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from the frightful wounds or his now
vanquished foe.

AAoih ehO AiiSutAui WOuHOS VI his iOW
vanquished foe
The hunter jumped to his feet, and
was eying with grim satisfaction the
completeness Of his work. when cry,
OF which he at once knew the signifi-
canoe. echoed among the rocks. He
sprang to where his gun lay. and seiz-
ing it, looked in the direction of the
cry. There, crouehing on the summit
of Cavern Rock, her eyes glaring, and
her long tail swaying in that deliberate,
snake-like movement that denotes the
fury of the cat and its kind, was the
mate of the great panther that had just
met his death. The mate plainly COM
pretended the situation, and did not
tarry in her efforts for vengeance.
With a frightful yell she launched her
self from the rocky peak in furious
leap for the hunter, who stood near the
water edge, His bullet met the venge-
full panther in mid-air and passed
through her heart The impetus of her
leap carried her to the spot where she
had intended to fall upon the hunter
and bury her fangs in his throat. but
she fell dead at the waters edge where
her enemy had stood.
Brown skinned the two panthers and
started back for his cabin. The course
he took led him to the spot where
the big panther had buried Samuel
Rogers sheep that morning. As he
neared it he heard the growing and
snarling made by panthers while de-
vouring their food. He approached
cautiously, and peered through the
bushes. A male and female panther
were busily engaged in making meal
off of the sheep. Brown shot one of
the panthers dead as ii ate. Its mate
sprang into the very tree in which the
hunter had first discovered the big one
earlier in the day. Itpaused on branch
and looked back at its dead mate. As
it gazed Brown reloaded his rifle. The
panther in the tree presented favor
able mark. Brown fired, and the
panther fell from limb to limb, clutch
ing at each in its death struggles. and
at last tumbled to the ground and died.
Six hours from the time Captain Brown
had left his cabin in the morning, after
travelling more than twenty miles
through swamps, tangled woods and
high mountains. he was back again,
with four of the biggest panther skins
ever stripped from the backs of any
animals of their kind in the old Ly.
coming woods. That days work Of
the king of the panther slayers is re-
lated as the greatest of all the exploits
of the great hunter of the Loyalsock.
Laporte PA. Cor. N. Y. San.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Why are women extrayagant In
clothes? Because when they buy new
dress they wear it out on the first day.
The man who wants the earth. my
son, is the very man the earth doesn's
want.
The girl who thinks she ought to
marry no one lower than Baron, gem
orally compromises upon a Count r.
Hopper.
He was fond of singing revival
hymns, and his wife named the baby
Fort. SO that he would want to hold it.
Our Dumb Animals.
"A comely figure in a woman has
its charms. But it is the incomely
figure that influences the average wife,
hunter - Philadelphia Call.
Goliath of Gath was big man. but
that didn't kill him; 1t was his big kon-
seat that brot him face to face with
deth.- Toronto Grip.
Women know about as much about
politics as men do about making
chain stitch tidy. The difference is
that men keep still about the tidy.
IL live for those who love me-"
says Philadelphia poet. II he is like
most amateur poets. then. he hasn't
much to live for.--Someyviltc journal.
1t is all bosh about women being
afraid to tell their age. The trouble 10
that people are afraid to ask 'em. and
perhaps it is safer not to. -Dansvilts
Breeze.
Omaha dame-"Didn't you know
before your marriage that the man you
loved had contracted the liquor habita'
Neglected wife-..Yes. knew he had
contracted the habit. and if it had only
staid contracted should not have COM
planned. but after marriage the habit
expanded. "-O Omaha World.
"A Western school-ma' am has be-
come famous by getting all her pupils
out of the school-house while blizzard
was in progress. Some day she may
succeed in keeping them all in school
while a circus procession is passing.
and then her name will 60 down in his
tory.
1T is stated that over five thousand
pianos are ruined every year in this
country by sudden changes Of tempera-
ture. When this fact becomes general
ly known. the American people will be
cheerfully reconciled to sudden changes
OF temperature--and some will regret
that the sudden changes are not moro
sudden and frequent. -Norristoaon Her
aid.
An old man was on the witness
stand and was being cross-examined by
a lawyer. ''You say you are doctor,
SIR" "Yes, sir; yes. sir" "What
kind of doctorP' II makes 'intment,
sir. / makes 'intment, sir. makes
'intment. whats your ointment
good for?" "It's good to rub on the
head to strengthen the mind. "What
effect would it have il you were to rub
some of it on my head9'' ''None at all.
sir, none at all. We have to have some
thing to start with. "-Corcord (N. HI
| Monitor
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JAPANESE GENESIS.
The Oriental Story of the Creation of the
Mundane Sphere.


Mundane Sphere.
In the beginning all things were in
chaos. Heaven and earth were not
separated. The world foated in the
cosmic mass like fish in the water, or
the yelk in an egg. The ethereal mat
ter sublimed and formed the heavens,
while the residuum formed the present
earth, from the mold of which germ
sprouted and became a self-animate
being, from which spr.Ang all the gods.
On the floating bridge of heaven
appeared man and woman of celestial
origin. The male plunged his jeweled
spear into the unstable waters beneath
them, and withdrawing it, the trickling
drops formed an island upon which
they descended.
The creative pair, divine man and
woman, designing to make this island
the pillar for continent, separated,
the male to the left. the female to the
right, to make journey around the
island. When they met the woman
spoke first, saying: .How joyful to
meet lovely man!'
The man, offended that the first use
of the tongue had been by a woman,
demanded that the journey be repeated.
after which he cried out exultingly:
"How joyful to meet a lovely woman -
Thus ensued the proper subjection;
and this, according to the ancient idea
of Japan. was the origin of the human
race and the art of love. -Orertd,sd
MOnthtu.
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WANTED HIM BAD.
An Ex-Congressma Applies for q Position
and Gets It.

An EX-COngre98man applies IOr u POSITION
and Gets It.
An unpretentious man entered the
Office of the proprietor of great daily
newspaper
"Well. sir. what can l do for you?"
II have come, sir, to ask for posi-
ton as editorial writer on your paper.
II don't think there is room for an
other man. still. using homely phrase,
we are ever on the lookout for good
timber. Have you done much news
paper workP'
"None, SIR"
"But you think that you can shape
public sentiment, eh?'
'No, SIR
"Then why do you ask for placer"
.'On account of my fitness"
.'Of your fitness? But what does
your fitness consist of?'
'.My absolute Ignorance"
.'You are surely a peculiar man.
Want a position as editorial writer
because you are absolutely ignorantP'
"Yes. SIR"
"But of what use is an absolutely ig-
norant man? Wha. would you propose
to do?h
'.Write articles on the tariff"
The proprietor caught quick breath,
placed one hand on the table to steady
himself, and said: '.Of course | want
you, but l am surprised to see that you
have resigned your scat in Congress. :"
-ArkansaU Traveller.
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Of Small Consequence.

A Chicago belle was riding in Bos-
ton horse car the other day when she
suddenly stopped over and began
searching for something she had evi-
IDENTIFY dropped in the straw at her feet.
A half dozen of the polite young gen.
tlemen, for whom Boston is proverbial,
sprang to the pretty girls assistance.
'.Ah. have you lost something's" they
asked in chorus, as six pair of hands
began shaking up the straw.
ut is of no consequence" said the
Chicago girl, smiling sweetly. "Don'i
go to any trouble about it; I've got &
whole box more at home. 1t was only
my gum dropped.
Six polite gentlemen resumed theil
seats in silence.-Detroa Free Press.
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CHARACTER STUDIES.
Go Learn q Mans or Woman's Disposition
Watch Them Eat.

There is no better place to study
human nature than the average hotel
dining-room. II character doesn't
show out when man is hungry, there
probably isn't any. Good breeding,
however. shows even more quickly, and
though it may not be altogether pleas
ant to watch the man next to yon eat -
whole dish of green peas with his knife.
it is curious and interesting sight.
A thin little woman leading four chill
dren came into the supper-room of one
of the city hotels last week. There
were three boys and one girl and they
were probably included between seven
and thirteen years Of age. They had
evidently been travelling and the chill
dren. though not used to public dining
rooms. all had children's appetites.
Each one demanded bill of fare and
studied it eagerly. There was a mo-
ment's silence and them
mia, want some strawberries and
a Bath bun and-and banana"
ma. / want some turkey and pump
kin pie"
ma, ma, do they have bear steaksp'
81 don t know, my son--Willie. stop
reaching for the butter. and put down
that knife"
Here a eomm0tion arose owing to =
dispute between the eldest boy and the
one next, relative to the changing of
their order to golden buck. " the second
boy contending that it would be better
to order all mince pie, because they
knew what that was.
ma. what's canvasback duck?" :,
..lt's kind of wild duck.
..What does it have canvas for. to
put up when it rains?'
Here the waiter, having prepared ice
water all around. assumed receptive
attitude, and the thin woman said:
I'VE just want light supper. The
children are not hungry" she cx-
planned. "and il isn't good for them TO
eat much before going to bed. You
might bring some buttered toast, tea
and stewed prunes, two portions Of
each will do.
And then eight sad. young eyes, from
which the light of pie and turkey had
faded, followed the waiter as he van
ished toward the kitclen.--N + Trio.
Ens.
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AGASSiZ AND DICKENS.
About the Mothers of These
Two Famous Men.

Two Famous Men.
Concerning many Of those women
the world knows much, but of the ma
jority it is ignorant. The mother of
Agassiz, the scientist. was the wife of a
Swiss Protestant clergyman, and lived
to good old age. Louis was her fa-
vorite son. and she trained him with the
greatest care. When. in 1857, Professor
Silliman. of Yale Collegs. visited her,
he found her at fourscore "tall, erect
and dignitied woman, with animated
address and cultivated manners" When
she was assured by her guest that her
sons adopted country loved him. and
was proud of him. her strong frame
was agitated, her voice trembled with
emotion. and the flowing tears told the
sad story of mothers heart.
The day that Professor Silliman left
she walked a long way in the rain to
bid him and his wife farewell. Present.
ing them with a little boquet of pansies.
she bade them tell her son her ''pensees
were all for him." Pensee, in French,
means both pansies and thought. On
the fiftieth birthday of Agassiz the Sat-
urday Club. of Boston, celebrated it
with dinner at which Longfellow,
Holmes and Lowell read poems. In
the poem of the former. allusion was
made to the natural mother as mourn
ing over the fact the great mother.
Nature, had driven her son from the
fireside. where she wished to keep him:
And the mother at home says "Hark!
For his voice listen and yearn:
1t is growing late and dark,
And my boy does not return"
Agassiz' head was bent during the
reading of the poem, but when the al
lusion to his mother was made his
ruddy face flushed with restrained feel
ing, tears gathered in his eyes, and as
the last line was uttered they dropped
slowly down his cheeks, one after
another.
The childhood of Dickens was so
shadowcd by poverty, and his sensitive
and imaginative mind was SO keenly
alive to his position, that it was hardly
possible that he could draw an abso-
lutely impartial picture of his parents.
His mother had keen appreciation of
the droll and of the pathetic, and like
wise considerable dramatic talent. She
was comely little woman. with hand
some, bright eyes. and a genial, agreea-
BILE person.
From her Dickens undoubtedly in
herited his temperament and intellect
ual gifts. She possessed an extraor-
dinary sense of the ludicrous, and her
power of imitation was something as
tonishing. Her perception was quick.
and she unconsciously noted everything
that came under her observation. In
describing ridiculous occurrences her
tone and gesture would be inimitable.
while her manner was of the quaintest.
Dickens declared that to her he owed
his first desire for knowledge, and his
earliest passion for reading was awak-
ened by his mother, who taught hin,
not only the rudiments of English, but
also little of Latin. Poverty saddcned
and darkened many years of her life,
and her children were early compelled
to leave her and earn their own living,
but they all honored and loved her as
| she deserved. -Wonsan's Arqosq
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GLAMOUR LAND.

An. dim. lost Glamour land!
On whose confines stand,
-, for home that home shall be no more !,
There stood my palace grand,
where now, on either hand,
Z. sery swordsof seraphs guard the door.
There once roamed to Gull
Dear hopes more beautiful
a., slreu thoughts that musing monks resist:
/ Nothing too far or fair e
Bat its Mirage was there
orured upon the valleys rosy mist.
q There each sweet day heard
Songs of brooding bird,
,,u,rg Of purest pleasure yet to be:
There, by the singing streams,
Faint forms of darling dreams
raevsd and fingered hand in hand with me.
An. dim, dear fancyland!
Thy. welkin, rainbow-spanned,
a. oftened light of halcyon hours o'er-past,
Fading away, away,
All the expanse is gray
utades the summer moon, too fair to last
/ -Danske Dandridoe in N. 7. Independent.
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Philosophers have noticed that when
a man makes up his mind that he has
got to practice economy, he generally
tries to begin with his wife's expenses.
Journal of Education.
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-"I'll teach you to play pitch-and-
tossr' shouted an enraged father. "rll
fog You for an hour. will" Father"
instantly replied the incorrigible, as he
balanced a penny on his thumb and
finger, I'll toss you to make it two
hours or nothing r'-Bosto,s Globe.
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Look here. Jones. / understand
you called me blooming jackass last
night" That is incorrect, Smithers. !
didn't use the word blooming" "Ah
that's all right. then Shake, old fel.
low. .n--Philadelphia Times.
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An Ypsilanti man has a queer
craze-that of collecting axes. He
has ninety-two different kinds. and yei
his wife complains of q scarcity Of
kindling-wood.
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After awhile distinguished people
will be those whose names never get
into the newspapers.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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[OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
Vacation of Portions of Crescent
court, Lombard Avenue and
Alley in Block Two CD, Az
In Rdgewood Park addition.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE, |
ST. PAUL, Dec. 6, 1888. (

Whereas, A petition has been filed in
this Office, by order of the Common
Council, as required by law, asking for
the vacation of that portion of Crescent
Court lying between the lot line of lots
ten 10 and eleven I'D, of block three
90, in Ridgewood Park addition to the
city OF st. Paul, as produced across said
street. and the junction of said CreS
cent Court with Lombard avenue; also,
that portion of Lombard avenue lying
between the common lot line of lots
sixteen t16) and seventeen 90, of block
one ~, in said RidgeWood Park addi-
ton, as produced across said avenue,
and Ridgewood avenue; and, also, that
portion of the alley in block two ca,
lying between the common lot line of
lots fourteen Q4) and fifteen Q59, of
block two ~, in said RidgeWood Park
addition, as produced across said alley,
and Crescent Court; and
Whereas, The petitioners state that
they are residents of said city of ST.
Paul, and a majority of the owners Of
the property abutting upon and along
the line of the said streets and alley
asked TO be vacated, ard that the reason
for asking said vacation is that por-
ton of said RidgeWood Park addition,
including said streets and alley, has
been rearranged, and said streets and
alley asked to be vacated are not used
as public highway by any one; now,
therefore,
Notice is hereby given that said petit
ton will be heard and considered by
the Common Council of the city of st.
Paul, on Tuesday, the 18th day of JAN
uary, A. ID. 1889, at 7:30 o'clock p. H.,
at the Council Chamber in the City
Hall.
BY order of the Common Council.
THOS. A. PRENDERGAST,
Dec. 7-5w-fri. City Clerk.
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Correction of Assessment for
Wooden Sidewalks.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, MIMI, Dec. IL, 1888.
To S. B. Pierce and all persons inter
eSted.
The Board of Public Works in and
for the corporation of the city of st.
Paul, Minnesota, will meet at their
Office in said city at 2 p. m. on the Goth
day of December, A. ID. 1888, to correct
the assessment of benefits, costs and
expenses arising from the construction,
relaying and repairing wooded side
walks on Brainerd avenue, north side,
from Edgerton street to Arkwright
street, Estimate Ne. 3, in said city,
under contract of James Forrestal. for
term beginning April l, 1888, and end
ing Nov. l, 1888, as to ownership, de
scription of and amount to be assessed
against the following described prop
erty, to-wit: Commencing at sW'ly cor
ner of lot 10, subdivision of u of sw
Il of section 90. town 30, range %;
thence My 100 feet; thence WHY 100
feet: thence Sly to My line of Brainerd
avenue; thence ely to beginning lex
cept De Soto street., being in st. Paul,
Minnesota, so as to conform to the facts
and rights of the case as intended.
All persons interested are hereby mott
fed be present at said time and place
of m aking said correction, and will be
heard. "a
JOHN C. QUINBY. President Pro TEN.
Official: w. F. ERWIN.
34S Clerk Board of Public Works.