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ches wide ven they was omen =,
one or tothcr Of ,em was aIIns 49,.
Inc eyes was green, an, had a galle,
TN around iemstx inches wide. Tb.t
rim an the trunk, an the tail, an, the
Two 'front.' legs was the only things on
tne oinbulgcr th't want kfyered Win
the red BRUSHES. Tn wa,nst No bnro,'s
on the Dihbulger, an my ancister aars
Nc looked like forty-foot cattvn,llar
ms trunk begun right ON ton Of his
mead an hung down TO his knees nar.
vidin' he had any knees. Below tba
roo. Of his trunk he were all mouth.
with teeth on both sides th't fitted
oetwixt one another like the criss.
crossed teeth OF steel trap. Hancin,
from his under lip were big sack. omen
on one side. That wur the biffbuloer,s
ammunition bag. He allus carried a
iuil o big stones th't he gathered up e.
he needed EN-. =
"The tail o. this interestin, cit,zen =,
.ne wildernest were his strongest pint.
y piffbulgcr had a-happened to lost
his tail he'd ha' starved to death.
sartin cz I'm tellin' ye, Peleg. His tai
were hung on a hinge tii't worked side.
ways Four foot OF it, from the hinge
out, we were about ez big around ez a
pump an chen it widened out, perpen.
dlc'lar, inter sort O paddle, mebbe
three foot wide an six foot long,
roundup at the tip end, maxim tho tail
ten foot from end to end, an it were all
harder'n iron.
The hinge-tailed biffbulger never
made no noise in the woods unless he
were mad, an then he could make a
noise louder n thunder. His gfner'l git
up were so astoundin' th't animals he
fed on-an' my ancister says they was
some o the all-fredest frightfulest-
lookin' beasts th't ever skeered folks
Inter hts-never2 come within gunshot
OF him. But he know'd wat he were
posfn' around in them woods fer, an
wen an animal d sneak down an stop
half mile away to take tremblin'
look at the biffbulger the biffbulger d
slip his trunk into his ammunition bag,
take out a7stun am give it q tosst back
to'ards his tail, the tail d sw ing baek
on its hinge clean to one side, an ez the
stun kim long by it, whack! the pad
die on the end o. the tail d come swash-
in agin it. The biffbulger could put so
much vim in the swing o. that paddle
th't the stun d go whizzin' like a cam
non ball to'ards the foolish animal the
biffbulger had picked out, an the aim
never missed. The stun d PUNK
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Fernando-ssAngeli viii yoli en-
ter tho league with me? In other words,
become my wife.'' AngeliNa am
very sorry Fernando; bnt guess YOU
had better jieif-tthe bret heihond. In
other words, will BIO your sister. -.
Munsey's Weekly.
--Bogson -'sOh, my darling Malinda,
I have for years been in search Of my
happiness, and at last IT, Malinda
a''I can tell you where 70 find it, Mr.
Bogson." Bogson--'sTell me, my pre-.
cious, at oncel' Malinda-" Go and hunt
sarotind the north pole. Light.
lit seems strange that the price OF
rubber goods should have been advanced
when the clam cropis so large. Fried
CLANS will stand as much wear and tear
as piece of rubber, and when used as
car-bumpers have never failed TO give
satisfaction.-No rristown Herald.
"A physician received, late one even-
ing, a note from three of his follow
practitioners s.Please stop over to tho
club and join.us at a rubber of whist "
emilio dear" she said to his wife,
there am called away again. II APP
pears to be a difficult case; there arc
three other DOCTORS on thespet alneisa v. z
-Henrietta--"Well, Harry, they can't
blame one OF us without blaming tho
other We are in the same boat yoa
know. Harry fn5the same Boatg %
yes; perhaps I'd better land you. Y Henri.
etta-s'Land me?" Harry--"Yes, ON the
shore. of matrimony.p Henrietta levi
IDENTIFY sIrprised) - GOOD landH'--
Boston Transcript.
Judge 1t would be more respect
full to the court, sir, il you would keep
your hands out Of your pockets Why
do You do so, sir?' Defendantr-.sJust
for the novelty Of thes thing your
honor" Judge. Novelty What dye
mean?" Defendant Fact Is, your
honor, my attorney has had hts hands in
there so long, / was tickled TO death to
get a chance at Thorn myself. Jury.
"A Frustrated Plot. Nudge II be-
lieve you told inc couple OF weeks ago
that you were going to try making love
to your landlady's daughter, SO that the
old lady would be a little easier on you.
Did it work?'' Paisley ~ Work? /
should say not played, it 80 we'll that
the old woman thought ] was hopelessly
infatuated and tried to raise the price Of
my board on the strength Of it,
Terre Haute Express.
Jcweler-v''Yes, sir, will engrave
any thing you wish on this ring, with
out extra charge" Young man Well,
inscribe on 1t. From George to Alice
Jeweler-" Hum! The lady is your sis
ter, may be?' Young mqn-4:.No. Tho
fact is that is an engagement ring. =
Jeweler-'.Ah, my young friend, have
had considerable experiences In engage
ment rings, and I wouldsisnggest that
the inscription be simply From George
Then it will do for any body. "--Lccds'
Mercury. n
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A gentleman undertook to count the
birds he saw on ladies' bonnets ono
bright afternoon on broadway, New
York. We give the resnitlof his aftcr-
Moons count: -Four robins, 3 bluebirds,
brown thrush, ] Blackburnian warbler,
3 blaclspool warblers, y Wilson's black.
capped fy-catchers, 8. scarlet tanagers,
] white-bellied swallow, bohemian
waxwing 23 waxwings, ] great north
ern shrike, pine grosbeak, is snow
buntings, ? tree sparrows, white.
throated sparrow, bobolink, 2 meadow
larks, Q Baltimore orioles, 5 bluejays, 8
purple grackies, swallow-tailed fly.
catcher, | king-bird, 1 king-nsher. j
pileated woodpeclxer, 2 rcd headed wood
peciers, p golden-winged wood peckors,
i Arcadian owl, 1 Carolina dove, Pin.
mated grouse, ruffed grouse, l6 duails,
? helmet qaails, 5 sunderlings, big yell
lSwlegs, green heron, 4 Virginia rail,
! laughing gull. 2tS01sumpn torns.
black tern Grehss, "a g. fivaSluf.
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NATURES piseulses,



In Arctic reg ons white rs tffs e5le~
that best protects, by making mammal
Of the same hue ias the landscape. Ac-
cordiiiglv, we find the polar bear white.
the only bear that Is whik. The alpine
hare, the ermine and the Arctic foS ttsrn
white in the snowy seasoTi. Among
birds, the ptarnligan in winter loses its
summer plumage. which hafrao1izFs' 50
well with the lichen covered stones
among which il hides, and turns white.
80 very white that one may tramp
through flock lying OH the snow. with
out perceitinf a single bird \ tho
common raven, whieh even inlnidwihter
goes as far north as any ether known
bird or mammal, remains black IL Is bes
cause 1t feeds on carrion and has noneed
of concealment to got near its prey
The Siberian sable. like the raven,
does not change color in winter, because
its habits are stich Tint ft'does not need
to become whites IL often lives on berr. cs
at this season, and is so nimble on the
frees that it-casil y CATCHES small birds.
The woodehuck Of Canada also stays
brown in winter But II then burrows
in river banks and subsists on fish, va
know that the lion, by its sandy color
easily. conceals Itself by crouehing on
the desert: while the stripes u the tiger
assimifate we'll with the vertical stems
Of the bamboo and tall. stiff grass Of tho
Jungle. Almost all the other animals
of the cat tribe frequent tfecs, and these
have often spotted skins, which help 10
blend them with the background Of
foliage. "A marked exceptlonl!s the
puma, whose ashysbrown fgr the color
Of bark. aud its habits Of clinging very
closely TO limb as IL waits for ia prey
to pass underneath, make il uncommon
ly hard to distinguish II might DO
thought thai thai III pirslipus stripes of
the zebra, IN country Astounding with
lions and lcopards would be danger to
1t. But zebras go in herds and are 50
wary and swift that in the dag time they
haze little to fear. u Is at,dusl, whom
they go to drink, that they are most ex-
posed Bus Mr.. Francis Gordon, swho
has studied this aiIimft IN it's nsrttvo
haunts. declares that in the twilight tho
zebra's black and white blend so we'll
into grayish tint at this hour IL is not
easy to be seen ut short distance.
Even an animal as big as a giraffeis said
by travellers to be admirably concealed
by its form and color when standing
perfectly still among the dead trees
often found -on the outskirts or tho
groves where ii feeds Its spots its
long neck, the peculiar shape of it's
head and horns appear altogether so like
broken branches that even the natives
have been known to mistake a tree for a
giraffe and giraffe for trcc.-Chris-
tian at Work.
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--777777-7-7--7--l - =
JUDGE AND JURY.
A Man Who Had Queer Conception OF
Their Relations.

Their Relations.
Some people have very strange con,
ceptions of the functions OF Judge and
jury. u am reminded of a case tried
some years ago in the circuit court here
in which a prominent druggist was de-
PENDANT. The action was for damages
brought by the parents Of child whose
death, it was claimed, resulted from an
erroneous prescription put up by the
druggists clerk. The case was bitterly
contested and the jury considered it in
their room for three days. 1t was I'M
necessary for the defendant to remain in
court after the trial was finished and the
jury took the case. The Witnesses, at
torneys and plaintiffs left but the do
PENDANT remained in court, constantly
watching the door Of the jury room and
apparently taking no interest in the
other cases which the court was trying
while waiting for the return Of the jury
in the druggists case On the third day
of his vigil the defendant grew des-
perate. Late. in the evening OF that day
he came to me in my room, where was
waiting after the days docket had been
cleared off, and said: "Say, Mister, /
think that jury can reach verdict il
they only understand the case; don't you
think sop ,Ysaid: Eyes: expect they
will agree; that's why ! am keeping them
together So long Then, with great
earnestness and evident sincerity, he
remarked: Suppose you let me go in
the room with the jury and explain the
case to them; they won't be long agree
ing then" OF course / denied the re-
quest, to his great disappointment The
jury failed to agree and were di stharget
the next day.Judge G. w Lubke, in
St Louis Globe Democrat.
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A DAY IN CONGRESS.
The Great Republican Aggregation
Surplus Busters at Work.

The Great Republican Aggregation Of
Surplus Busters at Work.
In the House yesterday the bill APP
propriating 100000 for public build
4 ing At .Coyoteyille, OAK, was opposed
by member from Pennsylvania, who
thought that city of 800 inhabft-
ants, six saloons, ono gambling house,
and ten dwellings should not ask for a
100000 public building while towns of
$4,000 and 20, 900 in his State were
denied such boon. The member from
| Dakota said that If there was town OF
| 10000 people in Pennsylvania without
S209, 600 plblic building, it was re-
| Election on the enterprise and influence
OF the member from that district. The
bill was reduced to 1000, and passed.
The bill granting a pension of $50 a
month to the civilians who witnessed
| the first battle OF Bull Run, and particle
pated in the mastery retreat to Wash
ington, was considered. The member
| from the ,Steenth- New York district
opposed the bill on the ground that il
the statesmen and other civilians had
not accompanied the Union army, de-
feat would rot have followed. After
further discussion the bill was passed.
The bill appropriating $50, 600 for a
| public building In Evansville, Ind. was
passed.
A bill granting $50 a month to the
widow of drafted man who was fatally
injured while fleeing to Canada went
over without action.
| A member from Colorado introduced a
bill asking ror an appropriation OF
$500, 900 for a public building in Wild
Cat Centre. Wild Cat Centre, he said,
had only $50 inhabitants now, but he
thought it. would have at least 800, 900
by the time it got the 100000 appro-
After passing sixty -four private PEN
sion bills the House adjourned.
In the Senate, the House bill, grant
ing pensions to old maids who attribute
their single ,blessedness to the large
number of young men killed during the
war, was passed.
A bill appropriating $3.50, 600 for a
public building in Coon Hollow, Wis.,,
was read. It was explained that Coon
Hollow at present consisted of a tavern.
a wheelwright shop and two dwellings;
but it was argued that $780, 900 public
building would induce immigrants to
settle there, and town would soon
grow up.. Tie bill was passed.
The bill appropriating S11o, 900 for a
public building in Snakedale, Ill, was
passed.
After passing one hundred and forty
private pension bills the Senate ad-
iourned = Puck
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AN ECONOMICAL MAN.

= ~ IN 4thi1teca cents asday=-
Ten t..'rs..s for milk and cracker,
one rant fef dissipation gay,
And tso cents for tobacco.
And n h. Wished an extra dish
ued take his pole and catch fish.
And ifi1it stomach raised war
I4.ssi his penurious habit,
Heaa5 nd kin o woodchuck, or
ASST mate a rabbit:
And nus he'1 live in sweet content
IN Y77j77T 1T Igevrr cost u cent.
AM, TIA, he rnjght lay by in bank
III, proceeds Of his labor,
He'd happen round at meals, the crank
AMI dine upon his ncighbor!
AM men he d eat enough to last
Uatilanothcr day had passed.
He nMsht nor paptaloons nor vest
,sofrirh. expensive jacket;
Ile hal one suft-his pas bequest--
He thought would stand the racket
lfe patched 1t thirty years. It's true,
And then declared twas good MS new.
He owned but one suit to his back,
And minus cuffs and collars.
IiedleE and lett his nephew Jack
MEG hundrcd thousand dollarsi
And Jack he run this fortune through,
- n liTT 5u1y tcois year or two: ---e'-------s
s.. w. Foss In Yankee Blade.
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through the biffbulger's game ev'ry
time, an deun 1t d go in q heap. Arter
knockon doun game this way fer a day
or two, tho biffbu1ger d make the
rounds an gobble It all up, an then set
himself ag'in.
ga funny thing about the biffbulger
were th't he never went to sleep all at
,wunst Only one side d go to sleep at
time, an t'other side d keep up the
bombardin' an knockin' over O. game.
No matter witch side were asleep it
were terrible sound sleeper, an had to
be woke up or it'd sleep forever. On tho
inside % each o. the biffbulger's fore
legs were spur foot an a-half long,
an sharper thin a pitch-fork tine.
Whenever the wakin' side O. the biff-
bulger thort th't t'other side had ben
sleepin' long enough, it'd up an jab the,
spur on its side inter the leg O. the
sleepin' side till that side woke up
Then the wakin' side d take it's snooze,
SO DO woke up the same way. Natur'
wore queer in Sugar Swamp in them
days, Peleg, but she we're complete
any ancisters killed one O. them
hinge tailed biffbulgers wunst, though,
sonny, spite O their standin' guard. He
rsncakcd Up las~=tea tho oI-fell er.
keepin ahind the trees, without him
SEEM him. Bimeby the side mex
to my ancister went to sleep, an
he tip-toed up with his musket and
bagonet an jabbed the bagonet clean to
the. gun oarl into the yaller rim on
one side o the sleepin' eye, That were
the only place We could kill biffbulger.
Then my ancister skinned back ahind
his tree 'Twan't long fore tother side
O. the biffbulger wanted to hev his nap,
an he begun to kick his spur into tho
sleepin' sides feg.=But that side didn't
wake up, an wen the biffbulger diskiy-
cred th't one side Of him were dead, my
ancister says th't he give roar th't rat
tied rocks down often the mountain tops
But he got sleepy bimeby, an went ito
sleep on the hvin' side, an my ancister
Aiabbed his bagonet into the yaller rim
ON that side, an that hinge-tailed biff-
bulger never woke up no more. Would
YOU like to SEGA hinge-tailed biffbulger,
Peleg?"
: "Nop' replied 'Peleg, and his looks
showed that he meant it. The Old Set
tier smoked awhile again In silence.
Then he vehemently exclaimed;
wTwo hundred e,lyfants an lions! A
paper th't Ill peddle setch passelo lies
81 that haint fit to go inter inherent an
trustin' families, an, b'gosht, III step
it t'-morrer!'-Ed Mott, in n. \. sun.
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= ~ Nifl"nrLGER HUNTING HIS PREY.
-,0otlons' not countin' his trunk an his
,@l', me -bilfbulger's business were to
-, ~ n99tto travel, SO only three foot of
IN Reight we're legs. But he had six
W { lMo behind, two about midships,
W. WON front: These here legs was
4 ~ 9,l' s9 be props to the biffbulger
W. FER PEDESTRIAN purposes. He
. ,i ION 10 have two legs in the middle. or
~ IL ol!fpulger d ha' broke right in two,
NY M 'ime He-could travel about four
g' an noun, on an ev'ridge, an CON
MA ~ couldn't run much game down,
90 Sa ~ nehad an appetite like a steam
l ha3 'fl i he'd had to starye to death II
NJ, ~ "aan t.been rugged up in a p'tic'lar
~ 4et ettin' his fodder. He was xiv
M al over with BRUSHES two foot
' s sNs' &a2tbcy. was ez red ez cranberry
49,, ~ en-. ez stiff "a bayonets. He had an
~ oH each sido Of his head,
seoY wGs feet 49, twe In
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Young teacher in an intermediate
school wished to communicate with q
teacher at one of the grammar schools
about mile away the other day. FOR
this purpose she chose one OF her
bright scholars and dispatched him
with note directed to the young lady.
when the messenger arrived at his
fascination the teacher CHANGED to be
illustrating some lesson to her pupils az
the blackboard. She therefore sent
word to the boy to take chair. When
a. leisure she summoned the boy, who
was supposed TO be seated in the cor
ridor. but he had disappeared. inc
vnnur lady was nonpulsed, but the
,nyaterv was solved whom, some time
Iatar the boy returned, bearing with
him the chair which had been given
bim 70 sit upon. He bad accepted tne
Invitation ITO take a chair" and had
carted 1t upon his shoulders BACK 70 the
school he came from. The teacher
after she had recovered from the shock
81 seeing him drag the strange chair up
a Her and deposit 1t by her side. Win $ :
conscious air OF duty we'll perLor'neu,
Ma scnt him back with II. ne was
ar..ttv we'll tired out when he returned,
and his only exploration was sop 3. "a;s
.vo,, told ms to take h''---tfvyieVt
(R. I, J teSrnAi,
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the family inside the bureau to decide
what claims shall be expedited and
what pigeon-hufed. -.z--.--.s-l -
'.Remem ber," says the tsaum agency
circular, THAT undeE the law no fee is
payable until the claim is allowed and
paid" II the father allows and pays
the Raum agency claim, the son operat-
ing on the outside gets the fee at once.
How soon the son is to receive
his fees, =whathar#he=~is= to receive
them At all or not, depends on the
fathers use or abuse Of the authority Of
his Office,
Nothing nnder the Harrison Admin
istration has been on its face more dis
graceful thar is this method of making
family affair of a public trust.--St
Louis Republic.
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SGttltr.
GOOD HUNTING.
News comes from Zanzibar OF the arrival of
- -,fr-ti from unusually successful three
mouths hunt. No fewer.than go head of large
Etffe, holr included d number OF lions and Gle
phants, we're brought in.
1he Old Settler took his pipe from his
mouth and stared at -Peleg until the
latter grew uneasy. When he found his
voice at last tho Old Settler said:
"W't deestric' does it say that news
comes from. Peleg2"
Prom Zanzibar, " replied Peleg.
haii.t no seteh deestrie' in the
ruunty, bsgoshi. exclaimed the Old
Settler, excitedly. "Zanzibarl Never
heerd on it! TIL usety be Tanzybar
dGestric way back o Sugar Swamp az
, got it's name from a p'tic'lar pleasin'
mouthful they usety dish up at the
tavern thar, in witch tansy an other in
gfejnts, witch l disrecollect iist now,
Rggered more or less, but tho name o. that
deestric' were changed long ago to Lost
Grow Barren. Any how. tn hadn't been
acllyfant or lion in that deestric' fer
eighty year an better, az long ago az
wen were a boy, even if that's the
deestric the paper is referencin' to. No,
Ieleg. That yarn is lie, made outen
the hull >cloth. I'm afeerd we'll hef to
stop MNin' that paper ag'in. The editor
amt kecfful enough. Fold the paper
UP an put it away, Peleg. FL drop the
editor a hne t'morrer an give him
piece o my mind that'll make him wish
he'd thunk twicet afore he went to
-stulA his readers with ellyfants and
lions"
Pelce had read about all there was in
the paper, SO no made no objection to
putting it away Having done so, he
was maturing plan. by which he could
get out.of the house and join Bill Sim
mons for a lark at the cross roads, wh@n
his grandfather made remark that inn
tcrested him. s
s.No#,if he hadn't said nothin' bout
r1tyfHnts an lions, the Old Settler re-
marked, but had said th't them hunt
efs had knocked over hinge tailed
bllf5t4gef-or two I'd ha' thunk to
pin, in the yarn,
fer hjngo-tailed biffbulgers was quite
lalek Wen my fust ancister landed in
sugar swamp, an tn mowt be setch o
tHing el III t some o. the posterity o
them ldifbplgers were over In the OF
lanzg bar deestric' yet. Butelly
pun They'm gone a hundred year agop
What is hinge-tailed biffbulgers,
z,gefan'pop? said Peleg.
l1c Old Settler filled his pipe leisure
TTtJt smoked for awhile, with
ca giving any sign that he intended
==zaltA#A4 Aiags==leleg curiosity All the;
,l'4e' though, he gazed placiGly at his
"A'1Ir grandson. Finally he said:
4lno o the most intcrestin' citizens
u tiny ANCESTOR. found in Sugar Swamp
Sen~he landed thar were the hinge
illed bifhulger. He stood nineteen
loot nigh in his bare feet, an were forty
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THE OLD SETTLER.
An Item in the Clarion Gong Of
Freedom TArouses His Ire.
He s'ails allie, and Promptly Rebukes 1t
with The story of the Gigantic Hinge
Tailed Bin-BuIger Of Tanzy-
bar District.

HE tri-weekly
mail from the
county S Q a t
h d brought
the weeks is
issue of the
Clarion G ong
of Err e e d ON,
and Peleg was
reading t b 9
c 0 n t e n t 80 S Of
the paper. In
the course of
his reading he
found $ 0 m O.
thing that evil
dently s u r