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ANIMALS IN -A STORM. tbey Dislike the Wet Weather and Seek a Plave of Safety. Both wild and tame animals, four tooted or with wings. have a deep seat- ed aversion to wet weather. Even wa- ter fowl will seek a dry hiding place When it rains. Did you ever watch the actions of eattle before a big storm? If so, you anust have seen them grow more and more uneasy as the clouds gathered. You also saw them run up and down the field, as if seeking to escape some Impending danger. Finally, when the storm breaks, they draw close together -nd with lowered heads present a pic- ture of despair. Domestic animals when it rains will always keep indoors. or. failing that, they will seek shelter by the barn or ander trees or beneath the hedges and thickets-in short. in any convenient place where they may not be entirely exposed to the downpour. It Is the same with fowls. They dis- like the rain. which soaks their feath- ers. They seek sheltered places and creep under wagons or behind boxes asd boards. Chickens do not mind get- ting their feet wet. for they will scratch the ground soon after a shower in search of worms and beetles. Wild birds do their best to keep out of the rain. Some of them build a roof over their nests; others choose a home under the eaves or under a projecting cliff, where they may be safe from the discomfort that the rain brings. But most of them are without shelter provided in advance by their own fore- thought. These take refuge in any place that they happlen to flind at hand. If you watch them before the storm. you will see themn looking for such a place. If the storm comes suddenly, the small and helpless ones seem be- wildered, flying from tree to tree and from limb to limb. quite unable to make up their minds exactly where to hide themselves.- Pittsburg Dispatch. ANIMAL ODDITIES. It is said that hornets never use the same nlest a second seasonl. The largest egg laid by any European bird is that of the swan: the smallest tihat of tlhe goldlen crested wren. The silkworm is three inches long and is well proid(led with legs, having no less than sixteen of these valuable mnemblers. A French tanner has made experl- unents which show that caterpillars avoid black objects, but are attracted In numlbers by white. Greyhounds are pictured on Egyptian mTonuments carved 3000 B. C. The Arab b:urhound is the oldest type of domestic dog at present existing. Mosquitoes were unknown in Swit- zerland until the completion of the St. Gothard tunnel under the Alps. The tunlnel gave them a short cut to the land of William Tell. A pigeon in harvest time eats Its own weight in grain a day, and a blackbird or thrush will eat its own weight daily of ripe fruit. Many kinds of birds exist in summer largely upon plants raised by man for his food. No Tick There. "No doubt you see that I am one of the dllttident men," observed the drum- imer. "one of the sort who don't coUm- pare watches with the town cluck and tell everybody for a block aro)und that the clock is seven minutes off. I was up in a Massachusetts town a few weeks ago. and I had to make a cer- tain train or loss a thousand dollar or- der. I looked at my watch and in a furtive way compared it with the town clock. It looked to me as if there was a big difference between the two, but I decided to go by the clock. I went into three or four places, loafed around and was killing time when an acquaint- ance came along and said: "'I thought you were going to make that 2:30 train?' " 'Yes. I am.' I replied. "'When?' ""'This afternoon, of course.' "'By what time?' "'By your town clock. I've got half an hour yet.' " 'Oh. you hatve' he laughed. 'Well, let me tell you that our clock hasn't beeni runningi for it week, alld you havye lost your train by an hour and a quar- ter.' " Sponge Fishing. Sponges tlre gathered Iby means of a long polo \vith a hook attached to the lower endl, with which the sponge fish- erman is very expert. tIe lies upon his stoimach in the stern of a boat looking through an ordinary water bucket with a glass bottom, which does itway with the glare fromlu the water and allows hinm to survey the bottom leisurely while the boatmanlll rows or sculls the boat. A schooner lies at anclhor Iiear by, frolu which : half dozen or more of these small bo:ts lish. It returns to port when it is loaded, or at night, as the case may be. UIis Landscnpes. A nouveau riche recently attended a picture sale. A friend who had noticed him at the sale asked afterward, "DIid you pick up anything at that piicture sale, Jorkins'" and the other respond- ed: "Oh. yes: a couple of landscapes. One of 'eta was a basket of fruit tand the other a storm at sea."-Boston Cornm- '7orcial Bulletin. CANDY CATHARTIC t1 Gemies stampsd C.C C. Never sold In bulk. swas of ths dakr who tries to sell "smsdm fastas good." The A'ir66e (nme o Ho tto Rooe The president of one of the pi, nent railway corporations in A•e., was making a stirring address to :. atn"ence of young men and dr,: with particular emphasis on the neces- sity of making a good appearance. "When you are looking for work," he said, "be careful that you are pre- sentable. If you have only $24 in the world, spend $20 for a suit of clothes, $3.50 for a pair of shoes, 50 cents for a hair cut antld shave. Then walk up to the job wherever It Is and ask for it like a man." This advice was greeted with great applause, and the railway president sat down amid a storm of cheers. The very next morning a dapper look- ing young fellow walked into the outer office of the orator and, handing a note to the clerk, said. "Please give this to the president." The note read as fol- lows: "I have paid $20 for this suit of clothes. $3.50 for a pair of shoes and 50 cents for a hair cut and a shave. I have walked from Harlem, and I would like a job as conductor on your road." He got the job. Wanste of Postnge. The lawyers were discussing the mer- its and demerits of a well known mom- ber of the New Orleans bar who had been gathered to his fathers, and one of the party, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat. recalled the time when he studied in the old man's office. We had a copying clerk whose In- efficiency eontinually worked the judge up to the po!nt of explosion. One day a wire bas!:et fell off the top of his desk and scratched his cheek. Not having any courtplaster, he slapped on three postage stamps and went on with his work. A little latex he had some papers to take to the United States court. and, forgetting all about the stamps, he put on his hat and went out. As he entered the office the judge ailsed his head and ftlxed him with an astonished stare. The clerk stopped iand looked frightened and finally ask- ed: "A nyth ing-er-wrong, sir?" "Yes, sir'" thundered the old gentle- aman. "You ire carryingt too much postage for second class m•attel'r." )llangers of the Auothecary. The distill',d essential oil of almonds, which when; diluted supplies the popu- anr tlavoring for sweets and coonfection- ery known as "ratatin:." contai:ns in its strolngest form a sultelient percentage of hydrocyanic acid to make It highly dangerous. A. young maln tlwho was ex- ecuting an order by pouring it fronl a alirge bottle to a smaller one noticed tlhat lie had not put the label quite straight on the smaller bottle and took it off again. Before replacing the label he licked it to make sure of its sticking Lroperly. But while pouring lie hlad nadvertently let a drop or two trickle on the outside of the bottle where lie had affixed the label. Then when he touched the label with his tongue he felt as if somtething shot along that memnber and also a jump of his heart. So lie rushed to a tap, which was for- tunately close at hand. and put his tongue under the running water. Never as long as lie lived, lhe said, wbuld he forget that poisoning sensation.-Ciiham- bers' Journal. 'EThe Cat and the TRil. Once upon a time a cat who prided herself on her wit and wisdom was prowling about the 1han in search of food and saw a tall protruding from a hole. "There is the conclusion of a rat." she said. Then she crept stealthily toward it until within striking distance, when she made a jump and reached It with her claws. Alas, it was not the Alp- pendage of a rat, but the tail of a snake, who immediately turned and gave her a mortal bite. Moral.-It is dangerous to jump at conclusions. A Good Use For Old Graveyards. Tlhere are now ini London and its inm- mediate lneighborhood :t;J lpublic rerl'e- ation L'grouIIId, var'ying in size flron Eppim''" forest, which, with WVanstead lits, is v\'cr -i.i00 acres in extent, tc little c'ity garhenis and pll'aygriounds m ea:- i: an eig'hth (Jr tenth of a:: here. ! es iiicludtle 10 plots of groulnd which hIave been used for iii- termntt, parish chnrchyards and other disused bilt giro unds, of which the ll'ur'-t is e'il'i l "eacres and thl sm llest a few" yards si iiure.-Iltanlltitarian. Soldier. Are Like Children. To the: mnedi'cal m ian the soldier is very like a child-that is to say, he suf- fers fromll plricisly the same diseases as children. In any large trlny hospital you will find rows of patients down with measles, scarlatina. diphtheria, IIIUiiuIlS antld sIoleti lles whooping cough. In fie t, the soldiers' hospital is as like as can be to the children's hospital. Knew an Exception. "It's always; the tIIan with one idea that succeeds in life," the strong mind- ed wooeniii oibserved. "I don't know about that," replied the girl. "The only idea IIarold Iillmnoro has lhad in his head for six years is that I'll marry hin some day, and I wouldn't do it if he were the last man on earth!" -Chlcago Tribune. Pat's Reply. Cardinal Manning niet one day a drunken Irishman on ai London street and said, "PI'trlck. I have joinedl the temperance society." "Perhaps your riverenoe needed it!" was Patrick's reply. Chinese begin dinner with dessert, or Russian sakouska, and finish with hot soup instead of hot coffee. There is no poor law In China. There are no Sundays. HIS NOSE WAS SAFE. But l Is Nerves Were In a State et Cold Chill Collapse. "I was sitting on the veranda of a far western hotel one afternoon," said the Boston drummer, "and was lazily smoking one of the nicest meerschaum pipes you ever saw when out of the tall of my eye I saw that a native down at the othler end of the veranda had his gun sighted at me. They were a wild lot around there, and I couldn't tell whether he meant to shoot me or the pipe. The chances were in favor of the pipe, however, and it seemed a good chance to test my nerve. I made up my mind to let him shoot and to pre- tend a careless air, but I'm telling you in the ten or fifteen seconds of waiting the sweat came out at every pore and my heart pounded my ribs sore. I felt a sort of tick at the bowl of the pipe. heard the crack of the gun and knew that the bullet had passed through the pipe. I got a brace with my hands and feet and waited for a second bullet, and it went through the bowl after the first. I sat there until his fourth bul- let had hit the pipe and knocked the bowl off the stem, and then the shooter sauntered up to me and laLghingly said: "'Excuse me, stranger, but I thought it was imitation.' " 'Same as you are,' I replied. "My gibe hurt him, but hp was man enough to tell everybody about my nerve, and the boys chipped in suffi- cient nuggets to buy me this fifty dol- lar smoker. Say, do you know what happened to me when I made an ex- cuse to go up stairs after my old corn- cob? I had no sooner got into my room than my knees gave out, chills galloped up my spine, and I'll be ihnged If I didn't faint away and lie there for ten minutes. It had suddenly occurred to me that the bowl of that pipe was only six inches from my nose while the fel- low was doing his shooting, and' I have not yet got over touching my nasal organ now and then to see if it is safe." INDIAN PRAIRIE DOG HUNTS The Little Animals Are Deemed a Dainty Dish by the Navajoes. The Navajo Indian, while he cannot be prevailed upon to eat a rabbit, is greedily fond of fat prairie dogs. Large communities of these small animals abound on the western plains, and the Navajo has resorted to many ingenious methods for trapping his coveted dain- ty. One of them is by the aid of a bit of mirror placed at the entrance to a burrow. When the animal ventures from his bedroom, deep under ground, he sees a familiar image mocking him at the front door, and he hurries out to confront the impudent intruder, when he is pinned to the ground with an ar- row. But the most effective method is what the Indians call the rain hunt. As soon as the steady downpour of sum- mer rains begin every Navajo who can walk repairs to the prairie dog village with hoes, sharp sticks or ifny digging implement. With these they hollow out trenches that will lead the storm water into as many burrows as possi- ble. Soon a little stream is pouring down each small home, and the inmate. much disturbed. pops out to see what the matter can be. Many of the ani- mals remain under ground until they are drowned, and their bodies float to the surface. After such a hunt, in which many pounds of prairie dogs are generally secured, there is a feast for many days in the Navajo huts.-New York Com- mercial Advertiser. The Time For Planting Bulbs. There is no definite rule to be laid down as to the length of time in which bulbs should be left in cold storage. As a general thing, top growth will not begin until root growth is completed. This nearly always takes from six weeks to two months. It is therefore generally safe to begin bringing Octo- ber planted bulbs to the living room in December. Those desired for later flowering can be left in cold storage, where they will remain dormant as to top growth. By bringing bulbs to light and warmth at intervals of a week or ten days we secure a succession of bloom which makes it possible for us to brighten our windows with their beau- tiful flowers during the greater part of winter.-New Lippincott. Magnanimity. It became necessary for an Emsworth papa to chastise mildly his small son the other evening. Some time later, wishing to negotiate for a favor, the chastised one stated his wishes and as an inducement added: "Papa!" "Well, James?" "If you'll do this, papa, I'll excuse you for that whipping you gave me."- Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Excluded Hlim. He-I saw an interesting educated pig the other day that- She-Oh, indeed! I- He-Come, now! Don't say it! You were going to say you suppose I looked in a mirror, weren't you? She-Not at all. I don't consider you interesting or educated.-Exchange. Why He Is a Suburbanite. "You should strive to teach your chil- dren patience." "I realize that," said Mr. Binxon. "It was my purpose in taking up my resl- denco on a suburban car llne."-Wash- ington Star. When a friend comes up to you and says, "Now I want you to tell me the truth," prepare to'lie, or else say some- thing disagreeable.-Atchison Globe. Don't Ignore a man because he is in the lightweight class. It is easier to throw a cannon ball a mile than it is to throw a feather ten feet. .. / ., The Satiafaetton In Traveling Alone. "Oh, the pleasure of eating alone!r wrote Charles Lamb in one of his most expansive letters. We are not quite sure how serious he was i the exclamation. But change "eating' into "traveling," and there may be found thousands who will echo the cry. Thackeray thought there was nothing to equal it. Louis Stevenson, in the Cevennes, made the same discovery, for his donkey cannot be said to count. Jean Paul Richter, though he did not live in touring times, was too accom- plished an individualist (of the senti- mental kind) not to harp on this music al string. "I hold the constant regard that we pay in all our actions to the judgment of others as the poison of our peace, our reason and our virtue." Translated into plainer speW,(h. Richter's words may read thus. "Unless you can have your own way life, is but a poison- ed puddle." Curzon. Stanley, De Wlndt, Miss. Kingsley, Landor and a host of smaller men and women have acted on the same assumption. And as in larger travel, better known as exploration, so also in the less stately yet more pleas- urable "trips" of common life. After a full purse there is nothing so good for the vagrant as a free hand.-C. Ed- wardes in Speaker. When Children Smoked. Jorevin de Rochefort, who published 4 in Paris in 1071 an account of his trav- els in England, tells the following: 4 "While we were walking about the town (Worcester) he asked me if it was the custom in France as in England that when the children went to school 1 they carried in their satchel with their books a pipe of tobacco, which their mothers took care to fill early In the morning, it serving them instead of breakfast, and that at the accustomed hour every one laid aside his book to light his pipe, the master smoking with them and teaching them how to hold their pipes and draw in the tobacco." In England at the time of the great plague it was reported that no one liv- ing in a tobacconist's house fell sick of the disease. This caused a great de- mand for tobacco. Hcarne says in his diary. "I remeember that I heard for- merly Tom Rogers, who was yeoman beadle, say that when he was a school- boy at Eton that year when the plague raged all the boys of that school were obliged to smok every morl'ling and that he was never whilpped so much in his life as he was one morning for not smoking." A Garden of Milk. The Milk garden of Frankfort, re- served for the children of that aristo- cratic city, is in itself one of the most democratic of places. Here rich peo- ple who wish to be relieved for a time of the presence of their children send them, accompanied by their nurses. Here also poor people who can neither afford to devote their own time to their children nor hire separate nurses' for them may bring their little ones, cer- tain that from the garden nurses they will receive all the care and attention necessary to safety, health and amuse- ment. Private nurses of the rich people and public nurses of the working people are subject to a supervision sufficient to protect the children of all classes from cruelty and neglect. The only food fur- nished in the garden is milk, whose freshness and purity are assured, inas- much as it is drunk warm from the mild eyed cows which occupy stalls on one edge of the, field. Queer Musical Notes. Which note of the scale is the soft- est? Dough (do). Which is the lightest? Ray (re). Which the fullest and deepest? Sea (si). Which demands the use of the pedal? Sole (sol). Which is in the objective most fre- quently? Me (mi). Combine two notes and produce moist earth. Mi re (mire). Combine two notes and find a par- ent. Si re (sire). What two notes will defray your traveling expenses? Fa re (fare).- Youth's Companion. Sleepy Grass. Sleepy grass is found in New Mexico, Texas and Siberia. It has a most in- jurious effect on horses and sheep, be- ing a strong narcotic or sedative and causing profound sleep or stupor last- ing twenty-four to forty-eight hours. A horse after eating it is a pitiable ob- ject, its head and tail drooping, its body quivering and sweat pouring down its sides. Reasons For His Belief. "Do you think, young man," he said, "that you will be able to take care of my daughter Flora in the style to which she has been accustomed?" "I think so, sir," answered the young man confidently. "She refused to go to the concert with me last week be- cause she said she had 'nothing to wear.' "-London Fun. The Value of Advice. "The fee my lawyer charged was pretty big, I thought." "Oh, I don't know. I think advice is usually worth about what you pay for it." "Do you really?" "Yes, especially the advice you get for nothing."-Philadelphia Press. Knows Enough to Keep Still. Mrs. Glover-You told me that parrot I bought of you was the most intelli- gent bird in your collection, while the fact is he doesn't speak at al. Dealer-That's what I meant when I spoke of his intelligence.-Boston Tran- script Twice are we born, once to the phys- ical existence and then in the period of awakening personality to the mystery of the soul.-Ladles' Home Journa . rs---T- .m S0 YOU NEED A-. - WAGON? H AVE just received a carload of Studebaker Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons. Come and look them over. Prices are right. Also handle all kinds of Hlay, Grain and Produce Or Anything You May Need in the Implement Line 5 JOHN A. SPENCER SOLICITED OL..C..TED J Office and Warehouse near the Depot ************** **.**......... **N.. .. . .. KROOER' B DER D R I N K KROaER's BEER KNOGEN'S BREWERYI Manufactures the Finest and Purest Beer in the State. When you buy Kroger's beer you skip the impurities that. give you* headache. You get a pure hop and malt drink, that's why. :P'E-'33'r.'zjr:] a'i., * O._:r Ar..A. b***4*4 NI****4NI4I*@•4******,4 44*h 44t44N DON'T PAY SUCH HIGH PRICES FOR GROCERIES When you can buy high grade goods from us at the same price you pay for -cheap groceries" elsewhere. Our stock is large, new and complete and customers can get anything they want at our store and at the same time SAVE MONEY BY TRADING HERE GIVE US YOUR ORDERS Pat McGurk, the Reliable Grocer flakes - Pleasant Driving \THE fact that we furnish the rig for you I doesn't insure the pleasureof driving, . but the fact that we insist on all our horses ,," , being the very best and the equipment 'l ,\ being perfect; you may depend on whatever we will send you. Our rigs are right; we want to prove it to you by sending you one , that is right. Ring us up. CITY LIVERY AND FEED STABLES BLACK AND WHITE HEARSES J. J. Carmichael, Proprietor. 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