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JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly
eiecutcd. Legal blanks a specialty.
The American hog, which is found to
be entirely wholesome and satisfactory
to American stomachs, patriotically re
marks the Chicago Timert does not stand
well in the estimation of the effete
civilization of the old world. Denmark
has joined in the crusade against him,
the Government having issued a decree
prohibiting the importation 6t our pork
products in any 'form.
Francis Murphy's son, Thomas, it is
said, surpasses his father as a temper
ante orator. He speaks in a clear, ring
ing voice, and is perfectly at home on
the platform. One thing that makes
him popular is his kindness to reformed
drunkards. He frequently gives an old
toper five or ten dollars after signing the
pledge to help him in making a new
itart in life. !
There has been at' Norcfhausen, Ger
many, a most theatrical and awful . sui
cide. A young girl completely saturated
all her clothing with benzine, and,
standing on the platform, set fire to her
self just as the train rolled up to the
station. The passengers saw a piilar of
fire, and, trying to put out the flames,
were overcome with horror to hear a hu
man voie ask irritably why they couldn't
let her burn quietly.
General Crook, ..the famous Indian
fighter, elands six feet in his stockings,
and is as straight as an arrow. He has
heen thirty-six years in the service, and
knows hi? business thoioughly. When
on the war path General Crook wears an
old canvas suit said to be worth $1.25.
He rides at the head of his column on a
mule, with a rifle across his arm. He is
a devoted hunter and fisherman, and it
is
said that he would go a thousand
miles to shoot a deer.
Every letter-carrier who has common
ense, remarks the Detroit Free Pres,
knows that he cannot rob the mails and
stand one chance in fifty of escaping de
tection, and yet fifty-four of them have
tned it in the lost two years. The high
est amount taken was 200, and the low
est $2, and for these suras men who
have wives and children and character
sacrificed all. The honest way is the
only way.
Owing to the increase of sickness,
thought, to be due to impure food and
poisonous liquors, the Municipal Council
of Lima (Tern) ordered an analysis to be
made of 245 different articles purchased
from almost as many stores. The result
showed that 86 were counterfeits and 12
tre dangerous to health, 21 were adul
terated or were not what they were sold
for, 18 were decomposing or so changed
ss to be unfit for consumption, 46 were
impure but not positively dangerous, 32
ere imitations fairly passable, while
enly 82 were really good. .
It may be interesting to our readers to
learn that every man when he takes up
his cards at a game of whist holds one
ot of G35,0i:t; 559,000 possible hands.
As for the, total number of variations
Pible among all the players, it is so
enormous as almost to exceed belief.
Mr. Babb calculated that if 1,000,000
men were to be engaged dealing cards at
. ?ate of one deal each minute day atd
6!ght for 100,000,000 years, they would
pt then have exhausted all the possible
Rations of the cards, hut only 100,
y)0th part of them.
Barnes Greeley, a brother of " the
founder of the Tribune, is a farmer in
Pennsylvania. He is an eccentric man,
nd while he advocates the doctrines of
the Prohibitionists, he thinks that too
teach atcr j8 a dangerous thing. He
attributes his excellent physical condi
ha at the age of seventy-five to the
JU amount of water he uses, both as a
TerS and for cleansing purpose.
Uuckens and pigs are his favorite live
wk, and they roam at will over his
Mr. Greeley says that his
rother Horace gave him a position on
D Tribune in its early days, but he did
Uke it, and after a short trial re
Rraed to his pi aad chickecs.
- I A SONO FOR TI
E SEASON.
or orchards Iangh wit t their bloom run
over, .. ; j
A flashing wing like a s til cute the air;
There's a faint red rippe of sweet-topped
clover,. : J '
- And a liquid note
From a song- ard's throat,
"And a dew-drop shine 1 1 the morning "fair.
There's a plume and flu iter, of wings tnat
: wave, ! ', - . ' .
A fine soft murmur steal through the
grass; . , ; j;, . . '
A myriad insects hum an i quaver,
Andtoandfio
r As the wood-: lymphs go, " .
The young brakes curl where their foot-'
. steps pass, -t i-. r
The moms are rich with i he hues of roses,
The wine of the wmds 1 ows full , and free;
When the sun drops doi rn and the daylight
closes j
We hear the eat
: Of the fairies ' feet, "
As they hang the wands of the wfllow-trce.
Now Pbylb's starts In the morning early.
With her shining buckc t and milking-stool ;
While her strong hands u ge the white stream
pearly - ' b:' i '
; She eyes the rate
For a comer ate,
Who saunters down in -he shadows cool;
Who, sauntering, whistle i an idle measure,
Then clears with a bou ad the brown rails.
, top. - j ; j
Her eyes shine bright wi h a greeting pleas
ur. ; . f - y -
But the dun i row's gaze
i ' la of mild an iaze,
When the pearly streai a and the whistling
stop, ; I .
Ah, spring's but once in t fie year's procession ;
She comes with glee a id a laughing grace
That wins our heart) in t , full possession:
We too are gay
IV hen she smiles this war.
And care slips off whet we see her face.
Estelle Thomson, In Harper's Weekly
A BOTTLE
OF OIL
BY H. D. WAXDKOIT.
Wishing to take the night train at the
email station
of B
and having
nothing to employ rdy attention about
trie village, I went eirly to the station.
and was ushered into!
the waiting-room
a stout, crood-
by the watchman,
natured-lookintr man
in - tho
prime
of
life, who wore, pinned, across his breast,
an empty sieeve. n
As I had an hour or
before my train would
more of
leisure
passed
arrive, I
the time chatting With the watchman.
and he told me the
ory of the adven
ture in wbich he lost
his arm. I repeat
his narrative as nearly as possible in his
K
own words.
!
Before I was" intrusted with the night
duties of this station
1 formed one of a
men, who had in
crew of three section
charge seven miles
pf track upon our
road, some three hundred miles west of
here, in
th roughest and most lawless
part of the Territorv.
Our duties were to keep in thorough
order the track upon bur section, and we
were held responsible to the comnanv
for anything that would endarger or de
lay the trains while apon it.
Our section' began j at Summit Station
and ran east seven miles. Thence to.
Brewster's, the next station east of Sum
mit, and fifteen miles distant from, it
was another section e ight miles long.
The night duty of a section -hand is
not pleasant. I In rai a or shine, snow or
sleet, the section must; be patrolled by
one man who emph yes in good weather
a light hand-car for he purpose ahead
of our Overland Pullman train. This
train passed over our section at midnight,
and our departure w is timed so as to in
spect the track imroi sdiately ahead of it.
So, taking turns j at that duty, we
started from Summi at ten o'clock sharp
and usually arrivec at the half-way
house" about ten minutes ahead of the
train. Here we met one of the men from
the section east of
us, who bad
started
about the same time,
and for
the Same
purpose. You see the precaution taken
by all well managed
roads for the safety
of its patrons
How many of thej
passengers on the
Overland to-nicht
know, or Knowing,
give a thought to
the men who, since
darkness settled upon them, have been
plunging through the suow for hand-
cars are useless in su
ch weather as this
swinging their lanterns fronj side to side.
examining careiuny.
every cut for fear of
falling rocks, everyj
bridge for broken
them to ride in
rail?, thus enablind
safety. !
As I said before,
the men from each
section having patrolled fifteen miles of
track, meet at a litt
side the track, just
a small stove and a
plies, and allow the
e shanty situated be
large enough to hold
few necessary sup
men to enter. Here
they stay until the
rain comes in sight ;
then outside, and display .their two white
lights, that the engineer may know all is
weV I Failure to dt this would result io
a report to headquarters, and possibly in
dischwre from the service.
Oueniffht it cam mv turn toaun the
section. Befcre stt rting, it occurred to
me that our supply of lantern oil at the
half-way house was low, so I procured
and filled a quart battle of lard oil, the
kind which is used for the purpose,, put
it into the inside rocket of my heavy
coat, buttoned it srl ugly about me, and
started.
It was a stormy
summer's night, as
black as ink. My
tar ran smooiniy over
the rails, and soon
I had traveled about
half the distance, and arrived at abridge
crossing S-ake KivteK Here I dismounted
from the car, and pushing it ahead of me
as I passed, l gave
the structure a care-
ful examination,
ound everything all
right,
and was about mounting my car
gain, when J rec ived a violent blow
upon the head which stretched me sense
less upon the rails.
: Recovering consciousness after a few
moments, I found myself bound, gagged
and lying but a ft w'feet from a gang of
masked men, who n I saw, as well as the
darkness would ennit, at work with
bars removing ond of the rails just at the
entrance of the br dge.
Train wreckers! I had beard a great
deal about the clespcrate character of
these ruffians, but; was now making my,
first annintanca (with them.
At they worked, tbej 4iwuise4 th I
and how the v should disnose
vi me.
"I tell yer, Sam!" one big fellow ex-j
claimed. Best way is to tie him across 1
' 1
ine rails, and let 'em finish him."
"Yes, that's sol" echoed the party.
"Dead men tell no tales, and he may
have seen our faces."
"I won't listen to such a plan, said
one who seemed to exercise some influ
ence over them. We shall have enough
to answer for before this job is finished
without killing him. How this nail
sticks !" he added, with an oath. The
man who drove these spikes must have
meant 'em to stay. Come, mates! He
is safe enough, and if we mean business,
we must be lively. The train will be
here in twenty minutes, and we have no
time to lose," and at the rail they all
sprang with a will.
i Twenty minutes ! What could I hope
to do to save the train in my condition,
with so short a time?
The thought of the terrible wreck
which must result if the derailed train
struck the bridge made me desperate.
Straining at the cords which bound my
wrists, I fancied they gave way a little.
I remembered the trick of the necroman
cers who free themselves ' from their
bonds by alternately contracting and ex
panding their muscles, and I lay in si
lence, working in a perfect frenzy of ex
citement until I was able to free my
hands. In an instant my knife was out
of my-"pocket, and my feet free.
Without waiting to free myself from
the gag, I sprang to my feet, and, at the
top of my speed, started down the track
in the direction of the ; approaching
train. With a yell which told me I was
discovered, the whole gang started in
pursuit; but I had some little start of
them, and bounded along the ties, bent
upon stopping the train at any cost.
In the inky blackness of the night pur
suit was difficult. Soon pop! pop I pop"!
frcm the revolvers of the gang. They
cre firing down the track, in the hope
of stopping me with a bullet.
As the gag, which I had not removed,
hindered my breathing, I was forced to
stop for a moment to cut it away. While
so engaged, there came a second volley,
this time more successful. ri I was struck '
in the left arm midway between wrist
and elbow. I should have fainted from
the shock, together with the rough usage
I had previously undergone, but for my
determination to keep up.
" ''Brace up!" I called, as if addressing
a companion. "No time for such foolish
ness now, Tom. Remember the train!"
This I said aloud to myself, for the
solitary work of my nightly rounds had
given me the habit of talking to myself,
for want of another companion.
Setting my teeth hard, I overcame the
faintnes?, staggered to my feet and ran
on. I soon noticed that the pursuit had
ceased. Either the train robbers thought
I was done for, or they had returned to
their unfinished work, trusting I should
be unable to stop the train.
And now it flashed upon my mind for
the first time. How could I accomplish
it? Light 1 had none my lantern was
with the wreckers, s-r
r While I was thus deliberating, still
running on as fast as my condition would
permit, instinctively I felt in my pocket
for matches Ah, the oil!) Why had I
not thought of that before? Of course I
"Of course the oil will stop them,
Tom. Spread it on the rails. Their old
seventy-ton locomotive can get no grip
on that iron. Smear it thick, cover it
well, rub it on with your palm, so both
rails, don't i neglect an inch of either.
For life, Tom! for life. Think of the
men, women and little children upon the
train!" ;. ... -.
I worked with the desperation of a
drowning man. Upon my knejes, the
bottle under my disabled arm, pburing
the oil,by an inclination of my body,into
my right hand, and spreading ii upon
the rails.
In ten minutes the! quart of oil was ex
hausted, and as a result I had both rails
for quite a distance j very well covered
with it. '. ' . : i '
I had worked backward from the ap
proaching train, and now rose to my feet
at the end of ray labor aud at the ter
minus of the greased rails.
The train was coming.
Already the rails were singing with
rrrr txr rnmn Tin- awful tVio BirrVit
of a big locomotive, coming straight
toward one upon a dark midnight! Thee
great, round eye of the head-light stream-'
ing out into the darkness, the roar of the
exhaust, the hiss of the steam through
the cylinders, together with the rush and
roar of the train, make up a terrifying
though magnificent sight.
I stood upon the track, waving my
hands, far enough away to spring from it
before tho train could reach me, but so
that the head-light won'd shine upon me,
and I could be pcan by the engineer.
"Now for it" I thought. She strikes
the oil the big, seven-foot driving
wheels spin round as though the engine
had been lifted in the air.
Friction, the propelling influence is
gone now. ,She slackens speed. I could
see the engineer plainly.
In my excitement I screamed as loud
as possible, in vain protest to the engi
neer, who was pulling the lever which
sands the rails. 5
Shouting is of no avail, they could not
hear me. :
Had there been sufficient up-grade
there the oil would have stopped; them
quite. As it was, the inertia of the cars
composing the tram wai able to push the
engine over, sliding the wheels, v
But one resource was left, and I thought
of it just in time. I stepped as; close
to the rails as I dared, and with all my
strength hurled the empty bottle at the
head-light. It struck the glass and
shattered it to splinters, and the light ia
stantly went out. '.
Then came the welcome signal from
tho whUtie for brake?, and I sank down
unconscious. ;
When I recovered, a moment sufficed
to tell the story, and, proceeding slowly,
we soon came to the scene of the trouble.
The rail had been removed and was
lying beside the track; bur, of course,
the would-be wreckers had seen by our
careful approach that-their plan was
spoiled and had decamped-
With the tools always carried upr n a
train for atwh purpose, we soon replaced
the rail and proceeded. . '
I was can icd to the company's hospital
at , where skilful surgeons did the
best they could for me, but it was found
necessary to remove my arm, at yon see.
and the company thought it best, to
avoid my meeting with possible harm
from tho gang I had foilecj, to traDlfer
Bi to this polo?
situation.
Now it is time for me to light up tho
station, for your train will soon be here.
A pieasant journey to you. sir, and no
mishaps. Good-night. YnuUC$ Cony-
panUm.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A $10,000,000 telephone company has
been organize! in Chicago to work a
new patent. . - :
The consumption of coal at Pittsburg,
Pennu, has diminished 4,500,000 tons a
year since the introduction of natural
gas. . ' . i V
The Maxufalurer anl Builder declares
that there are at presents no j less' lhan
10,000 electric motors in use throughout
the United States. -
A. wire rope half a mile long, and
weighing seven and one -.half ! tons, has
been manufactured in England, for use
in a Welsh col liery.
"Venus, the morning star, is brighter
than it ever appeared to any man now
living, and nearer the earth than it will
be again for 340 years.
A gpn car ju?t made at Woolwich Ar
senal, England, to carry a big Englsh
gun has twelve wheels, and a capacity of
300,000 pounds. The gun weighs 248,
640 pounds. ;
A broken pipe has "interrupted the
British Royal Society's boring in the Kile
delta At a depth of 321 feet, or 220
feet "below sea level, the solid rock is
still untouched.
The immense beds of gypsum near
Medicine Lodge, Kan., are soon to be
utilized by the erection of works for the
purpose of converting the gypsum into
plaster of paris. ......,
Withmore coal than either Pennsyl
vania or Great Britain,- West Virginia
produced in 1886 only j about one fif
teenth as much as Pennsylvania and one
fortieth as much as Great Britain. :' ui:
A Providence (R. I.) inventor is now
testing an organ with glass tube, which,
it is claimed, will be much superior to
metal, both in purity and volume of
tone, and cheaper into the bargain. ;;
; A German has taken out a patent for
using bone slate pencils 4or writing.
They do not wear quick, and do not re
quire to be sharpened. " It is also to be
supposed that young ladid will not ac
quire any morbid appetite for them,, as
is commonly supposed some of them do
for slate pencils.
Recent improvements in telescopes have
enabled astronomers to makelintcresting
discoveries, and it is positively asserted
by Big. Schiaparelli, of Milan, who, it is
said, has the finest instrument in the
world that Mars is inhabited " by a peo
ple somewhat like ourselves. He has
made the wonderful discovery of a series
Of canals in that planet.
The remarkable finish of American
papers plat es them ahead of any made
elsewhere ; in the, world. The - excellent
properties of the paper are imported by
the addition of a mineral called'agalith.
It is a silicate of magnesia, and is fibrous,
resembling in this respect asbestos.
Large amounts of it are found in the
United States. , This substance does not
seem to be found as yet in other countries.
Dr. Richardson stated in a recent lect
ure that it had been calculated, that no
less than 175,000,000 red blood cells are
destroyed every minute in the human,
body. The more our material nature is
studied the more wondrous does it be
come. But could we understand it
aright the marvels of the human spirit
would be found to be more mysterious
still.
The Cabmen or Cuba.
The Cuban cochero or cabman w such
a marvellous contract to the American
hackman that his deserts are beyond the
power of my pen. But he is also such
an unmitigated nonentity that he deserves
ignominy. You pay but 40 cents in
Spanish paper, equivalent to only 16
cents in gold, for a "journey" or ride in
his little victoria from one point within
the city to any other. He seldom over
charges a customer. Whether so or not,
the cochero, when unemployed, sleeps on
his box, his little nag meanwhile sleeping
in the shafts, and when awake he is good
natured, greasy and silent. - He does ai
he is bid and for the rest relies upon your
honor, Providence and the police, lie
seldom rises to the tremendous height of
proprietorship, but rents his shabby out
fit of a company which has a high-sounding
name and is perennially short of fod
der. The cochero has no home, eats at
the cheap cafe, sleeps in the stable loft
or upon his own carriage box and makes
love anywhere. 'Philadelphia Time.
Tailing the Knll.
The colpeadero, or tailing the bull, is
a diversion much affected by the young
men of Mexico, barring those of effeminate
tastes and habits. In this sport there is
the chase by a number of riders of a bull
let loose from a corral at one end of an
inclosed avenue, 200 or S00 yards long.
The bull is given a fair start, and the
horsemen dash after him, dropping back
one by one until only the most forward
is left, and he, guiding his horse along
side the flying game, grasps the . tail - of
his bovine excellency, and, dextrously
throwing one leg over it endeavors to
jerk the animal off his feet, and usually
does so. The feat is one of skill rather
than strength and even women have
been known to perform it. There is an
element of danger bnt it is not revolt
ing. There is even a comic strain in the
foolish look of the bull as he scrambles
to Ms feet again. Sin Francisco Chron-
uli. - -
'
An Odd Fact About Gnn-Cotton.
When gun-cotton tr other high ex
plosives are freely exposed upon an iron
anvil and detonated,the enplosive leaves
a deep and permanent imprcion upon
the suface of the metal with ' whTch it
was in contact. The imprc sion produced
by the,' exploding miss is an x?moai exact
copy of that face of the explosive which
was in contact with ibe m?taL 1 hi is
best observed with gun-cotton, for, from
the nature of the material, it cm be
shaped according to faner. and suth fig
ures and designs as one wishes can be
stamped upon its surface. ?Thu if a dink
of gun-cotton, on the fsca 'of which' the
letters "U. S. N. and the date "1S4"
are indented, be detonascd, it wi';i l?e
found that the letters and figmes will be
reproduced in the iron ad. nsst i!ngu
lar of all these phe iorr.ena. th-y w "if te
indented in the iron u s tLe t-r In
he gua-cotton.r-4?c ir'e 3!?!uft'
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Moire has a new lease of favor.
Female barbers abound a San Fraa-
cisco. . . r , J
Silk gloves are promised with kid tips
to the fingers.
Bows of ribbon and pretty buttons are
the favored trimmings.
Ladies control theatres in Albany,
Worcester and Richmond.
Spanish guipure is a heavy lace and is
suitable for elderly ladies. ..
Old black silk skirts can be utilized
for the underskirts of lace dress.
- Sirs. Secretary Whitney owns two of
the daintiest Sedan chairs in existence.
The violet is the flower of the button
hole or breast pocket bouquet at the mo
ment. '
The new Duchess of Rutland is a fre
quent contributor to several English
magazines.
Use tepid water for woshing the face
and hands if you don't want to have pre
mature wrinkles. .
Of the twenty one committee clerks of
the Iowa House sworn in recently, nine
teen were women.
A lady recently died in the City of
Sfexieo who was a direct descendant
from Montezuma.
Yel vet corsages with square open neck
and elbow sleeves will be extensively
worn the coming season.
The bordered wool dresses require no
-trimming, and therefore for reasons eco
nomical they are very popular.
The main featuresof little girls dresses
arc the killed skirt and loose jacket
bodice with jabot or blouse front.
White and pink are so much the
bridesmaids colors that a bevy of them
strongly suggests the belated apple blos
soms. : .: ' ; '
The ever-popular sailor hat this sum
mer will have a quaint crown of drawn
silk, with a cluster of ribbons perched
at the top. -
There may not be anything strikingly
martial in the girl of the period, but she
is going to wear epaulets ail the same
this summer.
In silk the old-fashioned lustrous
taffeta and soft twilled surah with chine
figures are more new than either pretty
or serviceable. .
Sir Donald Smith's gift of $1,000,000
to endow a female college at Montreal,
Canada, is among the latest largo bits of
philanthropy
Those jaunty directoire bonnets made
entirely of lace frills arc the prettiest
things imaginable, and are most becom
ing to a youthful face.
The widow of General Custer, the In
dian fighter, is at work on another book
of Western experiences. It will not be
published for two years.
It is predicted that fancy blue and
piuk collars and cuffs and plain colored
musliu pocket handkerchiefs will be
worn with the summer dresses.
' Scarlet upon bonnets, in combination
with black lace and jet, seems to bo as
much favored as ever, notwithstanding
the rivalry of the green shades.
C. T. Ritchie, member of the English
Cabinet, is the father of seven musical
daughters, equally devoted to art, har
mony and tho Primrose League.
Striped moire and grenadine, in black
oi white, is a new material which is
likely to meet with considerable favor
for both day and evening wear.
Miss Sarah C. Hewitt, daughter of
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, is the
leading spirit; lof the Ladies' Amateur
Orchestra, which numbers thirty mem
bers. A Gainesville (Texas) belle can prop
erly be described' as "killing," as two
men have killed themselves in the last
six months for love of her beautiful
eyes. " - '-
Open work in straw as well as In
jetted wire makes the foundation of
many a stylish bonnet for summer wear,
and is certainly both pretty and com
fortable. t
Mrs. ; Oscar
only color of
suits of half a
dant hue. with
Wilde makes green the
her garments. She has
dozen shades of the ver
bonnets hats, gloves and
parasols to match.
Frocks of light wool for little girls are
often made with a velvet yoke, which is
cut low to wear over a gimp, the arm
holes being simply hcorded. without
sleeves, and a velvet beIt inserted.
Women booksellers are not rare in
France. One of the largest booksellers
in the City of Alsace is a well-educated
and charming French lady, familiar alike
with English and German literature.
Lnek.
The may be no such thing as luck,
but there is a potential influence sur
rounding some people which inevitably
brings tbem to weilth or celebrity, or
both. As an instance, I can cite a per
sonal experience in-my early life while
fra-ticing law. In the same city there
ived a voung - man by the name of
-McGill. who was also a lawyer, but de
voted his entire. t'roe to the claim depart
ment of the business. Ooe day, in my
orllce, I was fastening a lot of legal
documents together with the crude
fasteners then in vogue, when McGill
spoke up and said: "I have an idea
that I can produce a better fastener than
that." The next day he handed me
a rough specimen of the present popular
fastener which is shape! like a letter T.
McGill offered me a quarter 'interest to
pe t it patented, but I laughed at hira.
He persevered, secured hi patent and
to day lias an income of between $400,
000 and $-"0!,00 per year. He reside
in Paris, France, and tle last time I was
.abroad tendered me a banquet there.
It was his luc', or whatever it may be
termed, to.-strike fortune through a
simple device and my It ck to refuse to
share it with him. GIA-Democrat.
An Inexpensive Idea.
A Mr. Dunnd, of Fat is, was left
widower. lie erected to the memory of
hi cat departed a mauleum with this
insrfiption; "Mr. I.'urand to 51 me. Da
rastt" In coure of time his sorrow is
assuaged, and Mr. Daraod marries a sec
ond tirce. He is very fcarPJ ut again
he is Itft a widower. cw, instead of
erecting another monument, he simply
alters the epitaph as follows: "Mr.
Dumcd to Mmcs. Durand." gp!eadid
sod so iaepcnyif.
A CILISE AFTER A MOOSE.
TUBTT.T.rgQ DESCBIPTIOW OP
HUNT IK A MAINE FOKE3T.
A Kim rod Iletate II U First Kipe-rience-IIow
the Noble Ileast I
lecoyeel to Ilia Slavjrhtrr.
'It was during one October that I had
the satisfaction of seeing my first boom
and of aiding in bagging it," said a well
known New York sportsman. "It was
far up in the St. John River region, in
the northwestern part of Maine and only
a few miles from the line of XewBiuns
wick. My guide, a swarthy young fel
low named Raleigh Wing, told me one
day that he had seen abundant signs of
moose in the woods, fand was sure a bull
moose was near. At this time of the
year the cows come out of the ridges and
call for a mate, and as their cry can be
heard for two miles at least, Wing was
of the opinion that none were near us. I
was anxious to go out and give chase to
the bull whose presence - be suspected,
but he said that such a course would be
useless, and that he would go out that
night and "call" it It would surely
answer the call if it was in the neigh
borhood, and we would get a shot at St at
short range.; He produced from among
his kit of hunting and trapping accou
trements something that resembled a
dinner-horn, except that it was made of
birch bark. It was about an inch in
diameter at one end and perhaps live at
the other, and nearly two feet long.
" 'It has been a good while since I
had occasion to use this,' said Wing,
and I don't know but I've forgotten
how.
"He blew upon the peculiar trumpet
and produced a wilcf, modulated, pene
trating cry that made the woods ring.
" I haven't forgotten, said Wing,
laying the horn down with a contented
smile, 'and if there is a moose within
ound of this call to-night we'll get
him.'
"At sundown we started with our
rifles for a barren ridge that lay off two
miles to the east. It was dark when we
reached the spot, a h;gh locality, sur
rounded by dense forest. The guide
S laced rae in ambush behind a clump of
ushes which commended the barren
space in every direction. He then
selected a tree standing by itself a few
feet away, and telling me if he succeeded
in calling a moose to the snot to take
good aim at it back of the shoulder if I
could, and to fire the instant it stepped
into the opening, he climbed the tree
until he was hidden in the lower branches,
drawing his rifle after him, butt end first,
by a twine which he had attached to it.
Presently, out on the still, crisp, Octo
ber night air rang the weird call to the
cow moose as imitated by Wing on
the birch-bark trumpet. I had thought
it penetrating before, but the experi
mental cry the guide had made at the
camp was soft and low compared with
this 'call that meant business. It
seemed to go down into the valley in
long wares of sound, and lingered . an
amazing length of time ou the air before
the' last reverberation died away. The
novelty of the situation aroused me to
the highest pitch of excitement. One
moment I was burning with fever and
the next I grew so cold that my teeth
chattered. In a few minutes Wing gave
another blast on his trumpet. When
the sound died away the silence seemed
to grow more profound and my suspense
was becoming almost unbearable. Then
a sound as of castanets heard in dancing
broke the stillness off to the right of
this opening, and series of short, gut
tural sounds like the low bellowing of a
bull came from the same direction.
'Make ready I He's coming! Wing
signaled to me.
"I began to shake like an aspen, but I
shoved the gun around the bushes and
had the entire opening before me. 31y
hand shook so that I gave up all hope of
hitting the moose, even if he came within
twenty feet of me. But I had short time
for reflection, for from the edge of the
forest, plainly visible in the starlight,
came the majestic moose, drawn thither
by the false love calL He came pranc
ing into the opening, his great antlered
head lifted proudly and thrown grace
fully back as if to excite the admiration
of the mate he came to meet. As he
enme with stately tread into the opening
h i uttered several short, low, mellow
cries and stopped. He was not twenty
paces away and his great side was turned
squarely toward roe. My hands could
not be controlled, and. despairing, I
closed my eyes and fired. Opening my
eyes I saw the huge animal lying on the
ground. The next instant he was on his
feet and turned to dash into the forest
when the truer aim of Wing laid him
low again. Once more be essayed to rise
and I fired again at random, but through
good luck hit a vital part. My fiist shot
had hit the moose in the neck and
knocked , it down. Wing's shot
struck it back of the ahoulder.
My second shot passed through
the moose's kidneys. Ijiever saw a hand
somer animal than that moose. Its skin
' was as glossy as satin, and its antlers,
which were four feet long and over a
foot wide, were polished like ivory. The
moose polishes his antlers tv rubbing
them on mossy trees. To get the moose's,
carcase down from the ridge we were
obliged to call to our help some guides
from a neighboring camp. It weighed
800 pound, according to all their esti
mates. The antlers alone weighed fifty
pounds, as I afterward learned in having
them mounted.
"The Castanet-like rattling that had
first attracted my attention that night
when the moose approached was made
by the horny points on the animal's lng
and slender hoofs clattering together as
he bounded along. This clattering of
the points frequently reveals the pres
ence of moose to the hunter, as it can be
heard for a long distance in the quiet of
the wood when the moose is at full
speed.
"I saw a man In the Passadurokeag
country who boasts that during one win
ter he killed seventy-five moose. They
were hunted with soowahoes and kilted
in the crust. The purpose of slaughter
ing the animals thus by wholesale, when
they had no chance for their lives, was
to secure their hides. This was cocsid
cred a great exploit at the time, but now
the hunters see what su h criminal de
struction of the game led to, and they
. V. - .1 - . A ; 1 i rrV, '
View IliZ iltUgUKI 1U uiunv fu
Hail anl Erpra.
A Buffalo coal dealer is suing ft tailk'
pan for watering til raUk.
the im:oK.
Fleming down tha prn va'j-i,
ry tlie ail v-r nl jlt kitt
Oft the tarryiu - tr''tfU datlitts,
Nath ttM'slo ly nMrs mist.
i
In thedtti tvh tf d.Ui,
Like a ky with Ur lxtrvn,
YbTr tho im-llo
liiUin,; hjis N
Of the sultry mmmr noa.
Through th briery trk t bram?.!".
Through tho Wmiin - ftrn and flower.
Ever f-injjs it a it m?nt'M,
fcina of sunny summer hour.
Summer lour ar swiftly njxIia,
Pays that will no inr hiw.
Mortals, f ye y n-4 unhwlin
Here thia sons of mine.
In ths thirkt there rli worm
Wtwre tho wi!atvt hans d'uIm 1,
Through th thicket 1-uhcs c lovrn.
Moves it in it nm-ssy Iwd.
Whre atov thi H.momin;; branches
landing, mak a c ol rt treit,
There in ever -d lyin laun f
Sings it t'UK r n.ns an I wt.
Farthly mummr swift are
Hunstlwit will n lrr-trli :
MortaLe, y nt unhev Imj
Here this son;; of iniv.
HUMOR OF TIIK DAY.
Stalo butter An aged goat.
Hard to beat A hnrd-lmiled c.
Something that should be- looked into
a telescope.
A clear skin Heating a friend out of
borrowed money.
. Siam is a greit place for comfort.
Thero aro largo quantities of SUm cato
there.
Ada "I had ten offers of marri in
last weck."Klla "How monotonous aud
persistent of Jack." Titl-JlU.
Many otherwise domestic cooks aro in
the. habit of introducing foreign material
into plain soup. y i" Vork A fr.
It seems to bo the custom nowa la
foryoungmen when they get a liy nil
from work to get away olT.j Ktntucky
Stale Jviirnal,
In th nring tho !! innn' fany turrn t v
thinRs aiKMit inn lioil tli.
And in iivr rvgulatjm h invent surplu-t
wealth.
"3fr. B., I wish you would not nmoke
BO much." "Why, th chimney aniokf ,
my dear." "Well, if it dots, it doesn't
spit over everything."
-The Whitehilt Timm says Jhat the
mouth is the window of tho intellect.'
The toothache must be a sort of window
pane. H.to Yik Hun.
Rejoin, (y frw-iid, you're not a Romm,
And count your privilege nn ?rrnt;
For well w know in thee da v no man
Would have patience to wnto mik cclxxx
VIII. Dogs are not allowed to pick their
company. That is why you often m-o a
$75 dog out walking with a fifteen cent
man. Tonkert S'aUmnnn.
Her li a lawyer cold in !ath
With all nil up that'ilue hint
lie lies at as-l in aff til ri,t,
For lying's natural to him.
Wahiajtott CriH-
Minnie 'Tapa, what is Yobipukl"
Papa "Why it's the universal lan
guage." Minnie "But who speak it i"
I'apa ' 'Nobody. "UlaytH m l-m 1U; n
(win.
When the teacher ake 1 : "What undo
the Tower of Pisa Ic.m ! " the slangy boy
at the foot .f tho (hw prutplly re
sponded: "IWausis it wa built that
way." Xorrittvtn Jl-mf-f.
Hero lin a yoijiixan 1 Mmpl-j VxA
Who Naturt law d'lil -Ho
vo!uotrl tt li tli niil.
And ttia.l' jut how ho H'-t!
S(pinj.
"A genteel carver," nys a book on
etiquette-, "always ails when he rant?."
Carvers who get on the tnldc and have a
wrestling match with the chicken arj
known by sonic other name. llxhrnUr
Ejrpren.
"Yes," remarked the second son of an
Englhh noblcmtu who had bem sent t
an American ranch for refu-in' to'tako
orders in the established church; "con
science makes cow-herds of us all."
JJttUimvre . ;
Old Wimple ' (solemnly) "Young
man, to attain aucceve in this world we
must be up aod doin. Do you ever nej
the sua riaei" Yrmng Man "Vc-, ir,
occasionally." "When?" "On my way
home. tiijtin'j.
Ooalin "Yc, Miss Smith, I expect i'
ail. for "KiirojMs." M'tun Fmith (inno
ccntly) "Indeed. What on;" ;o!i:i
(embarrasscd) "Well, er-ti tell u
the truth, Mi' Smith, it's oa borrow i 1
money." Sifting:
Doctor (who find a trnmp groan in r;
by the roadside)" What i the matter
with you?" Tramp (dolefully)" My
yatem it all run down." Do tor " JJy
what?" Tramp "By a dog. Jvr
iiKjVin Fret I'm.
He "I ce that old Mr. Bently wa
buried yesterday." Wife (lotk'd
"Why, it old Mr. Ifcutly dead? " " lie
(who ha jt;t been 'at uron "Thcs
paper eloesn't svy whether he i devl or
not; simply that he was buried yester
day." iUV.
"How hideous Mi us B. looked in that
new bonnet." "I thought it was very
becoming; at least ih; trimming a
very appropriate." "1 didn't notice th
tmmlng.', "The linnet was trimm' I
with ivy b-aves. Iy clings to oil
ruins." Yrf irk Vt r.
In the cruh of travel cn a N?rth r'i Is
cable car U-X Saturday an accident oc
curred that Came near proving t' rioui.
A Polih grij.man, whi'e boning o-it l
the car in front, inadvertently droj j I
his name and it becam entangle 1 ia tJ s
grip. It was Cna'ly dragged out froi :i
under the car with the aid t tevcrii
horcs, and the partially dixb!e 1 cora
slowly ins umol iu travels. Vhlaj t 7 ri-
"PriAOner," observed the Arkar.
Judge, with imprtkive dignity, "!.
I have to ob'f tion to your ;-S Ire
me familiarly 'when, you ir.eet-ie t: viy
saloon, I wih 3014 to tinderktad "l-lt
this court, when in regular "Sion, KI; r
s tea no inso!ct familiarities from any
body, and I five you notice that t:.s
Beit time yo:t ndlre tha fo nt k
"Poker Jim" 1 shall kick you cleir t:p
through your shirt colUr. Go cn'.vhh
the ' tesUmuny, gatlttao.M C-JJ
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