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JOKED WITH A BEAK. iEB WHITE HAD A HEAP Of FUN WITH THE VARMINT. lie Pounm Banter’s Story ot the Tricks He Played on Poor Brain lead the Way the tnforglvlae Boast [Beat Him Out ot the Hide. [Copylsfht, ID®, by G a Lewis.] “One September day," Bald the old um hunter of Tennessee as I asked a for a story, “I was slttln on these re steps suaokln my pipe tv hen a b’ar ddenly appeared out tliar by' the co’-. r of the pigpen. I didn't git flustrnt- , I seen tbe b’ar was pore In flesh, d I knowed his fur wasn’t prime. It n’t no use to kill a b’ar Jest fur the ke of klllln. Besides, thar was some- in sort of cute looklu In Uls face, we looked at each other he cocked ears and seemed to say: •Hello, Zcb White! I’ve called ud to see yo’. I won't be wuth In fur two mouths ylt, and mean- lie, If yo’ don’t mind, we’ll bev some n.’ "I took It tbnt he said that and the woman took It ti nt way, too, and I didn't skeer him off. He saunter- oromul fur a spell and then disap peared, hut I kuctvea what ho was up I had two hives of bees, and be “WU L.OUED AT EACH OTHER." ad marked ’em down and would be nek some night artor honey. It wasn’t [i hour befo’T moved them hives out his rocsc-li and replaced ’em with two lives flii- d with t,nir. l.shet the old |og up in the house that night, and cmg 'bout midnight tie begun to whine lad growl, i jest got to the winder rhon the b’ur showed up. lie was liter that honey, and he hadn't no line to waste. One Idve wnsn't 'null' |ir him. and he knocked both over as [on ns he got within reach and then ado ready fur a feast When be bund them hives bard packed with |raw, be knowed it was a Joke, and sot tip and looked so sheepish and Jean over it that l laughed fur half hour. That b'ar vveut away feeliu jurt in his feeiln’s, but I was suah 'd come back ag’In seine other night ad try to pay me off. |"I had jest penned up a likely pig, ad that b'ar was bound to bev pig heat -if he couldn't bev honey. lie las sun h to be back the next night |ud so I spent two hours,greasln the not' of the pen with soft soap. When was through, it was so slippery that Iven claws wouldn't take bold. On (lie second night, 'boat 11 o'clock, the Var showed up ag’ln. lie had bln lomkln of fresh pork all the afternoon Ind had got hungry over it. and arter bue look around he climbed upon the roof of the pen. It had a steep pitch to ft. and it dropped off Into a gully, and that b’ar had skassly got up before he kvas slid in down like a log of wood, pie stioi off the roof iDto the gully like big bull, and me and the old woman laughed till the tears came. Three )imes tiie b’ar tried It. and three times jje was dumped. 1 yelled at him and lulled him Dames, and his feelJn’s was Surt ag’in. He was so ’shamed ’bout Ihlngs that he wouldn’t even fight the flog. "I ktrowed the varmint wouldn’t gin pp that way, but would keep comln bock till he got Bunthln. It struck me shat he'd go fur the chickens next, and (o 1 had a trap all ready fur him. He vas too cute to step Into It. and arter >oamln around fur awhile he went off. laughed at him and called him a ilgbty pore b’ar. and be appeared so lonesome over It that 1 almost pitied aim. lie didn't come back the next Sight or the next, hut on the third [tight he showed up ag'ln, and 1 bad inotber joke ready fur him. 1 had Leaded the old duwg 'ip In u stout bar’l Jnd then wrapped the bari around rltb barbed wire. 1 used up 200 feet |f wire around that bar'l, and tbe arbs stuck out like quills of a porcu- llne. As soon os the b'ar appeared the |ld dawg begun to bark' and raise a ass. 1 don't reckon that varmint had Iver heard of a dawg In a bar’l befo’. Ind I'm suah be hadn't never met with Lo barbed wire. He jest walked around lo make sartin of things and then lumped In. "Lenirne tell yo’ that thar was mo’ rop.tnt.ho vfxt tep pilults thap most D’afh ahu dtfwgs ahii folks bev in a bull y'ur. Bruin started lu to bust that bar'l by buggln, blit be soon gin It up. Then be rolled It ’bout but every time be struck' It be got a prick. Sometimes he’d chase It and sometimes he’d run away from It and be did bate to gin up beat It wasn't no use lu him fight la that bar’l. though, and be finally let It go and sorter cried over tt He went off with bis bead dgwn and a homesick shamble, and tbe old woman turns to me and Asks: “ 'Zcb. wbnt’U that b’arskln be wuth when snow flies Y " • 'Bout $10/ says I. ” Then yo’ air $10 out of poyket That b’ar ain’t gwlne to furglyo ytf tur hurtlu his feeiln’s as yo’ bev.’ “ ’But what kin he do?! “ ‘Dunno, but yo’ Jest remember what I say.’ '•The old woman was right” contin ued Zeb. "That b’ar never showed up no mo* around my place. 'Long 'bout the fust of November 1 started out With my gun and dawg to gather him In, and 1 wns reckonln on the value of bis bide to git boots and shoes fur the winter. -I routed him out after a long tramp, and what d’ye think he. did? Plndln that he must die, bo beaded fur Snin Harper’s place, three miles away, and he actually went right up to tbe doah and laid down and seemed to beg Sam to come out and shoot him. H« was dead and beln skinned when 1 got thar, and all I got was a piece of the fresh meat I had lmd a bypr> of fun, but that b'ar hnd bent me'out of my winter boots to pay fur It” M. Quad. — i THE OLDEST ORNAMENTS. Beads. Pint Used br Bavaac*. Are 8till In Vogue. Beads uro certainly the most ancient of all forms of the bedecking of the body unless wc except tho field and forest blossoms. Nobody knows who first invented beads. Perhaps It was some primitive savage who found nuts or cak balls In the rorest. drilled by the wood worm and threaded them together on a stalk 'of grass. Anything and everything with a bole In It served at the begin ning for beads—cowrie shells, fish teeth, claws of beasts, striped and spotted seeds and the like. But the great age of beads began with the In vention of glass, and the Egyptians. Carthaginians and l'bceulciaus gener ally were skilled ernftsmeu at bead- making. Their methods were much the same os may be seen today In Venice or any other chief seat of the art It would astonish many now wearers of beads to learn how Immense Is. their production and how wide their dis tribution. Venice alone has long boen accustomed to send forth every ten years 320,000 quintals of beads, worth 65,000 lire, and In many other spots a steady manufacture Is always pro ceeding to supply the Insatiable de mands of Zanzibar. The dusky belle must Iinve her ornaments substantial, since they will pass through many a rude proof In cave and kraal.- And your well made Venetian bead will practically last forever, unchanged In beauty. There muRt he plenty of bends worn at this day In Africa which were left there by the traders of King Solo- 'mon. who trafficked to Ophlr, or those more daring mariners of Tyre und 81- don who sailed for trade to the land of Punt ami perhaps even to the Zam hezl river.—London HaU. A tint Showed Him a Mine, The action of a rat led N. II. lugolds- by to (he discovery of a rich gold mine In Arizona. He named the property the Bat Hole mine. Mr. Icgoldsby had lx-on spending sev eral months near Mammoth, on the San l’edro river. In Arizona. Uls pur pose was to enjoy the bunting nud make a collection of the unlmais and minerals of the southwest He pitched his tent In the canyon of the San l’edro, In the Santa Catbrinn mountains. He had no neighbors and was for n long time unable to account for tbe disappearance of small articles that be left lying about his i-amp. At last be noticed that when auytblng was taken something was left In Its place. This was usually n bit of stone or wood. The culprit ho found to be a large rodent of the species known as the trading rat The habits of the animal made an Interesting study for Mr. Ingoldsby. und lie often lay awake at night to watch for his visitor. A sliver speou was missing one morn ing and In Its place was a piece ot quartz carrying free gold. This still more excited Mr. Ingoldsby’s curiosity, and, after several attempts, he succeed ed Id following the animal to. Its home. Near by was the ledge from which the gold bearing quartz bad been taken. Mr. Ingoldsby made an examination thorough enough to prove that his discovery was of considerable value.— Mexican Herqjd. An Equine Banquet. Horses were the sole guests at a re cent dinner given by a company of English men and women who went from Igmdon Into the country for the sole purpose of entertaining their four footed dependents. The menu-Includ ed chopped apples and carrots and slices of. white bread mixed with a few handfuls of sugar. Tbe Parson and tbe Skipper, An old globe ctrelcr says that In going around the world there Is scarce ly one traveler In a hundred who re members that In going'from east to west a day Is gained and that In going from west to east a day Is lost. Many of those who come Into contact' with this truth knew all about It when they were at Bchool, but never think of It en tbe high seas. In Illustration of the point be tells tblB story: My first trip nround the world, was from England to Australia. Ont In tbe middle of tbe Pacific a sign wns put announcing that tbe date was Thursday, July 17, This was all right, but tbe next day the same sign Was put up again. This wns an oppor tunity for those of us who thought we were real wise to show the slip’s officers that they were not Infallible. After we bad expended our Choicest sarcasm and bad been rebuffed by vn rlous officers tbe captain set us straight. “On my way back one day the card went up announcing that It wns Satur day. Aug. 18. The next day tbe sign said Monday, Aug. 15. Two mlnls-.ers on board thought the captain a some what profane old Salt, who hnd skip ped a day to avoid the religious serv ices which they had prepared. He convinced them tbnt It wafi a liioT' coincidence that on that particular date the lost day wns Sunday. Since then I have never attempted to tench the ship's navigator his business, and be cau skip a century If be wishes without my saying a word.’’—Balti more Sun. Surprised by pickcns. “I vividly recall hearing Charles Dickens rend selections from bis own writings in Stelnwoy ball. New York city, shortly after the close of our civil war,” said a well known Judge. “The hali was densely packed with au nudl ence of cultured people, by far the ma Jor part of whom wore Intense admir ers of the man who wns to entertain them that evening. 1 was n youngster then, but woh glad to part with $2 to hear the author of 'Nicholas Nickleby' read his own Hdcs. Bnt his appear ance on the Stage, though greeted by applause, was a distinct shock, so thor oughly out of keeptug was his costume with the conventional evening attire of a gentleman. He was clnd In u short velvet coat that looked exactly like c smoking Jacket, velvet vest to match and a flaming red necktie. Such a garb was In reality on affront and au Impertinence to that fnshlonubly clad assemblage. But It was overlooked as an eccentricity of genius, nud much applause attended tbe rendition. “Nowadays the newspapers would roast uny man, however famous, for daring to come before the public lu such grotesque attire, but I do not re call that any of the New York papers criticised the distinguished visitor for his sartorial laxity.’* — Washington Post. Tbe Antithetical Chinaman. To nttempt to get a Chinaman to as sign a reason for anything 1b futile One day while riding a donkey through the country west of Peking 1 noticed that the women of the country villages, mostly farmers’ wives and daughters, did not hind their feet. 1 said to the donkey driver who wns running along beside me, ’The country women do not bled tbelr feet, do they?” “No.” ,-.jP “Wbyr •They do not bind their feet” “Why is It that the Chinese women bind their feet V “They bind their feet” “But why do they do It?” ‘That Is tbelr custom.” “But why In It their custom?” ’There Is no why—no reason what ever," Ask a child, "Why did your brother not come to school today?” "My brother did not come to school today.” Or Inquire of a man. “Why Is It that tbe Chinese build a pagoda 18 stories high?" and be will most probably answer, "That is tbe way to build a pagoda."—Isaac Taylor ■ Headland of University of Peklug In Washington Star. * Hnil • Good Start, Two colored men on a late Long street car were congratulating ope.an- other. Tbe last to talk was newly wedded. “Sam, 1 understand youse tookln unto yougeself a new woman?” said Mr. Johnston. •Til kunfess I*ze guilty,” meekly re sponded Sam. his countenance covered with a broad grin. __ “Did you all get a good start?* Sam was apparently very anxious to answer this question and In a much louder tone said: "Well. 1 should say I did get a good start. 1 got on old woman wld eleben little pickaninnies.” Everybody who beard tbe remark was satisfied Sain had really a good start.—Columbus (O.) Dispatch. HO'BUSINESS- Gan be properly run without being Advertised, Unpleasant Monotony, Ugly Husband (suarling)— You mar ried me for better or worse, didn’t you? Wife (hesitatingly)- Yes, hut I sup posed 1 wouul have some variety.— I Detroit Free Press. And no advertising pays better ll an newspaper advertising. The news paper goes into the homes of the people and is read through. If bar gains are offered, they make a note of it. 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