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A Bear-Bearing Tree.

We have received communication
from correspondent of Pendleton,
Umatilla County, Oregon, recording a
recent exploit of Mr.. John McCracken,
an Illinoisan, who is new herding sheep
in the wilds ''where rolls the Oregon"
McCracken left his sheep one day for
ramble in the Blue Mountain, with his
trusty gun on his shoulder. He had not
gone far when he was faced by very
large gray she-bear. The bear was so
50 unacquainted with man, that she
made for Me Cracker without hesitation,
bat soon reconsidered the motion when
she discovered that the man didn't
scare. McCracken cracked away at her.
She retraced her steps and commenced
climbing a tree near by. Another shot
brought her down all in a heap at the
foot of the tree. McCracken reloaded
and crept up softly to see if the bear
was quite dead. He heard a noise over
head, looked up and saw another big
bear coming numbering down the tree
for business. He waited for dead shot
and fired both barrels for sure thing.
The second bear came down with ac-
celebrated velocity and fell all in heap
at the foot of the tree. Another noise
overhead Eyes up. Another big bear
was scratching bark, coming down to
see what was the matter with the others.
McCracken had no more loads-had no
time to load, and he ran away from UNI
der that bear-bearing tree. He made
rapid tracks to camp, and relOading,
mounted his horse and rode back to the
slaughter of bears. The other fellow
was still around, and having ascertained
the fate of his fellows-and observing
the reinforcement of the enemy-he took
to the tree. McCracken drew bead On
him, fired, and the third bear fell all in !
a heap at the foot of the tree. There I
were no more bears to come down, but |
there were three dead bears lying all in
a heap under that bear bearing tree. |
John McOraeken did it with his trusty /
gun, and our correspondent, 5. Richard |
son, vouches for the exploit. He de-
sires that McCracken's friends in Hi |
nOis should know that John MeCracken .
has received due honor as the champion /
bear-killer of Oregon. The shepherd !
er of the Blue Mountains was living on
the fat of the laud at last accounts.
This was about the middle of December.
Has any body got better bear record?
If so, let them speak or forever hereaf-
Ter content themselves with bagging
smaller game.-St. Louis Republican.
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snaIla, an Abyssinian snake-Charmer.

Some new features have just been
added TO the attraetions of tie Royal
Aquarium at Westminster, which are
likely to prove interesting to the gen
eral puhlic, and peculiarly so to natural
lists. One is an exhibition of the extra
ordinary power Which a female Abys-
sinian snake-charmer possesses over
reptiles of the boa-constrictor class.
We had an opportunity yesterday OF
witnessing this performance, when Is
unquestienablYo of a most singular ana
astonishing character 1 The snake
charming of Snalla differs in some re-
speets from that of 1the" indiaH snake
eharmers who were brought to Europe
by DR.. Lynn. In the latter case the
venomous cobra was shown to be eapa-
BILE of control; but in the present In
stance the serpents belong TO the non
vefiomous class, which kill their prey by
compression. Snalla has brought with
her three small anacondas and a boa
constructor, and Mr.. Farini, to whose
enterprise we owe this remarkable ex-
hibition, has added spleldid python
from the southwest coast of Africa.
Snalla is apparently % or 80 years of
AGE, of light brown color, with some
what pleasing features, and 1.-THE and
graceful form. Her power over the SER
penis seems to be complete. p go
The anacondas (Which must not be
COMPOUNDED with the gigantic South
American water-snake, though they are
of the same genus) allow her to treat
them with the utmost familiarity. Dur
ing the performance she keeps up with
out intermissiOn low monotonOus
chant, supposed to be one of the means
employed for the charming of the rep
tiles, and they appear to be most docile
and even affeetionate. One will coil 1t
self round her waist and the others round
her arms The immense muscular
power of these creatures is shown when
one of them, clutching her wrist with its
tail, extends its body horizontally and
without apparent effort sways itself to
and fro, or erects itself into a vertical
position. The boa is about ten feet long,
and is very beautiful serpent. 1t is re-
markabiv tame 80 u curls itself round
Snalla's waist, and its forked tongue
plays around her hand in a manner that
would be alarming if the performer did
not convince us by her confidence that
no evil would result. The python is q
recent purchase of Mr. Farini's; it is,
therefore, at present only undergoing
the tanning process; yet Snalla has in
few days got it under such control that
it will submit to her manipulations,
while it will fly fiercely at stranger
London Post.
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THE EASTERN WAR,

A dispatch from Bogot, 31st, says: After
an exceedingly difficult passage over snow
covered mountains and frozen foOtpaths,
the vanguard of Russian division has oc-
cupied the Balkan passes between Arabak-
onak and Sophia, and cavalry has already
been stationed on the Sophia road. The
Turks were taken by surprise, consequently
the Russian loss was small.
Adispatch from Bogot, Sd, says: Gen.
Gourko fought severe battle on the s1st of
December, at Tashesan. Before securing
the Turkish entertainments, the Russians
lost 700 men in killed and wounded The
Turks retreated at nightfal towards Sofia
pursuedby the cavalry. After halt for
rest and reorganization, General Gourko re-
sumed his advance upon Sofia.
The Turkish forces have evacuated Sofia.
The Russians have occupied Ilidja, thus com
plotting the Gordon around Erzeroum.
An official dispatch received at st. Peters
burg on the 9th, says that Sofia was enter
ed on the Sd inst, after skirmish in which
the Russians lost only "a men. A telegram
from General Gourko announces a desper-
ate engagement on the I'd, near Bogrov.
The Turks attempted to surround five
battaliOns of Russian infantry and a
brigade of cavalry, but were defeated, leav-
ing 1000 dead on the field; the Russians lost
200. The Russian detachment under Gen.
Dadeville, which supported Gen. Gourko in
his movements over the Balkans, had 53men
frozen TO. death in one night, and
$50 frost-bitten. An official dispatch
states that the Russian loss
on crossing the Balkans, however, was not
50 great as was at first supposed. The Turks
suffered enormously, and immense numbers
OF killed and wounded were found on their
positions on December 81. The whole plain
of Kamarli was strewn with Turkish
cnrnseS.
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nese Legations have never been an
noyed.
1t Is related, as actually true, that a
young lady, recently walking in the
country lanes near Tennyson's home,
met q gentleman who, at her approach.
deliberately took out a handkerchief and
spread it over his face. Having had no
intentieH Of staring at the stranger,- She
marveled at the evident measure of de-
Tense and hurried past, mot without trePi-
dation; but the daughter of Eve, Of
course, turned round before she was out
of sight, and beheld Mr.. Tennyson 60
ing on his way unveiled.
The Count de Paris lately took pos
session of the former residence of his
grand aunt, Madam Adelaide, sister of
King Louis Philippe, in the Rue de
Varennes, near the corner of the Rue
Vanneau. 1t is considered the most
magnificent private establishment in
Paris. Sixty carriages can stand togeth-
er in the court yard, 1000 guests can
circulate in the reception rooms, and
the garden is miniature park, extend
ing to the Rue de Babylone. The house
is now known as the Hotel Galliera,
having been long inhabited by the late
Duke de Galliera and his Duchess, who
saw much company there. 1t was pre-
viously inhabited, thirty years ago, by
Gen. Cavaignac, the brief dictator of
the second republic. and still further
back, in the days of Louis Philippe, by
the late Col Thorn, an American, who
gave frequent balls to the French nobil-
ity, but received no one who arrived
later than a. m. At that hour a guest
was refused admission. ,Jt1"1
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"A Sign of Indigestion-''Gone to
dinner. Be back in five minutes"
Changes come with the seasons.
his wife built the fire, will this year let
his wife build the fire while he lays in
bed. Thus is marital devotion reward
ed. T uJliid3 aiif 1--u aE 3fng
Gentlemen who can't tell polon-
,aise from an apron front will bear in
mind the prevailing distinction between
a hat and bonnet One is worn over
the ear, and the other on the nape of the
neck. i.- 80 Oh" ~ -
. IA man whose knowledge is based
on actual experience says that when call
ing on their sweethearts young men
should carry affection in their hearts,
perfection in their manners, and confec-
ton in their pockets. .-..af.H
81 1--WE were shown very beautifully
decorated piece of pottery yesterday. 1t
was deep red on the outside, and the
inside was decorated with two quarts of
beans and half a pound of pork The
reader of this fine sentiment instructive
ly murmurs 'Boston.n =. 1903 H
a'. - Is my breakfast ready?" said an
impatient young man who was trying to
get his morning meal at a beer saloon.
''Don't KNOW said the waiter ''I'll
whistle up and see." Heavens! no !;
don't do that | ordered sausage, and
if you whistle you'll have the whole lot
down"
1t is wonderful what halo true
love will throw around a dear ones
form. Here a girl will go and come
and sit with a great lubber of a lubber
every evening in year-while he
founders around ON her train, steps on
Der toes, knocks over tables and com
mits scores eff other deprcdations with
his No. II boots-and yet, come Christ
mas, she viii sweetly make him pres
ent of q No. pair of slippers, with a
pink rosebud worked on top.
AT the renting of the pews in a
Chicago church the other evening, there
was hot competition for pew No. IS,
and bids ran up to large sum. 1t was
finally knocked down to Brother b.
g Why were you so anxious to get that
particular seat?" he was asked by
Brother c. q Why? Because it's next
to Brother MS" he replied. Well,
what of that?" returned the other
" Why" replied Brother b., "M.'s as
bald as jug, and he draws flies from
every body around him. made up my
mind to get pew near him this year,
for if there's any thing hate it's to be
pestered with flies when I'm-when I'm
listening to a good sermon"
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MOistening Hot Air in Rooms.

An effective Continuance has been de-
vised for overcoming the dryness of the
air in heated rooms. 1t is called an
''air moistener," and is of additional
service by arresting the dust that comes
up throsgh hOt-air fiues. The device
consists of a series of pans set in a
frame. Each pan has an outlet tube
which rises from the bottom to a height
less than that of the sides of the pan.
Consequently, water poured into the top
pan overflows through the outlet tube
and fills the pan below it, and so on
through the series. At the top of the
frame there is a chamber of Just suffi-
cient capacity to hold water enough to
fill all the pans; this is filed first, then
its outlet-valye is opened, the pans fill,
and the contrivance is ready for opera
ton. The frame is to be hooked on in
front of hOt-air registers or set on top
of stove or furnace. Air thus moiS-
tened is very pleasant to breathe, and
must doubtless prove far less irritating
to the lungs and throat than ordinary
air. The quantity Of
water evaporating is large, and the APP
paratus needs to be filled at least once
day; but where it is inserted in cellar
furnaces the fillisg can be made auto
matte by connection with the water sup
ply.-Ne10 York Tribune.
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The Chinaman's Beloved Lily.


The Chinese residents of this city, to
a man and to a woman, are now dill
gently engaged in -eultivating what ap-
pears to be their national flower; GER
tainly a flower loved by that nationali-
ty. 1t springs from a bulb somewhat
resembling an onion, and has leaves
resembling those of the wild flag found
in swamps. From the top of a stem
rising through the tuft of leaves are put
forth considerable number OF bios
SONS somewhat resembling small lilies.
No soil is required in the cultivation of
these flowers All that is necessary is
to place the bulbs in a shallow earthen
vessel and pile small fragments of rock
about them and then keep them well
watered.. The Chinese plant them in
season to have them bloom on their new
year. The bulbs are all brought from
China. The Chinese say that there is
but one place in China where they grow
wild and naturally. The Chinese not
only love the flower themselves, but are
also pleased to. see it growing in the
houses of their employers. They say it
viii only grow and blossom well from
the good, and have many superstitious
notions in regard to it. The Chinese
laundrymen frequently present these
plants to their customers, and at every
visit after they have seen them proper
ly planted stop to trim them and give
them some little attention. To forbid
the importation of these bulbs would
probably drive all the Cinnamon out of
the country. 1t might be tried if all
other means fail. 10 deprive '.John'' of
his beloved lily would surely make him
quite sick at heart Virginia City
(NeU.) Chronicle. i-iia}-
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Foreign Notes.

Mrs. Bowler, a sister of Hon. Geo.
w. PendIeton, was formally received
into the Roman Catholic Church, at
London, on the 18th of December,
The King of Saxony has nominated
Baron Tauchnitz of Leipsic, the we'll
known publisher, to one of the very
limited number of life peerages in the
Upper Chamber of the Saxon Parlia-
ment, vacant by a recent death. Z u n
Sunday English papers are discuss
ing the question whether England has
ever derived any solid advantages from
the conquest of India, and a member of
the House of Commons recently re-
marked that it had been of far less value
than the invention of the steam engine,
Much indignation is expressed in
Berlin papers at the conduct of the citi-.
zens there toward the members Of the
Chinese Legation, who may happen to
walk the Streets They are followed by
crowds, and their cues are pulled, TO
the great delight of the populace. The
police have orders to arrest all Offend
ers, and school-teachers have been di-
rected by the Government to urge de-
cent behavior in this matter upon their
pupils. In London and Paris the Chi
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Migration of Insects.

d. Prof. Riley regards the migration of
insects as due to their multiplying more
rapidly than their means of support.
The migrations of rats are attributed to
the same cause, and similar observations
have been made as to other animals.
Many insects that are not normally of a
migratory tendency, exhibit it when
pressed by dearth of food. In these
cases they collect together and migrate
in large bodies. Referring to instances
of the kind, Prof. Riley, at recent
meeting of the st. Lois Academy of
Science, stated that vast flights of but
terfies took place at times from the
equatorial regions of South America.
Migrating swarms have been observed
at sea; and also in the southwestern
parts OF the United States, where the
fact is frequently recorded in local news
papers, especially in September and Oc-
tober, and occasionally in the spring
months. In every instance where OBJ
servations have been made, this migrat-
ing butterfly has been found to be the
archippus. @
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lie schools; California, s22.O4, and Mas
sachusetts but $50.
Moody and Sankey are referred to
by the Paris Gaulois as "the founders
of a new religion that enjoys certain
vogue in the United States. q
The ReF. Edward Abbott, who re-
tired from bis editorship of the Conqre-
gatiofialist, short time ago, is about to
become amember of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church.
California has school population
of 200,067. The number in the public
schools is 1S5, 335, and the average at
tendance is S9,539 There are 3,167
teachers, 1883 of whom are women.
The Pope has authorized Cardinal
Manning to negotiate with Great Britain
for the removal of certain, difficulties
which delay the establishment of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland.
The Republic CT Honduras is about
to introduce the American free school
system. In is capital, Camayagua, ma
tiOnal college is to be established, and a
commissioner has been sent to this coun-
try to obtain books and teachers.
Miss Josephine A. Stone, colored
girl, who graduated from the High
School at Newport, Vermont, this last
summer, took the gold prize for the
highest scholarship, gave the valedie-
tory, and did the last two years study
in one. She is the daughter of cook,
and supported herself by her own labor.
The State School Commissioner re-
ports the following school enumeration
Tor Ohio for the past year; White boys
between and q years, SIS, 049; white
girls, 1896 total white, 1904, 145; ;
colored boys, 11,7S2; colored girls,
1921; total colored, %, 103; grand to-
tai, 1922, 24S. This is an increase of
1900 over last year. 'li l'a-j .t
They have reduced whipping to a
system in the pnbhclschools OF certain
Connecticut towns. Whenever teachers
inflict corporal punishment, they are
obliged to send the pupil to the School
Superintendent with a certificate ex-
planning the ofiense for which the pun
ishment was inflicted, the instrument
used, and the number of blows struck.
This arrangement tends to make teach
ers think twice before they strike once.
Harvard has 112 scholarships, with
incomes varying from $40 to $3.50 a
year The University of Pennsylvania
now admits women as special students
in history, physics, chemistry, and mu-
sic. Arcadia College, at Wolfyille, n.
j., has lost its main building by fire.
The Amherst seniors have asked to
study English literature next term ON a
changed plan. Professors Rose and
Douglass of the University of Michigan
are to have. auformal examination on
charges of dishonesty is connestiOn with
the chemical laboratory. -rg aTF
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collects stars ASIAN En-.

"a -Itl66IlIIl
glishman would euriosities, and the
mania is an expensive one, for it entails
a disbursement of fees which are always
large and sometimes exorbitant. Some
Russian Generals and Senators are
knights of some thirty orders, and it is
these who affect mostt to wear no ribbons
at all. The custom of going out to even
ing parties in plain clothes unadorned
is one of recent birth, but it is growing
-apace, and now high-class Russiaas no
longer show their stars at the theater
and at private parties, as they did ten
years ago. At official receptions they
have no choice, but must wear all the
stars and crosses they possess, even
though their bosoms should resemble a
jewellers shop-front IN consequence
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Lizzie Davis, in ct of insane jealousy
killed that lady and then took his own life.
/, The murder was committed at the residence
Of the young lady, where Haddock had gone
fully prepared,for tAe deed He,f attack
led her with butdber-kpife, butpot being
Immediately shecessfuI in Killing hef
On account Of htr assperaie struggles, he
fred thre@s 4eis at her, ope|of witch proved
I fatal. The maniac lover, after satisfying
himself that his victim was dead, proceeded
to his own home, where ihe fourth shot from
his revolver terminated his own life. The
murderer left behind %, words Of eyplana-
tion, bNtseh+heaApef eilafYhiehlhe wore
he had written in bold, legible hand these
Nv {. EeEeixs. faa, sEnatler.2
The Grand Jury at Hartford, Conn, have
found true bills against several former OFF,
GERS Of the Charter Oak Life Insurance
Company, among them being James G.
Walkoly and Il. c. Virgins, former Presi-
dents. Samuel y. White, former Secretary,
and Henry J. Father, former Financial
Manager rhe indictments against them are
for conspiracy 60 dofraud policy holders Of
the company.
. The Rollinsford saving Bank, NJ Salmon
Falls, y. H., has suspended, with Sj60,eo0 Of
deposits The assets are said 60 be amply
sufficient 10 pay all claims, n time can be had
10 realize their value.
Virginia experienced an earthquake shock
on the I'd.
6. p. Kirkland, Deputy Collector Of In
ternal Revenue at Spartansburg, S. c.,
makes am official report that posse Of Unit
ed States officers in Union County were re-
Gently resisted by company Of 200 armed
men, some of them uniformed, and COM
PEELED TO release two prisoners who were
under arrest charged with violating the rev.
ienue laws. Jasper Gibbs, Trial Justice,
and b. A. Gregory, his Constable, are said
to have been the principal parties engaged
in the affair. The authorities at Washing
ton say that the malefactors shall be brought
to justice.
The Massachusetts Legislature convened
on the Sd.
The Pottsvile (Pa.) Bank suspended on
the eth. This is the fifth clearinghouse that
has suspended there within is months.
Dispatches from various points in New
England on the 7th report intense cold
weather, ranging from "a degrees below ze-
70 at Nashua, y. H., to ~ degrees below at
Fort Fairfield, Me. Richmond Va.) re-
ports, same day, say that the James River
was frozen over, and in some parts Of the
State the thermometer was below zero.
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G. W. Gustin and w. II. Dessin, two
young lawyers OF Macon, Ga, fought duel
with pistols on the 9th. Both missed.
George b. Bigelow, : prominent Boston
lawyer, is. charge6, with embeszling - 0s'e
belonging 70 trust estate. lIe has given
bail for S8a,9O6. 4. ~. q q. -. ~ S&A
John Bonner & Co., a well known firm Of
New York brokers, failed on the 21st, with
liabilities amounting to some so, pe0; mo
assets. The suspension also brought down
the Bankers and Brokers' Association, with
which they had large dealings. .dfIoAIO
The Legislatures Of New York and Penn
sylvania convened opthe fstD lib GJOC
Governor-elect Holiday Of Virginia was
inaugurated with public ceremonies on the
LIST.
The old Bulbs Head Bank of NevS nort1
City is TO be wound up. Its capital is said
TO be impaired to the extent Of 1S5es Qeos rbut
depositors viii be paidin full.
Marshall Jewell, President OF the Charter
Oak Life Insurance Company, Informs pol-
CIV holders that unless they consent TO the
scaling down Of their policies 40 per cent the
company must go into bankruptcy. ,,--,
T. S. Lambert, x-President ofthe Ameri-
can Popular Life, Insurance Company, OF
New York, Convicted OF Swearing TO false
reports, has been sentenced to five years at
hard labor in the State prison.
The Leefsnsff % 9 ISsln ga. aofl Nsfsl nS'
convened on the I'd.
At Ferndale, Northampton County, Pa,
on New Years nigbt,aJ5ln HaadOcki an
unsuccessful sutton for fAe band Of Miss 1
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The New Orleans Clearing house Assoei-
ton have passed resolution protesting
against the passage Of the Bland Silver bill.
Rev. Leroy p. Carton, well known Pres
sbyterian minister Memphis, dropped
dead in the street at Helena, Ark, el the
It'll, Of heart disease.-
The Ohio Legislature met on the 9TH.
4 The new Wisconsin State officers were IN
sugurated on the It'll
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A Mr.. Rowland. of San. Francis,

"A Mr.. Rowland, of San francisco,
claims, after an expenditure of $1,000
and several years of labor, to have dis
covered an infallible indicator of the
presence of gold, with which he has
been able 10 tell. within a small amount,
how much coin persen-eaFried about
him, and the proportion of gold and sill
yer, so sensitive does it appear to be.
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THERE viii be liylier times in the ag-
ricultural districts, - remarked citizen
Of nocturnal habits, Is ne he ignited a
modicum of sulphur under al alien.
hen-roost at the witching hour, '.the
of the crops has begun. y