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r 2$Si: , „ cats It Vf**tn lit*, for \\ uzJpr&otw ( ' iv- does not Uiuirn* nil eat* id, rforn tyl ;|v. Itan w nwl „ retrieve* ffiiptv/' tfio ‘.iriiom- imeut coming portly from heredity partly from long, patient and care ful training. I became Hio possessor of n beauti ful Australian tiger eat who responded to the name of Mulz. Mulz was af fectionate ami of good disposition, aud 4-lH’gan training her to hunt while sl»o was n kitten. It was a most difficult undertaking, and when I had reached a point In her education where she would follow me a short distance from the house and pick up-birds that were shot she bccamo the mother of three kittens. Two of them were consigned to n bucket of warm water at birth, but the third was so lnmutlfnlly marked that he was saved. Home one remarked that he was ,( a wuzsy little cat," nml "Wuzzy" he was named. The comiug of fatally duties effectu ally stopped the further education_of Muts, and the effort waa transferred to Wuzzy. Wuzzy’s father was evi dently a disreputable old fellow, but tho son’s markings were even more perfect than those of his mother, and now he is n miniature tiger In nil but dlsfiosltlon, for a more lovable and loving cat It would bo difficult to And. The nomndlc Instincts of his father, comblucd with the training pf Ills mother, made Wuzzy an ideal subject for experimentation, nnd ns soon as he could play I began teaching lilm to re trieve: After Wuzzy had learned to retrieve he was taught to follow at request— not command—nnd then to come to shouldor. A dog Is taught to come to heel, but Wuzzy preferred my shoul der and would climb there nnd remain perched during tho long walks. Now cnuie the most Important nml delicate part of his education. He would re trieve nnd would fbllow; would he stand Are? Would ho retrieve birds? Beginning with a small rifle, whieh made but slight sound, I gradually accustomed lilm to the discharge until lu* would sit on my left shoulder while I tired a shot from the right. The next lesson was to combine tho sound of the gun with the Idea of re trieving, and on tiring I threw the ball with which he was accustomed to play and lie-quickly associated the gun and the ball. Then the ball was displaced by a dend bird, n linnet or spnrrow freshly killed, and It took but a few lessons to teach him to re trieve the bird ns readily as the ball. The next lesson consisted In hanging the bird to a limb and dropping It ns the gun was bred. He soon learned to watch the motion of the gun, and Ids keen eyes detected the bird before the shot. Ills eagerness and expres sion of expectancy showed hts Im patience aud the trigger was scarcely pressed before he was oft for the fallen bird. Having sufficiently Inculcated Into his mind the sequence of eveuts I now put his lessons in practical operation and took him on his first hunt, followed me readily for about a quar ter of a mllo aud then shfiwed ft deslr to return home. Calling him to shoul der, I shot a linnet. He watched the motion of the gun with evidences of delight, and ns the bird fell ho sprang to the ground nud brought the bleed ing trophy to my feet. This was suf ficient for the first day, nnd we re turned home, where he received the bird ns Ills share of the day’s sport. Every day for a week I continued to take him further and further from home until I felt that his education* was about complete. A tramp of three miles and back had no terrors for him, aud his bright golden brown eyes were often first to discover the hidden bird. Like all of his kind, he has an antip athy for water, and will not venture in after birds that fall in streams. The details of our most recent hunt ing trips are typical, of his work and wll| serve to show to what extent Wuzzy’s education hns been carried. I started out one evening nml gnvo a peculiar whistle, which the cat has learned to recognize as his particular call. He enino sleepily around the corner of the house, as if half inclined to resent Interference with his nap, but when he saw the gun his resent ment passed and he was all life and action. He frisked about, like a dog, runulug up and down my clothing, climbing trees nnd scampering along the top of the fences for a few hun dred yards, when he settled down to business nnd began casting about for game. Espying a dove ou a dead limb, ho crouched and began lashing his long tail In perfect tiger motion. Thus lie lay until I sighted the bird, tluBhod It and brought it down, when he was off, swifter than a dog, and grasping the Muttering bird almost soon as it touched the ground. 1 was first to sight the next bird, nn:l Mushed and dropped a meadow lark while the eat wns looking in another direction. Instantly on the Bound of the gun Wuzzy was alert, nud uotiug the aim of the gun, lie wns off like a shot after the bird, which he found by circling like a true hunt or. Thus the hunt progressed uuttl we reached a spring about three mlIce from home just at sundown, the lime when doves delight to drink, and then came whnt I consider the brightest achievement of the Hiding beside a scrub oak I called Wuzzy to shoulder. His bright eyes Jic spring, the cat was trembling with excitement until tho bird alighted for Its evenlhg drink, then he bounded from my shoulder to a nenr-by rock and stood, lashing his tall, while tin frightened bird flushed nnd swiftly winged Its way to fall by a shot. Re trieving the bln! he walled patiently tintII the next appeared nnd the per formance wits repeated, until the np- .pleaching darkness drove us home. As n sequence to Ills training Wuzzy has picked up, of his own accord, cer tain habits that are usually considered to belong especially to the dog. He object* to being left at home when any member of the family goes visiting, nnd will follow to the neighbor’s, nnd If the visit happens to be a long ouo he will give most reproachful yowls from the front porch until the hint Is taken nnd the visit cut short. Occa sionally when we have spent the even ing at a neighbor’s, we have been fol lowed by Wuzzy, nnd wo were always sure to Mud him curled up at their front door when wo started home.— San Francisco Chroniclo. THE WORLD’S LARGEST PLANK. The largest perfect plank in tho world Is clnimed by Charles Herbert Carr, of New York' City. It Is of red wood, cut from one of tho famous Cal ifornia giants, with dimensions of twa Inches thick, six feet wide nnd seven teen feet long. While there havo been perhaps ns large pieces of redwood as this one ex hibited, It Is said that they were uot without some imperfections cither lat ent or patent, or elso were made up of sectional pieces to represent one. The plank wns produced only by ac cident at one of the largest sawmills In California, and probably could never be duplicated. It Is oue of the most difficult tasks, coupled with constant disappointments, as explained by one well versed In such matters, to sccuro a slice of wood of such enormous pro portions nnd havo it perfect in every detail. An experienced woodman Is obliged to go prospecting for miles In tho dense redwood forests for a suitably large nnd adaptable tree of at least fifteen feet lu diameter. When lie finds such a one he carefully Inspects It, hns It felled, aud it Is then n ques tion whether It will prove sound enough Inshlo to warrant further test ing Trees of such large diameter, due to their great nge--l(HX) or ltfOO years— are invariably decayed, or have whnt is known ns "heart checks" or seams, usually three lu number, diverging from the corner of the tree trunk to two-thirds of the distance to tho cir cumference. The trunk or log Is then taken to the mill for final dissection, where skillful nud sclentlfle work Is called Into play to cut between these Irregular "heart checks," nml at the same time avoid any defects which lie hidden beneath the surface. This piece of wood contains exactly 20-1 square feet, board measure, nud weighs 010 pounds. How Parliament In Dissolved. A preliminary stop lu the process of the dissolution of Parliament Is the Is sue of the necessary writs by the Lord Chancellors of Great Britain ami Ire land. Writs are issued to the tem poral nnd splrtunl peers of England, the representative peers of Ireland, tho Judges of the High Court (not being temporal peers), the Attorney and Solicitor-General nnd the sher iffs nml returning ofllccrs for counties nml boroughs. The twenty-eight representative peers of Ireland sit for life, nml there fore In their ease a dissolution merely involves a writ of summons to the new Priiilnlnent. It is otherwise, however, wltli the sixteen elective peers of Scotland. They hold their seats only during the lifetime of n Parliament, anil linvo to be re-elected at each general election. The election takes place in Holyrood Palnce, lu Edinburgh. Outside London nud Middlesex tho returning officers receive their writs by post; nnd a record of the times of posting, receipt and return is pre served by an elaborate system of signed acknowledgements. The writs nre returnable within thirty-five days of tlielr Issue, and tho returning offi cers are liable civilly and penally to the House of Commons for the proper returns.—London Dally Mall. NEW DISEASE IN TOWN. ft ft Ctlltd “Grocer*’ Dyspepsia,” and Buy*r* Who Sample Are Victim*, Hundreds of men in this city are suf fering from a most insidious nnd energy-sapping form of Indigestion known as "grocers’ dyspepsia." Buy ers for grocery houses and commis sion merchants nre the ones who suf fer from this peculiar ailment, which is caused by their Inevitable pro pensity to taste the crackers, fruits, spices nnd other tempting forms of food which nre displayed by the whole salers. "Do you see that tall, lanky, cadaverous fellow over there," asked a prominent wholesale grocer. "Well, whnt would you say wns ailing him? Dyspepsia? Well, sir, you have hit tho nail on the head. But It Isn’t any common, ordinary sort of dyspepsia from which he is suffering. Not a hit of It. It’s what wo in the trade call ‘grocers’ dyspepsia,’ nnd It seems to me the name fits tho case exactly. Now Just watch him. "You see the first thing he does Is to make for that open bag of ronHtcd cof fee beans. There go some Into Ids mouth. Now let us see what tho clerk Is going to show him. If it is anything softer than a coconnut, you can wnger he will sample It. Prunes! Well, he Is good for about nn eighth of n pound of those.” "Now that fellow—he’s a well-known buyer ror one of the largest grocery stores up town, by tho way—probably visits from eight to ten wholesale houses In tho course of a forenoon. In every one ho will taste of something, a crnckcr, n clnnnmon stick, sumo dried fruit or, worst of nil for the state of ids health, a handful of cloves. It doesn’t seem much, to be sure, hut he gets the habit, and day after day ho goes through tho snmo performance, nnd then wonders why he is troubled with indigestion. "I was speaking to a doctor about it only last night. He said that eating continually, ns many of those buyers aud commission merchants do, is enough to ruin tho best digestive ap paratus provided by nature. The Btouikeh can’t stand the wear nnd tear of always being obliged to work. Then, much of the stuff that these men can’t seem to resist is bad enough, even when taken with other food. When taken alone they prove most pernicious In their effects. Take spices, for ex ample. They continually excite tho secretion of tho glands of the diges tive orgnus, and In time succeed In ex hausting tho gastric juices. Then tho glnmls themselves become abnormally large, with tho result that they are unablo to perform tlielr proper func tions. "The punishment for these Indiscre tions seems bud euougb, doesn’t It? Yet I like to think of it ns a sort of divine retribution, for there is another ■ldo to the story. You can readily reallzo that tho loss to us is consider able when I tell you that some fifty first boss did to mo« of these men come In every business day in tho year, nnd that fully three- quarters of them Indulge, so to speak. I know no way to euro buyers of the habit except to do with them what my first boss did to me." "What did he do?" was asked. "Well," said tho grocer, with a ■light chuckle, "when 1 wns a lad, my first position was with a wholesnlo grocer. The. morning I stnrted in tho boss said to me: ‘You see a lot of nice things around here—raisins, fruit, crackers, cinnamon, etc.—don’t you? Now, I want you to eat all you feel like eating. Understand?’ "Being a most Innocent nnd unsus pecting youth, I followed Ills direc tions literally. I didn’t do a thing to those rnlslns. I also dipped Into tlio coffee and sugar, nud polished off about a half pound of crackers. "The next day I stayed at home with mother. Wlieu I appeared agnlu, nnd was greeted with n knowing wink-from the boss I tumbled to Ills scheme. It was successful, for I never cared to taste of the dainties I saw around af ter that."—New York Mail and Ex press. To Provent Fire on Shipboard. A Freucli maritime engineer, M. Di- bos, hns discovered two remedies which can be employed simultaneous ly to prevent or announce spoutnneous combustion lp the hold of a vessel. The first is to have vertical tubes which go from tho deck deep Into the hold, down which thermometers "may be lowered from time to time, and tjhc temperature in the hold ascertained. Tills method is only for the discovery of danger. Tho second method Is really a com pletion of the first, nnd consists jin placing in the hold a barrel full of common lime, into which, from the deck, runs a lead pipe. As soon us fire is discovered an acid (such as sul phuric) is poured down the tube into the lime. This causes a freeing *of carbonic acid gas which completely subdues the tire. PORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTING, Only On« -Exponent of tho Art In This Country. Chicago claims tho only portrait cameo cutter in the United Stntes. There may be other rnmeo cutters, but portrait cameo cutting is ns far be yond ordinary cameo cutting ns is por trait pAlntlng beyond pliotogrnphy. It is nn art In itself. The only portrait enmeo cutter Is A. Hylen, a native of Sweden, where ho learned the art of engraving on metnl, which Is the basic art of cninco cut ting. He learned cameo cutting In Vienna. Like other fine arts, cameo cutting requires Infinite patience, be sides artistic sense, and it was not until Mr. Hylen had worked for some- think like 40 years that he considered himself a competent portrait cameo cutter. Cameo cutting Is one of the oldest flue arts. It probably originated In India, but wns enrried thence to Egypt, where It flourished before the time of Moses. It was carried from Egypt to Persia. In those early dnys it Is be lieved that the art of cutting precious ‘stones was a part of the literature of the times, rather than a means of ex pressing the artist’s sense of the beau tiful, and It was not until the art wns taken up by the Greeks that It at tained that, perfection which hns since distinguished It. With the decline of tho Roman empire it became a lost art, but wns revived In the Renais sance nnd became more prominent than ever. Up to that time the art had been one of engraving on precious stones, but the artists of theJnter period not only discovered that It wns possible to put pictures nnd portraits In shell, but they carried It to such perfection that shells nre now universally employed for the finest work. The shells used nre the large conch shells found In the Bahama Islands. Only one or two pieces of shell suit able for cameos can be cut from one conch. The pieces are ground to an oval surface nnd then nye examined for Maws nnd bad coloring. If the least flaw is discovered or n color which would destroy the vnluc of tho caraeo, the piece Is rejected. If the surface shows pure white, the cameo cutter sketches nn outline of his portrnlt or figure on the surface and then exam ines the thickness of the white part. He removes the superfluous parts of the white surface outside of bis out line, and then gradually works out his design, taking care to work uniformly so ho can compare his figure with the photograph from which he works. Tho work Is so trying on the eyes tlmt tho most powerful magnifying glasses must be used, nnd even then the cut ter can work only ten or fifteen min utes at a time. After those short in tervals of application he has to rest his eyes for nn hour before taking up the work ngnln. Considering the slow ness of the process nnd the long time required for the artist to become com petent for bis work, It Is easy to un derstand why genuine cameos nre ex pensive. Many fraudulent cameos nre made In Europe nnd sold In this coun try ns genuine. Most of . them are made of opaque glass, which Is ce mented to a background of onyx or other stone. Ivory Is sometimes used In the making of spurious cameos, but It soon becomes yellow.—Chicago Tlmes-IIerald. Whore Policemen Shoot Sharks. An eight-foot shark that had been swimming around In the bay between Main nnd Beale street wharves was shot and killed by Patrolman Iuglmm. Small boys have been in the habit of making the space between the wharves n swimming hole and are now were constantly watching, ami when a j expected to give it a wide berth,—San dove appeared flying swiftly toward! Francisco Chronicle. Bears Made Daring by Thirst Centre county Is literally overrun with bears. They are more plentiful than they have been In years, and never before havo they been known to manifest their presence so early in tho 8enson ns this year. This is account ed for by. the prolonged drouth, which, having practically dried up every mountain stream and spring in these parts, has driven bruin to seek water. Two days ago a big black bear made Its appenrance nt the Engle Nest, al most within sight of the courthouse in Bellefonte, where, after quenching his thirst, it curled up on a rock for a sleep. The animals are especially bother some in the Crider settlement, in the Alleghanles. They come down from the mountains In groups and raid the farmers’ sheep and pig pens. On oue of the mountain branches of the .Pennsylvania railroad two- bears came out of the woods aud stopped on the railroad, taking their own time to get out of the way, while the engineer was compelled to slow down to keep from running over them aud risking the wrecking of his train.—Philadel phia Record. Her Clever Schene. "Why, how do you do? Charming day, is it not? How are all the folks at home?" Tho woman rattled this off rapidly, sweetly, nnd with such warmth that the victim she had se lected in the crowded street car thought she meant It. He folded his paper, tipped his hat, rose, effered the woman his sent, and began to stam mer something. "Really, I beg your pnrdon; but I thought you were Mr. Brown, of ’Steenth street. Stupid of me, but you do so look like him." Then she settled herself in her sent, and tho man blushed nnd looked very cheap. He was simply the victim of a bunko game that some of the city school tcuchers and perhaps other women, now use when they want a seat and find no man In n crowded car ready to offer them one.—New York Times. i imdelesa form. JCo cure—no |>av. 1‘rioe .VA*. Forewarn e<l. “You can’t believe moro than half you henr." A Noble Porter. A correspondent writes: “A girl belonging to a Sussex village was en tering the service of a lady living at Arundel. Arriving nt the railway station, she engaged nn outside por ter to carry her box, nnd having gone a short distance she mentioned she could not give him more than three pence, ns tho box was quite small. Thereupon, after the manner of so many of his kind, he set It down in the road nnd walked off. "A homolj'-looking man, wearing a cout green with age, chanced to over> take her. In spite of old clothes, he looked very respectable, she thought, nnd thinking he might be glad of ii few pence, she offered him the Job. He picked up tno little box nnd walk ed with her, but on reaching the des tination, he set it down on the door step, nnd hurried away without wuitlng to be paid. She mentioned the fact to her mistress, and from her description of the man, the lady's amused suspicions were aroused; but she said nothing until a few days later, when the Duke of Norfolk happened to pass the house. "That’s the man that carried my box," the girl said promptly, about to rush out forthwith and pay him, for tho duke was wearing the identical green garment. Her confusion may be Imagined on hearing that the erstwhile porter was the first peer of England."—M. A. I*. China's Wsnlsg Tes Industry. China’s tea Industry seems to be in a fair way of being eclipsed by that, of India. Between 1859 and 180(1 the lat ter country entered Into the tea busi ness, nnd at the latter date China sent 100,000,000 pounds of tea to England, against India’s 10,700.000 pounds. Dur ing the next decade the exportation of tens to England from both countries seemed to keep about on even pace, but when the statistics of 18S9 were announced It was found that China had lost over 00,000,000 pouipls, while India hnd gained that much nnd wns therefore about 30,000,000 ahead of her rival. Last year Chinese aud Indian tea stood relatively In Import lata Great Britain, 17,000,000 pounds, against 134,018,020 pouucs. About the same proportionate increase Is noted in the United States. If Chinn per sists in her attempt at exclusiveness she may have the privilege of consum ing all her own tea.—St Louis Star. Feeds the Hair Have you ever thought why your hair is falling out? ft is because you are starving your hair. If this starvation con tinues, your hair will continue to fall. ' There is one good hair food. It is Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It goes right to the roots of the hair and gives them just the food they need. The hair stops falling, becomes healthy, and grows thick and long. Ayer’s Hair Vigor does another thing, also: it always restores color to faded or gray hair. One dollar ■ bottle. J. C. Ayer Co., I.owell, Max*. Send for our handsome book on The Hair. A Gloomy Tragedy. It Is a dark night. It is also a dark kitchen. The kind-hearted man In his stocking feet is after n drink of wa ter for his fretful youngest. He thinks he can find his way in the Inky darkness. lie is mistaken. IIo turns to the left Instead of to the right aud falls down cellar. Another good man gone wrong!— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tiiko r. UKOVK’rt signature i TIih Plot Tlmt Fnilo.l. “AraboUn doesn't look ntnll happy,y hlio limrtlod a man younger than L Best For the Bowels, No matter whet ell* you, beadaohe to a* cancer, you will never get wall until your bowaia are put right. Cascabbt* help nature, cure you without a grlpa or pain, produo* easy natural movements, cost you Just 10 eente to start getting your health back. Oascabkt* Candy Cathartic, tha genuine, put up lu metal boxes, every tab* let ha* 6.0.0. stamped on it. * Bo ware of Imitation*. Kxpenslve and Kxclnslve. “What is this social struggle wo bear bo much ftlMHII?" It tn partly getting In yourself and purtly keeping other people out. 5 A Colonel In tho British South African army says that Adams’ Tuttl Frutti was a blessing to his mon while marching. _.. up like a little . Tommy—Whv. mamma, men elt down; lt’i only dogs and things that sit up. Signa. Briggs—Mon kerly la losing his Interest In golf. Our Nation’s Wealth. Gold and silver aro poured abundantly into tho lap of tho nation, but our matorlal wealth and strength is rather in iron, tho most useful of all metals, just as tho wealth of n human being lies in a useful stomach. If you have overworked yours until It Ls disabled; try Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It will relieve tho clogged bowels, Improve the appetite and euro constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney disease. The lint Prescription for CI1III1 end Fever Is a bottle of G itovs's Tasteless Cuii.i.Tonic. It Is simply iron and quintno Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children lectblng, softens the gums, reduces lnflamma- itr.n. allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle. Out of Harmony. “In't this a lovely puritan picture?" “I should any not! Look nt that purltnn learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that sclenco baa been able to care in all its stages, nnd that U (.'atarrh. Hall's Catarrh slitutlonnl d l sea si s surfaces of the system, thereby destroy* its enrntive powers tlmt they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails tocuro. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CnENKY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by DrnggiB*** Family Pi Hall’s Fauiilr Pills are the best. Undo Sam’s Soldiers Will eat Libby's Plum Pudding for Christmas dinner. Tho U. 8. Government has Just pur chased a largo consignment of Libby, McNeill 1 A Libby's famous plum pudding, which will bo supplied to American Soldiers In the Phil ippine Islands aud Cuba. > be an opera given « Plso’s Cure for Consumption saved iuy llfo three years ago.—Mrs. Tnos. Rob- 1, Maple St, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Tim Charm of Novelty. 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We have books telling about composition, uso and value of fertilizers for various crops* They are sent free. ^ GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Saw Mills $129 TO $929.00 With Improved Rope and Belt Feed* SAWS. FI I KS and TEFTH In Stock. Engines, Boilers and Machinery All Kinds and Repairs for same. Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Injectors, Pipes, Valves .ml Fittings. LOMBARD IRON WORKS S SUPPLY CO., AUGUSTA, GA Vi ^ ▼ FREE! CATALOG OF SPORTING GOODS RAWLINGS SP0RTIN6 GOODS COMPANY, 020 Locust St., ST. LOUIS, Ho. ■ Beet Cough Syrup. Toetes Good. X In time. Sold by druggists. 19 DROPSY NEW DIBCOVERY; girm IO days* treatment Use CERTAIN SCURE.! «. *v fi ( •V •*59 La Creole' Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dres^m^ and Restorer. Price $ 1.00