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YaFor @s etnt, 8eab @tns, Minn., fae.
Elm suies @ort fir Sailor 86nig's 9lerben.
Gtdrfer, neil Ct erfldrt, bas er bie WeDiain
fed fanf SSatren 6ieIen qeibenben empfoblen
bak, nab Slpor bat fd bic CUTE @irfuna baupt.
fd&Ii9 tn eiuem 6nfIe bepdbrt bel elmer Grau,
DeIde fe@a Sabre lang bon Der gpilepfe se>
tIaet mar.
palmer, &a n. IA. Mtai 's9.
G~rduIein @rdneer, II Sabre alt,
9afte bdnfse unb fGpere Anfdde, bic 8epust.
loFeseit tin6igte f9 bufa sineu lanten Sdrei
an. Sic tafte mebrert Sabre lang iebe Bode
AnfdQe. Cite Rirtnn 3 erb Ii un q
Der Nnf2IIe BON bererFen DofS
an, baur aIImdIiges 1aHIahen Der arnnfbeit.
9errs@ufebins 8 a Ell bon ct.
Sofepb, aanf bate ale 5tuei W9pnete epiIepti-
(&e Anfduk. Rad einem tarSen Gebrnn9 bon
a6nis'S s9erbtnsStdtfer bnt &c teinen AufeI
mekr sebabt. S.GbrtHgpborb
e- Dasl Bad far Nerpenitibsnbe ipirb sseber1. Der
3 psrtaugt is d~nasiaabt uHb aIr1leu aud BE Ms.
!Set lssissia SisSs felt son Sabtsn bon gattOr
Sss sa S T. SSst Ms "a aH0, ailssfsitst aH0 lest sutsE
K6nig A5eoicine Co.,
80 @efs wsabiio1 eff. Gtieaap, su,
S ssss. s1 l.se Pc g'a'4s isss ar......ssSS
4reis $1.eo Fer 8Iai6e, . 6lafaea $500.
8nm 8ersauf in San Mnicnic Bel gboIpb
Drete, 80. II, 10 nnb 81 Ninmo. Stra6e.
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sT pane0af& Go67 inb in
ibrem bebeutenb Dergr6Berten @eihdfts'
lotal In ie6er 9inf6t auf bic 0erbf=
uno Minter Saiion borbereitet. Sic
haben cine Dortrefli@e Nusmabl bon
Stolen fur 9erreu, DelGe Mn3i9e nod
NaB ptni@en. lnb in ibrem 2ager III
GQes bertreteu, mas aur 9errentoilette
geh0rt. Gertige Nnaises mad neueffem
S9nitt in ieber Qualitdt unb 81 febem
preiie; felne ueberaieber; moberne 6is
te; unter3eug Der 5aiion aneepaBt;
tu0Qene unb Ieinene 6emben, Grabats
ten unb ole bic anberen 0erreusSo ilets
ten'Nrtifel. Paneoaif & Sobn erbaIs
ten ibren &uf, bic lsiten5e Girma ibret
8ran9e 5u ieit, aufre6t.
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Die aenauen @rasbniK

O'e Uetuueu UIBeUutHe DEF Qnl
l. December porgenommenen Bolts.
36blung In Deuti6lanb tberben noiire
lid mod LANCE auf RG tucrten IaEen
ALIEN bic Grage, bic f9on iebt alent.
baIben erboben tptrb: pie groB mirb
biesmal bic 8eb6ltsrunes3ifer bes Rei.
DIES iein2 tann bersits beute anndbe.
~rungsmeiie ridtis beanttportet merten.
Rad ben fatifiI9en 8ere9nungen 5ai
feit Der 3dbluns bon 1885, tpeIde 49,.
855, 704 Ginmobner ergab, BON 1886
so cine i6brlide 3unabme bon runb
436, 900 Seelen h0ttsefunben, 70 has
beuer bic @inwobnersabl bes &ei6es
d Der 40 Millionen Seutf9
betragen otitfie, mos cine Wermebrun0
I'm 2 lis MiliOnen unb felt Der @riina
bung bes &ei6es cine ioIhe I'm 8 Mil.
lionen Geelen bebsutst.
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gelifprnie.meixe,

MeinIiehhaber Hnben Elm erDBes So,
ger BON feineH California Weinen bel
perrn s. s. Meper am alamo
pla3a.l 9err Meper iu6t bic @eine
on Ort unb Gtele aus ui.h fauft birefi
aus benz Keller ter Weinat6ter. 4ls
gutem Renflrr gelingt es ibm fieis, bic
bef:n 6orten aus3updblen. st fam
fetMe 2unben uuo Gamilien nit einen.
guiea Sropfen perieben. &oibs uub
WeiBpeine in por3igls6er Qualitdi
BON iebt ab $1.00 per @alone = frei
1ns 0aus geliefert..
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Bu6Iens Mrmtea.eaIbe.

Die bette. SaIbe Der Relt fiir sduitte,
Guetl&nnsem, @efdpiire, Gieber. unb 9aut.
Gusf9Ias, Gle@te, %eelprnneene Sdabe, Srpf.
benlen nno ale 4autfranfbetteu turirt Cd.
mnrrboiben ober tetne SeSablune. gSIias
Satisfation sarantirt ooer ba8 @eIb min
inrtderfattet. Is Gents bic S9a&teI. Bum
Bertaut IN allen apOtbefsn. Dreib, 2tomps
fon & Co., @bolsfaIe.
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@eeen eiueu 91nitt, gei6dbiguug,
Gieb. ober Branbwunbeu giebt ss ui6ts
8eRsres, als GbamberIaia's
pain Balm. Die Wunbe teilt
idneler, als bur9 ireenb elm anberes
pr1parat. ua6, tuenr bieielbe ni1t gar
3u f@limm III, obne Narben au binter.
laRen. gu baben bel g.. Gobn s. Co.,
s. Rolteper & Son unt anen bebeuten,
ben Npotbetern.
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gaKaae uah @arppa.

@ie Mgenturem beg Derrn u. :.
DDung, Np. 1 Commerce : StraBe,
MntDniO, unb go. 603 Mains
StraBe, Dallas, nertreten lur bic
Gnertantt beifen europdii@en Oampfsrs
9tnieu. Serr Doung 1T i'm @tanbe bic
biIIigEten &aten gu geben, er=
tbeiIt bereitwtlig iebe getphni9te Nuss
tunft uab beiDr9t iebr prOrpt ale Inn
lbergebenen 4uftrd9e. @er nod Gu.
rspa gu reiieu tpt.nf9t, Ober 8erDanbte
beribertommen laRen min, tuenbe f@
an trgenb cine BET geuannten Ngenturen.
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9emtid> GmsliIde edale,
San antonio, EeraS.

Shn Nnt0ntO, EeLat.
Inerfannt tiiGtiee 2ebrantaIt far anobsn
Gno Mdbden; felt breibis Sabren tn reaet
&%irtiamIeit gortreffi@e 2ebrfrdfte inter 81,
pabrter aeiinna. Der snslif9fn Spra@e tpirk,
Die ber Seutl&sn, boae Nednuna aetraaeu.
anberhem llaterriat I'M @pamifden. einieer.
nabsn borbsreitete SdiIer fnben teberseii
anfnabme. Ndbere austunft ertbeiIen Gerr
8. @roos, Vrdibent bes S9uI BorRanbea
nnb Us III. Sarbef. 9irefipr Der ApinIi
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0effentliAe Mmseise.
MaDors Office,
San Mntouio, 5. Sea-, 80.

WaDors Office,
San Intonio, 5. 9e5., 80. !
9ierbur9 pirb befannt getna6t, baB
Id am 20. Sage bes DECEMBER 1890 I'm
IL ubr 8Ormittass in Der 9auptmarfts
bale bamit beginner tperbe, bic 6leif9s
itdnbe i'm befa9ten Marft fir bas Sabr
1891 an ben b69iten unb beffsn Bieter
3u ~berfaufen.
Seine M~ngebote uerben entgegense>
t1enmen, bic unter ben BON benz Stabt.
ratb feltgefelten Minimum . preiien
fnb. u. Bruni,
Marttmeifer.
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sdT 2stle &oblen So per Tonne;
MeNaifsr slaf unb 2ptle eemifht 81.
-Snbian $erritorp 3oblen bette Quos
Iitdt $3.50. Beun: Nntbrocit &obler
$13. gbenio bas beffe troGene Ofen=
unb gorb BrennbOl3 gu niebrigiten
Yreiien Bel garr & NoberfOn T,
IA BurleiousS traBe. Selepbon 593.
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SER 6. s. Weaaer, SO. 217 81

SER G.. s. W9iiaer, SO. 217 ORs
9oufon . GtraBe bdlt tets bas nolls
tommenffe 2ager In 3ei@enliaterta.
lien, 3apeten, Gorbeu, @las, 6piegel.
gIas, 8~iloerrabmen, Girnifea unb allen
3ei@aers unb Malersu tenftlien. Stint.
lerif9 ausgeflbrte 8ilber un0S Statuet.
ten &c. finb In eiuet ie~benspertben Gals
lerie our IHfi@t unb gum @ertauf aus
gefteat. Sn &apeten unb 3immerbefos
rationeH III bas @ei@madbuafe unb
ReneHe bort al inbeu. :
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CINDERELLA Gd)nb gtSre,
Ode OF 6cuiionfiraBe unb Mbenue G

1as- Serb. Gbelina bat einsn Bar.
room erfter @lafe er6fnet Weff. Com.
rterces5t 239 Qrhber Wettes gpo.
tbefe.) Stets frif9es Bier on 3apfe.
feline MbisteD's unb CUTE @igarreri.
Gin gemttbli9es 2oeal, bas Sober Be-
iu9en ioltel
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Moti5 fit @ildlente.
ManprsO Office, /

w ~ w
Gan Mntonio, Is. Dec, 1890.
Naen Mil@bdnbIern Diro bierourd
onseseiet, bob lire 2i3ens fur has Sab
1890 am 81. DECEMBER erIii@t. 9it
2i5enien fur bos Sobr 1891 tuerbeu BON
MiI9inipeftor in ieiner Office am pre.
fbio=G quare ausgeftelt.
8rDan Gallagher,
Mttefirt: Manor,
6. g. @lau6on,- Gtabts@ Iert.
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sar Sie SutpeIiere @ritaer 8rps.
246 90. Commensurate baben Iir bic
MISUNDERSTANDING elm a%ussetpdbltes
Gager bon Siamonten, S1mudiahen
aIer Art, ME gro6en, 4rmbduber,
Retten, ubren &c. &C.
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pS- Ser pIumber S. 6. aittina,
Wo. 20 Abenue 8 nabe poit > Office,
bot, hin ben gefieiserten Mniprhden,
bic on fem @eifdft geiielt tperbsn,
nahtOmmeu gu t6nnen, f9 nit. einem
tii4tigen Ga6manne, Serra Sbomos,
ahociirt unb ipirb ME gem6bhli9 3u,
3ufriebenbeit bss publifums aae Nuf.
fridge raid erlebigea. Selepbon APT.
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"a Mer sebiegene Weina6tsgei9en.
fe faufen nil, iolte Az @rit3er
BROS. gsben, otren Suweier< unb
ubrensGager unftfeitig bas elesanteie
in Der 6tabt 1T.
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a Wir baben einen sroBen She'll
unieres W~aarenlagers berfauft, baben
nber nod einen groBen @orratb on
0anb uub ofetiren iebt 9ameus unb
Mtdb9en : Ndntel uto Sadets 3u mod
niehrigern preifeu tpie bOrber.
6. 9eutfG G 60.
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10- 3oRuem, Manbeln, igitronat,
feline @epiir3e. Gerner DeIifateHen
oller Nrt bel 2ouis RunteI, ~
NorbsGIeress StraBe.
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s@~ @enn Sbr i@Dne @eibna6iss
gei6enfe faufeu wollt, gebt gu q 10.
& WeIIer.
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llniern $500 69ub fibren mir isit
8 Sabren unb garantiren iebes poar.
Nu@ 1T Bel uns lles In Gamen,. 6ers
renz, 2nabeu= unb Mdbden gduben
au finoen.
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s@- 2ouis 2unteI, 81 Rorbs
JloresfraBe. bat ioeben erbaIteu: Ga
ltfornia 3infdnbel Is Gents per @alo
ne; Seras Wsiu $1.0O per @aIone ;
@atatpba $1,00. per Sal one.
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THIS PAPER P 3. So ss rP z Ss e sss s 4 sss
AdvertisfL X Durean lOSpruce St.A whore ndvertisin0
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p0- Niemanb braudt gu f,ie,en.
Wir baben elm grpB,s 2aaer BON 2gbif5
8aImoral Gtirts uhb tatcu bic preiie
bafir ME folgt berabeeiebt:
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a. Waberids Ba tt be3ablt 4
prosent 3inien fur 3eit.O epoftsu.
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2iquor ; Serbiee, seidIiHsnes @las,
WaRer
Meiu
bosieinffe afOrtiment bel u ewtO &
@etIer.
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" 5 febr fein ben SIS Gents bis 3u 81.
g. 9eutf@&@ 60.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-24
O'ARTAGNAN'S PARIS.
1t Was Very Quaint and Unlike tho Paris of

1t Was Very Quaint and Unlike tho Paris of
To-Day.
Old Paris is vastly interesting and
easy to visit, too; D'Artagnan would
have stared at its modern map and
would hardly have found the city of
1648 upon it; for of the 10S or so of ruled
squares; which barely include the me-
tropolis Of to-day, dozen cover the
town of the Muskeeters, the walls of
which upon the right bank of the
Seine cut straight across the garden of
the Tuileries, sliced off corner of the
present Palais Royal Gardens, ran
northeast to the boulevards, then
really what tn cir name signifies-forti-
fed ramparts-and followed them to
the Bastile.
Even during the youth of Tue muska-
sieges of great cities were out of fashion.
Henry H. had lowered the walls, and
Richelieu preached them to make way
for the Palais Cardinal, which his last
will changed into the Palais Royal and
the property of the King.
The bourgeois life had flowed over
the ramparts long since, or struggled
out through the fortified gates into the
fat bourgs, but it is mainly within their
antique limits that the old houses are
found to-day, by hundreds, from the
Bastile to the Louvre, and from tho
Boulevard st. Denis to St. German des
Pres; they are easily recognizable, for
thoy thrust themselves out at the girdle
like the gentlemen and ladies who wore
the waded gowns and doublets of 1927.
--Scribner's Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-24
THE PEOPLE OF CAPRI.
They Are Very COnfding md Given to
Look on Llfe,s Hrlght Side. go

They Are Very COnliding md Given to
Look on Lies bright Side.
The capreso, as the people OF Capri
are called, are simple, very confding,
grateful for kindness, easily amused,
and given to look on the bright side Of
life. They arc Industrious, and have q
keen eye to tho main chance" They
are not poor, comparatively speaking,
and there are no thieves. by thieves I
mean robbers on q large scale. The
pc asants who have no gardens will steal
. fow vegetables from their richer
neighbors when they can get the
chance, and servants will add Soda
or two to the price Of every article
they Eet for the palrone. On the other
hand, houses may be left open day and
night without fear, and money in
unlocked drawers is perfectly safe. 1t
is argued that the difficulty there would
be In conveying stolen goods secretly
and speedily of the island explains the
scarcity Of thieves, but a reason for
good behavior may also be found, I
think, in the absence OF that squalid
misery which Is chief incentive to
crime.
The Capreso are religious-which does
not prevent them from swindling
to'esttert as much as possible. ''Pr0test-
ants were made to be fleeced," urg Vthe
priests. Their religious ideas, as is
natural with SO practical people, take
q very practical form. If the fishermen
attend mass regularly, SAINT Antonio.
patron saint OF fishermen, will be so
pleased that he will beg the good God
to send them fine harvest of fish. The
masses, therefore. are always addressed
to large and devout congregation.
And so 1t is in all their dealings with
the higher powers. So much devo-
ton and money spent in wax candles,
professions and fire-works-for which
the saints appear to have peculiar
partiality-so much worldly prosperity.
Tho motive seems low, but at any rate
tho people believe profoundly in the
gods above-their devotion is real, and
there is no pretense at a faith for the
sake Of appearances. They believe also
that the recitation OF a certain number
Of ayes and patornosters will help to
heal wounds and sores, aches and pains,
of every description. The altar of the
Madonna is surrounded by little waxen
eftigies of arms, legs, hearts and so
forth, showing how potent are her
pleadjngs with the Trinity-for the
waxen arms, etc, correspondent to feshy
members which have been healed by
means Of her intercessions. -Cornhill
Magazine.
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CHRISTOPHER WAR,

Fourteen Thousand Men Are Fighting the
Plague in Algeria.
Immense swarms OF grasshoppers have
invaded parts of the country Of Algeria
and are spelling lots of things. Two
thousand soldiers, aided by $4,000
Arabs, have been employed to fight the
pest The roadways present the ap-
pearance of battlefield, and extraor-
binary efforts are being made to rid the
surrounding country of this insect ene-
my.
This is not the first time that this
plague has devastated Algeria. In 1s45
the harvests of almost the entire coun-
try were destroyed by grasshoppers
From 1747 to 1749 these insects DESC
lated Algeria, extending their ravages
even to parts of Europe.
Millions on millions of the dead
bodies of these insects are covering at
present the great roadway leading from
Mascara to Mostaganim and filing the
springs and rivers. The task of killing
these masses OF grasshoppers is no
small one. Imagine a district of one
hundred miles in circumference, which
not long ago was covered with wheat,
tobacco, and fig and olive trees, but
now is so densely covered with grass
hoppers that not single green branch
or leaf can be seen. For three years a
distinguished Partisan naturalist NJ.
Kunkel, has been studying how to ex-
terminate these creatures The best
plan seems to be that of stamping the
moving, quivering heaps with the bare
feet Shovels and other sharp instru-
ments are used, but it has been noticed
that the elastic layers of grasshoppers
tend to rebound after pressure and only
the layers on top are crushed. Large
fires have also been lighted, but the
dense smoke arising from the flames is
only partly effective in preventing the
descent of these all-devouring swarms.
London Letter.
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thor to be informed that he writes &C
we'll IS those who are OF tho elect. He Is
always quite confident Of that himsolf,
and It is really his principal causo q
grievance that he can not have tho OPP
portuntty to stand with his equals, or,
as he ts even more apt to think. to OUT
shine his interiors.
Every body writes wadayA, and wo
are becoming, Il, indeed, we ars not OIL.
ready, q nation of soribblers. We are
voraoious readers as we'll, but tho sup.
ply OF literature Is far In excoss OF tho
demand. When so many writo we'll,
and there are SO few chosen to achieve
publication, the lou took for tho multi.
tude Of literary aspirants Is not on
conraging W..
The man or woman who is OF pre-
eminent ability can DO pretty confident
OF SECURING recognition. But that is
within the scope OF few only. Tho
average OF American literature OF this
generation Is respectable mediocrity.
There arc undoubtedly hundreds OF re-
joctod writer's who can keep up to that
standard ~ we'll as those who are recog-
nized. Circumstances independent Of
their literary skill prevent them from
becoming known. Literature is in no
sons6 the loser on this account nor
would 1t be tho gamer II the neglected
aspirants for literary famo could usurp
the positions now held by their more
successful, even If not moro talented,
competitors. National Publisher and
Printer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-24
LITERARY PRODUCTION.
According to Authorities the Supply Fa
Exceeds the Demand.

According to Authorities the Supply Far
Exceeds the Demand.
The editor of prominent American
magazine makes tho statement that
during the past two years between eight
and nine thousand articles, beside many
more suggestions for articles to be writ
ten, have been submitted to his period
ical. Out of that number the maya
zine had room for the publicaf on at the
most of only about four hundred.
The editors of other leading maya
zines, dozen in number nearly, could
probably tell similar story. Then
there is a large contingent of weekly
newspapers, and the Sunday edition of
the dailies, that to q considerable ex-
tent now encroach upon the field for a
long time principally occupied by the
magazines. These print very much
more than the magazines, and they,
too, are overwhelmed with offer
ings. The presses of the book pub
fishers run day and night, and the book
stalls are crowded with twenty-f and
f1fty-cent novels, each one of which
represents score that have been re-
jected. The literary productivity OF
the present generation Of Americans is
something phenomenal. .s.t ~
The editor already quoted states that
many of the articles are rejected, not
because they are not meritorious, but
because there is no room for the publ
cation of more than limited few of all
that are good. Other editors will give
similar testimony It will hardly as
suage the pangs Of the disappointed au-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-24
JAKE TOOK TO FLIGHT.

fellow, he made himself new leg of
white oak, around the bottom of which,
TO prevent wear, he hammered a stout
iron ring.
The years went by in their usual sur
reptitious fashion, and brought few
changes to Second Westcock. One June
evening, ten years after that on which
my story opened, Jake was driving the
COWS home as usual, when once more, as
he passed the swampy thicket, he heard
that menacing growl. Jake looked
about him as if in dream. There was
the same dewy smell in the air,
mingled with the fragrance OF sweet
fern, that he remembered so painfully
and so we'll. There was the same long
yellow cloud over the black woods to
the west. There was the same dappled
sky of amber and violet over his head.
As before, he saw the cows breaking
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-24
THE CUNNING BEAVER,

Some OF tho Strange Things Said Of His
Sagaclty and Courage.
There Is no doubt of the sagacity and
intelligence of the beaver, and the at
tempt of the writer of the article to
catch beaver by setting trap in tho
dam after cutting 1t away will amuso
every old trapper that reads it. Tho
beaver will invariably use the trap to
repair his broken dam, and will very
seldom be caught in that way. Many
trappers have also had the experience
of having their traps filed with mud
and sticks when thoy have attempted to
trap him ON log by removing tho pilo
Of mud placed there before and setting
a trap in its place. Tho beaver is too
sharp for that, but is easily caught
when the trapper has learned how.
It is an impression with many that
the beaver uses his broad, nat tail as a
trowel and to carry mud, ETC., to build
their dams, but such is not the case.
They uso their short fore logs and
paws to carry up mud and grass from
the bottom of the lakes they inhabit,
and make piles Of mud and grass, such
as settles to the bottom on tho logs that
lay out from the shores. The writer
was never able to learn tho object Of
this, but presumes they found somo
article OF food in it.
Their food consists, mostly, Of tho
bark of the willow and cottonwood,
which they cut down and cut into
sticks about four feet long, and, by
some process known only to the
beaver himself, they will sink to tho
bottom OF the Lake or bayou, and there
they remain until needed for use. They
also will cut down tho white ash. The
writer of this measured white ash
that was nearly cut down that measured
twenty inches in diameter.
Il What their object was in this is in
definite, as 1t was not near any dam
and could not be used for any purpose
except for food. The beaver makes an
interesting pet They are easily tanned,
are entirely harmless, and have a very
decided propensity to build dams. II
they can get the material they will dam
at the least provocation, or rather, op-
portunity. There is no danger of their
being worried by dogs, as ono old
beaver, however poaceable, would make
bulldog pale with envy at the way
he can use those cutting teeth whom tho
occasion requires.
The writer expects to pass the winter
in a beaver country, and will try to
bring home a few young beavers in tho
spring.
In localities where they are not hunt
ed or trapped there would be no trouble
to get litter of young ones, but such
localities arc rather scarce at present,
unless ono goes we'll up toward the
Blackfoot Reservation, and there are
few hunters that care about enduring
the hardships of a winter in that local.
ity.-Cor. Chicago Times.