QUAINT AND CUBIOUS. A California farmer recently plucked a 374 pound cabbage from his patch. Tho once populous town of Meadow Lake, Nev., has now but one inhabi tant. About ono-fourfeenth of the federal soldiers engaged in the late war wore colore d. The long IOOPC mantles aro now giv rg place to a shorter and more cling ing style. At Ashland, Penn., recently the mirage of a town was visible in the sky for nearly an hour. Near tho town of Bnydcr, N. Y., there is a gander over 90 years old and still strong and vigorous. A Hungarian in Pennsylvania put up his wife, furniture and cow at auction and received for them SB2. C. S. Chapman,of Waterbury, Conn., has a clock which has ticked oil the time without stopping since 17S8. While bird hunting, W. It. Bunk ley, of Leesburg, Ga., killed a white lark, the first ever seen in that section. At Sherlocks, Cal., mountain liens have killed all the hogs, goats, calves and donkeys that ure not ker>> under lock and key. Fancy shawls of soft wool in light, quiet shades, edged with deep fringe and lluffg woolen balls, promise to be come fashionable. Captain J. R. McCollum of Newnan, Ga., went out bird hunting and had tho remarkable luck to bring down nine partridges at one shot. The "tailor'' costume is both con venient and elegant for walking 01 driving in town, but is not sufficiently dressy for afternoon visits. In tlie neighborhood of Hart's Road, Fla., live two families with 10 boys, one having nine an l the other seven, and none of tho parents is yet 40 years old. A prospector in tho San Bernardino Mountains, Cal., killed a mountain sheep that weighed dressed 400 pounds. Its horns measured 115-J- inches around at tho base. Tho British war oflico has decided that when it becomes necessary tc handcuff a soldier in uniform ho must not be marched through the streets, but a covered conveyance shall bo provided. Just Like a Man. Watts—When my wife wants to know what kept me down town so late,l al ways tell her like a mm. P-.tts—ln other words you lie out of it. Terre Haute Express. Six Novels Free, sent by Pa., to any one in U. 8. or Canada, postpaid, upon receipt of 25 Dobbins'* Electrical Soap wrappers. Seelist of novels on circulars around each oar. This soap lor sale by all grocers. A PARIS bankrupt selected the door sill of the morgue as a place for suicide. Don't Get Caught This spring, as you may have been before, witli your blood full of impurities, your digestioa Im paired, appetite poor, kidneys and Hvar torpid, and whole system liable to be prostrated by disease—but get yourself Into good condition and ready for the changing and warmer weather, by taking Hoot's Sarsaparilla. It stands uuofjualed for purifying the blood, giving an appetite aud for a regulating and general spring medicine. He sure to get Hood's. "For Ave years I was siek every spring, but last year began in February to take Hood's Sar»aparill*» I used live bottles aud have not seen a sick day since."—(J. W. SLOAN, Milton, Mass. "My son was afflicted with the worst typo of scrofula, and on the recommendation of my drug gist I gave him Hood's Sursaparilia. To-day ho is sound and well, notwithstanding it was said there was not enough mc:liclne in Illinois to effect a cure." —J. CHRISTIAN, lllipolis. 111. K. 12. He sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold I))' all druggists. s.l; six for 35. Prepared only by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses Ortn Dollar j Itook Cold" j ■ I took Sick, ( I I TOOK j j 80OTTO RESULT: I I take My Meals, I take My Rest, j AND T AM VIGOROUS ENOUGH TO TAKE J ANYTHING I CAN I.AY MY HANDS ON ; j foiling l'«i too, FOR Scott's ! mulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HvpopliosphitesofLimeand SOfla ONI.Y CURED MY Illflp- ? lOllt CottKUIBtIMCOII HUT BUILT 1 ME UP, AND IS NOW PUTTING FLESH ON MY BONES | AT THE RATE OF A POUND A DAY. I j TAKE IT JUST AS EASILY AS I DO MILK." J SUCH TESTIMONY IS NOTHING NEW. j SCOTT'S EMI'I.SION IS DOING WONDERS j DAILY. TAKE NO.OTHER. ( PATENTS—PENSIO * S7i«" Vick.'SiSdfS digest of I'eusion and Bounty laws, bond for In ventors' Guide «»r How to i.pt a i'utont. PATRICK O'FAHRF.I.U Attorney :>T 1 »w. \V : l*liiu„.ou. I>. T . llfillC Book-keeping, Business Forms, HUlflC Penrniniship, Arlthmctie, Short-hand, etc., ■ 1 thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars free. IlrynniV Colct'c. 157 M;iin *t.. Hufnlo. N. V PENSIONS,^ ot JOSEPH 11. II US t TKK, ATTOKNBV, WASHINGTON. l>. ERAZERgffM Hold gmrwlMtC. ARCTIC SEALING. How The Newfoundland Hunt ers Capture Their *Prey. Slaughtering the Animals Among the Icebergs. Describing what he saw while on a Newfoundland sealing vessel among tho northern ice floes, a writer in the Now York Times says: As the morn ing brightened out tho seals could be seen with tho naked eye, scattered here and there in little coveys and lying quito still. llow glorious tho sight was when the clear, bright sun arose out of tho distant east I Everywhere stretched a whito gleaming fiold; the summits of the bergs sentineling tho floe caught tho sun first and fairly quivered and scintillated in flame. The side turned to tho cast -was burn ing gold; tho side away from tho sun was a steel blue. Birds which make these icy peaks their home till they reach their breeding haunts further in the south rose and circled in swarms nbout tho top of the berg. But when the sun rose about tho smooth-ico level it sent long spears of yellow fire, so numerous and so bright'.that you could not look at tho pathway'of sciutillatiug light. It needs 110 orders from the Captain to get the men out on the ice such a morning as this. Every man of them, except the regular crew, sailed forth, his gall in his hand. The gafl is a weapon with a stout wooden handle and a steel spear and gripping con trivance at tho end. This is the hun ter's weapon of slaughter. 110 carries a coil of ropo on his shouldor and his great knife in his belt. Ho has no fear on this floe, for all the armies of the world and all their horses may rest upon it with safety. It consists of a vast agglomeration of "pans" or "cakes," frozen together and compact except when the floo begins to break up. Ocean ico always foims in this way, and never in great sheets, as on rivers and still water. Tho wintry ocean waves are forever in motion, which would break up largo areas of thin ico. Tho bergs are regular ocean wanderers and got imprisoned by tho flat ice, but they break away as the spring advances and have a fondless for the track of ocean ships. Of all other floating things they are, in foggy weather, tho most deadly menace to ships. The writer went out for slaughter with a great brawny hunter who soon showed how the work was done. Here and there on a broad ice pau was a covey of three, four or five seals, all sunning themsolvos, and apparently sucking tho ice. They have no other food in this wilderness so far as can be seen. They goon tho ice to bring forth their young, and also perhaps to get a free ride down from Greenland to Newfoundland and the shores of the Canadian provinces. They seldom make much effort to get away as you come up to them, but the hunters declnro that there is a look of terror in their soft, dark eyes, and they have, moreover, the firm belief that the seal sheds tears. Lifting his heavy gall the huuter strikes tho animal on tho head, strikes every one of them in the group, then taking out his knife ho strips off the pelt by opening tho ani mal back and front down to tho lean meat. The skin, which is gray, goes with the blubber or fat, and the carcass is left on the ice. These pelts aro left whero they aro till all the animals in a convenient radius have been secured. Then,tying several of the pelts together the hunter proceeds to collect them, putting them all together, and marking thera with a miniature flag from his ship. Hero is the advantage of the steamer; she can work hor way up, following the lead of tho men from day today pick ing up the pelts. Tho sailing vessel remains where she gets fast, and the hunters aro oliged to drag their trophies for miles over tho ico. They get lame at first from ico travel and they all get ico blind unless thoy wear green gog gles, as they call that kind of glasses. The seal is not tho valuable fur ani mal from which ladies' jackets and mulls are obtained; 110 is known as a wliite-coat, and tho fur is not in much request, being coarse and presenting a bristly appearance. In about a week the ship had over 20,000 pelts, worth about $5 each, and in another fortnight had added nearly another 10,000. This filled her to the hatches, and tho men slept on top of tho cargo. Their clothes wero saturated with seal oil and they smelled Btrongly of it. Thero are hosts of sea birds on the floes, and some good sport can be had. The greenhorns looking for adventures would go after the huge stemmHtopu"", or hooded seal, but they usually left in much terror. Heavy leal shot haslittlo iStet uu tho 1 'dog beod." Ha ssvirs his head and lies defiantly on the ice before the hunter's gun. He is nearly as large as an ox. A curiosity is the small white fox known as the ice fox. He comes out to feast on the carcasses loft b 7 the scalpers, but if there is any chance of an off storm, which would blow the floe off from land, ho scampers shore ward. He is an excellent weather prophet. The Crow and the Drake. A duck with a brood of duckling! was walking along the edge of Bank ing's pond, near Pleasant Mont, Penu., when one of a flock of crows that wcro hanging about the spot lit on the ground near the ducks and pecked and struttod to and fro, in her indifferent sort of way, as though not noticing the prescnco of the ducks, but all the time drawing closer and closer to them. Finally the crow made a sudden move ment, captured a duckling and flew away with it, greeted by a loud chorus of congratulatory caws from its com panions, who had been perched in a tree not far away, as quiot as mice. Thero was great commotion in the duck family oyer the loss of one of its members, and tlia old duck's drake, which had been swimming in the pond near by, hurried to her and quacked his condolence. After a few minutes another crow, probably envi ous of the succes of its fellow in secur ing so delicious a meal so neatly, drop ped down on the ground and began 0 system of similar maneuvers. The caw ing of the crows ceased instantly and the eyes of tho flock were ovidentlj fixed on their scheming companion, watching the result of his wiles. A farmer who had been an eye-witness oi tho first performance now thought it strange and stupid on tho part of th< ducks, after their experionce, that thoy did not tola their littlo ones in tho wa'e' where they could protect them better. But he did not interfere, being curioiH to seo what success tlio second crow would have. 110 soon discovered that the ducks had longer heads than lit had given them credit for. The crow pecked and sidled alon.j until it was quite near the ducks, when it darted forward to seize a duckling. But the drake had its oye on the marauder, and before tho crow had the duckling tlu drake had the crow. It seized the black robber by ono leg, and iu spite of tho latter's yells and fluttering, plunged in the pond with it. Tho drake swam a few feet and then dived with his prisoner. The capture of the crow tilled the flock of crows witl alarm, and thev arose in a body and circled about with doafening cries. The sudden disappearance of their comradt beneath the water aroused all their sus picious nnture, and they flew rapid lj away. The drake remained below foi an extraordinary long time, and whot it came to tho surface the crow wag nol with it. It appeared soon afterward. It was as dead as a stone, tho nvenging drake having drowned it. Tho drake swam back to its mate and family, anc a loud quacking of congratulations fol lowed, after which the whole family launched themselves into tho water foi a triumphant swim. Eyesight OH a Help to Speech. An interesting mstkocl has for some time past been practiced by means ol which deaf mutes are easily enough taught to speak in a passable manner. M. Goguillot, professor in the deal mutes' institution, Paris, in a published account of the essential fealures of this process shows that it is at least charac terized by entire simplicity. Tho pro fessor emits any given sound, as, foi instance, that of o or a, and oblige! the pupil to look at him—at his mouth— and at the same time to put his hand on his face or chest, to feel the vibrations of these parts; the pupil theu adopts the same expression, trios to do with his mouth what ho has s3on the mastei do, and puts his hand to his own chest or face, to feel the vibrations, and tries to reproduce those ho lias felt. In this manner young deaf mutes may be trained to speak in a tolerably intelli gent fashion, and thus, though incapa ble of being taught to hoar, many got to understand -what is said to them, through the eyesight; that is, they look at tho mouth of the person who is speaking, and understand tho conversa tion in this manner. However, ont must speak slowly, and exaggerate somewhat the real movements of the lips lo insure comprehension. CAicugt Times. Accounts Kept on Doorposts. Tho government of Saratofl. Russia, sells each year to the people an im mense quantity of tar for me in their business. All the salos are on credit, and as the peasants can neither read nor write the account of each is kept by means of certain signs made with the tar upon his doorpost. Pay day comes every fall, and then only nre th« doorposts of Saratoff washed cleau un til a a«w Haoouat it »UrUd. Facts About Etna. The traveler is not so much attracted to Catania by its reminders ot a mighty past as he is to put eyes and feet upon the monster which all through that known time stood moaning or thundering above it. Its ascent is begun within the very streets of the city. StradaEdta, Catania's longest street, beginning at the very edge of the port side, leads almost due north toward the volcano's peak 1 , within a few feet of eleven thousand feet above the level of the sea, and fully twenty-eight miles away. The area of country domi nated by the mountain, and at all times subject to overflow of lava, is astound ing. Its circumference is fully one hun dred and seventy miles, and it describes nn irregular circle, of greatest diameter from north to south. Catania stands at the extreme of asouthcrn deflection in its southern segment. The Alcantara River, rising in its northwestern foot hills, flows to the northeast, thence circles its north ern edge, and finally sweeps around to the southeast into the sea. The Simeteo River, having its source at the northeast, near that of the Alcantara, circles the base, first to the southwest, then south ward, and then flmvs around and into the sea to the southeast, below Catania. From Catania to the mouth of the Alcan tara, the lonian Sea on the cast, running with almost a straight wall of shore, cuts a thin segment out of this circle. But within this extraordinarily distinct cir cle of 170 miles there is not a square inch of the earth's surface over which the lava has not at some time poured; which one cannot now distinguish to be unadul terated lava soil; and which is not sub ject to-day, or any other time, to a new coating of molten lava. The entire ma jestic contour of the mountain, broken here and there by lesser volcanoes, is visible from any point at this tremendous base-edge; but, more strange than all else is the density of population within the lower and cultivably luxuriant rim. Threading the base, along the seashore, around to the north by the shores of the Alcantara, around to the south along the inner, or northern shore of the Simeteo, and crowding up to the very edge of its lesser volcanoes, are between sixty and seventy cities and villages, housing—and every human being in life-long danger of destruction—upward of 300,000 souls. Com mercial Advertiacr. Oil, how can ft fair maiden smile and by Ray, Be lovely and loving and dear. As sweet as a rose and as bright as the May When lier liver is all out of gear? She can't. It is impossible. 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