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LAsSOED A MOUNTAIN LION.
The Daring Exploit of Two Intrepid
CalfforEiaus.

Two men living in Green Valley, in
the mountains east Of San Diego, had a
lively experience with a mountain lion
recently. They were on their way to
the Griffin ranch on horseback, and
Mrs. Hobbs, mother of one Of them,
was with them. Young Hobbs was rid
ing ahead, with Griffin behind him,
when a sudden turn in the creek bed
through which they were passing took
Hobbs out of sight for Il second. In
that brief space there was an unearthly
bowling and screeching, followed in
stantly by the rearing and p%lunging Of
the horses. Mrs. Hobbs shrieked in
fright and there was a general hubbub.
A mountain lion had jumped out up
on young Hobbs, uttering ferocious
cries as it leaped on the horses Shout
ders, and used it's hind claws with great
rapidity. Hobbs leg, fortunately was
encased in long boots of heavy leather,
which resisted the lions onslaught.
The horse in plunging dislodged the
screaming brute, which darted back un-
der the shadow of a cactus thicket.
Hobbs reached for his gun to
for another attack. Griffin had his
hands full in looking after Mrs. Hobbs,
whose horse had become
able.
Placing her at a safe distance In the
rear, he returned and hastily put up a
scheme with Hobbs to take the big
brute alive. Hobbs was to draw it from
the thlcket, while Griffin, with q lariat
ready, was to rope it. Griffin retreated
a few steps, making his lariat ready,
while Hobbs, with a warwhoop, dashed
toward the clump. The lion, crouching
IN the shadow, screamed with rage and
jumped out toward him, frothing at the
mouth N splitting. The horse trenl-
bled with fear.
AT that moment Griffin spurred for
ward, threw the Iariat with steady aim.
and in another second had the lien
struggling in the dust with a tight rope
its body. 1t clawed and screech-
ed, making a frightful uproar, but Grit
fin, sinking the spurs in deep, dashed
down the road, dragging his feline cap
tive over rocks and cactus. Hobbs ran
back, got his mother, and returned.
bringing up the rear. Griffin kept I'D
a lively dog trot in order to keep the
line taut, while the lion wasted it's en-
ergy clawing at the rope, occasionally
making a sally toward the horse in
front of him.
Hobbs, by attacking it from the rear.
its attention, so that before
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body got a hammer and knocked off the
hardened accretions from it's interor,,
till it was restored nearly enough to its
original capacity to render further SER
vice.
In Tory Island, an out-of-the-way bit
Of Tn Irish is1et, and indeed to a less
degree throughout Donegal, the natives
are not much more dainty in their liv-
ing, and their habit Of letting the
grounds remain Indefinitely in their
teapots has disastrous consequences.
every day and all day long" says Il
recent writer, "the teapot sits stewing
in the embers of the hearth, and at each
successive brew fresh tea is thrown in,
but the old is never thrown out unit:
unusual and excessive rate of insanity.
Little wonder, when q Tory Island boy
who was questioned as to his usual
meals, could reply:
"Stirabout for breakfast and tay for
dinner: tay, av course, at daytime, and
stirabout for supper. Whites we have
tay for breakfast instead and stirabout
Tor u dinner, and then another sup OF
tay before bedtime.'
However, this diet, injurious as it Is
to the nerves, does not seem to affect
the muscles. The Tory Islanders are a
robust and vigorous race, the men aver
aging six feet in height and the IN
unusually tall and strong. The women,
indeed, have need Of all their physical
strength, since it is they who do the
bulk of the outdoor work, while the
men stay at home and spin and weave.
AT Anagry Strand on a Sunday
morning" says the same observer, lone
may witness a strange sight. At low
tide more than a mile Of roundabout is
saved by wadlng across a narrow bay.
The men include in their Sundays
wardrobe shoes and stockings. The
women, by courtesy and custom, wear
'martyeens'-footless stockings with a
loop passing over the toe. Each good
wife takes her goodma lpon her Shout
ders, and the her re conveyed
across dry-Sh0d.'
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Sioux, II without hesitation the "med.
lcine' man threw a handful of earth
into the air. This was a signal for
the Indians to fire. The United States
troops, Clusters old regiment, under
command of Col. Forsythe, charged
back, and after the battle was over
nothing that Wore a blanket was
alive The slaughter Of the Indians
was terrific. The next day a terrib,e
blizzard set in, and for four DAYS the
dead were left alone in the rayine
where the battle had waged.
On the fourth day a babe was fonna
on the battlefield. A bullet had killed
the squaW, but as she fell she b,1
gathered her blanket closely about thn
child. This, With the heavy COVERING
OF snow, had kept the baby warm. 1t
was almost persisted from hunger. but
soon rallied when placed in the are OF
some indian women AS the women
0 over it, and slowly nursed If
back to life they constantly walled
"Zlntka Lanuni," meaning .'poor lost
Col. Colby, who was in cam
mand of the United States troops. and
wife, were touched by the incident and
Is the parents OF the babe, both fulI-
)looded Sioux, had persisted in the hat
lie, negotiations were made for tbe
purchase of the little one. This was
complished, and for six years little
lntka has been cared for with deyo.
on by her foster parents.
Little Lost Bird has grown to be n
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Extreme Conscienttousness.

Edmund Gosse, in an essay on Chris
tina Rossetti, says that in middle life.
at least, h was almost morbidly con-
sclentious. Her scruples were not only
delicate but exceedingly far-reaching.
In 1874, a scheme arose In England
which would lead to the destruction of
a part Of the New Forest, and infuen-
tial people started q petition to defeat
it.
swinburn promised his signature, on
could be procured; and he limited rath-
er m~lschievously that the latter font
would not be easy to accomplish. So
MR.. Gosse sought the lady, and found
lndeed that much persuasion was ra-
CURED to convince her that the protest
was an innocent and legitimate one.
AT last she took up the pen, and ho-
gan writing her name. Having gone ca
1ar as to inscribe Chr, she stopped, laid
down the pen, and inquired earnestly:
Are you sure they do not propose to
oulld churches on the land?"
After long effort, he succeeded IN
convincing her that no such scho-ne
was In anybody's mind, and she vent
SO far as to write istina G. Ros. There
she halted again.
Nor schoolhouses 2" she asked.
But at length the hating sirnat,,ro
was finished.
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Effect of Light on p1,,+.


The attention of b~otanists has lately
beer recalled to experiments made ot
Juvisy, near Paris, by Monsieur Flam-
marion on the effect Of exposing The
seedlings of sensitive plants to LIGHTS
of different colors. Having placed fo,r
pairs of mimosa seedlings in four sen,-
rate pots in a dollhouse, he covered ono
pair with a bell of blue glass, another
with a bell of green glass, a third
with a bell of red glass, while tbc
fourth was left exposed to ordinary
white light. At the end of two months
the plants subjected to blue light wore
only one inch high, having hardly
grown at all. Those exposed to white
llght We're four inches high, those that
mad grown in green light were five
inches high, while those whose light
mad been red We're no less than sixteen
inches high. Experiments with other
Kinds of plants gave various results
but In every instance blue light I'm.
peded growth and development.
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Explosion Under the Ocean.

investigations concerning the great
dffssastf6tds RESULTS last June have II is
reported, convinced Mr.. Igi, of he
japanese College of Science, that the
cause OF the phenomenon was n vol
canic outburst at the bottom of tbe
ocean. He locates the point of ex-
ploslon about 200 leagues east of the
coast of Y%oshihama, and thinks 1t was
comparable with the great eruption
mat blew the island of Krakatoa to
pieces IN 1883. 1t is said that the tenn
perature of the sea-water in the neigh
borhood of the place where the eyplos-
ION Is though to have occurred, was
round to be 3 degrees above the nor
NAL.
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to give 1t stability. There is neither
paddle-Wheel nor screw; not even a rud-
der, all of which things are apt to be in
jured in bad weather. Instead there is
a large central pump, which forces Jets
Of water through certain oriices. In
this way, by closing one set of openings
and %uncovering another, the boat can
be made to travel either forward or
backward or sideways. as desired.
Eve turrets, fitted inside with ladders
leading to air-tight doors, support a
platform, from which are long rope lad
ders leading to the water. In this fash
lon the boat al withstand the heaviest
seas. The method of propulsion is
somewhat expensive in its waste of
steam power, but that is a secondary
matter, when the main consideration is
the prompt rescue Of shipwrecked sail
ors without risking the lives of the res
cuers. The odd-looking craft is now on
view in one Of the Atlantic cities.
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MiCc WHICH Hunt Hirdn

A young woman living in Harlem was
the owner OF n canary bird last week
q could do anything canary birds can
do. This birds name was speck. and
the way he could sing was a marvel 70
listeners. 1t was not the loud. oar.
breaking sound Of ordinary canarv
birds, but a sweet, tuneful murmnr,
that this bird made. On Thursday
morning, just as the sun began to cro wi
down the door Of her room. she heard
the bird N the adjoining room end It's
song in a sort of gasping CRY. Whom
she got time she saw Il mouse ON tho
bottom of the cage with the njrd.s
throat in its long teeth. The bird vas
Huttering, but Dol died, and the mons,
lied In alarm. 1t is not often that caoo6
birds are attacked with mice. but sf1ch
things have happened. A raj was ONE
seen to still hunt sparrows IN
New York pier.
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idaho.

bHsii1O.
The new fee bill required a fee of 10
cents 1or every bill presented to the board
OF county commissioners
inc F!rst National Bank of Idaho has.
1oinpfohlsed It's suit against Ada county
10 recover $4,000, by paying So, 1000.
Inc state auditor has received ord.rs
rom the president of the board of trustees
VI me Albion normal school, to pay the
warrants issued the teachers of the school
ior back Fay. They amount to S1712to
Inc principal at st. Margarets at Boise
nus received a communication from Rjsh-
op lalbot stating that he has the promise
OF a $2o,o40 contribution on condition that
d similar amount is raised by the trustees
OF 81. MafSarets and of the bows school
at Laramie. The $780, 600 will then be di-
Vided equally between the two schools
me state engineer has been busy con-
sul1hS with representatives of the w ri
Gus irrigation companies of the state re-
saiolhs me late laws passed by the last
Legislature. One provision of law reouires
companies to sell water by quantity and
not by acreage. They are now consult
ing as to the best devices for measuring
the water in their respective localities
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Fighting a Bear with Fire.

MOI loHS & an EngliSh hunter an(
~prospector In the mountains Of Nevada
being out without a gun, was attacked
py a hungry grizzly, and took refug,
on the top of a bowlder. The stone
was 100 smooth for the bear to climb
and just large enough SO that he could
not reach the man.
Inc poWlder was narrow, and rested
on soft earth. The Englishman real
ized the desperateness of his situation,
therefore,, when presently he felt the
stone begin to shake. The furious ami.
MAJ was digging at the ground at one
SIDE OF the bowlder, and either as the
result OF his intelligence or of the e
ercise of blind fury, was undermining
the rock. The a saw that he must
soon be precipitated into the bears
clutches.
what should he do? With nervous
ana desperate eagerness, he fumbled In
MS POCKETS to see what he had. He
a bottle Of brandy that he
carried for restorative purposes III case
or accident. Would not the fumes of
TINS liquor, poured on the bear, terrify
MIN and possibly drive him away? He
resolved to try it.
he emptled about half the brandy on
the bear and Oh the ground at the place
where the creature was digging. The
bear shifted, and he seemed to like #
Pausing only a moment, he went ON
dlgglng more briskly than ever. 1t was
pam that this means of defense was
a failure. The man fumbled in his
pockets again. and this time brought
u some matches. Handling them ner-
Vously, he wondered what he could do
to the bear with them. Suddenly an
Idea occurred to him.
lie mad half the brandy left. Why
not pour it on the bear, and see If he
could set 1t on fire? 1t was q slender
chance, but the only one. He watched
Tor the right opportunity, and spilled
the liquor on the grizzly's shaggy back.
VI course the bear did not mind this.
but kept on undermining the rock. In
moment he did something, how
ever, for the nan dropped a lighted
match on the brandy.
The brandy caught fire, and the
names spread. In a moment more, the
pear was enveloped in fire, and roaring
n screaming with pain. Then he
took to flight, the speed with which he
raced over the hills only tanning the
blaze.
The Englishman was also now in full
night. lie took the shortest way back
TO his camp, where he found a compan-
lon' and both, armed with rifles, start
ed out IN pursuit of the bear. They
soon found him, seated on the ground
ana licking his sides, on which very lit
tie fur remained. He was so much ex-
and 50 badly injured that he
had little fight in him, and was quickly
dispatched.
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Artificial Diamonds Once More.

The French chemist, Henri M~oissan,
whose recent visit to this country
aWoke fresh Interest in his experiments
on making artificial diamonds by fus-
Ing charcoal and iron together in his
electric furnace, has, since his return
to Paris, somewhat improved his meth
DDS. Formerly most of the minute dia-
monds produced by his process were
black in color, but now all are white.
They are exceedingly hard, scratching
rubies easily, and answering other tests
for pure diamonds. 1t does not appear,
however, that Monsieur Moissan has
been able to increase the size of the
gems he turns out.
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Too Crow1od

Mrs. Frazler-Did that girl I sent to
you this morning call here?
Mrs. Dawson-Yes, but I couldn't on
gage her.
Mrs. Frazier-Why? She struck me
as being just about the kind of q one
you'd want. Seemed to be a f1rst-rate
cook.
Mrs. Dawson-Yes, 1 know: she was
all right, but our house Is so small that
we haven't room for any one with y
piano in addition to her bicycle and
sewing machine, SO 1 couldn't take har
News.
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CARRIED by Their Wives

An old camper-out once related 70 !,
horrlhed h~ousekeeper his experience of
uish-Washing in a miners camp. 1t did
not take much time, though the com.
pahy was numerous and the utensils
OF the kitchen were in constant nsa
Inc reason why 1t took but little time
he sufficiently indicated by the state
ment that the cook-pot was not cleanes
vi II became too small TO hold a pud.
dins OF reasonable size. Then ;,one.
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WAIF FROM WOUNDED KNEE.

Little Lost Bird Was Found on thu
Famous Sioux Battlefield.
The battle Of Wounded Knee Creek
which took place six years ago between
the Sioux Indians and tie grizzled vet
Grams who had fought under the gal
liant Custer, is still fresh in the minds
of our readers.
INC sioux uprising, as it will be re-
called, had its inception in the Ghost
aance. Orders had been issued for the
dlsbanding of Big Foot's band. The
ofuef rouse hostility among the
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Kites for Telegraph Poles.

Mr.. William A. Eddy, Of Bayonnc,
New Jersey, recently demonstrated, ny
experiment, the possibility Of estab-
fishing telegraphic and telephone conf
munication by means of wires sus-
tanned high in the air by kites. Through
a wire thus supported Mr.. Eddy not
only sent messages by the Morse code,
but also, upon attaching a telephone
was able to converse with ease.
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A Wonderful Waterspout.

On the night Of the 25th of November
last a waterspout burst oyer the city Of
Povoacao, on the island of Saint Mich
ael, one of the Azores, and according to
the report accompanying a petition for
aid, which had been sent abroad, al
most in an instant the deluge of water
rose above the roofs of the low houses.
The homes of thousands We're de-
stroyed, a great loss Of life occurred,
n on Its way to the sea the water
ploWed a broad, deep channel nine
miles long.
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Clouds Over Fires.

During a large fire in Charlestown
last December Mr.. Ward, of Harvard
University, found an uncommonly good
opportunity to observe the formation of
clouds In the atmosphere above the
active ascent of the smoke n large
cumulus cloud formed over it. This re-
calls other observations of such clouds
becoming dense enough to produce a
shower of rain.
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X-Rays from G1ovworms.

A japanese man Of science, Mr.. Muir
aoka, reports in a German scientific
Journal, Wiedemann's Annalen, the
curious results obtained by him last
summer while experimenting with the
light of glowworms. He operated with
three hundred glowworms at Kyoto,
and he says that the light which they
emitted, when filtered through card
board or c~opperplates, showed the
properties of X-rays, or B~ecquerel's
n~uOreScenca re- VS..
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LIE LAssoEp ThE Lion, AANYERn tG AJPsIIIMpRREGP ~TTTa A41,vr

ifttnmhfsteheetess OF e"Thle Author ~ pow
oMore'" to the Century. The article
IS 1uliy Illustrated with autographs and
miniatures painted by Lover. Mrs
echmld says: Sam Lover" or .litt,o
Lover" as his friends sometimes ,rrov-
efently called him, was a great favor-
lite in London society. POSSESSING m
lheShaustible fund of high spirits
sooa IN and sparkling wit, no one
coalu pe better company. Nor was he
ohe Oh those who, as the Irish neatly
express 1t, ''hang up their iddies he-
ana the door, when they come home
On the contrary, he was never more
happy, delightful and entertaining Than
"heh ne was at home with only his
Wlfe and daughters about him. His
truly loyable character was NOT on,v
shown In gayety; he was also doonly
humane and kind, with the keencst
sense OF honor and the warmest heart
IN the world. His song. "1,ha F,,,r-
leaved Shamrock" truly expresses bis
aspirations.
oh! thus I'd play TIL %enchanter nort
linus scatter bliss around. -
AND not Il tear nor aching heart
Should in the world be foundl
ne would nave liked to see the whole
happy. Nevertheless. he was 80
GOOD hater" (such as Dir. johnson wo,,d
have loved when he knew any one 70
Dc a contemplate character.
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j lust Reversed.

An old lrishWoman, who has reoa,ve,
many benefits at the hands OF q bnnav
oieht minister and his wife, is so shift
less mat occasionally the l]arge-hearte6
couple lose all patience with her: but
slle has such n sense of humor and
such q beguiling tongue. that she neve,
ialls TO amuse them and finally to win
them back.
At one time when money was given
ilef 10 buy warm u~nderclothing with.
she wasted it upon a large plush pho.
!osfaph album. The minister spoke to
hef with considerable severity. az did
also his wife, AMI for some time Rl,lpeT
received no calls from either of them.
One afternoon, however, the minister
relehted and stopped at Bridget's door
on his way to see a sick woman
sshure, and it's mesilf that dreamed
about you last noight, Misther Will
iams," said Bridget, with a beaminc
snllc. "Ol dreamed that you and Mis-
sus Williams came here to see mo and
says you, How are you off for tav and
coffee, BridgetT and Oh says It's niyer
a drop OF ayther Oi've got in the house
Williams! And thin Won IRE.
me wild a pound of tay, and Mis-
slis Williams wild a pound of coffee on
the shpot! Yis, sorr, that was nv
lream.''
We'll, Bridget" said the minister.
not to smile, you know
ifealns are said to go by c%ontraries."
"shurc, and that's fwhat OF said 10
nesllf,' exclaimed Bridget triumphant
y. Said Oh, Nisther Williams is the
van thafll be giving me the coffee and
llssils Williams the tayv This was
ny very thoughts, sorr."
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another larlat was secured, and
the lion was conquered and placed in a
cage. 1t was a fearful spectacle, COW
cred with dust and blood and uttering
1lerce growls as it turned It's great vel
low eyes upon its captors. 1t was very
lean, and hunger had evidently i'm
PEELED its luckless onslaught.
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FEARED BURIAL ALIVE.
Is invented to Prevent Per.
mature Interment

alaH Is invented to Preycnt por.
mature I~nterment.
1aefe Is a certain inventor, we'll
hhoWn to people in all parts of the
country, whose particular fear is th,t
ne VIII be buried while in a trance.
so strong a hold did this idea take on
MS mind that a year or two ago he de-
Vlsed a plan by which, should he ba.
come q victim of premature burial, the
fact Will soon become known. The H.
us'ra'lon conveys a good idea Of his
plan. The tube shown is fitted with
air valves, which are opened by tho
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lOntan3

Montana.
Ihere are about % cases of dinhfharia
II Diioh and the schools have been
closed Indefinitely.
some Oh the agents of the cattle com
pahles, who have been over the ranges
40 not find the winter losses as large as
they feared. Us
The state normal school contra ctors
nave resumed work on the building aft
Dillon and it will be finished early in the
summer. s ~ 'ne
~ Inc creditors approve, the Merchants.
Natlonal Bank of Helena will be re-
opened, paying a dividend of 10 per cent
down and the balance in six equal nav
ments. f"'
Butte Cinnamon have applied to tba.
United States court for an Injunction ,o-
slralhlhg the labor organizations from
interfering with their business. Eminent
counsel have been retained, the govern
hlent authorities at Washington consulted
ed. 1oi"'
Chotean, Cascade and Teton counties
contributed a majority of the land entries
ald maj proofs for the quarter ending
March 81, in the Helena land office.
me question of fencing the Blac5foot
~essrVatlon IS being agitated, and it seems
10 DE the general wish of the Indians 10
nave 1T enclosed within a barbed wire
renee, SO as to keep intruders off and tho
natives within. This is not agrceabla 10
lhe large cattlemen, who in the past have
l9nopoilzed tWo-thirds of the range.
1usllce Hunt, of the supreme court of
the state, in an opinions rendered last
week IN u case against Il corporation. has
seltled the question of liabilities of presj.
ients OF interpretations and the liahi1itv
lhcorporations for the acts of their
oresiaents. The court holds that me
, n ! on an incorporation has no i'm
oiled authority by virtue of His offico "a
,ct as agent of the incorporation. bus on
ne othef hand must derive his power nv
lelesatlon of the board of directors nm.
he may be acting within the ordinary
ion. "
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Encouragement

She-1 don't see what reason vo,,
have for expecting anything but a re-
fusal. never gave you any encour-
agement.
He Just rejected)-Oh, Miss Gotrox-
Maud! You did-you most certainly
did greatly encourage me! You told
me you were worth 100000 in your
own name.-Tid-Bits.