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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
JACK RABBITS DOOM.
TO he Rounded UP for Their Fu
UaeG In Making zine Hats.

TO he Rounded UP for Their Far
Used In Making Fine Hats
The days Of the Kansas jock rabbit
ore numbered, says the st. Louis Re-
public. New York parties have adver-
tiseanents In many western Kansas
newspapers offering three cents each
for cured jack ribbit skins, culls and
pieces three cents pound and common
cottontail skins 5a cents per pound
The New York parties want the fur
with which to make hats, and, as they
represent European hat makers, IL Is
stated that the traffic In rabbit fuTs has
been transferred from Australia TO the
United States.
Skilled rabbit hunters In western
Kansas can make good wages killing
Jack rabbits, and In the vicinity OF
Dodge City sportsmen are preparing for
several grand roundups. frequently
the people Of western Kansas have sur
rounded q large section OF country.
driven The rabbits TO the center end
slaughtered them by the thousand. The
only disposition made Of the pests was
to ship them to Chicago and New York
fer food for the poor. They did not
reaIize that rabbit hair entered largely
Into the manufacture OF the finest hats.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
FLY A SPIDERS UNDERTAKEN.
Digs Grave for His Dead Toe and
Carefully Buries Him.

Digs . Grave for His Dead foe and
Carefully Buries Him.
Samuel Simon, Sr., q well-known resi-
dent OF Neshannock township, while
strolling near his home one day recent
" noticed q fly about half an inch long
and OF dark blue color. with slim
body, bearing q large dead spider. The
fly crossed his path and laid his load
down. It then went about 18 inches
in another direction and commenced
digging o hole In the ground. reports
the Newcastle (pa-) Democrat.
After the fly had the hole dug about
half the length of himself he went to
where he had left the spider and took
his dimensions. After going back TO
tho hole be found 1t was not big enough
and commenced digging again.
He did this eight times, and as often
enlarged the hole. After he had the ex-
cavation large enough for his purpose
he went for the spider and took tito the
mouth OF the hole. After he had the
body In ne covered It with fine earth
FIRST and finished by placing . small
piece Of cfnder on top. When he had
finished the work he hew away. The
whole time consumed was exactly So
minutes, as Mr.. Simon says he sat and
watched the whole performance.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
NEW ZEALAND DOGS.
Remarkable Intelligence Shown by
the Animals.

Remarkable Intelligence Shown by
the Animals.
L New Zealand Is country that delies
largely upon the labor of dogs as op-
posed to the toll OF men. says the New
York Mail and Express. a man with
several dogs, trained one and all to a
proper pitch, can cope with the duties
of large number Of men without dogs
In any work that Is purely, pastoral.
Last year sheep dogs were an impor-
tantfactorin the care Of 49, ,0oe. 900 sheep.
which produced so,ooo,ooo pounds OF
wool. The dogs are almost as great q
sight as the sheep on the-four annual
events OF mastering, named respectiye-
ly shearing muster (Noyember), strag-
glers' muster February, weaving
muster {March) autumn muster (May).
The muster of every sheep on the run
Is imperative, and those are,rare exeep-
tions where less than four musters are
deemed suffieient. A muster is arranged
ON recognized lines. As nearly as pos
sible the men work In line, within sight
Of each other. The top man drives the
sheep gradually down to the man below
him. who passes them on till they reach
the man working the fats. There Is no
precise rule, as each man can keep his
mob Of sheep till the beat Is mustered
All this tiRe the dogs have been work.
ing n every course on the beat, not en-
mnsse, but each In his own sphere, as the
shepherd commands. Should he have
half dozen dogs they would comprise
two "heading" or leading dogs, two
driving" or "huntaways" and two
'shandy" dogs. The '.handy" dog is
dog able to turn its attention with
equal exactness to anything. There is
little erring: once his education Is ac-
complished his owner can depend upon
him in any crisis. The dogs used in
this colony on sheep farms are selected
from Scots and German collies and the
smithf1eld sheep dog, and vary as much
In size and class as they do In price. A
dog fitted for the capabilities of small
farmcouId be purchased for sovereign,
while men who are in residence on back
country stations OF 100000 acres re-
peatedly pay from 6 10 to ELS for their
fancy.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
ABOUT FIREFLiEs
They Are Never So Plentikal I'm Q
Dry Summer.

They Are Never So PlentiKal I'm %
Dry Summer.
e4T,he lightning bugs, or firefiies. as
many coll them" explained bugolo-
gist Of the agricultural department to
Washington Star reporter, "disap-
peared as suddenly as they made their
appearaaace this summer. They were
% couple Of weeks later than usual In
snalking their public appearance, for
but few were seem until the middle Of
May. In comparison with former years
the number was decidedly small. Now.
ordinarily, they are.in evidence until
nearly the end Of August. bat mona
have been seen for nearly two weeks.
The more rain there Is during the sum-
mer the fewer the lightning bugs,
There Is only this connection between
lightning bugs end rain: The frequent
rains wash them on the trees and
drown them. It has always been no
ticed that they are much more nu-
merous during dry summers than wet
summers. The present summer bears
of the palm as q wet summer. In this
respect It has not been equaled sor
80 years-that lis, In the east. In the
middle west 1t is just the other way,
extremely dry. 1t may be that the
lightning bugs knew Of IL and went to
places where there were no rains"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
DID NOT MIND THE BURGLARS.

why the Optimistic Mrs, blank Was
Glad or Their Visit.
Mr.. Blanks wife is SO painfully clean
that Blanks life Is made burden To
him. and he has gait like kangaroo
caused by his getting down to clean his
feet when 1t Is muddy and taking long
steps to avoid making tracks. m.s
When Mr.. Blank arose early one day
recently. says the Chicago Mmes-Her-
aid, he discovered that burglars had
paid the house visit during the night,
and he hurried back to apprise Mrs.
b of their loss.
They've taken Gil the silver In the
house," he gasped. out OF breath.
s'Well, they won't get much for IT.
there's that old comfort anyhow" she
said coolly.
'sBut your sealskin cloak is gone from
the cedar trunkl"
sI'm glad of it--sealslin Is out soi
date, and Row TIL get something new"
"But your diamonds that were hid
den in the rag basket-they took
themi"
"oh, well, there Isn't any money In
diamonds. I'm not going to worry.
Just put " In the hands Of the police.
Idare say the poor burglars were driven
to crime for want Of bread. i always
had good deal OF sympathy for GRIM
inals. !" ~. - '
sBut they've cleaned the house.
"John, you don't mean 1t? And I've
been dreading fall house cleaning ell
summer. 7 told you there was some
good In everybody" md Mrs. Blank
turned over for another nap.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
LONGEST DAY HE REMEMsERED.

1rishman Thus Writes to His Nephew
When He Gave Up Drinking.
There was in those days a serious
hammered Irish member named Blake
(not to be confounded with the ex-
premier Of Canada, sitting member for
South Longford), who is remembered
fer q brief correspond he read to
the. delighted house. It was intro
duced into speech delivered In debate
on the Irish Sunday closing bill. Mr..
Blake had. he confidently informed the
house. an uncle who regularly took six
tumblers Of whisky toddy daiIys This
troubled him, says the North American
Review. and after much thought he
resolved TO write and demonstrate with
his relative. The following was the
letter: s s
"My Dear Uncles write to say how
pleased l should be IL you could see
your way 70 giving up your six glasses
OF whisky d day. I am sure you would
find many advantages in doing so, the
greatest Of which would be that as
am persuaded, il would be the means OF
prolonging your days."
The uncle replied:
'.My Dear Nephew, / am much
obliged to you for your dutiful letter.
was so much struck by what you
eaid, and In particular by your kind
wish to lengthen my days, thatlast Fri
day / gave up the whisky. ! believe
you are right, my boy. as to the days
being heightened, for. bedadl 1t was
the longest day ever remember"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
JUs1iFlARLE STEALING.
why a Kentucky Judge Set Aside o
Verdict of n .Iurv.

why a Kentucky Judge Set Aside o.
Verdict Of Jury.
81 heard the late Judge john r.
Grace, Of the court Of appeals OF Ken
lucky, set aside the verdict of jury
once under circumstances that to my
mind did him infinite credit" said Rep
resentative John 8. Rhea, of that state,
according to the Washington Post.
''It seems that poor woman, who
. was on the verge of starvation and who
was the sole support of four little chill
dren, went into neighbor's smoke
house and purloined piece of bacon.
The proof was positive and the jury
reluctantly returned q verdict Of guilty.
When the finding of the jury was read
Judge Grace, who at that time pre-
sided over the Fourteenth judicial dis
trict, rising TO his feet, said in the most
emphatic tones: III
"tThe court orders that the verdict
In this case be set aside, and I want to
declare here that in all cases where an
unfortunate woman ison trial for steal
ing food, taken to keep her offspring
from starving, twill require 13 men to
convict her of the crime In this court.
The defendant is discharged from Gus
tody.'
''The announcement was greeted
with applause from the spectators, and
the general sentiment was that Judge
Grace had acted not only as beftted
q chivalrous man, but that his ruling
was right. Theft to keep innocent ba-
bies from perishing of hunger can
scarcely be called crime"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
KITTEN AND THE LION.
Pathetic Story Of Love I'm Animal
ff.5ssst& Tdfa nj the Zoo. ss&s stg5g

Pathetic story Of Love in Animal
Life mt the Zoo. st35S
The other night littles purring kit
ten rubbed herself in friendly fashion
against the great iron bars Of the den
of Old Paul, the zoos famed lion. of
whom extreme age has made q pitiable
show these many weeks. says the Gin
clnnati Enquirer II was the kittens
way OF coaxing Paul to come to say
goodnight to her, for Paul and kittie
were the best Of friends. She was the
only bit of outside life that Paul was
ever friendly with Every night for
weeks kittie has crept ghyly up In
front of the bars Of her old lion lovers
AounA and when she lnewed to him he
came forward and put his great shaggy
head as close TO her as he could, and
they caressed each other. 81
The other night when kittie came.
and. rubbing an0iously against the
bars, mewed ali softly to her Jungle
lover TO came and say goodnight, Paul
just lay still, his head between his
paws and didn't notice her at all. Tired
OF eoaxing him, the faithful kittie
stopped and just looked and looked
Of the noble, great fellow. Finally q
keeper saw her do something that In
stinct never let her do before. She
shyly. crept through the big, black iron
bars, and, going In, caressed the great
bowed head In her most loving way,
But there WIS no response. Then kit
tie slowly went away and Paul slept
on--the sleep that knows no waking.
Scores Of people who had known the
old lion for nearly 20 years had Just
been visiting him, and hosts OF tiny
children had tossed him kisses just as
death was coming on. He died exactlNas
Superintendent Stephan in the En-
quirer month ago said he would, "as
Ii asleep, with his head between his
paws. -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
WHERE LIVING IS CHEAP.
Some Attractive Features OF Abys
siniass Life.


Some Attractive Features OF Abys-
sinian Life.
An Interesting series of letters In the
Manchester Guardian tells some of the
attractive features OF Abyssindan life.
Table supplies I'm Abyssinia are so
cheap that an economical housekeeper
could live luxurionsly and yet have pin
money galore. Chickens are ten for a
penny. Milk IL had for asking. But
ter Is about six cents pound. A good
sheep may be had for from fifty cents
to three dollars. Cows used to be five
dollars, but are now dearer. Poiatoes
are about q cent a pound; coffee from
ten to twenty pounds for dollar. Bar
ley sells for about three dollars for
1900 pounds, and wheat Is still cheap
er. For transportation almost anyone
can have horse, o mule or donkey,
for the former two can be bought for
three dollars each and the latter from
ten TO fifty dollars. All the gold found
Is alluyial or surface gold, and the IN
dustry Is in the hands of few blacks,
who seem to make very good living
out OF 1t. They get most Of the gold
by washing the clay brought down from
the mountains by the foods that follow
the heavy annual rains. Owing to Its
mountains and valleys, the climate OF
Abyssinia varies from tropical to
icicle. It is mainly an agricultural
country, and the natives are mostly
herdsmen or farmers. It grows cof-
fee. melons, potatoes, cotton: the first
named alone exported under the name
Of Mocha would make Abyssfnia o
wealthy country.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
A NEW KANSAS INDUSTRY.
Frog Raising LIS Becoming % Lucra-
tive Business.

Frog Raising liz Becoming % Lucf0.
tive Business.
Speaking of new industries, word
comes from Butler county that the
frog leg industry is assuming consider
able proportions, says the Topeka Mail.
Many people have supposed that the
frog would naturally seek miasmatio
districts where ague lurked above the
skum Of swamps. This, we are in
formed, Is mistake. The Kansas frog
is said TO delight In the clear ozone filled
atmosphere of the prairie and sings o
song of unusual clearness owing to the
effect of the clear, bracing air on his
larynx. His ham Is winter and. .frmer
in texture than the ham OF the frog
reared among the miasma-infected
swamps. Gradually Kansas Is becom-
ing the abode of luxury, such as is un-
known by, the unfortunate inhabitants
of other states. In the line of fish,
fruit and fowl Kansas has long since
hit the high notch with epicures. but
we have sighed In vain for homegrown
frog legs and oysters. The frog leg
problem has been solved. The only
thing remaining to be done is to fix up
oyster bays and bring the oyster back
to the home of his ancestor. Plant him
in an artificial pond In western Kansas,
where in remote, prehistoric age. his
progenitor whiled the happy hours
away. OF course there will be some
sad features about 1t for the oyster, for
he will see lying about him. unless they
have all been picked up within the last
year or two, the petrifed coverings of
his departed sires. AS he looks on
their stony shells the new oyster win
naturally experience feeling Of sad
ness as he thinks of the rocky times ex-
perieneed by his ancestors, but that was
because they did not understand irriga-
tion and depended on the natural rain
fall of the country. Frog legs and ma
tive oysters are among the things that
can be banked on in the future Kansas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
rooa rl,af nrnkas nrnsaa.

According to celebrated health ex-
pert blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food, and the
man who wishes to keep his brain power
up would do well to include them In his
daily bill of fare. Juicy fruits give
more or less the higher nerve or brain,
and are eaten by all men whose living
depends on their Observation-Disclosures. Ap-
pies supply the brain withrests Primes
afford proof against nervousness. but
are not muscle feeding. They should
be avoided by those who suffer from the
liver. But thas been proved that fruits
do not have the same effect upon every
body. Some men have never been able
ito eat apples without suffering The
agony of indigestioni to Others. straw
berries are Hike poison.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
CAT IN a PIPE ORGAN.
Unusual Experience of N Hotel Cas-
I'm u Music Box.

Umusual Experience of N Hotel Cat
. I'm u Music Box.
A few nights ago, when the big aeo-
lian at 4he Great Northern began Its
usual evening programme 1t didn't
seem to work just right, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. The aeolian was doing
It's level best TO play the wedding march
from "Lohengrin," bat made an awful
mess Off #
The first strain, which everybody re-
members goes "Rum-tum-te-tum," was
followed by "meopw-wowaow." All the
crowd looked up aS the organ and tried
TO locate the spot where the unusual ac-
compartment came from. The next
strain Of the march was followed by a
screeching yowl that was heard clear
up to the G floor. People at dinner
dropped their knives and forks and
looked nervously at each other and
then at the doors and windows. JSst as
the third yell came out OF ene aEolian
Proprietor Eden was seen on the second
floor stealthily moving toward the in
strument with ladder in his hand. Mr..
Eden crept up close 20 the aeolian and
listened for moment. Then he put his
ladder against the right side and slowly
made his way to the top. When he got
up he reached over and put his hand
down inside of the E fat pipe. There
were no results at first. Then he stood
ON tiptoe and showed his arm to the
shoulder down fhe mouth of the pipe.
Then followed terrible yowling and
scratching, but the colonel pulled and
with q noise like the departure OF a
tight cork from the neck of beer bot
tie he pulled the hotel cat out of the
pipe and carried 1t down to the bag
gage room, where 1t belongs.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22

Comprising air until 1t will remain
compressed without any pressure upon
at,n are the few words with which O
writer In the Electrical Engineer de-
scribes the new product, "aerine," or
iquefied Dir rremaracing that, though
requiring on enormous pressure to get
1t In such q form, II will remain there
for some time In the open air; that Il.
until il gets heat enough from the
surrounding cir to turn again into Its
natural state. Il VIII turn mercury
into solid form as soon as II Is, poured
into II, and freeze a thermometer rap
idly. Such is the assumed prospective
usefulness OF this liquid that predic'
lions are made Of distant water pow.
ers now running to waste being soon
employed COMPRISING the very air we
breathe into d liquid form and ship,
ping Il TO all parts Of the globe fos
Industrial purposes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES.

Spot In California Stunned by Every-
one Because OF Its Instability.
'.There is place in California where
earthquakes may be said 10 be kept on
tap" said a Fresno county fruit grow
er recently. "The spot is at the head
waters of the Keweah, at the border
of Fresno, Tulare and Inyo counties.
You can't hire an Indian or Mexican
to go near that locality. They say 1t
Is the home of the evil spirits. The
country is rugged and rocky-moun-
tains with deep valleys and precipit-
Gus cliffs. Snakes, scorpions, taran-
tulas, centipeds and all sorts Of hid
eous reptiles and insects seem to have
made the neighborhood their paradise,
for they are there in very palpable
abundance.
''But, in addition TO ehttractions,
the region may be said to be ina state
of perpetual earthquake. The ground
trembles and quakes continually, and
the rocks themselves seem to be grind
ing and grating against one another
constantly, as If subject to some great
internal force. These phenomena are
said to be more emphatic at night than
in the daytime. Frequent booming
discharges. apparently deep in the
earth, are heard, and men who have
heard both say they are exactly like
the mutterings Of distant artillery. ]
have never heard anyone advance any
theory to satisfactorily explain this
uneasy and perpetually disturbed con-
dition of nature among the Keweah
rocks and hills. but it Is there. II you
ever happen to be In that vicinity, ask
the first Indian you meet to guide you
to the spot and see how quickly ne will
shy away aud disappear"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
Coal Not q Munition OF war.

In time Of war neutral may allow
a belligerent's wanship to enter Its
ports, and may give IL water and pro-
visions enough to let 10 reach It's own
nearest port. but II may not provide
munitions Of war. Coal originally was
not amunition Of war," because when
the principle Of international law be-
came settled there were no steam yes
sels Probably 1nan-of-war could OBJ
tain ceal enough TO enable her toreach
her nearest home port by the nearest
route; she certainly could not get any
Ynore
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
The Language OF the Future.

A writer In leading magazine has
made the prophecy. that in 800 years
from now the world will know only
three languages English, Russian and
Chinese. The English language win
be spoken all over North and South
America, In Australia. India. New Zea-
land and the islands of Australia and
the Pacific. The Russian tongue win
have conquered oil Europe except
Great Britain, and all Asia except In-
din and China. 7
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22

SAMARITAN WAS SHOCKED.
All Of ETisj Good Advice Seemed to-
tEs BE Useless.

an 90 sYes4 fsnnA AH,s~a SaArna6 Sm
T. - ne useless.
The man, who lsnew d little Of every-
thinp looked al the PASSENGER In the
seat ahead of him and finaly Iested i
Forward. saws the. Cleveland Plain
nealer.
aFxcuse me-. he said. abut Won real~
~ 5onoht tn shake off the cares az b,si-
ness and 90 5ss,,orrn,atSyevshare Z for ihnpiefa
rest and nniet..
s. .syou vn,nd vo,,r oxvn NOR az afpasrsn - said
4ba.osler yuarss .,ruffsv. - T,ss..s. /, I
& The symnathetie passenger looked
h,,rf So AssssI1 s R17E 81 .sFssl
afof coursa.s ha said ..vo,,r casa is
.nothinr 10 me- / onlv nrofYered the
advice I'm Il aririh "a f,iendl;nens.s Al
she Same time ANYBODY can see nc d
Glance that you are suiSserinp from too
sslose csonfanernent.p
..,y,bar. ,,o.., la NV, -, l,a4 u saiS ana
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22
LARGEST DOG IN AMERICA.

Thoroughbred 1zastiR Owned by Mr..
Bailey, OF Rutland, VT.
The largest dog In this country Is the
property OF Wayne Bailey, OF Rutland,
VT. When weighed the other day he
tipped the scales at a67 pounds, says the
Chicago Times-Herald.
When the animal weighed 244 pounds
q prominent dog fancier declared him
to be the largest dog in the world. Re-
peatedly Mr.. Bailey has been urged to
put Nero on exhibition at the big dog
shows, but he has never thought 1t ad-
visable.
Nero Is o handsome half German and
half English mastiff. fawn brindle In
color, his hugs head being trife dark
er in shade. He sits up firmly on his
legs, and is remarkably well proper
toned.
He is as agile and lively on his feet
as a cat, and the other day caught q big
rat In his masters barn. He makes o
splendid watchdog, but Is withal kind
and afTectionate animal Mr.. bailey
bought him at West Rutland when he
was six months old. He is now four
years old.
AZ the time of his purchase Nero
weighed 162 pounds. The animal is q
product of Mr.. Winchel's kennels at
Fair Haven.
Nero Is provided with a strong leather
harness, as he cannot wear collar.
The animal stands up from the ground
IS inches and girts so inches. The
dogs neck LIS unusually large measur-
ing so inches, and from tip to tip he
measures eight feet six and one-haH
inches. Q
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-01-22

e. At watering place In the ], P,renees.
says French Journal. INSTRUMENTATION
at table turned upon wonderful echo
to be heard some distance oR on the
Franco-Spanish frontier. 'It II az.
tonishing,,' said an inhnbitant of
Garonne. sAs soon as you have spoken
you hear distinctly the voice leap from
rock to rock. from precipice to preci-
pice, and as soon az II has passed the
frontier the echo assumes the Spanish
accent