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A sifts tarsal! . knntUMi all
Of Jtf pats that ihatl befall.
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It il Ma along the tide ot time.
And Mtortiiac whM tat it brim.
I MMm to tht htpwy rti;mp;
"Life's grudeat promUe will bojln
Falflllment whrn my thlp romrt in "
Maty Clark lliijf(, ( ;,to,f Ihxi'trrptnif.
INTERESTING STORIES.
Unoln Jacob Relates a Fow Thrill
ing Incidents.
'A flrssa tlntrhman'a Toon Hunt -Trap
aa( n aaT-l'aunit tUar tn 'w
pleasaat Knroaaltr Willi
a Calamnaal.
Whon the writer drove out "to Uncle
Jacob Grlaa' place on the Drjnkor turn
pike the other day to hive iinothor
talk with the white-whiskered oatogo
narlan, the active and jovial old go'ntlo
man was patching up oome rail' feneo
by tho roadside. It la a quirt country
jskta out there, aad whenever any body
who5likoi toJJaW naterestlng .narra
tives afcotH lift h) th.Vlllwaods'comea
,talonfi VfmU JanoU" wittingly drops
Vlarwork and aeeorapnnles hi callers
to Ma residence near by, which win
once the famoua old Buck Horn Tavern.
After they had been abated nnd u dish
Of Tall pippin had been panned around,
Uncle Jacob leaned on hi crooked
cane aad aaid:
"Letmeaeo. Did I tell you, when you
were here before about the pven Dutch
man who amolcud the ooon out of tho
hollow tree? Nn? Well. then. Ill tell
It to you now. One winter we worn cut
ting down aome very larpe poplar tree
over tho ridire yonder toward Tama
rack Swamp. Muny of the lrfx wcro
fire and alx feot In dinmeler, nnd it
iOslca.feod dei.l of 'dhopplnf and nw
ing to cet ouu of them to the mill.
Araonjj tho part.f or choix.r thoro
waa a atotit und touch young Dutch
man who hadn't btum in the country
hut a few roonthii, and he . nod u ll.
4lo"d6jr tiat he had fetched Into tho
nelfhltorfcood with him. The do?
iggc6 the woodchoppera wherurer
Uioy went, &nd remained out in tho
woods from morn till night. Tho uxo
that we let the younc Dutchman work
with waa a two-bladed one. and, ns it
.wns the first ase of that kind that ho
had ever aeon, ho felt" very proud of It
and took preat care of it
On ono of the coldott days of tho
wlutor the Dutchman' little dog waa
dered away fAmthchoapcr andiliot
up a contintial yelplnf near the foot of
n InmcnM poplar tree twenty 'or
thlrtv rods from where the men worn
working. After the cur lutd howled
for halt a day tho young Dutchman
trmnpod over to tho tree through tho
deep, snow to see If ho could tlnd out
what tho dog wits yelping nt, nnd whon
ho got back he told u In tho plaiiictt
way he knaw how that there whs u
ooon In the treo and thut along towurd
alght he would smoke tho coon out,
kill it, and glvo it to mc. I then wont
near enough to tho tree to see that It
loanod a good bit out of tho perendlc
ular and I came to tho conclusion thut
If tho treo was hollow thoro was room
enough In It for u wholo family of
coons. About twelve feet from the
ground thoro was a curvo in tho trunk,
and I could see that it would bo an
easy thing for animal to iient In It.
Tho Dutchman's cur continued to yelp,
aad I didn't bother him, but went back
to work without suying any thing,
A little after sundown the young
Dutchman shouldered his axe und said
he would then go and ainoke the coon
out I told the other workmen to fol
low mo, and we went to a spot within
good sight of the Dutchman and got
behind trees tn goo how ho whs going
pornte on the coon. The cur kept
yelping aad hopping about a though
ke waa-ready to tear tho animal all to
gleeee when It came out, and tho
utchraan soon started u little smoke
Ire In the bole at tho base of tho tree.
He put on some bark and leaves and
made'' a amudge, and then be stood
opposite tho hole with his axe up over
kla head nnd waited for the coon to
jump out', expecting to spilt tho coon'e
head open at tho llrit clip. The ooon
didn't .make Its appearance it soon ns
tho Dutchman had calculated thut It
would, and while ho stood there, with
hie toot braced in tho snow nnd his axe
held aloft, tho fire worked up into a
blaze, hardly any smoke lloatliigup the
tree , , .
'TlVP tho" Dutchman, whoso llttlo
dog btood'alf and burked, put down his
axe andikogan to' pile 'on. stuff 'to
sraothor the fire. Ho hud hardly piled
on the first handful when out of tho
nolo plunged a SM-pound boar. Tho
smoke had rolled hlra, und ho had got
singed a llttlo on his way- out. tend ho
Avas so thoroughly mad over being dis
turbed that he pitched al tho Dutch
mantiud nartly knocked him down.
Whon tho Dutchman aaw whatnn enor
mous ooon he had mnoked out be
'aUrtod to run, and the way he yelled
for holp, with the bear almost on his
heels, was comical enough to make a
Jaakats laugk. He roared aud bellowed
good deal louder than the mad bear
414, and his little dog put hit tall bo
tWMR, kla Uga and goi at of night; in
toU.:. Oae of ay men r.uUied down
a4att.' bear's head' open before
' 41M 4mm the DutQhmaa any Injury;
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fWMllHfM
VnHBflMBRIOfl
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but tho frightened graonhorn didn't
stop running titrftlgnaclenr out of tho
wooda. Then we chopped tho ' troti
downsand found that tho boar had
rondo himself a very comfortable nest
In a shoulder of tho big trunk. Ho hud
holod up thrro before: tho anow fell,
nnd thero wore no tracks around tho
troo. We novor coidd get the Dutch
man to smoke out any more coooi after
that.
"Many yo.irs ngo a wondorfuliy largo
bear had hU homo among tho thick
scrub o.tks between Tobyhanna and
StAuffer's inlil. It was ImposAlblo for
nuy body t- get at him or to get a hIioI
at him when ha stayed among thooitki.
Ho had killed n number of riogrt that
wcro fooltth enough to tooklo him, und
ho lini' lugged riauy a ahoop and pig
Into his hiding place. Two or three
hunters had got glimpse of his head,
nnd they told mo that ho was so old
that he had begun (o'el gray around
tho chops. Thejr tald that ho win tho
blggoat, oldest. (Wagest uml cunning
el lear that nay body kud over seen
In that part of the' Voeorio region. Ho
had torn his foot "out of ono trap, and
nfter that they know his track when
they saw It In tho snow, but they
couldn't got th'o old fellow tojiuup Into
a trap again.
i had heaitl so much about tho gray
old bear and thnmlachiof he had done,
that along in Docemhur I concluded to
spond a week trying to trap him, uml
tn give him up us too tough uud cunning
for mo if I didn't succeed In catching
him at tho end of that time. So on it
Monday morning I had one of my boyt
drive me to tho place In it sleigh. I
tlook two of my best trup-t along and a
lot of fresh meat for bait. I hud my
rlllo anil n good sharp hntchot, too, uml.
after I had looked over a turt of tho
rnggeil region In which tho old gray
bear was supposed to ho In hiding, I
hade tip my mind that a trap net In a
Certain hollow near one of his runways
would he pretty apt to catch him.
"I know lie hadn't holed up for the
winter, because I found sotno of his
track, arid r became ho had stolen a
ahcep from I-y Sunder Bushnell only a
tiny or two before. So I set one of tho
trnpt In tho' hollow I xpoko about,
building up it little higher fence than
ummI around it, and fastening the trap
to a good-sized log that I knew ho
couldn't lug away rory fast. Then I
hung the bait up about six foot from
the trap and loft It. Tho other trap t
set In the same way In another hollow
fifty rods to the southeast, hitching tho
chain around it stone that would weigh
In the neighborhood of thirty pounds.
Three mornings I went and looked at
the traps, aud each time I found them
just its I Imil left them, and I began to
think that my week would bo fouled
awav.
Hut on I'rldity morning I found that
tho old bear hud been aiouiid, for. bv
the life, when I got In sight of tho first
trap I s.tw that tho bait had been re
moved, while tho trap hadn't been
touched Looking doner. I saw that a
bear had leaped clear over tho fence
and trap, hooked tho bull, ami then
poshed the fence down near where tho
batt had hung and mugged oiT. That
was n mighty cunning trick, 1 thought.
nnd l iM'gun lo believe that all tho
stories 1 had heard about the old gray
bour'a corrylugK-on In the sorub oaks
wcro as true as preaching. I judged
by the leap he had miido that ho was u
long-legged and long-bodied old rascal,
and I gave up all hope of over getting
him. i hen 1 sprung tho trap and nut
it on stump, aud after that I started
fo)r the pluco where I had set the other
trap.
"What do you suppose I found when
I got thero? Well, by tho life. I found
that tho bait was hanging just nt 1 had
put It, but the trnp wnsn't there, and
then I knew that there was some fun
ahead. 1 had caught it betr, as Hiiro
as the world, but whethur It was tho
old gray ono or not I hail yet to Uml
out. Tho tracks In the suow wore those
of a large fellow, and this fact led mo
to hope that 1 had trapped the gray-
Jawed ono that so many men had tried
to kill. 1 ho stone at tho end of tho
chain hud plowed it furrow tnthosnow,
but I wits afraid that It was not heavy
enough to keep tho bear from getting
so far away that 1 could not cutch up
with him.
"However, 1 luado the host time I
could through tho scrub oak, stopping
every llttlo while to listen, and nt lust
I heard tho chain rattle, lloforn I liml
got sight of the bear, ho hud got it sullT
of me, and tho way he took on wits inn
alo to me, though It would hnvo fright
ened people who wore not used to such
roaring and tearing. I even saw that
the stone hud got caught, aud thut tho
bear had been trying to loosen It with
his paws, und then I got sight of his
head between tho bushes and tired lit
It. There was a great thrashing
around for a moment, und whon things
got still I advanced und found thut the
identical old gray scamp that I had
been after lay there us dead as it hatch
et. 1 got three men to help mo drag
him out, and he wits the biggest tenr 1
over heard ot being caught In the I'oco
mos, for ho weighed 607 iHundn ex
netly." "1U1 you ever tackle any cata
mounts?" "Thut reminds mo of something I
meant to tell you the other time you
were hero," wild Uncle Jacob, ''and I
will toll It lioforo I forgot it. A good
many people think that a catamount
und awlldeat Is tho same, but there Is
a big difference between them. Cata
mounts uro it great deal longer than
wildcats, more ferocious, uml very
much stronger. They uro inoro like
lynxes or panthers than they are like
wildcat, and, when one of thorn gets
uftor a man, ho needs to bo well armed.
"Ono fall, a good many years ago, I
lutd killed a sheep and hung tho skin
over u beam In the barn, lioforo day
light tho next morning 1 went out to t'lo
tho chore, nnd in putting tho luntern
down on the barn Moor I saw bits of
wool and plooesof tho sheepskin. I
immediately raised tho lantern above
my head to soo if tho sheepskin still
hung there, and if I waa over fright
enod in my lifu it was at what 1 saw.
Crouched on the beam whore the
hoepakln had hung a hugo catamount
with glaring eyes, waa ready to spring
upon me. The lantern waa in my loft
and, and 1 didn't dam to lower It, eg
I hold It thero and looked tho ferocious
beast sqti.iro In Its oyos.
"I happened to think tli.it tho only
weapon anywhere noar my right hand
wits a Hall, and that stood in it barret
ft llttlo beyond my reach us I then
stood. I continued to keep the lantern
up high und to keep my ym fixed on
the calnnioiinl, und while I win doing
till I edged toward tho Imrrel until
my right hand could grnip the Hall.
I Kclcd It it llttlo quicker than I over
c.iught hold of it wciip'iu before, gave
u a wiiiri uroniirt my lieml, nml then
brought It down on tho skull of tho
e Unmount with Junt nil (he force I
could put Into tho blow, lly tho life,
It crushed the linilo'f skull so that lit
eyes were forced out of their sockets,
anil tiiocalniiuiiiiit was Klllnl Instantly.
It weighed forty-one pounds, twleo us
much iii the ordinary wild cat dois,
aud ll win the olot call tint I tivcr
had with any kind of beast." .V. 1'.
8nn.
HI3 "MATTER PIECE. "
llnw rismiKsn t'lntiuaan tliil Tlirrn Hun
ilrrn ami Hty Dnllart fur Klevrli.
This Is the ago of barn-door art -that
kind of art which represents a powder
horn, a rabbit aud a tot of other things
hanging iigalust a barn door in such it
way that no one would suppose tlwy
were painlid at all, but were really
hung there.
Otoi'siich n picture some people go
wild with Joy. Tho naturalness of it
nail-head, or the folds In n felt but
carry them nwuy, und iniike them feel
better satl.slled with themselves uud
overy thing else.
Mlihllgail I'llHIIll.'llll liml imlnteil nninv
a landscape, to which ho convoyed the
subtli) iinpiiHsious inmlo upon him by
untitle, lull roil il feol flic itIiiimiii
lengiies of calm In his twilight iiiarlnu
as keenly as you ctiulil the musical
rustle of his silver birches.
Hut so great was the rago for photo
graphic painting that Flaungnu Flana
gan, In spite of his sotf-i impectiind pro
fnsslonut pride, felt that ho would for
onco have to glvo the public what ll
wanted, because ho was in need of tho
over potent nhekels of silver that en
able it muii to stop out Into tho gloam
ing through tho front door, without
stumbling over the wolf.
So Flanagan Flanagan sent it canvas,
representing an old one-dollar bill
slightly crumpled, to it well-known itii
nuul oxiilbltlou.
Tho puNrs Itegau tit rove over It In
half-column notices. People who went
to tho exhibition stood and looked nt
this canvas, tw they looked at no other.
"Mow natural tho eyebrows of
Washington look," said one cnlhtisl
nslle young ladv: "ami the Inmi mi his
collar Is just perfectly lovely!"
"I never s.tw any thing 111;,, that b.i
foic," said itltuld man. who limkeil Hri
at the canvas uud then at a one-dollur
bill which ho held lit his hand; "now
that's what I call painting."
And so It was with every one. Ono
would become out ranccil with tho Imlr
lines, uud another ov or thu signature til
the Secretary of tho Treasury in thu
lower corner.
After it while It was so much talked
about that It was considered tho proper
thing to see, if only to be lu fashion.
Flanagan Pliiuaguti run thu price up
until It reached three hundred uud
fifty dollars, aud it wis uip-aud-tuck
between thrco har-rooms, four prune
merchants and several capitalists lo
see who should Mccuro the prize.
There Is nothing like barn-door urt
for tho United Slates of Chicago," said
Flanagan Flnungau to it brother palulce
at the fifty cent table d'hote a day oi
two later: "they don't vmnttho 'Kcuuo
Valley,' or tho 'Murmurous Megallo
way,' er 'Near tiloueoMtcr,' ot; 'Twi
light's Soothing Hush,' or any thing
that breathes iialuro lu every line.
They want pictures of beer bottles hang
ing on untlors, or any old vest painted
in such it way that the buttons look as
though they vveiti iibout to fall olT.
They will go wild over a neatly p.iluleil
givnso spot on tho lapel, or a buckle
showing the stool through the japan
ning. After itwhllo, Instead of visiting
Mllford or the coast ot Muln.i in sum
mer, we shall all be muktug studies for
future triumphs in old Junk shops ami
second-hand clothing stems. The
banjo Is our national Instrument, uud
wo must paint to suit banjo people."
"Hut did It not cost you a good deal
of iiatlence?" I m pi I red his friend.
"Not it bit." replied Flanagan: "It
only cost me ton dollars for tho frame,
stretcher and nil. The one dollar bill
was a genuine ono, ingeniously stuck
on thu background of gray (wIuU That's
how I got three hundred aud tlfty dol
lar for eleven, I'utL:
THE AQUATIC SPIDER.
Haw It VraparM luir fur an Attack On
II l'nurtllnt I'rxy.
Whllo their nearly constant abode Is
tho water, they nre, like most other
spiders, atr-hrciithci-s; conseipientlv
they need acme, special provision for
providing themmelvcs with nlr wiiii,.
living under the wuter, und for this
purpose uioy possess tfio art of con
trtiotlug it kind ot dlvlng-holl. It is
uninteresting sight to witness one of
them making bis ale-cell. Clinging lo
tho lower side of a few leaves, and se
curing them lu position by spinning a
fow threads, the snider rlsiw i,. ii..
level of tho water, with its belly upper
most, uuu, uoiioiiug up its hind-legs,
retains it atrulum of airiiiuoug tholmlrs
witu vviucn us noiiy t.s covered. Then
it nluilges into the vvntjr and miiii.v,,...
ns In tho llrst stage of the making of lu
silvery roue, imlug Immediately to
the soot it hud eliiwnn. It In.oali.w t. ,
body with Its paws, when thoulrdo-
ii,i-9 iirun mm mini ll iiiinoie UltUCr
the leaf. Tho snlilne nirron.li ,i.i.,
bubble with the impermeable silky
mnucr luriusneu ny us spinneret. Ko
turning to the surface, it takes In an
other layer of nlr, which It carries
down ana tuuis to the first one. aUo ex
tending tho envelope over It. The
process Is kept uptlll the "diving-boll"
has reached tho proper size uud Is fin
ished. Tho ideal form of the construc
tion Is that of it thimble, but It often as
sumes an irregular shape, like an in
verted sack. When tho spider hits
taken possession of lu redoubt It tv
mains cutlet la It, head down, watching
for tho appearance of an luaecU IVr
colving one. It aelxes it and returns to
1U lodge, which It has secured against
intruders by spinning threads across It,
to devour Its prey at It leisure. -V.
, BlMckar, in fibular SciVaca
Ham I at Fu ' v
IMPROVED LIVE STOCK,
tfliy ft ta a rary niiral Ag'
riruuursi naininrry.
Closely fallowing the nil value of tho
mechanic nrts, wo find tho agricultural
Industries with Improved machinery
and Improved methods of tillage, en
abling the farmer to double his acreage
ami more than double tho vnlito of his
production.
Tho Intelligent farmer readily falls
In line with thiHc advanced Ideas. Not
waiting to be told It will be a payug
investment, ho nt onco supplies him
self with tho latest labor-saving inn
chlmiry, end adopts tho Improved
methods of tillage.
Observation and extM-rloneo has
taught him It will no longer pay to
resort (o tho old hum! crudloto harvest
III- urlii.nt ,!,.. ll ...III I- I.... I..
vistin..nt .. ..mi f aiftfii..air.iii...
modern self-binding harvester.
Whllo he Is ever ready tondoirt tluwo
Improved methods lu grain fanning,
lie is slow to adopt improved methods
of stock-raising, from which it largo
part of the profits from general forming
would bo derived.
With Improved cattle tho un market
able and by-product of tho farm could
be marketed with profit. WIiIIm he
sees tho wisdom of Investing a hun
dred dollars or morn lu a self-binding
harvester, ho ilood not see tho wisdom
of Investing a like amount lu a
Ihoroiighbied bull by which ho would
double tho vnluo of his live-stock pro
duction. He does not stop to consider
thut tho thoroughbred bull is to tho
scrub what the improved selMtlmlliig
harvesler Is to the old hand-cradlo
which ho Iiih ab.mdoiied. Why does
ho adopt the Improved methods of
grain-farming ami reject tho Improved
methods of stock-raising?
Is It not from tho fact that ho has
Had experience with tho former und
proved Its value, while with tho other
ho has had no experience, hut takes it
for granted that It will not pay, and
never tiles ll? This would seem to bo
tho charitable solution of the problem
for had ho over had tho service of a
thoroughbred hull, ho would bo no
more ready to return to the scrub than
to tho old hniid-f nulla long since itban
doned. Now, my good farmer, you that hnvo
proven the value of modern agricultur
al machinery, but have not proven
the value of a thoroughbred bull, when
compared with tho native scrub, ex
amine tho facts its they ore placed bo
foru you, ami note the difference in
value of Imported cattle whoa com
Mired with tho native scrub, to which
you ho dearly cling.
fjiit year the Hureaii of Animal In
dustry at Washington among other
things, obtained from authentic
Hnirees tho ruling value of the various
clnssiis of live slock, and placed In
tabulated form the average price per
betid of these various classes.
These statistics tdiow the average
prlco per head of tliree-year-old
thoroughbred cittle to lu I'.XI."! -thu
average price of high grades, J7rt.7o
tho nvenigo prion of three-fourths
bloods, SAI.CJ -tho average price of
half blood, :iil.'.U. while the nvenigo
price of native cattle was but y"4.,V.l.
Hero Is it difference of -H:i. II) in favor
of 10 Htcstt's from scrub cows by it
thoroughbred bull, and 10 steers from
the sumo cows by u scrub bull,
lu other words, the farmer with 10
scrub cows can afford lo pay -H0 for
the service of it thoroughbred bull, or
counting money with ten per cent, ho
can atroiil lo pay SO0 for a thorough
bred bull and then be ns well off us ho
is breeding scrub. Now, Is thero a
farmer with ton or llflueu common cows
that can truthfully say that It will pay
to Invest 100 or more lu it self-binding
harvesler, but will not pay to Invest a
like amount lu a thoroughbred short
horn bull, when with tho present prices
he can gut a good one for that money?
To go u little further with those figures,
were bis ten cows high grades (which
they could bo with two orlhroecrosses
Willi thoroughbred bulls, ten steers by
:t thoroughbred bull would be worth
.'INI more than tho ten scrubs. He
could therefore afford to pay yi,(KM for
it thoroughbred bull to use on his ten
high grade cows aud then make as
much money us with his scrub cows
uud scrub bull.
The fanner does not now hnvo to
puyV,MH for a thoroughbred bull
he can get a good one for from 100 to
Io0. Wo say, then, If you do not wish
to stand In your own light, get a thor
oughbred bull tit once, and keep tho
live stock branch of your farming
abreast with your grain farming, To
make money on a smill farm the two
must go hand in hand. To do less you
may get a fair living for yourself ami
family, but you can not make farming
it success or ennoble tho calling which
you have chosen. Iwliumi Farmer
A QUESTIONABLE DISH.
Haw t'lisrllo's Faith In III Wlraylk Cm.
Ina tUrrUnl m Shock.
"Charlie," said a young wife to her
hushaud, "1 bought some lovely mush
rooms to-day and have cooked them
for your supper."
"How do you know they ore mush
rooms?" said Charlie, suspiciously.
"Why, tho man I bought them of
said so. Then they wore pink on the
under side ami that means mushrooms
-or Is It toadstools well. It's ono or
the other,'.'
"Humph! they look kind of dingy,"
sniffed Chit tile.
"Hut they're not tomlstoels, for I
stirred them with a silver spoon ami
they didn't turn it black."
"Then they nn.' toadstools," said
Charlie, "because I know mother's
mushrooms always turned tho spoon
black."
"Well, dear, you know If you cat
them you can soon toll. If they're
mushrooms It seems a pity to waste
them, nnd if they're toadstools"
"do onif they're toadstools you'll
soon bo it widow.''
"How unkind you uro! I boiled
them in snlerittus w atcr to make sure.
They wouldn't hurt au infant now,"
sobbed tho little woman.
Chittilu had unbounded faith lu his
wife's cooking but ho didn't eat the
mushrooms. He told hor to make some
last year "ketchup" with them, aad
bottle them dowtt for futura
Detroit Frte firm.
IN A LION'S DEN.
A WaUtt rrnfrMlimal llotar MlngUs with
lira!.
An announcement made by tho crier
tho other evening that a man named
William Samuels, a local lnnkcotor
and the chamolou boxer of Wales.
would enter atono a dim of lions at a
meruigcrle, located at Swansea, caused
considerable excitement lu the town,
and ilro w a great crowd to t! show,
At nine o'clock the bind plnyed "For
He's a Jolly (load Fellow," and thou
Simuels, accompanied by Mr. Ilustoclc,
the manager of tho show, walked up
ton den containing a lion nnd tihuut it
iloen IIoiiosmm. A great crowd nt
onco assembled round the cage. Mr.
Hostock mounted n platform and lu-
formed tho public thiU his old friend
Samuels had volunteered lo er
form it deed of dating such ns had
never lMri done in the menagerie since
Its estublshmciit In I MO,'.. Mr. White
lurid, ho said, recently lit Cardiff,
entered the cage accompanied by Mine.
Solvit, tho lton-turncr, and had by his
action caused a great sensation in South
Witles. Hut Samuels was going to sur
ies this font, for though urged lo let
Mine. S.ilvu accompany him, ho de
clined to cuter tho den at all uiile-s
allowed to do ho alone. This ho was
now about to do.
Tho announcement was received with
great cheering, though It was evident
that, on tho part of many present, there
was a feeling of cofistdcrnhlo anxiety
and alarm. Samuels, however, seemed
to shaii) uimo of these feullngs of no
iislnossv Attired us a pii.e-tlghter
und with a blue rosette on his breast,
ho appears at the entrance of tho cage,
ami, cuilgel lu hind, boldly entered It.
The lions appeared in no witv to roll-di
this Intrusion, and It looked us though
Samuels would have hud it warmer
welcome than bo bargained for. Pos
sessed nppuieiitly with nerves of steed,
the man wnlkod undaunted up to the
uud of the cngu whom Iheauimals were
huddled together, awaiting only the
slightest encouragement to spring on
the Intruder, uml held his cudgel
threateningly bo fori) tho nose of the
fiercest. (Jrowls of rago greeted this
act; but Samuels, In no way discom
posed, walked among the animals, and
made them, fly right and left Itoforo
hlui. This ho did several times, and
on ono occasion acted so rashly thut
grave fears weto eutertaliied for his
safety by those lu charge of the exhl
bltinn. These -who us tt precaution
were armed with red hot Irons were
ready to act promptly, when Samuels
again obtained the mastery over his sav
age companions, ami showed his fe.ir
lessno'sof them bj Hrltigu loaded pistol
in their faces. Thou, his courage
maiutuiiied to the last, he went to the
gate of the don nnd waited in a dan
gerous position while Mr. Hotock
pivsfiited him, amid the cheers of those
present, with a unlipie chain composed
of spado und crowti. uml with n certifi
cate recording tho fact that bo had no
compllshiMl his purpose. Immediately
afterward the baud played "See tho
Ooiii tiering Hero 'omes," ami Samuels
was borne lu triumph out of the men
ugcrie ami through tho streets. South
W'alfn Daily Xeirs.
ROCHEFORT'S FIRST DUEL.
Ill ttncniiiitiT with .11. tlfl-allls. tlm l.lltlf
Niwiiir K.illtor.
One day, lu couseipteiice of au article,
on what subject I no longer remember,
he hud a duel with tho editor of the
lliiulnii newspaper, saws M, Daudet lu
his "Thirty Years of litris." Tho ((
om of that day (for tho title of a news
paper lu France bus more incarnations
than Hudilhu, uud pu-t-es through moro
hands than tho betrothed of Hie King
of (iarlKt.) tho (hutk of that day was
one of those ephemeral cabbage leaves
such ns spring up latween the Mivlng
stones around the cafes of tho theaters
and the literary taverns. The editor, a
short, jolly, witty, rod ami round little
man, was, on funis I can recollect, culled
Delvulllo uud signed himself Dolhtvcht,
no doubt thinking thaltt prettier name.
Delvulllo or IVilbrecht, whichever ou
please, bml provoked Itochefoii.
Itoeliofort would have preferred to
fight with pistols; not that ho was a
very alarmingly good shot, but he had
sometimes won a few muc.iroons at n
fair; while, us to it sword, neither from
far not' from near, could ho
over tviiicHilH'i' having seen such
it tiling. IKivalllc, having been chal
lenged, lutd choice of weapons, and
chose swords. "Very well, then," said
Hoehefort. "I will tight with swords."
A rehearsal of the duel was held lu
l'lttil Voftvou room. Itoeliofort was
willing to nut tho risk of being killed,
but not that of upenrlug to be ridicu
lous. Vernon therefore had summoned
a great sergeant major of zouaves (since
then cut to pieces nt Solforlun) very
skillful at the salutes, uttltudes, nnd
manner most lit fashion in tho barrack
fencing school. "After you not at all
to please you proceed, sir." After
ten tninutc' fencing ltochcfort might,
as far its grttco went, have shown the
most must ached Lunuc how to set
to work. Tho two champions met the
next day lu those delightful woods of
Chavillc, between l'arls and Versailles,
which wo all know so well, often spend
ing Sunday thero lu less warlike pas
times. A cold, lino rain wus falling
that day, making bubbles on tho pond
and veiling in tt faint mist the given
circle ot hills, tho slope of a plowed
Held, uud tho fallen sides of a red sand
pit. The combatants took otY their
shirts, notwithstanding the rain, uud
but for tho gravity of tho situation one
would hnvo been tempted to laugh nt
seeing, face to face, this llttlo fat and
whltc-haiivd fellow, In a tlanuot vost
plKd with blue ttt tho wrists, putting
himself into position as correctly as on
tho platform; aud Kachcfort, lanky,
spare, yellow, grim as a death's head,
and so cased lu bony ribs that one
really doubled whether thero was space
upon his body for the prick ot it sword.
Unfortunately, ho had forgotten lu tho
night all the tlue lessons of the ser
geant major; hold his sword liko a
taper ami made the most reckless
thfjits, leaving himself exposed. At
tho first pa he received a thrust
which gruzed his side. The sword had
scratched him, but very slightly, it
waa his. first dual
QUEER ELECTION BETS.
Hn Staking TfcHr llanU mi I ho
rt if a tufrlt- Canonist.
Sorno Ix'Ucr.s, not content th tho
ordinary ihancc of fort-inc, ruck their
brains to discover some sttnngn aud
unusual method- of wugrring, tuid tho
con-Mjucnco Is that at the cloo of
every election a nuiutierof more or Icm
ludicrous iMshuvoto ls settled, the
payment of which occnelon not only
much pleasure to tho winner but nlwt
great hilarity among the public at
large.
The "wheelbarrow Ixt" Is one of tho
tlmo-honored election wagers, and has
been made probably in overy city In
the country. Uy lis term the loer
agree to trundle the winner In a wheel
barrow for a certain dlstut.e.s over a
specified mute Ssventl such wagers
have been made lu St. Ixitil. one of
the most noted being that made by II.
Clay Sexton In H.'.il. when he whiult-d
his vlctotlons ndversary for several
blis-ks along llroad way.' follow .d by a
large and enthusiastic crowd. The
election of Mnjor Francis, In Hit,
caused one rather emaciated Keptitv
tlcttu of Citloudolet to wheel a (snider
oil and triumphant Democrat for
nearly a mile, compensating himself
for his temporary metamorphosis Into
a beust of burden by bumping his pas
xeiigor most severely by reckless cross,
lug of curbs, uml in several Instances
depositing him unexpectedly In con
venient gutters, alleging his Inexperi
ence, in this Htu- of Industry as tho
enuso- of the catastrophes. In IN30
llobeit A. Wilson, of Kansas City, a u
enthusiastic Hancock man, wheeled a
Hepublleun three times nroiind thu
principal block In tho city, the Itepub
licaii bearing In his Imtid a largo iar
tlolfl triiiispureiiey. Adoen membcis
of tho linrlleld Club attended m Ik
guard of honor, hunting lighted IoicIum,
and the piocc-,sinii mkii .itlieied a
large and enthusiastic crowd In Its
wake. Mr. Wilson. It Is understood,
has abjured all similar wagers.
Next to tho wheelbarrow bet. an
agreement to carry soian unusual bur
den through the city Is probably tho
mint common of thosmitieniumoii wag
ers. It Is one of tho traditions of St.
Louis that Henty S. (ryur. one of tho
leading Whig leaders, in lmj peram
bulated Muiu street, from Vino to Chest
nut streets, beailng upon tils shoulder
it long hickory polo which had Imhmi
used during tho campaign by a Jack
son adherent. Not many year ago a
hud-eurrler in fulfillment of a wager
carried another up the Inclines from
the ground to the top floor of a five
story house. Men hcurlng sacks of
Hour or bags of coffee through tho
streets are sometimes seen nt the clo-u
of mi election. A New Ituvcn (Conn.)
MKipmiiiiufiic'uicr was once compelled
to miirch thiough the -ti t- carrying
n litrgeslgii inscribed with high praNcs
ot tho goods of a rival lions,,, whllo
his partner followed lu tho rear lu tho
guise of a siiiidwichadveitiseineiit, tho
boards between which he va confined
setting forth lu florid Inugiuigo the In
feriority of the product of his own fac
tory. Another set of queer bets are those
relating to hair. The Instances ,tt.
numerous of those who have agiisvl
not to cut their hair until thu election
of a certain candidate, and who ure
obliged to carry about with them it
wealth of locks more conspicuous than
comfortable. During the last IVcsl
tleuHiilcumpalgna fashion uroso among
thodcnl.ens of Uadeii of betting one
hirsute adornment against another. A
Democrat would bet !us mustache
ngalnst the rich w hiskers of a Republic
nu, or his liulr against his Is-ard.
Tho consequence wus that after tho
election u number of young Uepubllc
nns were almost unrecognizable by
the lemovnl of much of the httlr that
ihvoruted their faces, and the fan her
reaped a rich harvest. One gentleman,
tho possessor of a lino head of curly
liulr, cniiic homo on the day after tho
election exhibiting to his horrified wife
a poll as Imie as clippers could cut it,
while it friend of Democratic proclivi
ties appeared In a fow days wearing a
handsome wutch-chatn of plaited hair.
A still more unfortunate individual
electrified tho Inhabitant of Hint sub
urb by wulking down the street de
prived of one of hi, sldc-whlskcrs,
while the oilier flourished in full lux
uriance, lie was cotnHllcd by the
terms of the wager tin remain in this
condition for tt month, shaving the side
of bis face whiclt had been Imreftof Its
decoration ov cry Saturday. St. Limit
fb.if-i;(ifc'A.
The Rfcsult of a Dad Habit.
A novel' accident, resulting from a
luiblt of very common prevalence
among nervous people, was brought to
my notice recently. A young lady pre
sented herself at ray office complaining
of a constant Irritation In her throat.
Two weeks previously she hud been
taken with a severe "sore throat,"
which wns treated by it neighboring
physician. Under his care, she says,
tho iiitlttmmntlnn tpilckly subsided, but
there still Ktuitlmid'a sensation of Irri
tation. F.xainluntioti revealed a small,
fleshy-looking ubjoct, iiIhuiI the size of
a kernel of wheat, adherent to the tis
sues (Histerlor to tho left tonsil, by ono
end. Tho othorNtrtaof the throat were
normal. Tho llttlo mass could not bo
detached by it cotton-covered prolio,
but by the use of forceps it was easily
removed, and on examination proved
to.bo a piece of linger null, which had
Ihvoiiio covered by n cheoiiy deposit,
A broken piece of tho null was also re
moved from under the mucous mem
brane at tho same spot by a sharp
pointed prolx. The patient then con
fesssl to the habit of biting her finger
nails, and, moreover, could remember
that a day or two previous to tho onset
ot her throat trouble it piece of mill
which the hud bitten off had Ihvoiuo
lost In her mouth, but after It had
caused a tit tif coughing she had forgot
ten ntxmt It until reminded by my dis
covery. Dr. J. Tuthitl, in Medical
IliOonl.
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"Now," said the choir director,
"slug the third stanxit very softly. It
Is necessary to do so to bring out tho
spirit of the composition." "Hyma
No, 96," broke la the clergyman,
"omitting the third verse." Aad taa
singers enjoyed it tawra than the dU
factor. taaftga
FARM ANO rtRESIDE.
Dry earth, perfectly free from tnoL
lure. Is cxcrllont for use In bin for
storing turnips and other rout crop.
- Nothing is gained by letting oils
Stnnu lo get dead ripe before c ttmg,
wl ile ".ion.! I rvui los lu shelling nnd
tXrnvr grosrn wisly.
Lack of nlk.tll lit a soil I denoted
by soft, weak, mislly crush"! straw tit
growing crop, and the p'lnody should
1m Immediate, l.tine. wood aches or
H)ta-h Is needed.
All foundations for farm building
should lx built Itefont frost. In order to
avoid Injury It requires time for n
foundation wall to give off tho water In
the mortar, nnd a heavy frost may daui
ago tho wall.
A small herd of rattle that hnvo
be.-it carefully lrctd with the pur
He of obtaining tho most demrabto
point. Is Is'tter nnd moro profitable
than n large herd composed of all sorts,
Hogs when given dry fotsl con
sume It much more slowly than when
wet. In citing slowly thoro Is prob
ably a much Inrger amount of saliva
mixed with tho food, which may go far
In aiding more complete dlgcV.lou.
bwiuflitril.
I'ursiiljm and carrots am not in
jured If stonsl outside In mound-, and
lu section where the winter an not
severe they may be left In the rows,
with only a slight covering. Th.
proper way to store them however. I- in
a cellar, lu bin, so ns to easily handle
them when they are wanted for feeding.
Hcef Putties: Chop Hue and sea
son highly! iniike a gravy by brown
ing one tublc-pooufol of Jlour ami add
Ingbolllng water until It l. thin enough;
then put lu the meat, cover the poll
and stow gently, while you make a
nice pastry, not too rich, cut Into tart
sh.pcs and bake; when ready to servo
fill your tnrts with tho mlxturu and
serve on hot plains.
How to Cook Hound Steak Chop
It very line uud scrape It free from
sinew s. Then season with salt, cayenne,
minced parsley, onion and tho beaten
yelk of mi egg, and muko up into llttlo,
flat cakes. These are to be fried iu drip
ping until cooked through and beauti
fully browned on both sides, ami tho
gravy poured over them. A ulcely
pouched egg on a bit of Inviting toust
should Imj helped with each meal cakj).
FOOD ADULTERATION.
An ORrni .tcaliKri-iThltn ll(lth Vf hlli
Simula lis I'unl.liril rrrlj.
The pure-food movement Is ouu of no
small conseipieiice to tho general pub
lie. Few re.itl.i) tho extent to which
udiilteratlon Is practiced, or piitorly
estimate the peril with which the com
munity Is thus threatened. The most
Ingenious tricks are employed to In
crease ipiantlty without regard to (pint
Ity. until nearly every commodity en
tering Into household consumption is
subject to adulteration. In fact all mi1i
tuthioi. tuny Is looked upon with dis
trust, unless purchased of reputable,
long established houses w ho take a just
pride in catering to uml tetalulng tho
cream of the cu-tom. Hut the poorer
classes do not patroule such establish
ments for obvious reasons, mid It Is
this vast number which needs protec
tion from dishonest dealers In Inferior
goods. Teas, eotfees, spires, sugar,
molasses, lard, butter ami many other
of the common necessaries of life are
tumiiered with, reirnntloss of thu moiiil
ipiestiou of dishonesty or the physical
ipiestlou of effect upon tho consumer.
Of com sf, the milk thnt Is fed to tho
poor man's babe should be as sweet
ami wholesome as though It were
sipped by a millionaire's pet, aud in a
woid. It should be made imposslhle to
procure provision containing Inferior
uud daugeioiis ingredient. The safety
of the public health alone demands this,
to ay nothing of other aud less selfish
reasons. It 1 in this view gratifying
to obrerve the attention being paid hi
many of the State to tho subjeet of
food adulteration. It is a delicate mat
ter for the (ienenil (iovernmeut to.
legislate upon, on uccountof Interfer
ence with the State, although Con
gress did take up tho butter abuse aud
enact a strict oleomargarine law. Hut
tho States themselves are awakening to
the necessity or prohibiting thu deal
ing In dishonest food.
Accotdlng to the report of tho Mas
sachusctts Hoard of Health, during the
past year, nearly live thousand sample.
taken from articles of foot and drugs
offered iu open market hnvo boon
nuulyed by ttio Slate authorities and
more than one-third of thu number
found to be either adulterated or do
based below tho legal standard of
purity. This largo percentage la yet
much less than was ascertained five
years ago, when systematic efforts
were commenced to prevent food
frauds. Tho good pvogreii made ta nil
the warrant necessary for pushing tho
reform forward to ich a olnt as will
see tho cnmplct prohibition of the
nefarious basines. V,m health its
well nsgood morn! demand It. lhtom
Commercial HutUtin.
PUMPKINS FOR SWINE.
ValuabU Kni.l!al A(at In tha TraasV
mrnt nt Hick tliiga.
It is well known that worms oftnn
produce aggravating and not infre
piently fatal disease among hog.
Some even hold that they are tho In
itlng cause of swine plague or chotem.
He this us it may, our reference to tho
-object here is to give to our readers
the opinion of a professional gentleman
that pumpkins fed to swine afflicted
with worms will produce n cure. Whllo
we do not remember to have ever seen
my thing authoritative tm tho subject,
we do know that pumpkin seed are
considered valuable remedial agents lu
tho treatment of human patients for
worms. II,r i tho West pumpkins
are grown to a limited oxUmt for stock
feed, but their culture U , 0av and so
Inexpensive that their growth might
Ihi Increased several hundred fold with
profit to tho miser, whether feeding
them to Mock would have nnv remedial
value or not. They can be rnUod along
with corn without the leant detriment
to tho more Important crop and without
extra labor beyond that required for
preparing the seed. Several tons of
them could he nrudutW tn lh afsa.
and with a suitable root and vmmoM
house for tholr storage thty could ba
kept for wlaur feeding. - Wntrnn
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