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iMt FATE OF A LEARNED PIG.
flow Tantl, the C'iown, Succumbed tu
Temptation.
About eleven years ago a famous hog
of almost superporeine intelligence was
attached to the Imperial circus at St.
Petersburg, where it basked in the sun
shine of fashionable favor throughout
two gay winter seasons, remarks the
London Daily Telegraph. This saga
cious creature, at once a ready reckoner,
fortune teller and deft executioner of
card tricks, was the property of one
Tanti, a famous Italian clown, who had
brought it up from infancy and taught
it all its varied accomplishments.
One night he and his pig were bidden
to a gathering of young officers of the
Russian guard, supping together after
the performance, and were called upon
to repeat the programme of the evening
of course, on payment of a handsome
fee. At the conclusion of the show one
of the officers offered Tanti one thou
sand rubles for his pig. The clown de
clined to sell, pointing out that the do
cile and clever animal constituted his
chief source of income, and that, more
over, he was far too fond of it to part
from it. Upon this the officers proceed
ed to tempt him by outbidding one an
other until they ran the price of the
learned pig up to six thousand rubles.
This sum, the equivalent of over seven
hundred pounds, and the reflection that
he could probably train another pig to
replace the one thus exorbitantly val
ued, finally induced Tanti to accept
the offer, little thinking to what a dis
mal fate he thereby consigned his pet.
Next day the luckless animal was
slaughtered by order of its purchaser
and sent to the clown's lodging with a
message to the effect that "no doubt
Signor Tanti would like to taste a
porker which had been so profitable tc
him in life and death alike."
The whole grim story, equally dis
creditable to all concerned in it, got
wind in St. Petersburg and made a
painful impression upon Russian
ociety. A severe reprimand was ad
ministered to the officer whose cruel
freak had caused the death of a public
favorite, and Tanti's popularity sensi
bly declined. Oddly enough, a few
weeks later he was fired at while cut
ting capers in the ring by an eccentric
Polish nobleman, whose bullet just
missed the clown, burying itself in the
sawdust at his feet, and causing him
such affright that he fled from the cir
cus like one demented.
When, interrogated as to the motive
of his extraordinary conduct, the Sar
matian magnate a well-known sports
man and patron of the circus calmly
replied that, "having been much di
verted by the clown's feats, he
had felt himself bound to fire a sa
lute in Tanti'a honor. V Uhortly after
ward thq-recipient of this strange com
pliment quitted Russia for "other
climes."
DANCE OF BIRDS IN FLORIDA.
Poetlo Deacrlption of a Jleautlful Soene
M'ltnessed on a Tropical Lake.
The sky was an unbroken sea of pale
pink Buch a pink, sa3rs a writer in Kate
Field's Washington, as is found only in
climes that are fanned by a breath
from the tropics. The tall, grim, south
ern pines surrounded the lake some
long since dead, but time had turned
thein to a silvery whiteness, while the
gray moss hung in long festoons from
their grotesque limbs, making the
icencs weird in spite of the roseate sky.
As we stood for a moment to drink in
the soft, silent beauty, a flock of thir
teen curlew flew over our heads, light
ing here and there among the pines.
Some were blue and some pure white.
After sitting for awhile as if tc
smooth each ruffled feather one flew
to the center of the lake, and after
slowly flying hither and thither as ii
keeping time to some stately melody
another joined the dancer. Back and
forth they flew round and round the
lake, flying side by side, then in dreamy
movements parting to meet again and
float, wing to wing, above the bosom of
the water. Soon others joined them,
but the soft, sweeping movements were
never broken. No fluttering haste of
motion, just a dipping, swaying em
bodiment of grace, and now and then a
wild cry from the treetops as if some
voice was urging them on or sending
forth a shout of exultation. At last
from all sides they gathered and formed
a circle, two by two, like happy lovers,
save the one curlew who, like a white
winged chief, led all the rest. Round
and round the lake they flew, then
monnting higher, soaring above the
tallest pines, southward they hastened
on their joyous Sight, and the forest
soon hid them from our gaze.
AN IMPUDENT FRENCHMAN.
Clever Trick by Which He Fooled Some
Kluerly Females.
A wily Frenchman, whose rogueries
gave him an unsavory reputation
throughout the town in which he lived,
at one time claimed to have discovered
a specilic for the rejuvenescence of
women, and, by means of sensational
advertising, he succeeded in gathering
a clientele of forty or fifty old dames,
who were assembled, on a certain day,
in a room tricked out with astrological
symbols, crucibles, alembics, and all
the paraphernalia of charlatanry.
The conjuror presented himself be
fore the ladies and addressed them in
flamboyant language, ending as fol
lows: "And now, senoras of my soul, It Is
needful that the mystic ceremonies be
fore us be opened by the eldest one
among you." Then addressing her
whose appearance seemed to incicate
priority, he asked her age.
"Thirty-seven years, senor," simpered
the beldame, who was, at least, in the
seventh decade.
"And you, senora!"
"Thirty-six."
And so on, until he had them down
to a declared ago of twenty years, with
a maximum of thirty-seven.
"Well, ladies, all, you perceive that,
without further proceeding, the miracle
is accomplished," said Otavito, "for the
least gallant of men could not call her
aught but young whose years are but
thirty-seven and you see for yourselve
that is the age of the oldest among
you."
THE TABLES TLTRNED.. j
Bow Fighter Pat an End to Nocturnal
Visitors.
"When the Chinese first began to
overrun California the laboring men
felt about their occupation much as
Othello did and failed to extend to the
celestials that courtesy which the
youngest should extend to the oldest
civilization on earth," said Chang Lee,
the bright-eyed Mongolian secretary of
a San Francisco capitalist, says the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "They used
to abuse us terribly. A favorite amuse
ment of theirs was to catch us by the
cues and drag us about. We are not
hghters, and, being in a strange land,
we could do no better than to quietly
put up with it and hope that our tor
mentors would become ashamed and
let us alone. A lot of us were employed
to grade a railroad, and the American
workmen used to invade our camp at
night and abuse us shamefully. One
day a big Irishman named O'Fallon
came to us and told us if we would give
him fifty dollars ho would make our
tormentors wish they had never seen a
Chinese camp. We agreed and he
stained his face, shaved his head, put
on a Chinese costume and waited for
our visitors. They called that night as
usual, and O'Fallon took care to be the
first 'Chinaman' they tackled. He had
been a prize-fighter, and the men used
to say that he could kill a bull with his
fist. About a dozen got around and be
gan to kick and cuff him before he
made a motion. Then he turned loose,
and the way he laid that crowd out was
fine sport to witness. He cleaned out
the whole lot, and the nocturnal visits
were discontinued." i
FOR HUNTING IN THE WEST.
Sixty Thousand Acrea to He Purchased
for Thnt Purpose.
A gigantic hunting scheme which sets
all historical precedents in the shade is
on foot.
Interested in it are the great landed
proprietors and varied men of Europe
and the United States. It is no less a
project than to purchase sixty thousand
acres of land in this country and fence
it in as a huge hunting ground.
Some time ago a party of English no
blemen and military men, in which
were Lord Lonsdale and other well
known "noble sports," started out west
on what was thought to be a pleasure
trip. It had a wider intention, how
ever, for this is the scouting party
which has carefully surveyed land in
Texas, Arizona, Utah and other states
for a proper site for their "happy hunt
ing grounds."
They have at last decided on buying
up from the settlers and proprietors in
that district sixty thousand acres at the
junction of Utah, Arizona and Nevada,
taking m portions of each state and a
part of the Snake range of mountains.
This is well known to be the best hunt
ing region in the country. A company
will be organized with a capital stock
of twenty-five million dollars; to obtain
and to hold the land membership in this
company or club will cost the small
figure of fcJS.DOO. The whole district
will be fenced, and the noble scions of
Europe, witli the Vanderbilts, Astors
anil varied aristocracy of our free land
will hunt at leisure, as the barons of
old did on the confiscated lands of the
poorer people
FOOD KEPT FOR AGES.
Eaten at a Queer Feast Given by m lira,
sets Antiquarian.
"I have eaten apples that ripened
more than one thousand eight hundred
years ago, bread made from wheat
grown before the children of Israel
passTnl through the Red sea, spread it
witli butler that was made when Eliz
abeth was queen of England, and
washed down the repast with wine that
was old when Columbus was playing
barefoot with the buys of Genoa," Baid
a gentleman the other day to a reporter
for the .cw York Advertiser.
The remarkable "spread" was given
by an antiquary named Gorbel, in the
city of Brussels, in 1871. The apples
were from a jar taken from the ruins ol
Pompeii, that buried city to whoso peo
ple we owe our knowledge of canning
fruit.
The wheat was taken from a chamber
In one of the smaller pyramids, the but
ter from a stone shelf in an old well in
Scotland, where it had lain in an earth
enware crock, in icy water, and the
wine came from an old vault in the city
of Corinth.
There were six guests at the table,
and each had a mouthful of the bread
and a teaspoonful of the wine, but was
permitted to help himself liberally to
the butter, there being several pounds
of it.
The apple jar held about two-thlrd
of a gallon, and the fruit was as sweet
and the flavor as flue as though put up
vesterdav.
A TWO-TWENTY GAIT.
It Was a Oreat Ilerord Once, but Would
r lie Slow Now.
It is now more than thirty-one years
since a trotting horse made a record ol
2:20 or better in harness, says the Oma
ha World-Herald. The distinguished
animal which performed the feat wap
the marc Flora Temple, and she trotted
her mile October 15, 1H.VJ. That event
made Flora Temple the talk of tho
country, and most persons predicted
that her record would never be beaten
Yet since then three hundred and seven
ty-flve other trotters have beat the 3:20
record, and each year the number
greatly increases. In 18SU it was in
creased over 25 per cent., the number
for the year being ninety-one. This
wonderful increase in speeil of our rac
ing horses iH one of the evidences of the
marvelous perfection of modern meth
ods. It is impossible to read a history
of the turf even for a single year with
out being struck by the great advance,
here as elsewhere. What seemed an
Impossibility thirty years ago was ac
complished by nearly one hundred young
horses last year. In view of this great
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who shall say that the record of a milt
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O SLEUTHS OF THE RANGES.
Pralrl Detectives Whose Duty It Is to
Track Cattle Thieves.
Column after column has been writ
ten about the daring deeds, miraculous
escapes and cunning capture of crimi
nals by the detectives of Europe and
America. In thousands of cases the
praise accorded these officers for their
ingenuity and daring has been deserved,
but there is a class of detectives who
risk their lives ofteuer, and who must
know not only the ways of the high
wayman when he is in the city, but also
his haunts and his hiding-places and his
go-between in the thinly-settled coun
try as well.
These men are on the go almost all
the time to-day, down in Mexico look
ing for a horse-thief, who is a murderer
as well; next week far across the Ca
nadian line on the trail of a gang of
cattle thieves who have been despoiling
the Montana or Wyoming ranges. It is
only in the past ten or fifteen years that
their worth has been appreciated or
their services valued as they should be,
says the Helena Independent.
In the early days of cattle raising In
Wyoming and Colorado, whenever the
range thieves become too bold, the
ranchmen for miles around would or
ganize, get on the track of the thieves,
run them to their holes, and then shoot
or hang them. After a visitation of this
kind herds would be comparatively
safe for a time. Nevertheless, thousands
of head of cattle and horses were stolen
each year and shipped to Chicago, for
which the rightful owners received not
a cent.
The stockmen of Wyoming organized
a stock growers' association and ap
pointed for each county in the state a
stock inspector. Colorado followed suit
in a few years, to be followed later by
Montana.
The duties of these inspectors were
not to look out for diseased cattle, but
to inspect every carload of cattle
shipped out of the state, to get a list of
the brands, who the consignee was, and
report the facts to the secretary of the
association. There were, of course,
mistakes made at first, bttt of late years
so perfect has the system become that
It is almost an impossibility for a thief
to ship a head of beef by rail out of
Montana without detection. Gradually
the duties of the inspectors were added
to, and in addition to watching the
shipping points they have become their
chasers.
The inspectors are selected from the
bravest class of western men, thorough
ly conversant with the country, and
men of intelligence. Their powers in
Montana art! equal to those of a deputy
sherilF, and their authority Is recog
nized all over the state.
USE OF A PAsar"ORT.
The Singular Experience a Traveler
In (ierumny.
"Mine Is rather a hard ease," said r
discouraged graduate of a young ladies
seminary. "I can't get a position as f
teacher because) J haven't had experi
ence, and if I am never allowed tc
teach, how am I to get my experience?'
A somewhat similar paradox was per
pctrated by a German officer, mentionec
by Mr. Henry W. Wolff in "The Coun
try of the Vosges." This traveler had
been wandering about Metz asking
questions and seeing the sights, and he
says:
On my return to tho station, I found
surprise awaiting me. The German
police had found me out; not a difficult
task, since I purposely went about quite
5penly.
however, that, It appeared, made nc
inference. There, at the entrance tc
the station, stood a Prussian gendarme,
all on the alert, looking very ferocious
with what the German song calls "a
moustachioed air." Ho was on tlu
lookout for me, and stopped me at once.
"Have you a legitimation about you?'
ho asked, rather gruffly.
"Yes; but do I want one? Am I not
entitled to travel in the country without
a passport?"
He looked angry, eyeing with disgust
my "Murray," which bore, all too plain
ly, upon Its cover the title "France."
"1 must See It. I hear you have been
about tho town looking at things and
asking questions."
"It is true; that is what I am travel
ing for."
"I must see your passport."
"What? In defiance of the emperor's
regulations?"
"Do you not understand," Baid he,
pompously, "that I must seo your pass
port in order to be able to judge whether
or not you are entitled to travel with
out one?"
ilere was logic, but logic which, how
ever feeble, must be heeded. I pro
duced my passport, and after having
studied for a tedious interval, he grave
ly announced that I was fitted to travel
without one.
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THE WESTERN PEDAG0GCE.
We are in receipt of the May nnmber
f our state school paper. It exoeed
any of the former numbers in value.
The paper this month oontaing many
new and valuable features. The illus
trated aeries on the schools of the state
is introduced by a paper on the Friends
Polyteohnic Institute at Salem, Oregon.
These papers cannot fail to be of great
value both to the sohools an 1 to the
public.
There are also several fine articles
by our best writers and the departments
"Current Events,""Suturday Thoughts,"
'Educational News" "The Oracle
Answers, Correspondents," etc., eaoh
oontain much valuable reading for
teachers or parents. The magazine
has abont 50 pages of matter, well
printed and arranged. We pronounoe
the Western Pedagogne the beet ednoa
tional monthly on the ooaBt.
Everyone of our readers should have
the paper if they are at all interested
in education. ' No tonoher school direc
tor or student can get along well with
out it. We will receive enbBOript.onB
at thiB office. Price only $1.00 a year.
When desired we will send the Western
Pedagogue and Gazette one year to one
address for $3.00. Call and examine
sample oopies. Teachers, directors and
parents, now is the time to subscribe, tf
G. A. R. NOTICE.
We take this opportunity of informing
our subscribers that the new commis
sioner of pensions has been npuoiuted
He isan old soldier, and we believe
that soldiers and their heirs will re
oeive jtiBtioe at his hands. We do not
anticipate that there will be any radical
changes in the administration of pension
affairs under the new regime.
We would advise, however, that U. B,
soldiers. Bailors and their heirs, take
steps to make application at onoe, if
they have not already done so, in order
to eeoure the benefit of the early filing
of their claims in case there should be
any future pension legislation. Huoli
legislation is seldom retroaotive. There
fore it is of great importanoe that ap
plications be tiled in the department at
the earliest possible date.
It the U. H. soldiers, sailors, or their
widows, ohildren or parents desire in
formation in regard to pension matters,
they should write to the Press Claims
Company, at Washington, D. 0., and
they will prepare and send the necessary
application, if thoy find them entitled
under the numerous laws enacted for
their benefit. Address
PEKSS CLAIMS COMPANY,
John Wkiidehiujhn, Managing Attor
ney, Washington, D. 0., P. O. Box 885
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CHESTNUT GROWING.
Cnornioos Quantities Consumed In This
Country.
The supply of chestnuts never equals
;he demand in this country, and many
districts in which the trees are abun
lant derive a very respectable income
from the sale of the nuts. Thisindus
;ry might be. made fur more productive
Mid profitable than it now is by some
.ittlo effort toward cultivation. The
hestnut cannot be grown successfully
in heavy clays, wet soils or limestone
and. It prefers loose, sandy soils, or
men as has been derived from the de
jomposition of slates and shales. It is
rown readily from the seed, but tho
greatest cure must bo taken not to let
;ho nuts become dry. They should be
planted as soon as gathered or kept in
moist sand until ready to plant. The
nut should be planted where the tree is
to stand, as the long tap root makes
transplanting difficult. The European
chestnut is not only much larger and
finer than tho American, but has pro
duced, under cultivation, a number of
varieties, somo of which are highly
3steemed for the superior quality of
their fruit. The trees do not grow so
largo as the. American, but come into
bearing more quickly; the latter does
not generally fruit until ten or twelve
veurs old. A Jnpunesu variety has been
introduced into the states, which,
though not very hardy, is quite dwarf
m habit, and, whilo beginning to fruit
it four or five years, produces nuts
arger even than tlio European. These
-,wo characters small 6ize and early
'ruitfuliiess give them special value,
md if they can bo worked upon stocks
f the American species trees can be
tccured which will bear earlier and
oroduce larger nuts than our native
ipecics.
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