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sheep free access to salt
"water once a day.
American Cultivator congratu
the wooTgrowera upon the im
0d outlookfor their important
moinder of the sheep should
now as soon as possible. A
little oats and bran or small
will help last Spring's
derfully.
al is worth keeping over
is surely worth protecting
cold. If he is worth any
at all, he is worth keeping on
'rations.
mx— •, farmer has so many animals
fiiat tW can not all have the req
and protection to secure
jroflt, DKter sell off some now even
-*t a sacrifice. It will pay in the end.
has bete discovered by the New
to** Experiment Station that the
jpd corn nearest the tip, produced
the strongest and best plants, fol
ed by that from the butt, while
it from the middle was poorest.
The United States continues to im
port sheep from England and ex
change remarks that if the result is
no# that we will in a fewyears have
ore good English Sheep than En
gland h^ MKatibMMi.re not to be
trusted. ^UP*'
must
«ted when left
Btorm. All
|cleaned from
at night.
standing in the colli
mud and dirt must'
th&ir. legs and ife
Neglect of this is a prolific source of
scratches.
The UnitedStateeneeds about
twice thewool raisedhere annually,
ff^tavewrfl and climate adapted to
supplying it, and ofasuperibr quality.
Is the amount of money it represents,
asumgrowinglargeryear by year,
to slip through our fingers without a
big effort to retain it? At the same
tame we want tin mnttoi
.Feed yonr hones 1fefjpi|firty three
times daily, bat never over-feed.
Water before feeding, but not while
the horse is hot from wdrk. Use the
whip vwy little, and never when the
animal shies or stumbles. Never
leave a horse standing unhitched.
It is the way to make them runaways.
Do not storm and fret. Be quiet and
kind, and the horoe willbe so too in
most cases.
As the weather becomes colder
there is great danger of stunting pigs
by feeding cold, sloppy food. The
Jditaon
jffll maynot give much more food,
jbut it may at the same time add con*
siderably to its nutritive value by
raising the temperature. The bene
fit from cooking food for hogs is
partly if not entirely lost if it is not
ted while warm.
Animals of vicious habits should
aever be used for breeding purposes,
is vices,
are transmitted. By careful
breeding in this respect the -disposi
tions of the animals ean be partially
xmtrolled. Of two eolts^rsimOar in
disposition and sense, one may de
velop into a steady and valuable
hrnQy horse, while th^other may be
mrjfrthirig that is v%tous» treacher
ous aod unsafe—allbecauae of a
difference in the men handling them:.
The farmer who lias a big straw
stack has no exctise for allowing his
*tock to suffer by exposure to cold or
storms. -The animals themselves
burrow holes in the stack and find
shelter, if permitted to do sb. But
thisisnot best, as they may under
mine the stack and be buried under
it. With very little timber and plen
ty of straw, however, rough but warm
welter may be provided at little cost
accept the labor.
^|'A writer for the Rural New-Yorker
s&ys that he never keeps poor sheep
for breeding, but sells them for what
jver they will fetch. "If a man keeps
zood ewes and a thoroughbred buck,
will venture to say he will have
good lambs, and can make his sheep
pay 100 per cent. I have done so,
aad others can do the same with the
same care and attention." He does
aot do it, however, by leaving his
sheep to shift for themselves in scrub
by pastures and all sorts of weather.
W«rM'« Wheat aa4 Bye Crop*.
According to the official report of
the estimated world's harvest of
cereals, lately issued by the Vienna
Congress, Russia appears to' be the
only European nation with a sur
plus of wheat. From the report al
luded to the wheat crop of the United
Kingdom shows a deficiency of 25 per
cent., that of France 25 per cent.,
and that of Italy 20 per cent. It is
estimated that the European wheat
crop will be 1,066,000,000 bushels,
a* compared with 1,261,000,000last
year. The rye crop is reported to be
tU shortest in several years.
sttwW p»pkiM Ftc r«wu.
/jrA poultry-raiser relates that he ex
perimented last winter with feeding
common sweet pumpkins to his hens,
the result was exceedingly grati-
He boiled the pumpkins with
of meal and wheat shorts,
wjiiich he fed out daily, all winter, to
flock of young nnd old stock—in
of using, as he had for years
ionsly, potatoes and tnrnips.
Jwem that he effected a saving
of one-half the cost of his v^etable
^d t^r this means, while his hens
md chickeitH werf» n»ver heforeso un
(y healthy as during lust winter
Wfcjr City Bm lliitiil Tirai,
in Hoabsndman.
are a good many men who
moved from the cities on to
land have become the most in
itial and successful farmers In
)rhood in which their
ssSfeyi
_y&
th^]^|:slfe«a|3tf^^.: The^ are
ivQHng .«x
periencttr of«)th(v8iM9cet8ftiT farmers,
andtake# ah active part iu' formers'
clubs and agricultural societies.
They read and study the latest im
proved methods of farming and are
not born in the old moss-grown huts
of their grandfathers. They read and
think and work and make every
stroke add to their knowledge, ex
perience and prosperity. They usu
ally possess more business experi
ence and talent than the average
farmersrand their farming Operations
are carried oh in a business like man
ner. Yonng farmers raised in the
country are fortunate in having in
herited the moss-grown methods of
their ancestors and the "way back"
notions of some sleepy, unprogres
sive rural neighborhoods.
A Ba« la the Ear.
Writers say when a bug gets into
the ear do not be frightened, but
drown him with oil or warm water.
There is no philosopher, remarks Dr.
J. Herbert Glaborne, jr., in the. Med
ical Classics, who could sit unmoved
with a bug or fly stamping a tattoo
upon his ear drum. Yes, be frighten
ed, for it will facilitate your move
ments. Sweet oil is perhaps the best
thing to keep liim from moving—that
is the first desideratum. The oil, by
its thick consistence, will so entangle
and bedraggle its legs and wings that
the intolerable noise will be stopped.
If oil is not at hand, use any liquid
that is not poisonous or corrosive.
Water will probably be within the
reach of every one. This is also more
liable to float him out, too, than ei
ther sweet oil or glycerine.
It has been suggested to blow to
bacco smoke into the ear to stupefy
the insect. We cannot indorse this
advice tobacco smoke blown into
the ear of a child has been known to
cause alarming symptoms. When
the gnovements of the intruder have,
been arrested, syringe t$$ qar gently'1
with warm' waftr. .'All Manner of in
sect! and buglrhaVe been found in
theear, but you camjgever tell in a
given case who the n$3e caller is that
is knocking at the door of your brain
till you have him out.
fur
of hot dishwater to the
{fen* (load SagfMtlMi.
"A penny saved isapennygained,"
•poor Richard tells us. but the true
act in saying money is not in a tight
gpip. In fact, the grip may be so
tight qs to work a Toss rather than
a gain. The man who is too mean
to buy the tools necessary to do the
work most economically and timely
is losing money every day that he
hoards nis dollars, and pegs away
with a miserable old plow, or has his
hired men following a team that can
not do a good half-day's work in a
long day. There are many farmers
who are too cautious about invest
ing in improved implements. This
extreme caution comes largely from
want of information as to what is
the best implement to buy. This,
perhaps, is a shade better being too
stingy. But the cure for both
is increased intelligence. Let' such
men put in some of their loafing
hours investigating the merits
of the various makes of breaking
plows, or reapers,. Or cultivators.
Let them think about the wants of
their farms, the nature of the soil and
crops, and then really set to work
to find the implement which will do
their "Work the best.. They will find
a great variety of implements, all
having some merit or fault peculiar
to that m&ke. An honest inquiry
into tie merits and demerits of any
of these tools'will quicken the wits,
and the work of the next year will
be better understood. It will not be
long before such men will see that
they can really save money by spend
ing some wisely. Winter is a good
time to. look over tools, to see what
to have put in order and what to
discard. ^There is some tool on the
farm that can be disposed of for a
better one to great advantage.
Killed Fifty Sen.
A correspondent says that a mob
in the village of Antique, near Hiolo,
in the Indian Archipelago, attempted
to kill a priest, and fifty of them were
successively shot down and killed.
The village, which is near Manila, is
inhabited by several thousand na
tives. The only white men are a
Spanish priest and another Span
iard, who lived some distance away
on his own estate. There has been
for some time past bad feeling be
tween the natives and the race that
holds them in subjection, and recent
ly a mob of the nntives attacked the
Ey
riest, intending to put him to death
torture.
The other Spaniard, who was
quickly informed of what had occurr
ed, took his rifle and cartridges and
hastened to the rescue of the priest.
As soon as heftarrived at the priest's
dwelling, which was surrounded by a
black mob howling for blood,"he
opened fire on the crowd. He picked
out the biggest. and foremost men
and shot them down one by one.
When he had used up jUty cartridses
fifty dead blacks lay before him.
The natives, awestricken, fled in
terror, crying that the Spaniard was
assisted by the evil one, and that he
had a gun that could shoot forever
without reloading. They did not
even come back to gather up and
bury their dead, leaving this duty to
the two white men.
It is believed that had it not been
for the marksmanship and nerve dis
played in this case the natives in the
neighboring provinces would have
risen and massacred tl^Curopeans
living there.
Deafness Caused by Electric Light.
M. D'Arsonval related not long
ago since, before the French Academy
of Medicine, a curious phenomenon.
After guzing for a few seconds on an
arc light of intense brilliance, he
suddenly became deaf, and remained
sorfor nearly an hour and a half.
{Surprised and somewhat alarmed in
the first instance, but reasured by
the disappearance of "the symptoms,
he repeated the experiment with the
same result. When only one eye was
exposed to the light, no very wwlwj
effect was produced.,
n», HATE sot A ume cut.
T«a, I law got a loving gtri,
Ai you premime to know, John
8M i« to me the rarest pearl
_That Heaven'could bestow, John.
H« neck is white, her eyea are bright,
Tho' black as any sloe:
Tea, ahe is to me the rarest pearl'
That Heaven could bestow, John.
When first my heart lore's tender sighs
Did first begin to tow, John,
They caught the glance of Nora's eyes
When love was all aglow, John. !V v'\
Thro' dreary hours her soothing powets
Averted all my woe
For she's to me the dearest prize
That Heaven could bestow, John.
I clambered from the top of the
stage at Abbington, that being the
nearest point to my uncle's farm. I
had never been there, but upon in
quiring at the inn its locality was
definitely fixed intay mind.
It lay three miles to thenorthward
and was to be reached by a road
which, though smooth, was desper
ately lonely, and especially so when
traversed at night.
It was an evening in June the air
was balidy, and the stars were shin
ing brightly.
I left the inn with my grip-sack in
one hand and a light stick in the
other—a stick long enough to serve
ine for a cane and yet of no use to
mo as a cudgel.
Pound the road as described—
torturous,andsecludedand,
laid out, as many country roads are,
with the design of reaching a cross
road here or a mile site there, and
appropriating as Httle tillable land
as possible.
I did not mind the loneliness of the
road, for I was no coward, and I was
busy conjecturing how iny uncle
would receive me. I was suddenly
startled by seeing a man step from
the biuhes directly in front of me.
"Your purse, please," he said.
It wasn't the stereotyped foot-pad
chalenge, but it answered the pur
pose. The fellow had a boyish look,
and was so inferior to myself in mus
cle that my first impulse was to'seize
him and fling him over the ledge.
I was deterred, however, by the re
volver that covered me so suggestive
ly, and by the black eyes which
gleamed upon me from behind the
crape mask. The latter was a. half
mask, and did not cover the lips,
which were fiill, flexible, and bright
red jn color.
'•Look here," said,"that'sratlier
a bold demand, and—"
"It was graciously made," inter
rupted he. "It is useless to expostu
late. I am dreadfhlly in earnest."
His voice was low, sweet, and re
markably distinct. An odor of jock
ey-club reached me and I had to vote
him a snob, and that made my hu
miliation all the more keen.. But,
without any more-ado, I handed out
my wallet which was grasped with
eagerness..
"Here is my watch," I said, as I ex
tended mv handsome gold repeater.
•'I didn't ask you for that," the
foot-pad said.
He hurriedly satisfied himself that
my wallet was well-filled yet at the
same time kept one eye on' me and
iheld his ptttol & rea)Ui«s8. For
scarcely a.second heturnedhis pro
file to me, and I saw, in .the 'si^
light, th&t^thelopew tfafe eariiearegt
to me was punctucecl., 'j®.',
"I'm obliged to yQtt/' he said, a»
he backed off the road' into ff
bushes, hisfacefoward ine.
"Oh, don't mention it," I sarcas
ticly replied: I'm too polite to 'chaf
fer with a lady."
1
"Alady," he repeated withamock
ing laugh.
"A woman, at least," I rejoined,
"otherwise 1 would
:not
MW&r
-v
Oar loving hearts shall know no strife,
As sorrow, care or woe, John
But sunny beams shall mark our life
Wherever we shall go.
I'll wait the day when Fortune's ray
Shall on us brightly glow, John
Then ahe will be the fondeat wife
That Heaven can bestow, John.
A Polite Highwayman.
liave allowed
myself to be plundered so tamely.
Your voice, your lips, your form,
and the perfume, of your hair 'give
you away,' to use aslangexpression.
You removed your ear-rings, to be
sure, but you conld not remove the
orifices from which they dangled."
"You are evidently a man of keen
discernment," he tauntingly said,
then disappeared in a flash.
"I was right," I thought. "I have
had quite an adventure, and it shall
not end here if I can prevent it."
It was 9 o'clock when I reached my
Uncle's farm. We had not met for
years, but when I announced myself
he gave me a hearty welcome.
I found him a pleasant, intelligent,
liberal-minded man. When I told
him of my adventure he seemed con
siderably surprised, and hooted at
my conclusions as to the sex of the
robber.
The next morning I took a stroll over
the extensive farm, and when I return
ed to the house I heard a female voice
int he library, it was a low, sweet, dis
tinct voice, and I was puzzled to
to know why it sounded so familiar.
A moment later it came to me in a
voice that startled me. My Uncle's
visitor was the foot-pad of the night
before! I stepped into the room,
whereupon my Uncle rose and said.
"Miss Brandon, this is my nephew.
Alfred Denhnm."
I bowed bla idly, then took a seat
and joined in the desultory conversa
tion.
The young girl was handsome,
graceful, and fashionably clad, cul
tured in air, and self-possed in man
ner.
I was confirmed in my surmises.
In height, form, and movements she
resembled the foot-pad who had re
lei ved me of my wallet. Her ripe, red,
flexible mouth was the mouth which
I had seen under the half-mask, and
the black eyes were the eyes that
peered at me from behind it.
I was sure that she recognised me,
though she did not betray it by the
least sign. When she arose to go,
she held out her hand to me and sud,
in a winsome girlish manner:
... .t.i-' ,i.'
"Mr.Denham. ifyou are
stay any time, I will be
have you call on me."
I bowed, and said that I would be
'Allele, who is' she?" I asked.
"A splendid girl," endorsed he,,
with heartiness "Not an heiress, to
be sure, but from a fine family, and
highly esteemed. Her father is Sher
iff of the county,"
"What!" IexclaimA"Well, uncle,
that is the girl that ronbed me."
"Nonsense, boy!" cried he, in in
tense surprise.
"I tell you it is BO," I persisted.
I saw a roll of bank notes on the
desk.
"Did she payyoumoney?" I asked.
"Yes," replied my uncle. "A year's
interest on a mortgage."
"Among the money taken from me
last night," I said, "were five crisp,
new, just issued, ten-dollar bills on
the Commercial Bank. I received
them from the bank before I left the
city in the morning, and I noticed
that they were consecutively, num
bered. Are there any 6uch notes in
that roll?"
My uhcle examined the roll and the
particular bills came to light.
"What have you to say now?" I
asked.
"I am a trifle daze^ I must con
fess," my uncle slowly said. "Still,
the matter can be explained. The
idea that Miss Brandon stopped you
on the highway is too preposterous
to entertain."
"Anyhow,it is romantic," Ireplied.
"I intend to know more about it."
I called on Miss Brandon and
found her, as my uncle had said, a
splendid girl vivacious, intelligent,
affetionate. One visit led to another,
and I fell desperately in love with her.
Her father was a flneWooking,
brave, honest fellow her mother was
a thorough lady her home was pret
tily furnished, and I could not dis
cover anything to strengthen my
previous impressions.
I wanted to propose to her, but
was afraid to unless the mystery was
cleared up. There was no knowing
how soon after marriage she might
Btatt out to collect unlawful tribute.
To question her, about the matter
might have led to an estrangement.
When I Announced that I, was go
ing away, I saw that she was dis
turbed. Her self-possession failed
her the flexible mouth betrayed her
my passionate love was returned.
Seeing that I was gohigaway with
out an avowal of my love, she said
tome, with a sweetly intermingled
glance of yearning and rougery:
"Mr. Denham, you are not going
away under the impression that I
waylaid you?"
"WI
hat is that?" I asked, with a
slight stammer.
"You were robbed, I understand,
on the highway," she said. "And,
furthermore, that you suspect me.''
My conftision increased.
"Who told you?" I asked.
"Your uncle. I was not the foot
pad. I never saw you until I was in
troduced to you in your Uncle's
library. My simple denial Bhould be
sufficient."
"And it is," I promptly declared.
"I have wronged you by my sus
picions, and I beg your pardon."
"It is granted," she said, with a
sweet smile, her dark eyes'seeking
mine.
She looked so pretty, as she stood
among the roses, that I kissed her,
and it became a kiss of betrothal.
Her joy seemed to exceed mine, and
mine ,was exuberant enough.
"Kate, will you explain one thing?"
I asked. "How came you to pay
my Uncle, in the morning, the very
notesof which I had been robbed the
evening before? You see that deep
ened the mystery."
"It is easily explained," she quietly
:said, though a smile stirred her lips.
•"The robber broke into .our house
•tfte jsame night. He stole $300 from
'papa's desk, but, while doing so,
{dropped his wallet—or yours, rather,
lit would seem. Papa took the money
jto make up the interest due on the
mortgage, and sent me over to pay
'it. Now, that he knows the money
•was. yours, he is ready to repay it.5'
"That is easily arranged, 1 said.
j"He shall give it to you for your
trosseau."
We were married, and though I
believed my wife's story, I was not
entirely satisfied. My original im
pression had been too strongly fixed
for that.
In time, however, I untangled the
mystery for myself. I had a brother
who was a See captain, and owner of
his ship.
While paying him a visit on board
of his ship, a young man came into
the captain's room and exchanged a
few words with him.
I was first attracted by his voice,
which was strangely like' my wife's
he also reminded me of her in his
form and movements. Something
about his eyes and lips brought to
my mind the occasion upon whicn I
had been robbed.
A littlestartled at all that, I glanc
ed at his ears and saw that they had
been punctured for rings.
"Wbo was that?" I asked,after the
man had retired.
"A young fellow named Antonio
Vascar," replied my brother "of
Italian birth and finely educated.
He is my confidential clerk."
"Ah!" 1 ejaculated. "Why did
wear ear rings.?"
"It is not an uncommon thing
among the Italians. Superstitious
notions lead to it a supposed rem
edy for disease, or a safeguard
against it, probably. Are you in
terested in him?"
"Yes," I replied. "So will you be,
presently. I want to talk to him."
"All right. I'll send him to you."
"Send tor him," I said. "I wish
you to be present."
ears were ''punctured,
being a women.
he
When the young man entered I
asked:
"Do yon remember me?"
He looked at me, and then replied
in the negative.
"1 am the man
night on the higl
ton," I said.
The assertion
called to his aid a
"What do
pti robbed one
pear Abbing-
him, and he
indignant air.
sir?" he de-
lo you mean,
mahded.' "You shall not insult me
in this way."
"Bluster will not serve you," I
quietly said. "Yon remember me
very well, also the conversation that
passed between us. l%awthat yoir
and charged
you with being a women. Later on
in the night you broke into the house
of the county sheriff. You obtained
considerable money but in your haste
you dropped beside his desk the wal
let, you stole from me."
He grew white in the face, then red,
and became quite confused. My
brother was not a little amazed at'
the charge I made.
"I am not a detective, and I am
not about to arrest you," I said.
"My money was returned to me by
the sheriff. I simply want you to
confess your guilt. If you decline to
do that, I'll have yon taken before a
magistrate."
He struggled with himself for a few
moments and then said, in a faint
tone. •-•'.
"I am guilty."
"Antonio, I am shocked," said my
brother. "I must dispense with your
services."
The chop-fallen young fellow with
drew and if he held me a grudge, the
look on his face did not betray it.
My wife was thus thoroughly vindi
cated, and ever since then I have not
been so positive in my inferences.
In a Trance.
New York Sun.
Fifteen years ago, while still a fifteen
year-olci schoolgirl, Mrs. Sorrich, who
lives in Jefferson County, Ohio, mar
ried Henry Hall. A few months latei
she fell at the door of the house in
what was first supposed to be a faint
ing fit. She failed to revive, and a
doctor pronounced her dead. She
was thereupon prepaired for burial.
All the time she was conscious ol
what was going on, but had not the
power to move a muscle or make a
sign. She could hear the women tip
toeing about the room and felt tears
drop on her face. The funeral wae
delayed to wait the arrival of hei
twin brother, who was away at
school. When he came she knew it
she felt him kiss her and heard him
say:
"Sadie is not dead. She shall not
be buried."
He insisted on having his own way,
and was finally humored. When
throe days had passed, and there were
bo signs of decomposition, Dr. Siddall,
Of Cambridge, O., Dr. Gilligan, oi
Pittsburg, Dr. Win. Elder, of Wheel
ing, and Dr. J. M. Kelley and Dr. E.
B. Gost, of Warrenton, O* came to
the house and remained two days,
applying all sorts of tests. They
pronounced her certainly dead, and
after nine days it was decided togo on
with the funeral. Her brother still
refused to consent to it, and seizing
her in his arms, kissed her passion
ately and declared that they should
never bury her. In doing so he knocked
off the bandage that held her jaws
closed, and as the lower jaw fell down
he exclaimed that he saw her tongue
move.
"I knew shewasnotdead,"he cried,
ti'Sadie, what do you want?"
"Water," she gasped faintly, and
when it was brought
sne drank a pint.
Mrs. Sorrich says that during the
trance she remained dimly conscious
of everything that passed about her.
Except when they were talking of
burying her, she was in arestful tran
quil state, and perfectly contented.
When they talked funeral it was as
though she were in some dreadful
nightmare, her inability to speak or
move caused the most intense mental
agony.
"Since then," ahe says, "I have
never talked of a funeral iu the pres
ence of acorpse."
A few months later she was sick for
a long time, and at its end lay in a
trance for eleven days. Since then
she has never had a recurrence of any
thing like death in life.
Adrantsges of Hired Girl.
I notice that one of our American
girls who married a nobleman ha*
gone back to her old calling as a
hired girl. She was a citizen of New
Jersey, and married Eddie, the royal
pinchbeck from across the deep blue
sea. He said he would bestow upon
her all his titles, crests and patrimo
nial acres if she would love him and
be his'n. She stated that she would.
Then they went to live with her
father for a spell, Eddie eating the
cream off the morning's milk of three
cows, spread over his vesper dewber
ries. Now Eddie's brother comes
from across the sea and says that he
is not noble, but boils sugar at home.
He
takeB
Eddie by the nose and tells
me lady that she better hustle for
herself. So she has resumed the
crumb brush and two nights out of
each week. What an American girl
wants to be a duchess or lady of high
degree for, when she can be an Ameri
can hired girl with ten times as much
power, is more than I can make out.
'Aside from being a sleeping car con
ductor, with a haughty mein
and nothing to do, I would rather be
an American girl, with good wages,
no board to pay and my nose worn
high, than to -be most anything I
know of. A good American servant
generally dresses about as well or
better than her mistress, has more
tb say about most anything, ever as
to whether company may or may not
be invited to the house, has no bills
to pay for anything but clothes, and
actually lives afar more independent
life than lots of sad eyed women who
are trying to hold a very ticklish
position in what we call society. Bill
Nye in New York World.
Hew He Aecmaulsted a Fortune.
Commenting onjthe report that Wm.
Warren, of Boston, left over $212,
000 to hiB heirs, one of the para
graphs says: "It is a remarkable show
ing for an actor, and particularly for
one who never enjoyed anything
more then a salary. Mr. Warren,
however like Emperor William of
Germany, like John Gilbert of Wal
lack's, and many other veterans, was
a great beliver in simplicity of diet
and general quietude of life. He ate
frugally, slept in a small cot, and re
tained his health through the rigor
of his daily life. Incidently he saved
dral of money by this method
but it was not caused by
niggaraitnesi or. desire to save
WwRm&M
THE GREATEST GLUTTON^
AitonliMns Apptttto Dlaplayed by
tba Frflneh peldlw Htm
In the "Dictlonain des Sciences
itedio&les," Dr. Percy tells of a soldier
named Tarare. This man was born
near Lyons and oatne up to Par hi where
his first exploit was to eat a basket of
apples at a friend's expense. Oa var
Ipus oeeaslons he swallowed a series of
corks and other indigestible materials
which produced such violent colie that
he was obliged to attend the Hotel
Dleu, and while being examined almost
managed to swallow the wateh ohaia
and seals of the sergeon in attendance
X. Glrand. On the occasion of one ol
these attacks of eolio it was tried to
frighten him out of his gross habits by
declaring that It would be neoessary to
open his stomach, and the doctor pro
ceeded to arrange his instruments ac
cordingly. Tarare, however, found an
opportunity to run away, and relieved
himself by taking copious draughts of
warm water. Soon after he found
that his appetite had really increased
to an excessive amount, prob&blr owinig
to the irritation produced by these ab
surd tricks. At seventeen years of
age, when only weighing one hundred
pounds, he could eat twenty-four
pounds of beef ia as many hours. He
now entered the army, and, being rec
ognized by the Surgeon-Major, M.
Courrille, of the Ninth Regiment of
Hussar* was detained for the sake of
curiosity. From the day, of his admission
he was ordered quadruple rations, pick
ings and waste meat, but often slipped
into the dispensary and laid hands on
any thing eatable. One day he was
observed to seize a cat and, after suck*
lag his blood, left in a very short time
only cleanly picked hones the hair be
ing rejected la the course of half an
hoar like that of other oarnivora. He
fond of serpents and eels, swallow?
Ing them whole. On another occasion
he consumed in a few minutes a repast
spread out for fifteen German work
people of milk ete., after whloh he
was blown out like a balloon. In the
presence of some officers he swallowed
at one sitting thirty pounds of liver
and lights. His insatiable appetite was
for onoe in his life made useful by his
being selected to carry a correspond*
enoe between General Beauharrls and
a French Colonel, which was inserted
in a box and swallowed, but he was
caught and soundly thra shed. Ou one
occasion he fell under suspicion of hav
Ing eaten a child fourteen months old.
is affirmed that he was o( mild and
gentle manners and aspect After
peath his stomach was found in a very
diseased condition.—London Stand
ard.
She Got There.
"How fanny some people are
liMi
1'
she
•aid.
-Fanny?"
"Yes, some people who are going to
be married."
"Oh."
"Yes some want to be married in a
balloon, some on the middle arch of a
bridge, some in a boat some in a
railroad train, some on horseback,
some on the edge of a precipice, some
down in a coal mine—"
"Yes I have noticed it."
"What is their object wonder?"
"Marriage, of course."
"But I mean their objeot in getting
married out of the usual way?"
"Well, I tell you what I think. They
get married in this way so that they
oan. tell their children and their grand
children they were married under
peculiar circumstanoes, as for in
stance, 'Your mother and me, chil
dren, were married in a coal mine or,
'Your grandmother and me, children,
were married in a balloon.'
"Perhaps that is the reason," said
the maiden.
"Of course it is the reason."
There was a pause. Then the
maiden, with a glowing cheek, said:
"I've been thinking, John/'
"Yes," he said interrogatively.
"I've been thinking how funny it
would be—" (a pause and a deeper
blush).
"Well, Bella, you've been tbiuking
What?"
•'I've been thinking how funny it
would be if—"
•'Yea"
"If when the subject of marriage
comes up thirty or forty years hence
you could point to me and say, 'Why,
ohildren, your grandmother proposed
to me in leap year, and we were mar
ried a few weeks later/
John is very busy these days fur
nishing a nice little cottaze. and Bella
is superintending the making of her
wedding dress.—Newark Journal
Killed by Bedbugs.
A remarkable case of the death of a
woman was reported recently from
Franklin township. Beaver county.
Pa. The death occured while the wo
man was suffering with a violent at*
tack of the headacha to whieh she had
been subject for nearly three years.
For the past three years she has been
living in a house which has been badly
infested with bedbugs. Shortly after
moviag into it she began to be troubled
with a strange type of headache
which seemed to inorease in violenoe
with each returning attack until at
times she was rendered uneonso:ous by
the'severe pains, which she often de
scribed as resembling a heavy weight
or presure on the top of her head. The
strange nature of the case and his in*
ability to render rolief aroused the at
tending physician's curiosity, and with
the consent of the bereaved husband
ho cut open the skull after the woman's
death. He found firmly lodged oa the
top of the brain in a clotted mas* a
number of bedbug* How they got
there baffles all who have beard of the
oase.. The doctor has plaesd his
strange find in alcohol and has seat
an account of the oase to a medical
School fia New York.
A woman eacapsd fn» prison ia Dllaete a
for days ago. Ii ia snppoaad she *oaifiad a
hole la the stoee wall with a hair-pia.
saa ess a kair-pia for aaarty eiyr
i&ii iit*
A
*ew io' 'tfce'iieir:'
Boohelle ttn
Lumpkintla farmer walked«p :tiiH
station, lildlBg a youngviteer'
rope attalhed 'to his bora* wliis^
steer wasjdrawlng a two-wbeei as**
and in theirt»Mt an old ia4y sad tw0Ji
bnxom ypAfa gWfc .^..-^'.glrlfc,
says the Ataerlcui ffe||
had never before ssen a railroad, aid '.•^araa
had come down on 8abbatfc TO*}'?
morn to see-the 'monster' iMPifiii'-'firft' p&j!?
time. t-u'i iKV-r-' »v
After driving tho«tee*«a4 "MU1
the road, the old maa' drove ap by tM Mi
side of the track a few feet aad halted.Tfe ,v
Just then |hi». whlatia of the engte Ifjk $
was heard
and the ruiKliag sound'wise
the first tim® by the two girls. They
both jumped up as the steamiafc^Pl
skrieking engine came tushlng lat^
view, while Buck threw up bis 'heal
and began to back.
The old man yelled: "Whoa. Buck!"
while the old woman eaidr "6ot *tUly
Victoria Elizabeth, you an* Jotephine
Boarnergu* it ain't er gwlne tejr ,hurt
yer. Me an' yer pap has rid on keen,"
and she caught hold of the dress of
each one but the engine gave another
shriek and seemed to bo dashing
straight On them. Both girls
jumped ou&one on oitiiee eide
of the while Buok gave
a snort aUWF^krted off at full!
tilt. Pap fcrauFbn to tbe rope and WM
jerked at the rate of twenty miles «it'
hour, hollering: "Whos. Buck yer
deru fool,It won't hurt yer," while the|
old woman was spilled, in a terribly
mixed up state with her clothing call-'
jng first to one girl and then the other.!
'Wfctoria Elizabeth, yo' and Josephine'
Boarnergus stop there, ther fhiafj
can't run off the track."
But her entreaty was in vain
girls heard her, but believed theltC.
vation was inflight, and they ran abo
as fast as Buck, while the old worn
picked herself up and started a
"Victory." Josephine was going at
lightning spped, and approaohing a
fence, leapedfovet it like a deer, but'
her dress oauM| on a stake, and there
was a tearitflr^sound, but no stop—
she went flyjtg over the field like
racer, whilef?W skirts flew to the
breeze like a bahner of defiance.
The old womaa with some help
caught Victoria Elisabeth, while the
old man ran Buok into the corner of a''
fence and soon had him seourely tledt:
but Josephiae had a half-mile start
when the old man went in pursuit, say
ing: '-Gosh,'how that leetle creeter
can hop. I'll hafter be mighty spry*
to botch her in ten miles o' here."
And he put out like a quarter horse.
The old woman and two other parties.
were holding {Victoria Elisabeth whea
the train moved off, but we have not
heard whether the old man ever caught
up with Josephine Boarnergus" or
not"
Cancer Among Vegetarians.
Surgeon llaj. Hundley, resident sur*
geon at Jappore, writes' to est "In
the British Msdioal Journal of April 7,
1888, the following statements arS
made: 'M. Beelus hSs shown that oaa
oor was all but unknown among
persona whose food was .exclusively
vegetable.' *M. Varneuil also belie**'
ed that the increase .of cancer wsa
largely due to the carnivorous habi^
of diet of the past generation.' The
records of Msyo Hospit^ at Jappore
whioh is under my chsrgS show nol
such immunity' of vegetarians from
cancer. Frodir January, -1680, to the
present da^ 402 major opera*
tions have been performed ia
the hospital jin, caa1% of cancer, Of
these 41 were on the personp|-of meat
eaters and 61 on these of strict vege*
tarlans who had never eaten meat
since their, birth. In Indis,,.where
caste rules are exceedingly.jrigld, the'
fact that the latter were true vege*
tarlans is capable of absolute proot,
Among them are six Saraogi* a olsss'
of Jaias who bven reject m'ahy' kind
of vegetables.1 Three of these' Ssraog*
is suffered from cancer of the breast
Qut of 102 cases there were 3 deaths
attributable to the operation. There ia
no information available. as to recur*H
renee, or the contrary. The cases'"
wore divided as follows: taneer of
bresst 20, tongue or lips 8. head and1
face 17, upper extremity 11. lower ex
tremity & trunk 18, testiole 2, glands:
3. There were 62 males add 40 f*»!
male* a largo proportion of-the-iatter
in a country where the UtrOak system
is ia force. The minimum age was 79
year* the maximum 18 year* the
aversge '43 years. —BritUh Mt&ioai.
Journal,
Cheap Telephones*
Jonas Venstrom of Orebro, Swedea.
an electrical engioeer. at present oa a.
tour through the United State* Is vis
iting George Redman of the Brushy
electrio light company. A reporter
to-day had a-conversation with him ia
whieh some facts, not generally knowa
in this eouptry.were imparted by Mr.'
Venstrom, who said that the electrie
light and telephone are ia oommon uae^
in Sweden. In the city cif Webro, 'af
place of 40,000 inhabitant* theaannal
rent of a telephone is 94 a year, and
for that sum: the subscriber 'has- the
privileges of a telephone exohange ex
tending for a hundred miles outside off
the city. In the city of StockholBa
there are 7.000 telephones ia use aad
every subscriber owns an instrument,
The telephones in use there are'made
fay the Erioksoa company of Stoekhol*£'
aad Mr. Venstrom thinks-it'is a battafl^'S
'phone than those in me here.
found it was hardsr to hearerseed
message a short diataaee la tMs*Ma#-}||
try than to seadJt'/i.:hua4i^1iy^%
Sweden. The
of the arc vsriety is stoat' Iff a.ywK^
BttkuUr PoU-Etpmi.
Kr asa, this life is
sea. B« aw* thara ara ae.l
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