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Snail Raising.


Snail farming forms q peculiar branch of
agricultural industry in France and other coun.
tries. and the consumption of them in France 10
very large. Edible snails vary greatly in size;
the larac white ones are the real escargot. but
this term is usually employed TO designate all
edible snails adapted to table purposes. But In
the markets. besides escargot there are two
other varieties. known as limace and limacon,
the former being OF medium size, and the latter
quite small. Though tho great ma jority OF the
edible snails produced in France are OF natural
growth. their artificial culture Is carried on to a
very considerable extent. They are propagated
from August to October In ground especially
prepared for the purpose, and fed with cabbage,
clover, SC.
During tho winter they are sheltered In houses
composed OF brick or wood. and they are gath.
cred md marketed from April, to June, In the
TyrCl from June to the middle OF August the
snails are collected from every available damp
place and taken TO the feeding ground near the
owners dwelling. This 10 a bit OF garden ground
free from trees and shrubs and surrounded on
all sides by running water. In this feeding
ground are little heaps of mountain pine tWiRs,
mixed loosely with wood moss and these twigs
when dry are replaced by fresh ones. Every day
they are fed on cabbage leaves and grass, and
whom cold weather sets In they so under cover,
that is, they collect under the heaps OF twigs
and bury themselves and there seal themselves
up for the winter When this has been success
fully accomplished they are collected, packed in
perforated boxes lined with straw. and sent of
10 Paris and other towns.
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MoIsoN'S COLD NERVE.
How Ho Captured. Single Handed. Two Noted
Outlaws. and Arterward Protected Them.
From the Chicago Times Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
The neryiest man in the Northwest was Sher-
if Orren T. Moxson, a slightly built man with
womans mild blue eyes, who dressed as an
ordinary citizen and wore derby hat In his
day the job of Sheriff was not sinecurc, as the
two score notches on his gun attested. He
was never given to boasting Of his cventful
life; but stories Of his wonderful nerve are told
to-day by the old fellows who helped settle the
twin Dakotas The most remarkable feat of
his career was the capture, single handed, of
stub" Shay and Tom Quinn. two notorious
horse thieves and all.round dcsperadoes, who
made miserable tho lives of the settlers who
lived near the Cannon Ball In Hettinger and
Morton counties.
o bold raid on the .3C7" ranch. in which the
outlaws got away with the choicest bunch OF
Ss P1nehcrs. Started IN parsut the f9lloWins day day.
The trail followed the north bank OF the Cannon
intersection of the North Fork: 1t was evil
dent that the outlaws were making for the bot
t3m lands OF the Missouri River. Once lost in
the maze OF cottonwoods the pursuit would have
to be abandoned. Having travelled 1873 miles in
they responded to the proInptInes OF the spurs,
and before sunset Of the second day they GAL
loped through Deer Pess and halted att at the edge
and bullet wheczed above their heads. Not
800 yards away was the outlaws camp, and in
II,
with Winchesters at their shoulders.
sheriff Moxson did some heavy thinking in
the space OF few seconds. 1t was useless to
make a move eforward. for they had the drop
OH him, and he did not care 10 sacrifice his two
SGmRanions needless hpnaly n he nnbIcklsd
ground. Disnounting, no tossed the bride to
Boys" he said you remain here; and don't
fro until you see mo fall.
Then whistling softly to himself he saun-
notice of the rifles covering his heart.
Fifty feet more, Sheriff. and you're dead
man." cried Shay.
| Moxson hesitaled not the fraction of an in.
slant; The fifty feet were covered and he walked
| steadily forward.
For Gods sake. Moxson, go back! We don't
want to hurt you, but we'll never be taken"
The plucky officer took no notice OF tho warn.
| ing. The blue eyes were fixed sternly on Shay
| face Still whistling, he strodo straight to the
muzzles OF the rifles, brushed them aside as II
| time than it takes for the telling two Of the
most desperate men that infested the country
| were in irons.
| 1t was a marvellous exhibition OF pure nerve
| law. AS was expected in those days, an effort
was made to lynch the outlaws. Nearly two
score men from neighboring ranges surrounded
| tho one-story frame building that did double
| duty as u Jail and q residence They made sc
much noise that 1t interrupted the poker game
| revOlvors in his hands ho mnae his appearance
| at the door and gave them sixty seconds u
| disperse. Then he went back to his game ant
was interrupted no more that night.
Moxson died three years ago, not with hi
boots on" but as peacefully as II his life haf
Quinn arc serving out their sentence in tn,
| penitentiary.
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RUSSIA's MILE CANAL.
Waterway TO Cross the Rmpire and Connect
the Hattie with the tiiack Sea.
From the 81. Louis Globe. Democrat.

from the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
WAsHISGroN, July 14.-Russia. according to
information Just received at the State Depart
mont, is about entering upon interior waterway
development on scale corresponding to the
trnns.siberan railroad construction. A deep
and long canal is to be built hy Russia to con-
meet the Baltic with the Black Sea. This stu
pcndous project indicates the giant aims OF tho
great empire, The canal. as Projected, is TO
cSnTscl Iig%; On the Baltic t % Win Chers9n on
be 900 miles long 2l3.23 feet wide at the sur.
face and ll5 feet at the basr with "A dcpth OF
271 feet II Is to carry casil! the biggest bat
tlcships of the world.
- From Riga the, canal is TO run into tho river
Lepe through Z the H cr ssin" "' and Dneiprff f to to
Chorson. 1t is further projected to cover all tho
river regions with such network Of canals Ms
will aid very materially IN developing the whole
surrounding country. ships that hitherto went
by way ol the Atlantic. Mediterranean sea, and
Marnlosa Sea, taking more than twelve days,
will need now les than six days. Basins and
hnrbOrs are TO b. built AT all important points
along the canals. Trn filC is To be carried on day
about seven miles per hour. The cost of tho
canal ID put down ~ Toj.2OO,ooO. O course. 1t
will cost more than this amount, as such huge
works always do. IL is TO be ready for traIllc IN
This Information reaches the State Depart
ment by way OF Germany. Consul Monaghan,
canal is two,foid. She sees ,i ii il new need tor
her iron and stscl products; she sees al so pos
| siblo Uheapenin.s Of food prOductr Her eager.
| ness 10 participate il any and rycly effort made
| BY her northern ncighbor Is lustihcd by the
| large trade, ut fair profits, OF former years.
Surely some. II not all OF the dredging and canal
machinery Of the United states Is much more
| easily handled and better adapted TO such work
than are those of this empire, Even here Tie
| vast supcrloui! ~ our lon'E Is ndnltlG", Inc
only objection made is 10 heir prices. Is ii not
| possible to make tools cheap enough 10 more
| than meet the ON made here The market in
| Russia grows more and more interesting The
share We arc to have in il will depend upon our
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strength 70 lfbeEate himself, Ihavo Ieed about
beat . maddened sTisziy. he grosps: roalsa
eyoryt6ins that he can reach ne vim son somH; 7.
nmes dreg the heavy log e which thS st trap Y
have seen ssplines that have stood within reach
Of q trapped grizzly bear that were chewed on
BY the bear In his madness as II they had been
has trapped grizzly Is the possibility that
pull his paw loose from the trap, You know
the joints of all bears paws and ankles are
OGsS and wq9Sy syv Tt 1 E@y ss5 Fno%n San
at least dozen bears TO tear thor .pawa from
steel traps leaving the foot in the jaws Of the che
attack an avalanche. There was Dan Billings,
over in the Santa Barbara Mountains fourteen
srizziy fosmins and groaning in 6is trap, when
all of q sudden tho bear tugged with all his
madness and pulled away from his foot. Then,
charged ID wildly iHi on Dsr. DSSpT The hunter was cut
and torn so that he was in bed for six months,
and no never was really well again. II Dan
partner hadn't shot tho monster tho man would
have been torn to shreds
"A.diference between the grizzly and his black
and cinnamon brothers Is that he Is mean,
tic bear tribe good many years, and Iyo
and l have seen q heap Of good things about
!hc black bear; The latter loves fun Y good ssl
hs fesS ha nnd M 6cr cubs ns ing ThS grizzly al
ways. mean. Even grizzlies that are captured
in lpfanc, are treaclhsrous The he parent parent grizzly
the mother grizzly viii do tho same on ocea:
sions. A black, bear goes. hungry for his cubs.
anyone but professional boar hunters to know
snd MIA All. Il; S:s ,sSS5 sSR5
carcasscs OF pigs, sheep, and deor buried under
q few inches q leaves "a and earth By ys so%o m
body for future feast. Ny uncle knew a
man named Frury, along in the fgold:was6fns
in sSpIins, @ o The bear s snswod % the tree down
SithouEh torn ana bitten. The bear tthSashSs t0i I
flesh;
SO dangerous now as it was when began getting
bear pelts and grease for a. living, ! wonder
day Of life lss hGw nosns daSd sS
ounce ball Hut think Of what brave, old fol
Fur Company in 1880 and S35. Each Of them
Ss t. IN s se or SeS EfSss Esa SS enS epads
guns, too. In these days OF magazine rifles and
rapid,fre guns 1t L. met not so absolutely necessary
heart of bear as it was in the days Of pioneer
hunters on this coast: ! don't believe that any
hunters in the Rockies and ,sierras ever exas
gerated the awful risks those fellows ran ran
| Think or Grizzly Adams the most famous WHO
| l ever heard about. He would 60 alone for 9
| week at a time In the forests and through the
| hills along tho Columbia River, where thert
| were hundreds Of the widest kinds Of bears al
| the time he hunted there-from 1882 to 1si5
| Many n time he brought back twenty grizzly
| clumsiest old muzzle-loading musket too. I'v,
| no doubt that the thrilling stories Of his fight
| with bears when his bullet missed the mari
are all true. Why, nowadays even, no hunter
| will go out alone for grizzlies, unless he Is .
| fool tenderfoot. There's too much danger !
you should lose your gun or miss your aim q
| the critical moment"
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IayOuts In Every saloon, ana Miners who
Have stacks or Wealth.
From the Nebraska State Journal.

From the Nebruskd State Journal.
Out in Cripple Creek the gambling houses are
running in every saloon. They are huge gildod
affairs where the hard working miners, after
coming from their eight-hour shifts, go 10 whilu
away their time and money instead of thinking
of home and mother and filling their socks with
money to pay OF the mortgages on the farms
back home. The men stand 1--WE and six deep be-
hind the wheels watching the players ms they
risk their money, tho less adventurous hardly
having the courage TO make the play till.
having seen some man quit II winner, they, too.
step up and bet on the black or The red On tho
Ia bcs are stacked piles OF silver coin and gold
eagles. and the operators of the machines every
little whilU take occasion TO show that the game
IL backed by much more than tho thousand or
80 TINT is in sight by displaying stack OF bills
in a receptacle behind the table where the notes
are thrown when paid In, with kind OF rcck-
less abandon that Is quite taking
At other tables policy wheel will be running
with so many drawings n day. In another
corner of the room crowd OF men will bo shoot
ing craps n large and intensely absorbed crowd
witnessing the play at each place. ON at ono
side a stud poker game Is running. Tho old
miners seem TO favor this game particularly and
their grizzlcd features show the intensity OF
their interest as the chips come and 60
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OLD-TIME SWEETNESS GONE.
Moiasses Is Now Nnde Into Hum and Brown
sugar Can't lie Bought.

From the Edstport Sentinel
THE old-fashioneI mOlasscs is rapidly disapr
pcaring as an article OF commerce." said prom
inent grocer, and in its place have como Q
number OF syrups, which are moro costly and
by no means as satisfactory, especially TO the
little ones. who delight. rs We did when we
were young. in having 'lasses on their bread.
tillcrics, whore IL il made into rum for which,
Notwithstanding the efforts of our temperance
workers the demand is constantly on the In
crease. especially in the New England States
and for tho export trade. The regular drinker
of rum will lHkc no other liquors in its place II
he can holp it. 1t seems to reach the spot more
directly than ANY other dram. The darker
brown sugars have also Disappeared and they
are not likely Ia return, owing to the methods
OF boiling and the manufacture Granulated
sugar Is of the same composition. as far as sac
loaf cube, and crushed, and differs from them
only in that its crystals do not cOhere. This
is because II is constantly stirred during tho
process of crystaliZation. The lighter brown
sugars taste swcCter than the white, for the rea-
son that there Is some mOlasses IN them. House
keepers have difficulty these days in finding
coarse, dark sugars. which are always preferred
for use in putting up sweet pickles, making
cakes, and similar uses. AS they cannot geb
brown sugar any more. II may be well for them
TO remember that they can simulate brown
each quarter OF pound Of the white granulated
sugar: This combination does as well in all
household receipts thai call for brown sugar az
The article itself. and beside 1t saves them n
great deal OF hunting ior brown sugar, which, az
said before, has disappeared from the markeS-
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Did You eyer in spirit of friskiness; suck .
lemon IN full gaze Of the members Of the Electric
Band, while they were cngHged In rendering
those sweet and seductive strains for which they
have become noted Weii don't. Nor before
any other band, for II may not BE- such a scath-
less escape AS u boy met with who figures q
principal in story friend relates.
1t WINS when the little German band was play
ing Ter drinks before saloons and incidentally
picking ~ sorme small coin OF the realm at other
business houses. In front OF a Demmler shop
they started TO tcnr the "Wacht Am Rhine" TO
pieces. They farc' pretty well and had switched
of TO sweet liosy o'Grady," when snsm
boy, who hnd evidently been put up to do tho
trick, made his appearance and stood near the
band. lie was sucking n lemon. and Mt his ap-
peHranre loo, OF dissnst 7preAd over the faces
OF rll the members OF the hand. One by one tho
musicians .gradualiy and reluctantly dropped
out OF the game until at last there
w = left only the bass horn. player, He
had to quit after u little while II was raining,
ans this, with No lemon episode, ther com.
b!ucd to put the bdss horn PLAYER in a bad
humOr He walked Oycrto the hoy, and catch
ing him by the car, lac said: Vat for you come
arOun here nit Il lemon and kyeCr der whole
tam pand It's tough luck 10 Bthand about in
der rain mit9ut being kveerod py u poy init dot
tam lemon.
There was subducd laughter In a store near by
as the German band left tor ether worlds to con-
qucr 1t is a fact slightly known that the
presence of any one sucking lemon in front OF
band will cause panic. Tho musician1
mouths fll 80 rapidly with saliva that they
cannot play.
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His Life saved bs nm Explosion.
Fron, the Spokane Spokesman Rerie

James Horan, a rAncher living on the Crur
d'Alene reservation in Idaho, met with a little
loss of his life. The story is told by Mr.. Horan,
whose veracity cannot be questioned, as follows:
MY house Is a small building, 10 by II and 8
feet at the caves / had Just started fire to
get my dinner. and had gone for bucket OF wa
INV return, / saw the roof OF the Kitchen en-.
veloped in a sheet Of flame. / attempted
to save the house by getting upon the
OF cutting the kitchen roof from the roof OF the
main building, stepped by the stoyepipe and
fell through to my alIpHits, and was unable 10
move up or down with that flame of tire and
smoke about me. In few seconds It. would
have fixed me had IL not been AZ that instant
puffed me out onto to q soft garden bed / had
made the day before. The tire burned my over.
ais off me and one OF my shoes (which he eX.
hibited as he narrated the story, but the fall
from the top of The building to the garden bed
did not hurt NE ~ all.
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stimulates and frsshens tue Brain, Nerves Tissues
and Muscles. John H. Woodbury., l27 West A2d street,
New York. has large static machine and gives treat
meEt; there is shock disrobiug Fees moderate.
ConAulL alton free Send lOc. for Beauty Book and
sample VI either Woodbury. Facial Soap or Cream.
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gift. Our list contains namest4miIiaT
in other societies in MOrrisville also,
although not as many as was anti
cipated. The personal work of your
committee did not reach as many OF
these as it would had it not been for
obvious reasons to them.
Your committee, seven in number,
sacred in number, small in number,
large in number. 1t would be- very
difficult to select seven more iRAe-
pendent thinkers. of independent
ideas, or with more determination to
carry ideas out, in the society.
But it any of us started on a tan
gent, as we all did, there was sure to
be six to bring the lost one back. We
are composed of the smartest, the
handsomest and the-nO, there is not
plain looking one in the whole lot.
The committee at times was so small
that you would not have known that
you had any committee-scracely
could be fOund-anG at other times
they were swollen so large that it re.
CURED iron bands to hold them. But
the bands held and we all come out
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crepted with time, with its joints
lOosened by age, and so far gone as
to be a very serious question where
to begin and where to leave off, were
repairs simply to be commenced. 1t
had come to a time when it was no
longer a question that something
must be done. Pews were out of
shape, uncomfortable, unsightIy :;
carpet all gone, windows loose and
airy, heating impossible in a cold
time, walls spotted and patched,
painting soiled and faded-and was
this all? No; the very structure
itself was racked by the many winds
and changing seasons, until, as re-
vealed while being removed, it was
past help for anything to satisfy the
demands of the times, and show to
the world that this church is still
among the living No one could say
with any feeling of satisfaction, this
is our house of worship, nor could it
say to the stranger or returning
friend, we are doing what we can in
this place tor the upbuiIding of the
church of Christ. All felt it, all knew
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it and all showed this when a call was
made for the final vote.
All praise should be given to the
members of this church and society
for the almost entire membership re-
spending to the first call that was
made to them.
This was taken by those in man
agement to be final as to going
ahead with the work. There was no
appeal. What could be palmer in
dication OF desire and better Judge
ment than a speedy, handsome re-
turned pledge card ?
1t was remarked at the time, that
if no other proof had been given of
the need of a new church, the general
return from this call was sufficient.
Some remarks were made as to the
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hard times and some Indications of
this among the pledges, but while it
has been true the times this season
have been what we style " hard
times" yet was that altogether a
! hindrance to our now completed
work? Let's see. Lumber was cheap
er. Labor was cheaper. Our con-
tractor was seeking with more GER
tainty such jobs.
On the other hand it has given a
large number of laborers a chance to
obtain work. Would any of you
dare to take contract to duplicate
this work? We have made some in
vestigation of this item, and it is the
best judgement of the careful thinkers
that this edifice and repBirs cannot
be duplicated for $1,000 more than
the amount which has been expended.
Is this not an encouragement? Also
would it not hel p out a number of in
creased gifts?
Your committee has been very
careful not to urge those who are not
in affluent circumstances to increase
or even to give at all.
There have been very few able who
have refused to give generously. We
are also able to acknowledge a num-
Der of generous gifts from those out
side our. immediate society. Old
/ friends and new have remembered
this church, and although time has
removed many faces which would
look familiar, new ones taking their
places, yAt their first love has moved
/ their hearts toward ia in a handsome
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able to report on duty. There were
no bones broken, with one exception
the talest man to be found in the
number, with his feet so far from his
head that he lost one of them among
the timbers aud tried to make bar
with the connection. The timber did
not move but the leg did; thus he
walked on crutches the remainder of
the season.
Friends, did it not occur to you
that this work has been very inter-
esting to every one OF us? Has it
not dawned upon you that every
member of this society was a men,
her of this commit tee? 1t has been
so, and rightfully, too.
There has not been a single sugges.
ton made by any member of the So
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A few days ago, as the final figures
were made, it was discovered that we
were in better shape than was aU first
ant cipated. A very few were con-
suited and it was at once arranged
to wipe the small balance entirely
out. This was done very speedily
and easily, so that we have the ex-
IRENE pleasure of announcing that
we dedicate free from debt.
RESOLUTIONS.
In the same connection the follow
ing resolutions were submitted by
Dea. 7. X. Gieed, unanimously
adopted and ordered spread upon
the records of the church and of the
society,"
RESOLVED, That the First Cong regatona
church and society of Morristown gratefully
accept from Benz amin Fl. Sanborn of Boston,
Moses W. Terrill of Middletown, Isaac N.
Camp of Chicago, Harlan p. French of Alba
ny, Rev. William A. Robinson of New York,
Geo. W. Clark of Morristown and Chas. s.
and j. W. Glepd of Topeka, their several
memorial windows and will tenderly care for
them in the same spirit of reverence and af-
lection in which they were given.
RESOLVED, That the gifts of electroliers by
Miss Florence Bryant. Mrs. Levi Hardy. Mrs.
r. S. Page, f. G. Fleetwood and W. A. and
| W. L. Gilbert, and of a pulpit by c. ). Gleed,
merit and herehyrecPive the lasting gratitude
of both the church and society.
RESOLVED, That this church and society
| are deeply indebted TO each and every person
who has so literally contributed money,
means, time or labor, as to make possible the
completion of this House of Worship sub
stantialy free from debt and, until the last
pledge is fully paid and the apparent encum-
bance upon the church is removed from the
public record, He that seeth in secret shall
reward them openly aud they shall learn how
much more blessed it is to give than to re-
| ceive.
RESOLVED, That while the faithful, persist
emit and ardnous labors of Henry A. Slayton.
Mrs. Geo W Hendee, Mrs. Geo. NJ. Powers,
Mrs. p X. Geed, Rev. G. N. Kellogg, E. S.
! Robinson and Dea. II. p. Munson, which act
| ing during the last year as Building Commit
tee, resulting so satisfactorily both finan-
cially and INTELLECTUALLY, can never be fully
appreciated, they shall ever be held in grateful
memory by this church and society.
RESOLVED, That to preserve this express
sion of our genuine sentiments, the clerk of
| the church aud the secretary of the society
are each requested to spread these resou-
tions upon their respective records.
All the different forms of skin troubles,
from chapped hands to eczema and indolent
ulcers can be readily cured by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. c. b.
Foss, Geo b. Allen, If. j. Dwinell, e. p. Jones
Shattuck & Son, j. j. Vearen, Dr. Hubbell.