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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1900)
f : li V I 4 i kI is! H t K I 1 5 fi! fot ; m RX ii It DANGEROUS SELF-HYPNOTISM w II.IilAM JACKSON 8PIN noy, who won partly hyp notized thrco weokM iiRO hy 1'rof. Kllnt, a t ravelins mes merist, remains In a Htato of mrsmorla suggestibility, ; thero Ik great concern lent his mind unity weakens under tho Htraln. It ! feared that he will illo. becnuso hei neither Bleep nor eat. y is sovoiiteoii ytxir old, the son f ,'iuia airs, .insnpti w. npitinoy or oliburf. Mass. Prof. Mint It a Mas- chuBotl physician, who has boon In- crested .In hypnotism for several years. Jlo went to Kltohhurg four weeks ago and Kavo exhibitions In Whitney's opera limine. The meetings were crowded. Tho young peoplo went wild over some, of Ills 1 rumntkublo performances. A dozen boys offered themselves as subjects for hyp notic suggestion,, and among thorn was Bplnney. Prof. Kilnt tried In vain to mes merize him. Mo could not Impress him for more than a minute at a tlmo. He could lock his hands together tho phys ical trst generally tried llrst but they would break away In a llttlu while. Bplnney was Interested In hypnotism from tho first, and felt bndly because ho wus not a "subject." Ho attended every gathering and spent most of his tlmo during tho day In practising on his boy companions. Ho succeeded In hypnotiz ing several and was elated. One of the boys went to steep In a doorway under tho Inlluenco of his fixed gaze and the waving of his hand. Then Spinney told tho boy that ho wiu) a ball, and tho boy curled himself up In a wad and rolled along tho ground. Ills success In this nnd other cases caused him to procure books and spend a great deal of time studying thn science. Ho talked mesmerism to his mother and eldor brother constantly and tried to In fluence them. On fho day that I'rof. Kllnt went nway from Kltchburg, Spinney had u bad head cho ami uHked him to try to euro It. They were together In thu opera house, and I'rof. Kllnt punned his hands over tho lad's forehend and told hlin that his head hail slopped aching. And It had. Hut when he went out of tho building and down tho street It was noticed that ho acted strangely. Ho stopped nnd tried to mesmerize every uno lie met. stop ping u young boy on tho walk, says tho Kltchburg oorrosondcnt of thn New York World, ho seized his head and rubbed It, saying. "You nro blind!" The lau began to stagger and grope along thn street. Bplnney laughed wildly and, snap ping his lingers, brought him out of It. That night nt his brother's house Bpln ney conceived the Idea that ho could hyp notist) Himself. He Is u falr-sklnncd, blue eyed, brown-haired lad, and Intensely nervous and energetic. Placing himself In front of a looking glass ho gazed Into his own oyes and rubbed his forehead, re peating, "You can bend ovor buckwurd and It will not hurt you." Then lie tried It, und Biiro enough ho bent backward till he toucned tho floor with his hands. Then he Blood up und deliberately foil over backward and struck his head on the floor. Ills mother and fathor wore In tho room and tried to stop him. Thoy could not hold him, und tho heavy blows on his hoaii did not seem to hurt him. Then ho would suggest that one or his legs was mado of wood, und would stick pins In It to show that It was numb, and would walk stiff-legged. In tho following few days tho family became ulurmed. Ho wus not quiet for n second, vlmtevor thought camu Into his mind ho would Instantly sturt to put It In action, showing, us prof. kh. Hn(1 afterward, tlint ho had hypnotize! himself a iin that ho mado his own "suggestions." Ono of thu hooks ho had procured told liow to hypnotize one's self and how no ono else could bring him out of It. Ho wus sitting In tho kitchen reading and mamiig iKuscs ut himself when hit moth or uocumo exasperated and put tho books In tho lire. Hlu Is sorry now. Pcrhnps the books would have told how to bring him ut. Ho sat still for a while and then dis appeared, it was Hi o'clock that night, after every ono had retired, that Mrs. Spinney discovered ho was not In the house. The family turned out and hunt od tho houso and tho barn, but did not find him. At 11! o'clock Alexander King of Cleghorn, two miles from West Kltch burg. brought tho boy homo. Ho had been found ut that village in an excited statu of mind. He hud gone Into u front yurd and broken u pane of glass from u window and was sawing his light Index finger off on tho broken gluss to show that it did not hurt htm. When surrounded and captured ho could not gtvo his nunio, but said that ho wus J en us, and hud como to that village to sue his father, Clod, Kindly peoplo took tho lud In und Dually Mr. King walked wllli him to this city, tho boy allowing him where ho lived. When tho door of tho kitchen wus ooned Bplnney throw himself upon tho lloor und begun to pruy. Two duys ho wus posscssus! of tho Idea that ho was tho Savior. Then tho ideu loft him altogether. But tho strangest thing about this solf hypuotlc wus that on Tuesdu of tho week lie become unsettled he hud un argument with Ills father In which ho alleged that It was not necessary to sleep. He said L that if ho simply told himself that ha i didn't need to sloop ho would not sleep. To prove this he made passes before his fuca'tuid repeated, '"You do not need to sleep! .You do not nerd to sleep." And Jte has not slept a wink for tho last thtoo woolen. Mr. Bplnney became alarmed at his son's condition and consulted with tho olty marshal. A telegram wan sent to Prof. Kllnt, who caroo at once. "You hypnotized him, nnd nw bring fclin out of It," said the futher. Prof, Kllnt found tho boy in bed, chocks flushed, nerves rigid, eyes set nnd staring. "Ho is under the hypnotic spoil, all right," void lie. Hut nhun Kilnt trlod to bring him out of it he hud no more effect on him. that he would on a piece of stone. "I did not hypnotize him, for If I hud I could hitre brought him out of this," raid Prof. Kllnt. When ho heard, tho modes of tho boy's actions ho said thu lad had mesmerized himself, and ho was tho only person who could bring him forth sane and sound. Hut whn would o do It? t After Prnf. UMInt went tliH fnmflv nVvai- clan was called In. He Is one of tho best physlcluna In Kltchburg, but ho has not treated many men who have hypnotized Mlheinselved into baltovlng that thoy do 'need slop. Ho found that tho lad ?ivd not Blopt for h long tlmo, and he gave iSw A small Injection of morphlittt. It wns 4w that would not huva affected the ordinary man In thn least, but It opened tip a now proposition In tho Held of mes merism, and showed Unit n patient under tho Inlluenco of hypnotic suggestion must not ho treated with medicine. All last Monday night .voting Bplnney's life wns despaired of. Tho drug had no effect upon his mind, but the Injection of morphine nearly stopped tho action of tho heart altogether. It fluttered weakly all night, nnd thcro was hardly enough breath to keep him alive. Krom dusk to dawn his father and brother walked him mercilessly up nnd down tho lloor, pound ing him with shingles to keep up the cir culation, At dnyllght tho action of tho drug woro Itself out nnd the physician had the satisfaction of going home know lug Mint tho mysterious patient would live another day at least. Tuesday night a much lighter doso of morphine was given him, nnd lie seemed to rest all right, but It was believed ho did not become unconscious, lilt) mind scorns constantly nwnke Another Interesting feature, of the case Is that the boy will lie In his bed hour after hour und day nfter day In ono atti tude, his body apparently asleep, but his mind obeying the command not to sleep It Is thn opinion of tin physician that In tlmo this state will wear Itself out, and ho will emerge from It himself again. Hut he Ls growing thin. He eats hardly nnythlng. Thursday ho mado some pre tense at rating. Ono of tho Indications of the stnte of hypnotic suggestibility Is the fact that while lio rests on tils bed In a front room ho Is conscious of everything that hap pens In tho houso and the neighborhood. Ills mother told the story of tho nffnlr to the reporter In n whisper In the kitch en. It was Impossible for him to he.tr a word. And yet when the reporter went In to see him ho knew everything thnt had happened, and even know tho thoughts of the reporter beforo ho ex pressed them. Ills mother has heard that the Tlud dhlst priests of India practise this state of coma, and that their bodies apparently sleep while their minds nre liberated und go traveling through tquco conscious of things that happen In distant pluces. His eldest brother, James II. Spinney, who Is u bright young man, has studied hypnotism. Ho said to tho World re porter: "I think that Prof. Kllnt had nothing to do with It. My brother has hypno tized himself, und It Is one of the rules of tho sclonco that only the person who gave the suggestion can recall It. If tnv nrctner should happen, In tho strained mental condition he is In to hayo tho thought 'Go to sleep nnd get rested,' he would sleep and como out of it. We can not suggest It to him. Ho pays no ut. tontlon. When thnt ono idea strikes him ho will sleep llko an infant, nnd will wake well, n Is a mysterious science full of awe. and should not be trilled with." Tho family physician is of the opinion that tho boy Is temporarily deranged by ovorstudy nnd work. Ho has studious turn of mind and has been a groat reader of bookg. Some of the Q ueerWords of Our Queer Language "Wanted Immediately-Capable snar ler: nlso goffer, buffer and boy to lo ly. An iiUvertlHeinunt similar to this Ih nllegcd to hnvo appealed re cently In a newspaper, nnd there Is no reason why it should not have done so. I he advertising columns or a newspa per should be fusclnatlng study to the philologist. There nre to be found in them words in common und dully use by people. In certain trades nnd prof,., slons which nie entirely unintelligible to people outside of those employments, but were once common property. Tnko tills specimen "ad." A capable snailer would at once suggest to tho average mind some dlsagreubie ncqualntance whose dunlltlcutlons ought to got him the Job upon application. Hut thnt Is urn uie oranii or a snarior wanted there Is no need to advertise for that brand; they nre bound to happen. A capable snurler may be a most pleasant nnd lovable person. A snurler Is one who flutes hollow mt'tnl ware with a snurlliiK Iron. He works on teapots and such like articles and makes them look pretty. A goffer does not tiPcesHnrlly play golf. In some parts of ICnghuid people who make knife blades nre called goffers, though most commonly goffers nre peoplo who nilfe figures on metal or leather, like the llgures on embossed leather. In old style bookbindings cer tain ornninentnl styles of elites for the leaves were said to be "goffered." The word goffer Is ulso used to mean ilutlng or crimping. To call a person a "buffer" Is no In sult. A buffer may bo either young or old. Generally a buffer Ih a woman, points out the Now York Press. The buffer ls n person who stands by a re volving wheel covered with leather and by a mixture of sand and oil smooths oft tho surfuee of any silver goods in uie process or manufacture. Other workmen who mleht have iiemi called' for in the advertisement are "wrigglers" and "worm-enters." Wrig glers und worm-eaters might be thought to have some mysterious trade afllnlty. Hut a wriggler docs not wriggle, nor does a worm-enter make a diet of those leimlHlve nrniitiiruti Wrli,nii. ... .... BrftVers who devote their working hours to me trncing of those zigzag lines which are so often a feature of cheap Britannia metal teapots. Worm-eaters are persons who assist the makers of spurious oak furniture to deceive J j(e public by drilling worm noies into the wood so us to give it an ancient appearance. "A boy to dolly" nienns that a boy is wanted to tend a dolly machine. Now thero are several kltuiB of dolly ma chines. In generul a dolly Is a machine with n revolving wooden disk in It. One kind of dolly Is a washing machine nnd unotlier is a machine for separating metals. There recently appeared In nn lCng llsh paper nn advertisement which would puzzle nny Amerlsun nnd most Kngllshmon. It read: "Swllllc.k for sale, or enn be addled. Apply Rose Nook." Swllllck is nn old Yorkshire nnmo for swill, or pigs' food. "Addle" Is another Yorkshire nnmo for "earn ing" nnd. "nook" meuns cottnge. So the advertisement read: "Swill for sale, or can be enrned (worked for.) Apply ut Hose Cottugc." tmrnhmmthn) off Slbem Wsiit m Mmtfm M OHIO wonderful than any transformation scone on tho stago has been the real trans formation of Siberia. Mclo liama lias dono its shnro in orontltlg tho irmirMudnn tint Siberia Is nothing more than a howling wosto of snow and ice. Ono of the wid est spread and longest lived Joculnr uses to which this popular Impression of SI borla has been put exlstit In tho police force In almost every large city In America. Most of theso cities have sparsely settled suburbs, the homos, for tho most jmrt, of men employed In manu facturing establishments. An assignment to police duty In those localities Is In fho nature of nn exile, und so, in tho inngtingo of the Mice, tho cop who Is condemned to punishment Is "sent to Siberia." Kr roneous is all these Impressions of Si beria tiro when tho test of to-day Is np. piled, yet It Is not the foreigner only who holds this mistaken belief To tho ma jority of tho Inhabitants of St. Petersburg and Moscow Siberia Is as unknown ns It Is to the clay eaters of the Southern United States. Those Americans who have asked men of affairs In Moscow what clothes to tnko to Siberia have been told that furs nlways are necessary, ow ing to, tho extremo cold. Yet in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk tho ther mometer for days In August registered 110 tZT.. "m. ""? ,?l0"'e8 VXCT Uo w.n.u Wa nun. uuu llllfll WIHIJ UOflOlUlCly unruuliirab1( "Let Siberia speak for herself," snyn Thomort Smith, our consul In Moscow. She Is n country Inside of which the whole of tho United States could bo put with plenty of room to sjnaro. Whllo tho world's knowledge of Siberia to-day Is marvelous comimred with that of even ten years ago, vast portions of the coun try uro still unexplored, even by the Husslsns. It will tnko American mining enterprlso to open up tho wonderful mineral re source of Siberia, nnd thnt America's hand In tho development of this country Is not nntogether hidden is evident to one who stands In the streets of Tomsk and sees American mowing mnchlnes rattle through on tho way to the wheat Holds, or to ono who, passing nlong tho dusty highways of Krasnoyarsk, sees a policeman whirling nlong on an American bicycle. To-day the New Yorker can go from this city, by way of Horlin, Moscow und Irkutsk, to Vladlvostock, on the Pacific m iweniy-nvo days. A railway utmost connecting Asia and America at tho Ber ing straits ls predicted of tho future, l'hero is, engineers say, no obstacle in tho way except the terrltlc cold of winter and tho Immense Holds of tundra, or "steppes," through which a path must be cut. A railway lino through such a country as Northeastern Siberia will "not bo so dllllcult to construct us was the lino of the White Pass and Yukon route. blberia 1ms many cities of from 10,000 to 60.000 inhabitants. Hotels supplied with comfortable rooms, restaurants which may truly be said In many cases to bo palatial, electric lights and telc Phono connections aro not dllllcult to Ind. Ono may traverse Siberia with his hands folded, If he so wishes; as tho ele gant weekly vestlbuled train Is supplied with bath, piano, dining saloon, drawing room, leather sofus, easy chulrs and ob servation car, the wholo fitted with elec tric lights and call bells. Tho cost of this remarkable Journey of 3,1J0 miles Including sleeper. Is only $U, drst cluss! Antiquated und expensive methods nro in uso by even tho largest companies for working tho placer deiwslts; these meth ods having undergone no Improvement n the last llfty yours. At many mines In Siberia a.ooo nun nnd 600 horses nre ,,s m u single proporty to nrodur.. i?m,i J not exceeding Jli.oou.ooo a year. In somo iviKtu, us in tho pltttlnum mines of tho Ural, this (juota of men and horses Is em ployed for an output not exceeding $w,. Ono. This on ground, too, where tho em ployment of dredges and mechanical ex cavators Is In all ways feasible, and wheru oftentimes the auriferous gravel could bo convoyed advantageously to tho washing machines by wiro ropo gravity trams. Mr. Purington states that, nc cording to conservative calculations, If mechanical conveyors nnd Improved types of sluices woro Installed In mines In SI borla nt present worked by the old meth ods, tho gold output of tho Russian em pire would bo Increased at least throo time ovor Its present amount. On uc count of the general flatness of tho coun try, mining by means of hydraulic power will never have a great future In Siberia; but in many districts sulllclent grade can bo obtained for tho uso of hydraulic ele vators. Kor dredging river beds, tho method of placer mining now pursued with such success In California, Montann and New Zealand, could well bo employed In tho Siberian gold fields. Tho miles of auriferous river beds capable of being so worked, number tens of thousands. The quartz deposits In Siberia nro en tirely undeveloped. Thero nro probably to-day not over a dozen stump mills operating In tho wholo country, nnd It Is doubtful If over 160 stamps are dropping. Of tho old typo of roller tyio gold mills, there aro also a fctw. Hut oven with tho makeshift contrivance in use. tho opera tlons frequently pay large profits. Deep mining is unknown; It Is doubtful if there Is a slnglo shaft In tho limits of tho Russian empire which has penetrated n precious metal deposit to n depth greater than "00 feet. At water level, whoro the free milling ore shops nnd sulphurets be gin, work Is discontinued; nnd, except In two or threo Instances nlong tho Ural chain, the working of concentrates by cyanldlng or chlorinntlon Is unknown. So far ns known, only one operator has In stalled thoroughly up to date milling, con centrating nnd chlorinntlon plants. The difficulties of transporting machin ery to such deposits are much less thn generally supposed. Of high mountains, such as tho Rockies and Sierra Novada, Siberia hns practically none. In the Cau casus alone aro precipitous peaks nnd high passes. As ls well known, the in terior of Siberia ls penetrated by a not work of vast waterways, rendering In land transportation easy nnd cheap. Heavy freight can bo inld down in Cen tral Siberia, at tho majority of the mines nbout the Yenisei rlvor, at prices not ex ceeding $s0 a ton from Now York. It wntcr transportation Is mado use of, this price may bo reduced nearly one half. Krelght loaded nt Hull, Kng., la transported by way of tho Arctic ocean to tho mouth of tho Yenisei river, where, being reloaded to steamers of lighter draught, It Is shipped direct to Krasna yorsg, the crossing point of the Trans Siberian railway, and oven as far south , ns Minusinsk, closo to the Mongolian frontier. Krom San Krancisco to the gold mines of tho Omgooti river, In Eastern Siberia, says the New York Press, It is n matter of water transportation entire ly, the route by way of the Amur and Omgoon rivers being nuvlgablo to steam ers tho whole distance to tho mines. Tho samo Is true of many of tho rich placers ulong tho Zoyn and Sellmga, fur ther up tho river Amur. Ilegulnr steamer lines, furnishing excellent ncommodntlons for passengers, ply during the open scn son from Nlcolalvsk, the mouth of the Amur, to Strctcnsk, the present terminus of the rnllway, a distance of nearly two thousnnd miles. Ijibor, its cost and kind, is an impor tant factor In the future development of Siberia's mineral wealth. Prices paid for labor In Russia and Siberia nro exceed ingly low from 15 cents n day In tho ro Klon of tho Southern Urals, where much KTaln Is raised and whoro tho country ls thickly settled, to $l.r.O a day In North ern nnd Eastern Siberia, In tho regions of Intense cold, nnd where tho mines are remote from tho sources of supply. In nil cuses the laborers feed themselves. Tho reason of the cheapness of mining labor In Siberia Is that the wants of the people are few. The workmen nre of the pensnnt class, and It may be said that the larger proportion of them can neither rc'l nr write. Their food consists of mutton, blnck bread, domestic fowls, eggs, milk and tea. Most of the neces saries of life are supplied by their own farms or gardens, nnd tholr purchases, besides ten, sugar and vodka (tho na tional stimulant), arc few. Their clothes cost little, and their enjoyments are usu ally limited to the celebration of tho nu merous civil and religious holidays by mutual visiting und the consumption. In greater or less quantities, of vodka. In no country can be found men who more cheorfully sustnln tho hard labor, priva tion nnd sudden and severe changes of climate than the Russian and Siberian peasants. Why Willie Walks With a Tired Feeling "lloo hoo, hoo." rang through the houso at 2 a. m. "Great Governor! What Ls that7" and the head of the house sat up In bed and blinked at nn electric light shlnlnj; through tho window. "John, stay right where you arc; I'll" not let you go down stairs to bo killed. Did yod ever hear such a noise?'" "Mama, what in It?" came In an agi tated whisper from the next room, nnd then tho daughter rushed wildly into tho parental bedchamber. "Keep cool, now. Don't go into no hlgh Btrikes. I'm going to boo what that Is," and he dug up an old muzzle-loading pis tol he had carried In the Civil war and that had been loaded since 1873. "I'll show 'cm. Every mans' house ls his own cast " "Hoo, hoo, hoo." The father dropped the gun and it blew a whole corner off the bureau. IDie daughter dived under tho bed and tho mother yelled "Murder!" at tho top of tier lungs. "Shut up!" ordered the veteran, ns ho reached for Ills artillery. "Stay right where you nro. I'll light my way to the telcphono and get tho police. If they get to shooting down thero don't show n light. 1 know the house nnd they don't." "Hoo, hoo, hoo," Just ns the old gentle mnn reached the top of tho stairs. Ho went down like a cartwheel nnd shot a hole In tho celling as big us the bottom of n tub. "Did you hear my owl?" shouted AVII llo, ns ho dnshed from tho third story. "Got him In the country yesterday and hung him In tho dining room when I got homo bust night. Hain't he a dandy?" Poor Willie! Ho walks like a boy with Inflammatory rheumatism, nnd the last ho saw of his owl it was flying over tho barn toward Rcdfleld. Detroit Free Press. Puttee Paralysis the Newest War Disease In soldiers Invalided home from tho noer war a now disease has been discov ered, to which tho doctors have given tho name of "puttee paralysis" Instead of weiring leggings In Scuth Africa many ofllcers and soldiers woro strips of cloth called "puttees" wound around tho lower leg. These, being bound tight, seem In somo cases, to have pressed upon certain nerves, nnd when the men became weak from fever a pnrnlysls of tho feet and toes resulted. At first the disease was called "enteric feet," us it generally ap peared In men who wero recovering from enteric or typhoid fever. Upon investi gation, however, it was found thut the primary cause of tho disease was tho puttee, bo It became 'puttee paralysis." The long marches, tho tense movements of the legs, especially when Infantry suf dlcrs wero mounted, and the uneven pressure of tho puttees caused such a condition of things the dlseaso could eas ily bo accounted for. Hereafter leggings will probably never bo abandoned for puttees. Stars Thnt OuUlilnr the Hnn. Prof. Simon Newcomb, writing of stars which aro so distant that they have no mensurnble parallax, remarks that ono of these, tho brilliant Canopus, can be said, with confidence, to bo thousands of times brighter than the sun. "Whether we should say 20,000, 10,000 or fi.OOO no one can decide." Th first magnitude stars, nigel and Splca, also nre at an immeasurable distance, and must, in view of their nctual brightness, enormously outstiine tho sun. Youth's Companion. Ilevond Him. She Aro those Russian names really as twisted as they look? He They are, Indeed. Somo of them are so hopelessly involved that even A railroad brnkemnn could not pronounco them. Indianapolis Journal. A Wnll l'rom Hxprrlpner, Carter I'll tell you what, old man, wlfe-bentlng Is nn nwful thing. Morter Maybe, hut I don't think It's hnlf ns bnd ns having a wife that you know you can't bent." Boston Courier. Single-handed Fights WITH UIG GAMiJ In South Africa. Thcro hnvo Just been received In Kng land particulars of the tragic death of Harry Attrlll, formerly woll known In South London, and a member of nn old Onmborwell family, who wus killed whllo hunting elephants. It wus in Addo bush, not far from Port Kllzubeth, South Af rica. Attrlll wus out, accompanied by hU head native nflslstatit named Crick. They had killed one elephant nnd liad wounded a calf, when they came unex pectedly upon another hugo female. Uoth fired, bringing the monster to her kne(; but sho wus up ngaln in a flash, and charged with great ferocity. Hath men separattd, and got into positions whence nolther could see tho other. Suddenly Crick heard terrible screams proceeding from a ravine on his left, and found, on runtdng to the spot, that the enraged an imal had got his master down and was trumping him to death. Kventuullv tho elephant fell to tho native's rltle, but At trlll was then dent). The narrowest escape from death or P. C. Selous of South African hip game fame, was In a light with an elephant. It wus un old bull, nnd had been badly wounded, but mnnuged, nevertheless, to charge llcrcely, trumpeting loudly ut tho same time. Selous tired twice at it as it advanced, and was Just pulling the trig gor of his reserve rifle for it third hot. when the elephant struck him, and ho went down under It. Quick as a Hash tho vicious beast knelt, hoping to crush Its antagonist, but Se lous wns too nimble Rolling quickly to one Bide, ho Just escaped being caught beneath -the fulling elephant in Its death agony. C. Allan Cooke, ttio Indian hunter, sin gle-handed, once tracked a wounded tlgross to Its lnlr, and there slew It. Tho wounded animal had taken refuge In the forthermost corner of tho cave, the en trance to which was by a narrow ni.d tortuous passage nlong which Mr. Cooke hnd to drag himself on his hands and kneeifl. The dead body was found ta mii-isure 0 feet .'I Inches one of the larg est tigers ever killed In India. Tht chief trophy in tho Sports club, St. James' Square, London, is an enormous lion skin, the original wcarei of which was killed In single combat by Cnpt. George Campbell. In Somallland. Th mi mal, on being wounded, charged down upon thn gallant captain with u long, swinging gait, bowled him over, and be gnn chewing his twelve-bore rltle, growl ing and snarling horribly all the time. Willie engaged In this Interesting pas time a Snmall attendant actually seated himself astride tho huge brute, who. In turn, had Capt. Campbell beneath him. His majesty, however, had received his death wound, and, while each of his two two-legged enemies wns debating within himsolf what was best to do next, ho heaved a tremendous sigh, his splendid head dropped, his erstwhile bright eyo grew dim, and, with scarcely a tremor, he was dead. The natives of the NKglrls. India, tell to this day of the slaying of "The Jhoot Demon" by Col. Downing of tho East India company's service. The brute was a man-eater, and on each occasion when lie had committed ono of his murders a strango lungoor (monkey) had been seen In the neighborhood. This curious cir cumstance set Col. Downing thinking, with tho result that he had a natlvu child put to sleep in a cot on the veranda of his bungalow, while ho himself watolied, armed with u heavy express ride. Kor three nights nothing happened. On the fourth u lungoor hopped out Into tho clearing In front of tho bungalow, tho Junglo shook, nnd a glguntlc tiger, abso lutely naked of hair, followed tho little creature. The lungoor lifted Its head In tho moonlight and It then became evident that it was stone blind. Its eyes were of a dull, dend white, without light, intelli gence or movement. Arriving within Jumping distance of tho sleeping child, tho lungoor gave a low Blgnal cry, and tho tiger bounded straight as an arrow at its prey. Hut whllo It was yet In mld-alr tho colonel's rillo rang out and tho brute's huge, hulrlcss bodf fell with a crash on tho veranda. The Becond bullet put an end to tho career of tho lungoor guldo. Sir Robert Harvey of Langloy Park, Slough, onco shot and wounded a huge East African buffalo by common con sent among big game hunters rcgurded as the most vindictive of wild bcusts, Tho beast received the contents of both bar rels of an express rlflo, but hnd neverthe less sulllclent light left In him to charts fiercely. Sir Robert grabbod ono of Its enormous horns und wns Jerked fifteen i feet Into tho air Ills native gun-bearer bravely run to his assistance, and was gored to death In the twinkling of an eye. In tho confusion Sir Robert mnunged to selzo unotlier rlllo, and finished tho mon stor with a shot through the heart. On another ocaslon ho fired at a lion ess at thirty yards and missed, Tho smoko ' hung, and Sir Robert stooped to peep un- j der It oro firing ngaln. At thnt moment ' ho felt a curent of nlr above him, us ; though some heavy body wero Hying over I his buck. Tho lioness landed several feot on the other sldo of tho stooping hunter. Ho turned sharply, and fired Just as she was crouching for n second spring, break ing her back. T. W. Greenfield fought a duel to the death with n Somallland Hon. He had shot and slightly wojnded It, and was following it up through a dense brush, with a couple of native attendants. Sud denly he stumbled almost rlght-a-top of his llonshtp, crouching In a small clear ing. The nnlmal sprang, growling terri bly, nnd Grcenleld lot him havo both bar rels right In tho face, Tho Ion never paused, however, but pinned his nssall ant to the ground with ono paw and tore a piece out of Greenfield's' thigh. Tho man turned over on his face. Tho Hon sank his talons in tho muscles of the man's back and felt for his throat with his teeth. Luckily help was at hand and tlit; lion was shot through the head ns ho was within nn aco of finishing his man. In relating tho occurrence nfter ward Greenfield Insisted that all the whllo the lion was mauling hi in he felt absolutely no pain. What jho did feel was the lion's hot breath In'hls fuo and his blood welling up from ills wounds over his flesh. ! "I have stroni? doubts fbout Ten. spot's being a genuine flshermnn," said VtUiurtu. "Why?" asked Cawker. "He never refers to trout speckled beauties." Detroit Freo Pre csjtt I White llfilln ml Tnrhcyw. Wo raised n small flock of these beau tiful birds this year. Several years ngo wo trl'-d raising turkeys, but near neigh bors also were In the biubies. so that by fall our turkeys wero so badly mixed lift that wo were at a loss to decide to whom they rcnlly belonged. So wo sold off all that wo could hoiostly lay claim, to und went out of the turkey bualness us wo supped for gtod and all. Hut as nil of our neighbors kept tho HroiiM variety we at lost concluded to try it ngaln, nnd this tlmo got a trio of whlto lTollund. I do n't know whether they witc the pure lined or not. but they wero pure whito anyway nnd we could by thut mciiiM Identify our property. Wo had very good luck In gelling a nico lot of llttlo follows hutched out. Ono hen camo oft with sixteen out of seventeen eggs she hnd beon sitting on. The other orougnt off six nnd with a few othem hatched by our old Hrahma hens wo hnd it nice lot to start with. In the first placo the ohlggers enmo very near getting the best of us, but by putting some Ilcc-klllr In the bottom of the coop nnd around the sides, and by greasing them with kero sene nnd Inrd mixed we at length got rid of the chlggers. And how 'those little fel lows did grow. Then a hawk took a lik ing for lender; Juicy turkeys nnd he feust ed on them for iiwhlK Hut n number of them escnped his nlcrt eyett und now they are a beautiful sight. We think them more beautiful than the Hron.o. Indeed, we nro partial to white poultry of nil kinds and now have White Hralimas, white guineas nnd whlto turkeys. And a bountiful sight Is seen when they all mix up over a plot of grass or a clover Hold. Turkeys aro good lnsojt destroyers and will forago for hoppers over a largo area of wheat fields, and will destroy enough of thoso voracious Insects to pay ror nil tliev i.fl( t.i .tl ....... . ... .. . . ' " " " "i grain, wo tninlc that for that purpose nlnne they should o .ounu on every inrgo rarm. Of course if you live on a few acres and aro en Baged In gardening, we would not nd vise keeping them.-J. o. Shroyer In Prairie Farmer. G r nml in ntlirr'a Rained I)ntiKlinrttn. Raised doughnuts nre much more wholefomo than those mado with bak Ing powder or soda, as they do not ab sorb so muoh fnt In cooking. Grand mother's raised doughnuts wero especial ly delicious, and were always served at tho Thanksgiving feast. I give her recipe, ami any one who trio it will feel amply repaid If directions aro fol lowed. Uso ono cup each of milk, water and lard, two cups sugar, two eggs, ono heaping teaspoon salt, half a cup yeast, or ono yeast cako softenod In hnlf a cup water. Sot tho SKnge at noon In this way: Mix the lard, salt and sugar togothor .add the egg and beat all to gether. Warm the milk and water an for broad, and pour over the eggs, lard and sugnr. Add tho yeast, and flour enough to mnke a stiff batter. Heat thoroughly and set In a warm place to rise. By bedtlmo It should bo very light and ready to mix up hard. Add half a teaspoon soda, hnlf a sm.il! n. meg grated, and enough flour to handle nicely. Knend the dough like bread until smooth nnd elastic. Plnco In a pan, cover and set In a warm place to rtso ngaln over night. In the morning, roll In a thin shoot nnd cut Into rings. Let remain on tho board until very light, then fry In nice, sweet lurd. Whllo yet warm, roll the cakes In jxjwdered sugar. Orange. Judd Farmer. Dairy Pointers. If tho butter ls mottled, work It n llttlo after salting. Wash all milk vessels with cold watcr beforc scalding. Whitewashed stables mean fower Hlea and more milk. Crosses ure usually better for farmers than pure breeds. Do not wet your hands when mllk-ing-If you do you flavor tho milk. You wuste "T por cent of your butter In summer by not using a separator. Adding hot water to cream whllo churn ing ls tho worst of all practices. If tho butter Is too soft feed tho cow somo potatoes. Whenever possible test the cow's milk before buying hor. A cow that tests bolow 3 per cent Is not worth keeping. Cows and horses should not bo allowed In tho same pasture. Richer feed does not mean richer milk; It means nioro milk. Rural World. Apple Under Recipe. To make apple butter In larga-or small quantities that will keep a year, huva apples pared tho day beforo; next morn ing liang on kettle, fill with cider nnd lot como to boll; skim off all Impurities, dip out ono-thlrd of the cider Into an other kettle nnd ke; both kettlc3 boll. Ing. Now tnke a meit chopper nnd run tho apples ult through, then put nil in first kottln nnd begin to stir; us It cooks down till up with ltolllng elder from tho other kettle; keep lllllng and stirring until apple butter Is ready to talTo off, which will bo between two and threo hours, or whenever a thin skin forms on top of dish when cooled, Wlicnevor elder settles around In the dish tho npplo buttor must bo cooked longer, but apple butter mado In this way will be smooth and firm nnd lit for the tablo of a king. Twenty-five gallons can be made in thrco hours; and, oh, what an improve-, mont of time, labor, imtle-nce, fuel, etc., over the old way; have tried both and know whoreof I speak. Mrs. John Gall lard In Practical Farmer. Poultry Points, The odor of oil of pennyroyal Is al ways disagreeable to vermin. Sund docs not make a good substitute for gravel in tho poultry yard. If your fowls nro not looked after do not expect too much from them. Animal food, like meat or milk, Is al ways appreciated by the poultry. A llttlo flaxseed meal In the food will help the old fowls to pass their moult quickly. Air-slacked lime, freely dusted every where, Is cheap nnd will destroy lice, gapes und roup. Poultry brought from rural districts In Russia nnd Italy ure fattened In spe cially devised cam while. In transit to England, so that when they arrive they are In better condition than when they stnrted. - ' " ' nemember Mint tho soojier tho hens moult tho sooner theyvj) to laying In tho fall. Tho shorter the moulting per iod tho more nctlvo nnd vigorous they nre. Add n gill of Unseed mciil to each quart of soft food and you will help things greatly. I i ii i 1 J n ii i.U i '' BEBiIi.JM.aj!-hTM Wrtt3U8B-4gTtcMBCWHg VW-g-' I If ill! in I I li mil iniimil Kill Ull I I I llll !! IISll 11 I I Ml I Ttrtsc mt . - F r i- .. nc"..-T-. - - r z n - - - - '