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Home boiled Ham and Pressed Ham al
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Rev. W. Herbert Moore of the M. f..
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the old people last Sunday evening on
the subject "Seven people in Bangor who
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evening Rev. Moore will preach his fare
we'll sermon in Bangor.
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Many acres of oats north of Toquin are
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ID. III. PATTERSON,
General Manager.

WEEKEND ROUND TRIP RATES VIA. S. H.
4. X. r.
Good going on train or 10 each Sat
urday until August 31st, and returning
not later than train No. 4 the following
Tuesday, allowing two days in Chicago
or South Haven, or one day in each.
r.
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SEEKERS AFTER THE METALS.
Poor Men Go for Gold and Rich Men
for Base NFotnIs.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
"There is one rather strange thing about
this mining business" remarked A. F..
Hollander, who is just back from a long
tour of the mining districts in the West.
'and that is that the poor man goes for
the richest of all the metals, while the rich
man and the syndicates look after the bas-
er metals. Who is the developer of the
gold mines in the Klondike and at Cape
Nome? The poor man, with only sufficient
capital to get him to the country where
the richest ore lies strewn about. Who
were the men who exploited the gold mines
of Australia, of South Africa, and of
California years ago? The very poor men.
They found and developed the Rand ami
Cripple Creek and all the other rich god
countries. The pick and pan did the work
until there was a positive assurance that
there was field for capital, and then the
rich men and the syndicates came i'm and
We're the cleaners. They could afford TO
work fields that the man with the pick and
the pan had but just scraped over. because
he had no machinery to do more. OF
course, in the end the men with the capt al
got the best Of the game but It was the
poor man who showed them the way.
The capitalist never ventures in until he
is sure there Is vast wealth, that ii Is
worth his while to uncover and work. On
the other hand, the poor man skips the
copper and zinc, the nickel and lead fields
and goes away from them broken in spir-
it because he could find neither the goH
nor silver, for which he was searching. He
often sold what he called worthless cop
per claims for song and went trudging
on after gold. Here Is where the capital
list had to step in, as was the case in the
Lake Superior and Montana copper dis
tricts. In the iron fields everywhere and in
the lead and zinc fields In Missouri and
further South and West. Your capitalist
does not chase Klondilkes and Cape MONIES
until he has become a capitalist because or
what he has picked and PANIED out. Then
he can get other capital 70 help him carry
on his work, of course. / have met a hun
bred men who have discovered good cop
per and iron and zinc veins and abandoned
them TO men with capital, thus throwing
over claims worth millions. They had no
capital to work them, could get none. and
so threw them away The man with big
capital finds his money faster in working
fields of base ore, and looks on bold and
silver as by-products, of material value
only when they sell for enough TO pay fer
the working of his copper mines, so that
the copper becomes to him source of
clear profit when II reaches the market
You can't talk gold or silver mines TO a
capitalist until the mine Is big producer.
but show him traces OF iron. copper or
zinc, and he will listen 10 YOU at once,
and is ready to advance MILLIONS of capital
where he would not advance pennies for
a gold mine. There are funny phases TO
ott- business -
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him, as If they were telling him what a
good fellow he was and how glad they
were to see him, and wouldn't he please
give them a drink, for all the world like
a lot Of loafers when an easy thing comes
into a harroom.
Its an interesting experiment in
snake nature and shows that blacksnakes
have a human liking for good liquor /
said to Seth, but l don't see where Seth
Hopkins is getting birds out of the game.
Don't worry about that, deacon,
says Seth as compiacent as if he were
some benefactor OF dumb brutes. The
first thing is to get these snakes of mine
anxious for liquor The next thing will
be to teach them that the only way they
can get drink is to turn in a bird When
these intelligent creatures realize that
fact your Uncle Seth will swing in his
hammock and smoke while six well train
ed and extra big blacksnakes scurry
around the country looking for wood
cock to bring in and exchange for drinks
It's brain work and not smokeless pow
der that makes a great hunter in this
closing year of the century.
Seth knew a blacksnake depended a
good deal on charming, or 'hypnotizing'
as he called it, to catch, birds, and he
acted on this idea in the second part of
his task Of training the snakes First
Seth set some traps, and after a good deal
of trouble-for woodcock had been shot
at so much they were mighty shy-he
caught a few live birds Then Seth would
tie a bird on a pole, where 1t would be
out of the reach Of a snake The string
with which the bird was tied prevented
II from flying away and at the same time
was long enough so that the snake could
bring the bird to Seth If charmed so as
to fall into the power of the snake
"Seth waited until his blacksnakes
instead
giving them anything that resembled good
liquor. he took one of them out where a
bird was lied 1t was whisky, not wood
cock. the snake wanted, and at first the
snake would pike right over to where Seth
was standing and fairly beg for a drink
Seth would take II back and put 1t In
front of the snake. .
Seth saws to me when | came over TO
watch his school, as he called IT, me
intelligence of that retiring, but useful
animal the blacksnake. has been under
estimated But these are educated snakes,
brought up under my own eye ana "
won't be long before they appreciate what
I want of them. When they understand
that Uncle Seth amt running a free dis
tillery, but wants birds, they VIII estab-
fish a new record In the history or wood
cock hunting
"Setn put oil six of his snakes through
their schooling. But there's Just as much
difference in the intelligence OF snakes as
there is of men, and a big blacksnake
that Seth called Pete was the first 10
comprehend what Seth wanted Pete real
lied after few lessons that every time
! he charmed "A bird and brought 1t TO sem
he had drink coming. Then Pete want
ed 90 work overtime, but Seth wouldh
| let him.
That's too smart and valued an am.
! NAL to let him be cut off in the flower oil
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From the Pan Man Gazette.

At the present time. when the whoIs
world Is eagerly watching the progress oe
the war In South Africa, and the relative
value OF the various arms is being not
only considered by experts, but discussed
daily among all classes of the public, a
novel contrivance for getting over the
ground quickly is being actually tested by
the French infantry. Non-commissoned
officers and men of the Thirty-fourth In
fantry Regiment have been practicing i'm
the "Landes" on stIlts, with, 1t is said.
excellent results. They were able TO mova
at a great pace, and to lay military tele-
graph line more rapidly than can be done
by soldiers similarly employed on horse
back. The ease with which they covered
the ground with giant strides, planting the
posts and fitting the wires. has excited
considerable comment on this side of the
channel, while thc wish is expressed that
this ingenious idea should be given very
full trial, as 1t might prove to be Of usa
to an army in the field in various ways.
The soldiers on stills, selected from tha
regiment stationed at Mont de Marson.
raced along the banks of the Adour as
quickly as horses. placing posts and wire
on their way. There was no difficulty
when the men had acquired the art of
walking six feet above the ground, and
they we're able to do the work in very
efficient manner, to the great satisfaction
of those who had initiated this original
idea.
The peasant shepherds of the "Landes'-
have made use of high stills for ages past
when following their fiocks over the vast
sandy wastes, covered with morass ana
marsh lands, which are characteristic OF
this region, In these dreary solltudes.
often patched with short grass and hesth-
er, | have watched the wierd figures Skim
ming over the ground on their lanky wood
en- legs, and resembling at distance huge
cranes or pelicans. They stand frequently
more than six feet from the ground, and
from long habit can walk freely, while re-
talning the freedom of their hands for
other purposes. Having practiced the use
of these stilts myself for a short time, I
can speak from some little expenience-
The foot rests on projection Of the stan.
which is also firmly strapped 20 the wear-
er's leg, and with little pains any ons
can master the initial difficulty of balance.
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A snIon Kop Legend.
From the London Telegraph.


Pertaining 10 the elevated scene OF sic
Charles Warren's latest feat at arms there
Is a native legend which runs thus Many
years since there died a celebrated Zulu
chief. At his obsequies there gathered
a notable band of warriors and others.
In the midst of the assembly, suddenly
an enormous warrior. nhirstlng for glory,
sprang forward and struck the reptils
with some description of ietital weapon.
The bow severed the creatures tail fron
its body. The chief witch doctor presenr
reprehended the act, and averred the py~
thon was the spook of a warIike ancesA
tor of the recently departed chief. The
creature, deprived of its tail recovered
health In time; and, though stump-tailed,
became sacred. Ever since the story has
found believers. The Beers, superstitious
az they are, soon lent a willing year, and
the story became mixed up In their own
some what prolific spookology. Certain IL
Is. this stump-tailed snake-or another
OF the same patternr-appears from tins
to time. At every appearance, IL IL all
legged by the Beers of the neighborhood,
some event of great potent is on the tapIs-
Perhaps, " this snake has recently APP
peared. II may have had something to say
about the relief OF I4adysmth or the adj
vent of Sir Charles Warren.
Spon kop means the hill of spying, and
was so called because the Boer Foertrek-
kers flying from British law and restric-
lions, when they crossed the Drakehs~
berg paused at this hill to spy out the
6avage land and to decide i'm what direcs
ton they should move
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BATTLEFIELD CONTRASTS.
How brave Men Die, and towards
Take Unfair Advantage.

From the Strathearn Herald
A nephew, Alexander, who is private I'm
the Black Watch, has written the follow
ing very interesting letter, dated Dec. IA.
from Modder river to Mr.. f. Ieahv.
keeper of the City Hail. Perth, descriptive
of the disaster to the Highland Brigade:
Il know you will be anxious 10 know IL
am all right; yes. Tell Cissie and auntio
/ am very thankful to say came through
it all without scratch. We lost nine Of
the Christian lads. They all died happy.
One. Color Sergt. Macmillan, (Mrs. Me-
Lauchlan will know HIM being in the de-
pot as corporal (his wife stays in Perth
ust now0 he was among the first to go
He was heard to say as he rushed into the
trenches, If any man Is prepared TO die
/ am" Another color sergeant, who had
lately left the depot, Patterson, has since
died OF wounds. Another lad was singing
when he died. A lance corporal, who was
attending a wounded man. was shot He
was heard 10 say IT'S all right, lads;
God bless you ALL" Such are a few in
stances of how a Christian colder can
die. 1t would be hard for me to try to give
you a description OF the fight, but there
are many sad hearts in dear old Scotland
refer to the march 10 the i3oer position,
the writer says:
We marched up to within about 800 yards
of the eneny's position when we saw a
light on the right on the enemy's position.
When 1t went out IL seemed as IL he'll It.
self was opened up The fire was terri
BILE They must have been told we were
coming, as they were quite prepared for
us. We could only lie fiat until some one
gave Fix bayonets and charge"
We charged but Il was not backed up.
Two of our companies got into the trench
es and could not get out. The General
was shot and heard 20 say: Go on, High
landers, II is not my faultw some one
unknown gave the word Retire. and
then there was a fix, men OF all corps at
all directions. 1t was a terrible day. and
you will have heard of our losses. The
enemy are lot OF towards, worse than
brutes. They had blacks lighting In the
trenches. They fired on men attending the
wounded, fired on the ambulance, and
when the water cart went out to give the
wounded water they shelled IL. They also
holsted a white flag until they got their
big gun into position, and any prisoner
they took they took their arms off them
and put them In the trenches, where our
own shells were coming, and some they
let 30, and when the men were going
away they fired upon them. They also
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likes better than a fat snipe or woodcock,
l objected. but sort of doubtfuly."
Seth looked at me as If he thought
l was big fool There amt now he
says scornful like, but do you think a
creature of the Intelligence of a black
snake can't be trained so as to have edu-
Gated tastes like man? What does Big
Tom Evans like best of anything?'
Whisky l answered up promptly.
But he didn't care for it the first
time he tasted it, says Seth, earnestly.
Neither does a blacksnake. Tom would
rather have a drink of whisky now than
a carload of woodcock. And a black
snake could be educated
Seth Hopkins 1 Interrupted, for 1
was mighty shocked; Seth Hopkins, do
you mean to say that you, a member of
the church and a professor of religion, in
tend to catch these innocent snakes and
deliberately corrupt them until they fill
drunkards' graves?'
Fudge replied Seth, but in sort of
an annoyed way. I amt going to cor
rupt innocent snakes I'm going to take
full grown ones that are old enough to
take a drink or leave it alone Good
whisky never harmed man or snake I'M
less they took enough 10 Interfere with
their work, and my snakes amt going to
get any until they have done their duty.
A blacksnake's life Is a monotonous one at
the best, and it is only an act of kindness
to give him something that will cheer his
heart. Here I'm planning an act of char
ity, and blamed If you don't act as if
I ought to have a regular Snakes Chris
tan Temperance Union put on my trail.
80 Seth caught half dozen extra big
backsnakes and set to work training
them-'educating,' he called it. In spite
of his fine words about charity to poor
snakes / couldn't reconcile his way of
training them TO my conscience. For it
was nothing more or less than building
up desire for strong drink and making
drunkards of those poor misguided crea-
lures. Still, I was mighty curious to
know how his experiment would turn out,
and it wasn't any of my business to in
terfere. So 1 didn't.
The first thing Seth did was to mix a
little liquor with the food of his snakes
by dipping the pieces of meat he gave
them in whisky At first the snakes
wouldn't touch the meat, but it was all
they could get to eat so they finally
swallowed 1t. A blacksnake seems to take
to whisky pretty naturally and it was
only a few days before Seths snakes
wouldn't look at their meat unless it had
a taste of liquor about 1t. Seth kept
them in little pen and they soon got to
know him. When he came out to feed
them the snakes would all hurry over to
Seth and crawl around him, and lift up
their heads and sort of make a fuss over
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of snake delirium stremens had Joined in.
Seth did his best to quiet them down, but
couldn't do it until all but one of the
snakes had been killed. The live one was
big Pete. ana he was pretty we.l used up.
Seth refused to be comforted.
Five cherished pets gone and by the
time the other one Is able to he around
again, the wOodcock season will be over
said Seth. when / called on HIM the next
day. / ought not TO put them in the
same pen when the poor thnss were get
ting short in their temper he says with
never a word of blame for himself for
turning innocent snakes into animated
whisky punch.
when Pete got well enough for work
again che woodcock season was at an end.
Seth was feeling blue when one day Pete
came trailing in with a small duck Then
Seth was the most delighted man You ever
saw, and gave Pete an extra large drink
l demonstrated with him.
Its all right for that big snake of
yours 90 hypnotize woodcock l told him.
That's natural and proper, but when he
goes around trying to hypnotic any old
thing that comes his way, he's sure to get
into trouble in the end. You ought to
teach him different instead OF reWarding
him
But Seth wouldn't listen. As long as
Pete brought in anything that could be
sold he should have drink. That's the
reason Seth is mourning the loss of the
most intelligent blacksnake ever born in
this county.
The next day I was walking in the
woods near Seth's house when I saw,
down in little gully, Pete crawling over
the stones. evidently in search of some
thing to hypnotic. Pretty soon a big
swapping turtle came out of the creek
and waddled up the bank Pete saw the
turtle, and hurrying up placed himself
about ten feet in front of it and began
trying to charm the big turtle the same
as he would a harmless woodcock.
swapping turtle don't take kindly to be-
ing hypnotized, and tried to warn Pete
of his danger by shouting and throwing
down stones. But after his reward for the
duck, the big snake thought it was prop
er to try the charming game on any old
thing. Pete kept his eye on the turtle
and waved his head slowly from side to
side, the same tactics which had brought
down hundreds of woodcock. But the tur-
tie kept wadding straight ahead until
he was within reach of Pete. Then he
shot out his ugly head, got a grip on poor
Pete's neck and held on, after the placid
manner of Swapping turtles. Pete squirm-
ed and wriggled, but the turtle stuck to
his grip, and when the threshing STOPPED
Pete was dead.
Seth was heart broken when 1 told
him of the loss of his pet.
Its all my fault; I ought to have
taught him better he groaned. But who
would have thought that such an intel
ligent and educated blaeksnake would
try to hypnotic Swapping turtle?"
Edwin j Webster
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Hint to American Auctioneers.
From the london Chronicle.


The Dutch auction which Is In vogue at
the Cape is a far more exciting affair than
Its English imitation. Surprising a house
Is TO be sold. The auctioneer rattles nifty
spvereigns and cries out Fifty golden
soverelgns for the man who first bids five
thousand" Nobody bids ia After pause
he cries, Fifty golden soyereigns for the
man who first bids four thousand nine
hundred" And so ON until he gets bid.
IL by no means follows that the property
is sold to this bidder. For the auctioneer
is again at it, Suppose A4o0 is the first
bid. Then the auctioneer shouts, There
are twenty-five golden sovereigns for the
first man who has the courage TO bid
1880" Possibly there Is no bidder. Then
f25 is offered for a bid OF H,55o IL there
is no bid eventually above the f4,400, the
man who made that offer IL eaddied with
the property Otherwise he pockets his
bonus and has nothing more to do with the
estate.
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sion of the wisdom of the serpent. But,
of course, 1 amt sure; only it seems
probable
There was one thing Seth was even a
bigger crank about than snakes-that was
trying to get some one else to do his
work for him. One day last fall Seth
went down to the city and while he was
there he attended some show where they
sorts of things just according to what the
professor who did the hypnotizing SEEM
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PAGES II TO "a.

got drummer boy a prisoner. and two
of our men went TO get him hack, wheu
they drew his dirk and cut his throat and
when our men cornered them they raised
white flags and asked mercy, but they gou
none. one Gordon was attending a wound
ed Boer, when another put a bullet
through him. They are worse than saw
ages. II we could only get another chance
OF them they will suffer for It, and will
lose my life in The attempt. Some mems
heads were blown open by explosive bull
let's and 1t was cruel to see men falling
on AL sides of you. l can only praise God
that He has kept me through Ii all but
| would have liked to have seen the posi-
ton taken after so much loss of blood
Many Scottish home has been emptied.
and there are many sore hearts, and we
have only to be thankful that we are
spared.
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HYPNoTIZING BLACKSNAKES.
row OLD SETH HOPKINS OPENED A
SCHOOL FOR SNAKES.

Distressing story of Drunkenness
in Reptiles Carefully Inculcated by
a Lazy Old Hunter-The End Came
in the shape of DeIirium Tremens
and an Angry Swapping Turtle.
Tunxsutawny, Pa, Feb. 16.-"Old Seth
HOPKINS always was crank on the sub
iect of snakes especially biacksnakes,"
sad Deacon Todgers reminiscenty to the
crowd at the store. "A rattler's pizen
clear through Seth used TO say to me,
but a blacksnake's got intelligence. IT'S
my belief biacksnakes were referred to
in the Scriptures, where they make allu-