The Colfax chronicle (Colfax, LA) 1892-04-16 [p...
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THE CHRONICLE. COLFAX. LOUISIANA. OL.D SAWS IN RHYME. the hair of the dog is a cure for its bite: Blessings all brighten when taking their flight. What's one person's loss is another one's gain: Take nothing from nothing and naught will re- main Who sees with the eyes will believe with the heart: Knowledge is power; the best friends must part. All cry and no wool: easy come, easy go; Winners first, losers last; have two strings to your bow. Love laughs at locksmiths; fast bind and fast find: The course of true love ne'er runs smooth; love is blind. All work and no play maketh Jack a dull boy: The gods first make mad whom they wish to de- stroy. Take time by the forelock; time and tide wait for one A task is half finished when once its began. Make hay while the sun shines; pot calls kettle black; Strike while the iron is hot; on the rack. Least maid soonest mended; hard words lead to blows; An inch is immense-on the end of your nose. Man proposes, God disposes; each one to his trade; Call things by their right names; a spade call a spade. You can oase lead to water, but you can't make him drink; Wine ia sad wit out; little leaks great ships sink. Little pitchers have big ears; never rains but It pours; What's done can't be undone; don't stick in your oars. No time like the present: still waters run deep; Before one can walk he must frst learn to creep. Two wrongs make no right; a still tongue makes wise bead; A live beggar's better than a king who is dead. Put a beggar on horseback, to the devil he rides; To every story there's always two sides. When poverty enters, out the window love fles; Ask e no questions, I'll tell you no lies. A cobbler should stick to his last; might makes right: Happy go lucky; barking dogs never bite. The devil takes care of his own; good as wheat; What is poison for one for another is meat . Though speaking the truth none believeth a liar; Out of the frying pan into the fire. There's plenty of room at the top: rolling stone Gathers no mo.; well enough leave alone. No good of himself does a listener hear; Speak of the devil he's sure to appear. Whipping devil round stump; fight the devil with fire: Penny wise and pound foolish: both as deep in misa A eat has nine lives:; at away mice will play: Casting pearls before swine; where's a will there's a way. The algger in the woodpile; catch a weasel asleep; The milk in the coconut; look ere you leap. Any port in a storm; good intentions pave hell; Home's where the heart is; all's well that ends well. -I. C. Dodge, in Goodall's Sun. HE moose deer when wounded is a dangerous enemy. This conclusion was arrived at by Viscount Kilfoyle after a brief but very exelting Interview with one of these lordly animals who roam the Canadianl forest The viscount was young. The elder viscount, his father, died and left this young man a title. a large rent-roll and a seat in the Brit- ish house of lords. The young viscount, however, did not care very much for the latter just yet. lie was only twen- ty years of age when he dropped into his possessions, and at twenty not many youngsters, especially if they have plenty of money and nothing to do, care much for anything but their own enjoyment The yonng Lord Kilfoyle had made up hih mind to see as much of the world as he could, and as early as pos- sible. With this object in view he en- gaged a tutor to look after him-an Oxford graduate, Rev. William White. The tutor was not much in advance of the wheount in years, and certainly not in worldly experience: but, according to ecutom, he was the proper person to accompany a young lord in his travels. 5o. with bright anticipations as to what they should see and hear in A mer- ica, they sailed for New York. It was midwinter in the year 1887 when the viscount reached Ottawa. The terrible cold of a Canadiar winter was quite a new thing to his lordship, but he developed an idea of going into the wilderness and killing some wild animal or animals, and Ottawa was a good place for obtaining the necessary information as to how he should set about it. When he heard that moowe deer were plentiful fifty miles to the north he made up his mind that moose was just the thing he had come to America to kill, and secordialgly the lord and the tutor equipped themselves for the expedition. Moccasins and snowshoes, fur coata amy fur mite, Bullard rilee and ammunition and other eeemry adjauncts were forth- with proeured and the hunting party set oat Philanthropie persona suggested to he lordly ledgling that a guide-one esperieneed in woodcrsft-should be enrgaged to prevent a calamity, but my lortd of ,Kilfoyle wanted all the honor __ 9f~dil4i3gn8oPm 1Zipra9 tlcal hunter accompanied him, he ex- plained, it would take the appetite away from the adventure. He wanted to slay a moose, perhaps many of them, but he wanted to do it alone and un- aided. The moose. as those well acquainted with the animals know, herd together during the severe weather of winter and pick out for themselves a piece of very green woods. This piece of woods may be twenty miles in circumference or it may be only firve, according to the numter 'herding to- gether. But the place where they herd must be well wooded with green pine or they will not abide there. They feed on the green boughs, and in go- ing about they make innumerable path- ways running in all directions and crossing each other at all kinds of angles. This is what is called a moose "yard." It was a bright and crispy morning in the month of February that the vis- count and his tutor, Mr. White, arrived at one of these "yards." The habitant, Jean Baptiste Cayer, who drove them in his "jumper" sleigh, gave the young men some useful hints. He told them to stick together and be very careful to make marks as they went along the "paths" so that they would be able to return. le explained to them that it was the very easiest thing in the world to get lost in following up these paths; they were so innumerable and crossed each other in so many different direc- tions that unless the utmost care was taken they wound be in danger of wandering for days before being able to regain the point they started from. The plan that practical hunters adopted in a moose "yard" was to "blaze" (chip) a tree here and there as they went along, but the "blaze" should be placed on the side of the tree in the direction in which they went, so as to avoid confusion. As a last word he told them that a moose would fight like a lion. My lord of Kilfoyle and his tutor listened very patiently, but their at- tention was on the prospective game and not on the words of the habitant. After leaving directions to Jean to meet them at sundown at the same place where they disembarked, they entered the "yard" with high hbepes and rifles ready. This particular yard was about ten miles in circumference, surrounded by dense woods, the only avenue to civilization being by the rough road over which thby journeyed in the habitant's sleigh. The English- men were used to sport In their native land, but walking through a thick wood and on a narrow path which had been beaten hard by the trotting of the mbose over it, in quest of animals they absolutely knew nothing of, was a novel experience. As they went forward over one of the paths the tutor would occasionally break down a twig as a means of future guidance. But after an hour's tramping, with no game in sight or hearing, a halt was called, and the vis count and his companion agreed to di- vide, but to pursue parallel paths Moose paths, however, are very deceiv- ing. They intersect each other so fre- quently that even the closest observer is liable to be led astray. The vis- count and Mr. White walked along on different paths, each satisfied within himself that the path he was following up was exactly parallel with that of his companion. The paths, however, although seeenuing parallel, diverged at each step, so that after an hour's walk- ing. while each thought he was in hail of the other, the fact was that nearly a mile of territory divided them. The agreement was that whoever fired the first shot the other was to immediately join his companion. It is very easy to make an appointment of that kind. but in a moose "yard" it is a very difficult thing to keep it, as the tutor found when he essayed to reach the noble- man, for the viscount was the first to spy game and fire the first shot. It was about an hour after leaving the tutor that my lord of Kilfoyle saw among tbh evergreens a mammoth moose quietly browsing at the young trees The Englishman's eye glittered and his heart bounded with joy. Here at last was one of the giant animals he so eagerly sought A hundred yards or so separated them, and in an instant the viscount raised his rifle and fired. Just at the moment when the hammer descended on the cartridge the animal moved, and, instead of the bullet striking the body, for which itwas aimed, it hit him on the hind leg. When the bullet struck the moose sprang into the air with a roar of pain, and then. gazing around to see whence came the missile, he saw the English- THE VISCOUNVT WAS TAtEN? Y N UKRPISK man. The pain of the wound threw the beast into a fury, and with a bel- low of rage he came bounding through the snow. The viscount was rather taken by surprise by this action of the moose. He .was taught to suppose that when a deer was shot at he either should drop or else ran away. This animal did neither. He was comlng at his enemy with a fierce bellow and Bery eyes, the foam flying from his protruding tongne. The sight of the saimal. lashed to fury by the agony of thp wound, was appalling, but the young Engitshman was nervy and he had confidenee nla his aim and in his rifle. With rapid speed the deer advanced. When within twentv vards the viscoust raised his rife again, and, taking careful aim for a spot between the blazing eyes, the rifle cracked. Whether the bullet went wide of the mark or whether it struck the frontal bone and glanced off the viscount never knew. But this he did know, that before he could fire again the animal was upon him. As the moose bore down upon the Englishman the latter sprang behind a tree and escaped a blow from the head of the animal that had power enough to kill the whole house of lords. As the Englishman sprang aside from the descending horns and let the tree stand the shock he unfortunately dropped his rifle, which at once sank out of sight in the deep snow. Then i egan a series of dodging move- ments which developed an amount of agility that surprised the young fellow himself. The wounded moose would charge at his enemy in a way that meant instant death, and the latter would avoid the beas: by dodging be- hind the immense pine which served him for a barricade. The young Eing- lishman could see that the brute de- sired to trample him to death bene~.th its sharp hoofs, and he knew that the only escape left to him was to keep a sharp eye on the animal and a ready leg, so that when he charged he could place the tree between them. Once during a pause in the brute's move- laent he thought of climbing '4 TIIE COAT WAS TIHROWN OVEs TII BRL'TE'B HORNS. up the tree, but a look at its im- mense trunk showed him that that was out of the question, for the pine was without branches. fer over fifty feet from the ground; be- sides, its girth was more than he co•-l embrace. There was nothing for iiu to do but dodge around the tree uatill the tutor, attracted by the report of the shooting, would come on the sce•;. shoot the moose and relieve him. M he could only avoid the brute then ftr a little while all would be well. With that hope in his heart he felt equal to the emergency. The moose after each successive charge would re- tire ten or fifteen feet, pause for a sec- ond or two and then, with a bellow that made the branches quiver, bear- down upon his foe. Twenty minutes. of this perilous dodging began to tell upon the viscount. He felt himself growing exhausted, while the mad moose seemed to be growing madder. What was to be done? The tutor had evidctatly wandered too far away to. hear the report or else something had befallen him. If he could only burrow in the snow out of sight, but that was. impossible. for the snow was barely three feet deep on the level. Then during one of the pauses that the moose took to gather wind a plan to escape came to him. Could he not take off his fur coat and when the moose bore down on him throw the coat over the brute's horns and then run for his life. The thought gave him fresh energy. In an instant the gar- ment was off and in his hand, and. when the animal advanced, with an adroit swing the coat was thrown over the horns and the viscount tore away down the path with the speed of a rocket. The sudden turn of affairs bewil- dered the animal, lie shook his head in fsry and rage, but the coat still clung to the prongs, partially blinding him. Again and again he endeavored to shake the garment off, but without. avail Each shake entangled it more. Finding that his efforts were useless he dashed away on the path, but in a direction opposite to that taken by the viscount Just then the tutor, after running up one path and down the other without hardly knowing whether be was coming in the right direction or not, hove in sight, and seeing the moose flying down the path with the viscount's coat on his head. came to the conclusion that the nobleman was in the coat, and was, of course, prompt- ly stricken with horror at the awful fate of the house of Kilfoyle borne away by a fierce animal to be de- roured. What a story Rev. Mr. White would have to tell to friends in Eng- land-that the lord of Kilfoye had actually been carried away, and all by a terrible animal in a Canadian wood. With the disappearance of the moose the tutor thought the safer thing to do under the circumstances was to make for civilization, and as civilizatiin could not possibly be in the same line that the moose had taken he went the opposite way. After journeying along utterly disconsolate a veice from the branches of a spruce tree startled him. It was the viscount, who, becoming ex- haust'd from his rapid run. sought the shelter of this small tree until he could regain his strength and scattered wits. The joy of the tutor was unbounded. He would be relieved from telling of that awful beast that carried his patron away on his horns. Then together they made for the place of meeting with the habitant and returned to Otta- wa, where his lordship told his thrill- ing experience. The fate of the fur cost is unknown.--Ottawa (Ont. Cor. N. Y. aSun. -As Bad as Two Bangls.-Diamood Importer-'•This parcel is two karats short. There must be a leak some- where." Stock Clerk--"Very likely. sir Every stone in the lot has gr tfiItu iacts,"-Jewwers' Weekly, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. -A new element, named "damarla," is said to have been discovered in the crater of an extinct volcano in Damar- land- It is reported to have an atomic weight of only &5, or half that of y.- drogen; and, therefore, it is the lightest known substance. -Cattle raising in Columbia, Central America, is an almost universal in- dustry, but it lacks the proper and per-. feet utilization of the products, the hides and horns being exported. The hungry people of Europe could consume profitably the meat, if properly canned. -The wages of shop girls in London begin at from 835 to 540 a year in the poorest kinds of stores. The girls be- gin work at the average age of 17 years. In the high-priced shops on Bond and Regent streets a handsome girl with a fine figure commands from $250 to $400 a year, while a governess usually re- ceives less than half that sum. -A curious instance of one poison killing another is reported from Yackandandah, Victoria, where strych- nine cured a snake-bite. A solu- tion of nitrate of strychnine in 240 parts of water, mixed with a little glycerine, was prepared and twenty minims injected hypodermically at li- tervals of ten or twenty minutes with good results. -Shad are of different families, which come from the ocean to the rivers along the Atlantic coast to spawn. The shad of Florida are not the same as those of the Hudson or the Connecticut or the Susquehanna. The same fish come each year to the partio- ular river where they were born, and in their appearance are slightly differ- ent Each river is the home of a sepa- rate colony. -The asteroids that lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter have be- come so difi~cult to keep track of, since they have been discovered at the rate of about twenty a year, that astrono- mers have recently decided to reject them, excepting the nearest and the most distant. The latter are impoitant in observations of Jupiter, while the nearest ones are useful in the more so- curate calculations of, the earth's dis- tance from the sun. -Even the hairs of your head are numbered," says the good book. and science is trying to prove it. Photo- graphing human hair is the latest use for the camera. It is claimed that hu- man hairs have a marked individuality, and that with a microscope and camera a photograph was gained which led to the discovery of a murderer in Germany. The individuality of the hairs alone brought about his conviction. -Forest vegetation is much richer in North America than in Europe, and comprises 412 species, of which 176 are native to the Atlantic region, 106 to the Pacific, 10 are common to both, 46 to the Rocky Mountain region, and 74 are trop-' ical species near the coasts of Florida, as against 158 species in Europe. Six North American species of forest trees -the Judas tree, persimmon, hackber- ry, plane tree, hop hornbean and chest- nut-are also indigenous in Europe, all now growing there naturally south of the Alps. -From the testimony before the committee appointed by the English parliament to inquire whether railway employes were required to work too many hours, it appears that the in- stances of long hours of labor are nu- merous. On the London and North- western railway the condition has im- proved slightly in two years Some of the unions ask for tea hours' work, and some block signal men on crowded lines deem eight hours enough. Some engine drivers would rather work fifteen hours, and have their runs arranged so that they might be at home with their fami- lies, than stop at twelve hours, although furnished with lodgings A few were willing to work any number of hours if paid for overtime. Post Oace xapeases. Uncle Sam's stationery bill is a very large one. Half a million lead pencils are consumed in Uncle Sam's postal service annually; likewise 7,200 quarts of mucilage, 1.500 barrel's of ink, 10,000 pounds of rubber bands and 12,000 gross of pens The pens alone cost 85,000 every twelve months. Only first and second-class post offices get such luxuries as pens, ink, mucilage and blank books Twenty-eight thousand ink-pads and 80,000 pounds of stamp-ink are needed yearly for making post- marks. Six million cards are used up in the same length of time for recipts for registered letters and packages. But these are only a few of the articles which are supplied to postmasters. One of the costly items in the accounts of this supply division of the post office de- partment is weighing sesalea Two han- dred of them on an average are sent out every week to replace those which are worn out, get broken by dropping off tables, or are burned with post ofice buildings. This represents an annual expense of 9,.000, although Uncle Sam buys his scales for less than a third of the regular market prics.-Waahingtoo Star. Better Bleep Ales. It is the better plan for each indi- ridual, young or old, to sleep alone. In sleep, the body is throwing off d&cretory substances; the bad odor of a ole, un- a•ired sleeping room, is stau]ent evi- dence of the presenee of the Affete mat tera thus thrown off. Witt two per- sons under the same covrring, the amount of foul body exh:lations is doubled, consequently the atmosphere surrounding the body is very bad. The bed clothing should be as poraous as poe- sible for the better ventilation of the body, and consequently woolen blank- ets make the best covers. It is some- times recommended that quilts and comfortables shall be lined with paper to make them warmer, but thip is ne- wholesomq, for paper keeps te air from circulating through the bed as it should for health One German physi- cian recommends a single bed for eas•h person, and that is the truly hbygiede plan.-From a lecture by Dr. J. H. Kel.- logg. TIe Oily Way. "Can a man live ona 1,000 a year in New York?" "lie can if he hs lospitable tri4e, -Brooklvyn Life. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. -Totlin• "Here's a story called 'The Politician's Conscience!' " Dim- ling: "Short story, isn't it?"-Epoch. -Dashaway: "Any one rooming with you now?" Travers: "Yes. My tailor."-Clothler and Furnisher. -"I just saved 8s," said Blykins. "How?" "I spent it before Waylins could borrow it from me."-Waahing' ton Star. -There's nothing in size-when a pint bottle can exert more influence over some men than a church spire.-- Columbus Post -"I wouldn't mind my wife's having the last word," said Mr. Meekins, "if she would only hurry up and get to it" -Washington Star. -One of the slowest features about the street ca~a is a lot of women mov- ing up to make room for somebody else. -Philadelphia Times -Accurate, if Not Attrective.-He- "Don't you think my photograph is a good likeness?" She-"Really, I am afraid it ia."-Somerville JournaL -Plumduf - "Has the charming widow any property?" Ketehum-"Yes, considerable." Plumduft-"Real estate or personal?" Ketchum - "Personal She has six children."-Tid-Bits -"I had to be away from school yes- terday," said Tommy. "You must bring an excuse," said the teacher. "Who from?" "Your father." "He ain't no good at making excuses; ma catches him every time."-Tid-Bits -Cause for Laughter. - Jessie - "What are you laughing about?" Be.- sie-"Before Chapple went sway he told me whenever I felt sad to think of him."--N. Y. Herald -"Who is your favorite actor?" he inquired of his wife. "You are, dear," she answered. "I"' "Yes, when you are trying to make me believe that you were sitting up with a sick friend "- Washington Star. -Jove's Laughter. - Giggler-"At lovers' perjuries they say Jove laughs." Wriggler-"Well, it's no wonder they tell us that Jove is dead. He musthave Iaughed himself to death many cen- turies ago."-N. Y. Herald -- Struggling Minister-"There was a stranger in ohurch to-day." Wife - "What did he look like?" "I did not see him." 'Then how did you know there was a stranger among the con- gregation?" "I found a half-crown among the collection."-Tid-Bits -'No Use Speaking.-Jake Jimson- "May I speak to your father, darling?" Cora Bellows (after apause)-"It would be useless." Jake (with a look of agony)-"Don't say that, darling! Why would it be useless?" Cora-"IHe's deat"-N. Y. Herald. -"You do very wrong to wish old Mr. Dulleigh dead. Don't you know it is very wicked?" "0, I don't mean any harm. I only thoughtit would be nice to have him die now, so that he would have a chance to tell all his stories in the other world before I get there"- Boston Transcript -"Gave your wife two diamond rings, one for each hand? Wasn't that rather extravagant in you?" "Not at alL The two rings ecot me only $100, and in the five years I have been married I calcu- late I have saved three times as much on my wife's dlove bill.- -Boston Transcript -In Conldence. - "Mummy, dear, who's papa's mother-in-law?" "My mother. dear-yoargraadmamma." 'O" (considering), "do you think grand- mamma wooldtake a prise at the cat show?" "Ethel, dear, what do you mean?" "Well, mummy, dear, I heard papa say that in the whole course of his life he had never come across 'such an old tabby as his mother-in-lawr "- Punch. IMITATIVE BIRDS. Wasy Pestaered Yolk Lhat Lsauh. Cry sad Talk. There is a species of crows in India whieh -assembles in Socks of about twenty or thirty in the recesses of for- ests, and whose note so exactly resem- bles the human voloe in loud laughing that a person ignorant of the real cause would fancy that a very merry party was close at hand. The laughing jack- ass when warning his feathered mates that daybreak is at hand, utters a cry resembling a troop of boys shouting, whooping and laughing in a wild chor- us The innocent night jat, which has been slandered under the name of goat- sucker, has a cry, uan observer says, as of one lamenting in distress, which ones heard is never forgotten. "A stranger would never eoneeive it to be the cry of a bird. Hewould say it was the de- parting rvoeie of a midnight murdered victim, or the last wailing of Niobe for her poor children before she was turned to stone." Among birds that have the power of imitation the parrot is sup- posed to talk the best; but., uas a matter of fact, its volee is decidedly inferior to that of the mynah, a species of starling, of which there are examples at the London Zoological Gardens. Curiously enough the male bird speaks in a high, clear tonae, like that of a child, while the female has a gruff voice. The mynahs are fond of showing off their vocal powers to visitors to the gardens. Another bird, the morepork, of Australia, is frequently heard vehe- mently demanding more pork, in a clear, stentorian voice. Our whippoor-will also demands his punishment in a dis- tiut imitation of the human volie, and the command of the gCinea fowl to come back could easily be mistaken for a human voie. Coming toquadrupeds the cries of none approach more closely that of the human voice than those of seals when lamenting the lose or cap-. taOe of their young. They emit a wail- ing and affecting cry, similar to that of awoman in deep grief. The cry of a wouaded bare resembles that of a child in distres•m Its piercing shriek can, on a still night be plainly heard at a dis- tanme of mos than a mila-Brooklyn mght I s bs Owa •wa E ambame Young Sheriff (with an or- dseri m the eoUt)-I beg pardonL Miss MtalL, b~t I have an attachment for you, whicb- Miss MeFall (thbirty-twn,f she's a day) -This is so sadden, Mr. Nipperes Ut, ps- dear.--Pick Satd to tat. -the big, old-fashioned pill. It's pretty hard to have to take it, too. You wouldn't, if you realized fully how it shooks and weakens the system. Luckily, you don't have to take it. Dr. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets are better. They're sensible. They do; mildly and gently, more than the ordinary pill, with all its disturb. ance. They regulate the liver, stomach and bowels, as we as thoroughly cleanse them. They're the original Little Liver Pills, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, the smallest- and the easiest to take. One little Pellet for a gentle laxa- tive-three for a cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Con- stipatio Indigestion, Bilious At- tacks, .4d all derangements of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are promptly nd permanently cured. They're the cheapest, too, for they're guaranteed to give satisfac- tion, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good you get. P LITTLE SUVER PILLS - .0 o asca afBs . - t- 100 r AoILIAD1 , loo amd .ema mp.aTey. ws Ip Mit tl wnMml. S. MATtSN .11 1 CO., It. Lels. Mw The loss of flesh is a trifle. You think you need not mind it. But, if you go on losing for some time or lose a good deal in a short time, you are running down. Is that a trifle? Get back to your healthy weight and generally you get back to health. A book on CAREFUL LIv- INGo will tell you what it is to get there, and when Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil is useful. Free. 5Wcov* wa.,c , zsugh savemee oakes hold in this order : Mivedsr, Outside Skita, Drlvrin rSrthb rU m I tetf eri t to be ost. You know whether you need it or not. Sald b• ever dragglst, sad aumfaetereo bl DONALD KENNEDY, ATLAS SHOES ajMT IAI AL Ta rT. U 3 _ 3 TDeIo, awr an t o. Um l I. . eo d ou t e m an e wea sa two be . tine sewed hatem De . BsOq f#1. weka rw sstmr r w. I. or
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THE CHRONICLE.
COLFAX. LOUISIANA.
OL.D SAWS IN RHYME.
the hair of the dog is a cure for its bite:Blessings all brighten when taking their flight.
What's one person's loss is another one's gain:Take nothing from nothing and naught will re-
main
Who sees with the eyes will believe with theheart:
Knowledge is power; the best friends must part.
All cry and no wool: easy come, easy go;Winners first, losers last; have two strings to
your bow.
Love laughs at locksmiths; fast bind and fastfind:
The course of true love ne'er runs smooth; loveis blind.
All work and no play maketh Jack a dull boy:The gods first make mad whom they wish to de-
stroy.
Take time by the forelock; time and tide waitfor one
A task is half finished when once its began.
Make hay while the sun shines; pot calls kettleblack;
Strike while the iron is hot; on the rack.
Least maid soonest mended; hard words lead toblows;
An inch is immense-on the end of your nose.
Man proposes, God disposes; each one to histrade;
Call things by their right names; a spade call aspade.
You can oase lead to water, but you can't makehim drink;
Wine ia sad wit out; little leaks great shipssink.
Little pitchers have big ears; never rains but Itpours;
What's done can't be undone; don't stick inyour oars.
No time like the present: still waters run deep;Before one can walk he must frst learn to creep.
Two wrongs make no right; a still tongue makeswise bead;
A live beggar's better than a king who is dead.
Put a beggar on horseback, to the devil he rides;To every story there's always two sides.
When poverty enters, out the window love fles;Ask e no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
A cobbler should stick to his last; might makesright:
Happy go lucky; barking dogs never bite.
The devil takes care of his own; good as wheat;What is poison for one for another is meat .
Though speaking the truth none believeth a liar;Out of the frying pan into the fire.
There's plenty of room at the top: rolling stoneGathers no mo.; well enough leave alone.
No good of himself does a listener hear;Speak of the devil he's sure to appear.
Whipping devil round stump; fight the devilwith fire:
Penny wise and pound foolish: both as deep inmisa
A eat has nine lives:; at away mice will play:Casting pearls before swine; where's a will
there's a way.
The algger in the woodpile; catch a weaselasleep;
The milk in the coconut; look ere you leap.
Any port in a storm; good intentions pave hell;Home's where the heart is; all's well that ends
well.-I. C. Dodge, in Goodall's Sun.
HE moose deerwhen woundedis a dangerous
enemy. This conclusion was arrivedat by Viscount Kilfoyle after a briefbut very exelting Interview with one ofthese lordly animals who roam theCanadianl forest The viscount wasyoung. The elder viscount, his father,died and left this young man a title. alarge rent-roll and a seat in the Brit-ish house of lords. The young viscount,however, did not care very much forthe latter just yet. lie was only twen-ty years of age when he dropped intohis possessions, and at twenty notmany youngsters, especially if theyhave plenty of money and nothing todo, care much for anything but theirown enjoyment
The yonng Lord Kilfoyle had madeup hih mind to see as much of theworld as he could, and as early as pos-sible. With this object in view he en-gaged a tutor to look after him-anOxford graduate, Rev. William White.The tutor was not much in advance ofthe wheount in years, and certainly notin worldly experience: but, accordingto ecutom, he was the proper person toaccompany a young lord in his travels.5o. with bright anticipations as towhat they should see and hear in A mer-ica, they sailed for New York.
It was midwinter in the year 1887when the viscount reached Ottawa.The terrible cold of a Canadiar winterwas quite a new thing to his lordship,but he developed an idea of going intothe wilderness and killing some wildanimal or animals, and Ottawa was agood place for obtaining the necessaryinformation as to how he should setabout it. When he heard that moowedeer were plentiful fifty miles to thenorth he made up his mind that moosewas just the thing he had come toAmerica to kill, and secordialgly thelord and the tutor equipped themselvesfor the expedition. Moccasins andsnowshoes, fur coata amy fur mite,Bullard rilee and ammunition andother eeemry adjauncts were forth-with proeured and the hunting partyset oat
Philanthropie persona suggested tohe lordly ledgling that a guide-one
esperieneed in woodcrsft-should beenrgaged to prevent a calamity, but mylortd of ,Kilfoyle wanted all the honor
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tlcal hunter accompanied him, he ex-plained, it would take the appetiteaway from the adventure. He wantedto slay a moose, perhaps many of them,but he wanted to do it alone and un-aided.
The moose. as those well acquaintedwith the animals know, herd togetherduring the severe weather of winterand pick out for themselves apiece of very green woods. Thispiece of woods may be twenty miles incircumference or it may be only firve,according to the numter 'herding to-gether. But the place where they herdmust be well wooded with green pineor they will not abide there. Theyfeed on the green boughs, and in go-ing about they make innumerable path-ways running in all directions andcrossing each other at all kinds ofangles. This is what is called amoose "yard."
It was a bright and crispy morningin the month of February that the vis-count and his tutor, Mr. White, arrivedat one of these "yards." The habitant,Jean Baptiste Cayer, who drove themin his "jumper" sleigh, gave the youngmen some useful hints. He told themto stick together and be very careful tomake marks as they went along the"paths" so that they would be able toreturn. le explained to them that itwas the very easiest thing in the worldto get lost in following up these paths;they were so innumerable and crossedeach other in so many different direc-tions that unless the utmost care wastaken they wound be in danger ofwandering for days before being ableto regain the point they started from.The plan that practical hunters adoptedin a moose "yard" was to "blaze"(chip) a tree here and there as theywent along, but the "blaze" should beplaced on the side of the tree in thedirection in which they went, so as toavoid confusion. As a last word hetold them that a moose would fightlike a lion.
My lord of Kilfoyle and his tutorlistened very patiently, but their at-tention was on the prospective gameand not on the words of the habitant.After leaving directions to Jean tomeet them at sundown at the sameplace where they disembarked, theyentered the "yard" with high hbepesand rifles ready. This particular yardwas about ten miles in circumference,surrounded by dense woods, the onlyavenue to civilization being by therough road over which thby journeyedin the habitant's sleigh. The English-men were used to sport In their nativeland, but walking through a thickwood and on a narrow path which hadbeen beaten hard by the trotting ofthe mbose over it, in quest of animalsthey absolutely knew nothing of, wasa novel experience.
As they went forward over one ofthe paths the tutor would occasionallybreak down a twig as a means offuture guidance. But after an hour'stramping, with no game in sight orhearing, a halt was called, and the viscount and his companion agreed to di-vide, but to pursue parallel pathsMoose paths, however, are very deceiv-ing. They intersect each other so fre-quently that even the closest observeris liable to be led astray. The vis-count and Mr. White walked along ondifferent paths, each satisfied withinhimself that the path he was followingup was exactly parallel with that ofhis companion. The paths, however,although seeenuing parallel, diverged ateach step, so that after an hour's walk-ing. while each thought he was in hailof the other, the fact was that nearly amile of territory divided them. Theagreement was that whoever fired thefirst shot the other was to immediatelyjoin his companion. It is very easy tomake an appointment of that kind. butin a moose "yard" it is a very difficultthing to keep it, as the tutor foundwhen he essayed to reach the noble-man, for the viscount was the first tospy game and fire the first shot.
It was about an hour after leavingthe tutor that my lord of Kilfoyle sawamong tbh evergreens a mammothmoose quietly browsing at the youngtrees The Englishman's eye glitteredand his heart bounded with joy. Hereat last was one of the giant animals heso eagerly sought A hundred yards orso separated them, and in an instantthe viscount raised his rifle and fired.Just at the moment when the hammerdescended on the cartridge the animalmoved, and, instead of the bulletstriking the body, for which itwasaimed, it hit him on the hind leg.
When the bullet struck the moosesprang into the air with a roar of pain,and then. gazing around to see whencecame the missile, he saw the English-
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man. The pain of the wound threwthe beast into a fury, and with a bel-low of rage he came bounding throughthe snow. The viscount was rathertaken by surprise by this action of themoose. He .was taught to supposethat when a deer was shot at he eithershould drop or else ran away. Thisanimal did neither. He was comlng athis enemy with a fierce bellow andBery eyes, the foam flying from hisprotruding tongne.
The sight of the saimal. lashed tofury by the agony of thp wound, wasappalling, but the young Engitshmanwas nervy and he had confidenee nlahis aim and in his rifle. With rapidspeed the deer advanced. When withintwentv vards the viscoust raised his
rife again, and, taking careful aim fora spot between the blazing eyes, therifle cracked. Whether the bulletwent wide of the mark or whether itstruck the frontal bone and glancedoff the viscount never knew. But thishe did know, that before he could fireagain the animal was upon him.
As the moose bore down upon theEnglishman the latter sprang behind atree and escaped a blow from the headof the animal that had power enoughto kill the whole house of lords. Asthe Englishman sprang aside from thedescending horns and let the treestand the shock he unfortunatelydropped his rifle, which at once sankout of sight in the deep snow.
Then i egan a series of dodging move-ments which developed an amount ofagility that surprised the young fellowhimself. The wounded moose wouldcharge at his enemy in a way thatmeant instant death, and the latterwould avoid the beas: by dodging be-hind the immense pine which servedhim for a barricade. The young Eing-lishman could see that the brute de-sired to trample him to death bene~.thits sharp hoofs, and he knew that theonly escape left to him was to keep asharp eye on the animal and a readyleg, so that when he charged he couldplace the tree between them. Onceduring a pause in the brute's move-
laent he thought of climbing
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up the tree, but a look at its im-mense trunk showed him that thatwas out of the question, forthe pine was without branches. ferover fifty feet from the ground; be-sides, its girth was more than he co•-lembrace. There was nothing for iiuto do but dodge around the tree uatillthe tutor, attracted by the report ofthe shooting, would come on the sce•;.shoot the moose and relieve him. Mhe could only avoid the brute then ftra little while all would be well.
With that hope in his heart he feltequal to the emergency. The mooseafter each successive charge would re-tire ten or fifteen feet, pause for a sec-ond or two and then, with a bellowthat made the branches quiver, bear-down upon his foe. Twenty minutes.of this perilous dodging began to tellupon the viscount. He felt himselfgrowing exhausted, while the madmoose seemed to be growing madder.What was to be done? The tutor hadevidctatly wandered too far away to.hear the report or else something hadbefallen him. If he could only burrowin the snow out of sight, but that was.impossible. for the snow was barelythree feet deep on the level.
Then during one of the pauses thatthe moose took to gather wind a planto escape came to him. Could he nottake off his fur coat and when themoose bore down on him throw thecoat over the brute's horns and thenrun for his life. The thought gave himfresh energy. In an instant the gar-ment was off and in his hand, and. whenthe animal advanced, with an adroitswing the coat was thrown over thehorns and the viscount tore away downthe path with the speed of a rocket.
The sudden turn of affairs bewil-dered the animal, lie shook his headin fsry and rage, but the coat stillclung to the prongs, partially blindinghim. Again and again he endeavoredto shake the garment off, but without.avail Each shake entangled it more.Finding that his efforts were uselesshe dashed away on the path, but in adirection opposite to that taken by theviscount Just then the tutor, afterrunning up one path and down theother without hardly knowing whetherbe was coming in the right direction ornot, hove in sight, and seeing themoose flying down the path with theviscount's coat on his head. came tothe conclusion that the nobleman wasin the coat, and was, of course, prompt-ly stricken with horror at the awfulfate of the house of Kilfoyle borneaway by a fierce animal to be de-roured. What a story Rev. Mr. Whitewould have to tell to friends in Eng-land-that the lord of Kilfoye hadactually been carried away, and all bya terrible animal in a Canadian wood.
With the disappearance of the moosethe tutor thought the safer thing to dounder the circumstances was to makefor civilization, and as civilizatiincould not possibly be in the same linethat the moose had taken he went theopposite way. After journeying alongutterly disconsolate a veice from thebranches of a spruce tree startled him.It was the viscount, who, becoming ex-haust'd from his rapid run. sought theshelter of this small tree until he couldregain his strength and scattered wits.The joy of the tutor was unbounded.He would be relieved from telling ofthat awful beast that carried his patronaway on his horns. Then togetherthey made for the place of meetingwith the habitant and returned to Otta-wa, where his lordship told his thrill-ing experience. The fate of the furcost is unknown.--Ottawa (Ont. Cor.N. Y. aSun.
-As Bad as Two Bangls.-DiamoodImporter-'•This parcel is two karatsshort. There must be a leak some-where." Stock Clerk--"Very likely.sir Every stone in the lot has gr
tfiItu iacts,"-Jewwers' Weekly,
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
-A new element, named "damarla,"is said to have been discovered in thecrater of an extinct volcano in Damar-land- It is reported to have an atomicweight of only &5, or half that of y.-drogen; and, therefore, it is the lightestknown substance.
-Cattle raising in Columbia, CentralAmerica, is an almost universal in-dustry, but it lacks the proper and per-.feet utilization of the products, thehides and horns being exported. Thehungry people of Europe could consumeprofitably the meat, if properly canned.
-The wages of shop girls in Londonbegin at from 835 to 540 a year in thepoorest kinds of stores. The girls be-gin work at the average age of 17 years.In the high-priced shops on Bond andRegent streets a handsome girl with afine figure commands from $250 to $400a year, while a governess usually re-ceives less than half that sum.
-A curious instance of one poisonkilling another is reported fromYackandandah, Victoria, where strych-nine cured a snake-bite. A solu-tion of nitrate of strychnine in240 parts of water, mixed with a littleglycerine, was prepared and twentyminims injected hypodermically at li-tervals of ten or twenty minutes withgood results.
-Shad are of different families,which come from the ocean to therivers along the Atlantic coast tospawn. The shad of Florida are notthe same as those of the Hudson or theConnecticut or the Susquehanna. Thesame fish come each year to the partio-ular river where they were born, andin their appearance are slightly differ-ent Each river is the home of a sepa-rate colony.
-The asteroids that lie between theorbits of Mars and Jupiter have be-come so difi~cult to keep track of, sincethey have been discovered at the rateof about twenty a year, that astrono-mers have recently decided to rejectthem, excepting the nearest and themost distant. The latter are impoitantin observations of Jupiter, while thenearest ones are useful in the more so-curate calculations of, the earth's dis-tance from the sun.
-Even the hairs of your head arenumbered," says the good book. andscience is trying to prove it. Photo-graphing human hair is the latest usefor the camera. It is claimed that hu-man hairs have a marked individuality,and that with a microscope and cameraa photograph was gained which led tothe discovery of a murderer in Germany.The individuality of the hairs alonebrought about his conviction.
-Forest vegetation is much richer inNorth America than in Europe, andcomprises 412 species, of which 176 arenative to the Atlantic region, 106 to thePacific, 10 are common to both, 46 to theRocky Mountain region, and 74 are trop-'ical species near the coasts of Florida,as against 158 species in Europe. SixNorth American species of forest trees-the Judas tree, persimmon, hackber-ry, plane tree, hop hornbean and chest-nut-are also indigenous in Europe, allnow growing there naturally south ofthe Alps.
-From the testimony before thecommittee appointed by the Englishparliament to inquire whether railwayemployes were required to work toomany hours, it appears that the in-stances of long hours of labor are nu-merous. On the London and North-western railway the condition has im-proved slightly in two years Some ofthe unions ask for tea hours' work, andsome block signal men on crowded linesdeem eight hours enough. Some enginedrivers would rather work fifteen hours,and have their runs arranged so thatthey might be at home with their fami-lies, than stop at twelve hours, althoughfurnished with lodgings A few werewilling to work any number of hours ifpaid for overtime.
Post Oace xapeases.Uncle Sam's stationery bill is a very
large one. Half a million lead pencilsare consumed in Uncle Sam's postalservice annually; likewise 7,200 quartsof mucilage, 1.500 barrel's of ink, 10,000pounds of rubber bands and 12,000gross of pens The pens alone cost85,000 every twelve months. Only firstand second-class post offices get suchluxuries as pens, ink, mucilage andblank books Twenty-eight thousandink-pads and 80,000 pounds of stamp-inkare needed yearly for making post-marks. Six million cards are used upin the same length of time for reciptsfor registered letters and packages.But these are only a few of the articleswhich are supplied to postmasters. Oneof the costly items in the accounts ofthis supply division of the post office de-partment is weighing sesalea Two han-dred of them on an average are sentout every week to replace those whichare worn out, get broken by droppingoff tables, or are burned with post oficebuildings. This represents an annualexpense of 9,.000, although Uncle Sambuys his scales for less than a third ofthe regular market prics.-WaahingtooStar.
Better Bleep Ales.It is the better plan for each indi-
ridual, young or old, to sleep alone. Insleep, the body is throwing off d&cretorysubstances; the bad odor of a ole, un-a•ired sleeping room, is stau]ent evi-dence of the presenee of the Affete mattera thus thrown off. Witt two per-sons under the same covrring, theamount of foul body exh:lations isdoubled, consequently the atmospheresurrounding the body is very bad. Thebed clothing should be as poraous as poe-sible for the better ventilation of thebody, and consequently woolen blank-ets make the best covers. It is some-times recommended that quilts andcomfortables shall be lined with paperto make them warmer, but thip is ne-wholesomq, for paper keeps te airfrom circulating through the bed as itshould for health One German physi-cian recommends a single bed for eas•hperson, and that is the truly hbygiedeplan.-From a lecture by Dr. J. H. Kel.-logg.
TIe Oily Way."Can a man live ona 1,000 a year in
New York?""lie can if he hs lospitable tri4e,
-Brooklvyn Life.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
-Totlin• "Here's a story called'The Politician's Conscience!' " Dim-ling: "Short story, isn't it?"-Epoch.
-Dashaway: "Any one roomingwith you now?" Travers: "Yes. Mytailor."-Clothler and Furnisher.
-"I just saved 8s," said Blykins."How?" "I spent it before Waylinscould borrow it from me."-Waahing'ton Star.
-There's nothing in size-when apint bottle can exert more influenceover some men than a church spire.--Columbus Post
-"I wouldn't mind my wife's havingthe last word," said Mr. Meekins, "ifshe would only hurry up and get to it"-Washington Star.
-One of the slowest features aboutthe street ca~a is a lot of women mov-ing up to make room for somebodyelse. -Philadelphia Times
-Accurate, if Not Attrective.-He-"Don't you think my photograph is agood likeness?" She-"Really, I amafraid it ia."-Somerville JournaL
-Plumduf - "Has the charmingwidow any property?" Ketehum-"Yes,considerable." Plumduft-"Real estateor personal?" Ketchum - "PersonalShe has six children."-Tid-Bits
-"I had to be away from school yes-terday," said Tommy. "You must bringan excuse," said the teacher. "Whofrom?" "Your father." "He ain't nogood at making excuses; ma catcheshim every time."-Tid-Bits
-Cause for Laughter. - Jessie -"What are you laughing about?" Be.-sie-"Before Chapple went sway hetold me whenever I felt sad to think ofhim."--N. Y. Herald
-"Who is your favorite actor?" heinquired of his wife. "You are, dear,"she answered. "I"' "Yes, when youare trying to make me believe that youwere sitting up with a sick friend "-Washington Star.
-Jove's Laughter. - Giggler-"Atlovers' perjuries they say Jove laughs."Wriggler-"Well, it's no wonder theytell us that Jove is dead. He musthaveIaughed himself to death many cen-turies ago."-N. Y. Herald
-- Struggling Minister-"There was astranger in ohurch to-day." Wife -"What did he look like?" "I did notsee him." 'Then how did you knowthere was a stranger among the con-gregation?" "I found a half-crownamong the collection."-Tid-Bits
-'No Use Speaking.-Jake Jimson-"May I speak to your father, darling?"Cora Bellows (after apause)-"It wouldbe useless." Jake (with a look ofagony)-"Don't say that, darling! Whywould it be useless?" Cora-"IHe'sdeat"-N. Y. Herald.
-"You do very wrong to wish oldMr. Dulleigh dead. Don't you know itis very wicked?" "0, I don't mean anyharm. I only thoughtit would be niceto have him die now, so that he wouldhave a chance to tell all his stories inthe other world before I get there"-Boston Transcript
-"Gave your wife two diamond rings,one for each hand? Wasn't that ratherextravagant in you?" "Not at alL Thetwo rings ecot me only $100, and in thefive years I have been married I calcu-late I have saved three times as muchon my wife's dlove bill.- -BostonTranscript
-In Conldence. - "Mummy, dear,who's papa's mother-in-law?" "Mymother. dear-yoargraadmamma." 'O"(considering), "do you think grand-mamma wooldtake a prise at the catshow?" "Ethel, dear, what do youmean?" "Well, mummy, dear, I heardpapa say that in the whole course ofhis life he had never come across 'suchan old tabby as his mother-in-lawr "-Punch.
IMITATIVE BIRDS.
Wasy Pestaered Yolk Lhat Lsauh. Crysad Talk.
There is a species of crows in Indiawhieh -assembles in Socks of abouttwenty or thirty in the recesses of for-ests, and whose note so exactly resem-bles the human voloe in loud laughingthat a person ignorant of the real causewould fancy that a very merry partywas close at hand. The laughing jack-ass when warning his feathered matesthat daybreak is at hand, utters a cryresembling a troop of boys shouting,whooping and laughing in a wild chor-us The innocent night jat, which hasbeen slandered under the name of goat-sucker, has a cry, uan observer says, asof one lamenting in distress, which onesheard is never forgotten. "A strangerwould never eoneeive it to be the cry ofa bird. Hewould say it was the de-parting rvoeie of a midnight murderedvictim, or the last wailing of Niobe forher poor children before she was turnedto stone." Among birds that have thepower of imitation the parrot is sup-posed to talk the best; but., uas a matterof fact, its volee is decidedly inferior tothat of the mynah, a species of starling,of which there are examples at theLondon Zoological Gardens. Curiouslyenough the male bird speaks in a high,clear tonae, like that of a child, whilethe female has a gruff voice. Themynahs are fond of showing off theirvocal powers to visitors to the gardens.Another bird, the morepork, ofAustralia, is frequently heard vehe-mently demanding more pork, in a clear,stentorian voice. Our whippoor-willalso demands his punishment in a dis-tiut imitation of the human volie, andthe command of the gCinea fowl tocome back could easily be mistaken fora human voie. Coming toquadrupedsthe cries of none approach more closelythat of the human voice than those ofseals when lamenting the lose or cap-.taOe of their young. They emit a wail-ing and affecting cry, similar to that ofawoman in deep grief. The cry of awouaded bare resembles that of a childin distres•m Its piercing shriek can, ona still night be plainly heard at a dis-tanme of mos than a mila-Brooklyn
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