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AMPLE MEAL FOR A PYTHON
Full-Slzcd Goat Is Swallowed In Two
Efforts, Time Occupying Space of
About 15 Minutes.
Probably the finest zoological speci
mens of Borneo creatures ever
brought together In Sandaknn are- now
to be seen at the hotel, saj'B tho Brit
ish North Borneo Herald. They con
sist of a magnificent specimen of the
tiger, four orang-utans, all thoroughly
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A Bulge In His Middle.
docile and healthy, and last but not
least a 28-foot python. This latter
had not required food for some
months and showed signs of wanting
Bomothlng to eat tho other day. In con
'sequence a full-sized goat was Intro
duced. After tho goat had tried an
effectual "butt" tho python caught
him by the muzzle, and In one moment
had enveloped hJm In his colls, killing
him, Instantly. Tho python then pro
ceeded to swallow him whole, which
occupied, In two efforts, about a quar
ter of an hour. When we saw the
python a fow hours after his orgy,
'thoro was a sort of leery smile on his
face and a bulge In his middle which
must havo measured over four feet
round. The animals are tho property
of Dr. Herzej, who Is taking them
.home to Europe.
CAT HAS FONDNESS FOR EGGS
Big, Fat, Lazy Fellow Detected In Act
of Tearing Open Bag and
Stealing Hen Fruit.
The owner of a clever cat writes to
Our Dumb Animals that tho pet, "a
great, fat, lazy, good natured fellow,"
has a fondnesB for eggs. Sir Tom was
detected In the kitchen recently on a
table watching an unopened bag of
eggs. "Stopping back noiselessly,"
writes- tho-owner, "wo saw him cau
tlonsly tear the bag with his teeth
and claws, stopping every little bit to
listen. Finally tho opening was largo
enough for him to get out an egg by
gentle little pats. Ho held the egg
In his mouth, Jumped to tho floor,
rolled his prlzo about gently until he
got it Into position, and then bumped
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This Cat Likes Eggs.
it against the table leg until it broke.
Then he enjoyed his feast." The
writer wonders where Tom got tho
taste, as bo and "his ancestors for
generations back were city bred."
TRADES OF LITTLE ANIMALS
Bees Are Geometricians, While Mole
Is Meteorologist and Many Birds
Are Musicians.
Bees are geometricians. Tho cells
ire constructed so that with the least
quantity of material they havo the
largest spaces and least possiblo loss
sf interstice.
Tho mole is a moteoroliglsL Eels
are electricians. The nautilus Is a
navigator; he raises and lowers his
sails casts and weighs anchor, and
performs other nautical acts.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
Tho beaver is an architect, builder
and wood cutter; ho cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams.
Tho marmot is a civil englneor; he
not only builds houses, but constructs
aqueducts and drains to koep them
dry.
Tho white ants maintain a regular
army of soldiers. Wasps are paper
manufacturers. Caterpillars are silk
spinners. Tho squirrel is a ferryman;
with a chip or a piece of bark for a
boat and his tall for a sail ho crosses
tho stream. Dogs, wolves, Jackals
and many others are hunters. The
monkey Is a rope dancer. Tho black
bear and th'e heron are fishermen, and
tho busy ants are regular day laborers.
Same Old Spot.
Henpcck "Now, listen to me, young
man! If you ask another question I'll
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GAME FOR RECESS AT SCHOOL
Twenty or Twenty.Flve B aye .and Girls
May Participate In Pastime While
Clasping Hands.
ThlB gnmo may bo played at recoss
with as mnny as twenty or twenty-five
girls and boys taking part In It. All
of tho playorB except threo clasp
hands and form a circle Inside tho
ring Is tho orchard whero tho fox, one
of tho players, takes his place. The
farmer, another one of tho extra play
ers, stands on the outside of tho ring
and calls to another player, who Is
outside tho ring, saying: "Bruno, a
fox is in tho orchard." Then the fox
runs from tho clrclo boncath tho play
ers' uplifted hands. Bruno chases him,
first entering tho clrclo and then fol
lowing Just whore tho fox runs.
All through tho game tho dog,
Bruno, must Imltato everything that
tho fox does JuBt as playere In "follow
their leader" imltato their leader. H
the fox Jumps up to touch tho branch
of a tree Bruno must Imitate. Some
times the fox docs many stunts which
amuse tho ring players very much and"
which make it hard for tho dog. If tho
dog does not follow he cannot go on
with his part of tho game, but must
join tho ring. Then tho fox becomes
dog and a now fox Is chosen. When
tho dog captures the fox ho becomes
tho fox for the now game and the fox
goes into the ring. Then a now dog
is chosen. When tho ring Is very
largo there may be two foxes within
tho clrclo and two dogs to chase them.
UNUSUAL RESOURCE OF BOY
Lad With One Roller Skate Attaches
It to Box and Secures Bigger Load
of Wood Than Others.
Small boys were collecting firewood,
where It had been thrown out for
them, at the side door of a largo gro
cery establishment on uppor Broad
way. Thero was something of a rush
Rolled It Away.
to see who would get tho most, and
the proud possessor of one roller
skate came out ahead In the scramble,
says the New York Sun.
Seizing an orange crato, he strapped
his skate tp one of tho bottom slats
and, filling the crato with wood, rolled
it away on tho Tour wheels ot the
skate, while others were left to drag
or carry their smaller loads.
SECRET OF COLORED FLOWER
Green Carnations and Pink Lilies
Made So by Immersing Stems In
Aniline Solutions.
At a recent flower Bhow spectators
were astonished at tho sight of odd
colored flowers green carnations,
pink lilies of the valley, deep scarlet
narcissi and other flowers Just aB re
markable. The coloring was beauti
fully delicate and soft, and for a time
every one supposed that some clever
gardener would make his fortune from
the discovery of thcBO new and mar
velous varieties of flowers. As a mat
ter of fact, tho coloring of the flowers
was bo 6lmply done that nearly any
clever boy or girl could do It with sun
cess. The whole secret lies in Im
mersing the Btems of tho fresh cut
flowers in various kinds of aniline so
lutions. Aniline scarlet dissolved in water to
about the transparency of claret has
a very rapid action on flowers, color
ing them pink and scarlet. Indigo
carmine produces beautiful bluo tints.
Tho two combined give various shades
of purple, with curious mottled effects,
some parts of the flowers becoming
pink and other parts bluo and purple.
Greens are produced by using the blue
dye with yellow. Lily ot tho vnlley
flowers became beautifully tinged with
pink or blue in six hours; narcissi are
changed from pure white to deep scar
let in 12 hours, and delicate shades of
pink are Imparted to them in a very
short time. Yellow daffodils are beau
tifully Btrlped with dark scarlet In 12
hours.
Moreover it 1b extremely interesting
to watch the color creep Into the pure
white of the flower petalB one by one,
until they become a rich bluo or pink
or scarlet.
Jar or Jug.
Frances, aged four, accompanied
her mother to church and hearing the
hymn, "Drops of Mercy, Can It Bo
the Gates Were Left Ajar for Me,"
tried to sing It nfter returning homo,
Sho sang: "Drops of Mercy, Tan It
Bo Ze Dates Was Ieft " then Bho
stopped. "Well, why don't you go on?"
asked her mother. " 'Tause," was the
reply, "I fordet wevver it wa3 a Jar or
a Jug."
Just Hollered.
"Ma," remarked the small boy,
"Isn't it funny that everybody callB
llttlo brother a bouncing baby?" "Why
do you think it funny, Willlajn?" re
turned IiIh mother. "Because when I
dropped him off tho porch this morn
ing ho didn't bounce a bit. He just
hollered."
Diane's
By LOUISE
(Copjricht. leu, by Associated Literary Pren.)
"Of course, Hoy and I know It Isn't
quite fair to troublo you with It,
Uncle Otis, but you're Just n darling
old diplomat, and really, tho situa
tion 1b very delicate."
"Old lady got a hair-trigger dispo
sition?" "Oh, she's not an old lady," pro
tested Evelyn mysteriously. "She's
in tho early tortlcs, but very youth
ful In nppearance. Hoy says she Is
like some lovely French marqulso
with her young face, and gray hair.
Ho Is very much attached to her be
cause she was his father's only Bis
ter." "Married?" queried tho Judge.
"Dear me, no. She's very wealthy,
and Interested In social reforms, and
tuxes on bachelors, and so on."
"How nbout taxes on old maids?"
laughed the Judge.
"You'd better not start In asking
her such questions. Hoy says she Is
awfully correct. He spent all his
vacations with her after his pnrents
died, and traveled abroad nrter ho lelt
college. She wanted to settle nn In
come on him, and let him go in for
what Bho called tho betterment or
mankind, but Hoy struck out for him
self, and put up his own light. I
think It was splendidly Independent,
don't you, Uncle Otis?"
"The kid's got a good grip on him
self," assented the judge. "Likes to
mnko good on his own hook. When
Is this social adjuster arriving?"
"Oh, she's already here. That's tho
trouble. Hoy just 'phoned that sho
had descended on him yesterday. Ho
thinks she heard that he that he
well, that he was interested in me."
"Good excuse, Isn't it?"
"But ho has this chanco that seems
to. havo fairly dropped out of the skies
"Oh! She's Already Here."
to take charge down at Perez on tho
canal, and it means so much Tor him,
and he won't go unless I go too."
The Judge pursed his llpB and
frowned.
"But now she's come on for a visit
with Roy, and expects him to rush
her, you know, as the boys say;
take her nil around nnd show her the
Bights, and go to the opera and do
the right thing."
"Well?" Tho judge's tone grew
ominous.
"Well, don't you see whnt we've
planned for you to do, you dear?
We want you to meet her and take
Roy's place, make yourseir bo awtully
nice that sho won't want Hoy at all,
or miss him. Then innybo when sho
found I had such nn uncle she'd ap
preciate Joining the family."
"Am I a sacrifice or an accessory
before the fact?"
"You'ro an accomplice," laughed
Evelyn. "And you can't get out of It.
I only asked you out or remonso In
a way, bocause, honestly, Hoy and 1
have settled tho wholo thing, and
we're to meet her at dinner tonight
over at his hotel."
"Mind, I will not make lovo to her,"
protested the Judge,
It was his final word in the mat
ter. That evening he met Miss Diane
Lo Moyne. Now the Judgo confessed
to Hfty-two, nnd was mighty proud
of his modest belt line, his hand
some carriage nnd way with the rnir
sex, as he still called his undeniable
chivalry. Ho surveyed Miss Diane
in frank admiration. It seemed alto
gether impossible that this tall. Blen
der figure could bo lloy'B old mnld
aunt. CInd in gray velvet she was.
So much tho judgo guessed, but his
mascullno mind failed to grnsp tho
full intent and charm of tho cut steel
and lace overdress, tho dull silver
band Bet with rubies in tho beautirul
gray waves of hair, and nil the other
points of interest, nn Evelyn would
huvo called them. Ho only haw an
interesting faco, full of sympathetic
response, and tho loveliness that
comen only from the Inner graco or
a well-poised character.
"Do you like her, Uncle Otis?"
asked Evelyn when It was ovor.
"Llko her, my dear child?" ex
claimed tho Judge. "Do wo talk or
liking tho moon or tho ovening star?
A most exceptional woman, Evelyn,
By gad, finest typo I'vo ever met.
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MERR1F1ELD
There's a woman with nil tho charm
ot her sex nnd not a spark ot non
sense. There's a woman that can
give a man sympathetic friendship
nnd not suo him for breach of prom
ise tho next Bcasou."
"I'm so glad you get on well to
gether," Evelyn replied, sortly. "Hoy's
pleased, too. Ho has accepted tho
cannl appointment, nnd wo want to
bo married by tho end of tho month
so as to sail on tho 5th."
"Leave It entirely to mo, child,"
urged tho Judgo, kindly. "1 will pre
pare her for tho shock, and HxthlngB
so thero shall not bo tho slightest
unpleasantness. Sho looks like a
woman you can reason with, a worn
nn of sense, by gad."
So tho two went quietly ahead with
the wedding prepnrntions, and tho
judge kept to his part or tho bargain.
He showed Miss Lo Moyno tho city
assiduously. Ho took her to tho
theaters nnd to concerts. Ho mo
tored with her to all points or in
terest. "What a delightful old cavallor ho
Is," Diane told Hoy. "It is rortuuato
his being nblo to take mo around, or
I know I. should havo been lonely,
with you so very busy, Hoy, dear."
Hoy's conscience gavo an annoy
ing twinge. Ho had spent ovory
spare moment with Evolyn.
"Aunt Diane, do you bollovo In
lovo?" he nskqd awkwnrdly, leaning
over her chnlr, and stroking tho
beautltul gray hair.
"Why, boy dear, you mny as well
ask ir I bellevo n life or truth."
"But you've never loved, havo you,
I menn so everything olso Just slipped
back Into perspective and left only
yourself and ouo other?"
"Not exactly," said Miss Lo Moyno,
gently.
"So tho wholo world would look
dnrk ir you knew you'd never boo
them again?" persisted Roy.
"Is it thnt way with you 7" Sho
turned her head up to him, her clear
eyes searching his own. Roy bent
his head and kissed her cheek.
"You've been awrully good to me,
Aunt Diane."
"Have 1, boy? Maybo 1 havo been
selfish, too."
That was nil sho said, nnd Hoy let
It drop. Tho wedding was only a
week oft now. That evening tho Judge
was to be host They motored out
alone tho shore to n beach hotel. Tho
balcony whero dinner was served
ecenied to overhang tho rockB and
beating waves. A youthful moon
gleamed In tho south, silver bright
against n green-gold sky. Hoy nnd
Evelyn leaned over tho balcony rail
ing nfter dinner, so as to glvo tho
Judgo his chanco lor a confidential
tete-a-tete. It was to he nuroly settled
tonight, ho had promised them. Once
or twlco thoy looked cautiously back
nt tho couple. Diane wns listening in
silence, her Angers trilling with tho
roso petals on the tnblccloth beroro
her. Tho Judgo scorned to bo talking
very earnestly, very forcibly. Once
ho even reached over, and covered tho
trilling fingertips with his own hnnds
and sho did not withdraw them.
"Ho's such nn old brick to do all
this for us," whispered Hoy, slipping
ono arm tenderly around Evolyn.
"We'll never forget it, will we, sweet
heart?" "1 think they'll bo good friends,
too, even nfter she finds out that It
was a sort of put up affair. She'B bo
sensible, and broadmlnded."
"It'a over, huBh," warned Roy, as
tho two roso slowly, and strolled to
wards them. "Braco yoursolf for tho
inevitable, girlie."
' Thoy waitod. Tho Judgo looked
ory well satisfied with himself. MIbs
Diane was smiling slightly, her face
raised towurds that young silver of a
moon.
"Children," began tho Judgo, hap
pily, "It Is with tho deepest feelings
of happiness and prido thnt I nm
able to announce to you MIbh Diane's
consent."
"Oh, you darling," exclaimed Evo
lyn, tho tearB aprlnging to her bluo
eyes. "And you won't mind Hoy's
marrying mo a bit, even If ho 1b bo
young?"
"Roy's marrying!" exclaimed Diane,
a sudden light leaping to her eyes.
She turned and looked up at tho
Judge,
"God bless my heart," ho gasped,
"I forgot all about you, Hoy! I
asked lor myself, Dlano and 1 aro
to bo married aB soon as my fair lady
says."
"Can't you como down to Perez for
tho honeymoon. Uncle Otis," sug
gested Evelyn mischievously. "We'd
lovo to havo you. Hoy and 1."
Forbidden Books,
Having bookfl forbidden makes thorn
irresistibly alluring, adds tho excite
ment of hazard to tho rending ot them.
Did you novcr sneak away to read
It, prudently sliding up tho other
books on tho shelf so that no betray
ing gap might show? Did you uovor,
for Instance, read Homoln under the
bed In tho sparo bedroom, dividing
your righteous condemnation or Tito
with your own conscientious scruples,
nnd your tear Tor Romola's safety with
shivers lest you yourself bo caught?
Did you never mako your way through
Vanity Fair by cautiouB half-hour
snatches, fearful every momont Jest
some ono In nuthorlty should Inter
rupt? Margaret Lynn In tho Atlantic.
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CTO AGAIN
"I'm tired," ho growled, "of tho endless
round
Of thing I'm doing each day.
Each morn, by jlnkst at my doBk I'm
found,
To work In tho samo old way.
I got nowhere when tho day Is through;
I'm not llko luckier men
Tomorrow I'll bo compelled to do
Tho same thing over ngnln."
That night ho dreamed that ho heard tho
trees
Complain of tho tanks thoy had;
Their wot da moaned by on a sighing
breeze
In tones thnt wero dull nnd find.
"Knch yenr," tlicy wnlled, "wo must lout
anew
Tho sprlngtlnio telling- us when,
And yenr by yenr It Is ours to do
The snmo thing over ngnln."
Tho clock ticked loud from tho bedroom
wnll
And said In a voice nil sour:
"There'll nothing new I mny do nt nil
Hut Journey by hour nnd hour.
I strike for twelvo nnd for ono nnd two
I Hhudder nt ntno nnd ten,
For day by dny I must nlwnya do
Tho same thing over ngnln."
The enrth Itself nil nt onco complnlned:
"I'm benrtlly tired. I uny;
I've rolled nlong, though It snowed or
ruined,
Arid whirled for ench clinnglng day
Through centuries, and through neons,
too,
I'vo gone tho nnrno course, but then
Ench yenr I sigh thnt I have to do
Tho snmo thing over ngnln."
GARDENING NEWS AND HINTS.
Self-popping corn Is an intoreatlng
new variety, tho seed of which 1b of
fered this spring. It 1b tho result of
a cross between ordlnury popcorn and
red pepperB, generating enough heat
within tho ear to pop the. kernola in
tho fall.
People living in a Blx-Btory apart
ment will find It Impracticable to grow
pumpkin vines In their window boxes.
While tho folingo and largo bloBsomB
are very effective from tho street, tho
result of a full grown pumpkin drop
pingon a pnsBcrby Is disconcerting.
Tho Plymouth nock egg plant Is
perhaps moro showy, but tho buff
cochin variety 1b larger nnd richer in
color. Wo cun only ropeat our former
injunction that the egg plant is ready
to pluck as soon uu It cackles.
AttemptB to evolve a horseless
horso radish by grafting tho stem of
the plant to nn automobile tiro havo
only produced a hollow radish with a
strong gasollno tnste.
Pull your cantaloupes before thoy
aro through tho green Btngo. Other
wise, If you nllow thorn to ripen, they
will bo good to cat. CnntnloupeB aro
never sent to market unless thoy aro
hard and green, or spoiled.
Dehorned Them.
"I understand thero has been qulto
an agitation against tho practico of
dehorning in your vicinity," said tho
editor of tho country paper to Mr.
McddergrasB.
"Well, not exactly," replied that
gentleman. "You boo, the troublo wan
started by n feller that como down
thoro on' sued the village band fcr
tho price o' their Instruments. Tho
boys wouldn't ppy tho Judgment, an
by ginger, he dehorned 'em, 'an do
drummed 'em, too, an' now tho town
ain't got no melody to spouk of."
Why He Liked It.
Tigg I llko tho fourth act of your
play best.
Wrltem But tho piny has but threo
nets.
Tlgg I don't care. Tho fourth act
pleases mo moot.
Tho Woman of It.
Mr. Moddorgrasa Hcro'B n letter,
from Sister Sary.
Mrs. Mcddcrgrass Road tho pos'
lorlp' first, I am anxious to bear tho
nows.
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BOX COOP FOR SMALL FLOCH
Inexpensive Poultry House In Which
Fow Chickens May Be Kopt
With Minimum of Work.
(By T. II. VAN BENTIIUYSEN.) '
Tho following plan Is recommended)
to any ono who desires to keep a fow
fowls for tho purposo of supplying
eggs for his own family:
In making my first Iioubo of thia
description, I secured from a dry
goods storo and ordinary packing box;
Front View.
about 2x3x4 feet. This cost mo 25
cents.
Tho front, or top, wnB first taken
off tho case, nnd a section of ono sldo
extending Its full width, wbb hinged!
so thnt easy nccesB to tho interior
could bo secured. Then tho case was
mounted on legs so that Its bottom
was about n foot and a half from thoi
ground. Then hoards wero placed!
snugly around tho roar and bI(1ob ofi
tho legs, from tho bottom of tho caso
to tho ground.
Tho roost was next constructed, nnd
for thlB Binnll lengths of boards' may
bo used. For tho roost nnd lcga Ii
used whnt is termed "scantling," or
Interior Vlow. j
sufficient space to alldo It In (or out)
through tho end hinged door. Whonl
plnced In tho coop, It laid directly on
iho floor so that the chickens roosted
rough strips of ono by threo inch stuff.,
Tho roost I constructed In .ono solid!
pleco.
It was mndo bo that thore would bo
ibout tliroo lnchos from tho floor of
the elovnted coop. This arrangement!
ivould not do for tho lighter broods,)
rvhlch prefer higher roosting places.
Tho next stop wnB to close in tho,
front of tho coop, which I did by using
tho pieces which had been removed'
rom it.
About two-thlrdB of tho front Is
soarded up, tho romnindor being cov,
crcd with a doublo thickness of com
mon burlnp. Tho door is loft off dur
ing tho greater part of tho year, but
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Arrangement of Poultry Run. ,
Is necessary during tbo very cold)
weather.
Two box-Bcato and a small board!
(with strips) from tho ground to the
upper part of tho coop completed tho
Job.
Tho end of tbo nest facing tho front
was boardod up high, to glvo tho hens?
tho necessary seclusion.
When tho coopn wnB completed I
raised tho end door and laid an old
newspaper on tho floor, covering it
very thickly with sand. On this I
placed the roost, and the coop wao'
ready for occupancy. To clean, It is
Blmply necessary to tako out aiyir
throw away tho newspaper, nnd put
In n fresh ono, with more sand. ,
In summer, with one ot theso coops,
it would be well to open a side door,
to afford sufficient ventilation, and itf
would bo well to keep fewer birds Hit
each pen. During tho winter, In ono
of tho "blrd-cngo" arrangements, woj
keep from five to seven largo White
Uock hens, with good results.
Bearing In mind that about six
henu could ordinnrlly bo kept in each)
coop, any ono may toll, from tho num
ber of chickens ho intends to keou
how tho nystcm can bo extended to;
bis needs.
Layers for Next Winter.
One great advantago of having oarly
chicles is that you may havo pullota
ready to lny In tho fall or early win
ter and thus havo eggs when thoy aro
high In price. Eggs nro dear now,
andono could npprccinto pulletti that
wero shelling out oggB.
Object of Scrubs.
Scrub poultry may servo a good
purpose In tho pot, but thoy should
not bo permitted to propngato their
kind. Scrub hens should bo muted to
pure-bred males bo that tho breeding
huii an upward rather than a down
ward teudoncy.
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