1 Jhina the Klforld's Bears and Wolves Still Abound. Many Varieties of tilHtrwrfrtfrilHSHM HINA la the last great gnme I ( preserve In tho world. Many will be surprised to lonrn "" thnt, notwithstanding the dense population of Chtim and the centuries since the country hns become thickly popnlnleil. It In still the best stocked with gninc of nny country ' . the world. Kven In the regions nbnnt lVUln, now occupied ly the nllled troops, where vlllnges dot the plains every mile or two nnd the population exceed. 20to to the sqnnro mile, wolves, foxe. raccoons, wennels nnd rubblls nre ho thick ns to he pests, while such gnme n pigeons, qiiull, urntiHe nnd rice birds nre found In Immense tlocks. The Wolves of rhlnn nre pnrlli'iilnrly nu merous nnd fenrless, end tunny lives nre lost every winter from their depre tint lens. The t'hlnese fnrmers do not live on the liind that they culllviite, hut g:i!h er theuiNclves In Kiunll villages every , mile or two. For protection from tint wolves which Infest tlmt country the jo vlllmrcH nre usually surrounded by mud Willis, on which nre pnlntcd lnrgo white rings. These white rings nre for the purpose of frightening the wolves nwny, the Chinese believing thnt the wolves think thnt the rings mv the rising sun, or else traps which they must nvold, nnd In fear of which they lnk bnck to their lairs. During the summer the Chinese nre too linsy with their crops to give much nttentlon to exterminating pests or Inking pnnie, hut In the winter they gather for grent wolf drives nnd with their swords nnd pikes bent out the fields nnd kill largo numbers of the animals. One reason why game Is so thick In China Is tho absence of nny finished weapon to hunt with. Although the ' WOLF RINGS ON TBI TILLAGE. WALL. Chinese were the first Inventors of gunpowder and firearms, still their -shotguns have nover been nufllclently Improved to be of much service In hunting. In the first place the Chinese have never Invented or used tho per -cusslon cap. Their gun barrels are roughly cast nnd ninny of tho cheaper ones look as If made out of pot metal. The lower end of tho barrel hns. a '. small vent on the side with a flash pnn attached. Over the stock of tho gun Is a holder shaped like a half bent fin ger, made of soft steel, and spilt so nn to hold a piece of lighted punk or In cense. To fire hi gun the Chlunmnu tills the flash pnn nnd. then, with bis thumb, pushes the holder forward til! the lighted punk touches tho powder in the flash pan. By this time auy creature with an atom of Intelligence Is a mile away more or less, nnd un- . less something clso happens along op portunely to receive the charge, the i shot Is wasted. The reason for the number of foxes .to be found in China Ilea in the Chi nese belief In tho transmigration of souls. The Chinese think that depart- ed spirits prefer foxes to any other animals as post-mortem habitations. ' The taking of game by the Chinese Is -chiefly by means of nets, - running nooses and dead-falls. Quail and rab bits are taken almost solely by meni of netst which the Chinese set In Handing grain, nnd Into which they then carefully drive the game. For they use pits with trip oics with weights, ar- ,tcli the aulmul around the ng It. ance of game In China 1m -'o any part of the ui "i tains, both north and 1 great ouiulwra of t ' CHINESE FALCONE?. ' Last Game Preserve. 1 IWr and Hints. tx'nrs. both black nnd brown, nnd strange ns It may seem, they nre most numerous In the province of Shan tung, which Is one of the most thick ly txtpulnted nnd tho oldest province of tho Culm so empire. Tigers nnd leopards nre also found In nil the mountainous pnrts of China, tho roynl tiger of India Is found In the range of mountains which parallel the coast from ('anion north to the Ynng tse, while In the mountains of the north Is found the great Hihcrtnn Ckiksse?- "' Bins-Slims'... or Mnngnllan tiger, which Is the most magnificent specimen of the tiger fami ly. In addition to these, wild bonrs, wild sheep ami goats, antelope, nnd, what is considered by tho Chinese one of their greatest delicacies, tho wild nss or onager, nre common. The northern deer pnrk, In the moun tains northwest from the enpitnl. Is one of the unest preserves In the world, and contains n very large herd of giant deer. It covers the whole moun tain side nnd Is dotted with pictur esque hunting lodges. The deer In this north pnrk arc fine, large nnlmnls, of a dun color, with mngnlllceut ant lers', somewhat resembling our Ameri can wapiti, but peculiar In having what the Chinese call a mule tall. Probably the commonest game bird of China Is the pheasant. Hzcrhunu is the home of n peculiar animal thnt might be called a "missing link." It is a species of ape, growing quite large, adults reaching four feet in height. It lives In tho mountains nnd Is protected from tho cold by henv fur nnd mnne. It Is pecullnr for the fact that it hibernates like a bear, and the Chinese, rccogulzlug tills peculiari ty, call It the run-hluug, or the mat) bear. It is much sought for Its flesh, nnd Its paws arc prized as great deli cacies. There Is so much swamp nnd lak.i country In Chlua thnt It Is very nat urally a great country for snipe nud plover,-while tho rich feeding to be found In 'its grent rice fields makes It the home of greater flocks of swans and geese and wild ducks of all va rieties thnn enn be found anywhere elso In tho world. Tho Chinese n:"o grent pigeon fnnclers, nnd take advan tage of the pigeon habit of flying . Iti droves to steal from each other and to take wild pigeons. They do this by fastening, roodvn whistles on tho talis of tho lenders of their own flock, for the purpose of attracting other pigeotis to them. The air of Chinese cities Is full of soft neollan notes of these pigeon whistles. There is another method of taking game practiced by the Chinese which must not be omitted, nud this, by mean of trained fnlcons. The great sport of falconry, once so popular In all the courts of the world, survives strongly in China. Here bavrks, eagles aud falcons are still taught to pursue the quarry, aud the great falcon mar ket In the southern part of Peklu, ' one of the sight ef tb Chinese capi tal. ' Here on lrnmeme rack are thousands of hooded birds, txposed for ale, and Uta Cbluea iport'to oftiA A - ytWMwmwi mm. ,( mm seen along; the street or highway with his favorite bird mounted on bis leather-bound wrist In Mongolia tho gold en englo Itself 1 stilt trained nnd lnucb used In bunting deer. With tho, quieting of the present dis turbance nnd tho creation of a better understanding between the Chinese nnd the outside world there will doubt less) be ft grent Influx of outside sports men Into thnt country. Those who hnvc roamed over the world seeking tho dnngers nnd pleasure of taking large game will hern seek their Inst opportunities and find richer rewards for their skill and endurance thnn they hnve fottnd anywhere else lu the world. Washington Star. An Antiseptic Broom, ' The most tip to-dnto broom, nnd tlmt which sweeps the cleanest, has n mi crobe destroyer attached, as shown In the accompanying Illustration. Tho new broom was designed by n Soltfli- erner. It consists of a bng to bo at tached to the end of the broom handle before the straws nre wired In place, with a hole drilled In the hnndlo to a point nbovo the straws for tho Inser tion of the chemicals, etc., which form tho microbe destroyer. The antiseptic Is preferably made In the form of hard balls,' which readily roll Into the bng through the channel, nnd to promote tho dissemination of the compound through the strnws a qunntlty of water, alcohol or other solvent may nlso bo Introduced through tho agency TUB NEW UinnonB-DEHTBOTINa BROOK, of a enn, or tho balls nnd liquid may be replaced by a semifluid antiseptic, which will slowly Alter through the fabric and dampen tho broom. All germs of disease, as well ns dirt will vanish before the onslaught of tho uew antiseptic broom. A Curious Ttmeploce, A Parisian novelty Is n sun-dial watch, with compass, as shown In our Illustration, It Is mado of nickeled cop per, nud is to be recommended to bunt- rOCKBT TIMEPIECE. ers, fishermen, cyclists in short to all who spend much time in the open air. In the upper part a small compass I fixed, nt the lower Is marked a scale of the hours, nnd in the centre thoro Is a mnnll finger, which can be raised and lowered at will. In order to use this novel watch It Is held in the sun, flat. It Is turned so as to have tho blue compass needlo pointing between north aud Lorthwest. Then a yellow finger Is raised from it pocket lu the middle, and its shadow cast on the scale will show the tlnio. Want Through, "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "do yon t'iuk It does a uiuu much good to go t'roo college?" "Not much," replied Meandering Mike. "I went t'roo a college once, an all I got was two dlctloneile an' (I suit of foot ball clothes. De swag wasu't wort' de risk." A Orrat DI.eovcry. It' a funny thing that no great bis torlnn ha ever wrltton a successful historical novel. New York . Pre, i i KEYSTONE SM1E NEWS CONDENSED PENSIONS GRANTED. Wsitern Penmjlvsnls Oil Compsny 8uod. Mill C trior Pull Robbort to Flight Vlctlm.zlng Soldiers fnondi. Pensions have been granted the fol lowing persons: (ieorge Tiunlnir, Car son Center, $o; Henry Fisher, Keating, $6; Charlotte K. Kvans, Kric, $u; Mar garet M. Cnllcilgr, Saxton, $K; C'rlicia S. Wilbur, 'Kranklimlale, $X; Wilbur Churchill, Sabinsville, $.)o; I.omns M. Smith, Artcmas, $S; Susanna Khodcs, Smithton, $8; Susan McOanids, Sharps burg, $H; Mary C Swisser, Altitun, $X; Liilia llcin, New Hamburg, $H; Joseph ine M. Scliitnlaw, I.ignniir, $H. Vermin Kellcy, constable of Franklin township, (irrcne county, went to the home of Miss Anna Clark and her sit ter to lend llicm a revolver. While showing the young women bow to use the weapon and, thinking it uuloadcil, lie poinled the revolver at Miss Ann:i and pulled the trigger, exploding a cartridge, the ball entering the girl'.: breast, and she died almost instantly. Slate Senator Charles Murlilhronnrr will present a bill in the present session of the Legislature providing for an ap propriation of $.o,ooo for the purpose i f assisting in the erection of a monument that will stand in one of the I'ittslmrg parks in memory of Colonel A. L. Haw kins and the the dead of the Temll Pennsylvania regiment. Frank MeC'loy has begun suit nt Washington for $J5.(xm damages against the W estern Pennsylvania (ias Com pany, alleging that t lie latter found oil on his farm, but cased it olT and drilled deeper for gas. The well, he "alleges, was abandoned without testing the oil s.uicl. Tuesday night Mrs. Samuel Worttnan, wife of the proprietor of the Hotel Yoe gle. New Castle, was standing at the telephone when iwo masked robbers en tered and compelled her to disclose the biding place of over $.400 nnd a goi I watch. lly the will of William Hakcwcll, who donated the land on which the Pennsyl vania railro.nl station stands nt Arnol I, will revert to his heirs. It is understood the company intends to abolish that sta tion. An unknown friend lias presented the Mcadvillc Theological School $5o,oor. The gift came through the Kcv. I).-. Robert Collier, of New York, who a year ago sent $J5.ooo from an unknown donor. Two men, prisoners nt the Lancaster county jail, climbed the walls and mado a dash for liberty, but the officials dis covered the ladder standing against the wall and gave quick pursuit and suc ceeded in capturing one of them. Harry Fisher, mail rarrier between T ranger and Pleasant Unity, was stop ped by a masked highwayman, but in- lead of delivering up his money nnd the mail, shot at the robber and put him to tugiit. George Ward nnd James Jones, color ed, were hanged at Washington, nt 10:18 Wednesday morning, for the Wcstlick murder. Death from strangu lation resulted in 13 minutes. It is reported that the Pennsylvania Railroad intends to extend its line to Central City, near the line of Somerset ami ucdlorrl counties, nnd that work will soon begin. An inuiostor has been vietimi7ittir 1I1 , families of Tenth regiment soldiers at oreensliurg uv claiimnir he was n iin-m bcr of that organization and tclliiig a uiic 01 eisircss. A stock company has been formed at Sharon, to purchase the Kimbeily tolling mill, owned by the America'! Steel Hoop Company, and convert it into a foundry and machine shop. The brick knitting mill of Willliam Davis, in Downingtown, Chester coun ty, was entirely destroyed by a fire of incc-idiary origin. The loss is about $?, 000. Tlie supreme court having refused to interfere, Frank Major must hang for the murder of Policeman McGrath, of inusviiic, unless his sentence is com muted. The Crawford county commissioners have issued on bond for George Hughes, tax collector for three wards. of Titus ville, who, it is alleged, is short in his accounts, $4,743.17. Burglars forced an entrance to the clothing store of Samuel Luric, at Shar on, and stole a large amount of mer chandise. They tried to open the safe, containing over $200, but failed. Wilkinshurg, a suburb of Pittsburg, was visited Tuesday by the most de structive fire in its history, entailing a loss of $150,000. The Concmaugh Methodist congrega tion, whose church was burned down recently, has decided to replace it wit'i a $s,ooo strifturc. Patrick O'Connor drove over a '50 foot bank near New Castle, but escape:! with a few bruises, through falling on his horse, which was killed. Samuel Hahn, aged 70, at Camp Hill, near Carlisle, was kicked to death by a runaway horse. Boilermakers of the Erie shops at Susquehanna, have struck against intro duction of piecework system and the employment of unskilled labor. A, P. Haskius, aged 43, of Clearfield, was found dead in an Altoona hotel. He is supposed to have committed sui cide. The Bank and Trust Company's bui'd ing at Grcensburg was damaged to the extent of $1,000 by fire which started at the foot of the elevator. Peter Eli, aged 66, of Carroll town shin. Cambria county, was thrown from his wagon and killed. Focdlng Hi Etepharilr. Elephants in the Indian army are f!d twice a day. When meal time arrives they are drawn up in line before a row of piles of food. Each animal's break fast includes ten pounds of raw rice, done up in five two-pound packages. The rico is wrapped in leave and then tied with grass. At the tommand, "At tention!" each lephanr raises its trunk and package is thrown into its capa cious mouth. By this method of feed ing not a single grain of rice is wasted. Chicaeo Chronicle. Jf ''oW$fl -II I This picture tells Its own Btory of sisterly affection. The older girl, just budding Into womanhood, has Buffered great ly with those irregularities and menstrual difficulties which sap tho lifo of bo many young women. Lydla K. Plnkhnm's Vogotablo Compound can always bo relied upon to restore health to women who thus Buffer. It is a sovereign euro for tho worst forms of female complaints, that bearing-down feeling, weak back, falling and dinplacemont of tho womb, inflammation of tho ovaries, and all troubles of tho uterus or womb. It dissolves and expels tumors from tho uterus in tho early ptago of develop ment and chocks any tendency to cancerous humors. It eubduos excitability, nervous prostration, and tones up the entiro femalo system. ' Oould anything prove mom oloaHy the of ftolenoy of Mra Plnkham'a Mottlolno than tho following strong statement of Oraoo Stansbury? " Dear Mns. Tinkium t I was a sufferer from female weakness for about a year and half. I have tried doctors and patent medicines, bub nothing hsl pod me. I underwent the horrors of local treatment, but re oelved no benefit. My ailment was pronounced ulceration of the womb. Cr- -s7sw II louoorrhoca Ov II weak I bad II hard aa to broken-down women. 1 nave iuii K. Plnktinm Vegetable llurlngton, Kansas. The 112 cotton mills of Mexico con sumed List year 57.000,000 pounds of cotton and produced nearly 10,000.000 pi'i'es of woven and ' printed goods. These mills K'ce employment to 22,000 operatives, and the sales for the year amounted to more than $28,000,000. ' Trr CSrata-O t Try ftralii-O! . Aak yonr grooar to-day to show you a paok iiro ot Obaim-O, tho now food drink that tokos tbo place of oofloo. The chililron may drink it without injury a wall aa tlieadult. Ail who try it. Ilka it. Guaix-O luu that rich soul brown of Mooh or Java, but it ia mado from pure rina, and the moat dolicate stomach rocelveg githout dlatreag. tho irrico of eotToe, IS and 26o. per paokago. Hold by all grocers, Edward Ooll, of N'appanec, Ind., hail 14 acres of wheat that was a failure last spring. He bought nine bushels of flax seed, which cost him $13; sowed the seed April 10, and from the 14-acre field threshed in August 215 bvshels of flax seed, which he has just sold for $33,1.23. Conglilnq: I, earl 10 Canuiiinn. Komp's IUlsnm will atop tho cough nt our, flo to your (lruxitlt to-ilny nnd get a sample bottle freo. Hold in M and 60 cunt bottltx. Go at once, dulays ara dangerous. - A chameleon, when blindfolded, lost s the power to change its hues, and the entire body remains of a uniform color. is I Cold Agony Pain intensified by cold is unbearable. Neuralgia la winter mutt Mck 1 St. Jacobs Oil for the sairast reliif aud pnuaivMst saw. CWAtt B-STANStlUHV 1 suueerea irom intense pains in ma womo ana ovaries, and the backache was dreadful. I had In Its worst lorm. final nr. I grew so to keep my feed. The pa.lt were so almost cause spasms. Vvhcn I could endure toe pain no longer, I was gtvQn morphine. My rhcrpbry grew short on4 X Up bU hojo of gotty well. ThM I drasfica nlonj. TopleoiiS my sister I wrote to Mrs. 1 ! xkhorn fdr fdico. Her answer came, but mjanlljao I wo taken worse and was nndcr the doctor' &fe for a while. " Ater reading Mrs, I'lnkhorn's letter, I con cluded vp'try her medicine. After taking two bottle I full much better ; but after using six bottles I was cured. All of my friends think my cure almost miraculous. I thank you Te'ry much for your timely advice and wish you prosperity in your noble work, for surely it Is a blessing to ana complete inun in inn iyaia Compound." Ubace I). tlTA.tsuunr, Owing to the fart that vimn krpiical people have from lime In time questioned thefenuincne.tof th lealimonla' .elterm w. are constantly Dubliihinr. we hava deposited with the- National City tlnna, of I.rnn, Maaa., ;.ooo, wliHh will btt paid lu any peraon who wtU ahow that the ahova testimonial ia not genuine, or waa published before obtaining tha writer's special permiasion. I,Ylla, . finuuug Medicims Co. Two thousand gallons of air ore a Frown-up person's allowance for 21 hours. ; The stomach lias to work hnrit, grinding the food we crowd Into It Make Its work easy by chewing Xleeman's Pepsin Gum. The recent census taken throiiKhoiit Switzerland has shown a remarkable in-, crease in the number of inhabitants. Perhaps the most extraordinary growth is in the Canton of Zurich, whose popu lation in trWa numbered 337,183. but now it is 428,030, an increase of 90,847 in habitants in 12 years. This is consid ered a world's record. Geneva has in creased by 21.412 persons during the same period. Lane's Fmmlljr TOedldne Moves the bowels each day. In order to be hnalthy this is neoesaary. Acta Kenlly on the liver and kidnevs. Curos sick headache. Price 25 and 50 cents. Gcoruia has led the United States in textile mill building during the current year, with North Carolina a close sec ond and South Carolina in third place. The two Carolina still have each a larger number of cloth factories than Georgia. b'H the latter is steadily forg iim to the front. There la m Class ol People Who are injured by the nse of coffee. Ilecently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called Obaih-0, made ol pure graina, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few oan tell it from coffee It does not coat over as ruui'u. Children may drink it with great beneltt. 15 cts. and 23 CU. per package. Try it. Aak fur Oauiit.Q. An Italian who has returned from Abyssinia declares that in the more dis tant parts of that country there are still a large number of Italian soldiers liv ing in slavery. They arc mostly men who were wounded at the battle Adowa. kit on the ticld and subsequently taken prisoners. lestdaesirs anal Nervousness rnreel 1 by a remedy compounded of simple Herb.. Physicians have bad the most sigiial suuees in prescribing uarnelcl Headache i'owdcr.l..- iscrirouinese and Headaches. j In Hartford. Conn., the .life of every I cat is in peril. The board of health t f j that city has come to the concluon ' that cats arc the means of carrying d'p'i thcii.i. ! Tha Best Prescription for mills and Fever la a battle of IIhovb s TaSTiLis Chili Tome. It la slinplv Iron and quinine la tasteless form. No curao par. frtoe toe. ' In Cincinnati there is talk o a.t niobiU line to compete with the street car. i
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