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The leader., 1897-11-10
puNoeNT PARAGRAPHS.

Very Appropriate.-Miss Spokes-
"what shall VIC have for our club col
ors?" Mr.. Pedalman-"I guess black
aud blue will be all right."-Judge.
Danger in the Ballroom.-"Wbat
oeastly cold you've got, Sam! Where did
you get it2" "It's not a cold; it's hay
fever. got Il dancing with that gross
widow the other hight."-Phhch
A Side interest.-"Where is your
son RobertS" "He's the left haIf-back
Of the Cornyale football team" 'Then
he's attending college2" Yes, incl
dentally."-Clevelaud Plain Dealer.
--Modernized.-"Our clergyman for
got himself this morning" "What did
he do?" "IIe asked the congregation to
sing that good old hymn From Klon-
dike's Icy Mountains s.'"-Chicago Rec
ord.
An Incomplete Library.-"Yes," !"
murmured the dialect poet, IL find
books in the running brooks" What
a pity it is" responded Miss Cayenne,
that there aren't few spelling books
among them" Washington Star.
"A Useful Art.-"Of course" said one
old farmer to the other, "your boy is
lcarnin' Latin and Greek at college, but
is he gettin' anything practical?" "oh,
yes. In the last letter he writ he tells
me he is takin' lessons in fencin'."-De-
troit Free Press.
DO you mean to say" asked the
visitor, in horror, "that the gentleman
was shot for simply rising and making
motion during a meeing of your debat-
ing society,"" "Suttinly," said the
colonel, but you must remember, sab
that the motion he was called down on
was made In the direction OF his hip
pocket, sab. Detroit Free Press.
-Judge-"You admit that you en-
tered the house of the prosecuting wit
ness by the door at two o'clock in -
morning?' Prisoner-"Yes, your hon.
or" Judge-"What business did you
have there at that time of night?" Pris.
oner-"l thought it was my own house
Judge-"Then why did you, when this
lady approached, leap through the win.
dow, jump into the cisetrn, and hide
yourself?" Prisoner-"Your honor,
thought 1t was my wife. truth.
The leader., 1897-11-10
Blind Girl a Successful Farmer

There lives 20 miles from Oak Hill,
Tex, a blind girl, Mary Ashby, who
hal from few acres of land cultivated
by herself, cleared about 5000 each sea.
son for several years by the growing and
sale of vegetables. She began with no
capital, and an unfenced piece of un.
cultivated land. There is now a neat
fence about her domain, well and
plmp in the center, and she has, in ad.
dition to purchasing these, paid for
piano and wagon 10 take her veg.
etables to market, which is 20 miles
from her home. Every morning dur
ing the dry season she waters certain
number of plants until she has gone
over the entire place, when she be-
gins and goes over ii again in the same
way. The active sense of hearing which
nature has given this blind girl in lieu
cf her sight enables her to detect insect
life easily, and by feeling with her
sensitive fingers she can distinguish
the nature and size of the plants and
vegetables she raises.-Louisville Dis.
patch.
The leader., 1897-11-10
A Luyubrious Prediction,

Although the great Arago calculated
that there was but one chance out OF
2S1 100000 that the earth could be
struck by comet, and although scien-
tific men think the collision would be as
bad for the comet as for Stevenson's
''coo," Vienna professor is thorough
ly convinced that on the 18th of No
vember, 1899, this mundane sphere is to
draw the one chance in the celestial lot
terry, and it only remains for him now to
figure out whether our planet is to be
reduced by the shock to impalpable
dust, to form other comets and wreck
other worlds, or whether the mortal
race is to be terminated by asphyxia-
ton. Both alternatives have their dis
advantages. but the world will breathe
easier when fully acquainted with the
exact details of its coming demise
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The leader., 1897-11-10
THE HIGHEST WATERFALL.
The silver Threads Leap Into the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,

The silver Threads Lean Into the,
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
On the south side of the Grand Can
yon of the Yellowstone river. is one of
the highest, if not the highest, water
falls in this country. 1t is called the
Silver Thread, and falls, as near as can
be calculated, 1,SOO feet The descent
Is not perpendicular, but il is so neat
it that it is hard not to believe that
the water does not fall straight down.
when viewed from across the CANYON
The water comes from a mountain
stream which has no name. 1t flows ir
a northerly direction towards the can.
yon from the foot hills of the Absaroka
range of mountains. Its entire route
is through dense forests until it reaches
the very edge of the canyon. Then il
plunges downward with a roar in keep.
ing with its size, and keeps dropping
and dropping until the Yellowstone river
below is reached, 1880 feet from the
brink.
AS stated before. the descent is moi
perpendicular, but it is very near it
The walls of the canyon at that par.
tlcular place are very rugged, and this
little stream has worn almost straight
channel down through the rocks. The
water dashes downward # very slight
angle, practically turning neither tc
the right nor the left. In several places
a rock, not as yet worn away, breaks
the steady fall of water, forming q
Slight cascade. These cascades do not
cause a real break in the descent of the
water, SO practically the falls of the
Silver Thread are the highest In the
world.
The name given these falls is very
appropriate. They cannot be seen but
from the brink of the south side OF
the canyon, which is almost mile wide
there. Although this waterfall is i;
feet wide from top to bottom, it does
not appear to be more than a couple OF
inches wide from the point of observa.
ton. The walls of the canyon where
these falls occur are below the vivid
colorations, and are of dark brown
The water looks like a silver thread OF
ribbon stretched from the brink of the
canyon to the water below, hence the
name, Silver Thread.-Hartford Conn.
Times.
The leader., 1897-11-10
.oId Hundred,, Too Slow.

Robert Kent, the '4grand old man" OF
Hastings, tells few amusing anecdotes
of the eccentric "Old Parson" Whistler.
One day he went up the belfry and there
he found a>bricklayer whitewashing the
walls. He was member of the local
band and was whistling dance tune as
hard as he could go, so that he didn't
hear the parson coming up. us that
a proper tune for place of worshipw
shouted Whistler, and the young chap
was taken aback and shamefaced.
"Beg your pardon, sir" he said. but l
forgot where was" and then, to show
he was sorry, he started whistling 'Old
Hundred" Now, being a member of
the band, his hand kept time with the
music. and so "Old Hundred" made the
whitewash brush. go wonderfully slow.
"Oh, get back to your dance tune" the
old parson shouted, "or the jobll never
he done."-N. Y. Times.
The leader., 1897-11-10
A HONEY BEES RESTLESS LIFE.
II Begins when Three Days Old and
Dies at FOrty-Five.

G. W. Reynolds, of Los Angeles, Cal.
cne of the oldest travelling men in the
United States, is II years of age. Mr..
Reynolds hasa ranch, of which he en-
joys telling even more than he does of
the experiences through which he has
passed during his half century upon
the road. The ranch is near San Diego,
Cal. The chief product is honey. This
product is gained from two apiaries,
which Mr.. Reynolds visits every time
his business permits him to go to south
ern California.
in my apiaries, which are cared for
by my son." said he, there are 40
stands of bees. The honey season lasts
from April to July. This season my
bees yielded 10000 pounds of honey,
which sells in that country in bulk
lots at four cents a pound. Two of
the hives gave over 500 pounds each.
For ten years | have been interested in
bees in a small way, and take greater
interest in them every year. A hive or
stand of bees is worth $3.50. In it are
the queen, the drones and the workers,
total population of from 10000 tc
$4,000 bees.
This very good-sized colony" he con-
tinued, resides in a hive or wooden
box. In the hive are dozen frames
12 by inches. In these the bees make
or deposit the honey, foundation OF
wax having been first placed in each
frame by the beekeeper, so that the
bees may have something to build upon.
The honey is taken out of the frames
every other week during the honey sea-
son. While doing so there is little need
of protecting the hands. The bees seem
to be most inclined to sting one in the
face. So, as precaution, the man who
is removing the honey from the hives
wears a straw hat, from the brim of
which is hung a silk veil, like they have
to do up in the Klondike country to
ward off the summer mosquitoes.
THE queen is an absolute monarch
within her dominions. She is the un-
disputed boss of the job. An ordinary
bee lives during the working season
only - days. Young ones are being
hatched out all the time. A bee goes
to Work AT tue tenuer age VI tnIee
-days, and hustles like a veteran for
AZ days. Then it is just naturally all
tired out, / suppose, for it dies. The
queen lives longer, and when a young
queen comes into existence in the hive
she drives the old queen out. Her loyal
subjects follow her in her banishment,
and that is what makes the swarm.
In southern California the bees
make water-white honey when the
black sage is in blossom. When the
white sage is Towering the honey has
an amber tinge. In winter the bees
make no honey. Seventy-five car loads
of the article are shipped out of san
Diego county in good years. ."-Denve,
Renllblican
The leader., 1897-11-10
POINTS OF ETIQUETTE.

An engagement ring that is not cost.
ly has, set in it's gold band, small
turquoise.
After laying aside Grape gown OF
black cameps hair or vicuna cloth
trimmed with wool braid on skirt and
bodice may be worn.
A costly ring should not be worn by a
girl in the workaday world to the office
where she is employed. as it is in ex,
tremely bad taste.
Politeness demands that a lady per,
NIT gentleman near her to restore to
her fan, glove. handkerchief or any
small belonging which she may have
dropped.
Fashionable gloves are of pale tan
with delicate stitching Of faint blue ol
scarlet on the HACKS. The stitching is
not conspicuous, and the four buttons
proclaim that they are for street wear,
The good musician who can give
pleasure to people. and declines to do
so without much urging, is properly
treated when her genius is ignored. and
some more polite, but less able, girl is
invited to be the musician Of the eyen-
ing.--Ladies' Home Journal.
A church subscription is no easier to
pay than Q last years coal blu.
The leader., 1897-11-10
,.yrn PAPA WAS A LITTLE BOY.

. when papa was a little boy
Won really corldn't find
IN ali the stats Of Washington
cAild so quick to mind.
rJs mother never called but once.
And pa was always there;
He never made the baby cry,
OR ,alsed his sisters hair.
.us rever slid down banIsters,
Or made the slightest noise;
And never in his life was known
To fight with other boys.
He always studied hard at school.
And got his lessons right:
And chopping wood and milking cows
Were papa's chief delight.
she always rose at six o'clock
And went to bed at eight.
And never lay abed till noon
Ard never sat up late.
He finished Latin, French and Greek
When he was ten years old,
And knew the Spanish alphabet
As soon as he was told.
"He never grumbled when he had
10 do the evening chores,
And ne'er In all his life forgot
To shut the stable doors.
He never, never thought of play
Until his work was done.
He labored hard from break of day
Uuin the set OF sun.
sHs never scraped his muddy shoes
Upon the parlor floor,
And never answered back his ma,
And never banged the door.
( But truly. could never see,"
Said little Dick Malloy.
"How he could never do these things.
And really be a boy"
-Georgina Billings, in Youths Compa nion
The leader., 1897-11-10
Indian sflode Of se
"a Bunting Bear.
BY Martin Hunter.
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JNDESCRIRING the manner of taking
some of the fur-bearing animals of
The Hudson Bay territory, the bear
comes first by its coat being earliest
prime OF all other animals of the north
country.
The Indians, who, since the finishing
of their last years hunt in June have be-
come tired of fish diet, are anXiously
soohing forward to the 25th of Septem-
ber On and after this date the bear
skins have a market value with the
company, and the Indians go into berry
patches and swamps in quest of bruin,
who has for the past six weeks been fat
tening undisturbed.
Considerable bravery is shown by the
Indian in hunting these strong and fero-
cious animals at this time of year. Few
Of them have other than single-barrel,
muzzle-loading gun, and if they mies a
fatal shot when firing, the result is to
them serious, if not death.
cannot do better in these series of
bunting stories than to follow the foot
steps of WaSa-K, JIG, who was one of
our most successful all-around hunters.
He had liking for the whites in general
and, from his kindness, for me in partic-
ular. At any time when it was conven-
lent for Inc to leave the post he well
coined my company on his shooting and
trapping tours. Still, hunting the bear
in fiat and dry berry patch requires
the greatest care and precaution to
make 1T a day of profit. Wa-SaKejic
lands from his canoe on the leeward
side of the patch he is going to recon
noiter and ascends a large mountain,
whose wooded southern side runs to the
river shore; from the top of this he
scans the burned lands beneath him
with great minuteness for several Sec
onds. At last his face lights up with
satisfaction, for his eye rests on large
black bear feeding to the windward of
a clump of alders. Before starting to
stalk the game, he notes the direction
of the wind, the lay of the country and
the number of points of concealments
between him and his quarry. All these
essentials mentally impressed on his
memory, he loads his gun carefully and
descends the mountain. WaSa-Ke JIG
makes his way swiftly from the base for
about quarter of mile; after that
he goes with greater care. AT last there
is only one intervening stack of willows
between him and the bear From my
vantage point of view l notice all his
The leader., 1897-11-10

There is more Catsffl IN this section OF
| The country than all other dfsesses put To-
rether. and until the last few yesrs was
Supposed to be incurable.. For great many
and prescribed local ternediss, and by con-
stantly falling to cure with lorsl treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh TO be constitutional disease, ana
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured BY r. y.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, y the only
constitutiouaI cure on the market. IL is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops TO q
teaspoonful. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case It
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address r. j. Cheney & Co, To
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The leader., 1897-11-10
Search Iighfa ON Land.

The recent night attacks on Brit.
lsh army posts in India have led to the
suggestion that all such exposed mill
tary camps be provided with power.
full electric search lights, like those
used by war-ships. With bright beams
playing over the surrounding coun-
try, it is argued. the danger of night at.
tacks would be greatly diminished.
and sentries and outlying pickets could
be protected from the assassin, who, i!
is asserted, not infrequeutly stalk them
like game and murder them IN the dark.
uess.-Youth's Companion.
The leader., 1897-11-10
"MY WIFE'S LIFE"
How | was the means
of saving it.

when the lungs are attacked and the
symptoms of consumption appear, then
begins the struggle between affection and
that destroying disease which slays its
thousands annually. 1t is happy issue
to the struggle when disease is conquered
and health restored Such an issue docs
not always end the struggle, but it did in
.he case of Mr.. K. Morris, Memphis, Tenn,
who saw his wife wasting and weakening
and physicians helpless, and then sug-
pested the simple fsmedy that wrought
the cure. He tells the story thus.
"Seven years ago. my wife had severe
attack of lung trouble which the phy-
sicians pronounced consumption. The
cough was extremely distressing, espe-
cially at night, aha was frequently
attended with the splitting o. blood. The
doctors being unable to help he-i in.
duced her to try DIR. Ayers Cherry Pect0fat
and was surprised at the great relief it
gave. Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, SO that now she is strong and
quite healthy. That this medicine saved
my wifes life have not the least doubt.
I always keep DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
In the house. whenever any of my family
have = cold or cough we use it, and arc
The leader., 1897-11-10

movements and also that of the bear,
which is lazily feeding on the ripe, full
berries.
AT the extreme left-hand point of the
clump stands an immense rock, brought
there, no doubt, at the glacier period;
toward this the Indian is sometimes
crawling, at others crouching; at last
ne is safe in its shelter, with heart
beating with excitement.
when he left the mountain top the
Dear was feeding toward this very rock,
and had so continued. With gun on the
iuii cock, Wa-Sa-Kejic carefully ad-
'ahces his head around the base; in an
instant it is brought back to cover, for
ne has caught sight of bruin not 80
ieet away and busy eating the luscious
iruit still toward the rock
Wa-Sa-Kejic waits five minutes longer
W appears hours to me as watch) and
'hen, with belt-ax well in front and
gun seized firmly in his hands. steps
boldly out from his hiding place. AS
usual with bears when surprised at
close quarters, the animal assumes an
Ns Positiol, anu at the same moment
the gun belches forth it's death-dealing
bullet, and the monster falls pierced
through the heart.
That night the Indians squaw and
children feast on berry-ed bear meat,
and the growing boys listen breathless-
~ to their fathers description of how
he killed "Mus-Kwa."
The foregoing is one way of hunting
Dear, and the other is by trapping
either deadfall or steel traps. This mode
OF trapping is only practiced in the
spring. Shortly after the bears come
out OF their dens they resort to creeks
and small rivers, where carp and small
trout spawn at that season. Bruin is an
expert fisherman. and win stand on
,he low banks and with dash of his
paw land out one or two fish at stroke.
The Indian hunter knows these creeks
ana rivers, and II Is on their banks he
ssts his traps with some tempting bait
sseo - musquash meat or corn with
The leader., 1897-11-10
CONVERSATIONAL PARESIS.
The Bore Who Talks About Hi
Health or Ailments.

4 group of men were talking in ho
rel corridor uptown recently when
man with dark beard and rather long
hair entered. The members of the
group began to scamper away instant
ly, and it was curious fact that not
one remained to exchange greetings
with the new arrival, although they al
knew him intimately.
Col. David F. Harbaugh, who CAME
from Ohio and knows President Nc
Kinley and all the big orators ant
statesmen, explained why it was thai
they all avoided the man.
THAT man is gentleman and {
scholar, but he is the most unmitigatec
bore that ever wore Out the patience
of his friends. He should read Don't,
which says: Don't affiict others will
your troubles But he can be cured"
What is the remedy?'
1T is drastic and may result in un
pleasaltness at first, but some clost
friend should do it. | had a frient
whose mania was talking about his
health. lie looked strong, ate three OF
fodr meals a day, smoked big, blacl
cigars, and yet his hypoehondriaca
rlonologues were uncomfortable. Every
morning he came to my office and fol
an hour would tell me how many times
he sneezed before breakfast, what he
took to prevent a repetition of thu
sEeezing, how he imagined that some
day indigestion might overtake him.
and a lot Of other things not at all Ell
tertaining. | bore this for six months
until l lost my appetite and almost go'
sick. But one day | ran away and lef;
him."
Had row, of course?'
mo; | advised him to stop talking
about his alleged illness. | told him
which was true, that he was talentec
and entertaining on any other subject
and as a friend | begged him to cease
being a bore. At first he was indignant
but he thanked me for my frankness
finally and said he would reform. He
belonged to class of men who hays
conversational paresis and who viii
talk for hours without encouragement
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The leader., 1897-11-10
A curlou. celebration.

A singular illustration of the per
sistence with which the japanese ad
here to their family vocations is seen in
an announcement, in Japanese news.
paper, that certain celebrated dane.
ing master was to hold service in
honor of the one-thousandth anniver-
sary of the death of his ancestor who
was the first of the family TO take up
the profession. brooklyn Eagle,
The leader., 1897-11-10
SHE DID THE LEADING.
A Slight Mistake in the Wedding
Notice.

The square-ja jawed woman with pinkish
hair laid her umbrella on the editors desk
and took her seat on pile of damp proofs.
did a man." she said, "a man with a
grayish goatee and a sneakin' manner hand
in a marriage notice this mornin' for publ
eationp
"He did" said the editor; there it is,
Samson a. Peters to Mrs. Haldah HOskiHs' Is
1.-THE names is all right. It says Mr.. Pc
teri led Mrs. Hoskins to the hymeneal altar,
don't it?"
'It does"
81 thought so. I'm Mrs. Hoskins. That is,
l was last night. | s'pose I'll have to be
Mrs. Peters now. l want the style of that
marriage notice changed"
'In what way?" asked the, editor:
"Pll give you my reasons first. You see,
I've got some money and own farm and
two cotton gins. Anybody can see don t
need husband, That Samson Peters is
trifiin', lazy, and no account generally. He
amt got no family nor friends and amt
wuth shucks. He amt no more fit to take
care of hisself than a babe. He'll be a dead
expense ON my bands, fur he'll never pay
fur his salt, and he owes NOR n eighty dol
FAIRS that I'll have to pay. But don't keer
others bound to try and git him. That
sassy widow Albright's been on the trail for
four months, and one of the Simpson gals
has been maxim eyes at him every Wednes
day night at prayer meetin'. He's mighty
pore, humble kind of creeter to take in, but
| knows my duty when it comes before me
You jest scratch out where it says Mr.
Peters led Mrs. Hoskins to the hymeneal
altar and say that Mrs. Huldah Hoskins an
nexed Samson Peters last night at nine
o'clock p. m."-Detroit Free Press.
The leader., 1897-11-10

Why does cat always fall ON its feet :
This is a question that has recently
absorbed the earnest attention of the
French Academy of Sciences. The
problem is clearly difficult one, for
that learned body of savants has SO far
failed to offer a final solution. NJ
Marcy, distinguished professor who
has made a special study of animal
movements, claims that the body of a
cat is composed of two parts, one OF
which acts as a pivot for the other.
Upon dropping, the cat, it appears,
paws upward, and then by series of
convulsive movements, it gradually
rights itself and reaches the ground in
an upright position. The whole
process of turning is accomplished be.
fore the animal has fallen yard
Without fulcrum, without something
to lean against, the cat certainly could
not accomplish the feat. NJ. Marcy
declares that the animals limbs act
upon a fulcrum which it's own body pro.
vides.-Detroit Free Press.