SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OE
EVERY-DAY LIFE.
(Jueer Episodes and Thrilllne Adven
tures Which Show that Truth Is
Stranger than Fiction.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, several months
ago purchased a pack of young blood
hounds to 1> used in tracking escaping
criminals. The dogs were placed in
charge of Pat Bergen, a farmer living
near there, for training. They were
quick to learn, being of unusual intelli
gence, und have developed a sugacity
that is probably not equaled by any other
pack in the South. A test of their
i enting powers wus given a few days
(ago in the presence of the Board of
County Commissioners. The dogs were
fastened in their kennels and a man was
started oft* from Mr. Bergen's house. lie
skirted the fence, and, reaching the rail
road track, climbed upon a freight car,
walked ulong the roof of that and other
cars attached, coming to the ground aguin
at a distance of 200 yards. He then took
two long plunks and walked along them,
carrying each of them alternatively and
walking on the other, so that for a dist
ance ot 300 yards his feet nor hands never
touched the ground. He then continued
his course, carefully covering up his
tracks in the dusty roadway by means of
a stick for a distance of half a mile. He
continued his course for two more miles,
using various devices to destroy the trail
amd finally took refuge in a tree. About
threo hours after the mau had reached
the tree the dogs wore brought out. As
soon us they had caught the scent they
•started oft* 011 a run, finding their first
difficulty at the railroad cars. They be
gan to circle around in widening circles
until the scent was picked up again at
the point where the man had left the
cars. The animals had but little diffi
culty in following the trail from there to
the tree, where they came to a standstill,
bellowing savagely when they discovered
the object of their search.
AT Georgetown, Brown County, Ind.,
twenty miles from a railroad, twenty-two
years ugo Flora Staple was born. Since
that time she has been more helpless
thun a babe, having no power of motion
except the perpendicular movement of
lier jaws. During all these years she has
taken nourishment only in fluid form.
Strange as it inay appear it is a fact that
she has grown to be very beautiful and
of perfect form, except for a slight cur
vature of the spine. Her power of
speech has been developed, and she
reads and speaks the English language
flueutly d correctly. Two years ago
she was brought to Chicago and witnessed
the parade of a large circus. Seeing a
large elephant, she informed her mother
on returning homo that the sight of it
had made an impressiou upon her mind
that she would never forget, and that she
. believed if she hud some pliable sub
stance she could form with her mouth an
imago of the beast. She was first given
an apple peeling, und her parents were j
greatly surprised 011 seeing that a per
fect image of the elephant was formed
with her teeth. Since that time she has
learned to form with great rapidity
letters, words and sentences as perfect as
print, and in this she takes great delight.
A ROMANTIC story comes from Paumo
to Islands in the South Pacific. William
Gibson lias just roturned from there and
says that Samuel Harris, twenty-six
years old, who was born and reared here,
and has been been five years in tho islands,
A lias married the daughter of King Toko
w taia, and has been made Prime Minister.
When Harris left San Francisco be went
to trading iu tho islunds. Ho had small
capital, but he turned it to good account,
and soon became identified with the
pearl fisheries at the harbor of Tokotaia,
and quickly made so much money that
for two or three years he has controlled
the fisheries and is known as tho "Pearl
King." The King of tho islands is
proud of his cnterprisiiigsou-in-law,aud
openly states that at his death 110 willl
confer the sceptre 011 him. The Paumoto
Islunds are a long way out in tho South
Pacific. They are east of the Society
group and are part of what is known as
tho Lower Archipelago. Tho Paumotos,
which comprise some 8,000 miles in area,
uro independent of the French, and Har
ris, us Prime Minister and heir to tho
throne, says he will take good care that
the French do not got their grip on the
country. The population of the Paumo
tos is übout 9,000.
A STARTLING and most rcmarkublo phe
nomenon occurred in Brookiiold, Fuirtield
County, Connecticut, which will bo re
membered to life's end by those who
heard it. About the time for tho even
ing service and when the congregations of
the churches w ere awaiting the beginning
of worship it began to thunder und
lighten in the distunce, and tho shower
appeared to bo rapidly approaching un
til it was directly overhead. Suddenly
there was a burst of musical thunder,
Bounding soinewliat like a gong in differ
ent tones, and so marked were the musical
notes as to be sweet and almost bugle
like. As quick us a Hash, all the eyes of
the congregation in tho church were di
rected to tlue ceiling and the suppressed
ciy of "VVhut's that?" could bo heard all
over the church. "It's thunder!" was
the exclumation from all. All were
startled, although some were more
frightened thun others. There were
those who, doubtless being a littlo con
science-stricken, thought of tho final
reckoning.
HERE is the method employed by the
hunters of British Columbia who poach
upon the sealing grounds When the
schooner sights a seal the little boats arc
lowered. A hunter armed with two shot
guns ujid a rifle and two sailors to pull
the boat take their places and tho hunt
begins. Tho seal may be swimming at
the surface, or perchance ho is sleeping.
The boat is pulled quietly toward the
animal. 111 nine cases out of ten the
seal takes alarm and dives out of sight
before tho boat is brought close enough
to use tho guns with effect, and in no
case does tho hunter shoot unless he
feels Rure of his quarry. The seal when
shot at once commences to sink, and the
boat lias to be pulled rapidly up to it,
when the body is "gaffed" and hauled
aboard. This is repeated us long as seal
can be seen. In many cases only one or
two will be killed during a day's hunt,
while at other times us many us twenty
will be tuken.
Miss MAUP PRIMM, of Mount Pulaski,
111., is a somewliut remarkablo young
lady, especially when considered from a
standpoint. She is sixteen years
old, and has never taken a music-lesson
—indeed, knows absolutely nothing of
musical theory, not oven the letters of
the piano. And yet she is an exception
ally fine pianist, playing popular or
classical music with equal facility, and
with a delicacy of touch and correctness
of interpretation rarely excelled oven by
life-long students. Her repertory in
cludes all the music she hears, for after
hearing even very difficult numbers per-
formed once she is ready to take her
place at the piano and reproduce them,
either in the original keys or she will
transpose them into any desired key.
She is certrainly a prodigy in this direc
tion.
IN July, 1888, came that terrible ex
plosion in Japan which blew the moun
tain of Bandai San into the air, killing
many people, while the fragments of tho
shattered mountain falling into the rivers
dammed them so completely that threo
large lakes were formed. The agricul
tural land was ruined by the ashes and
lava that covered it. The great calamity
seems to bo providing its own compensa
tion, for most of the men of that district
have turned their attention to fishing in
the three new lakes, which are said to
teem with fish of various kinds. They
are thus beginning to recoup themselves
in a measure for the loss they sustained
by the eruption.
TUB people along the Columbia Kiver
thought they were prepared for anything
in the fish line after the murvolous run of
sulmon which has been literally choking
the river this season, but they were taken
aback tho other day when four whales
crossed the bar and swam away up the 1
stream. They were big fellows and dis
ported themselves in a lively manner,
owning the river for the time being, us
the steamboats were very careful to give
them all the sua room they wanted. After
having all tho fun and making all the
excitement they desired, tho whales swam
back to sea again.
THERE are two very expert and popular
woman mochunical engineers near
Purkersburg, W. Vu. One of tbem,
Addie F. Johnson, 19 years old, lives
neur Tallyho. She has hud entire charge
for threo years of an engine which runs
a grist and planing mill. She bus a
natural tuleut for machinery, and can
take down and put together an engine us
quickly aud deftly us any experienced
male engineer in this part of the country.
The other woman engineer is Ida Newett
of Cairo, who has been u practical
locomotive engineer for several years.
Both are unmarried.
GREAT mounds of sand and oyster
shells found upon the seaside in lower
Delaware are said to be of Indian origin.
The Nanticokes, a tribo that has left its
name upon the geography of Peunsly
vania at various points, were uccustomed
at the upproaoh of winter to move south
ward into lower Delaware, and there to
feed all winter long upon fish and oysters.
Tho mounds mark the great camping
grounds of the tribe. Tho Nunticoke, a
large river of the peninsula, perpetuates
the name of the tribe and strengthens the
tradition.
A CURIOUS incident is reported from
India. A dead inan, a dead dog, and a
live panther were all found together in a
dry well. At night the panther had evi
dently chased the dog into the well and
fallen in himself. Hearing the dog
howling, the man, knowing nothing of
the panther, had probably gone to help
the dog, und the punther killed both. In
the morning the discovery was mude. A
noosed rope was let down and slipped
over tho panther, which wus then hauled
to tho month of the well and shot by a
policeman.
GREAT BRITAIN is going steadily ahead
in the work of fortifying the coast liue
of her American possessions on both
sides of the continent. Important forti
fications are being built 011 tho British
Columbian coast, and tho authorities
havo now decided to placo two revolving
turrets at the Fort York redoubt at Hali
fax. One is to bo placed ut the northern
end and one at tho southern end of the
fort. Euch turret will be built of stone
and will contain four sixty-ton guns.
As Mr. Alexander, an Oregon sheep
raiser, was driving a herd of 10,000
mutton sheep through Klickitat county
to the Sound market recently a small
canyon was reached which the herders
did not see, and when tho front sheep
came to it the roar ones pushed them
ahead until there was a bridge formed
with the struggling and dying leaders.
Tho rest of the band passed over, and
when the herders arrived they found 360
doad and dying sheep.
A PETRIFIED hog has been discovered
near Clarksville, Tenn. Only the back
and head of tho animal were visible
when found, but, after the earth had
been dug away the ribs and legs became
visible und the hoofs could be clearly
traced. The head is in a good state of
preservation, and the large tusks show
that it was a male. Tho specimen is to
bo sent to the World's Fair.
SEVERAL hundred eagles swooped down
on Rjelgord, Russia, and devoured ten
horses, several sheep and a vast number
of smaller auimals.
Horse Fun*
A Mansfield (Ohio) doctor is the owner
of a horso which has a fondness for
practical jokes. Recently the physician
drove out into the country to answer a
sick call. Arriving he tied his horse to
a post, near which hung a rope attached
to a largo bell used as a dinner signal for
employes on the place and went inside.
Shortly after tho bell rang violently.
Tho doctor and tho munof the house both
looked out, but could see nothing except
the horse. Thev had hardly turned
away, however, before the bell rung
again. This was repeated and the doc
tor determined to solve tho mystery, so
at the third ring, instead of going into
the house, he stepped out aud hid in the
yard, lie kept his eye on the bell rope
and in about a minute wus surprised to
see his horse lift up his head, smile slyly
and give the rope a good, hard tug.
When the physician sprang out and con
fronted the horse the animal instantly
tried to put on a look of innocence, but
was unsuccessful. —[New York Herald.
The Isolated Castor Oil Plant.
No sort of bird, beast or creeping
thing will touch a castor oil plant. It
seems to be a rank poison to all the ani
mal world. Even a goat will starve be
fore biting off a leaf, and a horse will
sniff at it and turn up his upper lip as
though it has the most detestable odor
on tho face of the earth Army worms
and the locusts will pass it by, though
they may oat every other green tiling in
sight, and there is no surer way to drive
moles away from a lawn than to plant a
few castor beans here and there.
Even the tobacco worm will refuse to
be fed on its leaves. There is hardly
another instance in natural history of a
plant being so universally detested by
the aniinal world.—[St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
The Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is in the southeast of
Palestine, and is called by the Arabs
Halir Loot, or Sea of Lot. It is about
forty miles long,with an average breadth
of nine miles. It is fed by the Jordan
from tho north, and by many other
streams, but has no apparent outlet, its
superfluous water being carried off, us le
supposed, by evaporation. The north
shores of the sea are murked bv the
blackened trunks and branches of trees
which are encrusted with salt, as is
everything that is exposed to the spray
of this sea. On tho southern shore is
the remarkahlo mass of rock called Ud
sum or Sodom. To the north of Udsum
is the supposed site of uucient
•Sodom. On the borders of the
Dead Sea a curious plant grows that
yields fruit called the apple of Sodom,
beautiful on the outside but bitter to tho
taste, and, when mature, filled with fibre
and dust.—[St. Louis Republic.
THE COPTS.
An Interesting People About Whom
but Little is Known.
These people esteem themselves to be
the true descendants of the ancient
Egyptians, and distinguished from the
conquering race of Arabians who have
now overrun their lund. It is a comical
idea, but they call upou us to note their
close resemblance. Early converts to
Christianity, they huve remained faith
ful to their belief amidst the Mohamme
duu population all about them. It must
jbe mentioned, however, that thoy had
I been pronounced heretics by the Council
jof Chalcedon beforo the Arabian con
quest; for they had refused to worship
the human nature of Christ, revering
His divine nature alone. They are the
guardians of tho Christian legends of
I I" tt crypt under one of their
! churches they show two niches. On e,
they say, was tho sleeping-placo of
Joseph and the other of the Virgin and
Child, during the flight into Egypt.
Near Heliopolis is an anciont tree, under
whoso branches the Holy Family aro
supposed to have rested whon the sun
shine was too hot for further traveling.
There aro between four and five hun
dred thousand Copts in Egypt. They
aro the book-keepers and scribes; they
aro also tho jewellers and embroiderers.
Their anciont tongue lias fallen into dis
use, and is practically a dead language.
They now use Arabic, like all the rest of
the nation ; but tho speech survives in
their church service, a part of which is
still given in the old tongue, though it is
said that even tho priests themselves do
not always understand what they are say
ing, having merely learned tho sentences
by heart, so that they can repeat them as
a matter of form. Copts have been con
verted to Protestantism during these later
days by tho American missionaries.
They aro not, in appearance, an at
tractive people. Their converts and
churches, ut leust in Cairo and its neigh
borhood, ure so hidden awav, inacces
sible, and dirty that they ure but slightly
appreciated by tho majority of travellers,
who spend far more of their time among
the mosques of Mohammed. But both
the people and their ancient language
are full of interest from a historical point
of view. They form a field for research
which will give some day rich results.
A littlo has been done, and well done;
but much still remains hidden. It has
yet to be dug out by the leuriied. Then
it must be translated by the middle-men
into those agreeable little histories which,
with agreeable little tunes, agreeable
little stories, and agreeable little pictures,
are tho delight of tho many.—[Harper's
Magazine.
How Tenement Honse Folk Live.
Tho object of having a count tuken by
the sanitary police iu New York city is
not so much u mere enumeration as to
ascertain how the people boused in tene
ments live, what is the condition of their
heulth, and what are the drawbacks that
can be cured. The instructions given to
the squad are to uscertain what propor
tion of the rooms thoy visit or how many
of them ure workshops; to inspect yards,
cellars and stubles, and incidentally to
collect the number of horses on whoso
work an ariny of the tenants depend.
They report tho cubic air space of the
rooms used as workshops, tho numbers
who are sick, tho children under fourteen
who are at work, aud to uscertain how
muny speak English. Theso statistics
are now in course of preparation, but
enough has been ascertained to show that
comparatively few sick persons wore
found in the tenements, and that few
children under fourteen are at work.
Nothing like the work accomplished by
the sanitary police iu the last eight
mouths has over been attempted before
except in the ease of the Hebrew workers
in clothing, aud the results will be found
full of interest when anulyzod and
properly grouped. It has been a difficult
task, owing to tho clustered colonies of
various nationalities in tho tonoment
districts where foreign lunguages are
spoken almost exclusively, and the man
who asks questions is regarded with sus
pician, as a spy. Beforo the census was
made eminent philanthropists were in
vited to muko suggestions as to the
questions to be asked, with a view to
throwing as much light as possible on tho
vexed problem of the social conditions of
the poor.—[Philadelphia Record.
The Judgment of Solomon.
Little boys who aro foolish enough to
steal pears that are unripe will do well
to avoid orchards that are under the mag
isterial jurisdiction of the West London
Police Court. Probably by this time
George Webbing and John .Sullivan have
rued the day when they trespassed 011 the
ground of Mr. Richard Hyde, a Hammer
smith solicitor, for the purpose of rob
bing tine proprietor of his immature
fruit; for, instead of ordering them to be
whipped, Mr. Partridge inflicted upon
them the severor punishment of requiring
each of the juvenile offenders to eat that
which he had plucked. "I hope they
will make your stomachs ache," observed
the magistrate, whereupon tho boys do-
niolishod the stolen pears with a self-ab
negation that was positively heroic.
| Whether the result justified the oxpori
mont time alone can show. Moanwhile
the lads have boon romanded to the work
house.—[London Telegraph.
Henry Clay's Hullseye.
A story old but good is told of Henry
Clay's lucky cruek shot. Clay was visit
ing a backwoods county in Kentucky,
where the man who could tiro the best
shot stood highest in esteem and the man
who couldn't tire at all was looked upon
with contempt. Ho was canvassing for
votes when 110 was approached by some
old hunters, one of whom told him tliuthe
would he elected to Congress, but that he
must first show how good a shot 110 was.
Clay declared that ho never shot with
any rifle except his own, which was at
home. A target wus sot up, howover,
and Mr. Clay aimed at it. He fired
fainth-eartedly, but tho shot struck tho
bullseye in the center.
"A chance shot! A chance shot!" cried
his opponents.
"Never mind," ho answered, "You
beat it, and then I will."
No one could bout it, and Mr. Clay had
too much good sense to try again.—[Now
York Press
NOTES AM) COMMENTS.
A FLORIDA nogro who was hiding in a
swamp near Tallahassee, and was forced
up a tree by tho approach of alligators,
was so badly frightened by his expe
rience that his hair turned white.
MASSACHUSETTS is said to have as many
public libraries as all other States
put togother, $5,000,000 having been
given by private individuals to the sixty
memorial buddings winch have been
erected.
IT is estimated that tho treasure lying
idle in India in the shape of hoards or
ornaments amount to £350,000,000. A
competent authority calculates that "in
Amritsar City alone there are jewels to
the value of £2,000,000 sterliug.
TIIE amount of space given in the Lon
don papers to the discussion of drunken
ness and itH euro is extraordinary. Hun
dreds and hundreds of letters aro being
printed. The most distinguished inen,
lawyers, doctors and clergymen, all mix
up in the controversy.
FROM the latest statistics and very
careful estimates tho railway mileage of
tho world at present is Baid to bo divided
as follows: United States, 166,525; Can
ada, 14,000; Mexico, 4,800; Central
America, 2,100; South America, 16,000;
Europe, 141,000; Asia, 20,000; Africa,
6.000; Australia, 13,000. Total, 383,-
425.
A NOVEL point in life insurunco is
about to ho pusscd on by tho United
States in St. Louis. Mrs. Mary F. Vail
was insured in tho New York Life Insur
ance Company for $5,000, tho policy
reading that the money is to he paid to
her children, or thoir " executors, ad
ministrators or assigns." The insurance
company claims that as Mrs. Vail dioi
without loaving any children tho policy
lapses, and her executors have accord
ingly brought suit.
THE phrase, "worth it's weight in
gold" no longer expresses the idea which
it was intended to convoy. For thoro nre
at least twenty substuuccs worth more
than gold. Berylium, for instanco, is
wortli about ten times its weight in pure
gold, and venadiumis five times as costly
as the precious metal. Iridium, also, is
more than twice as costly as gold. Tho
text-hooks used to say that platinum wns
tho only metal more valuable than gold,
but it now costs about tho same.
PALOUSE CITY, Wush., has a curfew
bell, instituted by city ordinanco, which
is rung at 8 o'clock every night, and
every boy and girl under the ago of 16
years is thereby warned to scurry homo.
If any such arc caught in the streets
when the tolling of the bell has ceased,
without a permit from their parents,
they are promptly arrested and a line re
sults. One or two Montana towns have
similar regulations, and some newspapers
aro recommending the idea for general
adoption.
THE last Indian census shows that in
the past ten years the natural growth of
Indiu's population has been 27,500,000.
The population now numbers 280,000,-
DOO. One can hardly appreciate what
theso figures mean except by comparison.
India contains moro people than all
Europe exclusive of Russia. Its provin
ces are as populous as great European
States. Bengal contains a population
larger than that of the United States and
all British North America, and fully one
fifth of the entire human race lives upon
this little peninsula jutting out from the
coast of Asia into the Indian Ocean.
THE Boston Cultivator avers that the
recent long spell of dry, hot weather that
has prevailed at the West indicates a
colder winter than this country has had
for several seasons past. Climatic con
ditions vary considerably by local causes,
more especially in the region south of the
Great Lakes. Here a fall drought is al
ways interrupted by rains as early us the
fore part of October. These make the
weather cooler for the time, but they
moderate the severity of the following
winter, ltains indicate the breaking-up
of warm currents of air from the South,
which, when they reach the polar regions,
are chilled, and return in the tirst cold
blasts from the North in early winter.
WITH the growth of the navy there
begins to bo a difficulty in officering the
new ships. When one of the white ships
was recently in need of a junior watch
officer, half a dozen ensigns wero sug
gested for the place, but the Navy De
partment, on looking the young men
over, found that for various reasons not
one of them was available for the duty.
The same difficulty has made it neces
sary that officers with their tours of sea
duty two-thirds finished should bo sent
to distant stations, a policy usually
avoided by the department, since it ne
cessitates the expeuse of a long return
journey by merchant steamer.
THE Lancet, in commenting on the
case of a woman who killed her two
children while in a state of melancholia
supposed to have been superinduced by
the excessive use of tea, says: " The
powerful effect of alcohol in excess as a
nerve poison is a matter of daily ex
perience. That many of the ailments
from which women suffer are at least
aggravated if not excitod by excessive
indulgence in tea—not as an infusion, as
it ought to be, but as a decoction—is
equally well known; and, although we
are not prepared to admit that this habit
would actually induce a condition of
melanchdlia, there is little doubt that in
a woman of neurotic temperament, es
pecially if her food were deficient in
quantity and of poor quality, the use of
this beverage in excess would be one of
the factors in producing and perpetuating
a condition of mental instability."
THE Liverpool Hoard of Trade has is
sued a return of shipping casualties
which occurred on or near the coasts or
in the rivers and harbors of the united
kingdom or British possessions abroad
during the years 1880—IK): The total
number of sea casualties was G,807, and
the number of total losses, 4% (tonnage,
192,696). This is lower, us regards ves
sels, than any of the preceding thirteen
years, and lower as regards tonnage, than
any year except 1888-89. The loss of
life by wreck and casualty in vessels bo
longing to the United Kingdom was 1,297
in 188l>-90 or 709 less than in 1889-90,
24G less than in 1887-88, 625 less than
in 188G-87 and 735 less tnan
the average for ten years preceding
188G-87. The number of lives lost in
1888-89 was swelled by the largo number
of Indian passengers (703) lost in the
steamer Vaihturna, of Glusgow, which
was missing on a coasting voyage in In
dia. Besides these there were 753 sea
casualties happening to British vessels
abroad, of which 242 wero total loss.
The total number of sea casualties
to British vessels was, there
fore 7,560, of which 7° were total
losses (tonnago 238,423). uis, as re
gurds vessels, is lower than in any other
previous year of the fourteen years cov
ered by the return.
Famine, food riote and gloomy crop proe
prctH ure reported from many districla io
ItußHia,
WOODCHUCKS.
An Effective Ilut Rather Cruel Way to
l>lsperie Them.
Hast, summer, writes a New Hamp
shire boy, I had an interesting experi
ence with woodchucks. The mis
chievous rodents nearly destroyed a
field of clover, and then began to for
age in a bean-patch In which 1 had a
particular interest, as the proceeds
of it were expected to defray my ex
penses a term or two at the village
academy. I set traps in vain. The
woodchucks were toocunning to touch
my bait when they had a field of
clover in which to forage. I tried to
get a shot at them, but they were too
wary for me. Tim, my dog,managed,
with my energetic assistance in de
molishing the stone wall where they
had taken refuge, to catch two of the
tresspassers and shake them to death,
but that was all.
When I saw my academy tuition
falling before the woodchucks' sharp
teeth and adding to the sleekness of
their fat sides, I was fully roused. I
stoned up half a dozen woodchuck
holes, but it availed nothing. The
raseals seemed just as numerous, and
devoured clover and beans just as
persistently as before. They had
reached an age and size when holes
were of small account. In several
instances the stones were removed. I
doubt if I ever succeeded in penning
a single woodchuck.
Their time of feeding, I learned,
was early in the morning, and I re
solved to be In season for them. For
four mornings I was in the field
watching for them, between 3 and
4 o'clock. I succeeded in shooting
one. The wily fellows then began
feeding in the evening. It seemed as
if they kept spies on the lookout con
stantly.
Just at dusk one day I came upon a
solitary woodchuck helping himself
to my beans. I seized a stone and
threw it, and the woodchuck fell. I
ran forward to secure my game. The
next moment the little beast, which
had been merely stunned, rallied and
set his sharp teeth in my finger. I
chocked him until he was glad to
let go.
I was on the point of closing his
career then and there in a summary
fashion when I decided to wait a bit
and make an experiment. I carried
the chattering, brown-coated animal
to the house, where Ismcarcd him all
over with tar and then attached an
old sleigh-bell to his neck by a stout
wire. I took him in a wire
cage, an angry, disgusted wood
chuck, to the bean-patch and gave
him his freedom. The instant he was
at liberty he began scratching at the
bell wire, rolling over and pawing the
dirt in a vain endeavor to clean him
self. Soon he ran oil into the bean,
patch.
I went out to the field next morn
ing to see if my experiment had re
sulted in anything. There were no
fresh signs of devastation in the beans,
and 1 was proceeding toward the
clover, following along a little beaten
track made by the woodchucks in
their travels between their two feed
ing grounds, when I came upon the
dead and mutilated body of the un
lucky creature which I had tarred the
previous day.
From the signs I Judged that his
fellow-woodchucks, enraged at his
disgraceful appearance, had attacked
him in a body and literally torn him
to pieces.
That was the end of the woodchucks'
depredations last summer. I never
saw a sign of their work afterward.
They deserted the premises. I
learned, however, that a farmer liv
ing a few miles away was much an
noyed by woodchucks about that time,
and think it probable that they were
the same which had given me trouble
earlier in the season.—[Youth's Corn
nan ion.
Canada'* Intercut in Europe'* War Cloud.
We in Canada are considerably in
terested in the dispute. A war in
which Russia and France were ar
rayed against Britain and other powers
would send the price of breadstuffs
up with a bang; but it might also in
volve us in seripus complications.
Our French-Canadian population
would assuredly sympathize with
France. France and England have
not fought against each other since
1815, when French Canada was a
mere handful of peanuts; but a strug
gle between them now could not fail
to prove a source of trouble to us.
Then the navies of France and Russia
are exceedingly powerful, and the
rates of Insurance on all bottoms and
cargoes from or to Canada would be
raised to war figures immediately
[Toronto Globe.
If afflicted with Bore eyes use Or.isaao TUomt>.
feou'b Ey ®-water. Drutfgiata eeil at 26c.per bottle
Cutting: Down a Mahugiiny Tree.
It is a whole day's task for two men
to fell a mahogany tree. On account
of the spurs which project from the
base of the trunk a scaffold has to be
erected and the tree cut off above the
spurs, leaving thus a stump of the
very best wood from ten to fifteen
feet high.
E. B. Walthall & Co., DrufrKiflta,Horse Cave,
Ky., nay: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cures every
one that takes it." Sold by Drujfljists, 75c.
IT is a poor jxdicy to hire a man to
Watch a bank who believes there is no
barm in stealing chickens.
[ LOST TEVIE. •
matism of the hip. I was cured by the use of H
ST. JACOBS OIL. T. C. DODD. 1!
O "ALL RIGHT! ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT." 9I
DR. TALMACE'S "LIFE OF CHRIST? 7
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flint II II U 11 m i I! 11l I Bill
M Best Cough Medieino. Reeonimended by Physicians. TOM
k-J Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to tho frfl
kfl taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists. CJ
11 in 1 n ■■Hi
Frances Willard and Dr.
The Wtmnn'a Christian Tewperance
Union Indorses the Gold Care for
Drunkenness.
Mit-s Francos E. Willard, President of the
World's and Natioual Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, recently drew down a
storm of criticism and adverse comment
upon herself and the organization she repre
sents by announcing that the Keeley cure
for drunkenness and the opium habit was !
being "boomed" by the press for political
purposes. This state meat was so manifestly
absurd that the leading journals of the
country at onoe denied it in editorials, giv
ing as proof of its falseness a number of
cases of habitual inebriety which have un
doubtedly been cured by tue Keelej Bichlo
ride of Gold. Miss Willard, who is careful
to correct a mistake when she makes on®, has
since investigated the Gold cure, and now
conies forward with a letter publicly avow
ing her faith in the Keeley cure, and declar
ing her sympathy with the great work being
done by it. The Eastern branch of the
Keeley Institute at White Plains New York,
is coming to the front with a most gratify
ing peroeutage of cures of drunkenness and
the drug habit. Men who have frequented
institutions for inebriates for years without
benefit are, almost without exception, cured
of their disease at the White Plains Keeley
Institute, and after the three or four weeks
of treatment return to their families with
health fully restored and ambitious to re
deem the past. The medical profession,
which was at first antagonistic to the Gold
cure, has been convinced of its effectiveness
by the good which has been done at White
Plains, and physicians throughout the East
ern States now send their patients to the
Institute. Drunkenness is undoubtedly a
disease, and in the Keeley Gold treatment a
remedy has at last been discovered. More
over the cure is effected without restraint or
physical pain, the treatment consisting of a
hypodermic injection of the Bichloride of
Gold, and also the remedy taken internally.
It seems a very simple way out of a great
evil. The branch at White Plains is under
the direct supervision of the parent house.
The treatment is identical witu that admin
istered by Dr. Keeley
They have introduced the bicycle into the
militia, of Connecticut.
Tried and Not Found Wanting.
BANUOB, Me.
DR. TOBIAS— For some time past I have been
subject to severe attacks of Rheumatism. I
have tried every remedy I ever heard of, but
failed to get relief, until a friend suggested
your Venetian Liniment. I acted on nis ad
vice and sent for a large bottle: my leg was
so bad tluit 1 could hardly stand on it; with
little faith, I commenced to apply it. In two
minutes I was relieved; this gave me courage.
J made a vigorous and thorough application
and went to bed, sleeping all night; on waking
In the morning I found myself transformed
from a CHIPPLIC to u IIAPPV MAN. able to jump
a five rail fence or dance a POLKA, i write
you this letter to express my gratification in
finding so valuublo a medicine. I shall never
be without it. I). E. W. STONE,
Agent Grand Trunk. R. R., Canada.
Canadians are much disappointed over
the result of their census.
The demands of society often induce ladies
I to u-,e quack stimulants whea feeling badly.
They are dangerous! Lydla E. Pinkbam's
Vegetable Compound is adapted to such
cases.
The Chinese government has issued a
stringent decree agaiiist immoral literature.
The Mother'* Delight.
A remedy that will euro croup in a few mo
ments, prevent pneumonia and diphtheria
like Dr. Hoxsle's Certain Croup Cure. No
opium. Sold by druggists or mailed for 5U
cts. Address A. P. lloxie, Buffalo, N. Y.
The population of England and Wales is
20,000,000.
Flit' stopped free by DH. KLINE'S OHIAT
NKKVK LIEHTOIUUI. No fits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
free. Dr. Kline. 881 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa.
Ostriches are being acclimatized is New
Zealand with considerable success.
The happiness of mother and child depends
upon the health of both, a lady writes: "My
boy and I are splendid, thanks to Mrs. Pink
ham and the Vegetable Compound."
One-third of the pilar! Ms from Bombay t5
Mecca, it is said, never return. U43
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Cleared away
—all the troubles and ailments that
make woman's life a burden to her.
She's relieved, cured, and restored,
with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion. Periodical pains, weak hack,
hearing-down sensations, nervous
prostration, all " female complaints,"
are cured by it. It improves di
gestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and pains, brings refreshing
sleep, and restores health and
strength.
It's a powerful general, as well as
uterine, tonic and nervine, imparting
vigor and strength to the entire sys
tem. Contains no alcohol to inebri
ate ; no syrup or sugar to derange
digestion ; a legitimate medicine
not a beverage.
If you're a tired, nervous, or suf
fering woman, then the "Favorite
Prescription " is the only medicine
that's guaranteed , in every case, to
bring you help. If it doesn't give
you satisfaction, you have your
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m THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD!
® TUTT'S Z
•TINY LIVER PILLS*
• liave all the virtues of the larger ones;
equally effective; purely vegetable.
Exact aize HIIOYVII in this border.
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III!
1 ONO ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshingto the taste, andactg
gen tly yet prom ptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys?
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the moat
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup ot Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 Dottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
UUISVIUF KY. Ntw YORK, N.I.
"German
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Those who have not
A Throat used Boschee's Ger
, , man Syrup for some
and Lung seve „/ an [, chronic
Specialty. trouble of the Throat
and Lungs can hard
ly appreciate what a truly wonder
ful medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, easing, clear
ing, strength-gathering and recover
ing are unknown joys. For Ger
man Syrup we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stop a tickling—for a while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is a discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specialty. Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, spitting, hemorr
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
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lowed and followed to the gulf of
despair, where there is the sickening
conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
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qrTOBIAS
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Al'l'l.lEI) EXTKK N A 1.1. V
Rheumatism, NeuraDia, Pains in the
Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Sore
Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises,
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Dlnrrhfra, Dynenlery, folic. Cramps, Nau-
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nrcninpitnylng eneh bottle, BINO direction*
for tine.) It* HIIOTIIING and PENETRA
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It and he • on* ..red.
Price 7.1 and ot> cent*. Hold by all drug*
gluta.
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