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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
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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
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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.
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