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WILD DUCKS.
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Nothing in Wild Fowling to Kqunl
the Charm of Chasing the Teal
and the Mallard — Various
Ways of UiintingThem.
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pared to those enjoyed by the hardy
duck shooter. The latter is like the
wnr horse which sniffs the battle from
afar, for the leaden sky, the cool
nights and the north winds are mes
sengcis to him telling him that the
ducks will soon come. The discom¬
forts and inconveniences lie has to en
dure are among the sweetest of his
recollections when lie recalls the time
he had among wild fowl. There is a
rare charm about duck shooting which
lessens all other shooting in the mind
of the wild fowler. Tell to him the
delights of woodcock shooting and he
will guy : “Bosh ! who wants to tramp
in the island underbrush, where the
mosquitoes are claiming possession of
the land, and are singing the war cry
of their tribes in your ears, or worse
still, thrusting a bill into your faces
and boring you outrageously?” But
ask him to go duck shooting and his
soul responds to your invitation, and
he will tell you he lias patched his
rubber boots, has hidden his corduroy
suit lest his wife slwmld have the dirt
and stains washed from it, lias had
shells loaded weeks before, and is
ready to go on the shortest notice.
The season for duck shooting be¬
gins September 1 in the Northern and
Western States, and when the day
begins to break on that eventful date
the marshes are disturbed here and
there with splashing oars and creak¬
ing reeds which tell of the presence of
ina “J hunters.
The teal are among the first water
fowl to afford good shooting. They
are distinguished ah the blue and green
■wing. The former are the larger
and visually the more scarce. They
arc dainty little ones and love to basic
in the sunshine of the marshes, or sit
on some round bar, which one often
sees in the winding creeks and sloughs.
They seldom fly iu pairs during the
tall, but feed in largo flocks, and, as
they swoop past, tho hunter’s blind, a
ttinglo discharge of the gun often re
suits in tho killing of from three to a
half dozen birds. They love to drop
into tho little open place, which, from
an elevation, gleam like silver ini flic
bunches of rushes, aud as tho birds
swoop along they will suddenly flirt
and dart, dropping into their watery
oases with a gentle splash, cr as softly
feathers drifting ‘
as into the sea.
Teal shootiug can only bo enjoyed
when one has a good retriever in the
mareh. or course if the flight is such
that tho birds fly over tho open water,
then a boat answers as well or better
t han a dog. But generally the birds
dart over tho rush tops, and as they
go with great velocity they are fro
queutly killed so they drop iuto the
rushes and wild sirt\ where it is at
tct’ly impossible to recover them with
out it retriever. Whilo the teal are
diflicult to hit on account of tho great
speed with which they fly, they are
not teuacioub of life and succumb to
alight blows. The skillful hunter tin
del-stands the necessity of holding his
guu well ahead of the birds, for, while
he knows the velocity of shot is much
greater than the speed ot the birds,
he also knows it takes time to decide
to shoot, to pull the trigger, lor the
cap to explode, for the shot to issue
trom tho barrel, aud then to reach tho
bird; all that lime, slight though it is,
the swift flying bird lias flown from
eight to ten feet, aud, unless the
shooter lias aimed those distances
ahead of the bird, depending on the
distance the bird is from him, the pel
lets of shot w ill go behind the bird
and tin shooter w ill score a miss. Nos.
7 and >S shot are the favorite size when
shooting teal.
There is another buck, very similar
to the teal, andyet more like the female
mallard, which frequents tho marshes
and pays tribute to the hunter’s skill.
tins is the gray duck, aud known
locally throughout the United States
.as gad well, speckle belly and gray
widgeon. It is very similar in
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huco in its flight to the mallard and is
often mistaken for it, for after the
hunter lias killed the bird he finds his j
mistake when picking the duck up.
The gray ducks decoy splendidly and !
the wild fowler who is shooting mal
lards have over decoys his is always sure to J
among birds a good number j
of them. Their call is very similar to >
the mallard, but it is shriller and of a
tenor tone, whereas, when a mallard 1
opens quack, up quack, her throat audit Here her loud j
quack, noisy at first aud
dying away gradually with each sue
eeeding quack, the cry causes the hun
ter to clutch his gun nervously, for
ihcrc is a something in it that makes
his blood tingle.
Mallard shooting begins at the open
iug of the season, aud as those ducks
breed iu the marshes of the Northern
States it is not unusual iu Northern
Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin to see a |
mallard with her brood in many of the i
little prairie ponds or sloughs where !
tnc rushes afford protection from :
prowiing aniipais A| one time while
huutiu 0 pinnated grouse iu Eastern
Tuwa e-arly in August my dog. which
wa? au excehent one, came to a * land.
point at th-. cage of a -lough. 1 sup- ■
posed he had found a covey of pin-
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uaied grouse. On being urged on lie
pounced upon a young mallard duck
«ud then he successively brought rae
or eight which were two-thirds
grown.
Mallards do not vary much in size ;
trian 4 ? e m the * Iefi females, «« and and are handsomer always
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special mark for the wild fowler. The
tyro in duck shooting frequently em
phaaizes the mallard he has succeeded
in bagging by calling it “a big fat
mftIlard ’” When a the many
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employed are : First by jumping them.
This is done at prairie ponds, where
one eau get near the rushes; then the
I lightened birds jump out and seek
escape. Then, too, the jumping of
mallards is uouc in marshes, when the
ttild Howler sits in the bow of the boat,
and as the pusher propels the boat
around the narrow winding stream the
birds will fly out, presenting the easi
est kind of shots. It is very easy to
hit mallards when they fly up out of a
marsh, for they invariably “climb”—
tuatis, they keep rising until they
have reached a height of Irom fifteen
to thirty feet, when they start off iu
a direct line. W iieii the shooter shoots
at tho bird he should hold a few
inches or a foot over it to allow for its
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one cau get excellent shooting in this
manner, and it is rare sport to kill
the in their flight. There is no
assurance of one getting good shoot
iug in this way, for the birds may
change their line of flight, being
frightened by some hunter who in his
desire for birds forgets, if he ever
knew, that there is an etiquette which
established rules hold sacred among
men iu the field as well as at other
places.
The third aud best way of shootin"
mallards is over decoys. These de
coys are made of wood or rubber and
imitate in appearance the kind of
duck the wild fowler is seeking. Care
should be taken in setting out these
nearly decoys, for they must simulate as
as possible the living birds in
their habits and peculiarities. Ducks
always alight agaiust the wind, and
mallards select the still water in pref
erenco to the rough. The decors
should therefore be placed so that the
mallards w ill approach them comino
up wind, for they fly rnftch lower then
and are less suspicious than when flv
iug with the wind. If they come down
wind they are harder to decoy, for
they w ill then make a detour before
alighting, aud ns they circle around
they are suspicious and their sharp
eyes will observe the slightest move
ment of the wild fowler. The more
decoys used the better, for numbers
seem to dispel all doubt. Mallards
when first alighting - rarely ever drop
in a bunch ; they alight apart, and af
ter feeding to their satisfaction they
oftentimes swim together, and if the
day is warm three or four, sometimes
more, will tuck their heads beneath
their wings aud doze the time away,
It is such times as this when the pot
hunter gets in his work and kills from
six to a dozen at one shot.
The glories of mallard shooting are
to be had early in the morning and up
to nine o’clock, then from about five
o’clock until dark, aud when one finds
the place where they have been ae
customed to come in and feed undis
turbed, it is nothing unusual for one
gunner to bag from thirty to sixty,
The writer has done this frequently,
and, jointly with another, has killed
over fifty in an hour. When decoys
are to set out the experienced wild
fowler takes everything into consid
oration which will aid to make him
successful. The spot selected should
be an isolated one i. possible, where
the ducks mr.\ 1- u accustomed to
alight and feed or rest nnd'.starbed
for days or weeks. A itcJiu. place
should be chosen in preference to anv
other, for there the birds come in at
times with perfect recklessness, and it
seems impossible to keep them out.
At such a time the hunter appreciates
and enjoys the impossible. As the
undecided mallards'fly up and down the marsh,
their just where they will alight,
eyes are constnntlv wetcii
iug for a place where other
ducks have preceded them. They
are companionable and like to
associate with not only their kind
but with other ducks, and when ’.I
bills are bobbing oZde on the roro'’e
of .be lata the
of the wild rice and rushes their pres
ence seems to tell the rrary mallards
‘ h "‘ *« «» recesses of the marsh and
in proximity to the blue bills there
are places where the mallards can find
a feeding place and regale themselves
on seeds and larvae, which may be
skimmed from the surface of the water,
or the wild rice, which is as
desired by the mallard as ice cream is
by the budding woman,
As the mallards come within a few
hundred yards of the decoys the wild
fowler calls to them, imitating the erv
of mallards when they are in the
marshes enjovihg seclusion and eon
tentment. This call is made by using
a duck call made especially for the
purpose voice. or by calling with the human
The duck-shooter presses his
lips and teetli together, and when the
birds are within hailing distance he
cads sodly, “Me-amph,” “Me-amph.”
This cry, u properly given, results in
turning the birds’ toward the eon
eealed hunter, and they fly toward the
decoys. The mallards frequently au
swer those calls; if they do the hunter
is sure to get a good shot if he remains
motionless and concealed, and, as he
watches the birds come to him with
u ings bowed preparatory to alighting
his heart trobs fast as his eyes rest on
tee lusset and mottled xeniale mallard
and then on the splendid drake, whose
deep green head and white band around
his head draw first to him the hunter’s
aira ’ J«st as the birds are over the
deco N s aud t]ieir rcd fe et are extended
and read 7 to alight, and they are
chuckling their satisfaction at finding
this place, which they have long sought,
the Wlld f °wler selects his bird, a drake
a11 means, and, as one report rapidly
f? llows another, the stricken birds fall
llm P aild dead , while their mates ut
tov rapid frightened flight. It cries often and seek happens escape in
that
when two hunters are shooting from
the same blind each will make a doable,
l. e., each kill his pair of birds.
Ihe sine qua non in having good
1 00lv footing is as the Irishman said:
1 leilt J-iPi-Very, wet weather,
Css lllcre ls P^ 0U ty of water in the
ma1 '. es one O 1111110 ^ feel assured of
Siting “ icre the are best occasional of wild fowl ponds shooting, to be
ound throughout some extensive
SMam P ducks may frequent that
® wam P g r0 »t numbers, but the
inu ^ er W1 scarcely find them worth
the se0klll g. for the marsh will be one
Vast s o° u ^ become ed of rauck tired and and the disgusted . bun ter with will
e sl ^! n ^ ou ‘ dncks seem to re¬
aiz , e protection they find amid
. smroundings, and, instead of
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seciuded Prices and sip and feed and
M l liaA ' k * ,om morning till night,
* ' ve trained retriever is one of
., e greatest blessings the duck shooter
v '^ ever favored with. Such a dog is
aiaios f AVOr f k kls '' v0 ig n t in gold to the
'V d h'w-ler, for in no other way can
f| 10 llck hunter luskes get aud his "ff d birds llce out The of dog the
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l' G P owerud | aild l courageous. The best He breed must
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a dead color of a faded buffalo robe;
flle no .^ a /. raid .° 1 mad » rushes or ice,
1 1 dlVt: ^ necessary to get theii
! ; i u ^ have them retrieve in
seen
floating . swift
, ice m a current and it
was mere play for them. I have seen
another mark where a goose fell and
retrieve it from a distance of fully one
half mile, carrying a weight of twelve
pounds in his mouth as if it was a
stick.
The wild fowler of to-day has
changed his ideas about the firearms
he uses. The large bores, such as six
or eight, are but seldom used, and the
one who uses them now is decidedly
behind the times. The favorite duck
gun among expert shots is the twelve
gauge hammerless, bored a full choke,
shooting 41 ounces of shot and 3-;
drams of nitro-powder. Such a gun,
with the load mentioned, is, a far-kill¬
ing weapon. Black powder is used
but very little by the majority of
sportsmen. The noise, the report
and the smoke incident to black
powder are mostly done away with
when oue uses nitro-powder, and one’s
j pleasures are consequently enhanced,
Nitro or smokeless powder has gun
cotton for its foundation, and its
! vantages are slight recoil, verv little
i noise and an almost total absencs of
smoke, thus enabling barrel the shooter to
■ use the second quickly without
interference from smoke, which from
powder made of charcoal and saltpeter
oftentimes prevents a second shot.—
Chicago Herald.
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The pedestrian Grandin, who has
walked over 14,000 kilometers ir
America and Europe, is about to em-:
bark for Africa, where he iuten.ls tc
endeavor to walk from Oran to Tim
buctoo, crossing the dreaded Sahara
on the way. i
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The Marquis of Lome has written
the libxetto of an opera, which will be
set to mnsic by the Scottish composer,
Hamish McCunn. The first peiform- :
the ance Queen probably take place before
at Windsor Castle.
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Daniel M. £5? raker, of Fonda, N.
Y., is the oldest bank president iu th- '
United States. He has jv f t passed b;.
ninety-sixth birthday
WOMEN’S HATS.
HDD SHAPES FOR THE F ALT
AND WINTER.
Jet and Steel Ornaments to He
Largely Used — New Colors
That Will Be Worn —
Fashions in Furs.
F G ALL perfectly and shapes and of two winter straight distinct the bats brimmed types— show less
severe, or more or
picturesque lotte variations of the Char¬
hat. Cerday bonnet or the picture
The latter hats are often ridicu¬
lously large and sometimes are be
trimmed and befeathered until they
verge upon the grotesque. But cer¬
tain types of faces are made all the
more attractive when enhanced by
such bizarre setting’s as the ruche
brims more often than not afford, and
are rendered all the more fetching and
chic by these quaint substitutes for
the now’ almost discarded tinted brim.
Indeed, hats are almost without
dents, quite in contrast to the shapes
of the past season. This is especially
true of felts, which, as a rule, are
stiff, straight and severe. Oftentimes
there is no brim at all—only a very
high, pointed crown, softened at the
base by huge bows of trimming,
Jet and steel ornaments are largely
used ; cut steel ornaments and buckles
will lead the style this winter. Bead
buckles will also be in great favor.
Handsome crescents of lace, applique
ing the corner ol the now fashionable
;oft mortar board crowns to the brims,
ire very artistic and are correspond¬
ingly expensive.
Antique satins and rich miroir glace
relvets of exquisite new shades enter
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iargely liLbotTare into all trimming. and
velvet entirely suppla> i
fife-lion of a new sheeny texture, re¬
sembling the old fashioned sarsanet
and of such startling hues as were
wont to dazzle our grandmothers’eyes
in the first years of this century, Taf¬
feta-glace ribbons also are popular *, so
are gros grain. Huge rosettes of the
ribbon are used on most hats, and are
sewn close against the high crown in
preference to being placed on the
brim. Paradise plumes resemble
coques’ plumes in shape* but are long
and soft in effect, as they are made of
narrow, downy feathers. Quaint new
braids of soft chenille make the
shapes of evening hats and those for
dress occasions. These braids are
much softer than velvet, and come in
all of the delicate new shades.
The favorite new colors used in mil
linery are an odd purplish blue, called
bluet; a rich yellow, suggestive of
shrimp pink, called Sarah, and with
the favorite felts in brown (ortolan),
ligneum (delicate bark brown) and
black, the rich new red called Jacque¬
minot making a striking and becoming
combination. Pivoino, a handsome
improvement on the cerise of last sea
son, is a trying shade, while that ex
quisite new pink, rien. will be
by all, but would tetter be studiously
avoided by those who do not boast a
clear and perfect complexion. Corn
flower blue, in all of its many shades,
is very fashionable, but woe to her
who has not a milk white skin aud
rosy cheeks if she attempts to deck
herself in this color. Colibri, a very
dashing shade of blue green, aDd
azurine, a shade of the sky when it is
dark (blue), are fashionable and very
correct.
Perveneh, that quaint blue, deepen¬
ing into purple, is very closely akin to
the blue of the cornflower, and is
quite as fashionable. Mousse, an ex¬
ceedingly rich, artistic shad of green,
will afford pleasure to every
observer, and, fortunately, is very
popular. MetCore, a rich scarlet, is
sometimes combined with the mousse
for evening w’ear. Roseau and sedum
are two pleasing shades of green for
evening hats. The former, though
bright, is soft, and is of the color of
the cup of the rose. Yioletta, an
odd purplish brown, is affected by
blondes and old ladies with soft gray
. unwilling to confine ..
aair » wil ° ars
kems e ^ ves *°. ack ‘ Coquelieot,
. not entirely , new to arisians,
ls so Americans, an is aricu,
deilca * e shade of red tnat wui clou it
^ ess pleasing for a long iRie to
come * combines happi y out a
most every other shade, and can be
worn by both blondes and brunettes,
h uchsia remains popular also.
Many of the felts are very bright,
or are doable faced, one side being
dark, the other being light. Golden
yellow and bright green shapes are
trimmed with black ribbon or with a
profusion of birds and feathers. Huge
Alsatian bows and feathers and aig
rettes grouped in Alsatian bow effects,
instead of standing perpendicular to
the brim, as heretofore, prevail. Such
grouping gives a very broad effect to
the front of the hat, and this is ex
tremely trying to some faces. Many
of the new hats seem to have been
chopped off suddenly behind, while
the old fashioned flaring bonnet ef
fecta are char - act eristic of manj ai
4ressy hats for ntternoon-
FASHION’S IN FURS.
Already the fur dealers are arrang¬
ing their stock. Among some of the
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earliest orders attended to are those
for fall brides, It is customary for
brides to receive as part of their
trousseau some fine furs. For hi ides
of this fall are being made handsome
fur-lined and trimmed jackets. These
are to be worn very generally this
winter. One for a wealthy young
woman is made with deep cuffs, a rol¬
ling collar and handsome braid frogs.
j It looks now as if a great many ideas
would accompany
any f uP^tiiimings. If won can
to have your winter furs attended to
now it will cost much less than later
on, when the rush comes.
HOME DRESS IN DIRECTOIRE STYLE.
This home dress is made after the
Directoire style. The skirt is of light
green woolen poplin, slightly gathered
at the waist, and falling in straight
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j embruiderea with suk and beads; the
100 13 turned back, wuth wide
P ollued rovers ot dark green velvet;
the waist-band aud ualf-sieeve.s are of
the same; narrow vest of embroidered
cloth ; full puffed sleeves to the elbow,
finished with frills ol the same.
THE USE OF PERSIAN WOOL.
. j Entire . costumes this
winter will be
, made of Persian lamb and other
varieties oi fur. One day last week a
; noted importer exhibited among other
winter garments a coat and skirt of
Persian lamb, the skirt made exactly
; as one of serge or tweed would be
j fashioned. The jacket, which was
quite distinct from the skirt, was
uiaae^ after the style of a double
breasted walking coat, with wide
; revers pointed at the top.
high collars and h eadache.
The stiff, high collars, particularly
i when worn by short necked women,
are being accused of producing
. nervous headache. They press at the
back directly upon the sensitive base
oi the brain, and compress, often to
the point of injury, the veins and
arteries of the neck, frequently caus
iug a congestion that ends in head
ache.
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^ The value of property held far charity
in Italy is $325,000,000, an average of
|§12 to eaon lnhabiiapt.
The Albatross.
The albatross, a bird of the genus
Diomedina?, and of which there are
several known species, is character¬
ized by its great size, its powerfully
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THE ALBATROSS.
built body, short, thick neck, and
long and powerful beak, which iscom
pi’essed at the sides and curves sud¬
denly downward with a sharp hook at
the point. The feet are short, the
three toes long and completely
webbed ; the wit gs are long and nar¬
row. The abundant plumage is of a
grave color, which varies somewhat,
according to sex and age, and also,
perhaps, according to the season Of
the year.
Tho common albatross (Diomedea
exulans), of which we publish an en¬
graving—for which we are indebted
to Brehui’s “Tliierlebeu”—is pure
white, except for the black of the
wings and a sprinkling of more or less
brown over the white ground when it
reaches a certain age. The eyo is
dark brown, the bare eyelid pale
green, the beak pinkish white, shad¬
ing to yellow toward the point; tho
feet are tinged with red. The com¬
mon albatross is the largest sea bird
known, weighing from twelve to
tweniv-eight pounds. The usual ex¬
tent of its wings is about eleven feet,
but one was shot off the Cape of Good
Hope that measured 174 feet. Its
powers of flight are extraordinary, as
might be presupposed from the ex¬
treme lightness of its hollow wing
bones, which are said to be as long ns
the wholo body. Sailors have many
strange notions about it, one of which
is that it sleeps on tho wing.
Monkey Tricks in Midair.
John William Maymau, known
throughout the country as “Steeple
Jack,” died at Fall River Mass., re¬
cently. He had drank heavily. Death
was due to exposure.
Some time ago he finished building an
addition to a chimney owned by the
Smith Paper Company’s mill, near
Boston. The chimney is 130 feet
high. Several planks had been drawn
up and placed across the top to hold
material, and an iron rod had been
put through tho top of the chimney.
One Sunday afternoon Maymau had
been drinking and went to the top
of the chimney to show how steady his
nerve was. Taking a stout plank he
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STEEPLE JACK’S TERRIFYING FEAT.
inserted one end under the rod, let¬
ting the other end project into the air
about eight feet. He first tried the
plank with his foot; then walked slow¬
ly to tlm end, stooped, grasped the
piank with both hands and stood on
his head at the extreme end. All the
spectators grew faint at the sight and
most of them turned away, being una¬
ble to look at the terrifying per¬
formance.
Peace and War in Korea.
While the Japs and Chinese are
warring ever their mutual “rights” in
Korea, the humble agriculturist ol
that country is pursuing his peaceful
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avocation and cultivating his crops,
Xhe picture represents the method
employed by a Korean farmer thieves to guarc
his field of pumpkins .‘roar and
foragers.
KEEP IT MOVING
Keep the wagon movin'.
No matter what's the load,
Keep the horses goiu'.
In the middle o’ the road.
Night time or day time ;
Winter time or May time
Hurry up the horses
Am’ keep ’em in the road 1
Keep the wagon movin'
If the horses ‘‘stall.”
Put your shoulder to the wheel
An’ pull together all!
Night time or day time,
Dou’t stop for play time ;
Hurry up the horses
Summer time an’ fall 1
Keep the wagon movin’ I
Life is goiu' by
If the rain is failin’.
Weather'll soon be dry
Night time or day time,
Winter time or May time,
Hurry up the horses
An’ you’ll git there by an - by !
—F L, Stanton.
PITH ANT) POINT.
Back-talk—The agitation of 0 dog’s
a
tail.—Troy Press.
Many a man strikes out in his great
efforts to strike luck.—Puck.
Ho—“Well, Fll sav good-night.”
She—“Good-morning. ”—New York
Bun. *
A man with plenty of saud is sure
to griud out an existence somehow.—
Syracuse Courier.
The line of success is located about,
half way between hesitating and
plunging.—Puck.
Man’s Bullishness always has been
three or four sizes too large for him.
—Galveston News.
A deaf mute recently went into a
Broadway bicycle store and picked up
a hub and spoke.—Life.
Both the photographer and the thief
depend iu a great measure for success
upon their taking ways.—Philadelphia
Record.
“Dear little hand!” ho murmured
as he kissed her hand and mentally
reckoned up what the rings on it had
cost him.—Harper’s Bazar.
The shortest way of acquiring a
reputation for executive ability is to
get other men to do your work for
you for nothing.—Boston Transcript.
Time is money
The adage says
$;3D
Or sixty days.
—Detroit Tribune.
A r absley—“You fellows came home
from your fishing trip empty-handed,
didn’t you?” Mudge—“Yes, out*
hands wero empty,”—Indianapolis
Journal.
He—“You are the only girl I ever
loved—” She—“Oh, never mind
that. The main question is am 1 tho
only girl you ever will love.”—Cincin¬
nati Tribune.
South African proof-rea lers die
young. the description Tho last of fight one sue 1 jjflnbed the to
a Veen
Unabelinijiji and Adnaswazlozzi
tribes.—Tit-Bits.
Wife- -“That new girl sleeps like a
log, and I never can get her up in the
morning.” Husband (struck by a
bright idea)—“Let tho baby sleep
with her.”—Good News.
“How did you come to break with
Miss Sweetlips? You always said she
was as good as gold.” “Yes; but I
got acquainted with a girl who had the
gold. ”—Boston Transcript.
Husband—“H’m—er—what’s the
matter with this cake V” Wife (angri¬
ly) “Nothing at all. The cook book
says that it’s the most delicious cake
that can be made.”—Puck.
Ethel—“What made people think
they were husband and wife?” Frank
—“Why, whenever ho related a good
story she always interrupted him by
saying he’d left out something.”—Tit
Bits.
He—“Do you know how to make
good bread?” She—“Oh, yes; but I
don’t; mean to; when I marry I mean
to get a husoaud who will be rich
enough to buy me cake. ”—Somerville
J ournal.
Everett Wrest—“Lady, if you
would like to have some wood sawed—”
Mrs. Potts—“We burn gas.” “Then
perhaps you will let me turn on the
gas for breakfast.”—Indianapolis
Journal.
“Poor little thing !” exclaimed the
passionate editor to the mouse that
was nosing about in the waste basket.
“If you find anything there you can
use you’re harder up than lam.”—
Chicago Tribune.
“Say, I don’t believe that story
about Mrs. Danson s hair turning gray
in a night, do you?” Susie—“Mercy,
yes! That’s nothing; my mamma
turned hers yellow in halt’ a day.”—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Chollie—“The idea of a business
man sending a letter with a P. S.”
Chappie—“Doosid bad form, surely.”
Chollie—“But that isn’t the worst of
it. In this case it means ‘Pleas
tie.’”—Cincinnati Tribune.
“You’re a liar,” said No. 1. “You
must take that back,” replied No. 2.
“I reiterate, you are a liar,” retorted
No. L And No. 2, to whom the word
“reiterate” was evidently new, re¬
plied: “All right, I accept your
apology.”—New York Tribune.
Ethel — “Here is the loveliest house¬
coat that I bought for Tom, and he
doesn’t seem to care for it the least
bit.” Clara—“I cau tell you how to
make him value it above everything.”
Ethel—“Oh, how?” Clara-“Tell
him that you’ve given it away to some
poor man.”—Tit-Bits.
Oh. the dust, dust, dust, dust,
We sea it everywhere.
We drink it in our lemonade,
We breathe it in the air;
It fills our eyes and ears and throat,
Each crevice and each nook ;
There s dust in every blessed place
Eut one—our pocKeitook.
—Kansas Journal.
A Costly Diuuer berriee.
The silver dinner service which Mrs.
f* W* Mackay has with her in Europe
is nished worth^$196,030. $7o^000 Her weight hisband ol fur
in pure
silver and tneu paid another 8121,003
f or i' u9 worii d°R6 upon it. ihe above
13 reckoned as being the most costly
•ilver net now in use in the world.