar, Lre"l:s down,
pad !nt:st s-.ibinit to nature or suiter tlio coii-jeri!:i':i;-es.
YTe hiivo 1 ecomo a nervous ivjoplo,
Ix'Kiu.". we do not sh.-ep end recu;crate. I
jicver have seen l;ve Americans that slejit too
jnuc!:: I rar'Iy iiave known one who slept
enough. Thi-:v is no CMT.j.iiig the one great
law lh:it life dein-iuls on rebuilding regularly
v.isr.t i; uvl u;i by daily activity. There
fore, I say, as far as j-Ki.sible, retire at an
rlr hour an 1 a regular hour throughout
life. Jt will lengthen as well as strengthen
your d:iy.- Levond any and all other habits.
Ti'ic great fo'.l3 of our modern life is tho
T-T.vx-.it ion that then; can bo any substitute
forrih-ep. The stupidity irHhicfd by nar
cotics is a iaKkery. It stop.s waste, tq a de
p-ee;butiUl'x-suot cusist to any adequate
tlgree ia rciKiir. Tho function of tine sleep
isiviwir. Of all the narcotics, that which
pjvos tlv? nearest rvsemblance to sleep la
hlovnl hydrate. But its oieration is so vio
lent that it rapidly degenerates both the heart
pud the bi-ato, When it does not kill out
right, it product- evils that are worse than
death scmi-lunary ami hpart disease. No
drug has yet leen dis-overei that can give
li warrant for disobedience to natural htt
julsri, L?reak up your habit for sleep, and
you are at once in danger. Put j-ourself
lindor the iower of a drug, and you will be a
riave more completely than any negro that
ever olievcd and rfufTered in a rice swamp. If
your bondage has begun, you must broak i$
by ret timing to natural liabits, or you will
ll'ic miserablv. There is no escape from tho
iilcpinia. ! Return to nature, sleep at natural
Jsonrs, iin.l don't expect to live on your capi
tal, but mi the interest. il. Maurice, SL D.
Glolie-DenuxT.it,
Prosperity of Xcw YrU JlaRaziiies.
The rivalry between the magazine of New
York is very preat at present. Their market
is the whole country. Their revenues increase
Tvith the groTrtii of iatel! igence. As their
puces de;ienis on the quality and attractive
ness of their eontents, there is intellectual as
Veil as bit-Iaess rivalry, and the extent to
wbieli t his is cariicHl maybe seen in the flam
boyant protnijes of tho advertisements which
thev aiv issuing at this season of the year.
Fa:::cr.
names are heralded abroad by tho
sand moving or taking themes or
g romances or charming illustra-
t.ut in romrx'tiiion with others of
t.ons
: ? J.::: 1 IKIIU o:v. is ninin-l ocv. imezeu. iy
tLo &;v.-?tac!v All this famish.. opportunity j
for cjrir ercnt writers ia e ery field of letters,
and itfji-ertain that never before were th;
f.-pnl-i 's so great for such writers in our
txrjniry. Young literary aspirants are al
V.'arj i: isuriu.-j each other thnt there is no
t-hlij -? for ef ;;hi3 nowadays, but they can
learn i i t'.ie oHj'.-o c? cyrry magazine that tho
com;yct:jou to secure "geiiius"' is actively
xmrri-: I tl year round.
The ):.nuence of the New York magazines
u5c:i th: literary and mlistie culture of the
c5:::jtrv is very great, ami it is a matter of
ride tlt the t haracter tf all of them makes
llicm v.--rthy of their fortunes. John fcir.in.- .
tvu ia l'hiladelx'Iiia I reoJ. '
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The snapping of strings.
TroiililfM tif uii )rcli-Htra Mail Tho
tlrli Arm of tlie lolililtt Style.
Listener:; ut orchestral onccrt.s, who have
1hwi aiui'iyed, as many were at tho last
Tko::as i chcarsal, by tho inccssjint siuipiu;;
-T : trings, have often wondered if there was
not Mine way to prevent such accidents. If
t lrTe wcru such a way the listener might Im
r.v;:ired that TlKKlure Thomas would not
endure with suirli patience the noisy inf.err;'p
tioii to the imi-iic that x'cuiti every no and
then in hi; )! h'-;tra. Itisaa aeeident that
it is i:.!po;-.-ijbl'. to prevent by any means jet
known l i players. It arises, of course, from
t !:e wearing out of tho K string, and yet a
pew :.t riii.J t!:rit
; inn v. itliin Jive
seems pofwtly tonal may
miutititt after it has l;e-ii
ii! ri t"'n
d upon tho instrument. It is largely
!aj to atmospheric conditions. On dump
days the strings ia a; orchestra are much
m-ire likely to snap than u;ioii others. Sonio
plave.s are moro li!.-3y, nlso t ) meet with
t!ii ; aeeidi-nt than ot'iers, because .f jn'r
ijiiratioa j.t tt:o lingei-.i' cuds. This will
tend constantly to throw tho K string,
and lie other:! also, ot't of tune, and
eventually to make the string tio susceptible
) 'he strain to which it i.; (iibjeetod.
. nother matter which frequently excites
uninformed listeners is the endurance which
violinists mnuii'c.t in Imwing their instru
ments. ltf:eemsto the r.pcclator as if tho
constant strain -f bowing would tiro a man
after an hour an 1 a half of playing so that
ho could not go through another piece. As
a matter of fact, the arm of a violinist is
rarely wearied by tho exercise, but hois,
nevertheless, very susceptible t) fatigue in
another direction. His sensitive part is tho
ends of tho lingers of tho left hand. An or
dinary concert, or an ojiera even, through
which tho violinists have to play almost un
interruptedly, does not bring any especial
strain lijKin the fingers, but several successive
days of playing lend to make them sore.
This of course will read upon the quality of
the performance, and directors recognizing
this, frequently forbid the inemliers of their
orchestra to play in other bands.
When William Gericke took charge of the
Boston symphony orchestra he created a
groat sensation and greater discontent by
making hi musicians bind themselves by a
cast iron contract not to play in any other
organization or concerts din ing the entire
season. The reason for this action was not
alone that musicians may injure their style
by playing under d liferent leaders, but be-
cause. the constant demand for players from
the famous orchest ras will tend to keep them
so active day after day as to make their
lingers particularly sensitive to tho action of
the strings upon them, and thus mar the lino
effects of the playing in a symphony concei t.
New York Sun.
Indiu'i Ai:mtilif9 ,t tho Aganry.
I had not been lon at tho Standing Rock
Agency, Fort Yale.s, Ia!:ot:, when tho reg
ular issue of annuities was made to the In
dians of the reservation. Tho Indians re
ceived their articles in a room about thirty
feet square, surrounded on three sides by
counters piled high with annuity goods.
Ahn:r the oilier s:1j of the room vcro tho
ihsksof tho clerks, inspector, Indian agent,
etc. U lien 1 re.aeuo'.i lae building t'-eye. was
a string of Iadiuns pressing against tho door
like a lot of thc:;tro goers at the liox ofllce on
a l!r.;t night. It was only by r.ctuaily taking
hold of and pushing some of the evil smelling
fellows fside that I was able to reach tho
door at all.
YVli -ii I entered a blanket full of various
articles was being dragged out of tho oppo
:.i! . door. 7hh me had entered an Indian to
tvc.'ive his issue. As soon as he entered a
l.!.::ikct vai spread on the floor, and a glib
tongued yc.ung clerk began tQ rattle off tho
list of things that tho Indian and hi family
were to receive. In a moment the air was
literally thick with articles. Trousers, pails,
cap;, shawls, blankets, Stockings, tin plates
end cup.-:, woven wire mattresses, butter
knives, boxes of axle prer.se. woolen scarfs,
mittens, axes, canvas, needles, thread and
cotton shirts, all rained down in the most
bountiful manner upon the blanket, which
was then gathered at the four corners and
dragged to the door, where its new owner re
ceived it.
While all of the Indians receive certain
articles, those who have made the most prog
ress in civilization and have been most sub
ordinate during tho p::st year are specially
favored, ami it is the further earning out of
the policy here indicated that is so rapidly
turning the Sioux Indians fion their savage
habits to those of civilization. New York
Kun.
Virtues of Milk Drinking.
Many people who smilo at mention of Jake
Sharp and Lis bottle of milk are not aware of
the fact that a fctrong and healthy man can
live on milk alone. 1 see a man on the street
every day who is in appearance and in fact
healthier than the average mail, and ho lives
on milk alone. I say he is healthy, and so he
will continue to bo as long as he sticks to
milk, for solider food would dfcagrco with
him. One thing about milk that is not gener
ally known U that it is the only beverage
that will satisfy tho craving for alcohol m a
person who has drank a great deal in his
time and is on a swear ofT, If such a person
Gnds that aching void which his instinct tells
him means that ho wants a drink of whisky
will only step into a barroom or restaurant,
or up to one of those little dairy stalls that
ore becoming so popular on the streets, and
take a foaming goblet of good milk, ho will
find his thirst quenched and the craving
allayed. He need not be afraid of drinking
too much milk. It will do him no harm, and
he is not liable to want as many milks as he
was wont to take beers or whiskies, ililk
and seltzer make a palatable drink that is
cooling and soothing to tho liver. Dr. Joseph
Leslie in Ulolie-Democrat.
An English Horseback Game.
A merry game of rounders is capital exer
rise on a cold day, but the most spirited and
prettiest outdoor game tho writer lias ever
seen went by tho homely name of "potato
nickinir. and is worth desenuiug for the
Kike of thoso who have good and handy
ponies or horses, and good nerves into the
bargain. Some sticks about six feet high are
placed round a field v. ith a potato stuck on
tho top of each; the players, each mounted
on their pony end armed with a basket, have
to gallop round the field and fill their baskets
with as many potatoes as possible. This may
sound easy, but it requires a certain amount
of rood i fding, skill and pluck, which fortu
nately many lunglishwouien possess. Home
Journal.
Aprlcs for Horses.
''Professor, did you ever use any drugs in
the niiiagcment of your horsesf'
'A good many years ago I tried 'oil of
rhodium' and 'oil of cummin,' but I never
could discover that any benefit .was derived
from cither. I would rather have apples
twice over than any drug that Las ever lecn
advertised. Drugs have as vicious effects
ukj:i cnimals as upon individuals. Tor in
stance, I have tried morphine hypodermically
cn SDme vicious horses with excellent effect,
while on others It; has acted iri precisely an
op;csite way. You can never tell how it
v.-id operate until you have experimented,
which makes it dangerous.'1 New Orleans
Tlmcs-DemocruU
CHAT ABOUT DRUGS.
A FEW OF THE MEDICINES THAT
PAT IF. NTS HAVE TO SWALLOW.
At but u I'liyitK-iuu Hurt t Saj .ppl-
cut ion of tliu Mont Important lrnr;.
WuI.IiIi.k for tlx. Leading Kj mptoiu.
A I'rofcHHioiial .secret.
"What me some of tho most important
drugs and their applieat ions:" said a leading
phy::icia:i as I c rejii.-.ited I'm rcjiortcr's inter
rogatory. "Why, you will be surprise,' ho
said, "when I make tho statement that not
over a dozen of the hundred ami odd drills
upon the shelves of uny city prescription
store are in general use among the p.-ofess'ou
or considcri! important in foiubatingdiacu-so.
No need for astonishment, it is a fact; and
my cxjH'i'ieiice from day to day, based Uon
observations in an extended practice, leads
me to the conclusion that there is only one
drug quinine which c;:ii Ih relied oa to
produce uniform results. (Juinine approaches
a sccilie. more closely than any other remedy
known to medical practice. All other drugs
vary, and at limes to an alarming extent, in
the results produced by their administration,
but quinine is very nearly infallible! in the
treatment of that class of diseaso popularly
termed malarial, and nliout one-half the mor
tality of the world mav be traced to those
disea'ios. In fact in all cases of b!o;xl poison-
ing tins drug is t lie favorite. Jn tho valley
of the Loire, in France; along certain por
tions of tho Thames river, in England; the
Unman Cnmpagnauud the routine marshes,
in Italy, he coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and
the mangrove swamps of the tropical regions,
where malaria is endemic, tho continued use
of quinine is an absolute necessity, and from
these regions no dire results have ever been
recorded against it. Is there a quinine habit
I have never met but one case. Tho effect of
the drue- is not speedy enough to have its use
deteriorate into a habit.
"Nest to quinine iodide and bromido of
potassium lay tribute on tho profession, al
though their action at times is sadly erratic.
The former with iron constitutes tho basis of
blood purifiers, so called, although such a
thing as a blood purifier, in tho popular ac
ceptation of tho term, is unknown in medi
cine. It exists only on the cure all placards
of the patent medicine compounder, and in
the materia mediea of the quack. Iodide of
liotassium acts as an nbsorliout in the blood,
and its efficacy as a remover of impurities ' is
brought about in thut way.
'Bromide of potassium and with it chloral
are used principally in the treatment of ner
vous diseases. They lessen tho flow of blood
to the brain, moderate nervous activity, and
calm exciting emotions, producing a state of
mental rest. Thus they are used largely in
the treatment of the insane, and in cases of
mental exhaustion. Digitalis is probably en
t it led to the next place front its importance
as a heui t tonic. Wo appeal to it in cases
of weakness of the heart, and in most cases
of diseases afi'ecling that organ, although its
use does not cover every f:iecies of heart dis
ease. Bismuth and pepsin are tho remedies
the prof( -sion ewisiders tho mo::t efficacious
in the treatment of tho internal organs of
digestion. The former is used in disturbances
of the stomach and bowel.;, while the latter
is supplied to :-upp-y th lack of r.cid which
is one tif tho instruments by which food is
digested in the stomach. In surgery car
bolic acid and iodoform are the principal
drugs used. The acid acts as a 'i: infectant.
tho other has important properties in Leal- j
ing.
"Drugs," tho doctor continued, "and their
administration is the least arduous part of a
physician's bu::incs::; the great field that exer
cises skill and acknowledges ability in tho
profession and out of it lies m the determin
ing of disease or the Bttidy of its ir ittpt viis.
Here is where the physieiaa pauses. Wo only
know disease by its symptoms, and when we
aro called to the bedside of the sick person
our energies are bent to discover the most
prominent existing symptoms, and, k'lo .vhig
these, the great traditions of the science and
our own experiences point out the remedies
that are applicable. And here let ne pay
that there is scarcely such a thing as wrong
treatment, so often hoard assailing members
of tho prof ession when they fail to cilcct a
speedy cure. As I have said, v.-e always
treat tho leading symptoms first. This is the
invariable and only rule that can guide us,
but frequently t he-drugs that have done mos-t
efficacious work before in e-om'oating exactly
the same symptoms appear perfectly us'.k-k..-in
the pi esent case ; this is owing, of course,
to the existence ot tbo latent symptom.;
which will determine the. nature of the dis
ease, and for which we aro compelled to v.-ail
unless dismissed in tho meantime as incom
petent in the opinion of tho patient or his
friends, and a new man called."
"Do many jeeple consult ou, doctor,
whose ills are imaginary i" iaterrogatcd the
scribe. The doctor smiled and relighted his
cigar.
"In answering your inquiry;" ho said, "it
will be necessary for me to unload a profes
sional secret, but I guess it has leaked out be
fore this. Many of our office consultations
ore with people who are laboring under tho
apprehension that they are about to become
invalids. Why, a case of that character left
my office not an hour ago. He is a railroad
engineer, ana thought ms Kidneys wero
affected, an idea produced, I suppose, by an
occasional pain in the muscles of tho back
caused by tho continued position which those
men are compelled to assume. I gave him a
prescription and told him ho would bo all
right, although he didn't need it any mora
than you or I. I'll guarantee, though, that
that prescription, which will fill a largo
bottle, will not hurt him, for it's nothing but
a little syrup and water, with sufficient sarsa-
pariila added to color it. Why did I give it
to him? Because if I told him that he needed
no medicine he would in all probability go to
some other physician 'who knew his business'
and get tho worth of bis money, as he would
term it. Bv giving him that proscription I
have saved him another fee. I used to tell
such peojile when 1 first began practice that
they needed no medicine, but I found that
my honest advice was attributed to ignorance
on iuy part cf their hypothetical disease.
Etiange, isn't it, but it is a fact, that the
majority of persons who visit a physician
want something for their money, and gener
ally the more medicine they can get and, as a
nse-iuoiice, t he larger their druggists bill
becomes the better you please them."
Tl;c King.; Head.
The king's Lead was firct used as cne of the
hall marks on EnglL-h f ilver i i 1TSL The
story is that George III, having attended a
dinner at Goldsmith's hall, was greatly im-
pressed v.ith the rich display of plate us?d cn
that cccasioii. His majesty was m need cf
money, n King j.isc a.cer xue e-ioce oi tne
American war, and the idea was suggested
that silver plat j was a good article f or titra
tion. Soon after the c.uty act wo3 passed,
whieh imposed a tajrof i ixptnee per ounce oa
oil silver made in England, and aLo enacted
that the additional stamp cf the king's Led
or daty mark should be placed on nil articles
as an evidence that the dutv had been paid.
TLo sovereign's Load is the fifth mark, there
fore any piece of Englidi silver with on! v four
i r - i , . .. . i t v i
marks is certaialv over 1UJ years eld. There
are many fine specimens cf the earlier period
owned in txstou. lics.oa i ransenpt
THE WILD TURKEY.
HUNTING THE CUNNING COBBLEFt
WITH A SPANISH CROSS DOW.
?Iuuric T!ioiiioii Describe a Cvmiiii?! J
Yhrilliiis; Sport Patient W ultln- of the
ijr.n!i A cry Caiitiou-t OKI Kirtl A
Moral Oaestioa.
Hl iing mail to Ixj the favorite time for
fh iitmg turkevs, nr.l u!tho:i"h the practice
was bad and has lx-cn abolished justly I re
call with intense pleasuro many a i:io;:iin
spent jn the bii'h chirping through the
'wne" to allure a 'j. ohhliiv:'' turkey coe": to
his d"ath. 1 knew where tho birds ired
in the heavy timlier of tho swamp and lie
fere daybreak I used to go to a cjKit i.ear the
roost and hido myst If in a "brush blind' a
sort f tent formed of bushes. There with
my ri!!e or my cross bow (as tho long bow
wa.; not suited to the purtse) I began imi
tating the cry of the turkey hen. This
would soon lie answered by tho gobble of a
cock who was perched i:i tho dense top of
some giant oak or pine, in tho swampy jungle
of a southern river "bottom." Many a time
I have called a turkey tj mo before it was
yet light enough to ree how to aim my
weapon. Usually the distance was so short,
however, that nicety of shooting was not re
quired. For this last popular method of pot
huntin tho cross bow v
as the best weaiion
of all, beeauso it made so little noise when
fired that ono could call up and kill bird
after bird without alarming the rest. I re
call several instances in which J killed from
two to six turkeys from tho same blind dur
ing the spaco of an hour or two.
GEXtlXELY THKILLI.NQ BPOItT.
When I use a gun I conform to tho strictcr.t
i rules of tho gunning craft, but w hen I take
i up the gun ef the savage then I do as the
savage shooter does. After all, however, why
is it any moro savago to call a turkey up to
yoti and shoot it with a cross bow than it is
to lay its neck on a block, as your butcher
dw:-., and cut it in two? Tho gunner (and
I am one) sometimes says that it is ignoble to
shoot a bird before it flies. So it is, in a
sportsman' view, if you uso a shotgun loaded
with Ij-Klor 300 pellets of shot, but if you uso
a cross bow and one quarrit then H is very
liable to shoot your 'game as you' best can.
Ami cpeakiug of genuinely thrilling sjioi-t, I
know of none so lino as this lurking under
cover and luring a turkey to your shot, when
jour weaj Kin's accurate range is not, more
than twenty-five yards.
Let tho morning lie a clear, sparkling,
starry, frosty one, with perhaps just a hi:K
of fog hanging low ia tho wckxIs and a streak
of daylight cracking the oast. Take down
your heavy old Spanish cross bow and your
broad headed quarrils, swallow a small cup
of coffee and go forth to your blind near tho
roost. I!o very careful in approaching, so
as not to let tho Lirc3 know, and as soon as
you aro hidden begin l!;o:r turkey "yelp" or
croak. The nou.ids will have a strange effect
as they break the btilr.ss and go echoing
through tho woods, and it may try your
patience waiting for a rpons?, but at length
it will come, a noise quite indescribable and
inimitable, the gobblo of the cock, far oil in
the thickest part of tho forest.
a. VKitv CAtr-rx;:.f.s i:iai.
It alwaysiL'Xciies me, this first answer of
the game, and I have great dihlcuity in get
ting full control of my nerves, so eager am I
for the shot. He is a very cautious an 1 pa
tient Lirdj never hurrying, no mutter Low
jmich vo-.i coax. Inch by Inch, as it were, he
creeps along, .stopping here and there to let
fall his wings and strut, er to stand and
liiiic i, but In doe; not fail to goblile at irreg
ular intervals as ho journeys toward you, on
ur rfrzag route, through tho denso'under-bru:-h,
ai d thcro is something in lib maimer
which, although you cannot see Lim, assures
you that ho is sure to come into view at last.
Now you draw back the string of your cross
Lo-.vun l set it securely m the nock of the
nut, a::d lay a heavy quarril i:i p!ae Mean
time you have n-.t stopped jx-lping at protxr
intervals. Soon enough you Lean a slight
r;v;t'-.! i:i tho eld dry leaes left over from
rr.vtcr, lie is coming very near. Hark,
that low, mulP.j.l roar is tho sound he makes
when he strut.. L joli oat now,- for if he sees
you lito your chance i.; gone. A low bush
eha!:ea right before you l.ot more than twel ve
yares away. He is there. His dark outlines
appear creeping along under the low hanging
spray:- of eri: p winter foliage left over till
s.-rir Nov.- take your aim, and be very
quick a: id steady. The block of the cross bow
tone; v.; your jaw, ypur finger is on tho nut
tri.e.-. A moment, and then tho dull sound
cf i he bow's recoil is fo"owed quickly by tho
s.v.it whisk an 1 hea vy b'or of th.e quarrij.
The in-ssiln has Jieeu truo. It has passed
through the bird's lxly, killing it almost in
stant ly. this may ax'pear cruel, but why
more cruel than taking a tarns bird out of a
coop and cutting off its head? Why more
cruel to kill it than to cat it after it is killed?
You see I rather like to put hard questions to
soft people. It cases my conscience and wor
ries theirs.
Many a Thanksgiving turkey havo I stalkr
ed with tho long Low, many a one have I
taken on the wing with my trusty double
barrel and many a one havo I shot upon it3
lofty roost at night with a cross bow, and I
never yet have found the person who was too
humane and tender of conscience to eat a
choice bit of these same royal birds. Maurice
Thompson in New York World.
Sonic of tho "Cusses" of Horlda.
Tho western sky showed red and warm
through the trees lichind us; the mocking
birds were flying this way and that, The
air was of that kind that makes you wondep
how you ever condescended to breathe any
Other.
"If it wau't for tho air," said a con
valescing consumptive to mo the other day,
"there ain't a single human bein' that could
endure the cusses of this kind of living." ,
Tho speaker was a poor man who had made
many sacrifices to come down from the north,
and who could not modify cr remove'any of
these "cusses" as a person with money might
have tlone.
When you arc out in these woods you can
not sit down. That is, you may sit down if
you ehoose, but I doubt if 3'ou will do so a
becond time if your feet will support you. If
you sit on the sand you are instantly tor
mented with fleas; if you sit on a fallen tree
you have red bugs with the fleas. The red
bug is of the hue indicated by its name. It
bar Dors much in p-ine wood, and it might ap
propriately, so far as its general agreeable
ness is concerned, be spelled with a elitTerent
consonant for it3 hrst letter. And ticks,
jfcw York Tribune
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In the cose of Ah Chuck.bef ore J list lee of tho
Peace Ogden and a jury, on a charge of sell
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be cut off the same a3 this chicken's head-is
cut ofT, and that I will be di -owned n the
ocea-i and never get bac! tvo China," and
while reporting the oath the Chinaman held
a cleaver in Lis hand, with which he severed
a chicken's head from the body when he had
finished the words. San Francisco ColL
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