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ALLIGATOR HUNTING.
q "Look-'sn-up,"A "KIll-'sm-surs'' ana
q Dynamite"

A"Iook-'sm-up," A ''Xill-'sm-surs'' ana
. Dynamite"
A few nights ago I had my slumbers
broken several times by the discharge
Of guns. On repairing to the bank OF
;he river, the next morning, to ascer-
lain The cause Of the noises I found two
young men OCCUPYING a hastily con-
structed palmetto fan camp. Six dead
alligators were lying around the camp,
varying in length from four to eight
teet. The hunters had killed them
the previous night. One of the young
men was busy skinning the a~lligators,
while the other, with the aid Of g single
cooking u%tensil, which answered the
purpose of q baking ven and coffee
pot, was preparing a frugal morning
meal. The skin is removed from the
belly, the under part of the jaws, and
the inside Of the legs. The skin on the
back is worthless. As soon as the skins
are removed they are sailed and packed
IN barrels, and shipped to a New York
hrm. The hunters receive 81 q piece
for all hides four feet long and ur~
ward.
After the skins are removed the hunt
ers cut off the heads and place them on
The edge of the river, where they re-
main for about n week. At the end of
that time the teeth become so loose that
they can be readily pulled out with the
fingers. The teeth from half a dozen
alligators weigh about u pound, and are
worth 81.
The two young men killed fifty ALI
gators in the week that they hunted in
this neighborhood. They begin hunt
ing as soon as it becomes thoroughly
dark. Their hunting outfit consists Of
a bull's-eye lantern, in camp language
called "look-'em-up," adouble- barreled
shotgun, or 'tkill-'em-sure," and a
Ratchet, with which they split the alli-
gators skull, and to which they have
given the very expressive name of
dynamite. The man who is to do
the shooting for the night fastens the
lantern to his forehead and takes his
place in the bow of q small boat. His
partner paddles the loaf cautiously
along the stream, while the man in the
bow keeps o sharp lookout for
alllgators' eyes, which under favor
able circumstances he can "shine"
with his lantern at q distance of
200 yards. As loon as they discover a
pair OF eyes they paddle cautiously up
to within q couple of feet of the alliga-
tors head and discharge q load of buck
shot into it. AS soon as the shot is fired
the paddle catches the alligator by the
Jaws, which he holds together with one
hand, while he cleaves the skull open
with his Ratchet,
Sometimes the alligators retain con-
siderable power of action. When such
is the case it is rather exciting work
getting them into the boat. Sometimes
very large alligators turn the boat over.
II an alligator is not handled at once
after being wounded he sinks to the
bottom and is lost.-N. Y. Sun.
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Vermont has now, according to the
Troy Times, three ex-governors living,
each over 80 years of age, Hiland Hall,
of Bennington; Ryland Fletcher, Of
Cavendish, and Paul Dillingham;, of
Waterbury. OF x-Governor Peck it is
related that even swhen in Office he
could not lay aside his love of farming.
So he devoted all his spare time to that
work. One day he was toiling away
with his workmen, digging up stumps
and burning brush, when he was ac-
costed by a well-dressed youth with
pencil and paper in hand: See here,
old man, I have tramped nearly Ave
miles tofind that old cuss Of a Governor
Peck, and want you to End him for
me. want to see him." The COVER
Q directed him to a party of men in
an adjacent lot, designating "the gov
ernor," and the man who had travelled
long and was weary has not been seen
since. !
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Broken Bones,

A doctor should, of course, be sent
for in most cases, as it is difficult to de.
termine the character of the fracture.
But the fracture of an arm-bone, es-
pecially in the case of children,-their
bones are not yet brittle,-may be like
that of a green twig, partly bent and
partly broken.
In this case, if the arm can be
Strengthened without much, if any,
pain to the child, the parent NAV him
self bring the parts into place, keep
them so with splints and bandages, and
otherwise support the arm.
A broken bone heals of itself almost
as readily as q cut muscle. Rest-ab-
solute rest, no movements of the frac-
tured surfaces on each other-is the
main thing.
But if the fracture is III two or more
places, or the bone is broken into small
pieces, or q jagged end is thrust into
the flesh, the doctor, of course, should
be called.
Ii the hand OF foot has been badly
crushed, immense it in quite warm wat
er, and keep it there till the doctor
comes.
Perhaps he may conclude to let it re-
main until the inflammation has subsidized
two OF three days before he extracts
the broken bits.
Hot water has wonderful power to
relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and
promote healing. Hands have thus
been saved for quite good service, which
had been crushed under a trip-hammer.
In the case of a broken leg, don't lift
up the wounded person. The Jagged
ends of the bone may badly ~lacerate the
flesh. Get some door from it's hinges
or something of the kind-and let the
person draw himself on to it, and into
such q posture as he may find least
painful. In this case, too, absolute
rest of the parts is the one condition Of
cure.
OF late years the plaster of-paris
oandage has, to a large extent, taken
the place of splints. It is vastly superi-
or evory way and with it the person
may sooner be allowed some use of his
limbs.-Youth's Companion.
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The Lively Girls of Saratoga.

Well, the girls at Saratoga are nota-
ply bright and vivacious. Perhaps the
intense heat has the same effct on them
that it does on MISUNDERSTANDING
them for brilliant achievements. They
are less lazy, with all their Incidence,
than they would be at the seashore or
in the mountains. They get up earlier
in the mornings, stay up later nights
and are l%ivelier at all times. When
this is true with the thermometer close
to a 100 there must be a special reason.
An able theorizer explains it to me on
the theory that the mineral waters do
it. He asked me what Byron had said
as to Indictment from cathartics and I
replied that 1 really didn't know. Then
he quoted from the poet as follows:
"The thing that gives me- the highest
spirits Git seems absurd. but it is true)
is a dose of salts."-Saratoga Cores
nondenna
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A FRIEND OF ROOTS.
APscu1iar visit 70 the Treasury Fourteen
Years Ago.

A Peculiar visit 70 the Treasury Fourteen
Years Ago.
From q Washington Letter.
The silver vault of the treasury Gle.
partment is at last completed, and with
in a few days will receive the irst con-
Segment of standard dollars-about
6, 1000, 900, in all. It will require the
better part of q week to TINS
transfer from the old vault, which IS
badly o%vercrowded, to the new one.
The system of guarding the enormous
sums of money which are daily handled
by the department is so thorough and
complete that only once IN the
last fifty years have the repeated
effort of %cracksmen aud confidence men
been successful in defeating it. The
particular incident referred to occurred
in 1870, when Spinner was treasurer.
The amount stolen was q package OF
1000 ten-dollar notes. The objective
point of the thieves 1.-TWO n number)
was the division issue, the bureau at
which the freshly engraved notes are de-
livered, to be counted and turned into
the treasury.
Subsequent inquiry revealed the Tact
that the scheme for the robbery had
been planned and matured several
months previous, waiting meanwhile
with the most commendable patience for
a favorable opportunity to accomplish
it. One day the wife OF o prominent
resident of Washington. In company
with another lady and her husband,
were passing the upper door OF the
room where the money packages were
piled on a table to be counted. The first
named lady and the chief OF diyision were
we'll acquainted. As she came to the
open door they recognized and saluted
each other, she with her friends advanc-
ing into the room. While in the act of
doing so n of the thieves forced
himself between her and her friends.
He Immediately entered into converse
ton with Mr.. Root, the chief OF the dl-
vision, making inquiry as to the manu-
facture, receipt and counting OF the
notes. Root supposed him to belong
to his friends party, and was thus
thrown entirely off his guard. The lady
in turn supposed him to be an acquaint-
ance of Roots. A moment later the
two ladies with their gentleman escort
sauntered carelessly to the further ex-
tremity of the room. The principal
thief, whose observations were clever
and pertinent, o absorbed Roots
whole attention. His conversation
showed him to be a man Of fine mind
and cultivated While
chatting thus his accomplish has
tily entered and approaching the
messenger whose duty it was to
watch the money packages, made
some casual inquiries about a clerk who
had long since been dead. The woman
turned about to answer his inquiries.
At this juncture thief No. l exclaimed:
"Ah! I see my friends are leaving. I
must join them" Root looked in the
direction indicated. Sure enough the
party were moving toward the door.
His eyes were taken off of the stranger
for only an instant, but in that time he
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How Stanton was snubbea.

A leading citizen of T~uscurawas
county, Ohio, gives mo the following
about a curious old character named
Blake, whose history is bound up in the
earlier history Of that region. "Old
Blake" was the name he went by in Cens.
trail Ohio. He will be remembered by
the old citizens of Philadelphia and Ca
nal Dover as one Of tbs wealthiest, and
most eccentric characters. He was for
a time sheriff of the county, and per-
formed the duty of hanging Fenson, the
man who killed. the postboy. As sheriff.
Blake knew all the lawyers who prac-
tced at the bar in the county, and he
was especially we'll acquainted with Ed.
win M. Stanton, who often came over
from Steubenville. Stanton was then
Q young man, and Blake took a sort of
fatherly interest in him. After a time.
however, he left S~teubenyille and the
two men lost sight Of each other,
At last, one winter when Stanton
had gotten to be Secretary of War.
Blake took q notion he would come TO,
Washington to see him. He did O
On going to the War Departments he
asked to be shown to the Secretary's.
room The messenger asked for his
caro- and told him he would have 10.
wait and see whether the Secretary
could see him. This rather nettled
Blake, who was a rough old customer.
but he finally wrote down his name and
taa messenger departed. 1t was q ft1ll
quarter OF an hour before he retnrnad
and this to Blake seemed q day. He,
grew hotter and hotter as, the time
went on, and at last. marching M to
the door, Went into the reception room
then through into the private Office,
where the War Secretary was in conn
ell with some friends. He marched nm
TO Stanton with q black look on his face.
and, without, giving him a chance to
greet him, sand: "Mr. Stanton. xnr
no doubt think yourself a great man.
but it seems to me vow are acting like a
mighty small one. Here 1, who have.
helped yoa out of many a scrane' have
been waiting for an hour down in thai;
hali to sse you. I don't wast ANYTHING
now except to tell you that You are .
blanked snob, and you are gett;ne .
leetie too big for your breeches.a
With that he turned upon his heel and
left. Whether they ever made nm The
quarrel [ do not Observation-Disclosures
Letter to Cleveland Leader.
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what q woman Can no.

She can say "No" and stick to it for
all time. She a also say aNo" in
such o low, soft voice that it means
Yes" She can sharpen a lead pencil
II you give her plenty of pencils. She
can dance oil night in a pair of shoes
two sizes too small for her and enjoy
every minute of the time. She can
pass display window of o Diapers
shop without stopping-if she is run
ming to catch . train. She can walk
half the night with o noisy baby in her
arms without once expressing the desire
TO murder the infant.
She q appreciate a kiss from her
husband s~eventy-fve years after the
marriage ceremony has taken place.
She can suffer abuse and neglect for
years, which one touch of kindness or
consideration will drive from her rec.
objection. She can go to church and
atterward tell you what every woman in
the congregation had on, and in some
rare instances can give a faint idea oil
what the text was. She can look at her
husband square in the eye when he tells
her some cock-and-bun story about be.
ing detained at the Office" without be-
traying in the least hat she knows him
to be q colossal liar.
She can-but what's the use? A
woman a do anything or everything,
and do it well. She can do more in a
minute than q man can in an hour, and
do 1T better. She can make the alleged
lords bow down to her own sweet will
and they will never know it. Yes, q
woman can do everything with but one
exception; she cannot climb q tree
Indianapolis Times.
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Luxury and Extravaganza.

Here is an account of the way James
Gordon Bennett entertains his friends
at Newport: Tonight numerous cleo.
trio lights arranged among the trees
light up the entire lawn, bringing Out
In sharp relief the shadows of elegant
statuary of tents, and of the myri,,d
moving figures. The tent for dancing
measured go by 100 feet, and was at.
tached to the house by q covered way
lined with plants and flowers. The tent
itself was red and white striped, and the
twopoles supporting it were transformed
into pillows of red and white roses al
the top of each of which were stuck the
flags of the New York Yacht Club and
OF the yacht Namouna, with the commo-
dore's colors in the centre. At each
end OF the tent was q sort of alcoye
about 1Ox2O feet, shut off from the
tent proper by q wall of plants and
flowers. Lander's orchestra occupied
one of these ~alcoves, and the Germans
band the other. The tent was lighted
with calcium lights, and the walls were
lined with palms and tropical plants Of
all kinds, Directly opposite the main
entrance was a pyramid of two tons Of
ice. Behind this burned several cal:
cium lights, which showed through and
presented a most beautiful effect. This
unique decoration was guarded on two
sides by huge palms, loaned for the oc.
casion by Harry Stevens. The entrances
to the tent was hung with the English
0nd American ensigns, in complim emf
to Admirals Commerill of the British
navy and Luce of the United State,
navy.
The guests did not begin to arrive
till about 10 o'clock, and they contin-
ued to come from that time until mid
night. when there werebetween 500 and
800 of the leading cottagers present.
Dancing began about II o'clock.
The german was led by II. LeGrand
Cankon with Miss Frick of Baltimore.
There were seventy-fve couples in the
cotillion. The favors blue satin ribbons
with the three flags spoken of above
embroidered on them in bows, with sill
yer pins, Of which were engraved
September g." Silver lace pins for
the ladies and silver owl pins for the
gentlemen; fans with owls worked in
flowers for the ladies and an owl for
the buttap-hol for the gentlemen. A
novel feature in the german was the
many-colored toy balloons which were
attached to the ~gentlemen's button
holes and allowedto float in mid-alr.
All the ladies were in domino until
IL 80, when supper was announced.
The table for the most distinguished
guests wa spread in the pagoda over
looking the lawn. At this table were
seated President Arthur, Sir Edmund
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II the pasture. because Of drought or
from any cause, gets short the latter
part OF the summer or during the au-
tumn, it puzzles many a farmer to know
what TO do with his stock. It will moi
answer to let them be pinched and suffer
Tor want Of food. It seems too early to
begin on the nows Of hay that are safe
y tored for the winter supply, and dry
cattle at pasture are not wanted in the
stables at this season OF the The
corn-field will solve the problem. III
there are any parts Of it where the Weld
will be small and of an inferior quality.
cut and feed it green to the cattle; and
1t there is none Of this sort. then use
what would makegood corn, and do not
feel that it is a wasteful or
costly way of feeding. With
the pasture which the cattle NAV
&c able to obtain, very few stalks, il
hey have ears on them. will be re-
CURED by each animal per day; and if
led u O proper quantity, scarcely q
yestige of them will be left. No labor
Will be expended on corn fed in this
way for husking, Smelling, and grind
ing.
Should've corn-field be at a consider
able distance from the stable or pas
ture, q quantity sufficient to last for two
or three days could be hauled at one
time and placed in shocks. Soon after
t%heregular corn-cutting has commenced,
although the corn may not be dry
enough to l.usk, q large quantity Of i
may be husked Al fast as the stalks are
required for feeding, provided tn. corn
is placed in an open. airy, place, where
it will not mould. II is false economy
to save the cornstAlks and pasture the
meadows closely. Cornstalks kept un-
til March are not worth more than half
as much for feeding as during the au-
tumn. The bit of rowen which is
cropped off in order to have cornstalks
last until spring will be many times
more valuable next June, and will be
seen in the increased hay croy.-Cor-
respondencs Country Gentleman.
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1lEE HONE GICIE and FARM.


2&-&t hMU- NAXZ1 ~
M s-s1.s 81 s wasA al Waists'
ny Aze marrow OF wide according t.
%tAsteS Deep belss are not suitable FOL
~ Wa = waists. Silver buck.
u 80, II, mucn songhtafter when artist
w,ssr hsits E;thaut l u aaales ana muses.
Iiosed under rosatts = r;hhon hcw
The same bows are on the shoulder and
IN front 81 the neck. The directoire
\ sash is Also worn. It ii vide, Of soft
fabric, and is loosely tied on the side.
sa;ln $3.50.
a Asos re pam OF nave sllver
ahd GoidA esilcon trimmings. They are
~ 1870 senefaliy o. me color
m .sa .as = 1nlcn Sney sle woln.
hue. Many percsIes nave cream mt.
u, 81 gray grounds, with dark dots.
SHIFTS of this material usually have pol
onaises trimmed and draped in various
rays. They may open ' white bat
iste : white plated gauze c~hemisettes,
or button down to the waist, and they
are raised and taken back to form q
puftingover affnely plated skirt. These
dresses are much worn at the seaside
iad;as h Nv sI'u andr nna1g d aas.an
trimmed with red lace.
rev;v.l u.nat; fron, M ;r,a
onartar. +. IN 3 tba1ocLet - nanaan
rorn 3 az th.oat ,n;th 49,, -
A1oA' WIZ open dresses
one @ the rev ornaments suitable and
becoming to all ages. Nothing unites
richness and simplicity more than .
glittering diamond pendant or cross de-
pending from 9 narrow velvet neck.
band and worn with clinging trained
evening dress ct pure white lace or
tnAe. One IN black is equally effective.
Thare Il ! nrorn,.a that h,ool al.
dra.... vii +. - g. 1lAoA sa.
:. o'ss' ". - = Uncommon vogue the
coming Autumn and Winter. When
good, no material is more elegant or
servieable. Tucks, both wide and mar
row, upon founces, kits and bodice.
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About tWo-thirds the length Of the
branches away from tss axis Of. the tree,
the soil should be cleared until the roots
are reached, and then all the main ones
should be cut of with . sharp spade,
.afx rward returning the earth that was
lifted. Such . course also tends to
earlier fruitage. The plan may be kept
upone year after another, andis an ex-
ceilent n for small gardens, where
many varities are desired,
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The Good POINTS Of the y.r..y,.

Chicago News.-"The Jersey is an
institution that has become about as
familiar al back hair" remarked q
State street merchant. "There is no linn
it to the demand for it. Every age and
style of woman wants q Jersey. Some.
when they begin to wear it, are Ioath to
do anything else. It fits so easily and
so comfortable that they feel compressed
IN any w%halcbone bodice. Old women
wear it and 8 do crookedbacked won.
en-. They are the favorite garment
with women with imperceptible waists.
as we'll as women who seem all waist
from their shoulder blades almost to
their knees. OF course it is a gar
ment that reveals every iimperfectioni in a
figure, and however comfortable, only
the young woman, with rounded arms,
with supple waist and perfect curves can
essay it and look we'll. She who is SO
blessed and sticks to the everyday
wear OF a jersey does it from thorough
understanding Of her superior points
and the same calm assurance that gives
q woman with pure Greek features and
low forehead confidence to comb her
hair straight back in the plainest fash
ion. But it matters not how skinny a
woman may be, how pointed her elbows
or how her collar bone may heaye in
sight. she will wear q Jersey. Especial
" IN wearing fine, soft goods it is i'm
possible to disguise imperfections of
the figure or supplement lacking round
ness, for the cloth adjusts itself to COM
plete revelation of what there is under
"Then there is a deal in knowing how
to put on q jersey. One symmetrical
young woman whom I know wears no
other waist, and she always looks like a
model for . nineteenth-century Venus
de Medici, puts loaded weights into the
bottom Of the garment to keep it down.
You'll notice nine-tenths of the ome
whom you see in jerseys are constantly
struggling with them to keep them from
crawling up around their necks. This
particular young whom / have
mentioned pulls it up high on the shout
ders, smooths itabout the waist, widens
it across the bust, and she looks as if
she had grown inside Of it and il had
gradually stretched out wei her. One
hot day / saw q woman come in here
with q jersey on. She evidently wore
no corset beneath it, and as she was fiat
as q slab / could actually count her ribs.
Don't give it away or it would hurt the
trade, but it's a fact that no woman
whom nature has not turned out with q
perfect figure should attempt to wear .
jersey"
rs there much call for the silk gar
ments?" was asked.
VERY little. The soft, fine wooden
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Maggie Mitchell refuses to play Sun
day evenings. She was offered n guar
antee that her houses on Sunday even
ings would aggregate 50, 900, but she re-
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Florence Nightingale says that from
ner long experience in India she is
convinced that cholera is not directly
communicable from person to person.
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materials r SO desirable ana Just as
suspectible of adjustment that there is
very little demand Tor the silk jersey.
In fact, wedo notkeep it in stock at ALL
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Mr.. Mckee Rankin has adopted the
English fashion of employing young
lady ushers in his Third Avenue Thea
ter, New York.