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him and SO mangled his legs that they
never healed, and he died as has been

him and so mangled his legs that they
never healed, and he died as has beer
intimated.
While it is difficult to subdue the lion
into anything like dependable docility.
the task W tn the hyena is immensely
more difficult. This bowler of the
desert is the most treacherous beast
imaginable. The game is not worth
the candle, after all, the results are
very meager and when the hyena has
been licked into jumping through a
hoop and over whip he has done all
he ever can do. One of the most sue
cessful trainers of these malodorous
scavengers was Herr Drayton, well
known as cannon-ball performer.
But Drayton's time came, and accord
ing to the reporters informant. who
participated in the fracas, he is not
soon likely to forget it. 1t was during
street parade in Washington. d. c.,
in 1881, and Drayton was in a cage
with six hyenas. Something enraged
the brutes and with snarl they all
rushed for him. One buried its teeth
in his shoulder, another in his thigh,
and together they pulled Drayton down.
He choked off the one gnawing at his
shoulder by simple strength of hand,
and then struggling to his feet, be-
labored that at his thigh with the load
ed butt of his whip until he also
dropped of. But by this time the other
four We're clawing at his chest and then
none to soon-the circus attendants
came hurrying to the scene with iron
bars and beat the beasts back into a
corner, while Drayton. pale, bloody.
ragged, but resolute, stepped out of the
cage. Though of the same tribe, the
hippopotamus and rhinoceros are far
less intelligent than the elephant But
given the requisite amount of patience,
almost every animal is susceptible of
some sort of education. Even the
stupid goose has been harnessed to a
tub and drawn it like a floating chariot
up and down the stream; canaries are
very clever and will fight. fire cannons
aud make believe to die; in England
the bullfinch is always taught to draw
her own drinking water in u toy bucket
attached to the cage; there are Japan
csc birds to be seen which ''tell fort
unes" by drawing card from pack,
and there is legend extant of a whis-
Ting oyster, and still another that
among the curiositieS of Cobweb Hall
there used to be trained shrimp that
wagged its tail when old Warner
called to it.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
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RASPBERRIES.

How They Should he Cultivated and tbs
Kind of Winter Protection They Need.
Unlike strawberries. raspberries are
benefited By shade if not too dense: set
along the fence, they succeed admir-
ably. The soil should be made rich
with well decomposed manures. applied
literally. and made light and friable by
thorough spading and cultivating. Turn
up the earth to a good depth and spade
in the manure, incorporating it thor
oughly with the soil.
1t is best to plant carly and late va
rieties of both red and black. even
though you have only space sufficient
for six of each, or less.
The canes OF all varieties of raspber-
ries are biennial; that is. canes are pro-
duced one year, bear fruit the next and
then e. One-year-old plants should.
therefore, be selected for setting out.
In garden culture varieties of the cap
should be set five by three feet; the
others three feet apart each way: for
field culture plant cap varieties six by
three and one half feet. others in rows
five feet apart, and the plants three feet
apart in the row; in planting the smaller
growing kinds two plants may be set
in hill, about six inches apart
Do not expose the roots to wind and
sun; plant as soon as possible after re-
ceiv.ng them. but do not set deeper than
they stood in the nursery; spread the
roots out in natural position, and
press the earth firmly about the plant
with fhn f.nt oil
shoots as weeds. excepting three or
four of the strongest to form the new
fruiting canes, for it must be remem-
bered that we depend on these young
shoots for fruit the next year.
Ever bear in mind that clean cultiva-
ton is essential, not only with raspber-
res. but all other plants; we can not,
or rather ought not, to expert our
plants to thrive when we allow them to
become choked with weeds and grass,
checking their growth sometimes be-
yond repair.
While extensive growers seek by
close pruning 10 avoid the use of trellis
or stakes for the support of raspberry
plants. doubt if it is policy to do so.
and in garden culture it is not neces-
sary. In my own garden drive strong
stakes on either side of the bush. and
tie to them a rope, thus forming strong
support for the heavily laden canes; a :
common barrelhoop fastened to the
stakes answers the same purpose. or if
planted near fence the canes may be
trained and tied to it.
Though many varieties of the rasp-
berry are hardy, winter protection in
sures full crop and should never be
neglected. Youths Companion.
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A Cautious President.

The fire luency with which New York
bank cashiers take advantage of their
opportunities is causing some distrust
The President of a New York bank
remarked. not long since. to one of the
principal stockholders and depositors:
Il feel much safer about the fund:
than l did last week"
Il am glad to hear it. / have been
feeling very uneasy about my money.
What precautions have YOU taken?"
I've had special telephone wire
connected with the Grand Central De-
pot, and the man who sells tickets has
got photograph of our cashier, so if
he tries to 90 to Canada we will know
it in time to have the scoundrel ar
rested"
About week afterwards the Presi-
dent himself went to Europe with mos,
OF the assets.-Tszas SJtings.
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LEVEL CULTURE.
A Farmers Belief That Level Cultivation
Is Best for Most Crops.

Farmers Belief That Level Cultivation
Is Best for Most Crops.
Every years experience convinces me
more strongly than ever that level cul-
tivation is hest for cultivated crops.
can well remember when it was con-
sidered necessary to hill every crop
that was cultivated. The finishing work
of cultivating corn, cane, potatoes,
beans and all that class of crops, was to
throw the earth toward them from both
sides of the row, leaving the soil in
high ridges. Outside of other questions,
with me, the Importance of leaving the
soil in better condition for after culti-
yat.on, and of retaining moisture so
much better around the roots of the
plants, would be sufficient to Induce me
to keep the soil rs level as possible.
Land thrown mp in ridges, with the
burrows IN the middle kept clear of
weeds, will dry out much more rapidly
than if kept level. Stirring only the
surface frequently. and keeping as level
as possible, rather induces moisture,
and if commenced in time, and con-
tinuously cultivated three or four
iHCHcS uccp, II Will CIGeu MAKE crop
profitable. when otherwise it would be
almost failure.
Flowing cultivated crop late in the
summer. throwing the soil up around
the stem of the plants, leaving a con-
siderable portion of the roots near the
surface, that is certain to be dried out
in a short time. will not prove of any
special good to the crop, and is more
than likely to prove real danger.
Another good advantage with level
cultivation is that it can be repeated as
often as is necessary. While, as rule.
four or five CIVILIZATIONS are all that is
necessary, yet often one more can be
given profitably.
The most difficult thing is to get q
man who has always been accustomed
to hill cultivation to give level cultiya-
ton fair trial. Once tried well, SO
that the benefits can be seen, the farmer
viii be slow to go back to the old plan.
Cor. Country dentleman.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Yorkshire pigs are white-as York
shire is the home of the white pigs as
Berkshire is of black.
If brooms are wet in hot suds onc8
week they viii last much longer and
always sweep like new broom
Pudding Sauce: One cup of sugar.
one egg aud nearly one-half cup of
butter, beat together, and pour on one
pint of boiling water. -Boston Globe.
1t is fact worth remembering.
and impressiEg upon our children, that
lover eating not only corrupts the
blood, but destroys nervous energy
N. y. Examiner
1t requires patience to take care Of
flock of sheep. To turn them out on
the bare fields to shift for themselves
will not render them profitable. The
flock-master should be as attentive to
his flocks of sheep as their care de-
mands, and when this is done they will
amply repay all the outlay bestowed
upon them. Turf. Field and Farm.
-Rhubarb Pies Stew the rhuoarb till
it is about like apple-sauce. AMI pour
off the water because it takes less sugar.
add one rolled cracker and the yolSs of
two eggs. reserving the whites for frost
ing, little salt and nutmeg. and il it
seems too thick little milk, and
sweeten to taste; bake with one crust,
and frost the same as eustard pie
The Caterer.
The smell of paint may be taken
away by closing up the room and set
ting in the center of it a pan of lighted
charcoal on which have been thrown
some juniper berries. Leave this in n
room for a day and night. when the
smell of the paint will be gone. Some
persons prefer a pail of water in which
handful of hay is soaking. This is
also eifectual in removing the scent of
tobacco and smoke from q room.-N.
Y. Herald
Meal Pudding: Take three table
spoonsful of wheat flour and mix evenly
in two-thirds of cupful of cold milk,
add this with salt and two well-beaten
eggs to one quart of boiling milk, cook
twenty minutes briskly, then pour it
into a well-buttered baking dish and
bake one hour Invariably keep
baked pudding covered. until about
fifteen minutes before it is ready to
come ont of the oven, then remove cover
and brown it slightly.-The Household
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Prosperity and prudence are spelled
differently, but they mean the same
thing.
Every man has his follies. and oft
times they are the most interesting
things he mas gOt.-Josh Billings.
When you hear a man say II will
risk my honor that this is true" you
can generally make up your mind that
his honor is not paying very heavy
dividend. Post.
-'.Is land high in Vermont" asked e
Spectator of Green Mountain farmer.
.'You just bet it isr' was the reply. al
the trees wasn't so stunted the clouds
couldn't get by at all. Troy Times.
We cough when something wrong
gets into the throat. What tumult
there would be if some men had to
cough every time something wrong
came out of their threats.
american.
What do / want German STU
dent lamp for?" asked old Blimber,
when the dealer tried to sell him a
lamp. II don't know nothing about
the burned Dutch gibberish. Ishouldn't
learn to read by. it in thousand years.
N Y Post
"A French lady, on her arrival in
this country, was careful to eat only
such dishes as she was acquainted with;
and, being pressed to partake of dish
new to her, she politely replied: mo,
| thank you; / eat only my own ac-
quaintances. oil City Derrick.
Thought you said this train
stopped here twenty minutes for re-
freshments?" growled the cross passen-
ger. $50 t does" said the brakeman,
''but they amt no refreshments and
never s been any. Don't blame the
train; it stops all right. Blaze her ont
at the refreshments. IN y Herald.
Philosophy
Our fonde.t hopes are oft DESTROYED,
But why in tears bewaii our plight?
The trouble that one can't avoid
A world OF grieving won set right.
Then do not walk the floor in woe
because note is overdue,
But let the man walk whom you owe
He II do enough of 1t for two.
Boston Courier.
Oars er good deal O hippercrit-
ness bout de pusson whut fuses ter
eat er dove ease dat bird foun' de lam
fur Noah. Err dove amt no better sat-
islied den when, jes' benin de pat
ridges, he is er heppin' to pull up de
young con. Eff l had de dove whut
foun' de lam 1 wouldn' eat him, but all
de udder ones mus look out fur me-
ArkansaU 1rareLer.
A Political Office was accosted in
the street Where have you been?"
al have been up to see Smith, the Poll
tician. and had long talk with him"
That's strange. / was at his house
not ten minutes ago, and was told that
he was out of town and wouldn't be
back for several weeks" ''You don't
say sou exclaimed the Political Office
..Who are you?' I'm Meat Bill"
-Neio York Sun.
-. Miss Giddigirl," said the Princi-
pal of the Dovecote Seminary, during
the commencement exercises, IF you
had your choice to be Joan of Arc or
Florence Nightingale. how would You
choose?' An embarrassing silence
nearly minute long dragged in an ar
ticulate murmer about the size of
spoon. "A Little louder please. said
the Principal. What does she say,
Miss Flyaway? What does she choose?"
''She chews gum said Miss Flyaway.
And then Miss Giddigirl had to spruce
up and apologize.-N. Y. Times.
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A Definition.

'.What Is the difference between an
accident and surprise?" asked Mrs.
Spelter at breakfast.
'.All accidents are surprises, but NOT
all surprises are accidents" replied S.
If 1 were to tip over the lamp it would
be an accident If you were to say
nothing about it it would be surprise"
Il see." said Mrs. s., dangerously.
"And if you were to come home from
the club sober that would be both an
accident and a surprise."-Judgs.
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"A bit of porous paper is better TO,
polishing eyeglasses and spectacles
than anything else. The sort of paper
upon which newspapers are printed is
the best Moisten the glasses and rub
dry with paper.
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1.-THE meanest man on EARTH" say
I. B. Terry, '.is the one who hires h.s
children to do . job and then forgets to
pay them-who gives them calf 10
raise for their own. and sells it when
grown up and coolly pockets all the
ey."-C6icag0 Journal
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~ An communications FOR TINS papel
thould be accompanied BY the name Of the
ssuthor: not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good faith on the part OF
the writer. Write only on one side of the pa
per. Be particularly careful liz giving namoo
and dates to have the letters ana figures
plain and distinct
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-10

All the prizes this year awarded in
the University of Mississippi were car
ried oil by young women. CAicaQo
Inter Ocean.
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reacneu. Inc cage OF performing lions
has been an almost necessary adjunct
to circus since the DAYS of Van
Amberg. but there is always more
danger than amusement to be obtained
from the performance, although the
Frenchman who followed Van all over
Europe to see his head nipped off had
to return home with his cheerful curios-
ity unsatisfied. Besides teaching his
hons to leap over whip. through a
hoop. to pose, form pyramids and
growl, Van Amberg was in the habit of
seizing the ..boss" lion by the Jaws,
wrenching them open and then putting
his head into the red cavern. with its
ivory stalactites and stalagmites, and it
was in the expectation of seeing these
close down with fatal snap that the
Frenchman made the pilgrimage re-
ferred to. But though Van Amberg
was lucky enough always to draw h S
''cocoanut" out of the jaws of death.
others have not been SO fortunate. and
it was not so many years ago that the
country rang with the horrid details of
the death of beautiful girl whose head
was bitten off as neatly by the king of
beasts as the hungry school-boy bites off
the end of carrot All trainers agree
that there is BIZ. one way to treat his
majesty Leo the constant repetition of
the lesson that man is master. taught to
the accompaniment of a bar of iron.
Even then the royal pupil can not be
depended on and every keeper has
some "reminiscences of an exciting inter
view with his charges. About as lively
an adventure as any was that o. poor
Bill Lambert. who died at the City and
County Hospital about a year ago.
Lambert trained four African lions.
which Jared Quick had imported for
John Wilson, and travelled with them
through California and South America.
In the latter country they turned upon
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE


To the Nerth, West and Southwest.
DouHe 7ra,k. SDisndid Seeaeyy.
Sttd Rats. Magnificent EgiiiDment.
IN EFFECT EoyrmEn 10, 1885.
Trains h0rs Ud8tiDgt0a rrOBt et1fioB. corner
n SirW 0nd u Hresie. az tOHoips,
For pittsburg and the West Chicago Limited
Express OF Palace Sleeping Cars at o 80 A. m
daily; Fast Line, $3.50 -. IN. daily to Ciucin.
natl and st. Louis, with Sleeping Cars from
Harrisburg 10 Cincinnati and Hotel Car TO
81 Louis; daily, except Saturday, TO Chicago,
with Sleeping Car Altoona to Chicago chi.
cago and Cincinnati Express at 7:1O p. m.
daily with Sleeping Cars Washington 10 Chi
cago and Harrisburg 10 Loulsvilo oonEect-
ingat Harrisburg withWestern Express with
through slCcpers for ST. Louis Pacific Ex.
press, 10 =. m. daily for rittsburR and tho
West, with through sleeper Harrisburg TO
Chicago an& Cleveland
BALTIMORE Is POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Eric, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo,
Niagara, 10 ,. m. daily, except Saturday,
with Palace Cars Washington to Rochester.
For Milllamsport, Lock Haven and Elmlra, ut
300 Q. m. daily, except sunday.
For Now York and the East, 7.15, $50 and
II a. m, ?, 4, 10 and 100 y. m. ON Sun
day, $50 a. m, "a, 10 and 11:20 p. m.
Linited Express OF Pullman Parlor Cars
OIO a. m. daily, except sunday.
For Boston without change, IN M every day.
For Brooklyn. N.YY all through trains connect
at JerrSey Sity WIN boats Of Brooklyn Annex,
avoiding double lorriage across New York
CITY.
For Philadelphia, 715, $50 and II a. M, 2.
4, q, 10 and l1:2O y. m. on sunday, $50
am" 2, 4, q, 10 and 11:2O y. M Limited
Express, O:iO %. IN. daily, except Sunday.
For Baltimore, $50, 7:lb $3.50, $40 $50
100 n. M, 1901, 2, A, d.25, i:iO, q, 7:lO
10 and II 30 y. N on Sunday, $40 $50,
II q. m, 2, 4, O, 7:1O, 10 and 11:2O p. M
For Pope's Creek Line. 7lb q. m, and ddO d.
m. daily, except sunday.
For Annapolis, T:1b q. M, 1905 and 4 .2b D
m daily, except sunday. on Sunday 4 pm
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG
RAILWAY AND ALEXANDRIA g
WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, o, 7, O25, 11.O1 and 1135
a. M, 300, doc, 1855, 8;O1. S:O5 and II :37
=. m. on Sunday at q, 025, 11:O1 a. IN,
sos y. IN.
For Richmond and the South, o and 11.O1 a.
m. daily and 1885 pm. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington 0Ob,
y, 10, 1910 a. m, ], 3O5, 1923. 6:1O, 7:Ob
and lOa2 D. m, and 1910 midnight eXCept
Monday. on Sunday at 3 and 1910 a. M,
ZOO and lO:l2 p. IN. and 1910 night.
Tickets and Information at the Office north
east corner Of Thirteenth street and Pennsy-
lvania avenue, and at the station, where or
dors can be left for the checking OF baggage
70 destination from hotels and residences,
CIlAS Il. pUGU, j. r. WOOD
GtHtFdi NdHd0Cr. gen. I1fgSeDgfr I1eUk
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LOOK AROUND.

Look around and behold all our prizes de-
cay
Which we cherished in childhood or fondled
to-day -..... .........
Deportiug like sunshine that beams on the
flowers,
Or moments that fly into swlft-rolllng
hours.
Look around and remember the days OF thy
youth,
When life with its pleasures brought friend
ship and truth,
When the heart never bartored the love 1t
enshrlned,
Nor gave up to mammon what was meant
for mankind.
Look around on the hills and the wales and
the streams
They shall vanish from us like spectre In
dreams,
And the beauty they hold for our vision
to-day
VIII thrill other hearts that beat over our
clay.
Look around and be humble to all you may
meet;
Give smile and a cheer to the poor, weary
feet
That tread DER the mountain of tronble and
care .. ....
Look around when the snow-drifts of winter
abound, ......
And the wild winds Of Nature sweeps over
the ground, .s
Where your brother lies dying with hunger
and cold,
AS you rush by, surrounded with silver and
gold.
Look around when your comrade falls out
of the line,
Overcome by misfortune or muddled by
wine;
Lift him up and respond to his sad, plain
tive call,
And show that, though human, you can
soar over all,
Look around aud remember that every
mans lot
Is to shine for a moment and then be for
got;
That the prince aud the peasant, the serf
and the slave
Are equal at last in the dust Of the grave.
December, 1885. JOIN A JoYCE.
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NatIonn, Guara Convention.

The fifth annual convention Of the Ma
tional Guard Association Of the United
States will be held in this city on the 10Th
instant at the Ebbltt House. Each State
will be represented by five officers or ex-
officers Among the subjects announced
for discussion are: "rhe progress that has
been made in each state during the past
year in advancing the efficiency Of its Ma
iional Guard;n "1he relative merits Of
rcgimcntal or brigade camps, and whether
It is best to hold them near large cities"
and Suggestions in regard to General Slo-
GUMS bill for the improvement of the mill
tia.n The principal object Of the conven-
ton will be, however, TO secure legislation
from Congress for more generous support
Of the militia Of the several States.
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Infantry Corps Election.

The Washington Light Infantry Corps
last night reelected their civil officers as
follows j. II. Cruger, secretary of finance;
+. II. Neumycr, treasurer; G.. w. Hale, re-
cording secretary, and G. II. Ourand,
librarian. All the officers of the line were
reelected for term of two years, as fol.
lows Captain Dalton and Lieutenant
Cowie, Company A; Captain Ross and Lieu
tenants Neumcyer and Cox, Company b
Captain Miller and Lieutenant Duffy, Com
pany ID; Captain Entwisle and Lieutenant
Ourand, CompanyC
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On and alter AVGUNT 30, 1850, trains will
leave from and arrive at 9Th and B
SITS Depot as follows;
Leave Washington q a, IN. and f35 p. M,
daily; arrive at Belmont Park 1851 a, IN. and
6i2o p, M; Leesburg llOl a. m. and 0:30 p.
m; arrive at Round Hill at 1l:43 a. IN. and
7:lS p. m.
Returning, leave Round Hill GOS a. m. and
800 p, m; pass Lcesburg 6:42 a. m. and 4:39
D. m; Belmo. Park B:5i a. m, and $3.50 p. M,
and arrive at Washington ut $50 q. m. and
7IOp. "a.
on Sundays the train leaving Washington
at q u. m, only runs 70 Leesburg, and the train
arriving at 1;lO D. IN starts from Leosburg.
Special excursion rates and Sunday trains
10 Belmont Park, Monthly and comeAta-
tiOn rates 10 all points.
5, NJ. BROPHY, supt., Alexandria Va.
+. }; LOCKWOOD, Pass. Agt., 5O7 Pa, ave.
Washington, ID. @.