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JACK RABBIT IN CANS.
Unlimited supply of the Meat in
Oregon and 1t Is Obtained by
the Drive System.

The experiment of canning wild jack
rabbits has not proved great pecuniary
success, and the prospects before can.
merry at Echo, Ore, which has facilities
for preserving ton Of the rabbits day
are not especially good. 1t was thought
by the promoters Of the enterprise, says
Seattle report, that the public would
jump at the chance to feast on this del
icacy, but the reverse has been true, as
the taste seems to be an acquired one.
Rabbits in the vicinity of Echo and in
certain parts of central Washington are
wonderfully plenty. Thousands are
found in beating up tract mile square
1t was while sitting on the lonely station
platform at Echo and seeing the high
ears of the jacks bobbing up all about
him in the sage brush that telegraph
operator and station agent conceived
the idea of canning few hundred thou
sand for the market He knew the sup
ply would be plentiful.
He infused some of his enthusiasm into
his fellow townsmen at Echo, and a
stock company was formed to can the
jacks. Almost year was spent in pre-
paration, and when the establishment
was opened recently orders for 80 900
pounds awaited the rabbit hunters and
the canning machines. A big rabbit drive
was had as a starter, and $500 rabbits
were captured.
At Seattle big orders were placed, but
they were not followed by more orders,
and except for the annual rabbit drives
the chances for longevity among the
jacks have greatly increased. The east
does not seem to have taken more kindly
to the canned product than the west.
Two big drives were held on New
Years day, one in the Butter Creek dis
trict and the other in the vicinity of Con-
nell, and men, women and children
flocked to both places from all the neig-
boring towns.
The general public attending these
drives are not allowed to carry guns.
Each person is armed with a club. A
wide territory is surrounded, and all
start toward the center, yelling and maxi
ing all the noise possible, and driving the
rabbits ahead. In the two drives, thou
sands Of jack rabbits and cotton-tails
were despatched.
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was abominable at table and rude to
the waiter, the gamins that blacked
Hunts boots worshiped him. Every
hour that carried her further from
Hunt made him dearer to her.
When the boat got in Elizabeth was
on deck, her hair blowing. How the
boat crept, and she wanted to send a
telegram-just to say that she was
safe
Among the elbowing, pushing crowd
on the wharf Elizabeth saw Hunt and
got her breath in hysterical little gasps
She was her old audacious brilliant self
when she greeted him.
He gathered her hands in his and be-
gan, Elizabeth, +" (Hunt had formed
the proposal habit)
With soft happy little laugh she
stopped him right in the middle of the
fifteenth and said, "Of course you do.
So do IL found it out on this voyage.
there's nothing like sea trip for find
ing out things. Now, come on; don't
let all these people know about It,"
1t was just then that the other, pilot
ing his meek little wife along, ran into
Hunt. Hunt should have gone to his
knees to him then and there Instead
he said, That's very pompous, dis
agreeable fellow, Bess Somehow I
want to wiring his neck"
Bess smiled adorably. She didn't.
The Other hurried his wife on and
this is what he grumbled; for he had
seen that smile:
That's the fellow we leftin Charles
ton. Wonder what's delayed the cere-
mony-for anybody can see it's the
same old story of two fools in the
Eden garden. Ughm! Nothing like 1t.
Pity it never lasts"
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Z" OLD IBID"

/ don't know who this Ibid is, but there ii
this to say:
Id rather read his writin's than mos
others, any day.
He's got a way o. putin things that sure
ly hits the mark,
An doesn't leave a fellow gropin' blindly
In the dark.
wy, some O. his productions has liter
rurry tone
That even William Shakespeare wouldn't
be ashamed TO own!
Each page O. them Quotations that this
Bartlett man got out
Is sure to have old bids prose or poems
strung about;
There isn't any subject an there isn't any
style
That Ibid isn't good in; he can make you
sigh or smile.
I'm geftin' so, when read things particu-
larly fine.
j know that bids name will be below the
endin' line.
I wonder how he does it-writin' things OF
every sort,
An maxim each an everything square to
the point an short
wy, other writers roams around an has
TO get a start,
But Ibid hits the bulls eye, an man like
that Is smart.
IL 1 should ever meet him, would take
him by the hand
An say: "Perfessor Ibid. you're the best
one in the land!"
I've read old bids writin's for dozen
years or So
Astronomy and poetry an history just flow
on o. his pen in paragraphs that tell ii all
at once.
Along o. Ibid any other author seems a
Ounce!
I've read an read an read him, an
haven't read the half.
An I'd be proud il could get old Ibid S
autograph.
w. D. N, in Chicago Daily Tribune.
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EDICr OF A KANSAS MAYOR.
City Council Of Severance to Impose
Tax on All Young Men Who Fail
tn Get Brides This Year.

Mayor w. J. Wyncoop, of Severance,
Kan, has issued proclamation to all
bachelors of that town to marry during
this year or hereafter pay to the city a
bachelors tax. which the mayor says the
civ council will impose. Mayor Wyn-
coop advises the young women Of that
town to improve this leap year oppor-
tunity and select their husbands. "A
man who will not marry and support a
wife is not much Of citizen. in the eyes
Of Mayor Wyncoop. II the girls propose
to them and they refuse it will go hard
with them. he says.
Judge Mitchell, Of Douglas county, has
also announced that he would perform
free all marriage ceremonies this year
where It became necessary for the young
woman to propose.
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DaintiIy Construetsa Chains ana Or
Aanents That Are = Novelty
Of the Season.


Among the dainty and fascinating be-
longings of the modern woman is usually
found one Of the new neslige necklaces.
So wondrouely attractive are they In
all their variations that 1t would be Inn
possible to imagine anything lovelief
or more becoming, says the New York
Herald.
Surely 1t has ceased to be fashion
to envelop ones neck in heavy, massive
ornaments, regardless of the fact that
in almost every case they are unbecom-
ing and look ugly. Still, II fashion should
SO dictate, the ardent follower Of modes
would encircle her throat with these
ostentatious ornaments
Chic neglige necklaces are so fairy
like and dainty in their construction that
admiration results from an inspection
of them.
Beautiful gems Of priceless value may
be employed in the designs, and the ar
rangement is made In suchxa way as to
avoid all apparent show
Parisian diamonds make up exceeding
ly well in these fashionable chains when
the matter of cost enters into the con-
sideration, and II set in either gun metal
or solid silver mountings they are scarce
ly discernible from costlier ones. Be-
sides, they are within the reach of the
average woman.
The truly elegant necklaces are made
of platinum, with fine chains to encircle
the neck, and hang down in Two slender,
pendent ends that are finished with
pearl or colored Jewel drops, mounted
in diamonds or rhinestones.
When the chain is clasped together in
the front with charming ornament Of
some fanciful or characteristic style
happy result is obtained, and II beau
tiful arrangement Of a rocco pattern Is
selected, with small brilliant placed at
each crossing of the slender bands and
GROUND the irregularly shaped outer
edge, an exquisite touch Is given.
Another design of a little more signifi-
canoe is true lovers knot, completely
studded with diamonds or turquoise, and
the platinum chain is finished at the bot
tom in two tiny bows to correspond, each
holding a single mounted pearl.
A novelty of service to the woman with
a throat that has lost its roundness. and
who is anxious to hide this unavoidable
defect, is piece of tulle or cobwebby
lace threaded through Partisan diamond
slides
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TO ACQUIRE REPoSE.
The Uneasy Habit r. Hard to Control,
But with Perseverance 1t
Can BE Done.

"Repose Is about the hardest thing In
the world to get, said a pretty girl, who,
according to the Brooklyn Eagle, is dis
tinguished for grace and calm manners.
1T means the quality Of resting, and to
save my life could not acquire 1t at first.
l twitched with my fingers and fiddled
with my thumbs Ihitched and jerked,
I coughed and moved my head. Often
my neck swayed uneasily, like horses
head in collar that is too tight for him.
We'll, to begin at the end ofthe story,
I got repose by trying the mind cure upon
by nerves. forced my hands lie still.
would lay them in my lap, and then I
would actually sit and watch them, to see
If they moved. usually found the fing-
ers working. even kept tabs on them
when was trying to read, to be sure they
were not picking something to pieces,
and they usually were
This uneasy habit is all a question of
control. But. like most questions of self
control, 1t Is not settled as easily as you
may suppose. You must relax; that Is
the first rule. And you must keep re-
laxed; that is the second rule. The 9TH
ers are all expressed in the word relax
There is a great deal of talk about
using up your nervous force. 1t goes
away somewhere and you do not have it
any more. Well, great deal OF your
nervous force escapes through your f1ng-
er tips while they are idly working and
the sooner you learn to let them lie the
sooner will the nervous force be pre-
served
Nothing makes wrinkles sooner than
the habit of moving and Jerking; ard
nothing in the word will destroy beauty
as quickly as the habit Of coughing and
wheeling. More people do these things
from nervousness than 90 them from
colds. And the woman with the hacking
cough should begin upon it at once, re-
solved to stop it forever.
ITO cure the twitching habit exercise
with the dumb bells until your arms are
tired. Then throw them into your lap
and let them lie there. Do not fldget with
the fingers, do not twirl string of beads,
do not fuss with anything, but let the
hands rest. Do this and you have taken
your first lesson in repose Of manner.
that quality for which the southern beau
ties are famous"
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Crane Mousse.

Add to one quart OF pure grape juice,
one-half teaspoonful Glove extract, juice
Of one lemon: freeze as for ice; then stir
in the stiffiy beaten whites Of two eggs;
pack in a border mould; cover with but
tered paper; place cover on securely and
pack in ice and salt for two hours When
serving fill the center with little cakes,
place a bunch OF grapes on top and one
at the side. Unmould the mousse on to
q lace paper napkin.-What To Eet.
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AS seen by different persons. the size
of the moon varies from that of cart
wheel to a silver dollar. To many it
seems about a foot in diameter, from
which Prof. Young concludes that to the
average man the distance of the surface
of the sky is about ITO feet. 1t is certain
that artists usually represent the moon
much too large in size in their paintings.
Occasionally they represent 1t in even
ing scenes with the horns turned down.
ward instead Of upward, whereas they
must always point away from the sun.
The true angular size Of the moon is
about half degree. so that it can always
be concealed behind leadpencil held at
arms length.
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determined hsurs ne had let y

determined figure she had LETT On
shore the voyage didn't promise to
be particularly cheerful.
With the morning and Z sunlit sea
Elizabeth walked the deck unmindful
of the admiring glances that followed
her. A man got up from steamer
chair and made his way largely and
broadly towards her, holding out his
hand. a
She caught her breath In little
gasp In hours of self-torture she had
pictured this possible meeting. Would
her pride carry her through 1t or would
she burst into tears do, she knew not
what dreadful thing? She had gone
red at his name, had turned white at
his footstep.
With a swift marshaling of her
forces she went forward to meet him.
Again his voice was in her ear, his
hand touched hers, and 10! the torture,
the agony, the love had quietly and
TRANQUILITY walked out Of her heart.
The eyes she lifted to his were free
eyes. After a few words that one
speaks to the veriest acquaintance she
fioated on, the knowledge of her free
dom sweeping to the inmost hooks and
crannies of her being And suddenly
her heart beat up In great wave Of
tenderness about a quiet. determined
figure she had left on distant shore
the journey promised to be gloriously
intoxicating.
The seas like a stagecoach for find
ing out disagreeable things about peo-
pie. Elizabeth discovered unknown
traits in her OLD lover. Every passing
hour she contrasted him with Hunt.
The Other, as she called him, was mar
ried and bearish to his wife, Hunt
would be polite even II he were sea-
sick; the Other wasn't nice to the chill
dren on deck; Hunt adored them; he
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CHILD LABORERS.
Nearly Two Million Employed In the
United states I'm Gainful
Occupations.

Mr.. w. s. Waudby, special agent Of
the United States department of labor
in a report on child labor says that the
last census shows nearly 100000 chill
dren in the United States from 10 to IL
years of age employed in gainful occu-
pations, states the New York Herald
The most Of them are at work in the cot.
ton and wooden mills. There are said to
be over 1000 children between the ages
of six and IA employed in five cotton
mills In the state of South Carolina
which stand within a mile of the state
capitol.
The New York law for the government
Of establishments employing children
Mr. Waudby considers the best that has
yet been formulated. The issue of per-
mits," he. writes further, "in the city of
New York requires not only discretion,
but also involves considerable work on
the part of the inspector. First, an af-
fidavit stating the date and place of birth
of the child must be made. Then the per-
mits are issued in triplicate, one being
given to the child. to be kept on file in the
establishment where tits employed; one
sent to the chief factory inspector, at
Albany, and the third kept in the local
office. -
"A ledger is also kept where the names
of the children to whom permits havs
been issued are alphabetically arranged.
These permits give complete descrip-
ton of the child. in order to prevent
fraud in their use; but occasionally fraud
is practised.
"As corrective to this evil, the COM
pulsory registration of the date of the
child's birth and the presentation of this
certificate would prevent misstatements
as to the age, certification of school at
tendance and an examination as to eiu-
cational fitness should be made. and the
legal age of employment should be raised
in all the states to Is years at least"
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Broiled peefstesk Cakes.

Put one and one-half pound of nice
tender round steak through the meat
chopper; add one heaping tablespoonful
of chopped suet, one teaspoonful of salt
and a saltspoonful of pepper. Mix thor
oughly and shape into fiat balls. Take
two tablespoonfuls of best salad oil, two
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a salt
spoonful of salt and five or six drops OF
onion juice (though this may be omit
ted. Stir until thoroughly blended. then
pour out upon a cold plate. Lay the
beefsteak cake upon this and set in a
cold place for several hours, turning the
cakes over once. Broil over hot Goals
and remove to a warm platter.-Rural
New Yorker.
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Mock Cherry Pie.

Mix one cupful of sugar and one table,
spoonful of flour, add one-half a cupful
of boiling water, stir together and allow
to dissolve and heat on the back of the
range. Prepare IN cupfuls of cranber-
ries by cutting in halves lengthwise and
add to the syrup with one-half cupful
of Sultana raisins and one teaspoonful
of vanilla. Cover shallow plate, or
pate pans. with paste, put In the filling
and cross-bar the top with narrow strips
of the paste.-Good Housekeeping.
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KITCHENS AND CHARACTER.
Coed ana Daa rlnB Il shown
bv the Looks - the Cook
Ing Room.

I am Z grocers delivery boy. No
quite so well dressed as the pOstman, bu
/ know what is inside of what delive
and he don't, says What-to-Ea More
over, he goes to the front door only, Will
l not only go to the back door, but hav'
the entree, SO to speak, Of the kitchen
There's the place to sec good housekeep
ing and-bad housekeeping. Why, cal
tell the character Of family from tn
looks Of the kitchen. OF course, wher'
servants are kept every kitchen ought tt
be clean and neat-only they are not al
ways. But l like best to deliver wer'
there are no servants.
There's Mrs. Martin-always seems tC
be in stew, and can hardly find a place
to put a basket of berries. That, guess
is the mussiest kitchen 60 into, and the
little Martin kids look like their mothers
kitchen. Next moor live the Sperrys, and
what difference! l never saw that
kitchen untidy. Mrs. Sperry is sweet
cheerful little woman with some pleasant
words always, and two Of the sweetest
little girls, who seem as healthy and hap
py as they are clean and neat. Then, on
the next block are the Lees. They are
neat, too, and, though don't expect 1t,
still they often offer me something's
glass of cool lemonade, or hot fine cake,
or sandwich. Why, l remember one
stormy night last winter Mr.. Lee insist
ed on my coming in and having hot cup
of coffee and a plate Of pudding Iguess
next day there was an extra package left
among the Lees groceries. They have
no children, but Mr.. Lee shows the kind,
generous influence of his wife, and when
ever l catch him at home I'm sure OF a
good cigar
Then there is the Hart kitchen. It's
positively filthy, and they have servant.
too. She's always kicking about some
thing, as if she owned the place Inever
see Mrs. Hart. She's probably too good
to see the groceryman. but hear her
storming around upstairs and yelling at
Maggie and the children. get out Of
that place as quick as can. The Lock
woods is another place where like to
ucllfeT. luey uOu I nave muCu, uuI
what they do have Is the best, and their
kitchen is as neat as wax
suppose the iceman could tell you
more than can about refrigerators. but
l see the inside Of good many, and they
are just like the kitchens. There are
some that really ought to be reported to
the health department, and then there
are others that smell and look as sweet
as clean baby's cheek.
Speaking of babies and children, they
are just like the kitchens every time.
Dirty kitchen-cross baby, clean kitchen
good baby. They always go together,
you may depend on it. like children,
too; have three at home, and there's
good 100 on my route who know me.
some of them get my bundles open before
can lay them on the tables. Some are
Is polite as their gentle mothers. Iain't
ooking for little angels, neither do
want to run up against lot Of rat ter
'iers. Just happy, healthy, hearty kid
'uits me.
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No Norc Student. W.nted.

An order has been issued to the ST.
berian railroad agents to discharge all
the students employees in the capacity
of machinists and assistant machinists
on the locomotives Of the railroad. This
order affects the employment of nearly
100 persons and is brought about by the
wrecking of a butter train near Chelia-
binsk. The machinist on the wrecked
train was student of the Tomsk Tech
biological institute
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Raefrx Market mil

She lat thereception)-well, Mr.. Rott.
how is poetry now?
Mr.. Rott (rising young poet)-very
dull indeed Patent medicine verses
bring only sl.25 hundred words, no ac-
tivity at all in porous plaster ads, and
in the slump Of prices yesterday chill
dren's food rhymes went down 80 points
in Is minutes.-Stray Stories.
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w. xow 1stes fSen Memphis -
ths ssrthwest ~ y. Q. = q. 7. ~.
On the 6rst and third Tuesdays Of ~
months .of February, March and April, the
,Nashvil)e, Chattanooga = St. Louis Ry.,
Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. Mi
ssll ofis-way ssttlers' and round-trip home.
seekers tickets 1t very low rates from
Memphis to certain points ON its lines In
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Alabama ana
Georgia, also to other points in the South.
east. For additional information, time
tables, etc., write A. r. Smith, T. p. A..
Little Rock, Ark, r. G. Cowardin, T. P.
Al Dallas. Texas. E
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Dsuggist sna clerk Are HelA q nesl
Tor Ceuft.

| pruggfst ana clerk Are HELD = -!
for Court.
Chsreed with infringing upon the trade
mark 81 Carter's Little LIVER tiu Gone
pany, Joseph 7. Griffith, druggist ag the
Sodthelst corner Of Eleventh. ano . Sme
streetE was held IN $500 bail for Court
this afternoon by Magistrate Jermon, ana
at the same time Gri&ith's clerk Joseph
G. Fore, was held in $500 bail for Court on
the same charge, and also for selling Ger.
tain articles the sale Of which is prohibited
BY law.
upon warrants issued BY Magistrate Jer.
mon 1t the instance Of Brent Good, No.
$50 West Fifty1eventh Street, New YORK,
ard Charles 9. Orcutt, No. II Jumel Ter
rice, New York, Representatives, oi me
Carter Company They stated that the
latter had spent $3,0O0,O 900 in advertising
and getting their label known, and did not
purpose to permit Others to reap the bene-
Its.
The label in question Is q small one con.
tanning large letter L, and the one used
By Griffith is an exact copy, except that II
does not contain Carter's name.
The prosecution showed how easily the
imitation product could be palmed of on
the would-be purchaser Of Carter's pills,
owing to the similarity Of the labels, and
he'd that it was evidence Of Q deliberate
attempt to deceivc.-philadelphia Tele-
graph, Jan. q, 1904.
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Jackdw, seeing how well Pigeons certain dovecot
fed and how happily they lived together wished much
With this he wtened his feathers and slipped in evening
just getting dark As long he kept quiet he escaped notices
but growing boder by degrees and feeling jolly in his quar-
he burst into hearty laugh His voice betrayed The
Pigeons set upon him and drove him When he would
have joined the Jackdaws again. his dscolored feathers bat
tered drew attention him. and his former mates finding out
what he had been would let him have further part them
off
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Cheese strata is an excellent recipe
given by Miss Shepperd in Household
Science. Butter baking dish, and put
in it thin slices of bread. just enough to
cover the bottom. Cover the bread with
white sauce. then a layer Of grated
cheese one-fourth inch thick; then an
other layer of bread. followed by sauce
and cheese until the dish is full. the top
layer being cheese. Cover with seaoned
bread crumbs, and bake In slow oven
Is or 20 minutes. Serve in the dish in
which it was baked. This is nice sup
per dish to take the place of meat.
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Crabs a la Creole.

Cut three pieces of bacon in small
pieces. put them in the hot dish. add two
cupfuls of crab meat cut into dice. then
one green pepper denuded of its interior
and chopped fine, one cupful Of tomatoes.
pulp and juice, and when boiling add one
cupful of fresh mushrooms (the canned
ones are a makeshif). cut into small
pieces. cook for a few moments, then
serve in tiny nappies or stwpans. The
latter are the most popular.-Good
Housekeeping.
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A learned Egyptologist has just found
a remedy for badness inscribed in a
pApyrus. 1t was used by the mother of
King Chata, the second sovereign of the
nrst dynasty. 1000 B. c. Here is the re-
eipe: A mixture of dogs paws. dates
and asses hoofs. ground up and cooked
in oil. The head 10 to be rubbed yigor-
easly with the preparation.
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Appeti.fng Sandwich.

An appetizing filling for sandwiches
is made by mixing equal parts of grated
Swiss cheese and chopped English wal
nut meats with sufficient softened but
ter to form a paste. Season with salt
and cayenne as needed.-Good House.
keeping
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His Old Trouble.

Mr.. Subbubs-There, dear. | guess
I've brought all the groceries and
things.
Mrs. Subbubs-Why, you've forgot
ten the stuffed dates.
We'll. well, always did have Q
bad memory for dates. es."-Philadelphi
Jedger