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A GIRL SNAKE-KILLER.
With m Stick,
She Destroyed Five Copt
perhead.
Clara Greth. a fifteen-vear-old cirL
living with her parents on the outskirU
of Reading, Pa., who had some thrill
ing experiences with rattlesnakes and
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on the front steps the other morning,
when she spied a big copperhead sun
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She was plucky and self-reliant, and
without telling anybody she determined
to kill it. Taking up a shovel from the
coal shed, she ran over to tho bank,
where she found three copperheads in
stead of one, and they all showed fight.
She quickly dispatched two of them,
but the third and largest one repeated
ly leaped at her. After a short strug
gle, however, she succeeded in stretch
ing it out dead with its companions,
says the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
As soon as she could recover her
breath she examined the ground care
fully and came to the conclusion that
the snakes must have come out of a
large hole beside an old fence post. So
she kept an eye on the place during the
rest of the morning, and late in the aft
ernoon was delighted to see a big cop
perhead come up and coil himself in the
sunshine near the post hole.
She crept up behind it noiselessly and
contrived to place herself between it
and the post hole before the reptile was
aware of her presence. She then struck
it with a heavy stone, but missed her
mark, whereupon the snake sprang
wickedly at her bare feet. She jumped
back lightly, just in time to escape the
blow. Then, before the enraged rep
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other stone, at it, this time with truer
aim, and broke its back.
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that snake than a fifth one, bigger than
any of the others, made its appearance.
It fought hard, bnt she attacked it fear
lessly. No more stones of effoctive size
were near at hand, so the brave girl
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she tackled her adversary at close quar
ters. In a short time she came out best
with it, too.
I Then she proceeded to lay the snakes
out in a row, with their heads sloping
down the bank. When her father,
David Greth, returned from work that
1 evening and saw the five reptiles lying
. there, he was thunderstruck, and could
scarcely believe that his little daughter
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A Florida Flower That V
on Human Blood.
Oa of the Mysteries of Nature AocouAt-
d for in a Singular Manner
by a MelaneholT His
tory. r In the western part of Jefferson coun
ty, Florida, grows and blossoms ink
curious and magnificent beauty a ros
that seems to be indigenous to a smaL
area of country, but will not flourish it
any other latitude. The bush is stronn
and vigorous and the leaves are very
light but glossy green. Tho petals curvt
slightly inward and are the color o:
bright arterial blood. The odor is pun
gent and slightly sickening, fascinat
ing, and yet unpleasant to a marked de
gree. The peculiarity of the rose ii
that the dew that drops therefrom is 01
a faint, pinkish cast, a marvel seen 111
no other flower, the baffling wonder ol
those who have witnessed it. It ii
called the Grant rose, and it has a sad
and melancholy history, which is told
in the San Francisco Call. Its origin ie
one of the mysteries with whieh nature
at times delights to astonish her won
dering devotees.
In 1834 John Grant and Nellie Lowry
were married. Soon after they selected
as their future home a farm in Jeffer
son county, near the Aucella river, and
in the spring of 18D5 a child was born
to them. Soon after that the Seminoles
went on tho warpath. September 30,
1835, was an unusually warm day, and
young Grant, havinrr business at the
county store, delayed his trip until the
cool of the evening, when he mounted
his horse and started off, expecting to
return at about 4 a. in. He kissed his
hand to his wife and the crowing baby
as he rode away. Six miles from home
his horse stopped with a quick snort of
was almost unseated. Supposing that
it had been excited by some shadow of
bush or brier, he urged it on, but a
clump of undergrowth near him became
alive, and, after a sharp, ringing sound
and a puff of smoke, his horse, shot
through the heart, trembled and fell
under him. Itcfore he had time to ex
tricate himself the red fiends, with a
warwhoop of fiendish triumph, were
upon hiin. His scalp was taken by a
savage and his warm body flung into
the river.
One o'clock came and the young wife
in the cabin put aside her sewing and
listened intently for footsteps. The
night had become very ilnrlc. The
moon was hidden behind a bank of
dense clcuds, and a whisper of rain was
in the atmosphere. The yellow hound
became restlcfs and whined as he
sniffed the air. Another hour passed
and she was about to go to the door
when a yell blanched her cheek. For a
moment she f food helpless and trem
bling, then, clasping her child, she
raised a loof:e plank from the floor,
dropped through to the ground and
crept into the woods. Soon afterward
she saw the glare of the burning cabin.
Ilcr llignt was discovered and she was
overtaken about two miles from home.
Two days afterward a party of hunters
found the mother and babe and burled
them. Near by a little pool of blood
had collected and had not been ab
sorbed by the soil. In the spring the
husband and father was found en-
husband nntl lather was louna en-
tangled it, roots at the bottom of the
:
river.
A few yearn Inter a hunter, one of the
party that had 'ound the bodies, hap
pened to b.; in the same locality, and
on the spot where tho blood had gath
ered he saw a vigorous bush bearing
the rose that lir.-i been described. He
cut some clip:i from it and took them
to the settlement, where ho related his
discovery. Such a romantic and singu
lar story excited the curiosity of many
In tho adjacent counties, and repeated
efforts were made to secure a growth
of the slips in oilier places, but failed
of success. Wi. liiu an area of five mile
from the rc-jiic of the tragedy, it is said,
the rose can be found, with its tall and
sturdy stoelt, its palo green leaves, its
Incurved crimson petals and Its bloody
dew.
REVERSIBLE SNAKES.
Thcr lluvo a Head on Karh Ind aud Are
I'ouud ill lii(li:i.
A snake not often heard of, at least in
Arieriea, is the liver-colored snake with
1 heads, or p -:''i: they should be
Med liiortiis, tie u.'.'ii it does not have
two mouths til tlie Nimo time. They
are reveiv.i'ile mouths, occupying tho op
posite end every six months. It lies with
the two ends crossed on each other, as
with folded hands. Kvery six months,
according to the Hartford Times, the
change of tho seasons reverses the func
tions of the two ends, the head becom
ing the tail and the tail becoming the
head. The mouth at one end heals, or
closes up all hut a small opening, while
the opposite end becomes the mouth for
the next six months.
A friend of mine, says the writer, in
India who told me about this remarka
ble snake said he refused for a long
time to believe that the functions of the
two ends were reversed every six
months, but one day he found one of
these snukes In the jungle :vnd carried
It home, where he hod a physician ex
amine it. The result was, the physi
cian confirmed the stories of the crea
ture and my friend was skeptical no
longer. I learned no other name for
this singular reptile than that of "the
Uver-colored snake."
1 Baiting
rowaer
SELECTED PLEASANTRIES.
Tsacbsb "What is rapid transit?"
Smart Boy "Something that comes
very slow." Yonkers Statesman.
Two Unselfish Bipkds. Roosters
are a good deal like men. A rooster
never gives notice of finding a worm
until after he has swallowed it Atchi
son Globe.
It Was a Necessity. Jagsby
"Wife (hie) was 'held up on m' way
ome." Mrs. Jagsby (sarcastically)
"You wouldn't have got home if you
hadn't 'jeen." Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Tn Motive of Lucifkr'b Revolt.
"1st) .is angel cake?" asked Grumbles
of b s wife the other night at supper.
"Yis, dear." "Huh! Well! Now I
k- ,ow how it was that Satan revolted."
-Philadelphia Record.
"I don't believe Bliggins will ever be
able to get out of debt, much less save
anything." "What is he doing now?"
"Writing editorials to show the best
financial policy for the government."
Washington Star.
Visitor "Is Mrs. Whitclies in?"
Biddy "Yes, mum, but she tould me to
tell yez she was sorry she was out"
Visitor "That's all right Go in and
tell her I'm glad I didn't find her at
home." N. Y. Mercury.
In the Cold Spell. Justice " What
is the charge, Mr. McGabb?" Officer
McGabl) "Congealed weapons, y'r an
ner." "Wha-at?" "Congealed' weap
ons, sor y'r anner. He slugged a man
wid a chunk o' ice." Indianapolis
Journal.
SUNFLOWER GIRLS.
When she is under twenty the hair on
her face is poetically referred to as
"peach down."
No girl ever thought so much of her
young man that she wouldn't, for the
sake of her church, try to rob him at a v ,
The average girl knows but two ad
jectives, and they are "horrid" and
"cute," which she uses on every occa
sion from describing Shakespeare to the
appearance of a corpse.
How we long for a sight of the old
fashioned girl with her sleeves rolled
above her elbows and with flour on her
nose. Her pies were so good and she
was so much more refreshing than the
modern girl with a "vocation."
An Atchison girl accidentally dropped
a red-hot curling iron down her back the
other day while she was curling her
An Lxtrnvagant Monarch.
The sultan of Turkey is said to be
the ltnifit extravagant housekeeper in
the world. According to a recent esti
mate his domestic budget runs thus:
P -l iiii's, new furniture, mats, beds,
et".., 15,000.000 francs; toilet requisites,
iu. ii'. llp.'f rouge and enamels for the
l.i.ll-s;.C the harem, nnd jewelry, 50,
0 XWvj francs; extra extravagances,
(.;';, i", ii.'iiio francs; clothes and furniture
f.i the sultan personally, 10,000,000
i:".im ..; do!',oeurs and wages, 20,000,000
lit.i.cs; gold and silver plate, 12,500,000
francs; maintenance of five carriages
ami horses, 2,500,000 francs a total of
175,000,(100 francs, or more than 838,000,.
Doctor "Youi husband's case Is a
serious one, Mrs. Morinrty. I'm ufraid
there U some foreign substauce in his
oasophagns." Mrs. Moriarty "Furrin,
is it? Bedad, an' Oim not surnriaed.
sorr; for mony's the toime Oive warned
vim ,- , '. , ., . " ' ""' "cu
th "t he so r th- Dutch saus nge.
'" 8 ft0 ond of." Kate Field's
Washington,
WriAT is said to be the largest saw
mill in the world is in Clinton, la. It
has ten saws, seven band and three
gang, and two batteries of ten boilers
each. Its capacity is 500,000 feet of
lumber a day.
Amehican ingenuity in holding the
ribbons is extending very rapidly to the
manufacture of ribbons as well. The
product of American looms has in
creased, according to the figures just
published, from $6,023,100 in 1880 to
f 17,081,447 in 1800.
SPRING MILLINERY.
The large hat promises to be a fea
ture of spring millinery.
Quill feathers and velvet loops make
up the trimming of some of the new
hats.
Winds, soft, downy feather-bands and
aigrettes are seen on some of the milli
nery models.
An abundance of ostrich tips and
plumes are seen on the most approved
spring bonnets.
Ad Obedient liuj.
Papa Where is my new pipe?
Small Son I I broke it.
Papa See here! I told you that if you
took my pipe again to blow bubbles
with I'd whip you.
Small Son I wasn't blowin' bubbles
with it I was only smokin' it Good
News.
' Kmlirratlng' Fishermen.
French fishermen are emigrating to
Algeria and Tunis. The society of com
mercial geography in Paris is onoour
aging the movement, and has supplied
the funds necessary for the removal of
about three hundred families to the
southern shores of the Mediterranean.
The chief center of their new homes is
the island of Tabarca, just off tho coast
of Tunis, where they are busy building
fishing boats and putting up houses. If
the results corresjKind with their hopes,
several hundred more fishermen will go
to Algeria and Tunis within the next
year. The fishermen are sanguine that
they cun earn a bettor living off the
coast of Africa than they have done
along the shores of France, .