There are 30,000 iliildren in England
Tffho receive no ctluru i'in, ow ing to the
trandeiing hibita of th 'ir rnrenis.
Tho ttory is now being told nt Talis
that when Qouuod's country houso win
threatened during the Franco -I'rti vim
war, Gounod trusted to bis fume fur
defense nnd put up the following in
scrlpiion: "Tho house of Charles Gou
nod, tho composer of 'Faust.' " lint
the maurnding German? burnt it to llu
ground all the same.
A company has raised J!,.1) 00, 000 to
ny ft cablo from fan Franci eo to H no
lulu, since cur busiues) with tin Sind
wich Idands has grown so greatly that
a submarine telegraph U it'iuiri-tl ly tho
legilimato demands f trade. Anieii
aus are i.i praclic.il control of the Sand
wich Ilaud, as nil their tin tut iul and
commercial utTiir are in our hands.
A murder trial of more thin usual
sensational intcrcft has just lireu
brought to a coih'Iiim 1 1 in 1'ari;. A
man by the name of Ihiyos has been
cond' iiined to death for k illiug a cor
tain J5arou, hi bore a Taiiit rcseinblii'icy
to him, iiud who win to b; sulxtitu id
in hi stead in order ih.it a ci'iiMderaMe
sum might bo collected from dillereut
life insurance companies.
Pays 111 3 Drovers' J"iirintl: K'lglish
capitaliits hive hvretofore b.eu content
to invest iu American railway -ei u i i.s.
Th-7 have had their lingeH s i Iwlly
burned that they aie tri:ig tin ir luck
jn other iliri'iii'ina. Jiivwri iei mil
them. Several Knglidi syii'litati' are
buying up tiinb r tracts, mostly ii the
tuutheru States, finalise land i cheap.
Ojc p-irty has just bought oo , :'."i acr.s
in Alabama, and will buil 1 .-rvoial snv
mills.
The Washington .Vnr iiiiuoiint'f ihu
the latest tli-cuvery by ill' lobuib able
Professor Wio ins is thai the tailli is j
moving away from the mm, and the sea j
are drying up so sie.nlily lint the
time will conns i:n it i I be m-cessiry
to carve up tho c ntinenti by canals, in
wc see on Mar.'1 It i- safe In pivlu't :
that long before we hive begun to carve
liji th'J conliiii-HlSjilie Mirgi'oiii will have
carved up professor Vi,'i.iii., to dis-
cover whether the di. order nf hit bra n
cxteudod all through hii ihmv.ih sj -tem.
There nre but four persons in the ,
Vuited la'ei, other than those holding 1
public office, who are nl owed to ivicive j
mid send mail matter free of post ig. j
TUcs-' four persons ere the widows of ,
the late Pie-i hints, l'.dk, Tyler, G.ttt'eld '
nnd Grant. An act of t'ongress ii- re j
(juired to grant this privilege to any
one, an'l it has been so granted to the ;
widows of Prc-idcuts i ice 1 when :
the lJ i st act was pa-sed ronfeirnig the
distinction upon .Mrs. Dolly p, Mulisna.
According to the I'ni'ed Slates I -st ril ,
Laws and Regulation', whic'i is a com- ;
pilation of the rules pulu-lnd for the
information and guidance id IVstnristur ;
nnd other cfiici-ils, Mrs. Tyler is not m.
titled to tho benefit i of franking in ii.
matter, ami it is tine that, no law has !
ever been tnssed in lierrie. She is.!
in a sense, a victim of one of those pt.
ouliir oversights of ('onoii'-'i which aie
of frcipient oei iirrenee. The p. s!
Otliee D.'paitmeut, however, appreci.it
ing the fact that Mrs. Tyler i in dpiity
entitle I to the same piivilege which has
by law been graute I to Mrs. I 'o k, Mrs.
(iarlield and Mrs. Grant, accepts her
frank in lieu of p'stuuc and co led
nothing urnn uiatt-r mailed to her ad
address. An eminent electrician in New York
iiu recently interviewed on the pro
posed execir ion id ci iinina s by elec
tricity. "Do I lulieve in killing a man
by electricity!'' h; exclaimed when
asked what he thought of executing a
man in that way. "No, I do not. 1
don't believe tho profession knows
enough about electricity yet to warrant
them attempting to kill a in in with it.
AH electricians know that dilT rent men
are ditTeiently alTccled by cbvtricity.
Some can stand a little, otheis more and !
Bomo ciin take an enormous chime with-
out fa'al result. This must In home in '
mind iu giving a mai a charge, anil it j
is especially impnitaut in the tau i f I
executing a murderer. Suppose thev J
don't give him enough and he recovers, j
as 1 did, what torture inn I b; Hiffci .'
And why shouldn't ho recover an 1 (o-d I
(be electricians? If he's a naturally j
strong man, has no hca t trouble and i
well preserved the chances are that he ;
will pull thrum;'! if they give him the i
opportunity. Or tig tin, if ho has been j
n laborer, acciiitouie 1 to manual labor j
or exposure to tin sun for a long time, i
his flesh must nece-sari'y havo become I
more or less burdened, that is, insulated, j
and the electricity would havo le-s effect 1
upon him."
A Dog With a Head nnd a Half.
A strango freak of nature, iu tho form
of a dog with a fully forme I head, and, j
grown out from one side, of the nef , j
a completely formed half head, with the I
mouth and eyes clo c I, can ba seen nt
the Vosburg Houso in Waupaca, Wis.
His dogship is a black an 1 tan terrier.
To look nt tho animal from the left side,
only the jaws nre visibly in a sort of a
pro'.ulicraiice. On the light side tho
hape is complete, b it tho closed eye
tud mouth, with but a slight connection
with the vcrtelua, render tho "addi
tional" head of not much value except
M freak. Ho is rcgardc 1 as ont or
iho best watch dogs iu town.
FARM AM) GAtlDEN.
A l IIK.AP rLANT rROTKCTon.
o keop bugs away from mcl n.s, frost
from tender plants, the sun from cauli
flower, etc., cut barrel hoops into pieces
1(5 inches long, crossing them in the
enter aid fa .toning together with a
small wire nail. Then cover this frame
with light mud in, leaving an inch at
the end of each nth k exposed, so they
may be pushed into the ground, thus
draw ing the cloth close to th' ground
at tin edg.M. This frams, being tlexi
ble, can be ad ju-ted to a gie.iler or less
(prend, as desired. .lwWiMt Ajrit'id
turirf. ItMStSU TfltRKVH
An unkuoWii writer advises those
who me going to raise turkeys this sea
son to rem-uiber that it will cost no
more to raise such n.s at maturity will
weigh twelve or foti'teea p hi ids tint
such as bring down the scale at the six
pou id notch only. You wi 1 luvo to
ihasc the young tucks just about so
much anyh nv, nu I tnih' as will mike
tic; trouble ns ) rotitablo a) pus i ble.
Plymouth Uoc'i le ns make good foster
ino'h "is for young turkeys an I dmk.
ns they are to i lazy to go far f.om the
back door. 'I hey will ids i cover :i
great number of e;gs, are g I n it nifil
an I not ca ily disluibeil, and :i:o eei
lasting s -tiers w hen one) broody hence
not i' 1 1 to leave tleir nets before th'
hnKlii ig ii accoinpli Ii ' I. Nun (ink's
eggs are enough to set under oao. !i r..
AWT IN HKi: KKKI'IVI.
At a convention of apiarists ci Indian i,
a paper was read on 'The Aiti-iie
Silo of l!co keeping," in which
ti e essayist said a greii', many articles
are judged mainly by their appearance,
and honey is on of these ai tides. There
nre a few simple primary rules for pro.
paring honey fir ill' market which it
maybe will to note. First, cx'ractel
honey .hoalil be larcfti'ly stinined
throiieh two 1 1 1 i km s-is of si me kind of
tl iu cloth before bo'.lling or putting
awy I I any sh pe. Second, e'eir tliot
gla;s jais sh aild bo u-e I for packages,
as common gla--.s niakes th' clear, golden
yellow of the h HO'V look a nilldilv,
green ill yellow. 'I hil 1, plain, neat
labels, wi ll lie; name of the producer,
kind of hone.-, c'c. It would be well
for honey product rs toll I lh"se sug
gestions. i.rt:iiiM!.vrs wini t miiisor nwrsi.
1 hive come to tie' tolielu-iou 1 1 1 i
sea-oil the cabbage plants may be set in
the opt it gro, in I. to advanla ;, niilih
car. ii r than i. i-.islotnaiy. In tlclniter
part of Mm li. the around hciog in line
condi ion and )l a ant wi tilcr prevail
ing for some time, lio.ka few plant,
from a eld ft am and set th m out. In
a few days a h ird freve came, tie nu r
cury eoi ig i i i iv 1 1 to t ii enty-four il-giees
F ihunliejt. Jf plants si ivi'icd and
looked blue, iillt levivc 1 wi h the
wanner wtather ami now aro deti bdly
ahead of those set I iter from the same
frame. po,-!b'y th" later set plant,
woiibl have iore tpii e as well, but un
prect deuie l!y 1 1 y weather, f"r the sea
son, foilewcd the r planting. Tie
earliest ones ha I the benefit of all the
moisture that departing winter left iu
the soil. In in; I r-t regular p'.iuti'i id
rai ly cihbago, t hi season, I tettcl care
fully tho realie i'u''of small ami
large plants. Fa-ler c.pitl condi ioi-as
to soil, nioi-ture, ti ne of planting, etc.,
I put out a ipi.-iiitiiy ol fmo, stocky
plants avrragi'ig siv inches in height.
Ited le them 1 s t a l eipnl tpian ity of
small plant t, uonu more thai three
inchci high. At this writing nil are
fluiuidiiug, but if there i any choice
between them it h certainly in favor of
the pi ne set with the smaller plants.
vlmt''n'ii i .1 jr,C'i'tiri.Ht,
hoi i i noi.niA.
1 h more important fat ts about hog
cholera, who h h ivo been dcfmitclv de
ti indued by the i.i vest iga ions of Dr.
D. K, Sdinm, t hief of the Iiureau of
Animal Industry, li ive been summed up
iu the valuable worlc just pui'li-hel by
the I'nited S'ates Department of Airii
cultuio, and n.ay be stated ns follows:
1. Tim tli,e.isc is a ontaglo is and in
fictious one, nud may be con lacted by
n healthy hog fit m a diseased cue, or
fiom infected pretni-es, ami the con'a
gi 'ii may In enrrit d from farm to farm
ia vaiin.j- ways. 2. It ii a bactnial
ili-eis.', the germ having been (irt ae
ciliately tiguri d and desci ibe 1 in lss"i,
nnd studied alnnsl constantly since
that lime. Ii. The germ is readilv
cultiva el in various nuslia, is trausmissi.
ble to other iiniinals than hogs, from
which it may he retransmitted to swine
and produce a fatal form of the disease.
1. A fatal disease similar to hog chol
eia, which lias been named "swine
plague" to distinguish it from the dis
ease first nu t with, was discovered dur
ing the progress of the-e invest igatiotn.
It is also a germ disea e, widely dis
tributed and fatal, an 1 may exist as n
complication in outbreaks of hog chol
era 5. Tho disease may generally be
prevented by isolation of tho animals
anil by cli anlinesi c iinbiucd with sim.
pie measures of disinfection. 0. t it
breaks of hog c'lolcri nn to lie
cl. cclied by separating t hn well from
the diseased animals and practising il y
infection. 7. Infected premises, m iy
be made safe for the admission i f a new
herd by ili inflating with lime or other
disinfect t uts nu I allowing threo to sis
months to t lapse after the tii-easo h is
dis ippcarcd. ) Jledjciuos havo not
been found ti greatly iufiuouce tho
course of tho disease. 9. Juocula'ion
has beon tested in almost every form as
a preventative without satisfactory re
sults. 10. Hog cholera, h apparently
deutiual with a disease which has re
cently been discribe I in vaiiiui parts of
E u rope. Amer ir lit Ayr L lit lit rial.
wiit cows Miori.n bk sai.tkh.
AYe havo always miiutainetl that
cows should bo given n stated allow
ance of salt at regular intervals, if they
were not sal'ed by that batter plan
having salt placed wh;ro lhy could
have free niteisto it at all timei. Thil
has been urged in order tint tin cows
might have what they wanted ami not
lake c lough at one li ne to di 'arrange
their digestive org i i i. Any one whe
has given attention to the matter of
salting dairy tins, knows tint they ilia
le tter for h ivi lg salt, nnd lining it
regularly. Now the Am ri,;m Diinj
.Mi tells us wh,' we sail lli 'lu:
As soon as ih' food enters t hi stom al
b the natural tendency is for fenneii
la'i n to begin, and there niises a con
tent between ihit ttiubncy and the di
ge.live poweis. Ami if th'-e powers
are vigorous and the process of fermen
tation ii checked or intercept ctl, ibm
no bad icMilts will follow; lh" food will
be tli,'i'-tnl tnl salt will not be neede I,
th ui.eh at any time this wid asst in
li- process of ili'esti-n. Salt keepi
loi tl fiom th c.ii i'lt; unl i it can lie di-ge-ted
an 1 it-si i.i ated, and jTolong
ih" t ime to allow lh' digestive organs
to complete their work. And if food is
taken i i excess, as often happens when I
stick i- ii pa-ture, salt given frequent j
ly will be of mm h advantage. And
f in t l'M- silt is n preven niivc i f worms.
Ion ft nncntat i on sets ii the eoiili-j
ti 'lis pie-c itetl lire favorable to the ton- j
ili i in of the worms in th-i intesliuil j
canals, and may posiliy be engendeied
by th' prote.s. t'oncipietrly it shoii d
be a rule wiili th1 stockman to keep!
alt before their cattle, or w ithin cii'y 1
reach wIimi ihev n"ed it, nnd the cattle;
I w ill obrv tic d uiaii Is of natiii t. ami
upply the want as needed.
FA li M AND li VIIKFtS NOI F.S.
If coin ii planted or sown to be cut
green dining the la ter part of tho sum
mer, good t are should be taken to have
the so, I lich and wi ll prepare I.
Oae good attendant upon a long suc
cession of rai ay days in summer i; in
the opportunty it biings for fanners
to r nd without ncgl cling their work.
ein every day may be good in tit"
end, but it is a lil'l- cmb ai ras-iug to
fanners, w ho have t h dr work let.ir lcl
and find themselves unable to execute
plans based on o dinaiy weather condi
tions. M"ie sheep die in th" spring from i:t
ili:i;iu thin from any oth-r ciue
w It a i vi r, and tlii is du- generally to
inniiti iti otu find ns straw, poor hay,
etc., wliuh they are ceiiipi lied to cat to
u -tain 1 i
An agricultural nn I mechanical fair
dependent for its suecess on balloon as-ecu-ions,
wr sti ng m iti h"s and other
diversion of lice I'h iractcr, may ns will
fail i atly for failure will tome -omi tiuie
as a penalty for fraud.
VnuMrles of F.llijiicMi'.
In Swnlen, if you H Idre-s the poorest
cis nt on the street, you must lift your
ha'. Toe same com tesy is insist,-1 up.
on if you pass a la ly on the stairway.
To place your hand on the mm of a
lady, in Italy, is a grave and chjeition
able f.iuiil.arity.
In Holland a lady is expected to re
tite precipitately if she -hould cut, r a
s:ore or rest lurant where niei are con
Cfiegated. She waits until thev l.aie
transacted their hu-incss and d parted.
l.ldics seldom li e in Spain to leeeivo
a nin e vis. I t, tin I they rarely ; t com.
pany him to the do r. A gentleman
does imt i lfer to slmke a Spanish ladv's
hand. For him to gun a lady (even
his wifei his arm while out walking, is
looked upon as a d-t ido I violation of
propriety. Ifn Spaniard says, when
you retire after a vi-i', "Thii house is
eti'ircly at your dispio-.tl win never yon
may please to favor il," ho wishes
you (o know tint he regarli y hi as one
of the family lino di nostros (oiio of
us) ns they i xprc-s it. If the words are
not spoken, you can conclude that yuu
are not welcome to t ill aga n.
lnPirsin, mining tho nri-t Tracy, a
visi' or sends notice an hour or two be
fi re calling, mid give n day's notice if
the visit is one of great importance. lie,
is met by servants bcfoie he reiichei the
ltou-e, and other consideration are
-how u him according to relative rank.
The left, ami not the right, is consid
ered the position of honor.
No Turk will enter a sitting-room
with dirty shoei. Ti.e upper classes
wear tight tilting shoes, with goloshes
over tl.cm. Toe latter, which receive
all the dirt nnd dust arc left outside the
door. The Turk never washes in dirty
water. W iter is poured over his hands,
so that when polluted it runs nwsy,
Iu Syria tho people never take off
tl.eir caps or turbans when entering tho
house i t visiting a friend, but they al
ways have their shoes nt tho door.
There a-o no mats or scrapers outside
and tho floori insido aro covered with
ex; ensive rugs, kept very clean in Mos
lem houses and used to kneel on while
saying prayers.
In China grief Is asiociatcd with a
white tlreis, in Kthiopia with brown, in
Turkey with violet, ia Fgypt with yellow.
HUMAN GIFTS.
How Some African Tribes Testify
Their Esteem for Explorers.
Little Savages Who Havo Come
Into the Handsof White Men.
Now and then when an explorer vis
its n savage tribe they insist up m pte
seliting him with a girl or boy in a
token of their ctcciil. The e p csents,
I eing ine ilivenient to cany aroiir.il, me
generally declined with thanks, but a
few of them have iciiltid lviropp.
Among the Akki divaifn who hue been
taken to Kim p ate two who wi re pre
unted to wnpo tn n. I Me of thim,
n nv a young man, i' liing in the pal
ace of Count Miiii-t ah hi at Verona, nnd
the i ther, a bright ee I little girl, who
was prcsente I I i the explorer lies. i,
is n servant in lh' family of his widow
a' Tiie.te.
A whi'e ago, win ii Mr. I.utnholl was
Ir iveling among tin c in minis of llin'in
hied, Australi i, some viili:.;e-s w i -lie 1
to give him n young cH whom they i,.
g inl d its tho be , uly of the village by
w ty of reccgni.iug his v.tluaole service!
in si nring aunv a lo s lie band w ith a
few sh,,). ,,f 1H revolver, so l.iimholt
told them to si nd her to his camp.
There Wiis to be a d.iiic i that night,
and Kelacmi, a slim, good looking gill,
about to wars id I, was in full dies'.
She did not fain y the while man, nnd
at the rei n -t of l.'imh ! I , a lu-iy
young chap in I he village whom she did
fancy was sent along with her. She
trembled like a l--af a l.umholt. bade
her sit down by the tire. The white
m m trie 1 to win her conli Icnce by giv
ing her bread an I ne at, but she could
not be induced to say a word nor to
look at her new in i t -r, an 1 tho eat
ables lay untouclic I hcido lo r. I.uin
holtz said it panic I him to w itness the
anguish of the tiiuid Utile th'tig, and
oon, totliegreat astoui -dinuoit of the
blacks who were lookui ; . n, ho tnl I
Kelanini she might go hour. She
bounded away, another creature entirely,
as soon as she found she no longer be
longed to th" sua age looking man.
In the household if young Ani't,
the missionary, whose travels have mid '.
him fam mi, nre scveial littln g lis
whom he foaii I in slavo c i: avail
marching to tho cuvt, They were
nearly dead with t.rig.io, and ns they
were likely to be left to pi-ridi by their
cruel Arab misters, he bought them for
a few yard- of tl itli. The youngetl of
them, who was about '.I year el I, pir
ticularly interested him, becaii-e, .after
slio had been nur-e I bai k to health,
she was vet y brige.t nil I h ipp,'. Abml
six months after I hi 111 1 1 1 girl, M cpo,
bttame a member id his family, Aniot
went ouo morning to take bicaf.ft
with King M i li, who i, now the chief
potentate in the Congo bisin. Willi"
they WCIC together a little ttill cotelel
the yard, threw In in 'f at the Kings
fi el and d id obei-.inee by i ubbiag dn -t
on her arm nnd f l head. The King
asked her what sh" wanted, and lit;
said, as she wept, licit she w as a little
slave girl whom the King's sol Ib-rs hid
taken from h r le iue iu l.ubi. She
siii 1 her uiistre-s kept bt :it iig In i and
sh i hud itin away to beg the King'
protection.
As Arnot aroe to h ive the sly old
K ng told ihe littl gill to fn o-.v the
white man, if. she wi.hol a home whcio
she would not bebeitenanv timie, Ar
not saw In r coming after him, mi l w
ho took her hand and led her to h s
cottage. What w is his astonishment
when little Mivepo ami the newcomer
tlew into e ioh other's inn w.cping as
though thi ii -he iris won! I break. IK'
says that forsevi-rd d ii ho w is si ant ly
iible to do anj thing with them, so con
tinually did they htn.j on each other's
in a k.
Three years ! fore the e free-born
children of l.itbi wme pi a., ing in the
water nrai the holt i f their j ai. nits,
when their ohildi-h gne w i, tinned to
terror by -lave stealers, who tme them
fnun their home nn 1 fiotu cieli other.
After many months of uiiiuixed sorrow
and hardship a better fate had icun:t 'd
them, and they weio free nine nuue, in
the homo of a kind white friend, who
had ci me lh"U-niids nf mile to biighton
th" j'iit Ii v i y of u i fortunate like thein
fcKc. A :f Y r'c 'i i.
Watches Spolletl liy I Ii i triciti.
If j on are going out nu the ('.citric
railway you had better h ave your ljl'e
clitoiitmeter at h in and i .iny a W i er
bury, for ther) is so nun h electricity
around that it is apt to migie'i.o your
watc'i. Several people c .mpl.iiu tli.il
their valuable watches havo hen l. ii
tlered I set ess by r.iluig o:i tile lo'.ing
ton I ne. Thi is som- t hi n licit c a i
liar I ly le nniulied. lliectricily will
e'i 'ipe. It i-u'l like a bulldog, w'ih b
au be iluinnl up and ti-gged. Invisi
ble nnd imponderable, it ma'tes its way
from the wires whuli conduct it into
'he very nir itself and tho delicately
constructed steel wheels of a watch
catch it up. Then the cogs nnd in
ions are held luck by its mi tie foro
until the value of tin watc'i ntticke l
"as a time keeper" is destroyed. There
are ilium n in-magnetic watches made
now which seem proof against stub
.l ingers, a id noi'. in ignetie i nvn ate
also put out, which prove dpi illy ser
viceable. Hut it is we'd to observe the
precaution not on'y on electric railroa Is,
but when near thedynun m of nu clcc
I ic light pliot-
(JL'AINT AMI ll'HIOl'S.
A lifbi 1 all travels nt the rato of i, 275
feet per second.
The In u es of the Chinee nre for tho
most part only ono story high.
When marriage is childless tho cum
ber of suicides is doubled in men nnd
trebled in women.
There are tweity-two states in th
union licit ca.it a smaller vote thin New
York cily.
M s .lennie Pollys of Pomona, Oil.,
h s siieil Ocorgc Onnsby for $1100 for
kissing her nt the gate.
K. hard King, the firit . colore I
lawyer of the Court of Appeals of Muy
land, has been adin tto.l to the bar of
that tribunal.
In the Paris ritcit a trained lion i nt
present being exhibited who rides on
liot-cbick, jumps through hoops nnd
over bars, tires off istnls nnd pel for ns
h number nf similar tricks.
liming the las' century there Pave
been 2" ca-es of insanity in Ihe Iliva
riau royal family. The pre-ent king is
a lunatic, and teveral of hi relatives
have bteu nttaikel by the same d seiise.
Wool w iidi nrsena'., l'.ugninil, coiitai is
nn anvil weighing six y I ins. Six
li urn 1 i I ti n 1 sixty tons of iron wane
use ! in the anvil, block an I founda' ion.
It leipiiicd six months to co d bcfoie the
iiiiuicno hammer could be used.
An extra irdinary phenomenon is to
ported from l.ii mi h. Oi a spot in the
woods surrounding the town the ground
suddenly opened, bottling a natural pit
ns deep ns the KilTt I lower is high,
namely ,'iOO metit", and 2) metres in
I'in ntii fcr.nco at its m uth.
Piiiins aiellie most important product
of IS isiiiu, and the fruit iu a dried statu
i the chief article of export. The
p. orest prnniit has a few plum tree) by
his hovel, wealthy landowners never
think of planting nuy other kind of
tree by their country lioit.es, and in
ciinscipience the well being of the ngii
niltuial popu 'at ion depend on plumi
more than on anything el a-. In a good
M.i im about foity thousand tons of the
hi d fruit, valued at morn than one
null. on dollar', mo exported.
A I. urge I'm,'.
Mr. I!. W. Champion has just re
lume! from tiibing in bine Cieek die
1 1 iit . II" was vi i v much di-npp iutt d
is regards tis,jug, Imt m,j that he en
joyed tho tlip very much, ashekided
fiogs enough to treat a few of his
I'liciuls to a delightful supper, at which
this FreiK h tlel icai y pipdomiiiatcd. lie
rela'es a most wonderful nee iinence
which took place and tho result of
which riiahhd him to bring to town n
hull frog weighing three and a half
poiiiub, the hind le; making a meal
lor two j c so:is. As he say, "Ihe like
has never been told." Tne arty with
whom ho went were bu-y leining iho
Wet weather lakes that were t a ist d by
Ihe on i flow of the liver, but wi re not
having touch success, so he took his j;im
'ind began to look for frogs. Not 1 1 t t 1 -ing
very many he walked up to a Held
in nt by where a man was cutting win at,
for the pin pose of getting iufni mat ion
as lega d the lest fishing grounds.
W hile riigigt il in c uivi is iiion he
niliced the uncut grain m ning a H n
tiibbit was limning through if. lb
cocked bis gun and waited for its,:p
proai li, but hi surpiise was ( ii at w'en
!l large bullfrog appiarel, c'o-ely 1 I
low el by an enormous eoae't whipnake.
lie watched lln in until the,' Healed lilt
liver win n he filed two shots, one kill,
ing the frog, th" her the snake. The
flog weigh d tim e nud a half pound
as before staltd, and the snake wa
neai ly fnuileen ft i t long, and was e vi
dently the grandfather of tin m nil.
His skin will ho stulTed and pre-crvi d
by Mr. i hainpioit nnd bo plao -d on ex
hibition a Irs place of bu iuess.
A'.'.mlt Ce:,'. t;t on.
I'igs anil Itnttlesiiakes
4 1'igs don't sceut to nun. I tho bite of
tattlesii.ikes a in u It a I do a mosipiito
bite, so far as I ever t bscrved," si id S.
iii ii Kent, the " itlleiii ike King," ol
Clinton Co., Km. "They rather etij iy
getting in among la'llcrt. I had an
old sow once, and she was a regul it
terror after rattlesnakes. She could find
the bail of one ns study ns the hound
can find the deir's (rack, nnd (he'd fol
low lli.it Had until she tame na with
the . n ike thai male it, aid then the
rattler wai In r meat. Site didn't seen
locale for any itlnr kind of mikei,
but she'd hunt r ittltun ike from the be
ginning id ihe season until the end. If
I could have taught tint pig to retrieve
sho d have been wott'i n good tl 'al le
me, for the number of a takes she'd have
brought in during a scami wjuld have
been inimea c, an 1 rattlcn iku skins an
wordt hiij whi le fi ning fid icnts to i
apiece, nnd the oil nlw.iyi standi a fel
low in nt hai' fjl an ounce. Hut she
wasn't on the retrieve. Slio was hunt
ing for Icr own nivomtnod it ion, and nti
every n ike slio caught, leaving only the
head. 1 ued to tin 1 so many held on
my tours through the woo Is that it be
gm to dawn on m that my o'd sow wa."
working dead ngi list mo by destroy ine
Ibe ii n'e c op, and 1 was foicjd to kill
her for my own protection.
"The only thin ; that I ever k no n rat
tle nuke to 1 c really afraid of is a bat. li
you want to se.ue a ratlles'ni'co into lit
so that ho wi 1 curl up iu a corner nn I
cover up his head, and Be tn illy tremble,
jut put. a bat in Id cage. II it a but ts
eu-ugh to give anybody lit."
I'niwn'n I i nn 111 1 1 r l s nrrettie in U as
nf nn aiiif fevrr.liili'i'intlti'iil feiei .and luulari
of any tmmr. Ixjwr nirriy n, und. ?lni;niil
nMisnf Hler. ileenyiiiK veicelnl'te infttter,
t liHIiiies nf ellimite lille slltf el ilil fr-mien-enil
d-lilllly. hI iroitueo linilio i". Hrn.MiV
linn I'llleis cures till fnrniH. Hou't u.e qui.
nine. It dentin i'ei;sltiiilion, itimIuih lima,
ni lie. ami not tiiria-i(i:i'iilly ilitiiicn'i in Hint
iifiiiit'tila; I'.rmwi' lieu Hltlere uvi . r d'jes. il
w ill cure llivui.
Tim w ituit's luitfht Is rent y ui.ib-re..-
tilllHtCMt.
O u (ilrls.
Kittly Ih wlttf,
Not U l.s pi t t -.
I.utlu Is oute ami snutll;
iroiie Is n (itieeii,
Aniiettu is h H't,
Nell Istlio I.HIeof li e luitl;
lUnnllin 1 w. tiltliv,
Kertlnt is hrnltby,
A let lieullJi l tho bot l of nil.
Terfei'l lent Ii kot'S Insr rosy tiuil rmfanf,
teKliliflll ii il liliMinintt, nonhililo Hml H.-ciiit.
t in st-cuiv! hy whnlesuiii'i lialiitt icitl Iho uae
of lr. l'li-reeV I'jj vii lt-i rrtKtci-lptioii. ltoit:t
takfl.t It, mot slio nls-i "tukos tltn calk." 'I'll'l
only (ricii-iiifrrif euie for those Ulstres iln att
nionls iieeiillur to woitieu. IsiitnilaetliMi ur
yuur money retiirueil.
Fur f1 instillation ur Sick Herulnetn. use f)r.
l'ierce's IVIli ls; Purely Veuretable. Uue mloao.
The 'a 'v wlio i.tvtr uiairien ht.oultl bu
tiumtil I. I.i Kline.
I iiilliti'Hf ion.
A recent attack nf Initimi-timi or eDiistlpa
tinllis i ii .ily nreit if tin' infill leliieily I- p
pllrit. lint every llieitii Ihe exeeit llatiililll jc
i-'liis Is si ilisie i ic, in tu-te or smell thai a
linsnll 'li li'l to !el Hie ill-ease lake Us enlll-i',
It the Hlioe lit'.ii'hc eiooioi tir olilaiiteil. "j
mils. I lore inn.- .M.u k Hi uy C o., N. Y.
f-u. ei s-l nl iinoiiioitH nre lu.il In m Hit'
erniiiiil Hi'. ,
VVhnl In the
wnriil ts ttie live tit eitttntt
nriitunl wmtiiiff
Villi mietit Jls ,1
s well nil iluwn In Hie mnailoiv
iinu wan nir i iie
Hit ii i inn s,itk
mtnil to t ut-ii no i
Ins' llcttllil? In i.
.lelill'iill .X I n.,
tell yen a lliiiiu
Jump for Joy.
1 1 iv In wine nn In lie inllkeU.
e y.Mir'.elf Hint make Up vnltl"
solliel lllllK. If )HU lllive Hill ll
tiil" thilul, I lieu write to 1. I'.
Ill- loiinllil, Vn iittil llifiy will
el tnu Dial will umkpyflu
Kh'I Insl.iuii- inn iii el lei pepnlnr w .tb uu
nTuiuiiit.
Five rents kivoiI on -iiaii; lived Itnrs lot nn
rottisl elotii".. b I'm' "iionitif T rrr ts ieu
Ti cents ililfHr-nc lietui'tai Hie cunt nl n bur nt
Hie punr t som iino'e 'out ilie f'fst, winch Is i.s
nil know. Unl. inns' Kn ein .
Jlvi'ii h siintli biiib-r may be t led a tUmi'
I'lni; feliow.
Ai-k uur ill ucK'n for " l ansill'i. puneli."
1 1 R 1 r IIIBV I e p':ltll-'l lllnl Vet l.e u'o'llell.
Vigor' and Vitality
An ipileKly itlvi'ti tu ,.,.ri purt of Ul Issly liy
Uiiir Nnrmiuriliu. Thai llnsl f,s.lln In entirely
men mm. Tim 1,1,. nl ,ltrlflr I, enrl. li.sl mid
vllnll-l, mi. I .'an tin hfiilth Inslmtil or iIIvukii (a
ever) eft, m. The ,'iim, li U loin. I and mreiiKlh
Ollisl, llln Bpix-llle renl.irist. Ttll klilnryu 1111,1 liver
tk unite. I ami Invl.sprnlisl. Tile lirnln Is is'trnohnl,
the norveii Htrein.lle ncl. Tho wlKile sy tH.-tii la lialll
lip hy ll,s. r Sinn n nrCl i.
"lwns nil mu ilewit mnl unlit Tor linslmsw. I
wiis lu lm-rsl to tnke s lielllenf II.s.l s Mnrssimrills,
anil II built mi- rlhl iipm that I ivim ws.n nie I.i
riniiitio ..rk. 1 msinmiend II t.i II."-U. W.
IIiutf, 4 M.ulln Slis t, Alli'iny, N. V.
Hood's Sarsnnarilla
Holil h) till flritiiiilsts. l; rli fur .V I'n parnl nnl
hj C. I, III hii it di, Ai liir.iirl.ii. Israeli, Masa.
. IOO D0809 Ono Dollar
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H H II"! l,ot Pln- Bnnkiif psr
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USIC-ART- ELOCUTION ni
sit-t .it C'MllMl'. llrBirublf t'olitn
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Will r.-iil." v-ilil.il'1'' i,'"in .nloti I rr,
b a.l'lro Ii,.- 1 lot Kir.l'., Iloslnu. 1sr.
W'KSIKKN lllisl in C. M-.lltN.lltY N1 NuIIMM,
T I'OI.I.K'IC. W. t-'ai'iiliml m. o I' ifai" Until
tttf-n. Hvn iti'tinrliiiciitii. lizard an,l l'intt..ii ol
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Makri a plisau aweap. Kvary
ln-'t nlll Hill a iuart at Hlaa.
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