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ThinK About Htenhn County thitt MiikCoon Like Isrrealtarlllesi or GoonItnnttoB TlerA Nurrow KMKPOrdinarily MM Packy Orlsirold of tb-

taVo Keukn country up In Stub countythere tnt anything About cn that

i in calculated to terrify tho hunter althoughthe occasional treeing of awildcat or abaInstead of a coon baa Win known to a-

Mlowi hair IIt didnt leave him hot of ft-

irood bit of Ihuntodcoonagoo1manrtd-ftTI j and never jet got fooled by ft wildcat or

abcrvr bijtIcamoutMno4ro1ng lcro tdeath by a opnonlhtaln1 one corne-

t and jet led yo I thinkof hunttton Isnt any t Vvj In the countryWhereleS coon bettor loves to toaka his horntan In the ration about Luko Keuka Thooon likes flsh Iron com trLs and nutsH would have to go 1 rood ways find better

I fishing ground than Uo waterIn that Darofold SUubcn There more inllk to acreIn the corn they ratio around there thin thor1i anywhere else Wben1tcouesto fruit It

4 would be A greedy ooon Indeed that wouldntlItlowith a atxtymUe circuit of vine

slf choicest grapes to Bloat from tIY nothing of the acres and acres and acresof peach orchards and pear orchards and plumorchard and raspberry blackberry andtrawberry patches that ho can or dee havethe run of In the Lake Kouka garden spt

Ae near as local statisticians havo abletaertat and their figures are accepted aaut rae growers although the lat¬

say that the figures are low If anything-theIj coons of tho Lake Keuka district get away

4 wit800 tons of grapes during a season countdays as a season This Is at to ratof are tons of grapes n nlihfor coons teeonly at night Experts coon economyold Steub hav ciphered It out that fiveJ a meal I the average quantity ofgrapes with which one coon will be satisfiedAs figures wont Ho I very simple calculation-willf show tht therefore 3000 coons are Intile habIt revelling silguuy in toe uuce-Keuka vineyards There are sixty of

f vineyards and it seems 1 pity that m-lesta

ttc exports couldnt have msdo their fig ¬u tht they could allot an evcn numberof coons t each mile but figures aI stubborn and 1we aro obliged to know thAtaccording t them there aro thlrty three coons

i and u thIr of a coon going for our grapes onI ever of vineyard sixty nights of tho

So you seo we are well to do In coonsWe dote on hunting coons in our favored

bailiwick but It Is hard work It ctuthalf 8ha though as Imust bo to mendb0fence 0 leaky for I Know lotfolks up our way who hunt coons everybut who wont risk their strength mendingfonce or fixing roots not oveii for ut dollar and

I qutl a day The reason coon hunting Iswork in the Keuka district Is thatthe hills are high and steep all around

and when n coon tinds out that some ono with-a dog is after him ho tears right up the face ofthe hills W the very top and we nave t tugt and climb and cult and bibW I tell you fol-low

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him Thou those hills are cut Inttwovery little distance clear from the top to tho

bottom by regular canons some of em moreI than IWO feet cjeep The muart coons hide inl the fastnesses of those dark ravines and thelf what are you going to do Sit down and

wear a little may be and then go home rstMM you want to rout up another coon anti

> take the chances on treeing him where you canSet at him

The night I came pretty near being scaredto death by a coon I was hunting with a friend-of mluo from the town of Wayne Wo agood dog and we werent long In haaexkm He took a bee line up the highest andsteepest hill there was within flve miles nutOUT dose wa up t tho tricks of Lako Koukacoons foUowe him so close tat the ringtailed thief vineyards tree Hnhad managed to get to the very highestI ou the hill moro than 300 Wet above the pint

I Tho night vvafl dork but when wet thetree the dog had r tlie coon in I tdis-covered

¬a him all bunch on at limb ten feet from th ground ge-e dog had showed so many

ti In overhauling the game and cpintM thought it wouldnt be more than right andu fair that ho should bo encouraged anti rewardII eti by a tusslo with the coon so I got ready toiltab the tree to kick the coon off the limb down-

to the dogThe tree was 0goodsired chestnut with

spreading limbs rahel the branch wherethe con was ho ran out towaidl the the limb and made his ttand I creptalong tholimb unt I came within kicking

j distance of the The limb was too bigfor mo to shako him oH Thero WI anotherUmb just above me 1 reached up graspedIIt with one hand and aimed a tremendous kickat the coon It hit him and knocked himthe limb The forco of the kick broke my oron tha limb above and 1 tumblul off with thecon I caught myself with one arm on tho

limb anti quickly grabbed tho limb withmy other hand anti saved myself Tho limbf was only ten feet above tlio ground and I liedI Only a cuutrin of feet to drtp ns I hung but I

nuug on aud listened to hear thu coon drop andt tho dog pitchl on him I didnt hear him btrlkrbut after about a quarter of a minute I hoarda sound as if something wero crashing througha tree a good wajs down the hil Petty toont a similar eound canto up trm stiltfurther nvvay thon Interval anotherfurther down than tho second and at last ndistantthe dul thump uof borne object striking

I felt msel turning cold I rememberworking along the limb bacb to thotrunk of tho tree nnd Hlldlng down to thoground Then I quit rcmcinburlng anythingwhen I got back to consciousness my friendhad me stretched out cm tho iround and was

I feeding nio whiskey Uyundb I leincuibcredwhat boccurred

I Sm said I light a match and see If my1 hairI turnewhite

Sam match and hold It to my headbut my hair hadnt turned 1 havu nev cr boonobi to understand why It had a right to bo

n8 white as n grave tone That chestI nut tree stood a toY feot from the edenof the deepest ruvlnca along the lake Woft knew the ravine was there al right hut Itnovel occurred to mo thnt limbs uf thatway out over It They did thoughand when I kicked that coon und myself ott

2 the limb I wubiit bunging almobt within reachof the ground as I supposed but wus suspendedtn the air wltl nothing under mo but ion feetof I If 1 hadnt cauuht mjeelf as Ifall i or If I had let myself drop us I might

J have dono without listening for the coon It I would have chased that coon t tho bottom ofthe cation and well hero are pleasanterthings to think of thal what the rest uf Itwould have been never hunted coonsmuch since that night I dont eay that thatIs tho reason why there are more coons up Inthe Lake Keuka country titan there used toUut I have my opinion about lt b

JtADOEn STATI FURS4 BOle of the Vnrltttta of Pelt Hecnred by

S Trnpptr IIn IVUcoBilnFiom lrt niut stream

American trappers saul that the gray wolvesof upper Vlecolell were the largebt In tileUnite They drove the deer a good dcnl

of seven wolves had twice crossed theirIntthat winter und they hud poison out forWolves swept aerO s a giont deal ofcountry thirty forty fifty miles or more anddid not remain local Iheljnc 1180 travelled agreet deal A lynx unsully around againIn about seven days tutU the wolves one e Intooh three weeks though not so resularly aitIthelynx The oiler also travelled a great dealI buty was Irregular U would uomotlmes Unvo thewater courses and travel inlh HTO R dry di-vides

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to entirely new country The best place totrap marten wntt along the high ridges betweenwatorwnyii and Unit was next IIH fisher

i Tn jy often caught lUhor but never awtOfurineAmerican trappers rated tho tux the hardestanimal to trap tho wolf next nnd the utterthird lo catch n fox they often made u boil ofuhaffaiul nut him to lying In Itor fooling around1C the trap being set under thuchnff Or a trapwa net nt a plice whim sevorul foxes seemedto lop for n certain purpo Or a tux couldbe cauuht sometimes by puulnl a bait a little

iS 1 out In thu water padthflllUlnl1t moss between the bait iLlttrap hid under thu moss Tho fox natllkII twet his feet would step ou thu moss

wolves the usual way wan to tint outpoison strychnine Often they would nottouch the poisoned mOlt Fur otter It wasjiecoiiary to ute not leaving anychip or litter around Our trappers usuallycaught them either on a tilde or nt a placewhere they canto out of tho water not wherethoy want lu on the otter slides with hits netdoubled under and would be apt tn thetrap With his body It was a good sprlnldropWiYnvtlekor limb on tho shin of the cuttingIt dowl nnd letting It fall naturally so that thu

uhl not escape the trnp to easily Thetrap should never beset In thu middle of theslide but at ono hlr ns th titters OPt are HOwide aPr and ho would not beaught shouldbnsprlnc the with Ills hlFor otter HAP Mer If tiny wrro trappedsteal deep water n sliding polo was usuallyused arnlel with thu smallI end stuck downInto th The animal when trappedt

plunge into the vvatrr and tlm llnlof the trapt chain slip down along the polo little Flubsj nf his trlmmedofT boughs event Ihj ringfrom Ilpplnl hick up main arcl the animalotcr rlluuld not tic hC Ui tile

F5 MiiUTivcr nlnn ilars nr the fur will A fewds h inuko iiodl7iienr it Itlllnhoulcl L-oTLlt fti MouielosU urelQn

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flnif at Bttam feat Dtttralty JE K neela dettlBK Near ThSlisThe recent heavy wind storm and cold rain

proved a blessing to the wildfowl Shoottrwhoie-buslnns will not permit him to no far fromhomo The exceedingly mild weather had theeffect of keeping the fowl very wild and verywary Except at close dusk onightfall it wasImpossible to find them near land The stormcaught the birds well fe In anything bnt goodmuscular condition scrap with the she ¬

ment and buffeted them hire and there 1for days after they wire tired stiffcramped and littlest and glnd to stay In sunnyquarter and huddle np olDIe to tho robeds forwarmth and rst Those fowlers were ableto take advantage of this fact reaped fine blpand especiallywas tblsbo oase along theFrom Throggs eastward to New Haven Ita good sevontymtte stretch of feeding groundsand those for days have beon alive with duckprincipally black cot waders anti some owbrant Old duck men say that when a stormlike title last ono strikes in from the nortbarall the birds to tho north of the ontho open ocean strike In for the sheltering northshore of the Sauna and that many of thembattling np pat Orient Point see land andslightly relaxing their shone aro whirled rightacross the water Into the south shore of theHoundnnd then fndlntbomlulves still exposedrest a whllo btor across to tho nurthshore for One old man said that theday following tlio storm fowl wore passing over

lkflocks of SWAmp blackbirds dropping heread hero alt no the coast as far as bo could BOO

Close to Hhtppan Point at Stamford there Isa quiet pool of water ringed In with trees anticovered breast high with reeds and rushes andhero last Saturday a local shot lay In tho reedsfor three hours with 0call anti never n decoybut his own dead ducks and from 7 to 10 A Mhe bagged tvvcntythreo birds This pool Is onthe old Lester Wallack estate now known aGrey Cliff Right along the shore from heronorth there Is good ground and all that Iswanted Is patlenra and practical knowlcdc-An tn how llttlo thlnir will secure the intentionof tho birds IIs cited the trick of an old coloredman who went out banksglvlnl morning withn turkey wired It floated It Inthe rees and called down eight ducks ovent-uaty iii riirtr for tllntAt nnil ihn think

r At Pelnam fiayanhit1oj nt Indian Har ¬

her Greenwich both within an hour of NewYork aro good spots A flat bottomed bateauwell masked with a few dozen stales or evenwith only n good caller cal work havoc withthe ducks after a blow at spots At IndianHarbr especially the bluff runs up qui high

affords full shelter for the tlr hungryfowl Sneak boxes are plenty at theseplaces and they are nil very well as

as they go hut unless one Is ac-customed

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to them they are liable tn tiltover nod a wot skin Is this result The best maskwhen all tIs said and done IH made with 1 fewboughs wattled In and out with mlt grassSculling the boat along by means of a singleoar projecting frum a wellitrcused rowlock atthe stern tho creeks cnn be silentlynnd when tired of thnt the stales canexploreand the boat anchored In the open Tho greattrounlo with those nearby places Isi that so manygreen hands go down anti they vl persist IntIring twelvoboro with n range fifty yardsat a duck or brant which IIs at least one hundredyards away and so stirring thu fowl up furnothing and to t great extent spoiling the funfor older and more experienced hands

Many gunners are making th mtitako of nottaking heavy guns with them Guns which willbo nil very well alter two or three weeks of frostIn the Sound water are no earthly use just nowthey do not kill far enough 1Ilkhllnlnernle-of S00 shots made this year oplnlolufthe writer that the range average was very nearseventy ardl anti this meson a heavy gunwell tshout a good pattern The writerprefers No 4 shot although suuiu usoNo 0 and drive with a heavy chargeAlthough the decoys attract attentionas usual up to date In these watersthe fowl havo been very shy and oven whenslanting In and alighting they have not urnSright In among tho deoTs1 they will laterbut have nit tied away preened them-selves

¬und fooled around often rising nt a long

range and olnl away again without nnpronch-neany Then nothing nut a cartrldco

with lIttle beef fat and nil rll In nmoni thnshot Is any Uso and oven then fellow behindthe stock must know how tochoot with

For heavy shoulder ignite Lucre Un H Irecoilpad The old one wax simply a thick trip ofvery fine rubber und jt die savu thu shoulderconsiderably It held clo The iw Idea Is ameumatlo pail which breaks the force of thuoncusulon wonderfully anti has only tine draw-back

¬that It IIs rather baggy When tho 01 Is

pulled up quickly It tho gunner slides upalong his cost as he Is very liable to do It willflattennnd bellable tospolihlsjim Avery littlepractice with Ithoeyel will give the motionor throwing gun from the chest whenraising it anti so bringing U Just us ciuleklybore In a horizontal direction t tbe shoulder

from lie south shore the Sound un-to date are not encouraging slid tburo must lie-n change of the wind or Some leo lu the waterfor a few days before them IIH likely t be anyradical chance In this direction

TnB r 7RI1 nvaarAicA Hlacnlar and Uont Itarartannte Mlihap

with an Unexpected EndingIn a hcuse that I was loolnl over In I town

up the State one night tho retired burtIlr I canto acroui something that I leverstuck but that once In nil my experiencestrange aIt may seem and that was 1 lot ofwedding presents all Just as tie were ar-

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for display When I turned my lamp

Int the room I wished I hind brought a horseand wagon there was 1 good deal of It thatwouldnt have been of any earthly use to mojut It scorned a pity to leave any of it behind

Hit It I couldnt carry It all off I could havo thofun of picking and I started to look the thingsover They were arranged on tuhlou and chnlisand on the floor around on three sides of Uteroom on the side opposite to tho side that Imd come in at and on this sides to the rightand left running around thoso three sides In asort of Irregular order On the fide where Iwas hero were a few chairs I thought Idstart In on the left ont work around to theright anti I start from the door and halgone about step Then I wontthrough tho Moot as IVeeemod to me but whatIi hud really done was to step down through nnopen register I suppose homebody must havedropped something down through It and havetakon It out to get It and forgot to put it bark

Thoro wns Iwire Bijrcen under the resistorover the pipe opening to keep things fromIropplng down the plno lint It wns very floelight wire anti It didnt stop mo at all I just

Mid down Int the pipe pushing bat along un ¬

der my When I dropped Into tho ibad ben facing to tho left In sumo pipIwont I gut skewed around wi that whenI got dowl as fur as I did go I n as facing totho that is toward the cciitro of therom Tlio pipe didnt un straight down hut

I curve I had thrown up myhandiiaslwent down and 1 nuppcse I mloht havu goneplumb to tho furnace If I tndnt clutched utthe edge uf the register opening anti hung onA minuto hnforo 1 wits going to tako my pickant roomful now where was 11

I hud Htarted across tho room carrlnimy tol bag In ono hand and myo DI shuck when i went down hudshaken bau out uf mi hand but I hadhold on tmy lamp though It vvim lying on ItsMdo with my tinhorn clutchlne throughthe handle Tho falling of thu tool hag andthe striking of the lamp on the floor and thesCIJplnl of the wlrn gauze down tlinmuh the

must havu made all together n gooddeal of noise anti I expected ovtuy minute tohear somebody moving about Btulrs andcoming down to haul mo tout UI didonto tUtU I set my lamp up strnUht and afterId waited n minute or two inure I tailed toBCO If I could haul myself out

A a I lay in ttiu plpo my head was belowthe level of thu hoar byu great vifort I couldralto myself 8that tho upper half of ny headwits above upuntng hut nn higher therowits no room for plan when I gut that highI found myself with LHJ ellmtm lose to myindy and fairly uecltftd Into to pipe I couldnt

wit any higherI lot myself down again anti after a whllo

I pulled myself up again and hold on by onohand arid held up the letup unit IIunllt rounduu Uio things then I let againund wondered whnt I was going to duOWIwnsnonly uncomfortable then In the position I wasin It WUSllKLty hot sail uUp103nt every wayIf I go uldlt kno hit Id suitedown against the furnace uf course Icouldnt bliind It for un Indefinite length cftlnui und won Id beon In the pipe I KhouldImagine about two hours I mad un my mindthat I wouldnt try t lllllt tiny longer Idgut to Connie out Iinklit Just nsveIl cono out them In fiut hotter fur whllo-tho chain en of my getting nwuy n1 wnr-ouighty email they would lo better tllt nightthan itch would bu In this duytlme-

di linndo up my mind to klok 01 the pipsand wale up thu hnuso and Invo the thing tintlIeu Su I kioked once tvlce anti then Ikicked again and by imattes I kicltul tinpIpe boil at my tent thorn Wli u joint Itivio1111111 kicked It anat and sections I was

duwn with my weight nnd 1 blldnuton thu cellar hour Ithe nuffcilnu down of thatpart nf the plodetached It frui thn tart nhuvaand It fell cellar Hour ulraildo of meThat made noise enough to woks evcryliudy upthero couldnt i ny duubtabuiit that

I went out tho bauio collar winnow that Icnmo In by bf t was lie llm and only suchlut of Cuf that I11er tnol In1llneler1 ruta uf U

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NIGGER BENS GOLD MINE

AFADrr BONANZA iOVOtlT IFORA DESERT JV ARIXOXA-

Trttdltlnn Mays II of Oria V la nedthat It ztstaeS Se K owa to the TamlBdti> DiIlTc Lost In the Bnrh n It

A new try of a lost gold mine Is told btheArttorui ltpllMn of Phwnlx with asnranco true anti that It haneverbefore appeared In print Lost mind arc nu-

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oven plentiful In th SouthwesternStatesat least In the belief of Very manyminers Every once In a while aexpedition-Is formed to search for seine alleged mine offabulous wealth tho 6ltno of which hasben a cherished 1 period datingbak anywhere tram twentyDvo years to thotimes of tho cliff dwellers It Is not recordedthat any such expedition was over succcsfulalthough the record of failures 1long

Several of the mines of tho greatest allegedrichness are located somewhere In tho greatdesert region of Arizona and southern Cali-fornia

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and not a tow minors have lost theirIho In that waterless waste In a vain searchfor wlllothcwlspi Ono of the most famousof these mythical mines Is the Lost Dutchmansupposed to exist somewhere In tho Supersti-tion

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Mountains of Arizona anti mAny old

miner have set out again and again to find Itbut always to return unsuccessful Some oftho most pitiful storlft of failure and death Inthe annuls of prospecting In the Southwest re-

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to searches for lost minesThese lout mines are sometimes the tablesource of tho wealth nf the Indians and

Mexicans but generally are sAid to b thechance discovery of some prospector who hasreturned t the border towns with 1 store ofbig nuggets Lat no curtain knowledgs tlielocality where ho found them Perhaps mostof them happen tblocated In tho terribledesert region for reason that tho dhcuvercr of tho alleged mine H often n prosjiectorpicked up on the desert when almost at his lastgasp by n chance pack train lie may haveLeon prospecting In the ilcseit have foundsonic gold lost Ills way and become half in ¬

sane from heat thirst antI dread and hit storice have naturally been tinged with deliriumHut they have turmoil the basis rf many tra-dItions

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of lost mines of fabulous wealth andthese trodltons today are luring miners todisaster anti often to death

Tho last story Is of a mine called the NiggerDon The story Is well known to oldtimeArlzonlaus but efforts to find tho inlnn In yearspast havo always proved to disastrous that Ithas bent little talkeTl of lately The secret ofthe tomb IH paid to be known onlybv n fewhead men of tho Yuma Infinite and the tribeguards every approach to thu mine and In somo-wnv or other diverts prospectors from It

Twentytwo years ngo the star runs HenryE Peoples and a party of four men were ulacermining on Itlch Mil In tho Krndriliiw Moun-tains

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In Arlorn One of tho party was a negronamed lIen brought from Alabama by PeeplesOno lay a Yuma Indian appeared nt the campanti remained In Its lcinlty for a month ormore A friendship sprung up between lienanti the Indian antI lor stile favor or otherthe Indian otto buy told Ben ho nould give hima bit reward and utfetcd to chow him wherethero was plenty of gold Die whole partywanted to co but thu Indian refused tn takeany one except the negro lieu and ono day thepair etartoj away

Day after dnvpnsfcd and Ben did not returnMid after three weeks of waiting tho unrtybroke camp and started on his trail Theytracked the Indlnn nnd negro up the Arroyode let AlnmoB to liii Junction with the HIo SantaMaria At this point the party saw Btralsht-abend anti seemingly hut two or three milesdistant n coneshaped irountiln surmountedlliy a sharp peak The party jtartftl towardtho mount iln and whlli making their way upMi arrnjo tron with tin boulders they cameupon thu skeleton of n man A slight examination Mioncd thAt it was liens Coyotes antiother animals hod cleaned the skeleton andtho clothing was scattered over thu Iwulilers

One of the party picked up tlt coat nndfound the pockets bulging with somo very heavyHUbstAnce It j rn > cfltn hi gold Tie otherunrnientn were honrc hedI anti nugget of goldrniiKlnc In flro from a pete to a pigeons eggand amounting In viluo to nLmil SflOOOwcreround The party conjectured that tho Indianhad conducted Bin to tho mine and then haulr trrette< l doing so anti through fear that histribe would learn of his trencher in divulgingthe location nf the gold Imil accompanied thonegro part cf the wuv back antI then killed him

Tho early remained In tin vicinity for oev-rral week searching for tho mine from whIchthe gold found nn lion hut teen taken Buttheir search waa trill Ill Iecnlcs built ahut on tho Big tandy near Signal Ariz Inorder to Ixi ncwr tho supposed mine and hespent the remainder of Ills life more than adozen yearshnntlnff for It but In aln

A few years after Nlggor lIen was killed aMexican who WIIR prospecting III the supposedlocality of the mine met an Indian uf thin Yumatribe 1Ihto Indian took a grout fancy to theMexicans saddle The Mexican lId not wantto Part with it and finally to get rid nf theIndian said Ito would sell It tar a douliln hand ¬

rill of gold Tbo Indian grunted ast cnt andasked this Mexican to remain whom lift wasuntil next day IJun next afternoon this Indianreappeared antI handed to till Mexican anugget of gold iii large as a hens egg Thetrade for thin tmdlo was of cours made atonce and the Mexican tried lined to learnFrom the Indian where tho gold came fromBut the Indian shook his head anti rode away

Since then the search for Nigger Bens minehas boon taken up hv mnny little prospectorantI by a number of welltTiulpwd pirtlea hutunmicccsfull Sum of thin miners who havestarted to seek It have never leturiied andtheir skeletons have been found iv later treas-ure hunters with Indications that they hadbeen murderedl supiiosedly by the Indianswho feared they wero getting on the trackor the lost mine hut the tradition of Nlscerliens mine IIs till cherished among mlneiH Inthe botithweKt and the hope In still tttrong thatwill yet be found

PASfOlt HCllKKIDKltS UAJtKIAGKS

lie IVrfnrmril tlio Ceremonies In IdOtt tendProtmbty Itrnke its IVorlrta necord

Pastor Schneider who marries nil the eastsIde girls anti their young men has just flunhecl figuring up the number of ceremonies heperformed in 1R05 and lute found tho total to-

M 710 This Iis a record or records for Itbents anything that Pastor Schneider ever didbefore In the marrying line anti yet for thehauL five years ho hits held tutu marrying recordlu thii city and It is doubtful If any other min-ster

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has lIpsed him during that periodPastor Schneider Is n short stout good

natured German with a Khlny mId head anti agonlnl sinilo that his rent coitrngu Into thehearts of many n fultnrliig couple whoso nervefailed them 011 this err edge of matrimonylie lives III tho blx fourKtory brick house ation Second avenue right In tho heart of thoOcrniun colony and In one winslow thorn If abig glass sign which reads Pastor Schnei-der At tilt hours nf the day anti night thogenial acriran U ready to tie loving hearts to-

gether Ho will tumble out of cllln responseto a ring at the bell at 9 oclock In the morningns wllllugly ns he ould walk Into his frontroom and confront a blushing couple at thevauie hour III the afternoon He never hits aworth of reproach for anylxidy who tonics tohim and IU nx full of advice ns a 1nndon police-man and un careful of whum ho marries os aQuaker Fur If Pastor Sohneldor married allwho clime to him lie would Indeed have hishands full Durlnic the past year he hadto turn away nearly sou coupled whom hUconscience would nut allow him to unite Inmnrrluge anti thoro was excellent reason tor hisaction In each case Ixator Schneider sInainot mean to havu a hand In any fatal murlaces When two youngsters come to him amost Infrequent occurience ho sizes them upanti dnniaiKls to know what they want Whanthey till him ho put on lila most fatherlynuillii imikus them sit down nn n lounge sideby Hide nnd then clrnwu n chair up In Iront ifthem and sOls himself III It Ho lisa a stocklecture fur uuch occasions which run some-what as follow

Chlldruii you are both too young to knowwhat you one dciliK arid I cannot uarry you-o back homo and walt a few years and then

If > uu aru uf the name mind cams back herougnln and Pastor bchnalder will he only tooglad to make one of two such faithful heartsIt would be a great mistake for you to marrynow and you must not think of doing It ThislIs good advice my young friends and showjour appreciation by herding it

Olive In a while tile youngsters grow defiantnnd toll the pastor that It ho wont marry thetatheyll no ID tomolxidy vise who will butnine tines out uf ten thing look very muchashamed nf themselves when the pastor finishestalking and meekly withdraw after promtsliii to think tim mutter over

1nbtor MhnelclerH Income from Ills mnrrlauo-ctriuitinles Is it very considerable one Thefees aver Hu nbout Si aud during 18US henocumulcted a tidy sum In tills way A Bunleiortcr called on tho heCtor tim other dayanti tried to got him to lalK about himselfand about some of the marriages he had per¬

formed but Mr Schneider declined to do soI du Riot want any publicity he said I

am proud of my record tend do not object toulvlng jou the total number of I1Mr lUlu 1have utrformod during the yvr but furtherUlan that 1 will not Ilk

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JltANrlrAUrNO itoaiR-

fsmltsi or Vslng Btnn bonnd to CatchCrlmtnaU la the fur WestlYtm lli Son >Vonc co Kramlnrr

The Die of btoodhonnds at an adjunct thePollee Department Is becoming more nnd morecommon In various sections of tho Union ThisIs particularly the case In the fcC West

During tho days of slavery dogs were usedthroughout this oath to run down fugitiveslaves but for runny years alter Itho war manhunting with bounds was almost unheard ofNow and ngaln It tens ttltil but lack of training-In thedogsand perhaps want of patience In theirowners brought about su many failures that thepractIce was almost forgotten Ten years egowhen two desperate men held up a train on theAtlantic and Pacific In the Southwest and fecured many thousands of dollars In booty aranchman In Arizona offered to trace the highwax men If n BUfflct nt force for their capture-was furnished him and a reward for his troublooffered These preliminaries bclug settled hoappeared on the scene twentylour hours afterthe crime had been committed with n cou-ple

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of not ery dntiitnrouslonklnjt dogs and arifle lie was ragged costume and apparent ¬

ly infged mentally hut as tile result innveilknew That he wins about Keep your eju onthom dogs amid your bunds on > nur weeponhates going In bu more or less tun wss mull hehad to say to hN associates tu starting Ihnudays later After a weary cha e of many ml leaover ouu of titus roughest trulls In the win Id thodogs came up with Rim cornered thu hluhwnyrnen The latter killed both of tho dPRis but be ¬

tore they could tfs rnpo the Pursuing puise wasupon them nnd they curreldered they aftervfttdconfesntd tin Ir guilt and told where thebooty wits hidden Nearly 501101 tries re-

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Thu nrnoint uf money InvolvedI antithesnllsfnctor work of the bloodhounds revivedthe old practice of tiallintc men with dogs antithere are nutty hundreds of the iiefiil anlmnls IntIm possession of tilt pence officers of tin WestThey are carefully bred and trained for thepolice duties

In California the Sheriffs ot a dorrn countieshave these fuurleiored deputies and nut mireaucntly they prove inure faithful and successfulthan tholr twoleirneJ asuclates Tho besthounds In California hare hrei taken therefrom other Stntift where their breeding U mudii-n buslnexs isuuie uf the anlmalit have longprdlurx8 TheJ rmnliitr told lectnlly of uttituthbu addItion ho tllU Shtrltts force at Ne-vada

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Ult 1It IIs a llvemonthsold pup chris-tened Jim lludd after Ithe Uovernnr uf Callfornifv You tot Jimi ItnilH iS ns linrti uinlil Itogreen mull ill alit B of old Vermont nt the ken-nels

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uf J IIt Wiuchell ut Fair Haven Illssires oOlclal nniuu un the iccoid book of thisKnullsh lilciHllictliiil Club of America Iis

Chnmplon Vletctr IDntlS ami hM maternalnnresiurV lelnllolIl on the saittu archive IS

Clumplon Judith lIblO T lit reit u Due hensIn his loudly tied a Iremlni and n Netorshowing a union of nobility unit brains not tarback on the corniest in tulor llm Iis black tonitan anti he bus a inojth that alone IIx worth an-nrfenal or rltlesnt nnyjall A nutnralboinman titiller Is thu ineeing citarat tar givendull by thoSherlir

lresno hits six bloodhounds tho genialburglar who hni been liming n good tints formonths pust IIs ifilniibly Ootiitiei lug n changeOne of i his Fresno dnjs IIs lhtj thb famous 1Lend-er

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who hiac itittu roil aunt ii tt alt i iiihtiurs thanany dog llvlnc III one Instance Lender took I Itstrail uf a robber four days after hu had left tinhuuite in whichi hestajelI nllh the dUI fol ¬

lowed tlie trait eliduiand trieU tile ininSheriff Jack Inn of Stockton isis the rpn

till Ion of being one of the greatest criminalcatchers this iest He uses sIx duct anti Inon thu tilt withI IHum allI till timeI 1 lcrlltOpet U by Old llntnulu owned by this State uf-ArKnnnns anti Impurted from Unhn All tImedugs united liy Mr Jones ira either ImportedCi bans or froui Imported ituck

Monterey county IIs tune of Bitch vast shimonslons and at tho tttou time > spnitely lathittted that since the dnyst Vnsquez the tIsderndn Its rolling hills densely tnvered withclmpirnil nnd IItt tlllo lietitta ittiti al ways pint 011-

1a refuge lur cilcnlnnln Owing to tile almostInaccessible dltrlctsI t IIn tthe cininty Mierllfli 1 ILMatthews tate tin necessity of secuimg blothnundf tn help him In trailing refugm In INIIIIheient tn Kitnchtlelil the overseer of the conI let tArm at CuriollV PrairiK Icx for samebloodhound lie oon hart cattle to put themIn mini tervlce fur shortly utter Iheir arrivalthe ilopredaticitte tonk IIMH at Seaside ulid 1n-clllc Gnn for which Amos Virgin Is rutty sectInit a life sememe In fan Ouintln A fewmunths msgii the hounds cjtd tile county n valu-able

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set vice In trullnu the murderer uf Culitiittr IIlalnenI I vho ii its shut and tiled belowSolednd Tlui follnnedl the trail fur twentyfixmiles II lit II they IOU nil tho iilminnl Fur thomoat part Ithese count and othcis Hi d thisclogs so useful that the animals bring verylarge prices mm-

II here Is considerable literature m bloodhounds One of tIe Lot Minn treatIses Is byEthit itt Broimh of ScnrhorotiKh England Hutells how pups nhould fed on ontmenl porrhlue stout ed sheeps besot nnd ships biscuitsanti gives minuto directIons to training thuyoungster to Hunt the clesn Iont lieu tbsrourugos lie lpractice of rnlilnng blond un thehoot of tin man who IIs lbeing experimentallychased fur trnlninK purposed and favoi3 the

clean boot every timeMr Brouch Is quite an enthusiast In the

bloodhound mnnclmsliig biiblness nnd to himIt his AH much fascination as tennis or football-to thou sporting talon ol quieter taste He sassamong otherthlnlls

Any i nn who Is fond of teeing hounds workbnt who huh only n limited amount of countryto hunt over vrIII Und nn Immense amount ofpleasure III hunting n oman with onO or tuTucOUDleR of bloodhounds In such cireuriihtain es-t is a great convenience to be able In peieel the

exact course which could not ha untie If limitInt stints anlmnl nnd n variety of dllTerent-toiites can be tontrltml civur limited uruuiidI know nothlni more delightful than to seeblooclhonnds working out a scent carefully nu-ttier

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viuryimig alrcuinitnneei nnd to hear theirFonnrnuf deep belllike note there Is tint ofcourse tIlt slightest danger to the t miner ovmIIf tint founds hvd never seem him before Whenthey have coma up andI MillTed him over theymanifest no further interest III him

7 ji no van SIHKHIA ox A nzcrciER L Jefferson t> r Ioniton Plnnntne Q 31Oo

fillS ICIdvt In time HprlnaMr R L JcfTerton now rfsldlng In London

Is arranging for a iiSOOnille tour on a bleyplolit hs nlrcIIII made a trip to ConHnittlnnnluanti Moscow on wlrcis The feat he now con-templates

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will completely overshadow nil pre-vious

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expeditions The Siberian wilds liarsbeen crossed by horsemen anti travellers whohave been content to stow themselves aWRYbeneath the furs of a slnlgc lint no man lintjct attempted to picrcu the solitudes of Siberiaalone antI mounted upon the Iron steed uftuinal Invention

Ho Intends to start early In May as time Sibe-rian summer extends from Mny to July Howill take a steamer to St Petersburg and pro-ceed tu Moscow hy train ns no iioful pnrpoewould be served by lila riding on a bicycle fromLondon for he hoes already c ov ered the groundAVhon bo wax Inst III Moscow he discussed thedifficulties of the Journey with several of hisIttuslin friends The first difficulty willho thequestion of the machine HulaI lowing tlucobicycles specially built for him Inch will boof the pneumatic thud pnttcin They will tintbi Inn light for n puncture ur a breakdownwould lit most undesirable Should et t bier nccuet hu will be nblu to repair lieu iii met lit ito him-self

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Tn provide ilgalnt the event of n hashbinnshupI lit will Mndtwn uf hilts machines to-tliu InvMi of Tom ILII thii inpltul uf the proximoof that name tutU nitimted un the trIal tradinghighway nf Sllierln from whence they can bebent by train or Icdsc

When ha starts from Moscow he will try tofollow the great Siberian highway and theroute mapped out by Jules Verne nnd followedby his hurt Mlchncl Strogolr Follov Ing thisroute he will pass through the following townsKazan Perm Tinmen Onikk Kolivnn ToniskKnn > k and Irkutsk The lust Is time rtIslenceuft-hus Unvernortinneral of canter Siberia IIs atown about twelve hundred feet above tIme levelof Hid sea anti tnjois n very henlthy Illnmtethough In winter this coldlls st severs ns tofreeze tile mercury Here Mr JeffersonsbIcycle rOle will end The greatest ilunusi ufthe journey will bnthu wolves hut Mr In lie rson think that a good loud lunchl lien willfrighten thorn away even its the sleIght bells duThere IIn uf elOiSe boini feat uf thu variouspredatory band whom lie mime meet upon tholMeppes Of theta the Kurds mil tlieCnssuok will liu tho worst nnd it < hugets as tar north as thin province ufToin > k hu Will meet with tho Tiirlnrson the opo of till Ural MountainsJut ho hiss been told tint If he rube un quietlyansi takes no mitlci of any tan these prcdniutyJiord3 will not Interfere with him Hut nfthou h he has selected thin great Siberian hlulitoad h will If ilecunary leave time beatertract and make a beo llnu for iris demluathiii bythe compasK When asked nitwit the river litsaid tlmt he nntlclpaled no tronblo In this re-spect

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as they are all bridged Nor will hu haveany difficulty regarding food for as In BritishIndia thero lure In Huxiun SiberiaI Governmentposts where a trnvuller can obtain both foodand protection for tire night

This distance from Moscow to Irfuitik Isroughly oticaklnjr HOOO miles And hu will nllowhimself three months for the journey Uponarrival nt Irkutsk he will be on tho borders nfChina where lie ItaliCS tn join n caravan toolproceed to Pekln From Pekln he wilt travel Inhrumghal where hu wilt embark In a utentuerfor home In the event of being unable to travelthrough Chirm he will return on tile bicycle toTomsk or If ho can obtain n vehicle a sleigh 10

fur example he will Journey by this mean andthen take the train bt Tomsk for Moscow Heduel not expect to be troubled by Hunlun om-ulnls In Blfwrla to the cams extent AS be wesduring his blcrcle ride from omtnntlnuple toMoscow Ills jounirV willI be purely onto nfpleasure hut at the same time he hopes to oddcouMtUrnbla lu the geographical kauwlbOge oftill country through which lit Will pass

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FOR UNGJE SAM

THE rnsnatt IKOvtc irttiz vs

The Nurrpnr > r Tlmt Fairer Enajmid DoMo Rcprornt Public Opinion FrnoerS-

Vom In rattleM Henry VIgnaud first Secretary of the

Legation of the United Slates In Paris ques-

tloned by one of our coiifrtres of tho HI Matmade tIn following declaration I

Wo0 Americans who love Frisbee sire painedto tee the error Into which the Frond press tintfnllon A great mnny orgat1 go ot halt cockedand draw from the message of President Cleve-

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the most fantastic conclusionsWe see astonished to nnd that this French

pros Is no favorable to EnglUh InlerojUFrance nevertheless has never found tile UnitedStates against her We Americans liava prvodsufficiently that we cherish the rrcollfctloll811rtho war of Independence But one wouldImilglne that there won a determination to de-

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publlo opinion In l nnco In regard toAmerican policy Otherwise wiry do they seekto compare the conflict w hleh France has withBrAzil with tliflt which luteS brought out theEnglish ultimatum-

We hasten to reassure the dlltlnBulihed Seorotary of this United States antI nil his compntrlots trIo are astonished nltheextraordlnnryarticles of certain organs of the Frsni pressLot our American friend guard against errone-ous notions In regard to Feint c lAtthentsrcknot lIrl the lines which Imveexcllcilthem thoexpression of Trench feeling And If they wishexactly to know vlmt our nation wishes whatsits feels aunt what she hopes In regard to thinAngloAmerican Olincully hit turin hd goodenough to wnlt tot n few dm after winch theytslii ho astonished nt time vxplolon of eympnthywhich will burst forth In their favor

For this journalist who IIAVO dipped theirpens In the Ink bottle presented to them byLord DtifTcrln contempt Is sufficient France antiAmerica cun ni ply to thim tnu words uf iJnnto-

Aon intflotilnm sit ltttti ra ytiaiiJn pawMLet us iOt stop torpvakbf them lociK nnd ueson They represent neither the tiUhllo otilnlonnut tho ptcss they nmruly speak tom tlitmsolves and that Is less than nothlnu llttt let ussueftk for France The proud IniiKuliae of Pr oildufmt Cleveland lies created n profound Imnrtsstunt hiuro If Freneh patriots toe a little timeremain silent it Is because they wish tn bo ctrthIn hint this nustBge UH betnrtnlned by coveCCtlc acts and by virile rrsolullolis All thinmensurcs that tliv Inlled States may take tonuxtHlii VeiiezitvlH which niirmcnts right sOilenknrss nualnst itiululnl which roiiretiviib-ihrutullty and usurpation will reivlvu tin vn-tliusantic npproUJtlii nt tire French pvopi-

Thoitnalugy thatI Is cnucht to tiu KlnblWifilbetween bitt Chums that we have on acecimmnt orthe nets if LrlnnluliiRo which nIle Ctmiitryiiienlimits been this victims of on the lirarllluii fron-tier

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and thn Intlnililatliii which England islixlnj toss runi Venezuela lculc pull her and tsppies lnr IH bruihtnl aside by till solislblu menWit call fur thu Jnit punishment uf Infuinoua-biiinlits beyond the pale of civilization KlinUnit on tlu toiUrury attempts to npprnprmiounjustly a iwrtlon uf the a merit atm let liter Ifthis sluitiise cioctrugie Id uppllcublu tu her It tannot be lutukccl iiKiitnst Fruiter Tin UnitedHtftles huvc imuHfuMeil uji to the prociu llinulit theatre to throw niDthliiK In tire way of ourIrclllniHtH ehiinu-

Thu Mnnrou doctrine which England holdsup ns a caret ruw bulore tlie once or Kuiopv Inreality thruitens only tier tsivti ovcrtrinvlnpartiFice lire mitragtiHH noibliin anti lieiIn-tultriLla manhi fur mcilillliii i In I tv nlliilrs ofalt nutloTii At the present time tKnt duelrlne-In only tint Just and rcusunalilu nnirmntlnn ufthis American law against that iUluu litw ofthu moat urrozunt tahiti the most loof-nntlono It iiruhfiit a tulutury lum tu the repe-tition

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of avis uf HrltUh tyranuySons uf this French revolution wr lire obliged

to admit that America holds traditions anil prin-ciples

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by virtue of which we ourele Umnuvdthu fuuu ttt tho world > hu roerit wilts nornnicld tire liberties that me threntcncd untl shetu > 4 to Great llrllitln aLciiBlound to frlKlitunlullenlnteH liy her iltlinatums 1 tithe underlmi > urutettlon those whuui you wuuhl upprefs-

oui must nut utteniutto touch his indepcu-tUiiio sstt hint nntiun-

u oniihr unit this attitude N worthytho unuioust recullecllonsitnd of the mut HtIen-illd vxnniiilen In unr on n hiMur

If thlf boll nttltUiK In Ununii to result as MOthink it will IIn the backdown of KtiElnnd nndtan humiliation of tier undo we wilt nnlut ItIn nclmlriitluii If It IK tu be conseuralid byanile 1 ranee will be thrilled from this tthorus oftho hirulln In those uf the MediterraneanEvery tulinnn eliot which will be nreii from tieAuiirlcun lde will Unit echoes almost Irnternftlin tie hi nits uf our iiuntrimen AntI Frnnre-rejmcniited liy century nmy bo able to dofcouieihlnu mom titan utter good wishes to tiecause of iiulepundeticu

IIIT 41L5 TUB 1IJIIPIndlcutlanN of nn Obscure flames thnt Is-

Kllllnz Them In rake ErieFrom Iht Iluflato Courier

There are two Important dangers that wouldbu likely tt ensue If thu ilenth rule In Itch contlnuen us It limes been doing fur Kinio time pint1 lij Ihstof these dniiiiers although the Hoardof Hialth dtuws lust consider It great Is tie effectthat thin ilead Hah would he on tlin cityswater bupply Tlio other and Important ques-tion

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of ilunger that nnsus Is tInt depouulitllngthe lakes of fish Ever since a week beforeTlankbKlUiig Day dwellers along tno lakerhnre have niitlied numcrnus fish being washedup on time hhore Little Httentiun was paid totho mailer at iirt but iliirlni this past week thenumber uf halt wuthed Ui hu boon eogreit listtha attention of lie HeHllh DonarLinunf wrtacalled tn lie matter

Dr Thonms II Carpenter of tie departmentwas orsiertd to it tltfatD the matter by DrVendc hast Tueday Dr Carpenter went up

this treks shore ns far UN bton Iulnt until nilalong tho bench lie fuund dead Unit utnountlntfto tlinnxttmlA In tIre ncgiecate Vesteiclny DrCniuenter tomb nnother allday trip up tilelake shore On tho beach abuts Mithlunr xtreethe found ynune I ibt lint had evidently linenthrown up tomo dajA aso At preccnt UH far uscould be teen noun were being asked on HhoruFurther up this laku Inrne yellow pike wtrofound but this nmjuilty of lieu were younic Pikewhoie age seers probably one or Iwo yearOwing in the furl that so few itch lira now belnu-wiuhcd up Dr Ouprnter inndo arrangementsto hitvo apeclmvni stint to loin that were re-cently

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thrnnn up br this navtiYestenliiy a banket uf Huh which containedsuch n clmens wise received nt the Health De-imrtiueit Otis tiC the lIeu was it mngiilllceatblock bum that must hnvo welched ut leastthree pounds Near the lull of tins helm u roilepot wits clUcernllilo which tire Doc tor did notconsider Impurthtit bciansu he felt certainthat It was it brutes Ansther of tIre Itch wits alarge rrllow pike thnt must weighed In OtisiielKhborhood uf three pound The reinuindrrof ithe contents of tire liskct went pike prubiiolvof last eaMins production All of thelUhhsdMtniulent stnd In their gills to caue their deathllijond thlu puKKlhhi atio of the dentil of tintHi no other vvMeneu ninlil he lutind In theMiperjlclul sX nuts iisutlssn uhlih tests rundr Fewblack listsui ale cnmlliK iluwn nt pienrnt A fortof KlfniyI aesret Is set nr lun ouKKruwth was foundIn konie or the tint sit Icr pike Ileililei thh thopillI I of K no iii the llnh iippenrcl to ho Inflamedline probuhly to tthu mind Ithey ciMitnltivil-

bcunu people saul Dr carpentei accepttho trust lint the llsh hate lain Mind ullleilThe bill rliiK unuf hiss water which us oil hul hi jigthupand up from thiliottum ansi uiue tints hnilueli ijulte general durlnt the Mat few wvelcsunit ihpeuhtlly she rilig tthe pat few days

liegiunshlng tIre qhiestitiim its tn lieiheror nottho llhh weru destrojtd Ihy the dredging takenfrom this IlnUaloOreel near the chiSmitttuil wurki-aiil tl multi id olf litany Iolnt the Doctor thoughtthere was little frill nsiuut lint fnrn rentnn In thislilac place themi dumplnicK have born dleuiiltin litsi fur eomn time ansi In the second placenut Ing to tin tact quantity uf tustor the pollu ¬

thin nuld tint bi grout eiiuiigh tiuUstroy thenumber uf fIsh found thun Car nnnyIt usas thniiKht by fruit > that dynnmlters-

mliTht have caused thus wholc > ftlode trnciionWhile the Health Department hn vlil iio hutd > nainltlnit hues been dnnn by iirlalo parties Itiloen not liclUuo trOt thIs iuur be Illm niiniH forthu reason Hint idtnnmlte chugs wiinld trulykill thu lush Irolillily u llhln n raillnn of llfiienflitt Irom the jlncu while the exi lo > lon oc-curred

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Olltldoit lists olrclo thrift would UaIrju w 1th ainut a UUUfoot radius In which itohim nonld bostunnrd but not 1klllrdTho fri iituhik i nrisuu tIn I sill nfl nn tome of this

their may l aa oluilon hut I iiis aim In not runSldeiidI ns htho sni u t lisa by ir CnrpenierI whostIrs tlmt such A crowtli In unite common cm InaeilMiI Itch eneehill I i Ithovo winch fieqnont tinclean wuters Fishermen cull the plko a lazyllli Such a fish touring through unclean waterwould naturally tall a victim to a funcimsgrcstu tin which In liiHtnticru might fventurllfcuiio death 1litre nru filthilY conlllctlna imlntuabout thin entlrnmatter theunly tiinuihleresultnthus fur ached tielnirthal the young blug pikeand large jellow plku that must tome fromdeep water ino this principal victims IJieru Is0 d unites timnumg milmon which msnlfiisiu it selfby a grate Itli sI iii lIar tu the funuoiu necretlonfound un > stit errlmuyi tPfdmcnH in the oasoofthu million tho growth cant its way under thisskin nnd necrosla IH tho renit A fueL that Isnot gunvrally knnnn h bust thesedvndllsli havohaiti found us time up tire lake ax Angola

Whnt makes title matter BO dllllcult to handleIs the act that there IK no lIttle literature antiKII few authorities nn llsh sltsuoitaes The statemonte made by old fishermen donor tIme laKo-fhuro arc therefore valuable Amnng otherthlnBH tlmt theiu men say Is that large numbersof these 11dm truce been old In the city WhereHuh Itch hiiiuo been thnruughh caotioti DrCar-penter

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says hn ha little trite of dangerIn short he estyc the CBUIB of this death

nf thus fish lis as much of nlilnnepui left tTBrOnly n luctnrloloulcal examination wilt tlvO thetru ru ult

Such an examination will bo wads

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cilcftooic ttArti QtricEn HADXT-

BNv r<ie About Their DoMestiC Mublts-illr orlbr 1 lir is Otmiim Oliarreer-

tsipaltr cuckoos have been subjected In aearthing Invnllitntloti by Dr lH Iteh an orni-

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ami hu linn discovered h number ofn w antI curious fnctn about their elotmstlc-

hnblts which are told In n recent number ofNature Within a toils of Lilpzl In 18H1

seventy neSts containing cuckoos eggs were

found Of which llftyflght belonged to this redLacked shrlkr In 1BUJ lf It eh illscoUrirdtitmut five of thu last yenrn frniulo cuckoo hadriot returned whllo there Were eight netcorners He was Ohio lo Moutify Individual by-

nls ellNcovtry that the eggs of every female haren color peculiar to It nhd conslint Uucltuoareturn every 3sitT to tutu tnmo pluco ansI plneutheir eggs only In the nest of Hint pnrtlculnr-

ntclri nf births which Ithey or their ancestorshappened to tellot fur that purpose lively mpg

triO therefore be Identified und thn number laidby ally female determined pretty uccinuulr

The joiini do tint return to their blrtbplsro-M breed or If thcv do nro driven away mend pre-

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flout layluiti supine hi their purenU Iliaevidence for tills Mule ment in ilint this numbersremain nearly thn fivme In each locality andtint thin eggs of tire daughter while slinllnrtothose of tinmother wuiild huo slight illtTer-

enoc wherea nil rugs picKUinablv stew to thedltrlt are totally dlllnctfrom tho typos oftrite Inld by the lucnl I leO

Our I om nretmiro prullllr thrush U commonlysUiUu ed They luy un jir every cither thaifrom hthe tnlldlu of May to tint nilddln iifJulyT

and nt tllmiM Iny nlm eveiy clsy forrdinrtierlnu >Sometimes jutu elite tire found In u stogie neH lthiesu cant belracisl tu pnrllculur bltds that tiCsumtimlly nodablv It Is well Known thutcuckoos egg lound lu tIme neHlmif MJIUU Hpeclesol butts rliituir widely IIMIII tilts smother vvlloItheme found Iin thu nesUs nt other vnrietlrs bhuvvgreat blmllnrity Ur ItVIi points out thnt this411110 variations occuri In Ithe eggs of this Iritetuhiss eggs of the ridliaekwl nhriko Mum ucrentvariety In coloration as do tin cuckoosiiiund In thulr utuste while wrenV eggs navegreat uniformity eif culnr which U ulo this cnse-vvilhthcM viiikiHi intruder It is niggcitid-lliut tthin emeriti liii ii 3 Is due lo tint nuturu of thyfood nn w hlc h tire J iiunc birds arts retired whieh-U mlI ed rin the caa uf llm thilke hut lushly innhmiriui lit thai of tIns wren Tin nsKumiitlnti Is-

mado thiitiUtkniK intuitively elect for Iihelreggs tire neMsot thin upvclviii by which they wereIleared and that each npecles of trust thus vorsuliivi 0 itO lieu kindI ufrucKoo-

Ur Iteh iibu bellevrn thnt cuckoos first de-jwiili theIr igus stun lit ground und then conveythem to I he neht selected IIll ono iest ncuckooMcite was ftind smenred with rush eui Hi like thatfound In the vleliiltj In nnotlicr cites iiinulou-UuLnu WHUeeii nulnllv leaving 11 shrikeVilestpursued by the inrurhiledl uccupivnt On the dugbefore tthe net InitI been examine I atiti mitt uggdiscovered befoiu Ihnt ufteilioon u shrlhcn egghnd heen been 111 It nnd utter tie clnue-euiknoB

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egg was lound by lib aide Thu mulocuckoo hail probably iimvv uwav tot hrlke onhuh l5tt0 tO give Hi femalu un opportunity todtpoak an egg In thu nest

1VDIAX IfIIh4Je2flJEHow n Hlncle Plecun rnnied for Seventy

nod u Irovv Fooled Some Costejltentram fit fltrffalo Kxprt9

A member of tine Canadian Mounted PoliceLtctlt McDonoudi told lire call Capt iurella ut the OltlceiV Club the lollowlncInci ¬

dent uf n band uf Cieeumd u cnlltary PlugunIndian which is novel nd Inlrrratlng It oc-curred

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about lush miles fruui tort Walsh Alentil of Cne Indlann woke up out Miovvy morn-Ing tu hunt thnt alBJut cine logon of their choicestpunluH hind been run oil during the night Pursuit VVIH burnt organized und wltin u few hoursu tresh trail teas found In tie stnW tier fol-low

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nut the trail somo thirty mllou It entered uriver bottum und headed fur a wooded island inthe imuisiulho sit thus river

bmoke tries seen rising from time trees andan upeiilni which seumnd to be the moiith of A

tore appeared n plain view Presently u singleIndian u Piegnn uhuwed up In trout uf theupenlng lie was In war puint nt d there wai adog nt Iilb lieeU Pretty soon tub dot ocuntedtile Ciees und began growling unit harking lireilegan looked up glanced u uiuuieUabuuthlmand then instantly entered this cave Inabout toni tecnnds un tlur Piegnu enufi-urnund tho rucks ind also went In thennnother und another und another lucrebeing but u few seconds between them ThuCrecn lay silently In this bislc watcnliiK-nnd couutiiitf uutll upward ut lltty PlegniiHhind tome around this rocks nueV one Into thecave ind Mill thej kept coiulne vliat itemedremarkable tents tire luct that suit these ladlaus-vrere to nil appearances exactly Ino stem sizevveiedreased curd painted alike each criieill arifle slid must remarkable euch seemed Jittlelame In tIle left foot liiuplug slightly

They were u grudy crowd and the Cro ° scounted Sov only nf thom Tins aupurstiiloai-Crccs naturally concluded lint the evil spirithail something to du with it fur timers wa nodoubt that there were seventy Plegau Indianson thin inland who were exactly alike

So thoroughly were they oiled with the islesthat this dovtrvvus mixed up with the mysterythat even when tire reOntorcemenU arriveswhich was In a few hours they wore reluctantto attack tine Island That night one Cree lesssuperstitlou than tho rest crossed over the loutu iiivesllgnte On approaching the buppusedcove he wits surprised 10 fluid H was no cave utnil hut simply un upuiitng leading some ten testInto the lock whore it iiihdn a turn mend camsuut on thu other alclo required hut a glanceto understand what had seemed so mysteriousbefore Titers was but the remnant of a blutfiacamp fire tint poll Ion were gone and not unIndian wits In sight Tho apparent presence of-bluynlnc other warriors wu a sharp trick onthe part uf the Pleyan warrior to deceive hutsefirnilea und gain time for his escape which heaccomplished in genii shape

Wlillu It Is true that most roil turn are ri ¬

diculously superstitious anti others again soBtolId ami Indifferent that you mlghtenter theirpre cnee with a brass linud throw hand aprlagsueiure iiiein smiles weep liSTs convulsions ordci sumo other oiitiagcoua thluig mud yet theywill till and look ut yuu with a cola reservedglunco and dlslnteiostcd eye still there cuemore who huve tire hump cut humor pretty welldevuloucd und mere Intense ivncs In their ownwny The Under ut Kurt licnbuld ou the upperMissouri untight n Tartar outs duy

A lies Indian hued gIven tutu considerableannoyance by hanging around the htore In ahalfdruiKen condition lund was told thatIn case ho was teen again with n bottle Itwould be taken away front hInt antI thrownunto the flee A few days afterward tire In¬dian appeared with n pint flask In hits blank-et

¬as usual The trader was as good as hits

wurd and demanded tha bottle which wasgiven up without u word of protest anti thenthe redskin started fur the door The traderthrew this flask mitt thus stove when baugwent the stove antI out came thu windows tinetrader following hunt he Mopped tu Investi-gate

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before throning he vvuuld have found thahusk contained gunpowder not whiskeybomu of Coxejs foot tourists in easternMontmiiua were bniilyxuld lust spring by a mis-

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Crow Indian who moved us sign onthe innd to Hillings reudlng Six miles to KillIngsand stock It nil lii to trungti place Thuweary Coiniiumwritlfrs travelled six daa antinlgliu before they cached that town

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Persona tVIII Hhnre a MUerly-Vumun Fortune

Vom the Chteagu Patty rrttin-JrrrrnRosviui Ind Ian 4 The derision

nf lmlgollib on of the Clark Clicuil Court toappoint u lommisi iuiivr tu dispose of tutu prop ¬

erty of ttlm lute tcrciitric Mrs fcurah Lttwmii itti nils a cuuI icmarkublu from maui standpointsJhu leeenl sleuth ol Mm Iewiuun and luredaiKhtcr n maiden lad within u short tlmeiifeach uther Itheir nuppuoed poverty und tin un-rxuuctnl tlnddigof u fnrtute concealed In theirhuuritcuii od mentation at the time liar ud-iiilnitratorun Inve tlcntlng the premises foundmoney hidden In the cellar In fruit jars cansthe ultSc In eiuek under Iho cnrnW und luhitch there wax hurcll ntrerel spot nrouml thuhouse trOt w hut c iit tiol neil either cold and silverur bifls 01 large uteurisiniuusstisiurt notch nnd papersnfcrrut value bank Ixiuks repiesentlng thou-sands tiC uttshlitr of depoiilts tu c

bouii Ithe plnci hud tu bu cinnidecl to preventthe Its vumsitu Iliom IIlluinllyI Itearing it to piecesIn their mad fuaicli for iildden trennure iiiKrerutvd leporis ut the It iuuh tire uf fabulousbum bprend over the luliborhucHl cpu this ex-citement

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vviia Inivnae llelrn ur purront clnlmIIIK lo he relatives ti irui hug up by tie dozensfrun nilI civ er the country dematidlnj u unare uftlio cHtiLt lint tiul iii I mum I rlttttr found tIn mt uncStints sit about GJUlUII lured been test by the ec-centric old vvoniaii An uiietlun of thu puii nnal-ctlcctx was mind which WIK hxiUnd upon midobserved us the event nf irs sssttiour In the upperend uf the county Politicians and prcitcnerwere iii attendance furnierinml tneroliiintu laidn lde ihelr dntle piepnied Ilimthes stud tooktheir famllloH Hefiohment olinds slid u ruthIng llllslll-

Klvertliln was unenrtlitsl and bold from theancient but cutly silk and Huiln guvvm ut tiredeceuttitd to u curtoH last it IH even > nisi that un-utieniit win inudo in sell a second hand set offalku Iteeth lint hswiu I lit rltlemi uf Mrc lewmannml hurduunhter were tliit they Ilived ulmostlnwant vvhilvbiirroundid by plenty they cild notk iron us Just u tire tir uf earn wns Ilike und fur litliiii yennt prior tuI Itliilr iJvutli did nut leavetheir lolnied Inline xiui In fo fo cmiirchAicorclinj In tile inline itt Iluduu tlljwm thuCommloBloner nppointisit willI run vert llm wholeCBluiu Ilulu miner uinl divide it equally mnunirlliu ieventifuur helrk accorcjlif to thu ii grtuuf relitloiifhlih IIn t thin sTory 1st person gel Ilmnnhue rnUel ninnnnt will reOlvo about fuoUUand ihu one pelting tlm tmalUtnl>oiu 5V6

Nut n Orent tlevenuv Producerroni I InlltinrtpolltitLtrnat-

I see said Sir HnAhcrnft that they havopatted an urdiuuncu impotlng a Uuu uu city onewho silt Fl re iii is cIneireimOh wtili uld thu Cheerful Jdlot thatsort uf ptewhlng lieu pretty unutAgons out ofdate soy nvuy

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What Chaplain Freeman SnyaVinoKolnfrn UscU by Tlioso Who Nuritile Rick anti Those AVlio Ministerto tlio Soul

A fresh illustration of lImo valno of the rightkind of stimulant In the emergency work of theworld Is afforded by tho axprrlenen of thetfalnrd nurccn of St Lukes Hospital who havebeau using nil extract of tInt wonderful Africannut which hns attracted so much attention froscientist anti which promises to supplant notonly such dangerous stimulants ns alcoholCoca Hlitr r hut If Indications do not falleven those iommonly accepted household stim-

ulants¬

te i OnfTco and cocoaTim troth of thn trained nurse especially In >

great hospital Is extremely arduous Theseministers of mercy tuTu called upon to exercisenil the faculties of their being atones Theymust rrtaln n pclcntlfio method and routinsithey must preserve calm of body anti mind sothat tho pntlunt shall be properly encouragednnd comforted Particularly roust they avoidanything Ilka nervousness anxiety and Itn-

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und yet on some occasions they mustbo nwnko till night All the conditions In factlure ngnlnst them Until the introduction ofVlnolfnlnfra through tIre use of the nut by thFrench nnd German armies antI by athletes ansiphysicians no stimulant existed whatever wereIts Immediate vantages which Is not attendedby an Inevitable reaction anal In some cases byepermanent and noxious afterhabit The ab-

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of any tcnctltm or afterhabit in tint caseof VlnoKolafra lusts been demonstrated Inarlous clinics and In a very wide use on tirepart of the general public often under the adrice of a physician taking lie Initiative in pusicrlblng It

Mr W V fiynril the pharmacist at St LukesjHospital hays nn Interesting account of thetraining which nurses have to undergo at thetraining school

This training said Mr Ryard Is so severthat n large percentage of the women break-down under time mental anti physical strain be-

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they even graduate Only the strongestminds and bodies can stand the wear and tearIncident to this noble and Interesting callingIn view of this fact any reliable stimulant freefrom tine objections of tea and coffee on the onehand anti possessing this sustaining power ofstimulants which no solfrospentlng nurse couldpossibly take wilt Inevitably find special appllcation In this branch of llfework In the shorttime that VluoKolafrn lies been used by thetrained nurses of St Lnkes Hospital I am ableto say that It Is proving a most valuable aid tostrength The nurses havo personally reportedto me their satisfaction with tho now tonic stlmulant anti any ono who knows how extremelycareful in matters of diet they necessarily torewill understand just what their recommenda-tion

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Implies TJhoy work In the hospital from0 A M to 8 P Ji frequently rushing out toduty outside There are no regular hours muchbroken rest antI many vigils VlnoKolafrahasaccomplished everything that has been claimedfor it send In sodolue baa undergone a remark ¬ably severe test If useful to trained nurses tothe extent of being Almost Indispensable womengenerally must necessarily find it a boon whenever similar conditions confront them In theduties of life-

MrByard incidentallyremarked that he hadmade a century run on the bicycle togetherwith a trained athlete One hundred mileswere made in seven consecutive hours althoughan accident Involved a lame shoulder and halttutu distance was made against a strong head-wind

We came in fresh said Mr Dyard trUjnmphantly on one wlneglassfal of VlnoJKolafra before starting In these days of patentmedicines which rely on alcohol and cocaine forvtemporary effect VlnoKolafra deserves thaihearty welcome and recommendation it Is rosJcalving from all classes The fact that it im es1I

antidote for alcoholism and drug habits gen-erally will commend It specially to those whofeel a mutual responsibility with their fellowmen and women

Rev Charles E Freeman chaplain of 8t-Lukes Hospital who bad found VlnoEolafrvery beneficial not only In his own case but Inthat of his family was also interviewed

I have found VlnoKolafra a most restfulsedative otter a hard days work and everjvfSunday I have relied upon It to go calmlythrough the duties of that particular day Anyconscientious clergyman knows the Intellectualand emotional strain Involved In Ito prepara ¬

tion and delivery Of sermons and even extem-poraneous

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addresses from tha pulpit Manyclergymen break down purely because they giveout too much so to speak I have made repeatedtrials of VlnoKolafra and always with thasame beneficial effect I have experienced DO

reaction and I have found ann title I will candldly say I did not expect that instead of inter-fering with natural rest it was promoted by 1USome time ago I had a severe attack of the tripand would have been utterly unable to do myroutine work VinoKolafra carried me oversuccessfully and us I have sold before I ex-

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no reaction whatever anti the eventone secured by Its uso was maintained withoutany Interruption or letdown of the nervoussystem

This extension of the use of the new tcniostimulant appears to be merely fresh evidencevindicating a wellestablished theory of vastpractical Importance

The Inference Is being made by a large claMof consumers that If the Bterculla nut fromAfrica from which VlnoKolafra is madeenables troops to march many miles and manrdays without other food If In time Internationalgames and in tine contest between Yale ansiCambridge athlous have token VlnoKolafraduring months of training without ill effect reaction or tho entailment of any habit only to bacompletely successful in tIre rind If the lettercarriers of Now Yorle If physicians in theirpractice built chit ad and at home find thatVlnoKnlifru gives strength to the strong iitmust nccucurlly give strength to those whomcircumstances compel to endure unusual laboror strain or to tliune not naturally strong or aresuffering from thus effects of Illness or a generalrunning down of the nervous bystora-

JohntoiiiL Johnson of No 03 William streethave shown considerable enterprise In bringingthe merits of the now tonic stimulant to the attcntton of there less qualified to decide upon itsmerits A very large tale line demonstratedthat the favorable opinions entertained by Mmany distinguished authorities and cllnlehays been based upon firm ground geMAdv

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