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crown-a little more than hall dollar
for every pig. This reward aroused the
Numbering energies Of natives and
hunters and hundreds Of pig killers
made 2 handsome living. Their method
was 70 hunt the pigs with dogs trained
TO tiy at the grunters and hold them BY
the ear until the hunters could give the.
struggling beasts the comp de grace BY
sticking them to death with q long role
belted at the end with short heavy
piece of iron or steel
: Now, however. the pigs are not %
numerous, although there areplenty for
sport. We had provided ourselves
with hunting spears and determined TO
have as much fun as possible. On the
eighth day, as we were meanderinR
through the brush with our dogs 1t our
heels, we were startled by . porkine
grunt in our vicinity. The dogs broke
away atonce to q large clump of thorny
bush and out rushed a big sow with .
litter of squealing young. She dashed
straight at the first dog, but not being
the kind of game we sought we called
off the dogs. The mother, by the love
Of offspring Infatuated, bit. squealed
and trampled maliciously around. Her
cries brought help in the shape of two
huge brown and black bears. What
savage-loolking brutes they are! How
quickly they cover the intervening dis
lance! Large fakes of foam fall from
their jaws and bespatter legs, face and
breast, and their eyes CLEAN with .
wicked flash. Ha.' that is the kind of
game we want. The dogs recognize q
higher and mightier foe and go for the
boars Each of the dogs springs at an
ear, but both are thrown of as if thew
were rats.
Men and hounds feel that there Ia to
be q warm struggle. We have cast
our guns and other impediments from M
and abide our time, spear in hand. The
bears strive to slash the dogs with their
long curled tusks, but the hounds nim-
bly, evade them, at the same time biting
at the flank and ear of the pigs. The
latter see us and make desperate ef-
forts to shake of the dogs and attack
the men. The excitement increases,
for the sow has come upon the scene,
and in self-defense we are obliged to
dispatch her. One of the boars, with q
dog hanging to it's legs, makes rush
towards George Williams He stands
coolly awaiting the onslaught with his
feet firmly planted on the earth and
holding the spear poised in both hands.
He is a strong man, and we are all sure
that he will be lucky this time in down.
ing the first game. Zish-goes the
spear into the side of the boar. but in
stead of falling it rushes on, forcing
poor George to the ground. Before we
can come to his aid the maddened
beast has gashed him twice in the
thigh. With a cry of horror we see the
ground wet with his blood. But be-
fore the brute has time to do further
| injury the three of US have sent homa
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Abrul,. a LanOOlA

.szs5z - s,--.ss.tz
W1ea leaving his home ct 9pfinGde A, m,
g y inauguratsd president Of chs United
$780,, mads . farowlu address % his old
M1ends and nsdghbor1, In which b said,
"M1ldHBoRs GIyEYouR DoYsAoHANcB.''s
These words come with % much foroe %.
S,E e they did thirty years ago.:
40W elve them this chaneol N
VP IN the Northwest 10 Q great empire
Waat1ng 1or young and sturdy fellows 10
eomo ana doXolop it and grow mp with the
country" Al over this broad Land are tie
Young feHows, the boys that Lincoln 70
TERED @, seeking TO better their condition
ana geson ln3hfe. ~.
aere y their chancel
The country rsfensd % Hes along the
.Northern Pacific T. K Hers you can ind
pretty much anything you In Min
lesota, and in the Red River Valley Of
North Dakota, the finest Of prairie lands
lifted tor wheat and grain, or as well for
dlversited farming. In Western North Da-
kota, and Montana, arc stock ranges limit
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HE KNEW WHEN TO QUIT.

Fat, - Usual, Was Equal to tho Coca
sion.
A farmer in Greene county, Pennsyl
vania. hired as his assistant during {
busy season q recent importation from
the Emerald Isle.
The young man was engaged one
evening and at the breakfast table
next morning his employer said:
well. Pat. have you had enough
breakfast?'
''Oi have, sorr," replied Pat.
'Then now pitch in and eat your din
ner," said the farmer, ''for we are
going to work to-day at the far end O,
the farm, and we won't have time K
come to the house to eat dinner"
Pat resumed his eating, and when he
stopped his employer asked:
''Have you had enough dinner?''
''Yis, sorr."
''Well, we must pat in good long
day to-day. So you had better eat YOU
supper, too, before we start"
Pat went to work again at the eat.
ables, and finally laid down his knife
and fork. :
Had enough supper7" asked the
farmer.
"Yis."
"Then now we will 20 to work."
'tWorruk, is it?" said Pat, with we'll
feigned surprise.
"Of course" replied his employer.
20, no." replied Pat, with shake Of
his head. "Where kim from we never
worruk after. supper, sorr."'-William
Henry Siviter, in Life.
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DRINK AND DRINK SELLERS.
A Sa1oonkeeper's, kcA>. at the Hands q
a Suffering Victim.

"A SaAOO0AcepeF > ie NJ the HANGS Oh
q Suffering Victim.
II have heard all the arguments
which are brought against respectable
men for manufacturing and selling
rum," writes correspondent. II have
heard them violently denounced from
the pulpit and warmly defended else.
where; but a scene to which + was
once witness decided my opinion as tc
my own duty on this point-and that is
any man can wisely press his arguments
i. e.. to his own conscience.
During an occasional stroll in an
obscure part of the town, my attention
was once attracted by the preparations
for funeral in small house by the
roadside. What induced ne to enter q
house of mourning, where I was alike
unknowing and unknown, is not al
present material.
'The room that entered betrayed al
a glance the abject poverty of its occu
pants. There was neither carpet MOI
fire; the bed was heap of straw; -four
or Eve old broken chairs constituted all
the furniture, and the windows were
stuffed with rags.
"A plain board coffln-which, from
its size, must, be that of child-lay or
two chairs in the center of the ROOM:
a woman, sobbing aloud, was bending
over it; ten or twelve men stood around
in silence; and by corner of the fire
place, seated on the floor, was
- man in a beastly state OF
Jlf0vinafSnn frhic of
! ward learned, was the fatl.er of the
child, whom, on the preceding day, in
another fit of drunkenness, he had acct.
dentally pushed against teakettle
over the fire. and the little creature was
so scalded by the boiling water that it
died during the night.
"After a few minutes silence, broken
only by the sobs of the heart broken
mother, one of the men, apparently
with the intention of offering to the
poor woman the consolation of sym.
pathy, approached and said to her:
Mrs. -, this is a great affection
"'Yes,' said the woman, raising her
streaming eyes from the coffin and
fixing them on the speaker with all the
sternness she could command at the
moment. it is great Affections
dreadful affiiction; but it is not for you,
who give him pointing to her drunken
husband) his daily liquor, and take
from him the means of buying our
daily bread; you who know his weak
ness and our poverty; you who yester
day solu him a dram which made him
murder our darling child, and to-day,
knowing what he had done, tempted
him to drink that which makes him sit
there like brute beast, and the 6aby
dead by the side of hint is not for
you to offer me consolation-that can
come only from God above, who will
one day judge between the rich man
who sells the liquo~ and the poor man
who drinks it. "-War Crv.
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after the goats was matter of much
discussion. Finally it was agreed upon
to leave them tied up at the tent.
Early in the following morning they
set out and soon found that herd of
goats had lately been near their last
camp. They fastened on in pursuit
through wild, weird country. Some
times they struggled through a dense
forest with thick underwood that great
~ impeded their advance and tore their
stout bucl<slxin clothing into shreds.
Low-growing, beautiful ferns, rough,
gigantic brakes and millions of para
sitical plants with white and red flow-
ers surrounded them on every side,
while hundred singing birds warbled
and fitted merrily from tree to tree
Then again they would be forced to
creep on hands and knees over and un-
der Immense powders, or, with the
greatest difficulty, to round q craggy
precipice, where the slightest giddiness
meant horrible death in the chasm
that waited silently below to destroy
the men who had dared to tempt it's cru
city.
But suddenly: dangers were forgotten,
tor beyond sharp turn, and about
half mile away, herd of goats was
seen lazily picking up little food or
chewing their cuds; several little kids
gamboled about in the heyday of youth
and carelessness, while a noble speci-
men of a buck stood contemplating his
kingdom. Approaching warily under
shelter of trees or rocks, and against
the wind, we could see that he was q
magnificent creature. standing over
four feet high, with colossal ringed
horns of about twenty inches in length;
his beard was only few inches from
the ground, and a straggly black and
white coat of long hair gave him a
formidable appearance and made him
look. much larger than he really was.
Our eyes watered with delight as we
took stock of him, and each mentally
determined to secure the prize. AS we
came slowly nearer and nearer the
"billy" became more and more sus.
picious of some unseen enemy who was
threatening the safety of himself or
some of his subjects. He shifted the
wind, looked up and down and all
around, walked majestically hither and
thither, while his family rose and fol.
lowed. Something had frightened him;
what could it be? Look! they are scared
and are scampering off.
An expletive escapes each mans lips
as we find all our hopes so rudely shat.
tered. But what was the cause? See
there it is. ''Well, I'm blest," ex'
claimed Jack Petit. 'Look, Nero'r
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GEORGE is FORCED TO THE GROUND.

our spears. Even then the boar tries
to rise and do us battle, but Kerrigan
falls across him and sends his sheath
knife deep into the heart. One Of
us attends to George. while the other
two defend themselves against the Sec
ond boar, which is killed only after 4
fierce struggle.
George Williams received two very
severe flesh wounds, seven and nine
inches long and about one and one-half
inches deep respectively They were
sewed together, and George was carried
to the camp, where we were obliged to
remain fortnight before the sufferer
could proceed.
Sometimes wild boars are hunted on
horseback with spears, and this fashion
is doubly dangerous. was once pres
ent at a hunt of this kind in which a
wealthy young Nelsonian was literally
gashed to death, after he had been
thrown from his horse by big black
boar, who cut open his stomach with q
stroke as clean and straight as that a
knife could make.
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SHOOTING GOATS.

got loose and has followed u.s." Sure
enough. there was the dog. Every gun
was leveled at the poor painting beast
to punish him for his faithfulness, but
better impulse saved him. No more
work for that day. We slept on the
spot. In the morning we secured Nero
more firmly and started out again.
After two hours perilous walking we
again sighted the same herd. We came
upon them unexpectedly in a patch of
small scrub three hundred feet away on
the side of a precipice that ran down
to sparkling cascade. The scrub pre-
vented us from using our old-fashioned
muzzle leaders, so we Quietly and care
fully cut pieces Of the It'll tree, and
forming them into a kind of bower that
hid US from sight slowly and cautiously
advanced. Each of us wished to get
the buck for the sake of his horns, so
we cast lots for the first shot. George
Williams won. Inch by inch, and foot
by foot, nearer we drew while the
stones disturbed by the goats above
ratified not over pleasantly down upon
us and threatened an avalanche. The
wind was blowing strongly against us.
Everything was in our favor. Now we
are. only one hundred yards away.
A little nearer and we are all right
Keep cool. boys, and don't get excited.
Now In the chancel There are seven
goats just ahead Of us, and IN their
midst stands the lordly male. Now
every gun is thrown to the shoulder.
No missing them this time. George has
the first shot He seems a. little nerv-
Gus. He fires, and down drops the she
goat on the right of the buck. Ere our
establishment is over Kerrigan has
fred and brought down the buck. Two
more reports and two more goats fall,
cleanly shot The others have disap-
peared ~-.~
After three days hunting we left
this field of danger and sport TO- seek
another L. Ill a., ~
Accompanied by our dogs we started
across the ranges for Motucka valley,
between which and us many wild pigs
scour the forest and field. On. our
journey. which lasted week, we dined
daily on.royal fare. A young kid would
serve us better than the most dainty
dish Of venison, while pigeons, kakas
and tuis formed meal ft for a Lucul-
luA #A8s 6s%# -:.r. .~...7 -.
Now for the pigs. A few years ago
the descendants of Capt. Cooks gift to
tho Maoris became so numerous in this
fcrtilealnnd that they caused . serious
annual loss to the farmers For in their
search for roots they destroyed the
grass aud hence the food Of sheep and
cattle. 4 bonus was offered of half Z
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every drunkard has fallen I'll -
dead NOT ono remains. = In Glasgow,
IN 1s49. a liquor dealer declared that
cholera carried OF one-half his best
customers, and it was observed that
after every public occasion, on which
the populace always drinks, the NOR
tally lists were swelled at once. DR..
Carpenter, leading hospital physician
Of that city, wrote: 5s
''In both epidemics which have visited this
country very large proper tion-estimatedb by
some physicians at fivesix ths-of the individ-
uals attacked by it, in whom the liability to
disease could not be attributed to the foul con-
ditton OF the locality in which they resided, are
known to have derived their predisposition to
1t from habitual inteaperance, and the rate OF
mortality among those attacked bore con
slant proportion to their previous abuse of IL
coholic liquors. s 49, TSS# ss.5a 10 80 Ss
When cholera was epidemic in Mon
treal, q physician gave this testimony:
"The disease has searched out the haunt of
the drunkard, and has seldom left it without
bearing away its victim. Even moderate
drinkers have been but little better OH. Ardent
spirits, in all shapes and in all quantities. have
been highly detrimental" ., -
I A Montreal paper made this comment
after 1900 deaths had occurred in that
| city: -. r. =, q !
''Not q drunlsard who has been attacked has
| recovered from the disease, and almost all the
! victims have been at least moderate drinkers
In 1882 fve-sixths of those who per-
| ished from the cholera epidemic Of that
| year in Great Britain were incorporate.
In some villages, every drupkard died.
while no total abstainer lost his life,
In the same year at a hospital in New
York, out of 204 patients only six were
non-drinkers. They all recovered, while
122 of the others died. During the last
cholera epidemic in New Orleans, only
three deaths occurred among mem bers
of the Sons of Temperance: The death
rate of the city was Is per thousand OF
population, while in that order the
rate was only 1 in 400-about one-sixth
| the average death rate. OF the. cpl
demic in New York city, a leading doc
tor wrote that ''had not it been for the
sale and use of spirits there had not
been cholera enough in the city to
have caused the cessation of business
for single day."
These instances might be multiplied
until they would fill column after col
umn. The proof is clear that the drink
habit enormously increases the danger
of infection by cholera and of a sfata,
termination of the case In view OF
the probability of the advent of the
pestilence next year, this fact cannot
be given too wide publicity. The time
to begin preventive measures on this
line is now. Temperance means per.
sonal safety in the midst of cholera
plague. If every drinking man in the
United States could have this fact i'm
pressed upon him. the common sense OF
the vast mass of the community would
deal one of the hardesv blows ever
given. to pulverize the rum power
Toledo Blade.
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BITS AND BREVITlES.

In one of the great Paris hospitals,
out of eighty-three patients who suf-
fered from epilepsy sixty were found to
be the children of drunken parents.
THE wealthy Turks drink a great
deal of sake and rum, their excuse for
breaking Mahomet's command being
that he only prohibited the drinking OF
wine.
The saloon is the enemy of every
laboring man and of every industry.
1t displaces what would, in it's stead,
be market for bread, for cotton and
wool and everything which man could
eat or wear, or would answer to his
physical or mental faculties. -.% e..
A CELEBRATED French juggler, when
asked about training, said: Don't
drink, and smoke as little as possible. .
Only recently have the force-givine
qualities of oatmeal water over all
stimulants been discovered when un.
usual exertion is needed. .-.- Z, :
AT a recent meeting of the Society
of Friends, in London, the subject OF
the British opium traffic was very gen
orally discussed. Among tho speakers
was a missionary from central China,
Rev. Joseph s. Adams, who told the
audience about little children in his
section of country who had been sold
for immoral purposes to buy opium for
their debauched fathers. ::
TEMPERANCE advocates will rejoice
to learn that there are six less brewers
in the new British parliament than in
its predecessor. The fact will cause
certain very philanthropic ladies basis
for congratulation that their labors
have not been in vain. It will be q
great day for England when the work
ingmen Of that country give up their
drink. They will make better tenants
and will be able to pay higher rents.
This will make the rich more prosper
Gus. and better able to pay high wages.
Chicago Times
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IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS.
Hunting riss and Goats il Far
Away New Zealand
Especial Nov Zealsnd Let,er.1

Especial New Zealand L,etter.1
y was party Of four sturdy young
fellows who found themselves after a
weary and dangerous journey Of six
days from Westport on the top of
Mount William, Of the southern Alps
Of New Zealand. in November, 1887.
They had pitched their tent in gully
that seemed to have been the refuge Of
mosquitoes for centuries, but by lying
close to the fire and smoking heavy TO-
bacco they managed to get little rest.
They had brought four dogs with them
Tor the purpose Of hunting the pig, but
whether IL was advisable to take them
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Tho Monon Route has added to its already
splendid equipment two brand new dining
cars, which are now in daily service on the
fast day trains between Chicago and Louis
Vile These cars are models of conven-
tence, comfort and beauty, and are operated
passenger can get anything he wants and
pay only for what he gets. An elegant
steak, with bread, butter, coffee or tea with
cream IS served for only IS cents Watch
for the MONON'S new schedule to Florida
"YoUR turn will come soon,' Raid the
impecunious young man as he inspected his
cuffs-W ashington Star.
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A Constant Plague.

Indigestion is, in many instances, con-
slant plague, giving the sufferer no peace
night or day. To Danish the tormentor,
don't deluge your stomach with pepsins and
sour or acldulous tonics. Use the genuine
invigorant and appetizer, Hostetter's Sto:n.
ach Bitters, approved and recommended by
physicians of distinction. Use it, too, for
malaria, rheumatism, constipation, liver
complaint and nervousness.
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It IL our earnest desire to impress. upon
the minds of the public the super ty Of
the service offered by the Wisconsin Cen
trail Lines to Milwaukee,, Chicago and.nll
points East and South. Two fast trains
leave St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
daily. equipped with Pullman Vestibuled
Drawing Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and
70 q great degree, for the popularity of this
line. The Wisconsin Central Lines, in con-
nectton with Northern Pacific K R.. is the
only line from Pacific Coast points over
which both Pullman Vestibuled, first class,
aud Pullman Tourist Cars are operated via
St Paul without change to Chicago
Pamphlets giving valuable information
can be obtained free upon application to
your nearest ticket agent, or JAS. c. POND,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chi
cago, Ill
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Gave Himself AWAY.

The young man had been telling the
old lady quite lot about himself.
You remind me-" she said, ''of .
story once read
"What was it, may ask?"
"Oh, don't remember the story at
all," she exclaimed, artlessly, but re-
member it didn't have any moral to it. "
detroit Free Press.
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People overlooked the Importance Of per-
fed with transient action, but now that it
is generally known that Syrup OF Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other
laxatives, which act for a time, but finally
iniure the SYsiem
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He Wasn't Polite to the Major.

He WASN'T Polite to the Major.
Maj. Stofah is fat and frolicsome
bachelor, who still loves to linger in the
dangerous light of youth and beauty.
Not long ago he was lingering about
half-past eleven o'clock when the young
woman's father returned from down
town.
"Ah, Mr.. Wilkins observed the ma
jor effusively, lyon get in late"
WELL" said Wilkins, ungraCiously,
81 don't get in quite as late as you get
out" and he went upstairs leaving the
major with bad taste in his mouth
Detroit Free Press.
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a..i:.li.bie Signs.

Mabel-He is such delightful fellow,
but the trouble is we don't know
whether he is married or single.
Her Cousin Tom-Is he very attentive
willing to come or go-anxious to
obey your lightest wish?
Mabel-Yes, he is.
Her Cousin Tom-Courageous in tell
ing you how lovely you are, and what
an influence such woman would have
over a mans life? Ready, in fact, to
PROSTATE himself at your feet?
Mabel-That just expresses it.
Her Cousin-Then, he's married.
T,ifo
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DIR. r. ScH1FFMANN, St Paul, MIMI, will
mail trial package of Schtffmann's Asthma
Cure free to any sufferer. Gives instant re-
lief in worst cases, and cures where others
fail Name this paper and send address.