Treeing a Mountain T.lon. / ft| — WO Boys and a Mountain I Ifion" is the title of an a article in St. Nicholas. The author is Williston Hougli, and the scene is laid in the Santa Inez Mountains: i*. At this moment the full moonlight fell upon the tree-top and bathed it in a mellow rndlnnee which at once / revealed the outline of the panther's powerful form crouching close along f tile tree-trunk; and even lit up the tawny yellow of his skin. Instantly the great beast showed his dislike of • the exposure by creeping farther on among the branches, heralding the move by a half-suppressed angry snarl. Vernon was glad of the moment's respite in which to think. He argued that the lion would not venture a leap direct to the ground—a straight fall of twenty feet, but would first descend the tree-trunk part way, and then make his spring. He had already taken his stand near the lower end of the slant ing tree, and now he saw that the lion would be forced to advance straight toward him, which of course he would do slowly, and thus give him his opportunity. "If he only waits till the moonlight comes!" thought Vernon, anxiously. For ho knew that until the moonlight touched the sights of his rifle there could be no certainty in his uim; and to fire the shotgun at that distance would he hazardous In tne extreme, while to advance into the moonlight would be equally so, for he could then be covered at one spring from the panther's hiding place. "Only wait, only wait, old fellow!" Vernon repeated to himself, with in creasing anxiety, as the critical mo ment drew nearer. But the panther was already creep ing forward along the tree-trunk. As he emerged from the partial shelter he stopped, stood up to his full height, bared his teeth, and snarled a savage snarl of defiance. Vernon hadn't real ized before how big and terrible he would look! For a moment he almost wished tlicy were hack In the cabin. Morton grasped him by the Jacket at the back; and Duke growled a fierce, long, gutteral growl, while every bris tle along his hack stood erect. The panther surveyed the scene with a ealmuess and deliberation calculated to unnerve any but the steadiest hand. I He seemed to be weighing the rela tive costs of retreating and of ad vancing. Vernon was suddenly seized by a strong temptation to fire. But he knew that to miss the right spot by so much as an inch might be fatal—he dared not move, and the line of the moonlight on the ground before him was still three feet away! It was a trying moment Then the panther began to advance. He crouched, and crept slowly forward step by step, snarling and laying back his ears in an ugly manner, while he kept his wicked, gleaming eyes fixed steadily upon the trio. Vernon felt his flesh begin to creep and his hair to stiffen, and his heart suddenly Jumped and began pounding against the wall of his chest. "Fie!" he said to himself, clenching his teeth and fists. It was over In an Instant (Vernon was really a boy of splendid courage), w and his thoughts were again fixed on the business before him—and none too soon! The panther had stopped. He crouched lower. The tip of his long tail began to lash from side to side, his head was low and pushed far forward; his thin lips twitched ner vously, and his ugly claws dug into the bark. Vernon did not need to be told that the lion meant to spring, and that to delay an instant would be fatal. The rifle rose to his shoulder—Ah! the moonlight fell full upon the sights. A rising roar was met by a clear sharp report, which rang back from the cliff and echoed again as a tawny body whirled through the air and fell in a shapeless, quivering mass on the ground below. "Hurray!" shouted Morton, as the pent-up nervousness escaped in a wild I yell of delight. It was the proudest moment of Ver- W' nou's life as he looked down at the ' great beast's outstretched form. "The standing up to it was the worst," said Vernon, as he thought of how he hud to pull himself together when the panther began to creep to ward him along the tree-trunk, utter ing that ugly, hissing snarl. He stooped down and lifted the huge, block-shaped head, and saw that the bullet hud passed through the brain and out on the back of the neck. "Must have smashed his neck,, too," he said, thoughtfully. Then Ills eyes swept over the handsome length of the skin, nnd he exclaimed: "By George, but that'll make a trophy! 1 say, Mort, we'll have It dressed tuul keep it! Old Mason 'll do it for us." And as the Idea caught their imaginations, they danced and circled about their prize in the moonlight like young savages, and the walls of the canon rang again and again with their glee. - I.lon H tin ting liy n T.R,IT. In Pearson's Weekly Mrs. Hinde tells how, during a year spent in Africa, she greatly longed to see a wild Hon, and bow at last, shortly before her departure from that country, she saw In a few weeks thirty or forty of these savage animals, and was successful in killing one herself. She was with her husband on the Athi River. The plains were covered with short grass. At half past five in the afternoon they climbed into a tree, sent their men and horses back to the camp, had an excellent dinner, and then began their respective watches. Of these silent night watches Mrs. Hinde says: "As the night draws on, the grasses rustle beneath the stealthy footsteps of Jackals, and suddenly one hears the weird cry of a hyena, which is taken up on all sides, hater eoine the antelope and zebras, nnd the rushing sound of a herd galloping past, and last of all the grunt which 'swells gradually to the heart-quaking roar of the lion. "A startled stillness follows, and then nearer and nearer comes the grunting, till the lion himself appears, walking very slowly, and stopping every few yards to roar and roar." On this particular night the watchers heard the lions cracking the hones of their prey in the patch of grass in front. When the meal was over, they began to play, and the noises they made suggested mammoth tom-cats. Each repeated the call in turn, nnd the grass rustled and swayed as they leaped aoout. "It was in the hush of early morn ing," says Mrs. Hinde, "just before the rising of the sun, and during my watch that I thought I heard a sound in the neighborhood of the halt. Raising my self on one elbow, I saw a magnifi cent lion standing over the dead ze bra, barely twelve feet away. He picked up half the zebra in his mouth nnd carried it just as a cat does her kittens, his feet apart and with a rolling walk. "As I woke my husband, the lion— which was then about forty yards off charged straight toward him, and with my HOI! I hit him full in the chest, as we afterward discovered, tearing his windpipe to pieces and breaking his spine. Ho charged a second time, and the next shot hit him through the shoulder and entered his heart. As lie dropped one could not help feeling a pang of regret, he looked so splendid, lie gave about s.x sobbing sighs and ceased to move. "We liad nearly an hour to wait be fore our men and horses tvere to ar rive; so we breakfasted, and as we lin- Ished our meal we saw four lions down by the river—a huge male, a lioness and two cubs. My husband took a shot over me—and the lion fell with a roar. He struggled up again, and it was not until the third shot that he iluully fell in the river grass. "At the third shot our men ap proached, and they went down to the river and cut a path through the papyrus, along which to drag tho lion. He was a grand, tdack-iuaned beast, well known to the natives as a man eater and n cattle-thief. A deputation of thanks was sent to my husband by Lenana, the Masai chief." Tlio Hear Came Aboard. A bear story with an element of nov elty is related by Dr. J. AVinslow Ayre in his "Life in the Wilds of America." The incident occurred on the Little Missouri River in Dakota. A young Indian told us one morning that he had seen an old bear and a cub on the bluff of a small creek on the opposite side of the river. Severul of the party at once took a small boat and started in search of the game, resolved to take the cub alive and keep it for a pet. They proceeded up the creek for a hundred yards or more. Then, hastily clambering up tho bluff, they soon found the cub in a recess of the rocks, but the dam was not to be seen. This suited the hunters very well, as they were not in a bloodthirsty mood. By means of a rope, they se cured tlie cub without difficulty, but when they began to drug it down the cliff it made a noisy protest, and by the time the men entered the boat with their prize, they discovered the old bear bounding downward in pur suit. Just at the mouth of the creek a large rock projected over the water, and toward this point the bear ad vanced. Several shots were tired at her, but not one took effect. The men thought they could easily row away from her, but to their consternation, just as they were abreast of the rock she sjiraug from the extreme point directly into the boat! The celerity with which the gentle men vacated the premises was really astonishing. Over the side of the skiff and iuto the water they plunged and swam to laud, regardless of guns and wet clothing. The situation was ludi crous, or would have been so to per sons in a less perilioua position. Meantime the, boat hud acquired suf ficient headway to carry it down the river in midstream, with tho bears still in it. Later it drifted ashore and was recovered, but the bears had es caped. ItlUHtu't Tickle Iliin. Here is a notice that was published with all seriousness in a Kansas paper: "We wish to bring to the notice ot the friends of A. L. Gllhiud that his physician has cautioned him against any sudden starts or Jerks, it has been the custom many times when greeting the old gentleman to take advantage ui' his extreme ticklishness. The surgeons say that a man of his nature after undergoing such a critical surgical operation would be liable to be badly injured by a sudden start. Therefore his friends should not greet him in the old way by poking their linger in big ribs," ANOTHER GRAND REPORT FROM Hl9 MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD. AT PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, Where Upwards of 10,000 Men Are Cae> •tenUy Kinployed. Gometimo ago the Portsmouth Times And Naval Gazette published a most thrill; ing and remarkable experienco of the wife of Mr. Frederick Payne, himself connected with tho Portsmouth Dockyard for many years. 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The Dr. said it would be months before he could put his foot to the ground, and it was doubtful whether he would ever get proper use of his leg again. A few days after the accident I had a book left at the door telling about St. Jacobs Oil, so I procured a bottle from our chemist, Mr. Arthur Creswell, 370 Com mercial Road. I began to use 6t. Jacobs Oil, and you may guess my surprise, when, in about another week from that date, my husband could not only stand, but could even walk about, and in three weeks from the time I first used the Oil my husband was back at work, and everybody talking about his wonderful recovery. This is not all. See ing what St. Jacobs Oil could do gave mc faith in your Vogelcr's Curative Compound, also favourably mentioned in the book left at my house. I determined to try the compound on my little girl, who was suf fering from a dreadful skin disease, the treatment of which has cost mc large sums of money in going from one doctor to an* other with her all to no purpose. She has taken two bottles of Vdgclcr'a Curative Compound, and one would now hardly take her for tho same child, her skin has got such a nice healthy colour after the sallow look she has always had. I shall never cease to bo thankful for the immense benefit we have derived from theso two great remedies of yours. I think it a duty to recommend theso medi cines now I have proved their value. (Signed) ELIZABETH S. RADBRTB, 03 Grafton Street, Mile End, Landport, Portsmouth, England. A liberal free sample of Vogelcr's Com pound will be sent by nddrcsoing St. Ja cobs Oil Ltd., Baltimore. Tho above honest, straightforward state-, menfc of Mrs. Rabbets' evidence is strong er and far more convincing than pages of paid advertisements, which, though in themselves attractive, yet lack that con vincing proof which Mrs. Rabbets' descrip tion of her own experienco supplies. St. Jacobs Oil has a larger sale throughout the world than that of all other remedies for outward application combined, and this can only bo accounted for from tho fact of ita superiority over all others. Somo people aro such natural born liars that they look ashamed of themselves every time they aro caught telling the truth. we roruna 100. ror ovory package of PUT HAM FADELESS DYE that falls to givo satis faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unlonvlllo, Mo. It takes a level-headed man to survive a stroko of good fortune. Six Japanese artists are to be dec orated by the French government. Mother Gruy's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurso in tho Children's Homo, in Now York. Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor ders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destrov Worms. Over .10,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 250. fcamplo mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmstead, Leltoy, N. Y. One of the Buenos Ayres newspapers ha* A consultation room in which the poor can get medical aid und medicine free. Prehistoric Pictures Found. What Nature describes as a picture gallery of the Stone Ages has been discovered in the cavo of Combarelles, Dordogne, France, by Messiurs Capl tan and Breuil, who have come upon 100 figures engraved upon cavern walls, representing parts of the whole outline of then living animals, some of which are now extinct. No fewer than 40 are presentments of horses and horse-like creatures —of two dis tinct types. Very ancient though these remains are. going back to the close of the palaeolithic period, they point to the fact that even then the horse was a domesticated animal in Western Europe, for several of the fig ures are those of haltered horses. Some of the pictures seem to stand for bisons, reindeer, antelopes, the eland and wild deer. Of the mam moth 14 examples are present, some of them exhibiting coverings of hair. A few rude outlines seem to have been meant for the human face. Nearly 10 per cent of all children learn to walk by the time they have reached their tenth month. The Mexican bullsnake is being used in Washington as a rat catcher. Alabastlno. the only durable wVI coat ing. takes tho place of Bcaling kalsomlnes. wall paper and paint for wall**. It can bo used on plaster. brick, wood or oanvaa I HOW NATURE COMPENSATES. Bmall Creatures Are Much More In. genlous In Self-Defer.sc. It is a remarkable fact in the com pensation of nature that the larger animals, fishes and insects are not as a rule so Ingenious in defending them selves as the smaller ones. One of the apparently least formidable of In sects, for instance, is the peripatus. which Is preyed upon by all its neigh bors. When attacked, however, it ejects from its mouth a tiny secretion, which immediately crystalizes on coming In contact with the air. The instant this fluid strikes the peripatus' enemy it becomes like so much glass or Ice, binding and holding Its victim. Like the chameleon, many flat fishes have the power of changing the color of their bodies or any part of them to match a background. The sand dab and the California sole possess this quality to a marked degree, some of them changing their color almost with the rapidity of lightning. A very In teresting test was recently made In an aquarium with a sort of big chess board containing squares of different colors. On a white ground these fishes were noticed to become very pale In appearance, while when pass ing over a red. black or brown square they would quickly assume shades In harmony with those tints. This Is evidently a means of, self-protection. Again the Pacific coast octopus can hide Itself by clouding the water about it. It has been found,, for Instance, that one of these creatures, a few inches long, can cloud 50 cubic feet of water in a few seconds. What Do Our Schoolboys Read? Does the schoolboy of to-day know anything of Longfellow, Holmes, Whlttler, James Russell Lowell and Fitz-Greene Halleck, whose poems his father, or even his elder brother, can still recite? He is such a superior young person that we hesitate to ques tion him as to what ho really knows and what he had put behind him as belonging to a past age. One often wonders whether he has abandoned the habit of reading everything except the current periodicals and popular novels. If the worthies just mention ed and others of their day have been laid on the shelf, so far as education al purposes are concerned, who are their successors? The modern school education Is unquestionably a gt-eat advancement over that of even 20 years ago, yet It is not possible that in some ways Its attitude Is a trifle too Iconoclastic? Conservatism and clinging to traditions are In their way excellent habits for a commercial peo ple, and we should he sorry to see the boy of to-day grow up entirely Ignorant of all those things which make frag rant the memories of our own school days. The picking of the raisin and straw berry crops In California is almost entirely In the hands of the Chinese. [——■——— l "■ —— Coughs "My wife had deep-seated cough for three years. I purchased two bottles of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, largo size, and it cured her com pletely." J. H. Burge, Macon, Col. Probably you know of cough medicines that re lieve little coughs, all ! coughs, except deep ones! The medicine that has been curing the worst of deep coughs for sixty years is Ayer's Cherry t Pectoral. | Threi slies: Zsc., 50c., STAUdrazziida^B | Consult your dortor. If ho says take It, B 1 then do as he Buys. If ho tells yon not N I to tafco It, then don't tnko It. Ho known. H I Lo&vc It with him. Wo nro willing. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Man. W jzjzFLv;r!vcrT.'jrr<i .-^snz^actstiwti&^tajz^a The Prince and Princess of Wales are to have a residence on Deeside, and have selected Craigowan, near Balmoral, which has hitherto been the residence of the King's Commissioner. Ret For tho Dotreli, No matter what alia you. headache to a can cer, you will never get well until your bo wel are put right. CASCARKTB help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produco ouay natural movements, cost you just JOconts to start getting your health back. CARCAUKTS Candy Cathartic, tho genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. The California giant trees, or flequoias, are, in the opinion of Richard T. Fisher, probably 5000 years old. FITS permanently cured. No ntornervou9- nesc after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Kervoliestorer.ij'2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. B. 11. KLIXE, Ltd., 901 Arch St., Phiia., Pa. Ho who laughs last is slow to sco tho joke. 11. H. GREEN'S SONS, of Atlanta, On., nro tho only successful Dropsy Specialists In the world. Heo their liberal offer in advertise ment In another column of this paper. It is proposed to increase the strength of the Belgian army to 130,000 men. Piso's Cure cannot be too nigniy spoken of as a cough oure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 822 Third Avonue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1000 Cupid and the burglar both laugh at locksmiths. Ala/bartlr.e enn bo uced over paint or paper: paint or paper ran bo unci over ! Alabostine, Thtv oti'v In Ave pound paek ! properly abe ed; take no substitute. M rs. L. A. 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Thoro is more Catarrh in this section of tho country than all other diseases put together, and until tho last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to euro with local treatment, pronounced It in curable. Science has proven Catarrh to bo a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., is tho only constitutional cure on tho market. It is takek Internally in doses from 10 drops to a teo9poouful. It acts direct ly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Thev offer one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Hend for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 750. Hall's Family Fills are tho best. Over a thousand parcels are lost every day on British railways. Capsicum Vaseline Put up In Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for an.l Superior to Mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delica'e skin. Tho pain stll'iyiujj and curative qua'ltles of this artl lo are wonderful. It will stop the totliajhe at once, and relieve hovlucho and sciatica. We recommend it RS tho beat and safest oxtornal counter-Irritant known, also as an external reinody for pallia in the ch'-st and stomach and all rheumatic, neuralgic and gouty o unplaints. A trial wiU prove what we claim for it, and It will bo found to be invaluable In the household. Many people say "It 1H tho beat of all your preparations. '• Price, 15 cents, at ail druggists, or othor dool ie, or by sending this amount to tis i.i postage stomp# we will send you a tube by mail. Mo article should be occep ed by tho public unless the same carries our label, oa otherwise it Is not genuine. CIIEESEBROUGH HANUFACTURING CO., 17 Bt*te Streot, Now York Gity. 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