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
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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
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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
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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
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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. "tti.
Tliovaltioof tho diamond is not whnt it
doe, but what it is.
The Greatest fled ical Discovery
of the Age.
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy tint cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
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When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
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week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet eer necessary. Eat
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Dose, one tablespoonful in water zt bed
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