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TltC PARENTS OP nJCDURICK
new ARC HAPPY NOW.
for Tiro lenr He Uiuiili red Alimil (lie
'lolti Nut HimiuIhi: tin- .Mimticr of
UN Stiilili n I ,i rl tire friiiu Hume
IT.V .U.Vkll'rllKI'i t'lMI't
REDEUICK COR
DON R"w has io
Unned lo hla lioni
In lluffali), N. V.
Hew is the young
Cornrll student who
po inhtnr1nurtly ill i-
iil rcaicd 1 rum Mi
oa altncvt CMirtly
two purs aco, .iml
whoe falc wan fur
po long wrapped In
mystery. Ho wiis foiinil last month In
Ceylon, where Iip hail gone as olectrl
I'lnn on n French timlltiK rtoamor, .mil
IiIh return homo during lust week was
thp ri'iiult of tho efforts of detectives
who, for nearly two jcar. hunted for
him In till parts of tho wmlil, Young
Hew reached Huffalo laet Wednesday
anil has Iipoii at the hotno of his pa
rents ever since. According to tho
plntoment made nt the time when the
llrst dellnlte news of his koh t cached
him, .Mr. Esbon II. Hew, the young
innn'fl father, he went to New York af
ter leaving Cornell, engaged pnsjago
on a eat llo ship anil worked his way to
llordeaiix, Franco, At tills place he
secured employment with an electric
(iriu Hint was ahout to erect an Hep
trie plant In Central America, llo
sailed from Honduras In the early tnit
of 1.VC, visiting .lanialca, .Martlnliuie,
and Cuba, and then returned to Franco,
where ho contracted to look after tho
electric machinery of a tramp trading
hip bound for the East Indies.
.Mr. Henv's statement also wa to
he effect that on (lie day when his eon
disappeared, Oct. L IS'.M. the young
man felt an Irresistible desire to leave
anil to go to some place where he could
perfect himself in French and Gorman,
the languages In which he felt him
self deficient in college. Tln.no statc
meutu, which were nuide by .Mr. Row
from Information inntalueil In tho let
ter written to him by his son, after be
ing told by tho detcctlvcr. that his pa
rents enntddered him dead, arc eotrob
orated by tho young man himself.
When asked to explain bin movements
botweon the time of leaving Ithaca and
reaching New York, howccr, ho is un
able to give any account of his wan
derings. For a (spate of several days,
he declares, hit) mind is n blank.
From the moment of Betting out from
tho lower end of Cayuga lake until ho
found himself aboard the vessel bound
for France, ho sayB ho can remember
nothing. He camo to his senses to find
hlmM'lf on tho ocean. Ills story Is told
In Bitch a straightforward manner
that It Is bcllovcd by bis paronlH, anil
It Ib not known whether ho walked or
rodo from Ithaca to New York, or how
many days he took for the Journey.
Possibly Bomo of the tales that wore
rifo of n young man answering yoking
Row's description having been seen In
various sections of tho state were
really founded on tho fact that ho had
been there. Ho is unable to tell wheth
er or not they aro true, however, and
this part of hla wandorinpa may al
ways remain a sealed book.
Asldo from theso first few days,
young Hew tells the story of his ad
xenturt'H In detail with great minute
ness. Ills education enabled him to
llntl friends among a class of people
who throw In his way opportunities for
profltablo employment, nnil from and
through whom ho succeeded admirably
in learning tho languages, French and
German, his lack of proficiency In
which had so worried him nt college
and had indirectly caused him to go
away. He has worked hard since ho
wont away and has mado money. Ho
has seen tho world and has returned
more of a man at 2- than mo3t men
are at 30. From being a rather sickly
FREDERICK G. REW.
fioy, whoso fondness for outdoor nxer
clso was caiided in n great degree- by
hl3 anxiety for health, ho has developed
Into n bturdy, hcnlthy specimen of phy
sical manhood. His features, however,
have lost little of their boyish expan
sion, although ho has gained probably
50 pounds weight and Is bronzed and
tanned several shailco darker than his
naturally dark complexion. During
nil of his wanderings, young How
never changed his name- nor endeav
ored lo conceal bin Identity In the nst,
Mud it is to this fnct alone that his dis
covery Is duo, for tho only clew that
tho detectives who had followed him
about the world wero nblo to gain of
hla whereabouts was tho fact that a
young man giving his name hud ship
ped on board a French vemel nt llor
.1faux. bound for Ceylon. Their ngents
at Ceylon met tho vessel and identified
the young electrician as the man they
were looking for.
Toung Row's contract with tho own-
Ire of tho vessel bound him to remain J
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wllh the steamer until she tltimed to
, Southampton, but he wrote from Cey
lon to hla parents that ns soon as he
r lulled S'mitli minimi in. umilil linvn
the steamer and take Iho first tuns
AtlPtitle liner for New York. How
well he kept bin promise may be
Jiidrod from the fan that between the
ai rival of the French vessel at South
ampton and his having Hint port on
the American liner New York only two
hours intervened, lie did not even
wait to cable to his piiouts. but ea'iir
at tho earliest possible moment. At
Now Yoik even less time was lost, for
after reaching there he spent less than
an hour In the city, taking the first
West Shmv tialn for Huffalo. lie
wio'.e a iiostnl ivnii in 'i'v York, ml-
Mfllng Ills parents that ho was coming.
mil me earn uiii not reach tneni uniii
after lip bad boon at homo for ppvernl
hours. Thp Joy of Mr. and M?r. Row
at thr return of their son can bettor l.c
Imagined thau divcrlbod. They bai
mourned him msdead for a year.
A QUliEH PICS.
ttiiv ii 'IrtinU l.ltio mi r.lrplmcl ami ':i-
lien n i:t in lit Moniii.
"Tom Hill's (nicer pig." the "bull
dog calf," and the "feathered sheep
of Hound Valley. Mont.,' have been
completely and forever "laid In the
shade" by a monstrosity In the shape
of a pig farrowed on the premises of
Mr. 1,. C. Estop of Easton. 111. Mr.
'""step's fiicer pig Is the eighth won
der of the wot Id. and was us much of
a monstroi)lt as any one Miiull piggy
could piiFnlhly be. It had ii perfect
olephant'ii head and trunk, the little
Imitation proboscis being about Hi;
inches In length. No, It was not a
perfect elephant head that finished
off tho body of Mr. Estop's pig. E'o
phants have eyes, "In frout or later
ally, according to hpcries," bo tho
books say, but this .ueur creatine's
bend was perfectly smooth and eye
less. When the little oddity was first
burn It bad Its mouth wide open, dis
tended to Ha utmost capacity. In mak
ing an examination to a.n'crtaiti tho
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MR. ESTEP'SQCEEH IMC.
caiMe of the jaws being apart, Mr. Es
top made the astounding discovery.
Insldo tho mouth was one enormous
eyeball, and on the front of that curi
ously situated organ of vision wero the
pupils, or "sights" of both eyes. Such
a nightmare In reality was probably
never before seen In the history of the
world.
NEGRO SHOT AND BURNED.
Mob MoIi-m Out, ii Tfrrlhlo I'lini-hiiim
for mi .iiiill.
At Slayden's Crossing, a hamlet be
tween Lamar, MIks., and Grand Junc
tion, Tcnn., in the former stato, Waltei
Hrcwn, a young negro, wiib shot tc
deatl' and then burned for a murder
ous assault upon Mrs. Slayden, post
mlbtrfps, aged Til years. Hrown applior.
to Mis. Slayden for a small sum o!
money which she Is supposed to hat
owed him, and she told hlni to look In
a bureau drawer and get It. Finding
510 In the drawer, the negro struck thr
womni. a blow on the head with a
bludgeon, fracturing her skull. He
at onct tied, but was captured nc-ai
Grand Junction, anil taken back to thr
accno of the crime, whero ho was
promptly Identified. His captors a;
once riddled him with lead, and after
waul piled wood about tho remain.) nu
bin tied them.
Victim "T Mnrfc M.irrlni;i.
mIxr Hallle Leach, of Yuuncstmvn.
Iml.. formed the ncipialntance of
Charles Hrown at Hloomington about
a year ago, and after a brief courtship
consented to marry him. A mock
m.mlngo ceremony was perfoimed
and Hrown and tho young woman left
Iowa, whero they lived recently, a
few weeks ngo Hrown deserted the
woman, who arrived homo last week.
A correspondence with tho Hlooming
ton authoiltles disclosed tho fact that
tho marrlago at that place was n fraud.
Hrown, whoso homo Is near Areola,
111., will bo arrested as soon as he can
Do located, nnd an efrort will be mndo
to prosecute tho other parties impli
cated in tho pretended manlage.
I'niintl Thron CuriiHrs In ii II, ms,..
A neighbor called at tho home of
Charltf. Hfeiffer. in H.lghtwood, a quio
sumiri) or inuinnapoiis, and was horri
fied to find the dead body of I'fellier
hanging from tho tiansom of the d n
lug room. Further investigation re
vealed tho bloody corpus of Wllllo, . Ii
2-monthE-old baby, and Mrs. Jonnlo
I'le.ffer, his wife. Tho bjiiy of iho
former was lying In Its carriage anl
ono tiny hand still clasped the bottle
from which It had drawn nour.shmont.
Tho body of the wlfo was found
nti etched upon a bed with tho Ueni
almost sovercd from tho body.
Dcilh or Hhf.
"Sho" Is dtiid, olllcial news to that
effect having been received in London
from Pretoria. Her real name wan
Mojajlo. Sho was tho mysterious
(liicen of tho so-called Woodbush trib03
of South Africa, and sho Is known to
have been nt least IHO years old, prob
ably a good deal more, there being offi
cial pi oafs extant to show that sho
was already In exlstonco nnd reigning
an a rioml-dlvlno queen moro than a
cmtury ago. Queen Mojajlo waB the
original of tho heroine in Rider Hag
gard'B well-V'Jnwn and popular novel,
"Sho."
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TllKATUICAIi LKTTRIf.
THE SEASON OF MELODRAMA
HAS COMIC AGAIN.
"I lie l.'llrlnj nf (lie lilllj;" t'retltii nt In
Nch erli-J'rit IiIIiic.v'n Ni IrMi
Opt'r.i "I lie Sutl.it 'I rtiM" r.ml Cllitr
J.i'ii I l:ij.
HIAN HiHir." the
now opera which
Fiod C. Whitney Is
t o produce. I s
iiotiiowlwit on the
ordt r of "Huhln
Hood" and "Hob
Hoy." The old
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i,?J Erln'a heroic Vng
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have been woven
b y Statr.xl'ius
Slanpt into a loinantte stoiy, with n
of roniod runnliig through It. Julim
Edwards, while striving to be origin il
In his nnm.cal setting, lias.iioverlliolett.
made u M of neviral old and boiull
ful It Mi air.-, giving the opem a tlls
tinclly national llavor. A ver lnr;u
anil efllcloni company has boon engag
ed. Including a line ballet.
"I lie Kiifiii) tif Hie Kin;;."
The scenes of this now play for 12. II.
.-'olhern. are laid in Hie pli-turpnuuc
times of Henry of Navarre, and the
hero Is a lluraicuot captain, upon
whoso bond u price In ict. The father
of the heroine l held In prison, and to
s-ociiro his leHifo the daughter must
deliver the hero Into tho hands of i'io
em my. Hopiilflvo as the task Is to her.
ehe tinddtakcs it and Ir. befriended on
her Journey by a young nobleman, who
VIRGINIA
Is none other thnn he whom sho necks
to destroy. When tho two fall in love,
and Bbo discovers that her knight Is
the king's enemy, she repenls of her j
bargain. In tho end her fnthcr Is re
least d, and her lover receives a free
passport. Mr. Sothern's part litu him
perfectly, and he plays It with tha't
charm of manner pevullnrly his own.
In tho love scenes, which are very
daintily written, ho In exceedingly fe
licitous, and In the quirk action bin
alertness and vigor ami his nklllfnl
sword play aro particularly earnest an I
convincing. Owing to the Illness of
Mies Craco Kimball, Miss Virginia Har
ried originated tho part of the heroine,
nntl sho Is to be congratulated on the
beauty antl nobility of her perform
ance. Not oven In "Trilby" has Miss
Earned done better work. Arthur Law
rence as tho stem Roynllat Governor
played with great dignity and strength
Tho rest of tho cast lo tliorou:;hIy calla
ble, but tho partH aro not calculated to
admit of much Individuality. Tho scen
ery 1b magnificent.
(Irut-tt ivliiitmll.
Miss Grace Kimball, who for the
past few Bcaeons has been binding lady
H&l
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GRACE KI.MHALL.
for E. H. Snthcrn, Is a young aotrcs.,
of coiiBldcrablo promlso and attractive
nebs. Perhaps tho best work Eho has
done with Mr. Sothorn's cnmpuuy was
her lendltlon of Holty Llnley In Sheri
dan." "The llr.mil of Cnln,"
A drnmn, In four acts, by Augustus
Wolford, was acted for the flr&t time
9tr ' .i? i.l'S,lilVv4vll
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on any p'sge Aug. IB tit the Llneoln
theater. Chicago. III., by Arnold Wol
ford and cunip.iii). The stor.v . Twin
bioth) .m la dual loir) who aie eiieiuu
aio inlst il,.u on" tin Hie other. One
has committed a munlcr In Spain,
whole bv chance the other also had
boon. RnMi vveie wounded In tie arm
The le-Milt. of course. Is as ever. The
innoiint man Is loleiitlcsttlv pumiii I
by I1I.4 aectiiturs, and even b.v bin daugli
tcr, who Is a rather iinlllial jom'M
woniii'i. The i etui ii and mibseipiein
tlpnth of ibe niiinlerer net!' all ilglr.
nnd tin (iirialn cornea down on a nceiie
of iloinesile felicity. The cast: "John
Doe," James I.olghion. Km. (dual chcr
acteO. Paul Scott; Hubert Hnilelgh.
William A. Tullcy; rir William Coii'i
ney, Halt, .laineii A. Hester: Jeffiey
Gonloti. Willis U. Marble; I limy
Haw Mils. James D'l.eary; Larkin. ,
Hairy Hroiison; I'liyllln l.eighion,
Alice Sn.v.ier: Nina Logan, .Mamln
Hherldaii-Woliuid; Jiiaiia. Marv Mar
ble. Slit l't'. f "ItllM'llllll'J."
"HoMMiaiv Ins mane an Ins'iint
siiccihh at i he Emp re, New Yoik, and
It hi .1 vvell-iieseuiil one. A bachelor
of foity i ii h falls in love with a g.rl
of elghleeii. All unconscious coquott",
she leails him on, to Hie uspcroilnii
of her at ci pled lovoi, si-anelj older
than heritcli. Her eldeilv adon-i per
suades hluirelf he call novel ferret her,
and the litsi ad sliown that he Is par
tially right be dom lomoiuber lier,
with an olftirt, however, .loliu Drew
gives an agreeable surprise to thine
who u.ie ki.owu him oulj In "sodcty -productliiiis.
Miss Adams has made a
great i.unoss a.s the cliarinlng nia'don
of half a century ago. The oilier ehar
actor.s aie well-siitttiilned, Miss Ethel
Hiirymoie cieallng the part of tho
1IARNED.
mulil In a most finished manner. With
h;j much favor has 'Rosemary" been re
ceived that Mr. Frohmnn has cancelled
n)st f the company's provincial en-
gogenionts for the season.
lliirrlKimV I.nlist Tiny,
Them wan a time when Edward liar
rlgnn, in partnership with Tony Hart,
mini to be very popular In New York;
and later, when ho built his own tho
nicr in Thirty-fifth ntteet and proiluced
aiich jilayH as "U Illy," "Tho Woollen
Stocking," "Tho Leather Patch," etc.,
ho reached tho tup notch of his hiiccpms.
Then either his popularity began to
wane or his plny.s to bo weaker any
way. business fell off, until ho llnnlly
eold his theater to Richard Manstlold,
ami took to the road for a season. This
fall ho caiiie out with a now play,
written by himself, nt tho RIJou, Now
York, but It must bo confessed thai
"Marty Malono" Is not up to tho old
Hnrrlgan sttndnrd. Thero aro a few
of tho fnmlllar characters, some rnthcr
pretty music by Hraham, n few com
petent nctors, nnd n number of Inferior
Jokes nnd puns. It Isn't the Harrlgan
wo all loved and admired a few yearn
ago. nor tho Harrlgan over whom W,
I). Hnwells enthused. Wo miss the n)d
Ime favorites from tho eiiHt. too Mrs.
Yeamans, Johnny Wild. Ada Lewis,
Hnttio Moore and poor John Decker.
"A Hnrlnl Trimt."
A new play to bo seen during tho
fionron Is "A Social Trust." bv Illlnry
Roll and Ramsay Morris, which was
produced In Snn Frnnelsro late In tho
rummer and nenrod n decided hucccrs.
Tho plot Is taken from tho disaster of
tho Cordago trust, mid several domes
tic ami lovo affairs aro involved. Roth
l Mr. Hell mid Mr. Morris are experi
enced Wiiie-IB. nun it irmly luruiiK pill
Is promised. T. Daniel Frawlcy, who
used to bo with V. II. Crane, but who
BOtno tlmo ngo organized his own com
pany In tho went, will produce "A
Social Trust."
Xotr of the Slugc.
Henry Jowttt has Joined Richard
MniiBflPld'a company for leading busl
ncse. Fanny Davenport hns paid to Sar
dou moro than 5100,000 In loynltles
during tho paut thirteen yearn. Miss
Davenport ticeliis her season on Nov,
4 at the Ilcuton theater with a grnud
revival of "Fedora."
A COLONY OF CATS.
COLLECTION OF NAMES THAT
IS UNIQUE AND AIMMIOPRIATR.
tliiiiy I'ltiull) tllli ii I'IpiiiiiiI Hume
Hilt tlie tll-treti '1 Id ti It m Stie IIiih 'I'titi
VI ii ny Titlilili'-t fur One lliiitoi-liottl
I'llliie Trullv.
WI-2NTY-FIVEeatH
and kittens are n
goodly number, but
at the tlmo of
which we write.
says llan lotto Hea
In the lion on
Transcilpt, they
could all be count
ed upon n farm
Wy
1 A A
within a ride of l
miles f i oui Lowell.
Vho Holds are wide, the barn in large,
the mice me pleiilv nnil the birds mid
sillllrielit, III spile of Milch a picket
i;uitrd, me well content to abide in this
pit asaut spilt.
Two or thiei' original on In wero the
foundation of this settlement. Tho
farmer, a vei.v klud-lie.iited man, ri til
of each now bio.nl: "Thoie's room
enough ami game i noiigh for 'em all
in omul bore." So the tribe grow .Mid
nourished, until at night, when It was
time for the town to offer up their
evening oblation, a long train of cats
and kttlcntt followed, like mi cistern
ciiiavan, In the wake of tho milk pail.
Ah hkiii as a kitten arrived at the
period of walking steadily upon all
lours ami looking out upon the world
with wide-open o.vch, It wan watched,
for all the famllv wero Inteiesteil, until
some trait was developed that might
suggest a name, mid a peculiarity, of
distinctive quality was claimed to ap
pear. There was Signer, Inft.i'mul hlgb
slepplug: Nancy, more common In her
listen; I'opplim and I'owie, who never
gained her normal growth; Glbllus,
lond of turkey, known to biiIIc away
and oat nothing unless a portion was
saved for her, two little brothers, so
Intimate that they were eall"d Jimmy
lllue and Jimmy Hliek; Dexter mid
.Motli.v Ann; a slisy Maltese, who
Rioiued to halo been unailv Isedly left
by the loadshle. lie came mewing to
the door on u dark night, wuh taken In
mid called ll.ipteil. but on account of
his amiability the name wan ohaugid
to Doddy Dear. Thiro wore Richard
mid Thomas; Tony, so illsHngultdied
hi cause she was disponed to stray off
b hemelf ami attend strictly to her
own game; Sandy Dandy, for his light
colored coal mid bin vanity; Pop mid
I'ooser, whoso playful spirits extended
to old age. There was dear old Kltty
dlllo, a groat pet In the family, and a
him member named Scrnggln. There
was Sallna, Duffy, Princes.) and Slgntb.
Sklppy Jim was a notorious runner.
Hotinro and Hetty were always good
natincd, Jeremiah walled with n loud,
harsh voice; Solomon was considered
handsome and fascinating; Isaau and
Hebecca were fond of lapping water
from a dish by the well. Among mob
a host It would not he Hlraiigo If the
gender of their tinmen wim not always
strictly accurate. For Instance, the
mother of an IntoretUlug family was
railed Auin.s, while a noble-looking
tomcat ntiHWorod to the iiamo of Susan.
A kitten was distinguished as her until
a visitor tuiegcnlcd Hint htm would bo
moro uppioprlntc, whereupon It was
christened lllmnilo on tho spot.
Wild Grey, Tamo Grey, mid Harney
Grey were brought to light In a singu
lar fashion. One night, whllo the farm
er was milking a stormy night, too
It literally began to tain cats. Ono
soft bunch hit him on the head, an
other came very near lodging In the
pall, while a third glanced off from the
cow's Ir'.ck. The owner phkoil up all
thico, ascended to the scaffold mid
found tho wild-eyed mother peering
down from mi opening In tho boards
through which her children had
hllppod. Harney (in y, the youngest of
this trio, could nivor be coaxed Into
the house during the wholo term of her
life, and hIio never really liked to g
outside tho barn. For yearn her din
ner of meat was regularly carried out.
The othent took their solid rations in
the tilled. Wild Grey Inherited from
soino roving ancestor a terror of ull hu
man beings ami who never ovn
stroked by a friendly hand. Tamo
Grey, on tho other hand, never bcohkiI
really contented unless she was safe In
the kitchen and children wero her de
light. Tidy wna a neat llttlo creature,
careful to keep her white pawn and fan?
spotlessly clean. She became blind and
Sadie, another favorite, took chargo of
Irr helplessness, hi ought her mice and
kept by her side nt milking time. If
Tidy Btarteil off by heiself up tho lnno
Sadlo was on the watch and sure to
follow. Miriam, a tiger cat. lost her
wholo family during a rain-storm, but
succeeded In snatching one from a rela
tive and bringing It up as her own.
In vain tho mlstro&H of tho fmm pro
tea, oil againut being overrun with audi
numbers. "I will not hnvo so many
cats around. Some of them must bo
drowned." Still tho colony grow and
(lourlhhcd. Tho pan of soup was dally
mixed, and to scu tho (lock hurrying In
from the four quiii-tors of tho farm at
the sound of tho dinner bell wns worth
a ticket to tho circus. It was surpris
ing how respectful they weio to each
other's rights, a If they realized that
their number was largo and that some
folf-dcnlnl was duo.
Not all tho trlbo wiib allowed in tho
house. Hut there wiih usually a jush
for tho sitting-room when tho screen
door was opened. Three or four pre
ferred their muster'H armchair. If
they gained po3sesolon he nover or
dered them out, but took another seat.
It was a rare sight, one day, us wo
ascended the long hill leading to tho
houso, to see upon the piazza Jimmy
Hlue and Jimmy Illack, Sallna, Rich
urd, Abigail and Jeremiah, all watch-
it 1.
;
lug for Hie home-coming, whllo Hltn
mie. n little In nthance, was peering
will, blight ec around n post.. Heio
wiei an oveclleiii opportunity for tho
Htudv of the feMiie race. As they worn
h ft to HieniH'lvon Iho survival of tho
brlghti t mid h) longest ought lo be in
order. Am a fact, tho weak-eyed end
the lame wen- iilvv.iin piespul. The
stock will grnilunM) d.e mil and prob
ably a solo siiivImii- bo left tiivm tho
farm.
The mistress of this homo rheerfully
looks foi'ivurd to Hut time; "If over
I do get rid of a1 thee uihi I'll blue,
a new pel ullor.tthor and not moro
than iilv, or possibly oIkIU, shall 1m
Kept alive."
FACTS ADOUT RATTLERS.
.1 Sunlit' VV lure llnrliti'liirrli-ft (Iron
I r m s'luil.o riclilt-iH.
"Wheiever you Had huc.ltlcbcrrlea,"
said a native of tho Moo.sio Mountain
region, of thin ciainty, "you will llnd
rattlesnakes and trout, mid mi malaria.
Rattlesnakes me more plentiful In the
huckleberry woods of Wayno county
than thev have been for yoarii, and
they got more numerous ovory year.
One i onsen for this is that, door have
got scarcer. In fact, are virtually ex
tinct In Wavtie county, although In tho
hindering eotinilcM of I'lkc mid Monroe
they ate si 111 abundant Deer aro born
enemies of rattlesnakes, ti nil kill hun
dreds of them evcr.v year where there
are any to Mil. visiting Ihelr haiiult)
mid stumping ibom beneath their ft el.
Hogs are also death on ralllcHnakes,
and If there weio wild luigii In cur
woods tlio.v would eoon clean oat the
snakes. .Strong proof that rallle
siuikes me always found whero hticklo
beirlcs uic plentiful In lo bo found In
Potter county, P.i. In only ono cor
ner of that county ate huckleberries lo
ho found, the northeast comer, on a
high, barren mountain, known an
Huckleberry Hill. That Is tho only
locality In Iho county whero a rattle
snake can be found, mill there (hey
abound by (ho thousand. People go
from fifty miles around In that big
huckleberry patih ,.ver.v Bcanon to pick
bciilcs, and it Is estimated that they
kill a rattloiiitukc to every bushel of
berrlcH they pick, and thoy pick hun
dreds of bushel i. This hill In on Sus
quehanna wateiM. Tim Allegheny
ip'cr rises only a mllo or m dl.itant,
and Hows clear across thu county, but
no raiib'snuhcH are found anywhere
along that stream or Us tributaries In
the futility. On all the SiiHquoliiinna
river tributaries, however, rattlesnake
are nuinerous." New York Sun.
llt'll Cllll ltt-1-lllllll lllillll.
Several largo cod aro kept In ono
of (he tanks of the Amsterdam aquar
ium, necessarily near thn mirfnco, anil
therefore exposed to a strong light
from above. Now, (he cod, though not
a "deep sen" fish, Is not a Hiirface
nwlmmer end Uvea at depthii whero the
minllglit must ho very much modified
by passage through the water. It
llve.s in what to us would bo scrnl
dnrkness. Every one of theso cod ex
posed to (he strong light Is suffering
fiom an extraordlnmy hypertrophy or
the eye. The whole organ has become
overgrown, us If in the effort (o adjust
Itself to the use of more light niys It
had Income ovoi-eqiilpped nnd then
iiieless. The cod, In fact, aro blind.
Tho most Interesting feature In this
change Is tho extraordinary rapidity
with which luct eased supply of light
rnyn has ovor-ilevi loped the organ for
Its use. It has taken plaeo, not by
slow degretM fiom Individual to In
dividual, hut In a course nf limn to
be ineasiiied by months and In ovory
Individual In tho tank. If this ox
ample Is a nieamiro of tho rapidity
with which Biieh changes fako place
among fish, the adaptation of thoso
dentures which have migrated from
the ahallow waters of tho do.'p himh,
ehown by the total loss of onormmiH
development of their eyes mid tho
growth of Illuminating organs to light
the i-byt?n, may have been as rapid ns
It In marvelous, Loudon Spectator.
".Unite lti-1lnf."
Mis. Challlo Johnnie. I bavo dln
covered that you have taken loro cake
than I gave you. Johnnlo--Yos, mn;
I made believe that thorn wan another
Utile boy spending tho tiny with me.
Toxan Sifter.
GEMS AND BFIIC-A-DRAC.
Numbered with clocks given to
pleaco aro some In opalcncont onyi
cnt a.
Punch eupu in all sorts of odd Hhapci
have appealed In Venetian and Hobo
liilan glaiis.
Gold iiafety plus, largo and small,
nave found their way Into luxuriously
equipped numerics.
Very dainty mo tho glues lingoi
bowls In vnrylng shades of color nnJ
apparently overlaid with lace.
There me button hooks ami shoe
horns of gold, for women who naplr
to tollot articled In oxpenulvo form.
Sword paper ciitterB of plorced cil
v ' and tortoise shell atu attractlv
articled for thu tidy dusk and llbrnty
table. M
V.iscri, fern dishes mid tablo contor
pleci'H of mby glass, with gilt orna
mentation, aro attractive- features In
Bohemian glnssware.
Very hanilHoino are brushes an.
hand-mlrrois with backs of carved
tortoise shell, enriched with applied
llornl designs In gold.
Small gold combs, set with dlnniond
and other gems, nro still In demand for
evening wrnr. On tho Htreot good
dressers wear combs and halrplna o
tortoise shell,
Many a blessing In dlsguleo effectu
ally eludes detection. Puck.
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