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HJLLSBOKO, N. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1892.
NEW SERIES-VOL. XI. NO. K.
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There arc now inoro than a hundred
women employed in the telephone ex
changes of Ik-rlin, Germany, and it .has
been decided t employ- in the future
women only, for the reason that their
voices are so much more audible than
men's.
The work of Glare, tho African ex
plorer, in Alaska, shows how little is
known of that great Arctic territory
The explorer, according to his report,
tok horses through portions of the Yu
df:n country which it was supposed
cm. M not be reached by animals. Per
haps this misconcoption was fostered by
the .natives, who d'rew a fine revenue
from nil explorers for carrying luggage
end supplier.
While -ii'img ia tho Plaza de Arme3 in
the Ci'.y of M j v tea, aa A merican rat33ed.
u valutbl-e held glas from hi coat
pocket, a-id while he wt3 searching for
it three policemen stci p-2 I up with a
picovr and a giun, requesting the.'own
(: to' g to : yi an 1 testify against thrj
ihief. In less than fifteen minutes after
t M.'i'nn:' the .court-mom' the tU:ef had
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i .eutencedJlo serve u term of five
v.- ir-- a a soldier in the 'Mexican army
". : . ie gl-is- rc-tored to its owner.
Po ncv N our great West lh?.t - it ii
s--: i 1 there i.s not in CVmra lo native
bora white grandmother. Denver is
'mile !pofo;ri pirt of foreigner, quo
p.-;-' of New Euglvidcrs, onu of New
Vorkrr; 'iui. Middle States people, one
half part of Southerners and the other
half of native-. Tnere are more Welsh
men there, than any other -class oz
'foreigner, with the Scandinavian a
close Eccond.
Comparatively liftlejittention has been
paid t Antarctic explorations, and not
much, is known about. Ui3 Smth polar
region'. One p.- t:-o i for this, exnlain
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the Boston VuUhUr. U that the land
Hirfaen ol the globe, and especially that
tmder control of civilized peoph , lies in
the north r i half of the world's divis
ion. An lo t and South Vnisrica extend
southward, but ther.? is a clear ocean
) is.'Uge south of e teh without n earing
the Ant ire tic circle. ' The " people -otK
Austral i;i hvr, hoA-cver, grown euribu
!is to whjtt lies b. tweea them aud tha
S uth p 'e. Tney have fitted oui au ex
pe IHi n, to be- gone six months, which
avill make clear ?o:ne climatic eccentrici
tits of th': southern continent, whjHi
cai-s ii iv.' been shrou" le I in myilcry.
In the 'jnirn, Crnillo Pelljtxa nuotei
n ue striking ti.trai t ).sh).v thj b ic lz i
f Lii Mnilit iry exoju litures. of Francs
ml (Ter.nrjy during the last twenty
fc vrs. llesiy.s that b;tvj:a thi cloisof
ihe l.il w.ir an 1 th.? yair 1SS.J, Franc:
ip -nt a su ne.pual t. 6i,5J J,0dJ,UJ ) for
;he support oJ her military and nival
"orces, and mjie thin 6a) J, 0)0,03) for
ihc renewal of her ; military mater; il, or
lay, $ ),') JO, UJ ),);) ) in all. Kt03)t lor
:he navy lie estiuiites th dis j arserasaU
f Germiny tas being very neirly ta3
n:ns. Tiie o:u ouatry spj;l Is nun uvily
M'jO1) )f0Jv)ba its army anl navy, the
:Vr ),U)J,0J0, an. I the:.grjio of
d ve grea-Cjntinerital pjvver sh vs aa
iggregite annual war exovuditarj of
ji'iJJ,OJ'J,0Od. Well mw M. Peiletia
isk, 'diow long can European labor,
)h!ige l to ounete with that of theNj.v
. Worl.l, tuppor such over .vhrslmiag har
dens?" A brave Freucli o'.IIcor.ua.v oi tu2 r3
tired list, who Ion his right arm "in
the Fraaco -Prussian war, app'xreJ a? a
witness before our!; in v city in the
south of Fruusea few weiciagj, relate;
the Ne.v Orlean? l,i:i- Dl'ii xra f. Waea
rillel un n to sw-ar that he woald tell
thetruth, in the customiry unucer, t'as
.cli-er naturally ruise.l his left haul.
Tne counsel for the djfealr.it ohjejtel
to th3 Witness at once, on the grounds
tint 'au oath taken with tin le:'t ban i
wa w jfelass." Tae learned julges
were iabl to decide the question, an 1
withdrew to an aate-roju for consult i-
tioa, l'u a few miuutes the solans re
aopctrai, and the President real tlu
f i'levin decision, from a literary an l
'atrichia point of view worthy of a
M-JTjsijir Piulh)'aue: "Ia cjusidera
' ni ofjkbft fart that, when the glorious
-uaj-it of our ar.uv apnear in our
.its torep ul to their legal duties,
's-e - .ae.o Fmi m 1 that they tike' oith
w;ti:iao;i iinihi which th Jy have lo-t
; a the service of their couatry,Wv dcilj
tua: : the oath jus: made with the left
haa i of tho witness is admissible."
THE TRICK OF A TRAMP.
One dny n Trarnp -tirtel out from the
North.
Ot :t rollifzmz chap was he!
W'h f-ai-J, with a.xrrin, a? h sailie3 forth,
d'm booked for a triptv sea""'
lie totjr: with him a btidg-n of rhnt,
. A.', oie to "I'eauti'ul Snow,"
Ani an icicle, too. on which to chew
Vv'hctj-his spirits wore getting low.
pas?ei by the si;u rf the "flreat White
i;.-ar; . .'
AiA rhe-Toii'lerftil l"Dij:-p?:-,' too.
And beano- straih; f.'c tin "Southern
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His noisiest bu 2 1 e:? blT;
Aud alon: the coat the saaraan all
Made everything Mia g rm 1 tight;
For they siid, at noon: "By the great horn
spoon,
Theril be a big storm to-nixhtT
L'ut the people in town, grown weather
wise, "
In qiiirt sereno.reposrj J,"
And put no blankets upon their beds,
And lett their win luws unclosed.
For they read the newspapers t-ve:;y day
An'd plainiy as tIain e il I b,
It was th-re sot forth,, that th - storm from
the Xortii
"Woaid fde.c up a row at sea.
Fut who eari teil what a Tramp will do?
Or, who can depend upon
The will or tijp way of a vagraut soul
When it nr.oe jPecide to mcveon?
And thr-m gn IJifTbis l' iy, and through Bih
r;n g Stra':t..--,
Tlsroun ("reei:! to 1 an I Librador,
This frtisty .o i', Iivxri the Great NorUh
t Oit',
(."a:ne iown with a rush an I a roar;
And just as he reached the At'aatie coast,
With myriads ot vessels hue 1,
lie paused for breath, anl then veered
aroun -', " '
Feeause he hai changed his mind.
An 1 down on that town co.ne sle?t and
sr.ove, ',
And a tempest thai raved and trj
With a howl ani a whir, as if they vera
A pack of "Wolves at the door.
Slam-hans.l went the "shutters on every
street:
fUam-bangl (Jr oak-creak ! Clio-clap I
Oh. it was no winder that hale the folks
Wert; iou-e i i'm a their nicest nip.
They fouiid it hard to believe thir ear.-;
They scarce could Relieve their eye;
And they shivered and shook, anl sometime
it took
To recover fro-n their surprise.
And tk&t horrible Tra nn ItTighe 1 long and
. Ion !,
And whistled with ilea dish lee,
Ani up anl down through the storm swept
town.
There were none so merry as he.
Fur he'd p ayed a trick a fli3 weather
wise, j
And bothered them, preat an 1 small,
And .in spite of his word, i "ve J ateH- heard
He never went to sea at all!
Jospp.'i inC'I ol'utrJ, in th". liidpenym
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"The hind i girl I slrdl marry?'"
questioned Harry Jncksoa of his friend.
Why yes, I know just as well the kind"
'of g; I I shall marry as if I were engaged j
to her now."' And lie-half closed his eyes j
and leaned back in his chair. -
"3h must be tall and graceful, a pcr
feet hostess, one who is eminently fitted
to sit at the head of my table and enter- !
tain my guests. She anust be bright,
accomplished, of readv wit, but not all
intellect deliver me from a woman whe
is all brain she must be au accomplished
linguist, and know about ar: and music;
in fact, everything that makes a woman j
a social success. Of course I want her j
to have a good disposition. shall not!
have to marry a. woman for money, for 1 j
have plenty of that. I want some one )
to grace ray home. Of course a woman
who has done anything toward her own
support would be out of the question 1"'
Harry uaiutiy brushed, the ashes from his
cigar and waited for his friend to speak.
They were b:th young men of fashion,
dressed in white flannel, sitting on the
piazza of a gieat, fashionable hojtel.
"I can see the future Mrs. Jackson,''
Ids friend laughed, "though I can't for
the life of me -;e. v:hy you object so to a
woman's earning her. iivhhoo l if she. has
to. You know there are( too manj
changes of. fortune. Wiay, one of the
most charming girls I know ' .
P?haw!" interrupted Harry. I
know to whom you refer, and you think
. she l-i sighing a : little for me. "Weil.
Eleanor Piatts may be a stunner, but the
very fact that she t ike3 pupils kills her
for rse.""
The other voting man flushel a little
and his eyes burned with a brighter
light as he replied :
"Miss Piatts has shown herstdf a
heroine. In the face of society she ha
risen to an emergency. Her father's
failure was an honorable -one, and when
he died she refused to be dependent
upon. that queruious, miserly aunt, and
consequently was cut oil from her will,
By the way, she is here as Marion EddisVf
guest."
There was a little pause. Harry
laughed and soon the two strolled oil
toward Harry's yacht.
The young girl just around the corner
of the house from where they had been
sitting clasped Iter' hands tightly to-'
getliev, pressed her lips, and au angry
flush spread over her face. Then the
ridiculousness of the whole thing came
over her, and she sailed, da spite of the
hurt that would make itself felt.
That night there was a hop at the
hotel, and Robert Evelytli was surpri' 1
to see his friend Harry devoting himself
to the very girl he ha h sneere 1 at that
afternoon.
Eleanor was dazzling.! y':-beautiful that
night. She was dressed in pure white,
her cheeks were flushed, her deep browi
eyes shone with a happy light, and her
lips were -parted in a smile a. she circled
around the room with Harry for a pje-t-ner.
"Ah, she has always loved- him,'
thought Robert, bitterly. "And Harry
loved her, I believe, before her father
failed- Poor girl! How little she knows
that he is trifling with her, the seoun
"dreir ;
After the waltz Harry and Eleanor
promenaded slowly up and "dawn the
hall.
. 'I have not seen you for two years,"
he saiu.
tf "Xo, not since papa died. You have
been abroad. Did you. enjoy sight
seeing?" she replied.
"Immensely, though Paris suits me
best to live in. You use to like Italy.'1
"Ye3, and Italy has served me to good
advantage. I have nuoiis in singing and
w L i. CD O
Italian, you know."
Harry winced a little. She was so
beautiful and charming that he had al
most forgottec.
Besides, if he did amuse himself now he
might be forgiven, for he ned to know
her so well. He had faueied himsell
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quite ia love. She had served (fob all his
ideals, exceiit for her absurd itjp' being
independent of her relative;.
Iiobert watched them and sidled. He
had long loved Eleanor, but his .fortune
was s.o small compared with Harry's, an 1
Eleanor (ieserved so'much that he ha 1
decided to wit ad raw fro n tho lis: of
suitors, if she could win Harry o.nk
there was nothing for him to do bat
bear it.
The days went on. She was by far
the mo-t charming and the cleverest
girl at the hotel. No aaitte ar theutri-
cals were successful
fact, was as: v thin:
thou: her, nor, in
ua
she wouM help.
A the seaion drew to a c'ojc lla-rv
was tier constant cavauer.
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his devotions with a smile, an I he ha )
almost c.:ne to the.conr'usiou that it did
not matter after ali. - If he sural J marry
her, it would only be restoring her to
iler rightful position.
On the last night' the guests ha!
arranged for an imnromntu entertain
merit. E'eauor was in demand on every
hand. " -
Between a -i iree an 1 a piano solo ho
stole out to the nxiz. i to sit a :na:nent
in ihe cool night air. S ora j oae stoo 1
before her it was Harry.
"I have come to tell you, Eleanor, that
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K CnVF.n?ATIOX,
I cannot let you go without telling you
I love you." ; ;
There was no answer. no took
courage from her silence and sat down
beside her.
"Dearest, you are so beautiful! And
you love me, do you not?"
"No," she said in alow, dhtiact voice.
"No!"
He started back in amoierneat.
- "Why! I thought I used to think
you know we used to be "
"Yes; before my father diei. I know
we were good friends'. That is all. 1
never loved you."
"Then you have trifled with me," he
interrupted in an indignant tone.
"I supposed it was out of the question
for you t& marry auy girl who ha 1 d me
anything toward her support. And it is j-
utterly out of the question for me to think
of marrying you," and she left him and
and went in, for it was her turn to sieg.
Robert had seen Eleanor go out on tha
piazza and he saw Harry follow her. He
felt that his fears were, realized aud,
noticing nothing, sat lost in. thought.
Then he heard Eleanor singing. Hov
beautiful was her deep contralto voice
as it rose and fell ia the Italian love
song! She was so beautiful; so near,
yet so far, from him.
The song ended. She was "called
back, then recalled. Ho.v foul everv
one was of her! Well, he must leini to
bear his disappointment.
Hark, she was singing again. It was
only "Auld Robin Gray," yet how she
sang it.
Ann she was looking at him full in.the
face. He , could not bear it; he was
thank :'ul it was the last on the pro
gramme; while people were crowding
around her and congratulating her, ;o
only on her singing, but perhaps; on her
engagement, he would steal out into the
darkness. . $r
In a deserted corner of the piazza he
found Harry sitting alone. In the dark
ness he could just see- that his face was
buried in his hands. Ha turned back
and met Eleanor in thcrdnll, alone and
radiantly beautiful. She slipped her
hand in his arm, saying: "Do you
mw.d walking a moment with me? - It
looks so refreshingly cool in the star
light." Robert's heart beat violently. Could
it be possible she had refused Harry?
And how tender her manner seemed to
ward him. "
"We go to-morrow," she said after a
little pause. "Our beautiful summer is
over."
"Are you sorry?" he murmur el, his
soul in his eyes.
She looked up. At her faint 3niiie he
caught her in his arms.
"E'.eanor! Eleanot! I love you so!
Canyon do you "
For an answer a soft arm stole around
his neck,
"How blind you have been?" she
whisoerel.
"I thought you loved Harry," he
said.
'!" VOL '.tiND WALKIN6 A MOME.VT VTlt'.l
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Li. i MIL.
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"Oh, no," she "replied. "That is
iburdiv! 'out ..of the question.'" ihj.'3,t
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Whales in thejAntarctic Ocean.
It looks as if whaling in the Arctic ;
Sea, which has long been aa occupation i
hardy seamen of the north; will soon ;
a thing of the pastg The industrv:'
has been declining fojvsome time, and
this year it has been a crpaplete failure. ;
Eut whiles, it is siid, are still plentifu.
in Antarctic seas, and that chief of
hshermen. Captain David Gray, of Peter- ;
Lead, is preparing to go there in search !
of them. He will sail direct from S-at-laad,
starting in August and -reaching the :
whalinc rrround
in October. Four
mooted will be spent in completing the
cargoes, and home will be reached again
in the following Msy. C iptatn Gray g
-rpcriment in the great virgin ocean of
the south will be watched with interest,
and if pluttk and enterprise will do it
there need, be no fear a to its success.
t;!l Mail Buda. ' )
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
OVERFEEDING HOGS.
2dany ?eem to think that a hog cannot
he overfed, and that it makes no difler-
enc3 if they do leave a lot of fcei at
one meal, they will come back and eat
it up when they are hungry, so there is
nothing wasted after all, seavs.a writer in
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tho Swineherd. Bat ii is easily possible
to go to tie other extreme. to feed too
little, so as not to secure a steady gain,
or to feed too much and so increase the
cost as to materially lessen the profits.
Feeding too little is a loss, while feed
ing too much is a waste. A good as well
as an economical plan is to f ;reA regu
larly at statel times and then feed when
fattening all they can eat up clean. They
wilt keep healthier and thrive better
than is possible by keeping feed beiore
them all the time. It is what tha ani
mals digest, not what they eat. t'uat de
termines the gain in proportion to the
amount of feed supplied. Feed left over
is, to say the least, distasteful to a hog,
while if sloo is soaked before feeding it
will ferment and get sour.
niou rr.iCED feed.
The high price of cow feedhas been
a serious drawback to the dairy interest.
Those who had no soiling crop3 to feed
during the late drouth and had to buy
mill-feed, have not raada much money,
because dairy products hava not been as
high in proportion as feed. Tue lessou
o be learned i?, to grow all o( our cov
feed, or as near all as our circumstances
will admit of. I know that tho scien
tists tell us that our cow rations must be
"balanced," and I also know very w-ell
that too much balancing of rations, by
buying high-priced feed, wilh decidedly
Unbalance the profits of dairying. The
long and short of scientific feeding is
just tills: If you have- home-grown feed
that i.s out of balance and bought feed
will cost more that what you have, and
the gain in fee ling the bought feed will
not make up the diilerenco in prices,
tSen feed what, 5 ou have, aud you will
b feeding a "scientific" ration, for' sci
ence; means knowledge, and if you can
make more ukoney by feeding your
home grown ration than you can by buy
. iug stun to balance it, then you are feed
ing scientifically, for you are feeding iu
the line of the best profit. Farm ani
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SULrilATE OF AMMONIA AS PLANT1 FOOD.
Sulphate of ammonia is of special in
terest to the agriculturist, as with tho
exception of-Peruvian guano' it is the
only commercial source of ammonia j
within the farmer's reach. It is prepared j
from thca-nmoniacal water, which is ob- J
taihed in the manufacture of gas from
coal.. j
The sulphate, not being a complete )'
manure, is-seldom, if ever applied aloap, j
not even when in a course of rotation it j
fniw , n'wnh1ti(..1mn:,rp Ttiver0'
useful when employed as aa adjunct to i
the slow-acting manures, it increases the
the vigor of the plants aad enabled them
to take up mow; f the other kinds of
food, in a given time, than th-y would
or could otherwise do.. -
Sulphate M.ammuuU may be applied,
either as a top dressing, or, it may be
worked in the. soil juit. -p.reviouto th't
seeding of a cr.-p. It i; ujuilly appliel
at the rate of I'i'i to l2o poaVls per acre.
finuers mi:: the s ibmate -with
three or four tim'.-s
its bulk
of i jim n
order to insure a more even distribution.
Sulphate of ammoala is most largely
employed o.-i grain crops. Progressive
farmers also u-e liht dressings of the
sulphate with line cflect on their graia
f lands, not. only after tne growth is well
started in the spru
but
again
after
iowm:
Some farmers claim tnat it
pavs to top-dress m mgohls arad similar
crops with sulnhate. Messrs: Lai and
' "... , ,
Gilbert, in tnetr famous nei-i cxperi-
J-.er.ts, prove s the cmcieacy oi su.pu.e
of ammonia as an a ijunct of slow-acting
manures and in inviting-piaats to utaus
Quicklv and trgpre
fully tho manure
within their reach.
Their mo it cote-
"iiae-1 waea the
solnhate was a :.:. i:
Ijee:
Dreviou'iir enriched for
severml
etr
bv the accumulation
of mm-
trai and other manuring. The largtat
1A
v tP3 were -'n
ed when mineral and
Rmtrogenized manures wer-3 employed t
gether. Torh Worll.
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FAPOt AND GAHDECI NOTE.
ig vpur hyacinths; from the cel
when you wish mem to bloom.
vknmUc -ornning ii eisaniia! to tl
production of perfect currants.
Throw snnll rgriins into coarse iittat
and let the fowU scratch it out-.
Industry and f gg pro luctioa are in
separable with hens at this season.
Sec that no water stands about th'i
grape vines or on the stravh?rry hcd3.
Many grower s,iy that a yearling
grapevine is the b?st, as a rule, foi
setting.
One iound of lem meat to twenty
hen given three times a, week will be
'beneficial.
Do not dig the celery when it i3
frosted, but wait until it has thawed out
and is dry.
Entomology, geology, botany and
chemistry are some of the studies of the
horticulturist. J
Extreme thirst, greenish discharge
and a droopiug appearance indicate?
chicken cholera.
Many a neglected corner would sup.
given the chance.
A clean, sandy loam of medium
fertility is the rigut sort iu which to
grow onion sets.
If a heavy fall of dampsnow lodges on"'
evergreens of other trees, it will be wed
to shake it oiT before feeczing.
The old flu- sytern of boating green--houses
has given place, in miay.'
localities, to steam and hot water nip:;.
W. C. Barry attributes th- rapid
grbwth and sudden death of certain
rose bushes to the free use of nitrata of
loda.
Nothing makes a better protection for
teds of perennials than forest leave-, tsr
it tie dirt sprinkle 1 over thtm v;d hold
in place. --
IlECIl'ES.
Corn Starch Cake Whites of twelve
eggs, three cups of sugar, one cup butter,
one teaspoonful soda, thrca cups flour
one cup corn tareh, one cup milk, two
teaspocofuls cream tartar, vanilla. Front
ing improves it.'
Mince Pic Seven pound meat, twr
pounds suet, sis pounds raisins, four
pounds currjuts, three pounds citron,
ten pounds sugar, lemon six
Dranges, two pounds apples t ne of
meat, one-half ounce mace, four nut
aiegs. Egg With Tea, Co Ice, Cocoa,., or"
Milk Break the egg into a teacup, beat
with a fork till well mixe 1 ; pour in tho
ica, coffee, cocoa, or milk, gradually
stirring alt the t me. Tins is very nour
ishing, and good in risei of exaau.tiou
from overwork or strain.
Cocoauut Pudding A quarter of ta
pound of sugar, one-half, ttacupfui of
cream and one grated cocoauut, adding
a litfle at a time; bake in a moderate
oven, not toojong or the f avor will bo
destroyed; beat the. whiles of J-he egg
with five tajik ispoonfuls of jui-gar; spread
over the top and bike a light brwu.
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Cooking Birdsintlie Open.
For
sportsmen
wh-
are fortunate
eioaga to ie ar;e to spenu a wee or
; t;v" with -dog and gun here is a recijfc
j f-r cooking birds in the open. Make u -
: pteof mud and water and completely
j cover the. bird, feathers and all, md
a hole in the ground and m ake a fire
in it. When it i- burned down and
; ''y -mOtrs r-inaiuf place the bird in
. l;-f
v;i;
cover and leave until baked.
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i xt;e ):i-ie is remoT. ci itauitu
t'.-
with" it, leaving ; the bird cooked
idy to be eaten. The cut rail?
e found dried in a sm all ball,
i cm be easily removed. cThis
1 was taken
from ft traveler s dc
co oking in New-Zea-o
Lave tried it pro
, bed lea a great sav-
"a of na'.i y
i jo i . ana too - j
u more it exeei
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- i i!e, oi ii re i!rei no clean mg
t.-i. pre mg.
Forestlrjsin India.
Of hte yea- tri h tv - b,'ia takn t
prevent ta:
Instruct 'on ior.;tf hi
ir j
irr'certAiu il..itriL of i i -u . 'ai cir-a
has had w. c:rio-i r-iiuh. Covirr au 1
water, which vanished, with the tlmh-er,
have again become c u n
aa 1 there) ;
has ca.Hquently besa t large iacr;a3
in the number of tigra. For the pi.xvi
; reason there h is a'.s hec.a
iacrc-s--; ia the number o' Wil 1 iajr.
la
1 one sen$e it is fort anal j that the de-r
; have grown in nunbers with the tigers,
j for tektte.r have preyed apoa the:a ia
steaiofupon cattle and human berngs.
AVneb, however, they shall havo scarel
1 s.way the deer, or uaraTj-co-n ; ttril oi
j venison, they trill probably prowl
) &ronnx .village anl pit havoc tua
i cattle, besides ddlllag thitr man or
' mmlHoayvne. .