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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF
SOME ORCHARDS.
Let la More Son How to Carry
a Hone
Keep Only Mares Packlas; Bat
ter Pool try riciiac aad
Household Helps.
Wby Some Orchards Fall.
It is rare that, fruit-growers meet
with much disappointment with young
orchards when the latter live to a
bearing age. The trouble seems to
come in the second ten years after
m setting out. j In Southern Ohio . we
havo many orchards on the hills,
writes Alvin Adkins in the Country
Gentleman, while 'bottom" orchards
are common. The hill fruit is always
in great demand. Now York fruit
house men came down here to buy
our hill Roman Beauties at a higher
price than they could get Baldwin
etc.. for at tho door, almost, of thqir
fruit-houses. But it is not easy to find
s a buyer for our bottom" or valley
apples; they are simply not wanted.
. The objections are that they are not
good keepers, and are usually
smoky" or spotted sometimes
scabby. Tho valley soil is almost
invariably richer and far more pro
ductive. In studying tho matter recently, the
following cause of failure has sug
gested itself: Tho hill apple-trees
grow on the slopes, so that the sun.
for a good part of each day. shines
fully on and about the ground under
the trees. Nice pasture grass will
grow under the branches. None of
those weeds or plants usually found in
moist shaded places are found to
thrive. Thebody of the tree is fairly
free from bark-lice harbors. &c. And
then the drop apples, instead of
rotting beneath the trees, usually roll
. farther away from them, and as they
rot; the rains carry tho decaying mat
ter away down the drains (natural) to
the streams below.
In the valley orchards these condi
tions are all changed. Tho shade all
about the trees is dense. From May
till October or September the soil De
low is hid from the heat of the sun.
Tillage in some measure prevents
this, but not fully. The drop apples
(many of them) fall on the ground,
and rot there about the roota The
vegetation, if any, under the
branches, is such as shuns the sun
light. Is it not possible that these
suggestions point to tho causes of im
perfect fruitage and blight? Last
season wo plowed and planted an old
Valley orchard in corn. Of course we
expected little corn. But that was
the only orchard in tho country that
did not have leaf-blight and lose all
leaves loug before the apple harvest.
A number of trees arc gone, so that
more than the usual amount of sun
light goLundcr the treea
j Evidently spraying has its place.
and may be the remedy for tho ills of
the fruit grower, but is it not better
to let in the sun by wider setting and
allow that great antidote for the ills
of the fruit grower to prevent the
conditions favorable to the develop
ment of insect and vegetable life, so
prevalent, and kill the enemy before
his birth? Greenhouse men ucder-
stand the value of bottom heat"
and may not the open air fruit grower
take tho hint and let in the bottom
heat and light from the sun?
How to Curry a Horse.
There are several reasons why ahorse
should be regularly and thorough
ly curried. No self-respecting man
neglects the bath. If he does if
circumstances compel him to forego
such luxury he becomes a different
man in every respect, mentally as
well as physically and if such neglect
be long continued, as in the case of
men deprived of liberty, the lack of
cleanliness helps to break the spirit
and to rob of vitality, energy, and
self-respect
The effect is similar upon a horse.
The chief object of lh curry i9
purely sanitary, to keep him clean.
If this be done thoroughly other ob
jects are attained. Health is aided,
the spirit and the fire of the horse
is as good as it can be. All these
come -from systematic currying, pro
vided the horse is properly fed and
housed.
Tnere is another object in currying,
quite as Important to the enthusiastic
horseman. Of course, the man who
can afford it will employ a stable boy
to do the currying, but if the man
wishes to get the most out of his horse,
if he wishes to win the horse's con
fidence, affection and willing obedienca
lie will curry the horse himself, if not
regularly, then often enough to keep
up the acquaintance and friendship
. that may exist between a man and his
horse; so often that the horse will
learn the difference between his mas
"tor's hand and that of the stable boy.
who may be rough and unconscious11
so often that the horse will look for
his "master's coming, and by unmis
takable signs show his pleasure and
affection.
. All domestic animals, from the
canary bird to the ox. delight in hav
ing the head rubbed. The horse is
no exception. He will rest his 'head,
on the edge of the manger, and half
olose the eyes in dreamy forgetfulness
when the brush in gentle hands is
applied.
Many horses are injured by the
rough curry by the man who hurriedly
drives the metal comb harshly over
the bony parts, against the ears and
over the eyes. A horso subject to
such treatment and there are tens of
thousands of them dreads the hand
of- man any man and dodges and
learns to hold the head high when the
bridle is to be put on.
Let the man who wishes to be on
friendly terms with his horso go over
the head with a stiff yet pliable brush,
rubbing back and forth on every part
parting .the roseat on the forehead,
brushing vigorously between the jaw
bones, a place the horse cannot reach,
and doing all so quietly and gently
that the horse stands motionless, ap
parently oblivious to all surroundings.
And over the body of the horse use
the metal currycomb carefully, if at
all. and use it or better, the stiff
broom brush, not only to straighten
the hair and remove stains, but also
get below the surface to reach the
skis, that every particle of dust and
dandruff be brushed out Then what
have we? A horse with a glossy coat
that glistens like satin in the sun
light herse that feels as a man feels
who has been to the barber's and
bathed, been shaved and shampooed.
The glossy coat depends upon the
food,, bat if it be right and the curry
in; bty.thorough. the horse may be
not only the pride but also the af
fectiefiate. appreciative companion of
the owner. George Appleton in the
Chicago Times.
Packlas; Batter to Keep.
A aatherlty.la.ys down-tBeeelrulea
r fer packing batter; to keep : Ifake
geed. firm butter a work the butter-
-mttk well ewt of it then put into a
rteejar.;tyfiw pounds at a time, and
r-weu win a wooden
being careful to leave
Jereirto ret la around., the
edge of the jar;"Teave Cwo or thiW
inches of space at the top ofthejar.
then lay a thick piece of muslin over
the butter, then fill in fine Bait enough
to fill the jar full, then tie paper
closely and cover on top with a slate
or wooden cover and keep in a dry.
cool place. I put some up in this
way last August and September and
used it last spring, and it was eaten
by good butter judges about the lust
of May. and pronounced as good as
fresh butter. I never wash butter,
and try to keep it as clear of water as
possible, and do not like even any
pickle about it Farmers' Voice.
Household Helps.
A new and delicious dainty is pre
pared by taking the stone, either from-
dates or prunes, and substituting a bit
of the kernel of an English walnut
If the throat is very sore, wring a
cloth out of cold salt-water, and bind
it on the throat when coins to bed;
'cover it with a dry towel. This is ex
cellent
Lemon juice will whiten frosting;
cranberry or strawberry juice wilt
color it pink, and the grated rind of an
orange strainod through a cloth will
color it yellow.
Don't sit between a fever patient
and the fire, or attend before eating.
to any one suffering from a contagious
illness, or come into such a presence
when perspiring.
A comfortable way to take castor oil
is to squeeze lemon juice into a wiue
glass, then pour the oil carefully on
ton then, on top of that more lemou
juice, and swallow without boating.
One of the best remedies for tender
feet is aftor the morning bath to
sponge them with a strong solutioa
of salt and water (three tablespoon
fuls to half a pint of water), after
wards drying lightly.
A brass kettle can be cleaned if dis
colored by cooking in it by scouring
it well with soap and ashes first then
put in half a pint of vinegar and a
handful of salt and let the n boil on
the stove a short time; then wash and
rinse out in hot water.
A good polish for removing sla'ns.
spots and mildew from furniture is
made as follows: Take half a pint f
ninety-eight per cent alcohol; a quar
ter of an ounce each of pulverised
resin and gum shellac; add half a
pint of linseed oil; shake well uni
apply with a brush or sponge.
I'oultry 1'irkinc"..
Use plenty of lime and coal oil U
kill out lice.
Ground bono is good to feed when
the hens are confined.
The very largest fowls are not the
best to raise for mancet
Some kind of soft feed makes a
good ration for breakfast.
There is no class of eggs that are
suret to hatch than turkey's.
In providing good ventilation
always avoid direct draughts.
It is diillcult if not impossible to
break a hen of tlie habit of eating
eggs.
Feed and comfortable quarters are
of the first importance in securing
eggs.
If done regularly and thoroughly
once a week is often enough to clean
out the poultry house
In selecting your breed be gov
erned -largely by your market and
what you propose to do.
One advantage with turkeys is that
after they get feathered they will
need very little attention.
The hen only lays when fche is
capable of supplying the materials
for tho forming of an egg.
Select out the best of the early
pullets and keep them; lhey will
make tho best winter layers.
Poultry, as well as other products
can be sold above the usual market
price if they are of a better quality.
In many places where sheep or
dairy farming is made a specialty,
poultry could be added with profit
A good egg is alive, the shell is
porous and the air goes through the
shell and keeps up a sort of respira
tion. The market poultry man wants eggs
during the winter while the fancy
breeder prefers them in 'March. April
and May.
There are different modes of feed
ing as each farmer uses the foods
most conveniently procured, and any
suggestions that do not enable one to
adopt them without incurring addi
tional labor or expense are not al
ways heeded, hence, no rules can bo
given that will be suitable to ail.
There is one point however, upon
which all are agreed, which is that a
variety should be given at all seasons
of the year.
AFTER YEARS IN EARTH.
Carious
Instances of the Preservation of
Human Bodies.
The tomb of Edward I., of England,
who died in 1307, was opened on Janu
ary 2, 1770, after 4G3 years had elapsed,
and his body found to be almost per
fect, the face even retaining jts ex
pression. Canute, the Dane, who crossed over
to England in 1017, was found in 177G
by the workmen who repaired the
cathedral. His body had reposed in
the grave for nearly 750 years, but was
perfectly fresh and life-like.
In 15G9 three Roman soldiers were
dug out of a peat bog in Ireland,
where they had, in all probability,
lain at least 1,500 years, yet they were
perfectly preserved, even to skin, hair,,
eyes and nails.
In the reign of James II., of Eng
land, the big church at Warwickshire
fell. In clearing away the debris it
became necessary to move the tomb of
Thomas Gray, at one time marquis of
Dorsetshire. When this had been done
it was found that the body of the
marquis was as fresh as a corpse newly
buried, the joints even being pliable.
This discovery was made exactly seventy-eight
years, three months and
two days after the burial.
Robert Braybrook, who was bishop
of London in 1381, and who died in
1404, was found to look perfectly
natural when removed from the tomb
after the great Londbn fire of 1606;
even the color of the eyes could be dis
tinguished. Cow Killed By a Turtle.
One day last week Richard Mock, of
Miller county, Ga., after milking a fine
milch cow he owns, turned her out in
the woods and she wended her way
down to Aycock's creek to slake her
thirst some time, during the day, and
while engaged in drinking was seized
by the nose by a loggerhead turtle and
her head pulled under the water and
held there until she drowned. Failing
to return home that night Mr. Mock
made search for her and found her.ly
ing with her head under the water, her
body on land, quite dead, the turtle
still having his hold. Mr. Mock called
help, and dragging the cow out, drew
the turtle out also, he refusing to let
go the cow's nose. The turtle was
killed and weighed fifty pounds, bis
hell being as large asva large bread
tray.
J
All- T.TStfYIVFl'R Y BAY
,UI1 UloW VJDattX Vm
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the VOICES OF FOUR MILLION
CHILDREN
Will be Heard la the TSew Xatlaaal Aa
tltem Comlif ot the . Wrt Celebra
tion or a Near Natloaal Holiday
Organ Ixatlou Needed.
' Some people will call the 12th of
next October Columbus day, others
Discovery day, but whatever its official
title, there is, as each week passes,
xn.usinus pobtbait from geographi
cal BOCIETV, SEW YORK.
(ess and less doubt that it will be kept
as a great national holiday.
For beside the dedication of the
world's fair grounds on the four hun
dredth anniversary ' of the landing
of Columbus, there is all reason to
expect a local celebration of the event
in nearly every village, town and city
of the nation.
Readers will remember the first pro
posal, over a year ago, that the public
schools of America should mark the
day with fit and universal observance
More recently the message on the sub
ject to the pupils of the public schools
of the country has been printed.
The first official recognition of the
plan was a stirring address from the
president of the World's Congress Aux
iliary, urging the educators and teach
ers of the nation to interest themselves
in a general public school celebration.
But the control of the undertaking
was put into final and definite form in
February last, when the National Con
vention of Superintendents of Educa
tion appointed an executive committee
of five to promote and conduct the en
tire movement. Four members of this
committee' are the highest officials of
public instruction in their several
States: the fifth, who is chairman, is a
representative of The Yodth's Com
panion. Under this management every effort
is being made to secure the widest suc
cess for the "National Public School
Celebration." The committee's aim is
to engage the public schools in every
community of the nation is a uniform
observance ofthe day.
The committee will provide programs
adapteM to the use of all communities.
Pupils, citizens and teachers have al
ready been urged to ussociate them
selves in local committees. The young
and old of every town in-iy have separ
ate exercises, the children during the
morning in the schoolhouses, the
fathers in the afternoon with proces
sions and exercises in public halls.
In all the celebrations there will be
leading points of similiarty. The same
flag with honors let us hop, from de
tails of veterans will be raised over
every school, the same songs sung, the
same ode read, the same sentiments ut
tered in every county of every State in
the Union.
But what is more, some part of the
Chicago exercises will be identical with
a portion of every local celebration.
The entire nation will be helping with
the same thoughts at heart, the same
words upon the lips, to inaugurate the
World's Columbian Exposition. Every
person in the land by this means may
join in the observance of his country's
four hundredth birthday.
Much has already been done to make
a memorable success of this holiday.
The press of the country lias espoused
the cause with vigor. Let the news
papers still urge it upon the people.
The governors of all the States will be
petitioned to make the day a legal holi
day. New York and other states have
appointed it already.
The State Superintendents of Educa
tion will ask the teachers to lead their
pupils in the movement The thirteen
million young people of the country's
free schools are going to do much for
the celebration. They will continue to
discuss the plan fully among them
selves and in their families. They will
ask their teachers' advice.
And here it is that we must say our
COLUMBUS PORTRAIT FROM AX OLD AND
RARE ENGRAVING. '
special word to the teachers and adult
friends of the schools. The young and
old need each other in this movement
Teachers and 'parents must give their
sympathy and guidance to it. Indeed.
in most cases the original impulsa must
come from older heads, and that at
once. No time should be lost in form
ine strong committees of persons whose
presence and active interest may be
counted upon without interruption un
til October.
Very little is yet known of the new
American anthem. Copies will soon be
distributed to the schools of the conn
try. By special permission of George
M. Vickers, the author, we print the
verses here:
Columbia, Mj
0).
Coautry.
Columbia, my country!
My song u of thee;
Thy honor and glory
Mine ever shall be;
From hillside, from valley.
O'er moBBtala and plain,
Shall echo forever
Sweet freedom's refrain.
Bantam,
Columbia, my country!
Taou beaaufol laad!
The world la thy light shall be free!
May God keep me steadfast.
Ia heart sad ia hand,
SOU faithful my couatry to thee.
CalMmma, my cooatry!
- My heart thrill with tors:
BaviaV aLm
55ia, LElUSlaSV
QahaamaaTsr
Thy mm are myfeemea.
TethaelwoaMssTe .
E'eaufe,;weU aetaea,
That freeaem might lire. ,,
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Colombia, my coaatry!
Earth's fairest domain. '
Ihoaor thy heroes m
Who for thee were slain;
Thy fiae still the emblem
Of freedom shall be,
Columbia, I love thee.
Sweet home of the free.
Without this help the pupils can do
little; and in giving it their elders
may feel that the boys and girls are
going to. learn from their Columbus
day rites a lesson in intelligent patriot
ism worth a year's study of text
books. When the 12th of October has come,
let none speak the term "Public School
celebration" without a special empha
sis on the first two words. The cele
bration in itself is little, the Public
school everything. Giving the Public
school its due of honor is honoring the
country through one of its most hope
ful and characteristic institutions.
J. E.a
OLDEST SETTLERS.
THE
PRE-HISTORIC INHABIT
ANTS OP AMERICA.
It Is BelteTad That They Crossed tli
Paelae Ia the Fifth Ceatury Some
Kellea of Thklr Kxlateaee Serpent
Mouad of Ohio.
Four hundred years ago the 'country'
we live in was unknown to the rest of
the world. There were no cities, no
railroads and bridges, no horses and
wagons, no broad smooth roads. The
people were of a dark, reddish brown
color, and lived in wigwams coyered
with bark. In the whole space be
tween the Mis-sisippf and the Atlantic
there were probably not so many people
. KTOWA MOUND.
as live to-day in a single city like Bos
ton or Cincinnati. Far away to the
southward, where corn grew with
little care and where bananas ami
other tropit al fruits were native, there
were large villages in Mexico and Yu
catan, and even on the dry plains of
Arizona and New Mexico; but with
these exceptions America might be
called "an empty continent a desert
land awaiting its inhabitants."
The central part of America had not
always been so lonely. The country
drained by the Mississippi and the
Great Lakes bears traces of a largei
population the white-men found there.
These little known people are called
Mound Builders, from the huge piles of
earth which they raised for various
purposes. They are supposed to have
been of the same race as the Indian
tribes found by Europeans. But
while ten thousand mounds are
found within the single State of
Ohio, the same region was without
settled inhabitants two hundred ago.
Many of these mounds were for pur
poses of burial. We learn something
of the habits of the' people from the
ornaments of copper, stone and shell
which they buried with the dead.
Other mounds were bases of watch
towers and signal stations; some were
fortresses, and their angles show much
skill in the art of defense. On some,
houses were built for safety against
attack. They were reached by graded
road-ways or by ladders which could be
drawn up at night or when enemies
SOME POTTEBY.
were near. Effigy mounds were rudely
shaped to resemble men or animals.
One of these, in Adams county, Ohio,
is like a terpent. over a thousand feet
in length, in the act of swallowing an
e:s, one hundred and sixty-four feet
long.
Knives, chisels, and axes of flint and
copper; carved pipes, beads and brace
lets; vases of polished and painted
earthernware have been found in the
mounds, and some of them are of fine
workmanship. Smoothly hammered
plates of copper are stamped with
figures of men and birds, which, though
rude to our notions, show some idea of
art
Whence came theearly inhabitants of
America? is a question that can not be
positively answered. A company of
Chinese sailors, in the fifth century,
driven off shore by westerly winds,
sailed many weeks until they came to
a great continent
Here they found the aloe and other
plants that were strange to them, but
whiwh we know to be Mexican. The
savages on either side of Bering strait
meet every year to barter their fish
and furs. Many from Asia may have
wandered southward along the coast
Even within the last hundred years
fifteen vessels have been driven1 across
the Pacific to our western thores; and
during all the previous ages we may
believe that many like things had
taken place.
Doubtless, also, the Greek and Phoe
nician sailors may have crossed the
narrower Atlantic. The first white
visitors to America, of whom we have
any trustworthy record, came from
Iceland, and its present white inhabit
ants are of European descent.
Iceland had been occupied about a
hundred years by a hardy, seafaring
race from Norway, when, in A. D. 081,
Eric the Bed, an Icelandic chief, dis
covered Greenland, and planted a col
ony on its southwest shore. This be
came a thrifty .settlement through its
trade with the Esquimaux, and paid a
yearly tribute to the pops. One of
Eric's comrades, driven out of his way
SOUK HUMAN BOXES.
by a storm, saw the mainland of North
America stretching far away to the
southwest.
In A. D. 1000, Erie's son, Leif the For
Umtt, wtertook, with thirty-five
brave companions, to examine this
sore fertile had attractive shore. They
aaw the flat roeksmf Newfonndlaad.
the white banks ef Nova Scotia, and
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'thcfcmg.saj beach of Caa, Cod. .
its great numbers of wim
Bbode Island was Good Yin
lmd.
Leif s party wintered in New Eng
land, and in the spring. carried home
news of their discovery.
Parties of, Icelanders are thought to'
have visited the shorcr. of what are
now.South Carolina and Georgia. The
northern natives had told them of a
"white man's land" to the southward,
where fair-faced processions marched
in white robes, with banners at their
I heads to the music of hymns.
Though they never found this abode
' of pale-faces, the Northmen named it
. Great Ireland, and some writers believe
that Irish fisherman had indeed settled
on this continent
Tborfin Karlsefne, a famous Ice
landic sea-rover, explored the bays and
harbors of the New England const
Huts were built and a brisk trade w:is
carried on with the natives, who were
glad to exchange their' furs for the
bright colored clothes, knives and
trinkets.
At least one little Northman was
born on the American continent. 1 1 is
name was Snorri, and from him. in our
day the great sculptor, ThorwuhKcu.
and the learned historian, Finn Mag
nnsson, traced their descent
In time, however, the Northmen
loaded their ships with timber and
sailed away to Greenland, and thence
to 1 of la nd.
If any settlers remained behind, they
became so mingled with the dark brown
natives that when white men came
again, their descendants were not to
BONE IMPLEMENTS.
be distinguished from other Indians on
the coast.
THE END OP THE WORLD. "
Men Who Have Predicted It iu All
Centuries.
W. A. Keltic a Scotch-Englishman
now residing in Berlin. Germany, and
who seems to have plenty of leisuro
time to figure out all kinds of odd
problems, has come to the conclusion
that our world will wind up affairs
and cease to do business at tho old
stand on and after the first day of the
Twentieth Century. It is a fact that
thero are hundreds and thousands of
people of this, -i ho last and greatest
of all the centuries. " who believe all
this and talk with bated breath when
ever they refer to the horrible scenes
which they firmly believe will be en
acted on the morning of January 1,
IDOL Lying on my desk as I write,
says "Ye Curious Man" of tho fct
Louis Republic, is a copy of Mira
culous Prophecies." sub-headed Pro
dictions and Strange Visions of Sun
dry Eminent Men of All Ages." This
quaint little volume was printed for
G. Saei Newcastle Street London.
1794." The entire work is made up
of extracts from the prophecies of
Nostradamus, Christopher Love, John
Lacy, Anne Trapnel John Tillinghast
Lord Chesterfield, Alstedius. Lully the
Astrologer, Dr. Gill and many others
whose names would only encumber
this "Note" without adding- to its
merits. Each 6f the above chatter
away in an incoherent manner
for awhile and then close by
setting a date for the -heavens to open
like a scroll" and the earth to melt
with fervent heat.1' Nostradamus says
that the "end ol the world shall come
on that year invwhich Good Friday
shall fall upon St George's day (April
28), Easter on St Mark's day (April
25) and Corpus Christi day on the
day of St John the Baptist (June 24). "
All of these coincidences took place .in
1886, yet tho world as round as any
ball wheels on her way without a falL"
Alstedius, the seventh mentioned in
the list above, closes his "Catastrophe
Mundi" (printed in 1G83) with these
words: The 1,000 years mentioned in
the twentieth chapter of Revelations
shall begin about the year 1(594 and
end with the year 2694. During that
time Satan will be bound, but after
wards be let loose for a small time.
He shall stir up Gog and Magog, that
is, the professed enemies of the church
against the saints but shall be sud
denly overcome. Then our Lord
Christ shall come, and tho earth and
all that is in it will find an immediate
period."
On page 37 Christopher Love tells
us: "Prepare ye for the year 1800,
for in it shall the stars wander, the
moon turn to blood and the earth be
no more.
William Miller, the founder of the
Seventh-Day Adventist faith, figured
on tho prophecies of Daniel and John
until he finally decided that the world
would come to an end in 1843. Some
of his followers had even selected the
very day upon wh'ich tho great event
would occur, going so far as to make
"ascension robes'' for the occasion.
Captain Baker, an engineer in the
British service, published a book in
1877 which clearly proved, to his
mind at least that the end of the
world would come on September 20,
1878.
. VERY HONEST.
More So Than Some People Far JUJore
Civilized.
A curious illustration of the honesty
of some savage peoples is given in the
report of a recent traveler in Yoruba,
West Africa, states Goldthwaite's
Geographical Magazine. Ho says he
often saw on a mat by the roadside
several quantities of maize our, bean
bread, cooked yams or other art cles
of food carefully arranged for sale,
while near at hand a broken calabash
was placed for the receipt of cowries,
which are the currency of the coun
try. In passing the men in his cara
van would choose the articles of food
they desired and put a number of
cowries into the calabash, after con
sulting among themselves as to the
exact price which they' had paid at the
last town or market shed. For forty
cowries, which is less than two cents,
a man could fully satisfy his hunger,
and the hunger of an African labor
ing under a heavy load for from fif
teen to twenty miles a day is not to be
easily appea ed.
It never occurred to any of the car
riers to underpay or to take anything
of which they did not know the price.
The owner of the article was proba
bly a mile or two away working
placidly at home, while her little
commercial business at the roadside
was taking care of itself.
In Yoruba water is stored in large
jars near every hut or roadside shed,
sad may be had for the asking or
taken freely by the passing traveler.
It is one of the unwritten laws of the
country that the traveler may stop at
any farm or field and cook sufficient
food from the standing crops for one
meal, but it would be considered a
heinous offense to carry any away,
with him- Suck konesty woald hard
ly be found among civilized people.
TIN BIG WILD CATS.
Ia Three Days ay a Mas. Wa Clalsas ska
Title erckasaptea.
Jack Dodge of Melrose, Penn.. has"
had some exceedingly exciting exper
iences with wild cats, and as there is
a bounty of $2 oo every wild cat
killed in Pennsylvania, his recent ex
periences have, been profitable as well
as exciting. Dodge has, according to
the New York Sua long enjoyed the
reputation of being the chauipion wild
cat hunter of this country, but be says
he is not content with that honor now.
He challenges all the wild-cat hunters
of the stat j to show a three days' rec
ord better than his.
The first of these three days he went
out iu the morning to look at some
traps he had lying in wait for a couple
of big catamounts he haa seen prowl
ing about his prem ses. although the
number rreviousSy captured by him in
those parts last winter no less than
fifteen was enough, ho supposed, to
clean them all out Ho found none of
his traps sprung, much to his sur
prise, nor was there any sign of any
of the animals having been fooling
about them. He left the traps ust us
j they were, and was just turning away
from the last one ho had e cammed ,
when ho heard a noise in tho scrub
off to his right
He looked around and saw a big wild
cat that had sprang from some hiding
place and landed squarely on a ruffed
grouse which had evidently been hud
dled up under a bush, but in sight
With the suspicion of its kind, the
wild cat had looked around as soon as
it struck the bird. and. seeing Dodge,
seized the grouse in its teeth and
bounded away toward a chestnut tree.
Before it reached the tree Dodge gave
it a charge of buckshot and the cat
sprawled about in tho snow, yelling
with pain, and dropping the grouse,
which kicked and fluttered feebly in
the snow.
VVhile the cat was yelling and roll
ing and tumbling about, and before
Dodgo had made up his mind what it
was best to do next another wild cat
which had been crouching unseen on
a branch of the chestnut leaped
down, captured the bird and started
away with it Dodge had another
barrel of his gun still charged, and he
stopped the flight of the second wild
cat as he had the first and had two
catamounts yelling and doing ground
and lofty tumbling in the snow.
Reloading his gun. he killed both
animals, and he had scarcely done so
when a sharp click" behind him
caused him to turn. Another wild
cat had sprung the trap Dodge had
left but a few minutes before, and
from the way it was held by both fore
feet tho trapper belie 'ed that tho an
imal had Jumped into the trap 'whila
bounding along in response to the
wild cries of tho two cats that were
wounded. Dodgo shot tho trapped
cat and. throwing the three on his
back, started fo home.
He had gone but a short distance
when he met a man hurrying along in
an old road leading to the main road.
Tho man said that some kind of an
animal Ijad been chasing him. While
he was yet telling Dodge how the ani
mal had started for him out of the
bushes, a wild cat appeared around
the bend of the road, a hundred feet
away, and tho man declared that it
was the animal that had started after
him half a mile down the road. The
wild cat stopped when it saw the two
men. and Dodge shot it killing it with
a single charge.
Dodge went on home and encoun
tered no more wild cats that day, but
the next day he found that three of
his traps had each a wild cat in it.
Ho killed them, and, resetting his last
trap, went back over the round again
and found that a fourth one had been
caught in the hour or so since he had
been there.
The third day he could scare up but
two in his traps, and, as he has not
captured any at all since, he is of the
opiuion that all of the catamounts in
the vicinity had gathered within the
limit where his traps are on these
three days; and that ho has got them
alL
A HARD LOT.
Hil Mathematical Faculty Was Decidedly
Weak.
An amusing instance of what some
people would term "the irony of fate"
is told, in the Youth's Companion, by
a man recently returned from a Wes
tern trip to his home in New England.
When he was a boy at the little dis
trict school where his education be
gan, there was another boy about
his own age and a neighbor of his
who had a great dislike for what he
called "'rlthmetic." To all appear
ance the mathematical "faculty" had
been left out of his composition.
When the boys discussed their future,
as they oten did. while the rest glibly
expressed their intention of becoming
doctors; ministers, lawyera railroad
men or salesmen, this unmathcmatical
boy when appealed to always made
the same reply, in a tone of the deep
est despondency.
I don't care much what I am s'loag
as I can get in a place where I haven't
got t'add. I shall look out for a place
where there won't be any addin' for
me t'do, I can tell you!"
The boys were separated as the
years passed, and many of them went
to the city to seek their fortunes.
The man who tells tho story had not
seen his old school fellow for more
than twenty years, and to all intents
and purposes had forgotten him, when
he was one day detained, through a
slight railroad accident at a littlo
town in the far West.
Not knowing how long tho delay
would be, he went into the station to
have, a little conversation with the
ticket agent The man's pronuncia
tion bespoke his New England birth,
and something in his face struck the
traveler as familiar; and after asking
a few questions he discovered that this
was the man who. as a boy, had made
up his mind to look out for a place
.with which no ' tiddin' " could be con
nected.. They referred to the old times, and
tho traveler said: "I presume you've
quitoovercome your former objection
to mathematics, as,I find you h era"
No, 1 haven't" replied bis old
friend, with a wry face. Figgers
come about as hard as ever to me. an'
there aint a man or a woman gets on
or off here but makes me calc'late how
long they'll be gettin' here, there an'
ev'ry-where; an I have terrible work
with the fares, givin' folks the right
change!
I tell you." remarked this much
tried official, as he said good-by to his
old school-mate, 'taint for boys to say
what their lot in life '11 be, I jest
drifted here an stuck; and I hato ad
din' jest the same as I used to. An
I've got a boy growin' up. " he shouted,
as the train moved off. "that hates it
worae'n I do!"
The Warl Moves Weak
It is entertaining to learn that in
1800 Philadelphia had 10,000 more
population than New York. But that
was long ago. 'when Chicago, which is
now ahead of the City of Brotherly
Love in population, was a howling
wilderness.
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