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BACKWOODS MYSTERY DON'T know what lo think of It, mn," said Harry Blakcly, as ho entered tho house, with an anx ious look upon his face, and carefully hung his rlflo In Its place on hooka near thd open fireplace. "I don't know , what to think of It," ho ropfated. "That'll, the third tlmo that critter, whatever It 1b, has bcon around here this week, nnd every tlmo It has comj a cow or some other domestic nnlmni'has been killed by It. It's not a boar, that's certain, for a bear don't make tracks In tho snow like a wolf; and yet It ain't a wolf, for tho wolf don't live that daro como alone Into tho clearing nnd attack tho cattle. I'm clean- beat out, and It begins to look ns tnough we'd havo to do something des perate if we expect to savo any of our slock." Mr. BinUoly waB ono of the pioneers of northern Wisconsin, having but a year Wore moved Into tho country with hlr wife nnd 9-year-old boy, from Illi nois. Ho had been forced to loavo Illi nois irpwuise his farm had been taken . from him on a mortgage. Ills present homo consisted of a small log cabin at tho edj of a clearing, perhaps thirty rodB across, from which tho tlmbor had not lorfg'fecforo been cut. Tho placo was nny thing but n palace, but It was a home, nnd this satisfied tho pioneers, who were willing to wait for hotter timer." Ot Into dlro misfortune had fallen upon ho family, and also upon tho oilier residents of the scattering settle ment. "With tho winter had como a HtrniiRnnirunl, which hnd not yet been seen by any ono, but whirli hnd made Ifoi presence felt by killing stock and prowling about the cabins at night In anything but a reassuring manner. .All efforts to hunt down tho animal had proved of no avail, and ccarcoly nj night passed but the settlement was visited 'by tho unknown terror and itciek killed. The ploneo.'u had tracked Ih'o animal to a rocky ledge along tho Hrtile river, now noted as n trout fltroam, but hero all trnco ended as coiftplotely as though tho animal had taken wings and flown Into the air. "Can't you net a trap and catch tho nnlmnl?" asked llttlo Johnnie niakoly of his father, nftcr tho lnttcr had put thorlllo In Its proper placo and wan dosorbiug to his wife tho great damage tho unknown crcaturo was doing In the . neighborhood. According to Dlakely tho anlmnl was endowed with whnt scorned to be nlmost litunnn cunning nnd kept out of sight of the hunters in a manner that was at once strnugo and tin-lfylng. "A strap's no uso," replied lllnkely, moodily. "The brute knows too much to runTnto a'ny trap. It seems as though it were tho Evil Ono himself," and with n scowTon his face tho father turned to his suppqr. Tho wholo Bottloment was in a state of terror and but few dared venture from tholr cnblns at night, for fear of the unkuown creature, which could be heard now and then In tho woods, giv ing vent to long-drawn howls, which ended in a curious, half-human cry. Search after search was made for the animal, but without success. Tho win ter wore on, and nt tho opening of spring there wns not a settler In tho region who was not a heavy loser from the depredations of tho animal, which "I itt' SSsh Xi. - ,il. tCJ -r-isJiwA-aL. -" "" r r -AM 'J -. m tn'-JSMZMM. -tmm : t J '.' VK3' 5i PtjLLED THE TRIGOER. b omculoclarcd was a panther, whllo oth ortf insisted that it must bo nn Indian devil, tho woodsman's name for nn an imtil of tho cat family which Inhabits the north woods. Thoro wns a standing reward of 550 for tho head of tho unknown beast, and tho amount seemed like a fortune to llttlo Johnnie, who often thought how delightful it would bo If lie could only oarn all this money. As he lay In his bed that night llttlo did ho dream that before, many days ho would earn tho rcwjO-d and win praiso from tho set tlor for his coolness and bravery. Ono Sunday afternoon while Johnnlo was-ulono In the houso, his father and mojhor having gone to tho village to at tend meeting in tho church, ho heard a ooKmotlon among tho cattle, which warp llnclosed In a sninll houso near tho house. On looking from tho door UiOj,bo; saw an animal about tho slzo o"t,A largo dog, only longor and more axklve, making nn attack upon a half grown cow, which was bellowing plt ooualy as she endeavored to escape from tho creature Tho animal had cvldontly Jumpod up on th'o cow from boh i nil and was tour ing dt tho animal's nook, from which the blood was pouring in a stream. For an Ini.tant Johunie was nowerleas to &, for he realized that bofore him w tho unknown bruto which had been causing so much trouble among thiettlrs. Stewly his senses returned to him nail cautlouily ho took hi father's rllle, vtkJi he knew to be loaded, from Us fc a isaafc-wpsa .. "vanl, 4v V ..Bill- .. .!. -U1,J jflBr 7 . - ,v)e ..- ,BUJU :-" yZ&fiTr tmf V LESs3 - "Si' VJ.i -r ar - f '111' I I hCgHT - 1 ".-J.-"" resting-place on tlie wall, nnd then IllOVCU UilUri lJ I"" uuunmj. vouub tho heavy rifle nrross a chair thoro, ho j silently walled for tho marauder to inovo n trlllo to tho right, so that a bolter shot could bo hnd. After tonrlng nt tho unfortunate cow until Bho sank Hfeloss to tho ground tho pantherfor panther tho nnlmnl proved to bo nto its fill of tho quiver ing flosh and then slowly turned to ward tho house. As the great cat saw the boy, kncollng in tho doorway and trembling with excitement and fear, it gavo a snnrl and crouched low, mov ing Its tall rapidly from aldo to sldo, its eyes shining llko living coalB in tho dark. With a murmured prayer, Johnnie took a quick aim and pulled tho trigger. Tho animal gavo a leap luto tho air toward tho boy, uttered n savage scream of rage, which echoed far and wide, nnd fell back dend, with a bullet In Us brain. It wns some mlnuteB be foro .Tohnnlo dared approach tho fallen creature and when ho did ho vfan more thnn nstonlshcd to find around Its neck a broad, leather strap, which had evi dently been placed there by humnn hands. While Johnnie wns wondering what It all meant and how tho strap camo thoro, Mr. and Mrs. Blakcly drove up. Tho mother was too frightened to speak, as she gazed at tho dead panther and thought of tho danger In which her boy had been placed. Tho father, after mn It I n e n. rrltlp.il nxnmlnatlon of tho ' animal and tho collar around Its neck, nt onco sot out for tho homo of his near est nolghbor. On his return ho announced that tho mystery of tho panthor would probably I be cleared up on tho morrow, as a J party Intended to mako a search for t tho lnlr of tho nnlmal and find If It wcro to bo found. Llttlo Johnnlo pleaded to . I bo allowed to accompany tho party, but i could not gain consent, no his mother ontorod n firm nnd emphatic protest. In tho early morning hounds wero secured nnd a small party of the set tlers tool: up tho trail of tho panther. It led to the ledge of'rocks on tho Urulo river, where tho nnlmnl had successful ly hidden so many times when pur sued by tho hunters. This tlmo tho hounds kept tho Bcent and it was found that tho homo of tho crcaturo had been In a cave almost hidden from sight, which conld only bo reached by leaping over a deep cut In tho rocks. As tho party entered tho don, which ran back Into tho rocks for some dis tance, tho smell of smoko greeted tholr nostrils. Almost too much astonished to speak, tho men slowly advanced and at last camo to tho flic. Near it wnu seated a half-breed Indian, fondling two small panther cubs, evidently the young of tho female which had boon killed tho day bofnro by Johnnlo Blakcly. Tho Indian jumped to his feet as tho men, with tholr rifles at tholr shoulders, approached, nnd made a dash for tho opening of tho cavo. He never reached It, for a rllle was discharged, probably accidentally, In tho excitement of tho moment, nnd tho half-breed fell on his faco, blood pouring from a terrlblo wound In his chest. Everything possible wns done for the sufferer, but It was seen that ho was imiruiiijr WUUU..VU. n .. ,vu L?d"5Lr", JJlZlfXi he gasped painfully onco or twice and then spoke. Ho had como Into tho neighborhood tho previous fall, ho said, bringing with htm tho female panther, which ho had captured and tamed in Michigan. In thlB cavo ho had lived alono, with only his savago pet for a companion. Hero tho cubs had boon born and ho wns endeavoring to train thorn as ho had trained their mother to kill and bring to him whatever camo in nor path. Human bones wcro found In tho cave, but when tho half-breed's body was taken to tho settlement, along with tho cul)3, no mention of these bones was made by the men, who decided that no good could come from It. Tho body was given a decent burial; the cubs wcro killed nftcr being on ex hibition for a fow days, and the rewnrd of $50 was paid to Johnnlo Blakely, who is now a business man in a Wis consin city and who hlgly prizes an old-fashioned muzzle-loading riflo nnd a tattorcd panther-skin rug, which oc cupy positions of honor in his homo. 'Twns ho who related to me the story ns here given. Nothing was over learned concerning tho Identity ot tho hnlf brrcd, nlthough Inquiries wore made, nnd It is moro than probable that ho had beon more or loss crazy, had raised tho old panther from a cub and had wandered from Michigan over Into Wis consin, as he said. Can't Sao the Jnko. Hero Is the serious manner In which a big London dally and a sedate Lon don magistrate treated nn old-tlmo Amorlcnn joke: "A strange socloty was brought to light during tho hear ing of a case before iho Thames mag istrate. Several men were charged with stealing a watch from a sailor and woro all discharged except Alexander Fullertou, on whom were found a post- ofllco savings bank book for 49 and n card of membership with a curious tltlo. It boro the followlug inscrip tion: 'National Liars' Association. Having been a mombor of tho above as sociation, and findlug you a bigger liar than myself, I must congratulate you on relle lng me of this card.' It must bo gratifying to tho East end com munity, as well ns a tribute to Fuller ton's own abilities, that ho found no ono worthy of relieving him of tho card. ' The maglstrato romnndod him for inquiries." lilt Wllil rropliroy 3lor Thnn rullllli-it Joeph Bell, the engineer of Stoph oneon's Rocket, has recently died at the age ot 83. He heard Stephenson mski the wild prophecy that trains wovld run at flftoen mile an bear, unit lived to run a train far hundreds of ruilee t more than a mile a niluuU. FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO fintnn Up-tn-Ilnto Hint About CtiUI ra tion of tho Holt und YleliU Tliurnnf Horticulture, Viticulture nnd Flori culture. ISCUSSINQ recent ly tho relatlvo pro fit ot grain and grass in England, tho Llvo Stock Journal states as a fact that tho land In question a part of Lord Leicester's estate la valued at an annual rental of "no moro than 7 shillings nn ncro tltho free, at the present tlmo." TIiIb would bo only $1.75 an aero, with local taxes paid by tho landlord. If this Is nnythlng near a fnlr sample of English rents for averaging fnrmlng, It would seem to loavo a fair margin for tho renter. It would bo considered a very low rent for good land in thin part of Ontario; and our best land, well cultivated, on shares, will pay tho own r sevcrnl times that much, no trouble with English farming Is that tho methods are nntlquntcd and tu expenses too great. The results uru goou, so tar as yieiu is concerneu much better than tho avorago In On tariobut tho labor bill Is propor tionally higher. Whllo labor Is chheap or there, tho labor cost of a bushel of wheat, or a ton of hay, or a pound of butter 1b moro in England than in this country. Wo don't produce so much per acre; but wo produce moro H.nrnhnltlif tifi-i t f ltKnn I mnn n r-ti1i ',",' ;"" , ,u "'"? "" ,,' farmer Is handicapped much moro thnn In the rent he pays, It Is a matter of regret that It is so. Eng lish fnrmlng should bo a very at- Z? !!TZLLZlJl margin of profit. It gives employment nnd support to a much larger popula tion proportionately than ours; and a bettor support to or at least a moro dignified and moro le.surely life for tho fnrmor himself than in any other country. It will bo a matter of pro found regret If ho is forced by com petition to adopt tho high pressure system of work, and tho low scnlo of living wfiich Is too common here. But apparently ho must do that or aban don tho business, at tho present price of agricultural produce, to pay tho present labor bill, support tho mana ger, or farmer, In his present stylo of living, and leave any thing at all for rent. Farm and Home. Sotting Applotrro. (From tho Farmers' Review.) In rending your Issue of December 11 I struck a very interesting article on "Planting Orchards" signed "William Gray." Whllo his article contains many excellent polntB which I most freely endorse, it contains ono that I would most seriously condemn, viz., "Tho treo top should incllno to tho west sovernl Inches." Ho further states that u prcvaning wlnd8 arc from tho west "t nearly all tho orchard trees nro found leaning ea3t. This may be tho case with him, but in all this great northwest the prevailing winds are from tho northwest and our trees lean, not to tho cast, but to tho northeast. I have examined thousands of orchards In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa and havo almost invariably found tho older trees leaning and growing to tho north cast. Ho says they lean east by west winds. I claim to havo any amount of evldenco In our township that they lean northeast and not from tho force ot wind from tho southwest, but from tho direct rays of tho sun. This I reported in our book report of 1878. Wneu every body clnimcd this leaning was caused by the southwest winds I took a bold stand then and wns considered much bo Bldo myself by my best friends, who tried then to keep me from arguing tho question there, as It would be sure to pxpopp my Ignnranro. It Is Impnaxlliln with tho limited space I am given to branch off nnd reason all these points in ono short article, but If objected to by any I will try to mnko my position as clear ns sunshine. Wo havo eight or chards in our grovo hero on tho east side, open on the cast, closely shut in on tho south and west by tall timber. All these trees lean seriously to tho northeast except the row that stands near tho grovo on the south sldo of tho field. The trees In tho west sldo row, too, rrc fund nearly upright, caused by tho shade they receive from tho sun by tho grove. If anyono doubts my po sition lot him go nbout and examine and ho will bo most thoroughly convinced ' uy his own convictions'. I do not say tho southwest winds novor set the trees over to tho northeast. The wind does this sometimes, but not nny ottener than they aro set over to tho southeast by tho northwest wind. These aro excop- j tlons to tho general rule. I havo found trees leaning in every conceivable direction. But as a rule they lean and grow to tho northeast. Tho tlmo was when this talk was called Gaylord's theory and weighed little. At this time (In 1879) I wrote to a noter professor In Michigan to learn what caused our trees to lean or grow over to the northeast. His reply was then it wns caused by tho heavy southwest winds. This was about seventeen years ago, but I venture to say now that not a profossor in tho northwest could bo found to utter such u conclusion. If theto are any we hope they will como to the rescue, as this old-fogy notion 13 now most thoroughly oxploded. The best I can do In this short article Is to state a few facts very briefly and defer tho rest till some future reply. A tree standing erect and In the open sun without nnythlng to prevent the direct rays from strlkiag its trunk will b in jured and barked at just half past one. No tlmo-phco could show more truly. But If a tree leans from tho sun, from nny time from sunrlso till sunset, tho dead lino will appear on top or facing tho sun. There aro unnumbered amounts' of evidence, even In our own township, to prove this beyond nil pos sible doubt. These being facts, then how Bhall wo sot our trees so as to best, mako them self-protecting? Wo all set our trees hero (now) leaning to tho sun at about 1 o'clock not later. Up till qui to recently wo havo been set ting and ndvlsing setting at half-past 1. This is a llttlo too much, wo think, ns wo now find hero and thero trees that have been set over ns far as 2 and 3, and in nlmost every case trees thus grown will show injury, oven as far east as sunrise or from 8 in tho morning. Thero wero a few trees In a small plat I found years ago loaning, one northwest barked on southeast, one leaning north barked on south, one leaning southeast barked on southwest; ono stood closo to tho north side of tho fence, stood upright nnd sound. This gnvo mo evidence in a nutshell; and since I havo examined thousands ot trees and universally And tho samo conditions, producing tho samo effect. Set leaning to 1 no later and don't you forget It. Edson Gaylord. Itennrt. Tho most lmportnnt factors in cheeso manufacture are tho preparation and uso of rennet; next that rennet bo of tho proper sort. Ton or twelve years ago rennets bi ought as high as GO cents apiece. Today tho majority of them sell for only ten cents apiece. What has caused such n decline in prices? Because homo mado rennets, generally far superior to those of which I am about to treat, figuratively speak liic. nrp cnlnc nut of dnln. American farmers are acquiring tho habit of using a great mnny imported rennets. They are especially used in largo factories. They aro generally marked "Bavarian," whether they came from Bavaria or not, for not all of them camo from that country any moro than they do from tho requisite kind of animals. Swine, sheep and goats furnish not a small number ot tho cheap rennets on the market. These being often poorly packed and then neglected so that they becomo both wormy and mouldy, cannot help af fecting the quality of tho cheese. An experienced cheese-maker, of course, may havo bad luck occasion ally, just tho samo as tho farmer's wife with her butter. Puro milk and good rennet, however, are tho princi pal things to commenco with. Tho chief difficulty lies In what Is termed alkallno bacteria, which possesses tho power to molt tho casclue, and thus deprives n considerable amount of tho solids from entering Into the composi tion of tho cheese. Albany Journal. "Small Farmers." I find this is a phraso which Is disliked by many, but It Is better to be a good nnd successful small farmer than an unthrifty and un successful lnrgo farmer. We often see business men begin In a limited way and do well until they get aspiring. No sooner have they made n little mon ey than they spread out, buy a larger stock of goods, partly or chiefly on credit, and Indulge In "great expecta tions" which fall of realization. Many a man can manage a smaller business who gets out of his depth when he tries to conduct a larger one. Or, in the fluctuations of trade, the times aro not so good, he cannot sell the larger stock he has got together; before times im proved many articles become unfash ionable and go down in value, and the Issue Is bankruptcy. In like manner, many farmers who succeed in a small way, go into this, that, and tho other thing until they get a bigger burden on their shoulders than they can carry. A Gns Treo. A gas treo was discov ered in the southern part of Washing ton county, Pa., In a very curious way. Hunley Gooch and his son wero chop ping down an old and hollow tree, when they thought ns they struck into tho hollow that they smelled the odor of gas. Tho son struck a match and ap plied' It to tho hollow, which tho ax had opened. Instantly thero was an ex plosion and tho young man had difficul ty in escaping without serious Injury. Tho treo continued to burn until its bark was burned off. Tho ax, which was left In tho tree, had. Jts handle burned. It Is likely that digging near whero the tree stood will show a largo and valuable supply of gas. It Is likely that the gas In tho tree had been slowly accumulated through apertures In the soil not big enough to release a largo quantity at a time. Ex. Roots of Clover. A German author ity says that tho root and stubble of a good crop of red clover weigh over three tons per acre when air dry nnd contain ISO pounds of nitrogen, 7 pounds of phosphoric ncld and 77 pounds of potash, all of which Is placed, when turned under, In the most avail able form for growing crops. Wo call attention particularly to the largo de mand which clover makes on tho soil for potash and phosphoric acid. If the resulting crops aro removed from the soil one can easily seo how clover can bo used tor soil robbing as well as restoring fertility. It Is this fact that has given rieo to tho English proverb, "Clover without manure makes the father rich nnd tho children poor." Forest ami Prnlrle Fires. A great menace to farming In tho west nro tho forest and prairie fires. Fanners have got to learn that every ulg fire does Immenso datnago to their growing crops; It hents the air, nnd drloa up tho surface tvo that water will roll off It and not be absorbed by It. Burning the straw and cornstalks on tho field is ona of the wort practices that fann- i ers can adopt, and they roup tho evil result of it ovory time, vegetaulo matter burst Is lost, but when turned under the soil It is not oaly saved, but it makes the soil more porous so that water can sink down into it. Ex ThnuRlit lie Had Unit. Colonel McLaughlin sent his Swed ish foreman out n, few days ngo to do somo work around the mouth of an old minlnfr shaft, and he took a green countryman with him ns tin assistant In a couplo of hours tho foreman walked up to tho colonel's ofllco and remarked: "Sny, colonel, I wantanudder man." "Why, what's tho matter with that man sent out with youV" Inquired the colonel. "Oh, ho fall down de shaft 'bout nn hour ago, an' he don't como up. I t'ink he y umped his yob." San Fran cisco Post. IIIkIi, I. on-, .lack. Fine ice meant very cold weather, thou como a high old time in skntinir l inks, and Hknting ponds, on slides nnd rides, nnd wo go homo tired nnd overheated. If the Rntuo old btory of cooling on"; off with vrnjisnndon with all forts of aches and IninK, rheumatic, neuralgic, sclntle, lutn bnglc, including frost-bites, backache, oven toothache Thov ho dance must imv thn i)lper. Wo cut up Jnck nnd nro brought low . by our own lolly. Whnt of It, the tlnuco ' will go on, nil tho snme. It in generally known that Ht. Jacobs Oil will cure all such aches nnd pnlns f.epnrntely or collec tivo y, nnd the cry Is on with tho dance. Tho fnn is now nn iiihennrable ndlunct of i ait (laimy evening toilettes. 1'arkrr'n fllngrr Tonlt. Of the many good things to be found in American homes, wc do no' believe that any are hold in higher esteem, or have clone better service thnn Parker's Ginger Tonic. It has grown to bo a household necessity and is serviceable in almost every caso whore there is weakness and infirmity. Thero aro forms of female debility that mnko life a burden. The same is true of persist ent coughs and colds, nnd distressing stomach and nervous ills. They havo held high revel in many homes until banished by Parker's Ginger Tonic and wo are proud of the record that has made &o many hearts grateful. Piso's Curo for Consumption is tho only cough medlcino used in niv houso D. C. Albright, lUlllintiurg, l'., foe-.. 11. 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