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ART OF SNARINC LYNXES.
The Old Huilunn Hay School of Instruc¬
tion for Trappers.
In the old (lays of the Hudson bay
fur trade the trappers could not afford
steel traps for so common a creature
as the lynx. They caught the lynx in
snares. It is as easy to snare a lynx
as it is to snare a rabbit. The heads
of the old fur companies, however,
recognized the dense ignorance and
lack of inventiveness that existed in
the minds of mauv of the Indians of
the far north, whose natives brought
in most of the iurs which the factors
shipped east over the old water trail.
An Indian might be able to build a
snare, but he might build it with a
noose too llieh OV too low. A lynx is
a fool, yet it has certain definite
habits, which must be understood.
The Indian was given a lesson iu
suare-building by the white man who
sent him out. He was shown that he
must always hang the noose just at the
height of his own knee above the
ground. If the noose were hung, say,
about half that high above the ground,
the lynx would be sure to poke bis
paw through the noose after the bait,
instead of sticking his head and neck
thiough, and Avould therefore be
caught by the paw instead of by the
neck, in which case he would be more
apt to get away. The Indian was even
instructed to make his bait spindle so
many baudbreaths long, just as be
was taught in making a dreadfall for a
marten to make bis upright stick the
height of his closed hand, the bait
spindle the length of his two bauds,
laid side.by side, with the thumbs ex¬
tended, etc. The Indian usually got
his lynx when the snare sprung.
The wisdom of the old Hudson bay
school of instruction for trappers was
once made very apparent to me. I
was out in the Rocky mountains hunt¬
ing mountain sheep in the winter time
and had killed a nice ram, whose car-
case on the following day we dis-
covered partly eaten by some large
wild animals of the cat kind, among
whose tracks we saw those of a monu-
tain lion as well as of two lynxes. One
of our party went up the mountain
and built two very strong snares for
these big animals, baiting them with
pieces of the carcass, which he covered
up under brush heaps, setting the
snare just at the opening under the
brush pile. On the very first morning
aftev these two snares were set we
found them both sprung. Iu one case
the cord, a very thick twisted oue,
which we had thought strong enough
to bold an ox, was broken or cut off
At the other snare the spring pole, as
large as a man’s arm, was broken
squarely oft anci carried bodily away.
We had surely been fast for awhile at
least to big animals of some sort,
probably mountain lions, though a
fresh snow had blotted out the trails
so that we could not follow, When
we went back to camp old John Mu 11 -
roe, an old, very old half-breed who
has come down from the old Hudson
bay days in the big northwest, said to
us:
i; You loss some cat, nfaybe, hem?
All’ll toleyon why you lossheem. You
mak some noose, beiu, low 011 groim’
—so high, ’bout?” (measuring with
his hand about eight inches above the
ground . “Spose you make um high
like thees” (as high as his knee), “you
catch um—kweech! round neck, so,
yas, all-hum.”
* muff for red-headed
if you want a a
girl whom you love very much it will
ray you to remember old John Mon-
roe’s advice, unless you have a steel
trap and a piece of red flannel, and a
chicken’s head.
A Ncrklacc of Human Eyes.
Mrs. William E. Curtis, the wife of
a Chicago jo.nnalist, piobably pos
se-ses the most unique necklace in
existence, w 11 c uas ex 11 et a e
Chicago M qrld’s fair. -The necklace
is
eyes i’T a p.ijtct state ot presei vatjjjn,
polished anu mounted in gold. I he
eyes were procured from Peru, where
1 be dead are buried in a sitting pos-
tu; e, and the hot dry air acts more
effectively than any embalming fluid
in preserving them. A mummy can
there be obtained for about $5, and
the eyes a’one are much cheaper.
Polished and mounted as they are in
this uecklace.they make a very striking
ornament. Mrs. Curtis wore-the neck¬
lace once only, and it was much ad¬
mired until her friends were informed
that they ware petrified human eyes,
and not gfems that were set in it, when
tb 3 admiration turned to revulsion.—
Cincinnati Inquire
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Feminine Military Knowledge.
The tall girl was plainly the guide,
philosopher and friend of the short
girl, who asked so many questions
about matters military. The place was
Madison Square Garden and the time
was a recent afternoon, matinee time
at the big military show.
“You’re just great, Maggie.” said the
short girl enthusiastically. "How ever
do you tell the cavalry and the dra¬
goons apart? I'm sure I never could
learn.”
"Oh. Phil is In the National Guard,
you know,” said the tall girl coldly and
with a superior air.
Just then there was a roll of drums,
and in marched the cadets of the Ham-
ilton and Berkeley schools, some of
them little fellows of not more than
ten years old.
“Oil, ain’t they just ’cute! ’ exclaimed
the short girl, clapping her hands,
“Who ai’e they, Maggie? Who are the
canny little chaps?”
Maggie glanced knowingly at her
programme and coldly replied, to the
profitable enlightenment 01 her inquisi-
tive little neighbor: “They—oh, they
must be the Thirteenth Infantry'.”—
New York Mail and Express.
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Customs la Olvlag Welling Prewats.
ou, * n «r wedding present® Is »a old
custom, bill >. »** arg iu different ooun-
tries. Scotland a penny - "Minus were
peculiar. They wore cftlleu pet»u., .
fairs, but the invited guests
ei j shillings, and occasionally T a
and . out . of . the .. sums thus .
crown,
j PCted ( p e expenses of the
feas{ were paid. Germany b*s a
wedding,” at which the bride
her guests with a basin before her.
which each person entering deposits
jewel, a silver spoon or a piece
money.
In some parts of Germany the rule
that the expenses of the marriage
shall be met by each guest paying
what he eats and drinks—a sort of
ropean plan wedding, you might call
The prices paid for dishes and
are high, and the happy young
make a handsome profit out of
wedding, often reallEilng a sum
cient to start them pretty nicely In
Often 300 gueats are present at
a wedding.
Sometimes the flow of presents is
the other direction. In Poland, for
stance, a girl Is not regarded as
ble for mariage until she has
with her own hands cloth and
ments for the friends who will
pany her future lord to the altar.
Ants Not So Smart After All.
Trofessor Hethe of Strasburg doesn’t
believe the ant is so intelligent as he
seems. He cleansed the ants taken
from one hill in a solution of alcohol,
dipped them in a decoction made of
ants from another hill, and placed
them iu the strange hill. They were
not attacked as strangers, even when
of different color and conformation.
On the other hand, ants treated in this
manner when put back in their own
hills were not recognized by their
tribe, but at once attacked and killed.
Professor Bethe infers from fhi3 that
ants must give out some liquid whose
odor guides them, and that each colony
must have Its owu peculiar smell.
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and Ingrowing Nails. Allen’s Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. At all drug¬
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FREE. Adr’s Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
The man who has little and wants less Is
richer than the man who has much and
wants more.
Don't Tobtrco Spit And Smoke Toar life Away.
To quit tobacoo easily and forever, be mag
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strong. All druggists, 50c or #1. Cure guaran¬
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Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Pistachio nuts come from Syria, and the
Greeks were very fond of them. Chestnuts
form a portion of the daily food of the Med¬ they
iterranean nations, though in America
are not ground into flour, but are eaten sim¬
ply as nuts.
To Cure a Cold lu One Oay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists relnnd money If It fails to cure. 25c.
There are 1,500 submarine telegraph cables
in the world, in length covering 170.000 miles
and tt,00h,000 costing approximately $250,000,000. transmitted. Over
messages are annually
ro-To-Bm for Fifty Gents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Mo,$l. All druggist*.
Many a girl lives to regret the day she
married her Ideal man.
Mj’8. Winslow's Soothing reduces Syrup for Inflamma¬ children
leething. tion.allays soften* the gums, wind colic. 25c. bottle.
pain.cures a
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous¬
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Dr. K. U. Ki.Inh, Ltd., 031 Arch 8t., I’hlla., Pa.
Havana wrappers make good smoking
jackets.
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Educate Your Bowels With Ceiotretl.
10c, Candy Cathartic, C. eare constipation forever.
25c. If C- C. fall, druggist* refund money.
Dreams and weather predictions usually
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M. L. Thompson <feCo.. Druggists, Oouders-
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Druggists and only sure sell cure it, for catarrh they ever sold.
75c.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption —F. has no 383>en- equal
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Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25o.
If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
Those who dwell where tire mountains
without valleys have Joys without sorrows,
Golden
Wedding
of Miss s- r -
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Mr. Sarsaparilla. Ayer’s
happiness, Fifty years of
fifty years of
doing The only good. Sar¬
saparilla in the
world that
ever celebrat¬
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and anniversary is doing
it
today with no
signs Its mission of decay.
is
, to cure and
\ to help. No
wonder it has fifty happy years back of it.
Get a bottle today of *
A
siyers Sarsaparilla
[which nude Sirsaptfilli famous]
All Druggists Sell Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. ~ gi.oo a Botfru.
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A Hairy Tree.
J. W. Roach, who lias been down In
Madison etfunty, has made a discovery
that is a revelation to us, guys the
CarnesviHe (Ga.) Advance. He brings
with him a fine specimen of hair that
appears to be as fine as human hair
and very strong. It is as black as jet
and as straight as a line. It grows on
black Jack trees and very luxuriantly.
It was found on the land of Dr. G. W.
Westbrooks, near Ila, and it promises
muoh for utility. It can be used for
Weaving into cloth, stuffing collars,
buggy cushions and various other pur¬
poses for which strong hair is used. It
seems that In its discovery Dr. West¬
brooks has become the owner of a very
fine piece of property; and when it is
fully developed its uses will be many.
We will watch with much interest the
result of this discovery.
Exhibjtioa of Postal C*rdn.
Exhibitions of picture postal cards
Iinve been . held , , in , vt< v ienna, utuHcrm-t htuttgait,
Nuremberg, Leipsie, Zurich and Nice.
The first of these now so popular cards
was printed at Basie in 1880. At the
Nice exhibition 17,000 specimens were
on view, including 400 giving aspects
of scenery near Nice, besides flowers,
etc.
The Potash
Question.
A thorough study of the sub¬
ject has proven that crop fail¬
ures can be prevented by using
fertilizers containing a large
percentage of Potash; no
plant can grow without Potash.
We have a little book on the subject of
Potash, 'written by authorities, that w«
would like to send to every farmer, free of
cost, if he will only write and ask for it.
OER/1AN KALI WORKS.
Nassau St., New York.
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