80NNET.
I now koinr why the dear gods grsve me slgnt
Oh, doi to wee tho river lillsa grow:
Ah, not to watch the seoaons oomo and go.
Nor yet to aee the Jowels of the night.
To lev one with tho world against one fight
Through weary ycarsand lonely yean? Ah, not
And not to see an Iceberg, drifting, glow
Beneath u summer moon'a celealhd night.
Out just because they knew tliat I would gaze
Upon a Kiar, Dial ithluca an one through space,
Cntil my heart grew thick with strangled sigh.
My day are turned to nights, my nlghu to days
For, oh, 1 aee the woea of aome dead race
Deep down In your miraculous, sad eyeal
John Emost McC'auu In New York World.
Vengeance of tho Cobra.
Andrew Fischer), an employe of tlie
Madras Iliiilwuy company, was seated in
the veranda of Inn bungalow and ob
served two largo cobras on the barren
plain immediately in front of tho house.
Arming Inn. .. If with a stout stick, he
MOOttdud to tho sjiot and encountered
the make lie succooded in killing ono
of them, whilu the other, wluch had
been slightly wounded, managed to
esciqx'. Mr. Fischer hunted ulxmt for
tho runaway, but could not find it. lie
then returned to his bungalow and rested
for some time, as he was off duty. Later
in the day ho prepared to go to his work,
and with that object got out his clothes
to dress. lie wit on his coat, and was
nbont to put on his shirt when ho felt
something bite him on tho back. He
turned round, and to his horror fotind a
snako on tho cot behind him, which ho
is Mid tO have recognized as tho cobruJio
bad wounded that morning. Ho imme
diately sought relief, and all kinds of
remedies were applied, but to no effect,
and he died in the evening. It la com
monly believed among the nindns that
no animal Is more revengeful than the
cobra, and that if an attempt is made to
kill it and it escapes it never gives itself
rest until it has wreaked its vengeance
uoon its assailant. Homeward Mail.
Canard Fruit . nnd Vegetables.
Many fruits and vegetables, being
hermetically sealed while they aro fresh
from tho vines at tho point of supply, aro
fresher, mole wholesome nnd palatable
than the so called fresh fruitsnnd vv..i
bles exp)sed for salo for considerable
periods of time in city and vilkigo
markets a fact not generally underntcxxl
or appreciated. Our best packers now
insist that these articles shall lo picked
in the morning while tho dew is on them,
and brought to tho factories in tho highest
stato of perfection, and it is safo to say
that in all well ordered factories cleaner
and mote tidy methods aro employed in
tho systematic preparation of canned
goods than in the average homo kitchen.
Francis B. Thurbcr in Medical Classics.
811pra for tho Children.
In ono of tho cuntons of Switzerland
tho public educational authorities cele
brate the approach of tho wet season by
providing each of their young scholars
with a pair of slippers, which tho chil
dren bring with them in tho morning
and wear indoors during the day, while
their damp Is utts aro being dried nt tho
fire. Thus tho chances of their catching
cold are reduced to a minimum, and the
result is, of course, greater comfort for
tho youngsters, much relief from anxiety
on the part of their parents, and, it may
be assumed, a eOflMBOUdiag regularity
in school atlendanco. Some day poor
old England may see its way to taking n
hint from little Switzerland.- 140000
Ulolie.
reatiin-H nf American llundlrratt.
Rapidity of execution, not fine
work, is the distingui bin ; feature
of all American handicraft. Ameri
can carpcuters and wood workers (a
more nod work in a given time titan
nny Of their brothers of other land', but
it d'HH not have the I ultleM neatness ol
tho product of Chinese and French
artisans. The Chinese, for instance,
jnnke ohsirSi Oabini is and even houses
without tho tiso of tt single nail, and
every piece of wood is fitted toils place
with heir line exactness, It is notoon
side red extraordinary in China to spent
thnv years in tho construction of u
single bcdsioad. Chicago News.
The Amount nf Water 1'owcr.
Tho American Statistical nsix'iati.m
pUbl Wa s Mime- Interesting figures on the
iimouut of water power employed in the
United Slates. In 18S0 there was a total
water power equal to 1,23,898 horse
power used for manufacturing purport's,
this being il.VO per cent, of the total
jtower thus employed in the stntes. The
nnnual ahio of the water power thus
utilized ll set down at (94,000,000. The
New England states tlOM use ill. 15 per
cent, of the whole water power of the
country, and altogether the Atlantic
etates use over three-fourths of tho whole.
Public Opinion.
The "Basil of the ... id."
A magnificent hieroglyphic papyrus,
containing a careful transcript of tho
"Book of the Dead' has been secured
by tho British museum. It was written
for u royal scrilio called Ani, who was a
man of great importance in the early
I tart of tho period of the rule of the
ling of tho nineteenth dynasty over
Egypt, ali. "lit 3,200 w ars ago. The ap -rus
is quite complete, the first and last
vignette having boon preserved intact.--Chicago
Herald.
WkM lg Coat fa,
There is in the United Statist a dog for
every three inhabitants. Tho cost of
keeping 0,000,000 dog is at h ast 1200,
000,000 per annum. The food given to
an average- dog every year if fed to
chickens would yield I return of more
than $10. High toned dogs aro very ox
tensive, their food costing a ay I deal
more than that of some people. Public
Opinion.
Hint to Drivers.
A wet sjxinge placed on tho head of I
working horse will save the animal from
oppressive heat. In New York the use
of the sponge has bocomo a common
practice.
Do today'! duty, fight today's tempta
tion; do not weaken and distract your
self by l.oking forward to thing you
cannot see, mid could not understand.
Kingslvy.
He who undertakes to live by bis wits
will find die best chances already taken.
Uncle Esek.
Climbing Up the RlgL
I am not certain whether it pays or
not to go up on tho Rigi. When tho
weather is clear you can see throe moun
tain ranges ull snow capped, 12 01 l-i
lakes, 17 towns and cities, 40 villages, 00
odd glaciers, and this in a circumferenco
of ulxmt 300 miles. Glorious, I admit,
but oh I the discomfort of the descent
again! It takes longer to come down
than it does to go up, and passengers are
Jerked) jerked, jerked from apex to base
bo rudely that life is no longer a pleasure
ere we have reachod Vitznau again. Out
on such cogwheel contrivances for hit
man torture, say 1; tho old fashioned dil
igences may linve been slow amMrtiel,
but they were Pullmans alongside of
those new funglcd cars.
Four years ago I climbed tho Rigi,
mere child's plav afteraloing Pilatus, and
I hare not grown much older sinco 1 said
I would climb it again and I did so day
before yesterday. It was a warm after
noon. Not a breath of air, and the sun
shining full on mo for half tho distance.
By half-past 7 o'clock I had reached tho
kulm or highest point, and thero I threw
myself on tho earth and saw tho sun go
down. Then I had my feet and legs
well rubbed with liniment, meanwhilo
eating dinner, and then I went to bed to
bo called early enough to see that same
sun rise again. Tho Rigi Kulm is li
Ix'st place I know of to observo tho splen
did ruddy glow that comes over tho great
Alpino peaks at tho rising and setting oi
tho sun. Unfortunately theso oflects of
light do not last long, but they are mar
velously beautiful. Night beforo last as
the sun went down it becuuio first yel
low, then dark red and in an instant
everything touched by its dying rays as
sumed tho same ruddy tint. This lit.:
for a couple of minutes after tho sun had
entirely disappeared, and then suddenly
everything turned black and lol tho
stars were shining. Henry Hnynio in
Now Orleans Picayune.
No Chuncea Against Gambler.
In 1840 that famous magician, Robert
Hoitdin, was requested by thelljudga of
i i traction of tho tribunal of the MM
. i examine and verify tho genuineness of
150 packs of cards w hich hud been seized
in tho ixj.ssossionof a man who enjoyed
anything but a savory reputation. A
iccuharity of tho cards was that they
were perfectly white, and it was impOt
biblo to detect tho least proof of their
having been tampered with or to find the
fclighte-t mark upon them. Over his
work Bottdin I- nt a fortnight, now in
spccling them with tho unaided eye,
again by means of superior lens. Every
individual card of the 150 packs was in
spected again anil again. He was giving
up his work in despair, when, of u sud
den, close to the corner of ono of them,
ho perceived a dullish spot. Looking at
it closer the spot disappeared, but holding
it nt u distance from him tho sXJt re
appeared. Following up this clew, ho
ascertained that on every card thero ex
isted a spot which, according to its posi
tion on the card, indicuted tho suit und
tho vulue of tho card.
Ho pursued the subject further, for
tin purpose of ascertaining whether u
person who plays for amusement only
lias the slightest chance of winning with
a . person who plays only to livo. The
conclusion he arrived at was that there
Is no such supixtsed favorable chance,
nnd that the miiount of the non-professional's
losses is limited only by tho mag
nanimity of tho professional. Boston
Herald.
Favorite Ueverages In Persia.
Tho great leverage in Persia is sher
bet which is plentifully f upplied, and of
which there nro many varieties from
the Ixtwl of water with n squeeze of
lemon to the clear, concentrated juice of
any sort of fruit to which water is added
to dilute it. The preparation of therliet,
which is dono with tho greatest care, is
a very Important point in so thirsty n
country as Persia, and one to which
much time is devoted. It may ito either
expressed from the juice of fruit freshly
gathered or from the preserved extract
nf pomegranates, cherries or lemons
'nixed with sugar and submitted to u
certain degree of heat to preserve it for
winter consumption.
Another therbtt much drank is called
guzalig ebben. It is made from the
honey of the tamarisk tree. This honey
is not the work of the bee, but Is Bade
by a small iiiM-et living under tho leaves
of tho shrub. During the months of
August and Scptcmlier the insect is col
lected and the honey is preserved.
When used for sherbet it is mixed with
vinegar, and, although not so delicious
H that made from fruit, it makes an ex
cellent leverage.
Only umong tho rich and fashionable
nro glasses used. In all other cases sher
I -el is served in china bowls and drank
from deep wooden sixxms carved in pear
wood. Youth's Couqtanion.
.inn- Fuet About Honey.
Starch and sugar when eaten undergo
n digestive change before they nro a.--undated.
In honey this change has been
made to a considerable extent by the
lioos. It is partly digested, wisy of as
.imilation and concentrated, and fur-ri-hes
the same clement of nutrition as
sugar and starch imparts warmth and
mcrgy.
As a medicine honey lias great value
and many uses. It is excellent in most
lung ami throat affections, and is often
MM with great benefit in plaeoof cod
liver oil Occasionally there is a jerson
with whom it docs not agree, but most
Hoplc can learn to use it with beneficial
i -.nils. Children, who have more ua
tural appetites, generally prefer it to but
ter. Honey is a laxative and sedative,
and in diseases of the bladder and kid
neys it is an excellent remedy. It has
much the same effect as wine or stimu
lants, without their injurious effects, and
is uucquolfd in mead and harvest drinks.
As an external application it is irritating
when clear and soothing when dilutid.
In many places it is much appreciated as
a rt medy for croup and colds. In pre
serving fruit, tho formic acid it contains
in. ikes a lictter preservative than sugar
syrup, and it is also used in cooking and
confectioner)'. American Bee Journal.
Tho New Zealand government is ad
vertising for qualified persons acquainted
with the best systems of dairy farming,
and competent to instruct dairy farmers
in New Zealand as to the liest methods
of preiaring their produce for the Eug
lh.li market. Bobiou Budget.
DIMPLES MADE TO ORDER.
A Chlrogn "Doctor'a" Method A French
uuui'a Fruceea A Dad Job.
The doctor, a pleasant faced young
man, said: "I am a regularly graduated
physician, and believe myself capable of
(M il. .ruling any ordinary ocratioii. Chi
cago needs a dimple maker and I want
to lx) the man. There's money in it for
me and beauty in it for the ladies. The
process is practically sunless und the
after result as beautiful a dimple us the
heart of muu could desire to hxik upon
or woman to possess. Bimple making
is a regular business in New lork ami
other eastern cities. I think 1 can in
troduce improvements into the art. I
have been to Paris and have studied thero
under the great dimple makers, and
think mvself competent. The process is
simple. Through an incibion mado in
tba skin I remove u small portion of tho
flesh sufficient to leave a cavity largo
enough for a dimple. Tho wound is
dressed and nature is left to heal it. No,
I don't care to go into particulars, be
cause I do not want to lie imitated. The
ciiargo will lx from $25 to $50, nnd the
time required about ono week. The op
eration itself takes but a few minutes.
Of course the healing of tho wound is
a matter of more or less time."
TI.-9 first establishment of tho business,
if it can be so called, in America, was
managed by a Frenchman named Lo
Coinpto. who introduced it. He had
lieeil a bafts? la his own country, and
had learned dimple making as an ad
junct to shaving, as the Imlians learn
how to use tho lancet. Ho was not an
expert, but he was shrewd. Ho knew
that dx;tors of a certain class come
cheap, so when ho hired u first floor front
in ono of tho old bouses on Fourteenth
street, New York, before the reorganiza
tion of that thoroughfare, ho hired B
young graduato to help him. This was
in 1875.
Le Compto soon became tho rage. He
early achieved newspaper notoriety from
the novelty of bis calling, and this helped
him. His process was not 6o simple or
so free from pain as the present method.
Be applied a small hollow cono of silver
to the cheek or chin of tho would be
dimpled. To the ojhmi small end of the
cone was nfllxed a tube leading to an air
pump. By exhausting the air from the
cono t he m tegument and flub covered
by tue optn fiared end of it was forced
up, filling tho cone. A ligament was
then tied around the base of tho conical
portion of flesh to prevent it sinking back
to tho level of tho face. The cono was
then removed und an openiiur made in
the elevated particle of face, and enough
of that ilesh removed to cause tho desired
depression, when tho ligament was re
moved. As none of tho epidermis was
removed, there was usually no difficulty
exierioneed in causing tho wound to
heal with suppuratiou. To givo the dim
ple its required shape, a solid conu was
inserted in the depression nnd kept there
Until the wound had healed by means of
a bandage. During this time it was pre
sumed that the more or less fair patient
was not at home to callers. Or, if seen,
she had a bad toothacho or tho mumps,
or imy other complaint causing the muf
fling of the face.
LeCoinpte did quite a business at first,
but it wus soon discovered that his opera
tions left either a scar or a paflDBtMBt
redness behind, which wus more unpleas
ant than the lack of a dimple. He had
imitators, of course, and some of them
improved on his methods. It was not
until local amesthetics came into vogue
that the business received a great iin
jK'tus. Willi cocaine u now field was
oM'iied to dimple makers and the other
improvers and benefactors of humanity.
The process was then made practically
painless, and establishments, usually as
adjuncts to dental otlices and manicure
h. were located in Boston nnd Phil
adelphia ns well as New York.
It rested with a Yankee herb doctor
named Swain to reach the pinnacle of
the profession. Swain had vn an
Itinerant medietas, vender throughout
New England, in which capacity bo had
(mlled teeth nnd ix?rformed other minor
surgical operations upon tho natives of
the districts through which he traveled.
Becoming acquainted with ono of Lo
t'ompte's assistants he soon learned all
that the Frenchman know, nnd bo ro
lolved to see whether American ways
anil IMWVpapBf ink would not improve
on tiio methods of Europe. Ho chose
toe City of Brotherly Love as the field
for his operations, and opened with tho
glare, of brass and tho fluttering of
sodgem "health and beauty" parlors,
as he described his apartments on Mar
ket street. Ho chose as chief assistant n
pretty vising Quakeress with u natural
dimple of surpassing beauty. She was
xhiliitod us a specimen of his handicraft.
He did not confine himself to dimples.
He sold powdSQ and rouges and lotions,
Utd had certain infallible recipes for
baldness and paleness und redness and
all the blemishes, real and imaginary,
with which tho belles of tho citv thought
themselves afflicted. Ho soon worked
up a good trade, and at one time ho is
sii.l to have kept two assistants busy
limplc making, but an end camo to his
prosperity.
His method of making dimnlos was
substantially the same as tht.t now prac
ticed. But familiaritv breeds careless
ness as well tus contempt, and ono day
when tho chin of a patrician Philadel
phia Ix'llc was in the process of dimpling
a rusty scalpel was inadvertently used
with disastrous effect. In n few days
the lower jaw of that beauty was far
from heightening her attractiveness. Lot
a veil lx drawn over tho picture. Suffice
it, her koocI Uxtks were gone forever, nnd
ns she valued her appearance at 25,000
it was rather a serious matter. Swain
was brought into court on a damage suit
and mulcted for a moiety of that sum.
It appeared in evidence that he gave a
guarantee to each patient to make a
dimple without disfigurement, nnd ns in
tlits case ho had failed lamentably in both
provisions of his bond, ho was charged
for the amo. That ended hi3 career ns
n beaut iltor of womankind. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Machlno Mode Slurtar.
An idea has been dcveloied in Ger
many in the shapo of the manufacture
of mortar by machinery in largo quanti
ties to I e delivered to contractors or in
dividuals as required for Use. About
2,000,000 barrels were disposed of in
Berlin on this plan alone last year.
New Y'ork Star.
TO
b the (flory of autumn we met one day,
And txtked or the past with aad, dim ey
Around ua the inaplo'a foliage by
In the crimson beauty that Iotcm rUs.
Bprlny and wiir.mor hod fed the leaf,
Now ripe and beautiful Id It fall;
Bo the noul can mellow In panning grief,
And luminous grow "neath norroWn patl.
Only true aeeicers can ever know
The aureole gleam f roai aplrtt firi
Thai lights with the opal's chanceful nlow
The Hiia. k divine, fmni our crushed t!.irr.
Hester H. DwtMBl in Uemore.1'5 Mouthly.
A BEAR HUNT.
One day Long Dog and I had gone out
with a hunting party of young bucks that
were scouring the country for buffalo sign
In the neighborhood of Pumpkin buttes.
The party had divided up and spread out
over the country In twos ana threes.
Lornr Dog and I and u youtuj book named
Two Knives struck off together up
through the cottonwood timlx'i that
fringes the river for u width of half a
mile or so. Before going far we bowled
over a fine buck elk, and started Two
Knives back to camp with the carcass.
Long Dog nnd I kept on up through the
cottonwocds. An hour or so after parting
company with youns Two Knives we
caught slpht of a big silver tip btur on the
other side of the rivor. He was standing
on his hind leys, digging the touchwood
out of a hollow tree. This Is a favorite
pastime of bears, utul particularly brown
Dears nnd silver t:ps, who have a keen
partiality for tho big, fut inch yruus that
make their home tn the decayed cotton
wood. 'iho boar was so absorbed in his pnr
sult thut we had no trouble In wheeling
our cayusis around and retreating out of
sight without attracting atieution. It
was about oOO yards from where we stood
to the bear, and Long Dog and I both
agreed that to pump lead at a silver lip at
that distanco would be merely a waste of
good ammunition.
"What had we better do, Long Dog?"
said I.
"Ugh, heap kill," replied tho Injun;
and pointing down tho river, he led the
way in an almost opposite direction from
thu bear. Wo continued on down to a
ford, where a bend In the river bid us
from the bear, and crossed over. Bidiug
on up the other side n short distance we
hitched the bronchos liehiud a clump of box
alders anil proceeded cautiously toward
the bear. The immediate edge of the river
was thickly fringed with box aiders and
mountain willows, nnd through these we
at length began to crawl on bauds and
knees, with the idea of taking the silver
tip by surprise nt close quarters. With
sn old seasoned Injun hunter of
Long Dog's caliber leading the way,
this part of tho proceeding was easy
enough. He wormed und twisted through
the thick willows as slick as a beaver
without over snapping a dead twig. All
I had to do was to crawl along in the
trail close behind. We had nlmost got to
tho point where we hud been expecting to
be able to use our Winchesters with some
certainty when I)ug Dog halted, nnd,
without uttering s grunt reached buck
aud tapped me cautiously on the back
with his moccasin. As tho old Injun
looked back over his shoulder and raised
his lhe.'cr as a warning for me lo lay low,
his piercing black eyes glowed aud
twinkled like a pair of bluck diamonds
with excitement.
Of course, I naturally supposed he was
merely worked up some over suddenly
catching sight of the bear, perhaps, a lit
tle nearer than ho had been expecting.
Seeing me peer inquiringly through the
brash in the direction of the touchwood
tree. Iong Dog raised one dusky finger,
and, without moving another muscle in
his body, pointed It toward a clump of
willows itandingi I should say, thirty feet
to the right of the tree, and about three
times that distance from us. The space
between our ambush nnd the clump was
qnltc open, and WSJ traversed by a deer
path that led up from the water. The
deer path ltd straight through ihe willow
clump, and. following the direction of
Long Dog's linger, 1 saw, In the narrow,
aileyllke deer path, a long, catlike tail
waving to und fro. It was the tail of u
full grown mountain lion, an object famil
iar enough to me, lor I hud killed around
dozen of the varmint in my tlmo. No
part of the lit ti was visible save his tail,
for the willows were thick between us
aad his body.
Long Dog teemed to comprehend the
situation at cuco, for when 1 glaurcd at
his finger the next moment it hud tamed
like n weather vane and was pointing in
the direction of tho bear. With the keen
perception of a lavage, the old injuu
banter knew nt a glance that the mountain
lion was lying thoro watching the move
ments of the bear, and hadn't tho least
suspicion of our own presence. Our
situation was a thrilling one, even for an
old hunter. From where we lay, scarcely
daring to draw breath for fear of betray
ing our preaanOBi we could see one side of
the silver tip's big hairy body as he suxxl
up uud clawed away at the hollow tree,
and on the other hand there was the
mountain lion's lour foot tail waving to
and fro In the narrow deer path like the
tail of an angry cat. All of a sadden,
biff! went a big tawny object through the
air as quickly and noiselessly as if it hud
been the flash of a shadow, lint now the
silence, which had hardly been violated
at all by the industrious bear at the tree,
was broken rudely by a whole WOodfol of
savage roars, youfs, snaps, snarls and
stand otls. Date the cottonwood tree
stood a big mouutaiti lion iu an altitude
of defiance, aOOWUng nt the bear, which
looked anxious to attack him and yet
half inclined to back away.
There is always something unspeakably
comical alxmt a Lieur to me, whichever
way you take him, nnd even under tho ex
citing conditions of the occasion the old
silver tip seemed to me to wear a clown
ish hxik. He stood there a few moments
weaving his big lumbering body back
ward and forward, ns though he didn't
care n pine needle whether the lion in
tended tackling him again or not. Yet
we could see the bhxxl gently oozing
oat of the long silvery wool ou his shoul
der, whan the mountain lion had gouged
into aim when he made the spring; tor tlie
tawny shadow wo had seen flash through
Aie air iu the lion as he sprung ou the
unsuspecting bear.
A low excited "Ugh?" from Long Dog
aud another motion of his finger caused
me to glance again into the clump of wil
lows. Take my head for coyote bait if
the lion's tail wasn't still in the deer path,
a-i.ir.i-hing like fury. Defure )ou could
say "whisky" twice, however, biff went
another shadow out of the will..' - an!
when I hxtked for the tail again it wa
gons. Instead of one mountain lion, a
we had first thought, the willows bail
ftltered two.
And now the circus opened up will
savage earnestness. The second lion lit
qnare on the sdver tip's withers anil wel
nigh toppled him over. The" other one
which hod evidently been wailing tor hi:
nartner tn mme on. sailed In at the ram
I moment, and I tell you they inude old
bruin hustle around pretty nveiy lor a
while. Tho three varmints rolled over
nnd over on the ground In a heap, strug
gling, biting, roaring and clawing away
at each other like mad demons. First one
psrty seemed to lie getting the liest of the
fight and then the other. The lions were
on top most of the time, however, for the
silver tip seemed to thiuK ne wouiu maim
a better show if ho kept down on his back
and fought with all four of his paws at
Hhertv. The wnv ho worked those paws
was n caution. Once or twice during the
first few minutes the lions came in for
vicious scraps that ripped long reti
gashes in their hides, and tbey backed off
a few paces and uttered dismal howls, as
though bewRflfng their hurts. This gave
the old bear a chance to pull himself to
gether, and he stixxl up and weaved back
and forth and moaned, sorrowful like, as
though he would aheap ruther see his as
sailants turn around and walk ofr than
come at him again. This was in the early
singe of the fight, before the bear bad
properly got his mad up.
It was a pretty even match, considering
everything. A mountain lion can walk
all around r. bear for quickness, nnd two
of them together are able to make things
mighty uncomfortable for almost nny kind
of uu animal. But, on the other side,
their hides ure right smart tenderer tlmu
a bear's, with no wool to speak of; and an
old silver tip has more lives than a dozen
mountain lions.
Af ;cr suarll ng and grl nning nt each other
awhile, "wor-r-r-r' quow-r-r! psssss!
Bplt! yeaow-r-r! whoof! rippp!" they
were at it again, the bear down on bis
back n-thrnshhig und snapping like mad
to stand the lions off. The lions, how
ever, br.dly lncerated us they were in the
first two rounds, seemed determined to
chew the bear up. They flew at him
like twin furies, biting and tearing away
with such demoniacal ferocity thut
more than ono guttunul "Ugh!" involun
tarily escaped Long Dog's lips as we lay
thero nnd looked on. Ten minutes nftcr
the commencement it became very evident
that the fight couldn't lust much longer.
Tho skin of one of the lion's loft side was
htyiging in ribbons, and the other one
seemed to have half its face torn away.
Owing to the bear's heavy coat it showed
up nt this stage of the struggle a heap
perter than the Hons; but, all the sumo,
it wns dyed from head to tail with Its own
blood All three were becoming some
what weaker from the loss of blood, but
the silver tip was by far the likeliest look
lag animal of the three. As the fight
progressed he got madder than a hornet
all through, and instead of weaving und
moaning when the lions drew otT for a
breathing spell, he took to chasing them
around. Tho lions kept clear of him un
til they got good nnd rendy to valtz in
nnd on him aguin, when they mado the fur
fly for ull their teeth and claws were
worth.
When the Hons drew off for the fourth
time, one of them had his lxdly ripped
open nnd his entrails were dragging on
the ground. Ho sixtn got so weHk that he
couldn't keep out of the old bear's reach.
The silver tip fetched him a savage swipe
over the head that tore away the scalp.
He then flung himself on the helpless lion
and finished him up In a fine burst of sav
age fury.
Tho bear wn now boss of the field, but
he was growing so weak that he fairly
staggered as he moved off after the other
lion. This critter hud got all the beur
light ho WSntad for one dose, nnd was
plainly on the point of clearing out. lie
didn't seem to understand that his part
ner was n goner, though, and he sat down
on his haunches out of the bear's reach,
as though expecting the other one to join
him.
"Ugh!" said Long Dog, "now kill."
Dang! bang! Long Dog bowled over
the surviving lion, and I toppled over the
bear. We then strode out upon the field
of battle and took in the Slaughter ism.
The old silver tip staggered to his feet ns
we moved out 01 cover, but it was all he
could do; another shot laid him out for
good. We examined the carcasses with a
good deal of curiosity to see which had
fared the worst. There wasn't much to
choose between them, after nil. Beneath
the fur there was hardly an inch of sound
hide on the bear's body. One of his eyes
was lorn out, nnd his tongue was bitten
comphtely in two. Ho would have died,
probably, in less than half uu hour if we
hadn't finished htm off.
As I said. In comparing it with the
moonlight scrimmage among the grizzlies
at the Lend waters of the Hoscbud, I think
this was a little bit the prettiest fight I
ever saw in tho Itockies, barring none.
New York Sun.
Smoking "OfT Color" Cigar.
"I suppose you smoko ns much ns you
like for nothing!1" snid the purchaser of
somo cigars to the clerk of a popular cigar
stand. "Yes, I smoke a good many
gixxl cigars at no cost to myseif. You see,
the proprietor goes over the stix'k every
morning with me, and we pick out all tie,'
'otf color' gixids and cigars that have bad
the Wrapper cracked by handling. They
are just as good cigars to suioke as any
others, inn lliey do not sell quite ns
readily. Those we put into what la called
the 'cull box,' and out of this we do our
smoking." Chicago Tribune.
Tower from Artesian Wells.
Science Notes end News contained, a
short time since, the suggestion of electric
lighting from the air using windmills for
the motor. In Dakota, where the artesian
wells have such a pressure us to warrant
the belief thut it is due to gas since there
are no known water supplies capable of
furnishing tho necessary head it is pur
posed to utilize water for the same pur
pose. An electric light plant is alxmt to
be put In at Yankton, to supply .KKI in
candescent nnd twenty-five heavy arc
lights, requiring alxtut forty horse power.
The power is expected to lx? supplied by
an artesian well now flowing, and if the
experiment is successful mothnr well will
be bored nnd the capacity of the light
plant doubled. Chicago News.
Novel i Against Cold.
The Chinese sojourning in ljerhn during
the winter adopted a novel precaution
against cold.. They assumed ear protect
ors made of pnpier mache, the top covered
with black s'ltm, tho side pieces with blue
silk profusely painted with flowers. The
inside was lined Sffch fur, which, project
ing on the cheek, cave the apiiearance (4
whiskers. They also suitstituled shell or
horn framed spectacles for those of steel
or other ihotaf Chicago Herald.
Worse Than a Second Mortgage.
"Hi, Hilly, whore's yer kit?" called s
bootblack to another of the guild who wai
minus his accoutrements.
"Gen'l'mati's got it liack there three oi
four blocks," with a sly leer.
"Who's got it ; a cop?"
"No. gen'l'man, tell yer. ne's agoln
to hold it till I git Itack wid de change ttt
a dollar." Detroit Free Press.
CARP NOT POPULAR.
"hey ThrlTe Well Tnongh, hnt Arc N
Very Good to Eat
When tho government somo yeare aeo
bognn the introduction of carp into thu
0i mntry n great deal of interest was mani
U sled in the project and all kinds of pre!
liptionn worn iniliil -i.il in n.. "
wore constructed ull over the
7 f WTT "' MVS Kin,
id tho immigrants took kindly to KnJl
country
ican water. The prediction that the
curp would do well in this country was
soon realized, but thero does not seem to
lie much prospect of the realization of
the prediction that it wiU be tho future
food fish of this country. At any rate
Jorseymeu ure not taking kindly to eat
ing it. An attempt was made to intro
duce it into tho murket nt Patcrson and
tho prico dropped to ten nnd eight cents
per pound, hut the taste of thepaoplrwil
more favorable to catfish und noroffs
nnd tho carp were driven out of the
market. Those who ate them pro
nounced them worse than the American
sucker, and nobody seemed anxious for
a second trial. George Jackson, of Lit.
tlo Fails, was one of tho first to catch the
carp fever, and he has several jxmdsfull
of the various kinds. One day ho killed
ono weighing ulxmt four pounda It
was prepared in various different ways,
nnd was found to be enough Itr a dozen
families. Carp boiled, stowed, fried nnd
fixed in different other ways was passed
alxmt the neighborhood, but nobodv
called for a second plate. Then some
ono suggested that the proper way to eat
it was with port wind sauce. The jury
returned n verdict without leaving their
seats that this was a good way to spoil
iiort wine.
In tho upper part of Passaic county
thero wore a numlx'r of carp ponds. One
night a freshet swept them nway nnd the
carp got into tho river. Sinco that time
they have multiplied rapidly, and last
year large numbers weighing about a
half to throe-quarters of a pound were
caught. This year they aro caught in
still larger numbers, nnd the average
weight has increased to over a pound,
and occasionally one weighing three or
four pounds is caught. Tlioy have been
caught weighing six or seven pounds,
but carp of this size mo scarce.
The l'assaic river, from tho Morris
county lino for several miles either way,
is a sluggish stream, admirably adapted
for tho growth of carp. This art of the
river is now literally alive with them,
and it t:ikes but a short time to catch a
largo number. They will take a worm
like any common fish, but the largest
,'.umls?r aro caught on dough mixed with
cotton. Boiled peas moko a delicate bail,
md when boiled string beans are pre
onted to them the enrp fairly jump with
lelight.
After they nro caught they are gener
ally thrown nway, fed to tho cats or
used for manure. Very few peoplo tin
lertake to eat them. In somo places th
li p aro so thick that they can bo scon
:.t times by the hundred. Then again
they stir up tho bottom in search of btttti
md the water presents a muddy appear
nee for a considerable distance nrouivl.
n this way the river is kept almost OOQj
dnually stirred up, so that people living
long the bauks aro complaining of the
uality of the drinking water.
What this mnrvelous incrcaso in crtrp
I going to result in i3 a question tint is
rxmblinfl some people. Other fish in-
reduced into waters whore they do not
etong have frequently multiplied so rajs
illy us to die off by tho thousands for
.rant of nourishment, and have thus
"insed disease, their rotting carcasses
being exposed to tho action of tho 6un
md the water. If is feared thatthis will
the caso with tho carp, and many of
I bo residents along tho Passaic river are
talking about joining the KnownotWog
party and putting nothing but American
ilsh on guard.
Anglers having tried the carp ani
found them wanting in gamy qualities,
concluded thut their introduction would
ix a good thing for tho bass and pickerel,
who, it wns thought, would relish the
carp to feed upon. But tho bass aro too
intensely American to have a tosto for
;'arp, and they let them severely alone
and look for other food. Fishing for
baai and pickerel is just ns good ns it has
lx?en for years, mid tho carp do not seem
o have interfered with tho food supply
of other fish. Catching carp is a novelty
to an angler, but ho soon tires sf it, and
tho result is that they aro being lot alone,
and when caught by accident they ore
generally thrown back into tho water.
Tho carp, consequently, have everything
thoir own way, and aro continuing to
multiply until they threaten to tako rank
among "the fishes which the English spar
row occupies among the birds of thu)
country. New York Herald.
A Sourco of Courage.
Thero are, of course, many degrees of
courage, endless varieties in its mani
festations, but my own experience leads
mo to believo that this virtuo In man
follows tho same natural laws as obtain
in tho case of horses and dogs. The bet
ter bred all three nro the greater will 1
thoir innato pluck. In tho well born
man, however, there is fotind another
element of the highest value. The man
proud of a brave father, or, still more,
of a long list of bravo progenitors, even
if fat? has I eon so cruel as to give him
thin bloo l and a timid disposition, will
feel hound to sustain what is commonly
called "tho honor of his name." The
struggle within him may possibly strain
every nerve, but his prido will conquer
his weak spirit, and in the hour of trial
avc, even of appalling danger will
enable him to plnv the part of the hero,
and to i lay it well. Lord Wolseley in
Fortnightly Review.
r)Isei ;r Among Copper Worker
A physician of Birmingham, Eng.,
n-l.n hns Himnf. Ion" voors ill observation
f v. hat is known as' "braziers' disease,"
or "brass workers' ague,' asserts u
tba tnofalo is due to acute or chronic
.oppcr poisoning. Almost all workers
in brass or copper soon begin to Bhow
-i -ns of tho disease. A green band ap
pears on the neck cf tho teeth, between
lie crown and the gum. the edge of the
mm itself becomes slighdy blackened,
he perspiration has a greenish tinge,
md even tho hair takes on a greemsn
Mt p;gns all indicating the alrpuoo
f ooppOT by tho workmen. Where the
omplaint U acute, dyspepsia, colic, and
lervousness set in, and even deafness
Hid symptoms of locomotor ataxia have
been observed. Chicago News.