3flPWWMfiRi75B3rop . ji u IJ I- -,, J -,- Au crt5WirslU'-'zttf , THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, APRIL 9 1897. Lwi -v - tf. rf -y. THE NATIONAL GAME. SOME NOTES AND COMMENT ON CURRENT EVENTS. Nick YoutiR on tlte Itult WliatRobhon Would Do for St. Louis Storlm Told by w Vrtcran Other llascbnll Note of Interest. ,?f' inLa. N 187S," observed Nick Young tho other day, "a news paper editor In Philadelphia nnmed Fitzgerald, advocated an In crease In the num- Hf bor of men on a Mjp' ball team. Ho "cjr claimed that ten men were necessary to piny a game of ball, and believed tho tenth, man should bo located between flisi and second base and called a left fihortst;,. Mr. Hulbert knocked ihrs argument by comparing a ten-men ball team to a four-ball gamo of billiards between such cue exports as Jake Schaefor and Stossotl. You often hear odd theories advanced about Impiovomonts In tho game. When a change In tho pitch ing rules wao being agitated four years ago, John Gnffney BUggosted that the batting would bo Increased If tho out fielders wero confined bohlnd a lino to bo located so many feet from tho homo plate. Gaffney probably over looked tho fact that such a rule would crlpplo ono of the fielding features of the game. Tho suggestion of Mr. Hurst to allow tho bnse-runnore to overrun second and third base Is now under discussion, though It Is by no moans a now suggestion. It Mr. Hurst's Idea wero adopted by the play ing rules commlttco tho base-running featuro of tho game would bo almost destroyed. Another suggestion made by John Morrill, Is not quite practical, Mr. Morrill believes tho pitcher should be removed from his present position In order to glvo tho base-runners a chance to steal more bases. I have studied tho pitching rulo caicfully, and f.7id that tho present distance about equalizes tho attack and defenso; that Is, tho aggressor, which, is the pitcher, and tho defense, who 1b tho batsman. Base-running would bp enlivened If Tom Brown's 36xlC rubber framo were ndoptcd and tho pitcher was compelled to movo from his slab every tlmo ho threw to the bases." but they aro useless If not enforced. I bellevo that a rule should bo passed compelling the major league clubs to raako their players obey tho rules un der a penalty. Tho trouble Ir tho past has been n tendency on the part of certain club officials to stand by their players In violation of tho rules. In other words, when an umpire has, In compliance with tho strict wording of tho rules, fined or ordered an of fending player out of tho game, an Im mediate howl for the removal of the Judge of tho piny has been Invariably sent to Mr. Young by tho magnate whoso player was mado to suffer. This proved to bo tho heaviest kind of handicap for tho umpire, who gradu ally allowed himself to bo ridden over rough shod. If tho major league could forco the clubs to Biistaln tho umpires and not their own playcis, a great deal of troublo would bo averted." THE CITY OF BAGHDAD THE ANCIENT CAPITAL IS TODAY. AS IT A Flltlnr Monument to CUIIIiatlon That Followed the Utile of tho Ureat Kaitern Plntocrnry Filth, Squalor and Touring Moiqnri. WHEN WAMPUM WAS MONEY. Kemlnlcenc.c. Uf a Veteran. nictiftrd J. Pearce, tho veteran tx professional shortstop, while In a leml nlscent mood, recently, related a num ber of Interesting stories. Among oth er things ho said: "Eddy Cuthbcrt was tho first man I ever saw sliding to a base. This was in 1805, When ho was a member of tho old Keystone Club of Philadelphia. Tho Keystones weio on a visit to Brooklyn, and play ed several games before they met the Atlantlcs on a Saturday, at tho Caplto llno Grounds. I was catching and Tommy Pratt was pitching for tho At lantlcs. Cuthbcrt had reached first baso, and started to steal second, when I throw to Crano to hoad off Cuthbcrt, and Crano hnd tho ball in plenty of tlmo to touch him; but to our nmnze ment Cuthbcrt made a great head slldo for tho base. This was tho first time (Special Letter.) HE famous old city of Baghdad, long renowned for Its commerce and its wealth, Is now tho capital of tho Turk ish pashallc of tho samo name. It atnndB on both banks of tho Tigris, and Is situated on an cxtcnslvo and desert plain, which has scarcely n trco or village throughout Its wholo extent. Tho city Is surrounded by a brick wall flvo miles In circumference, and the Tigris 13 crossed by a bridge of thirty boats. Tho city has a most picturesque appearance from a distance. It 1b encir cled and Interspersed with groves of dato and other trees, through which one may catch tho gleam of domes and mlnnrets. On closer Inspection, how ever, tho vlow docs not Improve Tho BtrectB arc narrow, dirty, crooked and unpaved, full of ruts and strewed with tho carcasses of animals. Tho task of removing this offal Is loft to dogs, the only public scavengers known In Bagh dad. Tho wholo town has been built Without tho slightest regard to regu larity. Tho streets are oven moro in tricate and winding than thoso in most other oriental cities, and with tho Quito n Grn't. Brooklyn's determination to play Sunday ball on its homo grounds makes a nlco llttlo "flunflsl). hole" for tho Orioles and the Senators. Tho threo other rfiwtern teamB Bostons, PhIladeI-;niaB and Now Yorks do not n,ay cmi the flfBt day of tho weok This ot, , necessity will glvo all tho Eastern &nnlay datea at President Byrne's park to Baltimore ami WaahfrYgtbn. PeVftaps Ned Hanlon and Gus S&inelz to not "smacking their chops" In an ticipation of the fat Sunday gates at Brooklyn next summer, 'instead of "laying up" on Sunday d playing to washday crowds on Monday thoy will gather in enough at a 'Sunday matlnco at Brooklyn to mnko a big dent In tho Ecml-monthly, pay Tolls of their clubs. 4VJP I Tho Popular Token of Value In New York Two Contttrlea Ago. When Stephen Van Cortlandt was In tho monoy-changlng business 1680 to 1680 tho kind of money In most com mon uro In the vicinity of Manhattan Island was seownn or wampum, sni tho New York Times. Almost all the store trade was dono with seownn, cither loose or braided, and all church collections were taken up In scowan. Van Cortlandt wait "frequently called on to change seowan Into silver money, which was at that time the standard. Payments of Interest and principal of loaned money wero mado In Dutch ploces-of-elght, lenities and loan dol lars, tho valiio of all of which was re duccd to gulldcra sccwan. A plecc-of-eight was worth 12 gulldrrs In scowan, a realljc was worth 1 guilder id ?0 stlvois In scowan, a loan dollar wan worth 11 guilders In scowan, and an English pound was worth 40 gulldors In scowan. Tho American dollar In Its present rolntlon to tho English pound would Imvo been worth 8 guilders In seownn A Dutch guilder has 100 cents, or 20 Btlvoin, and Is cqunl to 40 cents In American money. A stiver Is equal to 2 centR American money. Contribu tion to tho poof relief fund wero usual ly mado In seowan and provisions and clothing for distribution among the poor wero paid for In acownn. Tlo early Dutch settlers took gencious enro of the needy poor. For Instance, In 1G8S, the deacons of tho old Dutch Church ot Bergen paid Dr. Robinson of New Yoik 210 guilder In seownn for curing n destitute man of Insanity. At another tlmo the deacons of tho same church paid Suigeon C. Vlolo of New York 130 guilders seowan for sur gical attendnnco on a poor member ot tho congregation. In thoso dayH it cost P . 11 1 I.. ...im. Ill ai1 kAM Tsi W CllllUerB III HOt'MUl IU buiiu iiuui uw BEAK MEAT MARKET. HOW SAN FRANCISCO IS SUP PLIED FROM RUIN'S HAUNTS. Fle.h Tn.tr. I.IWo Pork flamy Flavor lleur-Kut IT.cd by Perfumer ttnil ItourdliiK-llouae Keener. The Hunting Heatou. ft. -? -- . exception of tho bazaars and Bomo open nn..owo tUa Intnrlnr la little) OI80 titan n tnWrinth nf nllnva nml nassaecs. Th I linnuls Krtiyer hack to Amsterdam." In ... .1 tnn . .. I. r. ...... .l.tml nt ft ftrt t JUIiJ IIIO piHU Ol U1HJ UUI1U1UI ui viiv.. wai C gulldcra scewnn; 1 schopol ot In dian corn, t guilders sccwan; 1 schcpol of ry, !$ guilders seownn j 1 ell of cloth, 0 RUUtlcrs seowan; two blnnketH, Gb jpilldors Ecowan, and 2 Bchcpels of salt, C guilders seownn. Whenever the col- streets are unpaved.and in many places bo narrow that two horsemen can scarcely pass each other, and as It Is soldom that tho houses have windows facing public thCVoAighfarcB, and tho doors aro small and mean, they present on both sld.es tho gloomy nppearanco of What Mention Would Do. ' President Roblson has a wonderful tcheme for nfroiigthonlng tho SU Louis team. Ho is willing to glvo up flvo of his Cleveland players, providing he 'can pick flvo as good men, If not bet tor, from the other major league toamB. At tho Bame time ho exempts Cincinnati and Baltimore. Why not lot onch club In the major league con tribute a player if St. Louis must be made stronger? Baltimore and 'Cin cinnati should do their Bharo toward strengthening the Mound City team as well as tho others. This la especially true in tho case of Cincinnati, as that club has dono moro than any other In weakening St. Louis by purchasing its star players. What assurance would tho major leagno club3 have that tho .players would not bo eold after tho DICK PEARCC. We had ever seen the play, ari it fool ed Us no little, but wo laid f or him and caucht him ntl'or that. Af'r Ferguson Joined the Atlantlcs in 1V6G ho becamo very clover at sliding., to any of th hflfina " New York's Latent Sttrprl.e. From tho Now York Herald: The Now York Baseball Club ha .prepared a limited nurabur of handsome sliver souvenir complimentary cards entitling tho holders of to all tho 'privileges of tho Polo Ground during tho season of 1897. They aro very artistically de signed and engraved, and aro altogethr er tho prcttletJt souvenirs -over mado by n ball club Tho silver cards will be prosantod to tho most promlnont frienda -of the club. ISrfi to -, iii7asBU!rMmy y r ' H m U uyaZTliSZiirmlif J aiii25-;Bs5r-i X- ?j'Xww --r?stsi.!?r-. -swfyt&gzri iilte JLiJQ HE fact that bears bring from $20 to $50 each in tho San Francisco men t mnrkot and that thero Is a llvoly demand for all that aro sent thero haB moved many men who llvo In tho foothills of tho mountain ranges to icour tho hills for them and ship them hence, Hnys the San Francisco Chroni cle. Culm nrc taken alive, kept In pits and fed until they attain several hun dred pounds In weight, when thoy nro marketable. Tho carcasses usually displayed by butchers during tho holi day season nro of domesticated bears, as the wild boars at that season of tho year aro hibernating. A Btall-fed boar designed for tho mnrket Is treated In about tho samo way ob a hog. Ho will cat tho samo food a hog will eat and about tho snino quantity nnd his flesh tnHteB very much like pork, ex cept for a gamy flavor which It pos bcssch. Aside from this tho boar'fl blubber makes tho finest lard, hla hlndquartoiH furnish superior hams nnd his ribs yield tho beat of bacon. The best bear grounds In California nro In Tulnro county, in tho region of Mineral King, Homer's Noso and Hos pital Rock. Bear meat Is Bold In San Francisco nt from 40 cents to fl per pound, It Is, of course, a delicacy ro aorved for tho rich. Somo leading res taurants havo bear steaks on tho bills ot faro when tho meat Is on sale In town and they servo a Btoak for from 40 to CO cents. The region on tho coaat most Infested by bears Is bollovod to bo southorn Oregon, nenr tho California border, and from twenty to fifty miles from tho ocean, in this district mn tho Illinois nnd noguo rivers, and thero, too, nro many frosh-watcr lakes, notably tho threo groat Klamath lakes. FlBh lalto, rjatno lake, Crater lake, be sides many small creeks and rlvulots, all of which teem with flsh and about which aro tho brooding giounds tor ducks and gcoso. On tho banks ot theso frcsh-wntor bodies and stretch ing away over tho flat country aro thousands ot acres ot hushes bearing huckle and salmon berries, and tho low mountains nro thick with tho scrub oak, which In tho fall of tho year yields abundanco ot mast, nil comprising tho most toothsome provender tor bcarB, DEAF-MUTB3 MARRIED. Intcrcitlnit JrtrUh Ceremony Which Made Two Pemoii Ono. An Interesting marrlago ceromoay was celebrated recently In Philadelphia, the contracting parties being Sundel Richmond nnd Mlsa Simon Spllkcs, both being deaf nnd dumb, says tho Philadelphia Inquirer. The coromony wns performed by Rabbi E. Stolnhnus. Tho hall had been gnyly decorated, and tho bride, dressed becomingly In whlto satin, Bnt with the groom at ono end, receiving their frlondB and watching tho dancing which preceded tho cero mony. Tho most Impressive pnrt of tho Jewish marrlago ceremony Is where tho brido accepts the husband by the uttcranco of tho sentence : "You nro married to mo according to the laws ot Moses and tho iBrnclltcB." Until she has said thU she Is not consldorrd as married. Great, then, wns tho expec tant curiosity as to how this, part would bo bridged over. Promptly at D o'clock tho happy couple moved to tho center of tho room, where n volvct canopy held by four young girls was stretched over them, All ot tho gucstH crowded around nnd, lighting Binnll wax candles, hold them high abovo their heads. This expresses a deslro to light tho couple Into a life of happiness and prosperity. Tho attendants Joined hnndn and formed a ring about tho brldo and groom, walking around them several tlmoB. Rnbbl StclnhnuB then chnnted tho marrlago ceremony, which ho aup- plnntcd by nn explanation In panto mime. At tho end ot every sontonco both tho brldo nnd groom nodded ener getically, and bo tho corcmony pro ceeded. Thero wna nn Intermission In tho midst to nllow tho orchestra to play a weird Husslan mnrriago air, niter which tho rabbi continued his chant ing. At tho closo of thlB tho marrlago cup wns held to tho brldo, who alppcil from it nnd handed It back. Thon tho balanco of tho ceremony wnn conducted in tho bIkii Inngungo, which tho rabbi had learned for tho occaBlon. Tho couple wero given tho certificate to read and then naked by signs If thoy ncceptcd It and agreed to everything. This they assented to nnd both signed their names. At tho signing or the last lotter every ono shouted nnd tho bride wns Immediately overwhelmed by congratulations. '- U S! .'.ol m MOTHER-LOVE IN SNAKES. A Marked Inhibition of It Hecn by a NutnrulUt. Evon the cold-blooded and clammy snaho evinces maternal affection, and I am fortunatoly able to produce cvl denco corroborative of this statement that Is fresh In my memory, Bays tho Homo Magazine. On March 2, wniio seated on my front porch, I noticed one of my dogs, a yearling puppy, acting In ibM($feM tsix:'j..nK'j.".'Laj.',' WssHra-. n nocullar way on my lawn. Ho was ,.,... tU.lt. IU. ....,,-.--- - l...moll,ort i.- m .. t. l,,.., ti.nu i pirniinK nrounu a uniuii i;ii;u.cv.....- can got vegetable food or fish. In this spot, cVery now and then thrusting ; bis 4 .minlrv l,rtfiroirrllv Klnplf nr lirown nOBO lOWUru uiu Hiu..u """" - - 13 " VIEW OF BAGHDAD. PRESIDENT ROBISON. leum had been strengthened? Robl Bon made a rather funny break, it he la correctly quoted, -when he said that Baltimore would hardly consent to give up any of its players a it wants a champion team, bo that it can again win the pennant Well, that ia rich. That Jb o much na saying that Boston, New York, Philadelphia and other ma 1or league clubg didn't want champion teams bo that they could win the pen nant as well as Baltimore. It is pretty safo betting that President Robison would be doubly benefited If his scheme went through, which Is hardly likely. Ilyrne'a Sensible. President Byrne, of th Brooklyn Club, maea the following senslblo IUggeatlon that is worthy of considera tion: "Ail BOrt ot rulM ctm be framed lor the government of baseball, UUiuond Ullan. The nlajors of tho Cincinnati team aro practicing at New Orleans. It 1b announced that all the Brook lyn players who have signed for the pnrrlnir season llttVO UOno SO Ul TC- dured terms. Shortstop Hulen and Outfielder llertes, who were Iat season with tho Philadelphia Club, havo been trans fprrod to tho ColumbuB Club of tha Western League. President Von der Abo had a great team when he was a member of tho old Amnrlcan Association, but. ho haB not had much of a one clnco tho demise ot that organization. Cub Woyhlng, tho veteran profes slonal pitcher, is no longer manager of tho Fort Wayne team. He says that ho has resigned, but docs not give hJs reasons for doing so. IlllnolB Is now falling in lino with Missouri and other Western Btatcs. A hill is to bo Introduced into tha Illi nois legislature to abolish Sunday ball paying. Ohio and Kentucky are yot to bo heard from. At a special meeting of tho partly organized Southeastern League at Ma ion Ga.. President Boscho resigned. Llttlo business was transacted, and the lenguo adjourned to meet a week later. Carney Flynn, who was on "tho Now York Club's pay roll last spring, and who later figured with Farrell in a deal that took them to Washington and brought Joyce to New York, will play with tho Virginia team of tho Atlantic League during the coming season. Tho Alameda Alerts defeated tho Pluto Indians by 6 to 2 tho other day at San Francisco, Cal. McKeo, who nitnhftd seven Innings for tho victors, holding the losera down to two safe hits and retiring eleven of them on Btrlkos, waa relieved by Krug, who pitched tho remaining InnlngB and al lowed tho loserB only ono safo hit, from which they scored a run. Captain Ewlng of tho Cincinnati! dcea not agree with some others that howllnir la a good thing for a pitcher. "My reason for thinking that bowling will pot help a pitcher," said Ewlng, recently, "is that the motion used in bowling Is entirely different from that used Jn pitching. Bowlers uso an un derhand motion, while very few pitch, era, it any, ever use an underhand ball. Once in a while it Is tried, but the majority of pitchers depend upon the overhand motion." dead walla. All tho bufldlngs, both public ami private, 'hre constructed of f urnaco liurnt brhiks of a ycllowlsh-rcd color. A Iioubo hi 'generally laid out in a rango of apartmentB opening into a squnro, and furnished 'with subterran ean -rooms Into which tho inhabitants retreat during the 'day for shelter from the lntcnso heat ot srummcr; nnd with terraced roofs on which thoy tnko their evening meal, and sleep In tho open air. Tho interiors of tho houses ot tho rirti aro splendidly furnhihed, and decorated dn a most gorgeous manner. Tho inhabitants of tho city nre sup plied with water from tho Tigris, which Is brought to their homes In the sidna of gontR; water woiks, cisterns and pIpcB being unheard ot In Baghdad. Tho population of Baghdad Is aild to number about a hundred thousand, nnd Is a mlxturo of 'nations from various countries of tho oast. Tho chlol offi cers ot tho government, civil and mili tary, aro ot Turkish' extraction; tho merchants and traders aro almost all of Persian or "Arabian descent, whilo tho lower- orders consist of Turks. Arabs, Persians and Indians. Tburu are some Jews and Christians, who remain distinct from other classes; whilo the strangers In the town aro Kurds, Per sians and desert Arabs in considerable numberu. As every nationality retains its own peculiar -dress, it may be easily conceived what acn extraordinary varie ty of costumes is to be seen dally In tho streets of Baghdad. The dress ot tho femalo la mean; women ot all iclasscs being envoloped tin blue checked cloth, with thulr faces covered by hideous veils of black horee-halr. Baghdad has much declined lrom Its ancient Importance, but 1b still tbo seat of considerable commerce. TImi city today contains upwards ot a hundred .mosques, tho domes and minarets of which are said to bo finer than thoso ot Constantinople. lcctlnns In the church excooded tlvj cur rent expenditures tho surplus wwtin wns usunlly Invest! In cown. Such cows were given Into the car of ro anonslblc members of tho congregation on a yearly "butter rent" of Hi pouiuQs that hi, thoso persons accepting cow from tho tfcaconry had 3o pay nn annual rent ori2 pounds ot butter or Its vnluo In scwnn. Tho pTlco of but ter amounted In the winter of 1G79 to 22 stivers per pound, bo that tho dea cons then roceived 13 guilders and 4 'stlvrrs for ono cow. Alter 171B the deacons quit tho "butter-Tent" buslneiit and confined themBelvcB wholly to motioy-lcnding as a means of Increas ing tho revenues. Some ranging from 10 guilders to 4,000 gulldors wore put out at Interest at tho rato of C per conl per annum, though In a few cases bor rowers wore exempt from paying In terest. It'cost from 2 to G gullderB In srowan to get married In this vicinity two centuries ago, and a funeral was accompanied with a pall rent of C guil ders seownn for nn adult and 3 guilder fur a child. 'OLD SCHOOLHOUSE. abound. Yhoy aro a nUlsaico to tho farmers, 'on whoso pigs and sheep thoy often raid, but to tho "hunters thoy aro a source of profit and delight. There aro two seasons in tho year for bear killing one u long, and tho other n short 'one. Tho first is in tho fall ot tho year, otter tho maul Is well drop ped 'and Bruin Is fat from feeding on acorns and nuts; the second Is In. tho spr'tng, junt uh ho Is coming out or his winter's slcop. When tho ground In the fall becomes covered with snow Bniln vrnllowH in fat nnd ennnot find moro to cat, Thon ho proceeds to nlbernato. In that stnto his lair is ftomotlmcfl betrayed by the steam which rlBes through tho snow from hln 'body. In that condition ho can bo 'easily "killed, for he will mako no re- nlstnnce. "When his hibernation Is over, In tbo carry spring, he Is still quito fat and gamo for the huntsman. But ho doos not long remain In that con dition. There being no berries or mast when lie cotoch ont, he finds nothing to eat -and in about a week ho In run down nnd as 'yoor as the proverbial turkey ot Job. In this low state ot flesh It Ir wanton -waato to kill him and Ito iBitot hnntod. Then tho breed ing Beaucm follows, which gives his 'beonmlp 'immunity from molestation. Bears slaughtered on tho Oregon if. m Kentucky. ....d (. Kr-etod We., xangts are packed 1 oat on miiles to the of ti.i AiimbmiM. statlens whore thoy nro Bhlpped to (Sneclal Lctcr.) Imtchors 'm tuis city, it sometime On a hillside, near tho bordor line happens that .tho location whero tho that divides Woodford from Fayette county,. in Kentucky, .stands a dllapl- A New Decorative Muterlal. Jledtlcklng for drapery and upholu tery purposes has recently been lasch ed .upon the market. It la a deckled success, say tho Purfctan. No une would dream of the lowly origin of the fabric thus presented. Of course flio salesmen do not speak of It as bed ticking, but describe It as an "nrt dra pery" or an "art ticking." Ono shop man haB named a striped pattern the "bedouin" not a bad pun on Its ori gin, The material is colored and Re signed very much after tho ordor of chintzes and cretonnes, which It close ly resembles. It wears like iron, and as It retails for about 10 cents a yard it la one ot tho most economical and sat isfactory fabrics for all sorts of up hoJsiory purposes. These tickings will soon appear In the varloua college col ors, so that a Yale, Harvard or Princeton man may have things adorn ed la the hues dear to hla heart, THE OLD SCHO01,H0USI5. dated stone building that was the first educational institutions erected west of the Allegheny mountains. It is con siderably moro than 100 years old, and the school conductod within Its walli was the original branch of tho famous Transylvania university. Two presi dents, George Washington and John Adams, made liberal ceatributloni towara building and maintaining tbli school. Among the famous men who, as boys, received the first rudiments of an edu cation in this old stone schsqlhouBa were Governor Allen Trlmblo of Ohio; Governor Clark ot Kentucky; J. Cabell Breckenrldgo, the father of Genoral John C. Breckenrldgo; Dr. Robert Breckenrldgo and his son, ex-Congressman W. C. P. Breckenridge; Thomti F. Marshall, Kentucky's famouB ora tor; and Dr. L. W. Green, president o Hampden-Sldney college. For the past ten years tne historic building has been utilized M a store house for plunder. Ijear In killed is such that the hunters cannet get tho carcass out of tho coun try In goo condition. Then the pelt in taken aft and tho meat Is cut Into strips nnd dried on wlro netting sus pended -over u fire built in a holo In tho ground, a piece of canvas bolng thrown over all during the procosn. The greaso also is tried out, a boar weighing 400 pounds yielding about twenty-five pounds of lard. ThlB Is eagerly bought by hotels and boarding houses In south ern Oregon for cooking purposes. In this city hear fat Is usod by perfum ers. Dried bear meat finds a market In Oregon. Occasionally a shipment of It is mado to this city. Of all the bears which como annually to this market the block bear Is the most common. Tho grizzly and the cinnamon come in very rarely hut the great bald-faced bear ot Alaska is seen frequently strung up in front of Market streot butcher shops, the dressed carcass always at tracting much public attention. and then . . t. ..! i nlirivnnnh m quicKiy jumping uutn. !.. "v.. ,;, Ing tho nnlmnl I discovered that the Jfl1 !... nf lila nlnvflll nRgatlltfl WOS B . J. . bunch or ball of BnnkcB, a 3 or 4 year ) &l .. .... 1 t.M Iflot vi.it'a lirnml I )fl OKI moiner uhu n ". j- - ot young. The day was very warm, the ' g i.iinn in,. nml InlHit nml those '.(- HUH Bllllllllfe V.IUU. - ..o"- I creatures had emerged from their den or ncBt In the ground, n toot or so away jy from tho spot whero thoy were lying, nnd wore sunning thomsolvea. When I, thoy obsorved mo they mado nn attempt in retrain their nest; I killed two of . them, however, boforo they could enter1. I had read Bomowhoro that If a snake's ' young wero taken and tholr bodies ,j drnt-Pi.il nlonc tho ground tho mother , snako would follow tho trail nnd, It sheta found them alive, would couunci mciu back to tho nest. I took the i$v ''''"h 1 had killed and, aftor dragging1 them along tho turf, deposited them on tha pavement Bomo fifty feet from the den, I then resumed my sent on tho porch nnd waited developments. In a short whilo the mothor snake emerged from iho neat nnd, after crawling about for n second or two, strtr-'k tha trail and at once followed It to the pavement and, her dead young. Fortunately I had a witness In tho person ot tuy leuman who was delivering Ice at tho time and? who vrs dumfounded at beholding Hucn nign intelligence in a creature set J fj low In tno scale or. animal lire. I kllle tho old snako (for these snakes gar don moccasins become harmful afte the third year, eating young birds, etc; nnd ten ot her progeny, leaving tw pairs to carry on and pcrpotuate thJ race. . MS No Pie for f.oule. ) A Philadelphia woman has sued hei heartless husband for divorce becauw ho has forbidden her to oat plo. FIGS AND THISTLES 4 Every selfish Joy dies young. It takes a hot flro to purify gold' Ho most lives who lives most fo( others. ( It lb still as safe to trust in God s( It ever was. DoL't give a tract where bread needed most. Life has most in it tor those tt know God best. Woe to that n" keeper '" I Reflection, of " A woman would rntL say more than ho feeh him feel moro than he you see a girl that doesn' to let you see sho wea you may bo sure sho hat Thero never was a married lympathlzed with an olC b there nover was a marrlec didn't. New York Press. Parisian rag-pickers earn a year, II W ''JB' MmM 1 'in