AN EPITAPH. Vanished sway to another world— Afar, who knows, if a league or a} mile? The pages which his patient life unfurled | Left scrolled about with a genial smile, | Off down the road, and without a sign, | If the dawn he met or a darkness | drear ; ; wind brings back—in pledge | divine— His cheery step, and his whistle clear, ~—Chicago Record-Herald. But % the HERA A NAAR AAR ARR s aan A Battle With King-Cobras. CR RRRR RRR RRR ERE RRR RRR We wanted a pair of king-cobras for the reptile-house, but not a specimen was to be purchased anywhere. “lI dangerous, never them,’ came the reply from num dealers. So the Zoological Park to of procuring the creatures The Ophiophagus elaps, as the reptile is technically called, holds undisputed sway mg the of the With the exception of the plucky little animal which killing the deadly snakes, the fly in terror from the glides through search of other toward cannibalism matter how me terrible reptile whi eats the dreaded col aggressive It wa: after long, waiting that the Zoo received tic imoort import rows despair began am beasts jungle mongooy Aa 1 deh VOI 31 us, are now incidents long £ +1 cilarge oi m tf the tngtall Of their nstasa s+) in nie memories $ , NArro aples; f ghtly to the end of the staples on on runs through a staple but <n into the pole, 1 . apn I operator hol¢ hand, and the end of the in the other. When he starts to a snake until poie reiall partially | ne jets snake's head Jesides scope i ried two vials hypodermic SH0UC you won’ day.” quiet troubi 10 get 5 couple of hig “My friend,” thusiasm of daunted by written t of the: 1 ¢ f ' order for the snakes. Please hand me the key of the snake-room.” “What?” cried the clerk. “You're go- | ing into the room “Two those snakes belong to us, I replied, “and we won't go back with- out them.” “All right, all right! Here's the key.” responded the clerk. “I guess I'll send for the ambulance while you're on th picnic up-stairs.” With these sarcastic remarks in our! ears we started for the snake-room. Two of the dealer's men accompanied us to the door. One of them turned the key in the lock and departed. The other with those demons?” " the door, in order that escape might be | easy. wide. and fifteen A number of large, | there, but except a couple of boas piled | quietly in the corner of one of the boxes | no snakes were visible. This was per- plexing enough; and the fact that the two pythons, each about fifteen feet long, | were somewhere at liberty, was especial. | ly discomposing, for pythons are enthu- siastic in biting and well fitted for it with teeth about half an inch long. I carried the snake-stick. Snyder had opened the big telescope-bag and spread the gunny-sacks upon the floor. He had picked of a blanket in one hand, and carried a heavy slat in the other. In a moment we saw a python coiled in a <orner, seemingly sleepy and harmless, “Look out!” shouted Snyder, and his warning came just in time. A pale green body had quickly risen from behind one of the boxes, and stood gracefully in the pose of the cobra. With its “hood” spread widely, its mouth partially open, and its little yellow eyes sparkling wick- edly, the reptile looked majestic, “King-cobra’s a mighty good name for you, my snaky friend!" muttered Snyder as he glared at the reptile, Then, true to its hostile reputation, the snake rose higher, with the whistling hiss peculiar to the Elapidee, and started to glide from behind the box. The situa. tion was almost too interesting. 1 had swung around at Snyder's warn. ing and faced the snake, which had risen to my left. At the same time I made ready the snake-noose, but before it . could be used the king stood up higher, making the length of its reach almost as long as the snake-stick. To use this, snakes strike fully half their length; and to dodge or The reptile en feet, a dangerous thrust parry in close quarters flourishing bis stick. At the same time another shrill sounded from behind, and another cobra before beginning hostilities. Hearing the warning of the second Taking deliberate aim, he hurl ed the blanket at once. number one, ard faced number two squarely by the blanket, the reptile off alacrity, lowering its opportunity I over to engage +4 wiih i was my } , iat DOQY nis i shipped the noose of the snake-stick its head, making a prisoner, although it thrashed the effort to scape. Hand snake was hauled, tail first, into one of the ' : wi its companion did nothing over hand gunny fortunately, at the pr As the bag thing curr » €a nerves ot ' Snakes er One $ and relieved Save happened : : the thir 5 was Tr 4 I landed case he. Oorted jump on the JRE Lhe i loud- erty. Snyder, who was “eb sev ne obra number two, backed off to. ie window, holding a gunny-sack There he was brought could go no farther never. A miscalculation must ha Reaching the noose over the top of the case, I got it almost over the head of the nearest cobra. when it drew back like a flash and caught the end of the stick. quieted down, and now merely stare with hostility at visitors. Curious to relate. the keeper who has charge of the king- cobras not only takes the greatest pride in them, but entertains a real affection for them. The lover of animals admire courage and audacity among wild beasts and these bold, fierce monarchs of the jungle appeal to the sympathy we feel for the great, reduced to Youth's Companion. RED CLOUD'S WAYS. Makes Bows and Arrows and Trinkets and Has sn Original Selling Method. Red Cloud of the Cayugas is a unique He does not live in a tepee refuses to communicate in of the but an Curious visitors however, and the pale queries language face, the of with great dignity and reserve, as well as with Spartan brevity. To the sugges that he had “lived a good many the old Indian said, "83," but t« that he l SWers tion years,” “didn’t look as he declined to give any re This interesting old In the western log cabin in an-Am a rock VArious seen about the aharrvatio ie observation old as that.” ply whatever. A ocetipies th exhibit at the P erican Exposition. He mn works away on Nations’ Sits such as are to be the cabin I'he old man wears a pair of blue jeans eld up by a belt, and his flannel shirt wered by a steoat, attached te a large I that se watch When asked fo ld man ich is cures his card, the indicates a picture of a brave paint and feathers ited—RED CLOUD, «( Lad underneath AY war often appears wiiat “Humph! ¢ I want t feathers all the ause I'm an Injun?” Red Cl} ire DEC bonnet 5. $ war with beade and many WHE ; ! mirnt design SIRS Colors and the Nerves. French interestin forerunners a f +i Henri oiet. The very to how the womas regard unbecos another 11 experimenter, riigo in patients red lights, and relieved th y changing the ray from red to green. In the photographic establish. of M Lumier, in Lyons, France, sensitive plates are prepared always by green lights Formerly when the symptoms b ment ¢isre flowed freely, and catually spattered the floor. Aloo A desperate plan suggested itself This was to release the snake-stick, if seize the blanket that covered the big python and throw it over the : which could then be captured by hand. tinued to bite it, as before half-covered it with the blanket. its movements I judged that it at once released the stick and tried to get into gesticulated at work : now under the soothing Mfvence green they are quiet and serene, At the water cure at Versinet patients are put in a violet room to calm them and in a red room when they require to be stimelated. Di. vested all exaggeration and enthu- siasm the effect of color on human or- gamsm 15 an interesting study.—Fewily Herald, of ot ——————————— Cas Heating. A question of every-day inferest is as forward, and doubling the blanket over the cobra’s head, held the reptile firmly to the ground. Anticipating that it would seize a fold of the blanket in its teeth, we pushed blanket, snake and all into the remaining third cobra with a stick, Flushed with victory, we then execut- ed a veritable war-dance before the third cobra, which backed off in astonishment and gave us an opportunity of reaching the door with our treusures. We had our two cobras, and were quite willing to let the shird dispute possession of the room with the pythos, Up to an elevated train, crowded with people returning from business, we car- ried our burden, which weighed fully seventy pounds. The bag looked most harmless, although to our apprehensive eyes its sides sometimes slowly bulged out, and then fell again, as the cobras shifted about, We arrived at the reptile-house with. out further excitement, and easly placed the snakes in their big, glass-fronted cage. At first the cobras would dash furious. ly at spectators, but in a few davs they English Journal of Gas Lighting recent- ly published some data based on an ex- years and covering rooms of every de- scription, According to this journal, to This is on the basis of reasonable care being taken not to waste the gas and to light the heater only when it is required. At ten cents per hundred cubic feet, the local rate, this represents a cost of six cents per day. Rooms, of course, vary in the amount of heat required to keep them warm, depending on their exposure, the character of the walls, amount of glass, etc. The most difficult task encounter- ed during th eauthor's experience, was to heat a room 21 feet square and ty feet 6 inches high, which had three out- side walls and very large windows. In this case an annual consumption of 50,+ 000 cubic feet was necessary, Oh, That He Might Fy. Mr. Dowie recently appeared before an audience with a pair of wings fas. tened to his shoulders, Dowie is a nat- ural financier and to be his own angele ashing ton vor, | VESSELS PROPELLED BY WAVES, 30 Long as They Roll in a Sea They Will Keep Coing Ahead, An interesting test of the invention of t New Orleans man was witnessed at the southern Yacht Club yesterday, The nventor is Capt. John S. Watters. His invention, which is fully covered by pat nts in this country and abroad, 1s a imple apparatus for utilizing the force of the waves to propel a vessel, and it proved yesterday that it is entirely feas- ible to take advantage of this power Fhe small boat built by the inventor to demonstrate his principle was driven in iny desired direction without any other motive power whatever, “It is the fact that a vessel equipped with this apparatus be headed in any direction, irrespective of the direc- wind, which larly advantageous,” said Capt may tion of the makes it particu vesterday “For a sg sel will travel directly against the wind ind thus may be wo ~where ing men nine-tenths or more of all sail- ships come to grief. All nautical will fully value such inventio ir 3 ¢ re is a veritable satlor's nightmare Not or but wind or a 1 Ocean, OCCANn swe rad of wasting time laying dead in the water.” Daring English Sparrows ish sparrows s 4 sa are the most danng tie be so bold is are a of yery large blackbirds. ind is birds dig worms yf holes with their long hills. The sparrow cannot this because of his short bill, The other day [ saw one of the White House blackbirds industrious. ould 3 ouag hite House ground wet these do from lum operation sparrow All at darted toward the there was a short scrimmage, sparrow flew away its mbuth ately watched worm out of stolen it from a worm. Not far away intently watching the saucy little sparrow and Was a once blackbird, the then which the blackbird pull the and had the larger bird, hole what to do the same thing on several occasions.” -— Washington Star. The ' "Historical Novel” life; instead of writing of what he has seen, he strains his eyes 10 see some- thing that he may write about, no mat. ter what, If we take, for example, the historical novel which for some years past has been so much in fashion, it would seem, judging of course from in- ternal evidence, only, that the novelist begins by selecting his epoch; he then procures the best hundred and fifty books on the subject, and reads them carefully, notebook in hand; when he has learned the names of the principal personages of the time, and has jotted down turns of speech and specimens of costume appropriate to an archer or a ughwayman or a damsel in distress, he adds a suitable proportion of scenery and dialogue and if possible a plot; and so the thing is done. ~Macmillan’s Magazine, ’ The Kind Who Mean Well" It may be true that there is no such thing as luck, yet there are some folks who manage to succeed in spite of their very carnest efforts. Philadelphia Presa PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. he Latest Happenings (ileaned From All Over the State. SHOT HIS WIFE; KILLED HIMSELF. Insane From Jealousy, Solomon Haas, of Wik isnoy City Girl Fell Out of Bed, Fractured Her Sku!l aad Died--Husband Saved His Wife Woman Halted an Officer--Other News Pennsylvanians received pensions during tl Kees Rocl ependen Creek, ; $6; Franklin Ford, ‘ocum, Lewis- . Sipresville Dayton, $10; 7 A $7 ing Durki AM We Byers, Moore, Pittsburg, town, $X: $10; Daniel Patterson Mere Easton, Cou Anderson, Erie, $6 sburg, $6; Benja- i Sample, Davenport, Kline, lexander Michael [ectonis Means, jellwood, n to she Kidney turn jisappeared in Tarr was horse hore ic pit Gaels red i Bank Ee * ad 4 wen together w rendered Mr. Schy ydig Manor Joseph's Hospital OF Was m a tree on the Fourth the ground, cutting him~ breaking an arm. Pow- s wounds and tetanns de- setting off Wallis announced that the request of the freight vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad for increased wages has been granted. The raise applies only to engineers on the large locomotives. The wages are rais- ed from $1.50 to $3.70 for a low rate day and from $4.10 to $4.35 for a high rate day Farmers in Jersey Shore are com- plaining of a peculiar black worm which has made its appearance in great numbers and which is almost entirely destroying the potato crop. Paris green and various exterminators fail to have the slightest effect on the worms Agmes O'Conner, aged 17, is dead at her home in Mahanoy City, as a result of falling out of bed. The girl ate a con- siderable quantity of we cream, which brought on an attack of vertigo. During the spell she fell out of bed and fractured ber skull. Death followed, A southbound passenger train on the New York Central Railroad collided with the caboose of a freight train at Ramsey's on the Fall Brook district. Passengers were hurled from their seats, but escaped serious injury. The engine and caboose were wrecked, Two unsuccessful attempts were made to burn the Maloney Hotel at Westport, Prompt discovery of the flames saved the building from destruction. The Duncaanon Iron Company bas notified the puddiers that commencing this week the price of puddle bar would be advanced from $3.50 to $3.75 per ton The Pottsville Board of Health recr- anized for the ensuing a William pian was elected, vice C. H. Woltjen, whose term expired. These officers were elected: President, A. H. Halderstadt: secretary, Frank Little; health officer, Abram McNeale. the site of a new While Blasting oi siding for the lvania Railroad at Mt. Carbon Richard Davidson had both legs and his body badly cut by flying rocks, The public school board of Weat Ches- ter is said to be the author of the new anti-cigarette law. er +f COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade Condi tions. New York (Special)—R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: General business course with all well employed and w €X- pressed on every hand. Bountiful crops of wheat seem assured and the damage even industries continues leading ins the ith confidence while considerable in some di not promise to suf ' 3 Or serious to at ail me € Progress | ry. Labor are lement and sponsible he { the troubl "64 S15 polo in process of have been unrest whict markets have tors most of the flected m Textile position oeen Patent , 3, $3193: S28081.00 “r NEw ! WW ake field, $1 5034.00 | per crate, $1.00a1.% ol peu 1a, per crate, 7 bunch , 20a25¢ 05 basket car- basket sugar small, skinned hams, 1s, La best re- , pure, in ti , 9Vac; tubs, 934¢ sr Ib. Mess pork, per bbl, $16.00 Hides —Heavy steers, association and 1, 60 Ibs and up. close se- rd in i" 0 - As. salters, late kill lection, 1014a1134c; cows and Light steers gand;c Live roosters, each, 28a30¢; 1satgc. Ducks, yaShic; arse Eggs.—~Western Md. and Pa, pee doz., 13V5a14c; Eastern Shore Md. and Va. do, 13¢c; Virginia, 13¢; Western and West Virginia do, 13c; Southern 12a 12%5¢; guinea, Jc - Dairy Products. —Butter—Elgin, 21¢; choice Western rolls, 1a15¢; fair wo good, 13a14¢; half pound creamery, Md, Va. and Pa, 21a22c¢; do, rolls, 2-1b, deo, § 20¢ | Cheese.~—~New cheese, large. 60 lbs, { 93zat10c; do, flats, 37 lbs, Qigai0lg; pic { nics, 23 Ibs, 10¥4atovic Ppuitry —Hens, 11211! old spring caickens, spring ducks, 9 Live Stock. Chicago. Good to prime steers, $5.10 af.20; poor to medium, $3.90a5.00; cows, $2.4524.50; heifers, $2.350a500 Hogs top, $6.30; mixed and butchers, $58%a 6.25; bulk of sales, $6.00a6.15. Sheep toc higher; lambs 15¢ to 25¢ higher; Colorado shorn lambs up to $5.35; spring lambs up to $6.00: good to choice wethers $3.60 24.40; Western sheep $3.60 34.40; yearlings, $4.252400; Western lambs, $3.50a3.35. East Liberty, Pa Cattle, $5 8sa6.00; prime, $5.%0a5.70. Hogs steady: prime heavies, $6.20a6.28; skips, $5.00a6.00; roughs, $4.25a5.75. Sheep higher; best wethers, $4.1084.70; culls and common, $1.50a2.50; yearlings, $2.50a4.50; veal salves, $7.00a7.%0. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Pasteboard armor is talked of. Madagascar is importing Chinese. Chicago has 4 servant girls’ union, Bellas is Ireland's richest and most lous city. Ji The law forbids the Christian Scien~ sts to practice in Missouri for pay. bee Lavage Tos ve ¥ 15 cents per Y A recent rain ie Southern C increased the Lompoe Valley mustard srop from three sacks an acre to thirty acKs.
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