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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

"lalkS TO Him All the way
as can be when he is doing anything
to help the old woman, and going to
market with the eggs IS his special de-
light. Nancy talks to him all the way
to town as they trudge along together.
Of course he can't talk back, but he
shakes his tail and blinks his little
black eyes to let her know that he I'M
d~erStandS.
when they get to the store where
the woman sells her eggs she puts
down the empty basket and Bill crawls
up and puts his head IN it. Then the
old woman catches him by the tail,
stands him on his head, he gives a
wiggle of his body and out roll the two
dozen eggs just as fresh as when the
hens laid them.
Il call that the most wonderful trick
ever done by IL trained snake. There
is no dish these reptiles like better than
fresh eggs. Just think of the self-cOn-
troll of Bill. He carries two dozen fresh
eggs down in his stomach for an hour.
He must be able to taste them every
time he wiggles his tail, yet when he
gets to market he gives them all up
without so much as asking for a bit
of shell. | call that self denial.
You a train Il Jersey snake to do
II lot of useful things, and they can be
trained to work together with just as
much sense as horses. Some ten years
ago old ST Abercombie had q ferry on
the Shrewsbury river, five miles above
Red Bark. He poled a fat boat until
he got too old and then he trained II
lot of snakes to take the boat over for
him
The river at that point was full Of
big black and yellow water snakes, and
for a long time Abercombie had been
tanning and pctting a lot of them.
He took some forty of them, and,
tying short pieces of twine around
their necks, he taught them to swim
across the river and draw the boat af-
ter them. They could take it across in
half the time it took the old MAJ to
pole ii over, and they soon got so they
seemed to enjoy their work. The thing
got talked about and folks would go
miles IL of their way to cross the
river at Abercombie's ferry, just to see
the snakes pull the boat over, The old
man was making money right along.
FINALLY his boat sprung a leak. and
it kept filling with water until one day
when he was going across with an tX-
ira heavy load it began to settle down
fast. and the old man knew it was go
ing to the bottom.
THE old man cut the strings that
held the snakes to the boat. for he had
no idea of letting them drown. When
the reptiles saw that the boat was go
ing down what 10 you suppose they
did? Why, they got as close together
as possible, and as they were all big
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The only satisfactory way to keep
birds about the house is to set apart
n certain space for their especial bene-
fit, the amount of space depending
upon the room one has to spare and
the time and money one can devote
to the comfort of the feathered beau
tbs.
Such a space may be Il portion of a
room screened off from the rest or it
may be. an entire room. Sometimes
the birds are set free in a greenhouse
or grapery attached to ones home.
The best way, if your house will adj
NIT of it, is to give them a small apart
ment between two well-warmed sitting
rooms, where they may be treated as
part of the family and not as prisoners
in an iron cage, nor as strangers,
kept at H. distance outside the house.
Such an aviary should be provided
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Lived ON Spring Chicken for
Thirty Days"

fellows. eight or ten feet long, their
bodies made Il good raft. The passcn-
gers on the boat all stepped O II on this
live raft and the snakes swan ashore
with them, landing every MAJ safe and
dry on the bank.
After that old 81 could have sold
those snakes for a small fortune. but
he refused to part with Il single II of
them"
we have Il lot of snakes out III
way said the man from Railway.
and some of them are Just MS smart
as any of those trained reptiles in the
side shows. Down on my farm last
spring | had an experience with a
chicken snake that had Il great head.
One of my hens was carried off by Il
hawk early in the spring. on the very
day she began 10 set on Il nest of iif-
teen eggs. The next morning Il big
black chicken snake crawled out of a
hole in the ground near by aud coilcd
up On that nest full of eggs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Winter Wren.

rough. take them out and Scrape them
till smooth. About once in six months
remove your bird to another cage II
nut the one he has been j. in Scalding
water: then wash and dry thoroughly.
This will keep vermln Il and kill their
eggs. if any. Give the birds occasional
outings, in the room for their health.
If soft-hillcd birds. CRATE Il third guam
tity of carrot into their regular mock
ing bird food daily. This will prevent
their becoming bound. When berries
are in season, Il strawberry, a blue
berry, partridge berry, poke berry of
the red berry from the dogwood tree
are all a treat, and serves as a variety
to them. Meal worms give the birds
much life and TEND to make them sing.
My bird receives n Il day, but if a
pet is moulting he gets three or four a
day. as a bird needs rich food then.
Meal worms are for sale at all bird
stores. and they can also be found in
pigeon lofts and horses boxes, especial
iy if they arc old and full of cracks. A
| small piece of raw bcefstcak, cut fine.
is also good, and if meal worms cannot
he provided, the beef. given two or
three times IL week. will serve as Il sub
stitute.
Seed birds daily diet should be ca
nary seed. with now and then a little
rape or nav added. Hemp is danger
Gus. and will kill some birds. 1t is of
use rs a stimulant to a mOping or sick
bird if sparingly given. 1t also serves
10 teach a bird to eat from the hand,
MS they are very fond of it, but two or
three il day should be he limit. With
The regular seed. Il piece of apple. eel
cry. chickweed or plaintain stalk. with
The seed on it. given once or twice !;
week. keeps them healthy. All birds
need fresh water daily, and i'll very
hot weather it should be changed twice
"A daV.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

He looked so sick and hungry that
l did not have the heart to kill him, al
though l expected he would swallow
every Il of the eggs. But he did noth-
ing of the sort; had too good a head
for that. Hungry as he was, the eggs
would have made him only II square
meal.
'That snake lay curled up on those
eggs for three weeks without leaving
them for a moment. Then fifteen as
fine and healthy young chicks as you
ever saw were Matched out. l expected
the snake to swallow them all the first
day, but he only broke his fast with
the egg shells that were left in the
nest. Then he watched those chicks
as closely as any old hen could have
done, and when they began to grow
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The prince Of Wales has given Capt.
Carter, Of the Britannia, a pocket an
eriod barometer inscribed as follows:
"a present from the prince Of Wales
to Capt. Carter in recognition of the
Britannia's winning six successive races
from the Vigilant." This indicates that
the prince appreciates Capt. Carriers
skill as a jockey. The inscription
should read "for jockeying six consecu-
tive races from Capt. Half"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
THE FISHERMAN LIKES 1T.
The Hook Hurts the Fish Despite
Cant to the Contrary.

The Hook Hurts the Fish Despite
Cant to the Contrary.
There is little doubt that The talk
the conclusion that it must be OK
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pug poHooU 10 'poU!N pun poNooU oIr
GsUl u0uM u!ud oplH Su!IooI Usy lnoqc
tremely unpleasant for Il fish. however
cold blooded a creature he be. to be
caught on Il hook and dragged out of
his element. At the same time it seems
10 be an established fact that fish i'll
many cases soon forget the wounds in
hicted by a hook. A pike struck hard
he Il many-hOoked minnow has been
known to come again at the bait in II
few minutes; and Mr.. Halford, in one
of his books, tells us that he once left
/; wickham in Il grayling of about three
pounds. which about Il quarter OF an
hour later he hooked and killed with
another fly. An autopsy having been
performed the wickham was discovered
i'm the stomach of the grayling. TO-
gcther with a great mass OF partially
diyested natural flies. A trcachcrouS
hook broke in the mouth of Il Wye
trout the other day. Yet the fish rose
again in about an hours time, and was
duly brought into the creel-a beautiful
healthy FOUNDER. with a wound in the
mouth caused by the broken hook.
which it had managed to dislodge.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Anatomists. when they wish to sep.
arate the bones Of a skull, sometimes
resort to very peculiar procedure.
They fill the skull with small beans
and place it in a vessel of water.
The beans swell and reno the skull
apart. German psychologist, Grehaut,
measured the force which the beans
are capable Of exerting under these
conditions, and found that it indicated
five atmospheres, equal to the aver
age pressure in the boiler of a steam
engine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Ada Negri, the Italian poetess, has
brought suit for libel against seventy
eight Italian newspapers. Sigorina Ne
gri, before she became famous, was a
school teacher in Motta Visconti, the
native place of President CARROTS muir
derer, who was among her pupils. The
papers dec!ate that the crime of the
murderer was indirectly due to the
teachings of the poetess, whose ideas
are extremity radical.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Birds at large in the aviary will not
sing nearly so we'll as when confircd
in cages. o make them sing at their
best. there is nothing better than Il
roomy cage hung under a glassed root
either in the greenhouse grapery or
under glass let into the roof of a bay
window. The light overhead, and
growing plSpts and green foliage about
them. will kSep wild birds singing con
stantly eight months in the year. and
sometimes ninN The cage so placed
should have oneshalf of the top and
two sides down to he upper perch COW
cred with green baize as a shelter
from the hot sun ard strong light.
-Four or five cages hung N this maprer
with the door leading inta your sitting
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Light wood" is one of the most use-
full Southern products, especially in
Florida, where it is used by all sorts
of country folk, and particularly by the
hunters. A cordwood stick carried into
the wilderness will cut up into frag-
nents with which a dozen meals may
be cooked. The rich resinous pine
makes a quick, hot fire, especially suit
ed to open air cooking.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

For the famous charge of the light
brigade at Balaklava only one Victoria
cross was awarded to an officer. 1t
was given to Lieut.. A. r. Dunn, who
saved the life of a non-commissioned
officer by cutting down three Russian
lancers, and later in the battle also
saved the life of a private. The dec
Grafton was recently sold at public auc,
ton In London.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
knew The Sex.

First Tramp-Lct's witt here till that
picnic is over. and then 90 and get
what they leave behind.
Second Tramp Gaintlyl-My STUN
mick is so empty that cake and candy
nd make me sick.
First Tramp-Iou won't find any of
that. What they'll leave will be the
roast beef. and tongue. and chicken.
and bread. and such things. It's ii
girls picnic,-Good News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

One Of the, odd effects of the recent
labor troubles was to make doubly pop
ular the novels Of Charles Reade among
the reading classes in labor circles.
A Hartford book seller explains the
fact upon the ground of the popular
trestment by Reade of the labor trcub-
les in England in several Of his well
known books.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
For n Public Appearance.

oh. dear, what shall | do"
The skeleton in the closet rocked to
and fro.
After all these years of waiting"
it moaEed, there's going to be Il di-
vorce suit in the fanIily. ut last, and"
1t wrllng its hands bitterly.
II haven't Il blessed thing tn wear"
The outlook was certainly desperate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Fond Wife-Herc. dearest, IS the bill
for my new evening dress.
Loving Husband Great SroiS
Doesn't it come rather high?
Fond Wife-Why, no. darling. II i
the most delightfully."- dccollclc Of a.y
| eyer had.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Queen Victoria tells the British par
lament that while regretting the neces-
sity Of increasing the burden of the
empire, it has become necessary for
The security Of the empire to increase
tie naval strength. And this, too, just
after the American congress has cut
down the naval appropriation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

TAc masts Of Nelson's old ship, the
Victory: having rotted at the base,
sr.j to be taken out and replaced with
iron one The use of this metal for
the victory's masts has called out criti-
cisms from all sides, which, as the ship
is kept in commission avowedly as
q matter of sentiment, seems natural.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
She Would Think of Him.

What would q think of Il man
who kissed YOU the very first time you
met him."
Il don't know what I'd think, but
Id think about him Il great deal"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

play is being given every Sunday. The
play lasts eight hours, with a two
hours interval. The house is In dark
ness, but the stage is brilliantly lighted
by electricity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The brig st. Andrea at Constantine
pie, from Salonica, is exciting great
curiosity. The captain, officers and
crew are all monks Of Mount Athos,,
and while visitors are kindly received,
women are not admitted. The brig
aiSS the Russian flag.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

..The snakes Swan Ashore with
Them
not believe it. but when that snake
heard the wonderful music by Blind
Tom he went into Il trance. from
which he never recovered. We dld
everything we could for him, but he
died next day-just 1oated away on the
music.
Yes, New Jersey is Il great country
for snakes" concluded the Railway
man with a sigh, and then the man
from Lakewood called for another cold
bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Athleticism is shortly to achieve its
browning honor In the establishment
Of the Olympian games, which ere to
be open, however, to the whole world.
The young men who have the matter
in charge have not decided whether to
revive the games on their ancient site
OIL at Paris. ALI the probabilities point
to the selection Of Paris.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
At Rotterdam poor people who cen
not pay n fee must marry on Wednes.
day before moor.

Maxim's semi-flying machine, or aero
plane, travelled a distance of 500 feet
clear of the track provided for 1t, and
then, lifting the car off the track, land.
ed 1t and smashed it in a field.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

She-lsn't it too bad that women
lave TO grow old?
Hc-Ics, indeed, especially VIII n it is
so hard for them to keep Il secret
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Old Johnnie Irish of Schley county
is perhaps the. feetest-footed man in
Georgia Of his age, and he is now 20
years old. He walked, or rather ran,
from his home to Buena Vista, twelve
miles. for the purpose Of getting the
contract for carrying the mail from
Buena Vista to Oglethorpe ON foot.
The mall on this roate goes three
times a week, and the distance is thir-
ty-six miles, which would make that
many miles. to be covered ON foot every
day except Sunday. He lives four
teen miles from Ellaville, and has Of
ten made the trip, in two hours. On
one occasion he was going to Ellaville
he met a priest who was to pass at a
certain hour on the train. On the road
he passed a man in 4 buggy, who offer
the pedestrian q seat with him in the
buggy. Johnny thanked him very kind
~, but said he was In a hurry that
morning, and he trotted on up the hill
end through sand beds and left the
gentleman In the buggy far In the
rear.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
SD n.

Bcason-ISn't Mrs. Lakcfrout afraid
of her husband:
Racon-I guess she is: | heard she ran
away when he married her.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
TO MAKE AN AVIARY,
A VERY ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF
THE HOME.

Suggestions From al Expert-An As
sOrtment of Birds that Sing and
Look, Well-HOw to Feed and Care
for Them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07
The SMILING VALLEY OF The YAKIMA.
An Ideal Place for a Home-The
Most Fertile and Favored spot
In Warrington.

Seattle Telegraph: The Yakima valley
is rapidly coming to the front as one OF
the best agricultural regions in the state.
The valley is rapidly being settled up and
contains now about 10000 people. A
number of irrigation canals extend
through the valley and where water is
once obtained the soil seems capable Of
producing vegetation in a way that is
perfectly astounding to an observer who
has seen the transformation from dry
and unproductive sand desert to smil-
ing garden. On 10 acres of irrigated land
in Yakima valley man can raise enough
fruit and vegetables to comfortably sup
port family. This is being done at
the present time in many parts Of the
valley. Hops are produced in large guam
titles in this and adjoining valleys, and
this product in this part Of the state pro-
misses great things for the future.
North Yakima is located in the valley
OF the same name, 1853 miles from Ia
coma on the main line OF the Northern
Pacific railroad. 1t is now about seven
years old, and its development in every
thing that goes to constitute good, solid
municipality has been somewhat sur
prising to people who do not realize the
extent nor productiveness OF the country
tributary to it. North Yakima is the
principal supply point for the Yakima
valley and the eight smaller valleys
opening into it. The county is some
what larger than the state of Indiana,
and the many mammoth irrigation
canals which have been completed or
are building, will, in time, bring all the
best land under cultivation, so that 1t
will readily be seen that no question OF
the city's future can arise. While real
estate values in North Yakima are not
high, fair prices are obtained. There
has been no "boom," which accounts for
the lack of inflated values. Here the
poor man, as well as the rich, may OBJ
tain a homo at figure within his
means, and to those who are seeking
such this city presents golden field.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07

On the 9Th day Of November next q
popular vote will be taken by the COM
munties interested on the proposed con-
solicitation of New York and Brooklyn un-
der one municipal incorporation. The
annexation proposition not only includes
Brooklyn, with population OF nearly
1,000,0 900, and Richmond county, with
over $4,000 inhabitants, but thirteen
towns and villages, Of which Long Island
City, with population of 3O,506, is the
most important. Among the others are
Flatbush, Flushing, New Utrecht,
Grsvesend and Jamaica Bay. The ag-
gregate population of the territory which
it is proposed to take in is l,164, 053,
which, added to that of New York, would
give to "Greater New York" popula-
ton Of 1866, 1872, and make it second only
to London in the number of its inhabi-
tsnts among the cities Of Europe and
America. Its area would be about 3l7
square miles.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07
OSCILLATION II ITS PERFECTION.
An Authority speaks OF the Kiss In
All Its Moods and lenses.

"What is a kiss?" asks Frank Leslie.
All, who can tell? Surely, II anything
in the world "goes without saying" it is
kiss, and the more one says the further
one seems moved from the true compre-
hension Of the idea. Viewed in the calm
light Of reason, kiss is rather an absurd,
rather q dissgreeable, certainly q very
extraordinary proceeding. Two people
set their mouths against each other, con-
tract and press the lips together, and
emit sound varying from the explosion
Of toy pistol to a faint sibilation or q
gentle conclusion. Why, now, should
any one have hit upon this strange
expression Of Affection To whom did
the operation first suggest itself? Was II
an unborn instinct Of humanity. like eat
ing or looking at ones reflection in mir
rored pools?" Did Adam kiss Eve, and
did she understand what he was at
tempting, or did she fancy he was about
to eat her? A very strange, a decidedly
uncouth proceeding, and yet how very
natural and how very common! What
divers manners Of kiss have been in
vented since that Adam and Eve inaugu.
rated. Theirs would be the kiss of ten
der and assured conjugal devotion; well,
that is very nice and very satisfying to
the feeling. but then there is the timid,
experimental kiss OF the newly declared
lover and the faint responsive kiss Of the
gentle beloved, and there is the mad,
burning kiss Of passion. and the CULVER
ing kiss of separation when loving hearts
are rent asunder, and there is the cold
kiss OF despair, pressed by bloodless lips
upon an icy brow-the kiss OF death that
all OF US have at some time felt through
our hearts core. Then there is the ten
der and emotionless kiss of friendship,
and the light touch OF ceremony, as in
French fashion, We family brush the
cheeks Of our dear FIVE hundred &C.
quaintances, and there is the enforced
kiss Of relationship that is not loving, or
Of the husband and wife who still keep up
the form from which the life has fled
and the kiss of loving reverence for
the hand Of the loving monarch, or the
priest, or the holy relic or tomb, and
there are grades and shades Of all these,
almost innumerable, and yet, after all,
there is but one kiss worth talking about,
and that is the kiss OF love, pure and
simple and mutual the kiss which clings
and trembles and throbs with delight,
and yet is too near heaven to know the
stain of earth; the kiss in which the
soul swoons and yet resembles God the
kiss that one would die in giving and
can give to one only; the kiss that once
given binds two souls forever in one-no
matter what chances and changes" time
may bring. The Undesirable and yet
the universal delight Of love as sweet to-
day as it ever was in Eden.