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MILK WHITE AND DoUBLE-ToED
Mrs. Ripiey's Peculiar Cats. Reported by
Traveller In Vermont.

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Traveller In Vermont.
RUTLAND, vt, Jan. IA traveller who
was %snowbound the other day in the remote
mountain hamlet Of Rlpton reports q now and
peculiar homo industry in that village. There
being no public house In Ripton. he was Obliged
to find quarters at the pretty cottage home Of
Mrs. Ripley, who opens hor house to transient
boarders. Is the gentleman entered her sitting
room his attention was attracted to eleven
milk-white double-toed cats that were lazily
toasting themselves under and about the big,
glowing base burner.
"Oh, those are some Of my cats" explained
Mrs. Ripley, who had noticed her visitors look
OF astonishment. Amt they bsauties2 But
that mess is only part OF them, There are as
many moro in other parts OF the house"
Then the lady went on to tell how IL came
about that she went into the business Of rails
ing milk-white, double-toed cats.
A double-toed cats are very valuable, you
know, and whom o cat. besides being double-
toed, is also pure white. perfectly s~potlcss. why
he is q good deal moro valuable than q cat that
is only double-toed. People want them for
pets. you see, and people in New York and
Chicago and other big cities must have some-
thing curious about their pets-something to
s st,rai ar sttfSH sasm;, and 1ssb ssst Is Why 81 s90 SdSsss, I
that. a milk-white cat with double toes
would be a good deal more highly
toed and nothing else. The milk white part OF
I, .os Is MY Whi isss io an sh SO m ! Ssssn s B. rA IL a aSaG tss
milk white, ones are ,dreadful!y hard to raise.
They get sick oyer the least little thing; some-
times 1t Is q cold. and they sneeze and nope
s ss% ns.s mes they Just M,,h get sIckNyou 6, cant n tell
appetite and pine away. and then they up and
die Just the same. No, oatnip don't seem to
help, them q bit; it's In their constitution
think; they are delicate, YOU see.
cd t to r bic Gon snoWy Wife WIFI: s' snp.r s. she 9 epInsdi
animal that had got out from beneath the stove
and was stretching itself. its many toes spread
ing in the act and revealing sharp. white claws,
that's the finest cat l have and the hand
somest that l ever raised. am raising It for q
from So to IS. and considering the care and risk
OF bringing up such . cat 1t is not any too much,
either. The ordinary double-toed white cat Is
worth from 81 to 81 or $3.50. l am rather new In
the business vets It is too soon to say whether
business, and I am very fond OF pets, any way.
so 1t doesn't matter 30 much. ! think [ shall
be able to sell all I can raise to the dealers In
pets in the cities. even II they are not disposed
Of directly to customers"
Mrs. Ripley's oats, although they are q pure
ends Of their polite claws. have not the pink
eyes of albinos; their eyes are of the usual
tawny hue, or IN, some cases OF a dreamy. aQue-
GUS color. She. has as many canaries as cats.
Her rooms are hung with cages. bevies Of birds
cluster on the perche es;s Ct each cage. and her
cept when the oats arc moving; then they are
very silent.
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eight, / oncs saw. in broad daylight between .
RI H s'l bss t oP, sn Ses = e SsyGIisS 81 | n SslIe1s ths s0 Sas
sv 4 *. is'i Ia ,sE ,ss sSo sa sass AND SOM iSine;d the crowd.
asked US se .hold the them ,V Wsiie he cciIiImSsssaP down saa
81 spd Raif . III ms fe sSs; ~ for SeS the RSi b 81 rs. s see%ed g
three Of them were wogndsd and making
We worked the Winchosters merTiiy among
them for the next few minutes. making, more
a ahsG' / s started ssft the b %Yf e- rSnis; By tnoeEins
frss. The tbsr old r isllSw ! shs sss Ma ie tisy Wiz to an Sl nnpn IN.
fSaSd sn tose u sp fik Sa a seho oef 81 XII snny sats.
1t was Q weird, savage scene. In among, the
bears. maddened BY. bullet wounds, roaring
Britishers allowed aiterward that It Was pan
Whatever a pandemonium is. 1t would have to
break losse pretty Wild to equal the circus DO.
going than your grizzlies, when once they get
m Win elno Ugh to sod isbht a anS tSr Ia b Around wa
our shots seemed TO have no other eject upon
them than to stir them up and make the Wild
It was daylight: what 2 picture those, mad
grizzlies would have made. wrestling and tear
Ing SS one sb sn SaIIs{. had sna i sb snIly o SssP fR i!SEthi1srIb began
out tlS ohhO ~iN VI " IL nSAsAL ~
&c, tell pretty soon. even on grizzlies. First ono
rolled over and stretched out, then another sat
down on his launches and drooped his head,
and finally sprawled out: q third moseyed on
sbme distance to sit down and lick his wounds,
and q fourth began spinning round and round
like a crazy thing. whining and moaning. They
were getting n pretty ws e. ", WITH loss Of blood ,,'tt
lead. and at length. four OF the seven. lay
stretched out on the field, and the other three
had moseyed off, most likely to die Of their
wounds, for every one OF them must have been
We stage up in the tree till broad daylight,
not thinking It prudent to trust ourselves on
the ground before. with three dangerously
diate neighborhood. besides tho possibility Of
possuming among those stretched out below:
We had given them such u trouncing that II
one OF the survivors had ever got his paw on
one OF. us he would have made It Interesting.
On the way home agebrush told US his part
ofthe story. There wasn't much to 1t. He had
strolled away from camp for an hourto try and
came back Just In time to see a big grizzly max:
breakfast bacon. Sagebrush. fred at It, but at
800 yards, and didn't know whether he hit 1t or
not. Anyhow the bear dropped the bacon and
bolted. Reaching the wagon, he found the
poor dogs dead and mangled. just as We found
them. Sagebrush, Of course. gave chase to the
We found him. Here he stumbled %unsxpsct-
probably. OF the one he was after. Without
wasting any time on preliminaries they took
after him and chased him up the tree. In
shining up the tree he dropped his Minches-
ter, and was therefore helpless. When we
found him he had been freed about eight hours.
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wounded for once. but yhen, IN ,less, than two
mont again Ss ima and i SeIss in once @ mora as.f IN in sessss.
that either the wounds had beer very slight or
inasisitiy Ssf bear Ms was ssd driven tU%si forth Hn By the ReI pop rae
s tnSs; ana n1o then S.t the nssiig s sts g OF Gearing
turmoil by his goings and his comings, now
andthen g pig and. occasionally n sheer. being
more than 2 score Of times and hit. very fire.
ouently,. but still his habitual curiosity and In
SWnhir nn gt turn OF mind could not DO conquered.
o. Gao; 2 foot 1t,s or more :. the dgsilers about the
serve thes Traditions Of his KIND and
f RSt MI himself hson aMay somewhere until spring:
up to last week he defed both snow and cold.
and waded about on his tours Of Investigation
stois q pig at the darby farm. and tSon for tho
re shaggy oisnder down; il vas seen By no
set for him in the regulation way. but he. wasn't
'q Enss ; ssSHS % IL sss 'V Vansti 9e 0 m sds 81 up shf his
%SPI 4. tempt the Pear; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sna
sRotS Sss Sa and loaded ed0S ali t foar aS oi tho bnrrsls
with .b%uckshot. He went out to the edge OF
bsa side over S@ a los anu He la eoSk ed tie tEo gums gums s slaS
that1f they were pulled the guns must be dis
charged. and they could only. be pulled by
something, standing In front Of the muzzles.
ter securing them firmly. to the log. Then he
fitted up e little masked battery near the muz-
hive. over which he flung an old coat, to
which was. tied the ends Of the strings that
would discharge the guns the moment they
were. disturbed. .Vanstine had noted enough
Of this queer old bears. actions. to feel that II
he ever came in sight OF that odd-looking pile
at It to satisiy his curiosity, and that would
settle Mr.. Bear.
.Vanstine's genius was triumphant. On last
Friday morning he went to take q sly look at
his battery, II. had been exploded, and in front
Of, It lay the. bear dead, as a gatepost. The
whole TOP, OF Its head had been blown away BY
the four charges Of buckshot.
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1T HOWLS At NIGHT.
Ono OF Bnrnum's Escaped Beasts Supposed
to be ALARMING Norwich.

TO DO Alnrmin4 NorwIch.
NORWICH, Jan. IA wild animal bowling
In the Wilderness OF tho Rockwell woods in the
northern part Of this city hastscared the wealthy
people who dwell Whereabouts. No one has seen
the beast, but nearly every one has heard him
howl at night. After nightfall he steals out Of
the almost impenetrable thickets OF the Rock
we'll woods. whose skirts encroach upon the
lighted streets. prowls through the gas-lit ave-
nues. and has been as far as Broad stree. in
the centre of the city. Twice this week he Wis
tied at night tho residence OF jeremiah Halsey,
a noted civil lawyer Of the State, on Broad
street. and growled savagely. He killed q cat
for Mr.. Hals0y on each visit. All the remains
OF the cats that tho family have been able to
find are the hind legs Of one. and some toes
that 1t is believed belonged to the other.
Local hunters cannot think OF any wild beast
that would pick u cat so clean, while the resi-
dents of that part Of Norwich believe that the
nal, that has left the Hudson River for 9 Con-
~necticut tour. Whatever 1t may be, 1t has
caused CONSERVATION in this city. Club men
go home at 6 O'Clock mt night now. and do not
go down town after supper; servant girls have
not asked for a night off for a week; boys and
girls stay at home after dark. and tho High
Rock Gun Club. a company Of local dead shots,
whose grounds are in the shadow of the Rock
well woods. have not practised since the beast
lot himself loose.
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n JUMF.
Thirty.three Feet at q Bound, from . Rest,
and Capturing u PHEASANT.

Thirty-three Feet at q bound. from q Rest.
and Capturing u PHEASANT.
MILFORD. Pa. jan. IL Thirty feet at a
bound Is no uncommon jump for a wildcat"
says Sheriff John w. Hoffman. one Of Pike
county's greatest woodsmen and hunters. Il
have measured u wildcats jump that showed q
clear space Of thirty-three feet between start
and finish, and 1t was a standing Jump at that
or. rather. it was q sitting Jump. for the animal
was crouching In the snow when it made the
leap. was hunting In the woods near Little
Log Tavern Pond. and came on the track OF this
wildcat, which l followed a long distance in the
snow. Suddenly the track ended in a spot where
the animal had crouched. I looked around to
see what had become of the trail. and two rods
ahead Of me saw q bunch of pheasaut's feath-
ers where the snow had been scattered about.
and from that SPOT the track led on again. I
understood at once that the wildcat had been
hunting for his dinner and had discovered q
pheasant wandering about in tho snow. The
Ing bird, and. that teing near enough to suit
him.. shot himself through the air and landed
on top OF the pheasant before the bird. as quick
on tho snow were, 50 fresh that | thought |
the swamp, and get . chance to nut a ball
through the marauder., / hurried ahead on
t TIE t WiIasa and iba a2und ina fhat s ! Was s5oss fGr tf Z
overtook him before he had devoured his
prey. Not more than half Of the pheasant,
passed GoSn Z The me estamenht,s eld ru fGsk' fha
si5s Il ball %,d SSf SH ! 81 b. S TiIdsrt'sa si Sss sss
Sead Sls aImost IN IN, hi his 'I trac ais, AT From No the the s Hsss
length Of the leap tho animal had made
find him a young and healthy cat. ! was, con;
sequently, greatly surprised whom l examined
my game to discover that It was a very, old
Tho animals hunger had undoubtedly spurred
him to the immense two-rod leap. II not, aud
tho I s5 rp, Tes an nan eTlq n 3 al WAT ma e supeIrdhn't
surprise me to know that g young and active
catamount could clear a hundred feet at q
0o'Pu never M,sr new me wild eats Sa'G and foxes to be so
numerous in Pike county as they are this win;
ter. Up In Dingman township, around where l
As long as they can find rabbits and pheasnnts
they will be satisfied, and they are finding
more of them than It, pleases me to know.
are that this family will be added to by ilve or
FIX fawas In the spring. Deer are generally
but II q gang OF them should be made des,
perate BY hunger don't believe they would
Ing an eve on their safety. ! don't know, what
matter this, winter. but q man with a II
bounty on thom. 1t seems to me. than
he can by getting on railroad ties The
turo last winter; why, no, one can tell. l be-
lieye the cunning, animals know there Is NO
prize Soi Hp and i nsnas a9T u q sae ,h9y sp neysF mees
about farm enclosures, Wien, their scalps Were
worth q dollar apiece g their slaysrs, as they
fhsir fur and | can 20 out today within three
miles Of my house and get three or four foxes
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QUEER CONNECTICUT IN1MALs
A White Weasel, . White Wosdchuck, and
White :" Gray Squirrel.

NORWICH, Jan. 14.-Connecticut yielded
some curious animals to hunters and trappers
the past season. joel Arnold Of Colchester
trapped a white weasel that had been killing
his chickens. and an old resident Of that town
said that he had never heard Of but one other
snowy white one. A Griswold sportsman shot
o white woodchuck, and Alonzo Hill, taxider-
mist. Of this city. has set 1t up. Many persons
called to see IT who had seen white sparrows,
white black birds. white quails, white robins,
and white. crows, but were. skeptical about
white woodchucks. The woodchuck is as white
as wool. The taxidermist gave it a pair Of
tender liquid brown eyes: It Is very handsome,
and its owner believes that he has the only
specimen of the kind In the State.
In 1886 q Norwich sportsman killed a black
woodchuck. Black woodchucks are very rare
In this State. They are said to- come south now
and thon from northern New England. Their
hair is soft. long. and l%ustrous, and as dark as
Preston is proud of q milk white gray" squir-
rel which he shot. 1t has pink eyes and q beau
red" squirrels are more common.
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Mcintosh. "
After q big crop of beech nuts, such as was
foNnd last fall. the he bears are 70 DO found
Ssnas sooSrd iGSst e sh hi T Psedy. al .he yNsp orsS w Sas
bear hunter, will make perhaps half a dozen
or moro. dens In the course Of q season. These
raked together under some log that lies across
another or ,perhaps under tho top OF a tree that
has been blown down BY q storm, or likelier
still under the roots OF an up-turned tree.
When the bear finds a blizzard Impending, no
makes a nest and goes to sleop until the bliz-
paw up the snow In search Of beech nuts, moles,
mice and grubs. He may sleep for q day or
moderate weather wakes him up. But he never
goes near the mother bear at such times, and
II H. the belief. 81. the guides hereabouts that II
in like circumstances, II the mother bear were
able to get at him.
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TILE SON. SUNDAY. JANUARY Is, 1ss-srxTEEN PAGES

was as Of broad golden floods Of light asssilins
the RAGGED boundaries e. sipmerisn gloom.
the. third from the opposite direction. was
.aa'et fT ~ q F 'sm q said s ss ! ' 'fGss nP4 Sc i sS%o
fun IN this opening when they meet
st r,a5he , tw9 d S%lls Sn tPs,r on ssd approaching ching Nth Y1sh
an aspen. and grew cold and faint under the
strain on my nerves. Az last one Of the bulls
s Mopas. but nc not Wa isr { from IN thu se' o ssndoW q as the he
sSssssSs strangely ss;s4sl ss NTH i sEs I0 NJ S: :H;sssi H "a "a
the opening stopped almost, at the same in
slant, and sent an angry and as loud a snort
Aha said Nat, beneath his breath. They've
ssG %y sa Gns sn nssin. T Hs 3 g soon b Ss s soss assa
.."Xnd so they were. At tho same moment
ness into the moonlit opening. Their. appear.
MI M IN s ;SsDsPRsSs sy n sSn,G lSnF sssm / sSiRa ! sS gSSia
one another. and the shock made the very earth
tremble. Then followed a combat such. az, I
!Ss m ssSsa'' and new seen & Sa. t diEnniy s IS
t5ss Sns END into 5i sse . ths Ssh 81 t SSS @Sod sss shs s1s
iaaaa!s' s%en liSsl' fF ERReE.qi a aalo ssrSSs sliS%i N ss Is.
great beasts fought. but victory for either
ssSn sna T. I, d iar sSs WITH Is d i Tss Ct the eaS asts oai
from our concealment early In the fight and
stood in the highest part. Of the opening. In
was UNDECIDED BY them. At last Nat said:
They're getting tired. Neither one will
the fight
He led the way back to the guns Under his
instructions I took aim at one battling moose
sounded at once, and the two bulls dropped as
one. Neither moose made an effort to get up.
There was good reason for that. Both were
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AurIforous Geese.
From II. ST. Loui, GLOBE. Democrat.

LANEsBoRo, MINI, Jan. Ga remarkable
discovery was made by Patrick Casey Of this
place to-day. He lives. near the river. and
keeps 2 flock Of geese; Killing one OF tho flock;
particles. Inclined to DO iaky. His curiosity
led him to slaughter another goose. the crop OF
which contained about the same Quantity OF
taken from tho crops oftwo geese. The mineral
was tested by q jeweller, who pronounced It
river, which Is very shallow, or on the ,gravelly
bank near a spring, about which L. much
gravel. the accumulation OF ages
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Jamaica Ginger fer Restless. Owl..
y the Boston POsl

A rural friend of mine, who enjoys trifling
with old superstitions. has Il pair OF oT Is which
lie Keeps on his piazza summer and winter,
and enjoys the strange noises which they
make ut night; but instead of attributing them
70 weird influences. assumes that they are due
birds OF wisdom. At all events, he claims that
BY supplying the owls with raw meat and
Jamaica. ginger they relapse Into silence for
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that fox skins we're In big dertand at % q skin.
I'll bet 1 could hunt my VIII bio bailtwick over
and not SEQ tho color of ono fox's hair. The
gam laws and the market quotations In potts
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A Joke on the Preacher.

One Sunday morning, some twenty years
ago, had left home rather hurriedly, and
just before leaving seized from the pocket
handkerchief box folded square of linen of
the usual shape, size and texture, and trans
ferred it to my pocket In the early part of
my discourse, becoming conscious of an i'm
pending sneeze, tlshed out my handkerchief
with one hand and then, in the little elegant
way that most persons have, with both hands
gave it a shake to release it from its folds.
Having STAYED off the sneeze by its applica,
ton, laid it on the edge OF the pulpit, when
the passing of an indefnable shade of expires
sion across the upturned faces of my nearest
hearers caused me to dart a glance towards
my handkerchief, imagining that it might be
slipping of the edge. My eye caught sight
ola hole at one side of it, which had appar-
emily been impertectly repaired with some
lace, and gave the thing another shake to
conceal the defect To my dismay and con-
fusion two tiny sleeves and a friled neck APP
peared on the confines of my handkerchief,
and II cold thrill passed over me when | rec
ognized the little object as being stray part
OF the attire of my infant daughter.
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The AgOnies Of LumbngO.
EAST RIVER NATIONAL BANK,
NEW YORK. March 10 IsSn

1tgives me great pleasure to add my testimony
in favor of AllCOcks Porous Plasters. Last Oc-
tober had very severe attack of lumbago and
suffered untold agony; could not turn in bed or
get in any position without assistance, and with
pains almost unhearabe the folks suggested
Allcocks Porous Plasters. AS soon as possible
had one applied TO the small of my back. and
to my great surprise | experienced almost in
slant relief; continued wearing 1t until entirely
cured, and am happy TO say that have not had
the slightest symptoms Of lumbago since. They
are wonderful and valuable plaster for lumba-
go, and take much pleasure in recommending
them. w. S. PHILLIPS.
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What is this nervous trouble" with which so
many seem now to be afflicted? IL you will re-
member a few years ago the word Malaria was
mon as any word in the English language, yet
this word covers only the meaning of another
word used by our forefathcrs in times past. So
1t is with nervous diseases, as they and Malaria
arc intended to cover what our grandfathers
called Biliousness and all are caused by troubles
that arise from a diseased condition of the Liver
which in performing its functions finding it can
not dispose of the bile through the ordinary chan
mel is compelled to pass it Off through the sys-
TEN, causing nervous troubles, Malaria, Bilious
Fever. etc. You who are suffering can well APP
preciatc cure. Werecommend Green's August
Flower. Its cures are marvellous.
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yes, | shall break the engagement" she
said, folding her arms and looking defiant: "it is
really too much trouble TO converse with him;
he's as deaf as post, and talks like he had a
mouthful of mush. Besides, the way he hawks
and spts is disgusting. Don't break the en-
gagement for that tell him to take DR.. Sage s
Catarrh Remedy. 1t will cure him completely
well, I'll tell him. do hate to break 1t of for
in all other respects he's quite teo charming"
Of course, 1t cured his catarrh.
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The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, August /, 1883.
THE SANDMAN.

THE SANDMAN.
He peeps in through the keyhole
And he hobs up at the pane.
When scarlet freight dances
On wall and iiOor again.
Hush here he cOmes-the sandman,
with his dream cap he is crowned
And grains of sleep he scattcrs,
Going round and round and round
While the little ones nrC nOdding, going round.
He whispers quaintGd fancics:
With tiny silver thread,
lie sews up silken cyelids
That ought to be in bed
Each wee mead mods acquaintance,
He's known wherever found;
All stay-up-ates he catches,
Going round and round
With pack of dreams forever, going round.
see two eyes the brightest;
But I'll not tell whose they are.
They shut up like lily
That sandman cant be far
Somebody grows so quiet
Who comes without sound
He leads once more to dreamland,
Going round and round and round
And a goodnight to the sandman, going round,
.-GeOFGs COOPER.
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Mr.. Putler, (who had recently "struck it
rich. Pete, am going to get you a coach
mans livery what do you think of that ?"
Pete (who has been "nlred mau"ior years.
Yes, sab, | would like it very much, sail
1t would distinguish me from de rest of de
family sab"
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PiIesI PiIesI ItchInr I,iIes

YMPToMs-Moisture; intense itching and
stinRing most at night worse bv scratching.
II allowed to continue tumors form, which often
bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Swaynes
ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals
ulcefatlons, and in most cases removes the
tumors. AT druggists, or by mail, for 50 CENTS
DIR. Swayne & Son phjladelDhia
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Young, old and middle aged, all experience
the wonderfully beneficial effects of Ayers Sar-
saparila. Young children, suffering from sore
eyes. sore ears, scad head, or with any scrofu-
lous faint, become healthy and strong by the use
of this medicine. Six bottles s..
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The simple application of "Swayne's Ointment
without any internal medicine, will cure any
case of letter. Salt Rheum, Ringworm, Piles
Itch, Sores Pimpes, Eczema, all Scaly Skin
Eruptions, no matter how obstinate or long
IriI -N
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Young man: "Will you give assent to
my marriage with your daughter sir" Old
man firmly "No, sir, not cent