Jbe Doctor's f)ilemma
By Hesba
CIIAPTKlt XXIV.
I. Olivia Foster, take up tlio thread of
the story the woful, wonry narrative of
my wanderings after teaviug my '""
friends. , , .
Once more I found myself in London.
I had more acquaintance with almost ev
ery great city on the Continent. hortu
tiately. Tardlf had given me the address
of n hoarding house, or rather a small
family hotel, where lie had stayed two
or three times, and I drove there at once.
I went to several poverties agilieios,
which were advertising for teachers in
the dally papers. When a fortnight h.id
passed with no opening for me. 1 felt
It necessary to leave the hoarding house
which had heen my temporary home.
Waudering ahont the least fashionable
suburbs, where lodgings would cost least.
1 found a bedroom in the third story of a
house in a tolerably respectable street.
In this feverish solitude one day drag
ged itself after another with awful mo
notony. As they passed by, the only
change they brought was that the sultry
heat grew ever cooler, and the long days
shorter. Think what a dreary life for a
young girl! I was as fond of companion
ship, anil needed love as much as any
girl. Was it strange that my thoughts
dwelt somewhat dangerously upon the
pleasaut, peaceful days in Sark?
Now and then, when I ventured out
Into the streets, a panic would seiie me,
n dread unutterably great, that I might
meet my husband amidst the crowd. 1
did not even know that he was In I-ou-dou:
he had always spoken of it as a
place he detested. Ills habits made the
free, unconventional life upon the Con
tinent more agreeable to him. How he
was living now, what he was doing.
where he was, were so many enigmas to
me; and I did not care to run any risK
In finding out the answers to them. Twice
I passed the Hank of Australia, where
T-..r- nrnlmhlv I could have learned if
he was In the same city as myself; but I
dared not do It, and as soon as I know
how to avoid that street, I never passed
along it.
I had been allowed to leave my address
with the clerk of a large general agency
In the city. Towards tho close of Oc
tober I received a note from him, desir
ing me to call at the otllce at two o'clock
the following afternoon, without fail. I
had a long time to wait. The otlicc clock
pointed to half-past three before I caught
the clerk's eye, and saw him beckon me
up to the counter. I had thrown back
my veil, for here I was perfectly safe
from recognition. At the other end of
tho couuter stood a young man in con
sultation with a clerk. He looked ear
nestly at me, but I was sure he could
not know me.
"Miss Ellen Martineau?" said the clerk.
That was my mother's name, nnd I had
adopted It for my own, feeling as if 1
had some right to it.
"Yes," I answered.
"Would you object to go Into n French
school as governess?" he inquired.
"Not in the least," I said eagerly.
"And pay a small premium?" he add
ed. "How much?" I asked, my spirits fall
ing again.
"A mere trifle," he said; "about ten
pounds or so for twelve months. You
would perfect yourtelf in French, you
know; and you would gain a referee for
the future."
"I must think about it," I replied.
"Well, there Is the address of a lady
who can give you all the particulars," he
said, handing me a written paper.
I left the olllce heavy hearted. Ten
pounds would be more than the half of
the little store left to me. Yet, would it
not be wiser to secure a refuge and shel
ter for twelve months than run the risk
of not finding any other situation? I
walked slowly along the street towards
the busier thoroughfares, with my head
bent down and my mind busy, when sud
denly a heavy hand was laid upon my
arm, grasping it with crushing force, and
a harsh, thick voice shouted trlumpnaut
ly in my ear:
"I've caught you at last!'"
It was like the bitterness of death, that
chill and terror sweeping over me. My
husband's hot breath was upon my cheek,
and his eyes were looking closely into
mine. Uut before I could speak his grasp
was torn away from me, and he was
sent whirling into tho mlddlo of the
road. I turned, almost in equal terror, to
sec who hud thrust himself between us,
It was a stranger whom I had noticed
in the agency otllce. Uut his face was
now dark with passion, and as my hus
band staggered back again towards us,
his hand was ready to thrust him away
a second time.
"She's my wife," he stammered, trying
to get past the stranger to me. Iiy this
time a knot of spectators had formed
about us, and a policeman had como up.
Tho stranger drew my arm through his.
and faced them defiantly.
"He's a drunken vagabond!" he said
"ho has just como out of thoso spirit
vaults. This young lady is no more his
wife than she Is mine, and I know no
more of her than that she has just come
away from Itldley's otllce, where she has
beeu looking after a situation. Good
heavens! cannot a lady walk through tho
BtrectB of Loudon without being Insult
ed by n drunken scoundrel llko that?"
"Will you give him In charge, sir?"
asked the policeman, while Richard Fos
ter was making vain efforts to speak co-
horeutly, nnd explain his claim upon me.
I clung to tho friendly arm that had come
to my aid, sick and almost speechless with
fenr.
"Don t, I whispered; "oh! take mo
awnv oulckly."
Ho cleared a passage for us both with
a vigor and decision that there was no re
sisting. I glanced ''back for an instant,
and saw my husband struggling with tho
policeman. Ho looueu utterly limine a
gay, prosperous, wealthy man, with n
woll-fllled purse, such ns he hud used to
appear. Ho was shabby And poor enough
now for the policeman t ho very hard
on him, and to prevent him from follow
(,. ,,. Tho stranger kept my hand
firmly on Ills anil, and almost carried
mo Juto Fleet street, whero In a minute
Strctton
or two wo were quite lost in the throng,
and I was safe from all pursuit.
"I do not know how to thank yon." I
sal I, falterlujtly.
"You are trembling still!" he replied.
"How lucky it was that I followed jou
directly out of Itldley's! If I ever come
across that scoundrel again 1 shall know
hint, you may be sure. My name Is Jlm
Senior. Perhaps you have heard of my
father. Dr. Senior of Rrook street?"
"No," replied, "I know nobody in Loir
don."
"That's bad," he said. "1 wish I was
lane Senior Instead of John Senior; I do
indeed. Do you feel better now. Miss
Martineau V"
"How do you kuow my name?" I list
ed. "The clerk at Itldley's called you Miss
Ellen Martineau." he answered. "My
hearing is very good, and I was not deep
ly engrossed In my business. I hoard and
Mir a good deal whilst I was there."
He called an empty cab that was pass
ing by. We shook hands warmly. There
was no time for loitering; so I told hltn
the name of the Miburb where I was
living, and he repented it to the cabman.
"All right." he said, speaking through
the window, "the fare is paid and I've
takeu cabby's number. If he tries to
cheat you. let me know; Dr. John Senior.
Rrook street. I hope that situation will
be a good one, and very pleasant. Good
by." "Good-by," I cried, leaning forward and
looking at his face till the crowd came
between us, and I lot sight of It.
I felt safer when the labnmii set me
down at the house where I lodged, nnd
I ran upstairs to my little room. I kin-
"SENT WHIRLING INTO THE
died the fire. Then 1 sat down on my
box before it, thinking.
Yes; 1 must leave London. I must take
this situation, the only one open to me.
In a school in France. 1 should at least
be assured of a home for twelve months;
and, ns the clerk had said, I should per
fect myself in French and gain a ref
eree. I should be earning n character in
fact. The sooner I tied from London
again the better, now that I knew my
husband was somewhere in it. I unfold
ed the paper on which was written the
name of tho lady to whom I was to ap
ply. Mrs. Wilkinson, 19 Itellringcr
street. I ran down to the sitting room,
to nsk my landlady where It was, and
told her, In my new hopefulness, that I
had heard of a situation in France. Hell
ringer street was less than a mile away.
I could be there before seven o'clock, not
too late perhaps for Mrs. Wilkinson to
give me an interview.
No. 10 was not difficult to find, and I
pulled the bell handle with a gentle and
quiet pull. A slight, thin child in rusty
mourning opened it, with the chain
across, and asked In a timid voice who
I was.
"Does Mrs. Wilkinson live here?" I
asked.
"Yes," said the child.
"Who is there?" I heard a voice call
ing shrilly from within.
"I am como about a school in France,"
I said to the child.
"Oh, I'll let you in," she nnswered eag
erly; "the will see you about that, I'm
sure. I'm to go with you, if you go."
She let down tho chain, and opened the
door. There was a dim light burning
in the hall, which looked shabby and
poverty stricken. I had only time to take
a vague general Impression, before the
little girl conducted mo to a room on the
ground floor.
"I'm to go If you go," she said again;
"and, oh! I do so hope you will agree to
go."
"I think I shall," I answered,
"I daren't bo sure," she replied, nod
ding her head with an air of sagacity;
"there have been four or five governesses
here, und noue of them would go. You'd
have to take me with you; and, oh! It Is
such a lovely, beautiful place. See! here
is a picture of It."
Sho ran eagerly to a side table, on
which lay a book or two, ouo of which
sho opened, and reached out u photo
graph, which had been laid there for se
curity. It was clear, sharply defined. At
the left hand stood u handsome house,
with windows covered with lace cur
talus, and provided with outer Venetian
shutters. In the center stood a large
square garden, with fountains, and ar
bors and statues: and behind this stood
a long building of two stories, ami a steep
roof witli dormer windows, every case
ment of which was provided, like tho
house In the front, with rich lace cur
tains nnd Venetian shutters. Tho wholo
place was clearly in good order und good
taste, aud looked llko a very pleasant
homo.
Isn't It n lovely place?" nsked tho
chllil beside me. with u deen sign of long
iaz.
"Yes," I sAldf "I should llko to go."
1 had had time to tuuko all these ob
servations beroro tho owner of tho for
eign voice, which I had heard nt the
door, enme In. At the llrst glaneo 1
knew her to be n Frenchwoman. Her
black eyes were steady and cold, an I
her general expression one of watchful
Hess.
"I have not the honor of knowing you,"
she said politely.
"I come from Itldley's Agency olllce."
I answered, "about n situation as Eng
lish teacher In a school in France,"
"It Is a groat chance," she said, "my
friend, Madame Perrler, is very goo I.
very amiable for her teachers. She is
like a sister for them. The terms aie
very high, very high for Franco; but
there Is absolutely every comfort. I sup
pose you could Introduce a few English
pmdls."
"No." I answered, "I am afraid I could
not. I am sure I could not."
"That of course must be consldere I
In the premium." she continued; "If yu
could have Introduced, say, six pupils
the premium would be low. I do li"t
think my friend would take one penny
less than twenty pounds for the first year,
and ten for the second."
The tears started to my eyes, I had
felt so sure of going If I would pay ten
pounds, that l was quite unprepared Tor
this disappointment. There was stilt toy
diamond ring left; but how to dispose of
it. for anything like its value, I did not
know.
"What were you prepared to give-'"
asked Mrs. Wilkinson, whilst I hesitat
ed. "The clerk at Itldley's olllce told me
the premium would be ten pounds." I an
swered; "I do not see how I can gbe
more."
"Well." she said, after musing n little.
"It is time this child went. She has been
here a month, waiting for somebody to
take her down to Nblreau. I will ugr-'c
with you. and will explain to Madame
Perrler. How soon could you go?"
"I should like to go to-morrow," I re
plied, feeling that the sooner I quitted
London the better. Mrs. Wilkinson's
steady eyes fastened upon me again with
sharp curiosity."
"Have you references, miss?" she asked.
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD."
"No," I faltered, my hopes sinking
again before this old difficulty.
"It will be necessary, then," she said,
"for you to give the money to me, and
I will forward It to Madame Perrler.
Pardon, miss, but you perceive I could
not send a teacher to them unless I knew
that she could pay the money down."
I did not waver any longer. The pros
pect seemed too promising for me to lose
it by any irresolution. I drew out my
purse, nnd laid down two out of the three
fire-pound notes left me. She gave me a
formal receipt in the names of Emile and
Louise Perrler, anil her solcr face woro
an expression of satisfaction.
"There! it is, done," she said. "You
will take lessons, any lessons you please,
from tho professors who attend the
school. It is a grand chance, miss, a
grand chance. Let us say you go tho day
after to-morrow; the child will be quite
ready.- She is going for four years to
that splendid place, a place for ladies of
the highest degree."
At that moment an imperious knock
sounded upon the outer door, ami the lit
tle girl ran to answer It, leaving tho door
of our room open. A voice which I knew
well, a voice which made my heart stand
still and my veins curdle, spoke in sharp,
loud tones in the hall.
"Is Mr. Foster come home yet?" were
the words the terrible voice uttered, quite
close to me It seemed; so close that I
shrank bock shivering, as If every sylla
ble struck a separate blow. All my
senses were awake; I could hear every
sound in the hall, each step that came
nearer and nearer. Wus she about to
enter the room where I was sitting?
She stood still for half a mlnuto as if
uncertain whut to do.
"Ho is upstairs," said tho child's
voice, "Ho told me he was ill when I
opened the door for him."
"Whero is Mrs. Wilkinson?" she ask
ed. "Sho is here," said the child, "but
there's a lady with her."
Then the womun's footsteps went on
up the staircase. I listened to them
climbing up ono step after another, my
brain throbbing with each sound, and I
heard a door opened and closed. Mrs,
Wilkinson had gone to the door, und
looked out into tho hall, us if expecting
other questions to bo nsked. She had
not seen my panic of despair. I must
get away before I lost tho tiso of my
senses, for I felt giddy nnd faint.
(To be continued.)
American Supremacy.
First Loudon Hurglnr Eh, Jimmy,
wot you doln' nrouud here? Wy olu't
you ut work.
Second Hurglat Aw, Pin nil right.
I'm wultiu'.
"Wultln' for what?"
"For my now Yankee tools to arrive."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lowest of Known Titles.
Tho lowest tides, whore any exist nt
nil, tiro nt Pnnunin, where two feet Is
the uvwajro rise and full.
Ahum of tltn Check Helm
Tho accompanying UltiMlrittlotiH nre
taken from leallot Issued by the Iln
tnnue Education Committee at Provi
dence. It. I. Thin
committee Is call
ing attention to
some of the 'iiy
In which our tin
niest tc animals are
abused. A good
denl of this utilise
is thollglitloss-tliat
TOltTfllK.
Is, the owner or driver does not desire
to torture the animal. He either does
not know any better, or else does whnt
others about him have been doing for
years. There are many ways lu which
the tight, overdrawn eheck-reln annoys
or Injures the horse. The picture show
ing the wrong way of "cheeking well
Illustrates the trouble. Ill fact, the pic
tures are a whole story In themselves.
The leallot mentioned makes a strong
argument apilnst the tight cheek, quot
ing some of tho most noted breeders,
drivers and horsemen against It. Here
nre two samples tlio first from Win.
Prltebard. president of the ltoynl vet
erinary College. London:
The continued pressure of tin lilt or
the benrlng-reln (check-rein) deadens
the surrounding portion of the mouth
with which It Is In
contact, thus pro
ducing a partially In
sensible condition of
It a condition most
lll-sulted to receive
a sudden Impression,
ns a check from the
driver. In the event
COMfOltT.
of the horse stumbling from any cause;
I would, therefore, say that. Instead of
preventing horses from falling, the
bearing-rein is calculated to render
falling more frequent. Other not un
common results of the use of tills In
strument of torture are distortion of
the windpipe to such a degree ns to
impede tho respiration ever afterward.
excoriation of the mouth nnd lips,
paralysis of the muscles of the face.
etc. Another writer says: "Tying one
part of an animal's body to another
does not necessarily keep hltn on his
feet. It Is the pull from the nrm of the
driver that makes the horse regnlti him
self when he stumbles. One might ns
well say that tying n man's head back
to a belt at his waist would prevent
him from falliug If he stumbled lu a
To Kill ii-ect.
It mnv not bo generally known thn:
skim milk or buttermilk readily mixes
with kerosene, running uu emulsion
which destroys Insects without danger
or injury to animals or plants on which
thev might be that might result out
the use of pure oil nnd water, says the
American Cultivator. We first learned
of this from using tills mixture for the
scale Insect, or mite, which causes
scnlv Icl'h on fowls. We found that one
or two dippings or washings with it
would cure the worst ease of scaly leg
anil leave the skill as smooth as when
first hatched. We never lind occasion
to try It for lousy animals, for we nev
er hail one. but we do not hesitate to
recommend It, nnd we have lately seen
Its use advised for ticks on sheep.
using n gill of kerosene to one gnllon
of milk. We did not make our mixture
so strong of kerosene ns tlint. but per
haps the larger tick may need n strong
er application than uu Insect so small
ns to be scarcely visible to the naked
eye.
About Hell I ox Annies.
If annles nre sold to commission men
or fruit dealers It Is best to consult
them us to the time and maimer of
picking, grading and packing, says
Farmers' Tribune. They nre familiar
with the wants of the trade and know
best how to meet Its demands. A large
crop of good winter apples can some-
times be disposed of to the best nilvnii
time by selling In the orchard for a
lump sum. This obviates the work ami
worry of marketing, mid holding sucli
a perishable crop for higher prices Is
risky business. It Is 'not apt to pay
unless one Is a good judge or tne mar
ket and the fruit Is well stored. Where
the ntmles nre sold on the trees one
should bo able to correctly estimate the
quantity of npples on a tree nnd know
the highest price which they will com
mand on the market. Hut however the
crop Is sold, It Is well for the orchard-
1st to have the picking tinder tils con
trol, as trees ore often Injured, limbs
broken, etc.
I-lliie'y.n III Homes.
Stimulants and tonics should be
-'Ivfii from the start In cases of Influ
enza. Give one dram dose of acetanl-
lid and one ounce of alcohol In water
ni'i.i'v t lii-no rnnr nr sir hours, accord
ing to height of fever, and when fover
drops to 102 degrees or less givo a (Irani
of quinine three times dally dissolved
In two drams of tincture of Iron, then
mixed with a pint of thin oatmeal
gruel. In the feed mix from tho start
from twenty to thirty groins of mix
vomica Irrespective of the other medi
cines 'and Increaso the doso gradually
If tho animal Is weak and staggers. Af
fected nnlmnls should bo kept In com
fortable stalls or box stalls where they
can havo good caro nnd feeding'.
Two Hundred V.utt Hens.
How can bo produced hens that will
lay -00 eggs per annum? Hy scientific
breeding, ns for u good butter cow or ft
cow milker, or for a good trotter or
high Jumping horse. Experiments have
boon ninda to Increaso tho number of
rows of com on tho cob with suceesH.
Thu same muhod Is applicable lo poul
try breeding. Wo will start with n ben
1 1 tn t lays Kit) eggs. Homo of her chicks
will lay KM) per year. From these wo
will pick out layers and so on until -'())
or better are the result. At the miiiiio
time It Is Just us essential lo breed out
of males from proline layers, as It Is thu
females; In fact. It Is more so. If wo
look after (lie breeding of the females
only we will Introduce on the mule sldo
blood which Is lacking In prollcleney.
ami thus cheek every attenipi In prog
ress. It Is Just as essential thai tho
male should be from the hen which lays
175 eggs ami from n mule Hint was bred
from a lieu (hat laid 1.10 eggs, as It Is
that the hen should be from one that
laid 175 eggs ami whose mother laid
150 cggs.-l'oultry Herald.
'liir lleet C'iiltiir.
We hnve not been an mlvocato of
sugar-beet growing because we have
believed that a good farmer can grow
other crops on good laud with less la
bor that will bring more money, but
we havo not tried to Injure the busi
ness, as a German paper would do
when It says. "Plow In the spring, re
gardless of mud and water. Slop every
drain that may be carrying tho water
away from the beet fields. Full plow
ing Is to reialu the moisture. Spring
plowing must aim to secure every bit
of moisture for the beet field." We
have grown some sugar beets, not for
thu factory, hut for slock feeding, anil
we would say to any one growing for
either purpose do not plow or sow the
sird until the ground Is dry and firm.
To plow "rognrdless of mud and water"
will Insure a smalt crop of beets that
nre scarcely worth feeding to the cow
or pigs. Fall plowing should be done
to relieve the land of moisture and not
to retain It. mid thus It should be, when
It Is possible, up aud down the side
hills Instead of around them, that the
water may be drained off by the bot
tom of the furrow, below the enrib that
Is turned over. As we never visited
Germany we will not say the advice Is
not good there, but we know of no part
of the United States where we think It
would be (food. Hut we will give a
little bit of whnt we think Is better
ndvlce. If you grow sugar beets do
not sell them nt SI or $5 a ton. when
you have cattle or hogs to feed them to,
unless you can get back nil the pomace,
made from them. New England Home
stead. Ration fir Mlleli Cow-.
It Is generally understood that tho
aveiage cow ought to have between
two and three pounds of digestible
protein dally as a part of the ration.
One often finds one or more cows lu a
herd that will do well on a ration con
taining less i bun two pounds of pro
tein, ami on the other baud some of tho
herd need considerable more protein.
Wheat bran of good quality Is gener
ally conceded to be an Ideal product
to feed with corn and other grains, al
though we may obtain much more pro
tein nnd considerable mineral matter
from feeding cotton-seed meal, but
this may not lie fed lu large quanti
ties. Gluten meal supplies protein In
other sections, wlitle In still other sec
tions' dependence for protein Is placed
almost wholly on cowpen hay and al
falfa, with small feeds of cotton seed
meal, the liny of the cowpeas and al
falfa being ground. The essential
thing Is to obtain the best quality of
protein for one's herd nt the smallest
possible expense. Exchange.
Testlnir - red.
The result of tests iiindo by compe
tent men with samplils of seeds sent
to the Hurfnlo Exposition proves two
things: First, the necessity for care on
the part of farmers In buying seeds
only from reputable seedsmen, and,
second, the desirability of testing nil
seeds during the winter, that thu loss
of both seed and crop may be avoided.
In the tests referred to the percentage
of good seed was very low lu tho ma
jority of eases. Willi some samples
the good seed was found lo be only
about 20 per cent of the whole. In ono
test of orchard grass sold at 5.1 per
hundred pounds, the good seed was
only 10.5 per cent of the whole, mak
ing the real cost of the good seed
$:iS.K) pei hundred pounds. It Is true
the original ptlco of per hundred
pounds Is low, but tho result ought to
huvo been better even then.
W'nslilie nrvl Worklnix Ilutter.
After drawing off the buttermilk
wash twice or until tho wash water
runs off clear. Then work In salt to suit
thu taste of your trade ami set away
forthree or four hours, then rework and
pack or stamp. The Interval between
salting and stamping allows thu salt
thoroughly to permeate the whole
mass, nnd tho second working also In
sures a uniform mixing of the salt as
well us working out any excess of
water. Never work butter when It Is
wai'in enough to be salvy. Thcro aro
two watchwords for tho buttermnker.
They nro cleanliness and uniformity,
and aro worth remembering If you tiro
looking for tradu aud reputation.
Improvement In Hoirs,
Tho hog has been Improved In the
Inst twenty years to such an extent
that he Is able to mature earlier and
produce a larger amount of grain and
growth from tho snnio quantity of food.
Tho Improved pig shows tho great feed
ing capabilities and earlier maturing;
finalities that have beon bred Into him.
No time Is lost. Pigs can bo marketed
ns quickly ns n crop of grain. Kansas
Fanner.
Tree Protectors,
Treo guards and other protectors nro
now In order. A strip of wlro Hy
screening Is about tho best thing wo
know of, nnd It will remnln on tho trees
for several years. Exchange,
HQ3EVELT ON THE OOUOArt,
Ho Write About tils IIhIiUn mid Char
iieterUllcs at tho lllu Cut.
Fables aside, thu cougar Is n very In
teresting creature, says Theodore
Roosevelt In Hcrlbncr's. It Is found
from tho cold, desolate plains of Pata
gonia lo north or tho Canadian Hue, and
lives alike among tho snow-clad peaks
of tho Andes and lu thu steaming for
ests of the Amazon. Doubtless careriil
Investigation will disclose several vary
ing rorms In an tiulmal found over such
Immense tracts of country and living
miller such utterly diverse conditions.
Hut lu lis essential habits and traits
the big, slinking, nearly mileolored eat
seems to be much the sumo everywhere,
whether living lu mountain, open plain
or forest, under nrello cold or tropic
heat.
When the settlements become thick
It retires to dense forest, dark swamp
or Inaccessible mountain gorge, and
moves about only nt night, lu wilder
regions It not Infrequently roams dur
ing the day aud ventures freely Into the
open. I eer are Its customary prey
when they aro plentiful, bucks, does
and fawns being killed Indifferently.
Usually the deer Is killed almost In
stantaneously, but occasionally there Is
quite a seuille, In which the cougar may
get bruised, though, as far as I kimw,
never seriously. It Is also a dreaded
enemy of sheep, pigs, en Ives, ami os
poelnlly colls, and when prosed by htm
ger it big male cougar will kill a full
grown horse or cow, moose or wapiti It
Is the special enemy of mountain sln--p
In hs.sn. while hunting while goals
north of Clarke's fork of the Columbia
lu a region where couiciir were common.
I found them preying as freely uu the
goats as on the deer. It rarely -airb
antelope, but Is quick lu seize rnhblK
other small beasts, and even poicu
pines.
No it ii 1 inn 1. not even the wolf, is n
rarely sis-n or w dlllleult lo get without
dogs. On the other haiul, no otln-r wild
beast of Its sle and power Is mi my to
kill by tile altl of don. There are many
cnutrmllcttous In Its character. Like
the AtiicrlcHli wolf, It Is certainly i
much afraid of man: yet It hubltii.ill.v
follows the trail of the hunter, or s.,n
lary traveler, dogging his footstep'..
Itself always unseen. I have had thin
happen to me personally. When bun
cry It will seine and carry off any dog.
yel It will sometimes go up it tree ulon
pursued by a single small dog. wholly
unable to do It the least harm. It Is
small wonder thai the average frontier
settler should grow to regard almost
with superstition the grent furtive iiu
which he never sees, but of whose pre
sence he Is ever aware ami of whose
prowess slnsler proof Is sometimes af
forded by the deaths not alone of his
lesser stock, hut even of his milch cow
or saddle horse. The cougar Is as large,
as powerful and as formidably tinned
us the Indian panther and quite as widl
able to attack man; yet the Instances
of Its having done so nre exceedingly
rare. The vast majority of the tales to
this effect are undoubtedly Inventions.
Hut It Is foolish lo deny Hint such at
tacks on human lielugs ever occur.
RECENT INVbNTIONS.
A new ty for tho children Is a bowl
lug alley, In which the pins are set nt
one end of a long wooden gallery, with
a spring gun to propel the balls against
the plus.
The back of a newly designed brush
Is provided with a receptacle for the
comb, with a Hush lid sliding into
grooves lo cover It and a mirror Is set
In the bottom of the compartment.
Alt Aitslrollau has patented n neck
tie which has a number of buttonholes
worked lu the neckliniid at short ins
tances apart, one of which Is fastened
to the collar button when the tie Is ad
Justed. A Michigan man has patcMcd a
hiiiidy euffliolder lu winch a wire rod
Is lilted wlllt a spring flump at out end
for attachment lo the shirt sleeve, with
the other end twisted Into a spiral to be
Inserted Into the cuff buttonhole.
Hand saws are prevented from stick
ing In the piece of wooil which Is being
cut out by a new oiler which Is set in a
recess In the handle and discharge a
small quantity of oil on the blade aud
Into tin' slot at each downward eut.
La ups will not explode or take fire
wiieu overturned If u new attachment
Is used consist lug of a weighted or
spring lever lu the bottom of :1m lump,
to drop downward as soon as tl u lamp
base Is lipped from the table, a chain
being fastened to the lever to operate
an extinguisher on the top of ihe wick
lube.
In a new baby carriage the sides and
ends of the body are formed of small
metal strips pivoted together at the
ends to fold up, with tho bottom aud
truck made lu sections, which nro
hinged together, the whole ciirrlage
being contained In' a space about as
large across us tho wheels when It Is
folded.
It Could Nut I to.
Little Ham stood on the mitlti fleck
of the ark, crying bitterly.
"What Is tho matter, my sou?" In
quired Noah, pausing lu his effort to
Induce the pterodactyl to censo annoy
ing the Ichthyosaurus,
"I been all through the nnlmul quar
ters and 1 don't see any red lemonade
stands or peanuts nnd I think, your old
circus Is no good," walled the youth.
How lu tho world did Hnm know any
thing about cltctis, though? Halilnioro
American,
Production of llornx,
Tho United Slates produces as much
boruy is tho rest of tho world com
blued. It limy bo sweet to dlo for one's coun
try, but tho u vertigo man doesn't euro
for sweet things.