Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-08

to her to give the hens some quinine
pills which her husband was in the
habit of taking for his malaria. She
tried the experiment and the result
was marvellous. Not only did the hens
perk up and show life again but they
resumed the laying habit, each one
laying two eggs per day. Mrs De
Camp continues to keep her hens ON a
quinine diet and the hens seem to
like it.
Another literary genius of the same
brand, who hangs out Bayonne made
his debut the other day with neat
little yarn. According to his story
the employees of the Bergen Point
Iron works in Bayonne some time ago
adopted little kitten which one of
the men had picked up in field.
The cat, then kitten, became the pet
Of the men and several times day its
saucer was filled with perfectly good
milk. Puss seemed to thrive and grew
fat, until three weeks ago. Then she
showed signs of distress and began to
get thin. The men could not account
for the cats condition, as the milk
saucer was kept filled with regular
! ity. One of the men, suspecting that
there was something wrong, decided
to play detective. After he had fill
ed the saucer, he retired behind
desk and remained quiet. Pussy came
and began to lap up the milk hungrily.
Suddenly, however, she ran away as
if frightened and when the watchman
peeped from behind the desk he saw
three-foot garter snake, win had
come out of closet, greedily sucking
in the milk intended for pussy. We
man killed the snake and pussy is once
more putting on flesh.
Beat it quick and no talkin' back
or I'll let this brute loose amongst
you. cat, scat,Y yelled burly work
man at the same time holding in the
air by the end of its tail a tiny
mouse which never again would nibble
at stolen cheese. 1t was stone dead.
But throng of fair residents of Ety
ha street, in the Cypress Hill section
Of Brooklyn, who all day had main
tanned warlike front against em-
ployes of the New York Telephone
company, who had been sent there to
plant huge wooden poles, did not stop
to investigate. With shrieks and a
frantic grasping of skirts the yarn.
Their flight gave the men, whom the
women had fought off with hat pins,
pokers and shovels a chance to place
the poles into the holes already dug.
The season at Coney Island has be-
gun and with it the customary mani
festation of rowdyism on the street
cars. In former years the magis.
trates dealt very leniently with the
rcwdies who were arrested and SEN.
fenced them to nominal fines. This
year, however, the magistrates seem
determined to make an example of
the young rowdies who molest, insult
and endanger the passengers on sur
face and elevated cars. Several of
these rowdies have been sent to the
workhouse for six months each and
if the magistrates continue their good
work, it is to be hoped the young
rowdies will learn lesson andSe-
frain from cutting up.
The Rev. James Burg, pastor of
the English Lutheran church of Mount
Vernon and also a member of the
Board of Aldermen of that suburban
town, has resigned his pastorate, the
resignation to take effect on Septem-
ber 1. He says that in future he
will devote his time to the towns in
terests, although he will continue to
conduct mission and Sunday school
which he established in Wakefield
some time ago. When Mr.. Berg found
that his PASTORAL duties conflicted
with his work as alderman, he prompt
ly decided to give up his church
work. 1t may be added that Mr.. Berg
has political ambitions and is consid-
cred likely candidate for mayor on
the Republican ticket next fall.
! If the Detroit Tigers can hold their
own during the Eastern trip they will