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>OU TUB FARM AMI HOME.
Ihmeily for Mco«r« In a Calf.
Scour*, or diarrhea ixalwny* caused by
indigration Thia disorder in young
calve* ia almost always produced by over
feeding. The milk given to aealf should
alway* Im; aw ret ; aonr milk ia injurious,
ax may be know n by tin horrible am-dl of
the ex< retneut* of the buttermilk fed
calve-. One doe* not re'll iz • how mu' h
the future health and thrift of animals
depend upon the manner in which they
are fed when young. But thia ia true
and ahould bn considered. Calve*
ahoubl have no more than three quart*
of milk at a meal until they are two
month, old, when four or five quart* may
be given. Warmed akimmed milk ia ex
cellent and wholeaome food for C.MV"’.
When from oversight or neglect a calf
>m-a acour d the beat remedy ia one
quart of new milk warm' d, with an egg
beaten up in it, and given every thr ■
hour*. When meal ia given to calves
it ahould not be mixed with the milk,
but given dry ao that it ia eaten, and not
given al all until the calf ia a month o I
an I will lick a little from the hand first.
AV'ff York 7<mra.
Mloin tar thr Pl«a.
During the spring an I early summer,
many faun ra find it difficult to aecurr
thence' ury slops for their growing
pig*. Ou account of the demand, mill
feed ja usually high and scarce, and tin |
bran is cut ao rler Hint it will scarcely
color water when soaked over night.
Ncveitholeas, bran contains the desired
prop' flies for the pigs, but it lacks body.
•Mix oil meal (old procc.w) with the bran,
one pound to four or five, and when feed
ing potto soak th" requ red quantity to
make a feed. In other words, feed out
each time what you have prepared, and
put to soak enough for next feed. Add '
to tlii > the akim milk and kitchen slops,
mid nothing outside of milk will bent it.
Feed thia iluring the sunnier and fall,
and you have a frame and constitution
to a-similnt'! coin. If fed corn all sum
mer, when the new crop conies they arc
partially bin ned out, and if disease is in
the neighborhood they too easily fall a
priytoil. Thrift is wh it we want, and
perfect health to resist the prevalent dis
ease. Push tho pigs slid sell young,
tlicr'by reducing tho chances oflo.s.
When there are three crops of pig* on
the farm, and tho plague catches tln-m,
the m irtgaga on the farm is not lifted.—
Our Country Horn).
Amuiuil nt *'"! Crr A er*.
When a single grain plant has plenty
of room and rich soil, it will often tiller
so surprisingly ns to astonish any one .
who sees it. Wc have se n occasional ,
out plants iu corn or bailey, where twen
ty or more stalks, each bearing its pani
sle of grain, came evidently fiom a single
seed. Farmers who make u practice of
sowing a bushel and n half of oats, or
one bushel of wheat per aero, get as good
crops as th'*" who sow twice ns much. ;
Yet other faun irs who have sown a largoi
quantity find thoir crops diminished when
they suddenly reduce it. Till* suggests
the idea that tho tendency to tiller in
grain is partly hereidtary, and seed from
grain in which the habit was w. 41 es
tablished should be much more prolific
than that emit inii-ously grown from thick
•""'ling. It in ty be in Iced that we shall
yet grow sued grain in hills, giving each
plant iibun lan o of room, and then sow
ing the seed Hina grown in the usual man
n r, only a I •** heavily per aero. Sup
pose, for example, that in linn torn ha I
always been grown by broad i-t s ■ dm r,
mid that wo depended for seed on chain e
nubbins of ears grown by this method.
Would not the plan of growing seed corn
iu hill be regard" I ns an iinnvuiso im
provem nt Who can s.iy that an equal
gain is not to bo made m wheat seed by
n like change in metho 1 of growing I
Vw'fii'.itor.
Celery t'Mltorr*
Os late years the cult.ire of celery has
pccome greatly .implitie 1, so that now
every farmer may have nt least a suf
ficient crop for home consumption with
no more tHHi'ile Hi in is cxperience l in
many other veg tables. The plants
started from se ■ I sown in April and Miy
in the o|x*n gioun i, ire transplant" i in
June and July. Sunil grown r» do well
to buy their plants, taking care to seeur
stocky on- and reluse tall, spindling
(pectinous.
Celery i.s often grown as a second crop
after au early coop of onions, < abba
and the lib , this is a good plan, for
then the laud is already rich enough for
the c leiy. In this section the plants are
transplant''l in Ju !■ or July Pi mgh
nu i harrow the groun 1. work otf in rows
three fret apart, and s-t the plant six
inebi - apo: in tlie row. B sure and
pies- the si I firmly almut the plants.
Tliise mpa t ug of the sod is always
live ssary; all csp x'i illy so if the
weallie >■ by at th ■ t.m ■of transplant
ing.
Tue c "lery one ■ plant 'd, there is little
to do lio.i xto ' ight w . ks e\ ept
runn ng It. t w u the rows with the culti
vator or ke ■ . g the plant- free from
weed* w .th s >e.
In A" .;'i the c irthin :-.ip preiress
necessary toi id . rug th- stock* begins.
Tile first 0,. I ns is termed by gar
den*r» “hs i 1 ig,” which means, after
the soil has I- n draw nup to the plant
with aho, (i‘ oxerato; tl.-n tab's hl
bauds and • s •■> it »t:ll closer about
the plants, no a* to keep the 1 -ave* in an
upright position. When autumn frosts
arc imminent the soil mill* be banked up
with • spade. Nrie York World.
■ ,rm •ml Xn'rl.
Never let a peach tree overbear if you
would have fine, large fruit.
The u*e of Paris green on potatoes and
other things kills m iny b es and inlets
that arc u "fill, and also destroy* many
small birds.
A Pennsylvania fruit grower prevents
the ravage' of the borer by hilling tho
earth about tho tree ten inches in May,
as the borer up|>ears in June.
It is said that pyr thrum, mixed witli
five times its bulk of plaster, mid dusted
into the centre of the leaves with a pair
of bellows, will destroy cabbage worms.
It requires more time to spread ma
nure over two lures than over on ■. and
hence the aim should be to concentrate
the labor on the xm ille't space that can
be ma ie profitable.
For the best egg production in heavy
fowls oats are ai good fie las nny. I hey
give bulk, while th" nutriment they con
tain is of the kind w.nc i go .-s t< make
' g's rat her than fat.
R garding tho dehorning of cattle a
Western paper says that cxperianca
teahes that the growth of the horn can
be stopped by applying a red-hot iron
to tho horn germ in calves.
Into a pound of soft soap dissolve one
ounce of ca bolic in i I crystals, and it
becomes an excellent rem" iy for lice on
iini.nals when they are washed in warm
water with the aid of tho soap.
Permanent pasture lan Is are the main
anchor of agriculture, and the farmers of
this country will find this out after a
while, as tlioy already have in England,
and will commence seeling their land
with permanent grasses.
The cherry is about the only fruit tree
which can be recommended for shale in
pasture along roadsides, as the hardy va
rieties of cherries are not affect® 1 by t ie
tramping of stock or passing of vehicles,
which would prove injurious to most
other fruit trees.
An experience 1 horticulturist thus de
scribes his mole of planting fruit trees:
lb: makes holes eight" m inches deep and
three feet in diameter fill* in four inches
of strong, short horse manure, then two
or throe inches of street dirt, sets the
trees and fills in with earth.
A spring of water is better than a well
for farm use, b •eniiss it is always accessi
ble, and wa'cr from it may be conveyed
readily to other points. Then, if drain
age suitably regulated will support con
stant. flow, it establishes provision better
than a well for watering farm animals.
For erect growing trees the head
should be formed at about three feet
from the ground; but spreading trees
should have th" hen I live feet high. A
tree with a low head is less likely to bo
broken down with tho wind, and the
branches will then beable to keep off the
scorching r'ys of tho sun from the
trunks.
It is a mistake to place tho roosting
poles at different heights rising from tho
front, bevause all will strive to got on
the highest on ', mid the weaker ones are
crow.led off and frequently fall to the
ground, only to repeat the process, or, if
injured, to remain on tho ground all
night. Place all tho polos at the same
elevation.
Potatoes do well on corn land that has
been manured for tho corn crop. Good
sod land can also be used. A deep mel
low seed bed should bo secured by deep
ploughing and thorough pulverizing.
Manure and moisture are essentials. Old
manure can be ploughed in. Some of
the best crops are raised with commercial
fertilizers.
A New Hampshire fanner has marked
•ucccs.s with bln berries by transplanting
them Iroin their native localities by cut
ting sod* and setting iu sod ground.
They do not succeed in cultivated
ground, but in an old wornout pasture
the transpl anted sods will spread, and
when established give from twenty-live
to fifty barrels of berries per ache.
When fowls are confined in limited
quarter*, consti net the nests s i that they
may be in darkness, or at I eist in twi
11ght. This is aeknowledg d to be a
. preventative of < eating. Locate tho
nest* as far from the window as possible,
I and compel th ■ hen- to nppr ach through
a long, low, c.'Veil'd pa-s ige, which
turns one or tivo abrupt corners to shut
I out the light.
Prof, s-o C >ok says the following mix
ture will not o ily vauqu.sh theapple tree
louse, but keep off the borer* as well. Il
is to heat to the boiling point one quart
of soft-soap in two gallons of water, and
while still hot thoroughly stir into the
mixture one pint of c:u le catliolie acid.
He think' the best way t > apply it is to
rub it on thoroughly w ith a heavy cloth,
using th. - hands > duriug the opera
tion.
llowsehol.l Hints.
When c ike be. one drx it is
nice t • cut in thin s ices an.l toast.
Whitewash 1 walls can be pap, red
by first washing with vim jar to *'kiir’
the litn •.
Ir >n ru*t can be renio.e l from clothe*
I rubbing with i.mo. iuie-and laviuir
la the sun.
If the oven i* too hot when baking
place a small di»h of cold water in it.
Sunabiue on mirrors will injure their
lustre, therefore do not hang opposite a
door or window.
Hot alum is the best insect destoycr
known. Put it in hot water aud let it
boil until all the alum i» dissolved. Ap
ply hot, with a brush, and all creeping
things are instantly destroyed.
Iterrlpe**
Jinl&l Salt Marker el.— Soak, boil,
lay on u platter, and pour over a cream
I gravy.
T> I’rrpire Crwnl/t for F'uh.— Dry
the bread in the oven, roll, and sift;
will keep nice for a month.
Iloatt Z,-".A -Sometimes the hind
quarter of lamb or young mutton will be
found to be of strong flavor. This fault
> will not be discovered until the loin chops
have b'en broiled. To overcome the
■ defect, before baking the leg parboil it.
When nearly cooked remove it from the
water, dredge it with fl rnr and bake it
until done.
A Nice Tea DM.— Make a short,
sweetened pie crust, roll thin, and partly
bake in sheets; b for ■ it is quite done
take from the oven, cut in squares of four
inches or so, take up two diagonal cor
ners and pinch together, which makes
them basket-shaped, now fill with
whippe 1 cream or white of egg, or both,
, well sweetened and flavored, and return
j to the oven for a few minutes.
I Carrot Smp. -Boil some carrots in
I salted water; when thoroughly done,
| drain them and pass them through a hair
I sieve; mix the pulp thus obtained with
as much stock as will make it of tho de
sired consistency; add pepper and salt,
and a pinch of sugar. Having melted
about an ounce of b itter, mix it with a
tablespoonful of flour, then gradually
add tho carrot puree; let it come to t!:e
boil, skim off superfinous fat, and serve
with dice of bread fried in butter.
Hough Sport.
Every nation has its own peculiar
games, which, to a certain extent, indi
cate the ruling character or disposition
of the people. A recent traveller in
Ilussian Central Asia thus describes a
game which he witnessed near tho
frontiers of China:
As we approached Yany-Kurgan, ws
saw what looked in the distance like a
company of Cossacks exercising, but on
nearer approach, proved to be a hundred
or more of natives playing their favorite
game of Kok-Bari, or gray wolf. It was
market day, and on such occasions,
when horsemen congregate, a goat or a
kid is good-naturedly seized upon, be
longing to one who has had some piece
of good fortune, and the animal is
killed.
The president of the game then takes
his position, if possible, near some steep
or elevated place, and hands the goat to
a horseman, who dashes down the slope
at the risk of breaking his neck, and is
| immediately pursued by the field, each
'of whom tries to snatch away the
goat before the man can bring it back to
| the president.
Men of various ages were on the
: ground, and some had mounted their
| boys before them to see the fun, which
was in some respects not unlike a game
'of football. The race goes on till the
i carcass is torn in pieces, whereupon it
i “goes to pot,” and is boiled for a feast,
i Then the company is ready to seize
j another goat and commence ag.in.
Severe I’niiisliment.
In tho primitive jurisprudence of Rus
sia ordeal by boiling water was enjoined
in cases of minor importance, and in the
eleventh century we find burning iron
ordered “where the matter at stake
amounted to more th in half a grivna of
gold.” A curious survival of ordeal
superstition still prevails to a very large
extent in Southern Russia. When a
theft is committed in a household the
servants are summoned together, and a
sorceress is sent for. Should no con
fession be made by the guilty party, the
sorceress rolls up as many little balls of
bread as there are suspected persons
present. She then takes one of these
| balls and, addressing the nearest servant,
uses this formula: ‘lf you have com
mitted the theft, the ball will sink to
the bottom of the vase; but if you are
innocent, it will float on tho water.” The
accuracy of this trial, however, is
| seldom tested, as the guilty person in
variably confesses before his turn ar
rives to undergo the ordeal.
Effect of Hot Drinks.
By direct experiment on human sub
jects, and the use of a tube for examin
ing the contents of the stomach, at in
tervals, Dr. V. E. Nyeshcl, of St. Peters
burg, has ascertained that a healthy per
son may drink three tumblerfuls of hot
tea after a meal without perceptibly af
fecting digestion, but that a greater
quantity of hot drink retards the diges
tive process. N® difference could be de
tected between the rate of digestion of
hot and cold food.
On a plat of ground containing less
than an acre, located in London and
n nrly sure unded by high buildings, a
garden continually raises mushrooms
that are lold in Covent g>4.ien marked
for $3,500. They are not protec.ed by
glass, and the manure required to raise
them is collected from the streets.
RUBY MIXES.
A District in Burmah Where
the Gems are Found.
i Vast Quantities of Precious Stones Un
earthed by a Little Digging.
The London Standard gives some in
teresting information in an article com
, menting on the announcement that the
Indian Government has resolved to ex
tract a revenue from the ruby mines of
i Burmah. It says:
For ages this district, situated about
seventy miles northeast of Mandalay, and
j extending over an area of 100 square
miles, has been regarded with something
' almost approaching to veneration. No
stranger has ever been permitted to ap
proach the spots where the precious
j stones are dug; and, except that they
are obtained by sinking pits in the gem
miferous soil, very little is known con
cerning this portion of the kingdom. It
is certain, however, that vast quantities
of blue sapphires, red (or Oriental)
rubies, purple amethysts, and yellow to
pazes,beside' different varieties of chryso
beryl and spinellc are found. Tee dis
trict was looked upon at the special ap-
■ panage of the crown, and one of the
most highly prized of King Theebaw’s
titles was “Lord of the Rubies.” The
g iverninent, however, did not work it.
AH they did was to let out the mines to
the peas ints of the province, who, after
paying so much a month in the shape of
rentage or license, were permitted to
carry off all they could find, except
when a stone discovered exceeded £lO
in value. In that case, it was seized by
the officials who superintended the
washing of the gravels, and was supposed
to be by them sent to the Royal Treas-
j ury. Pr .ctically, this law’ gave the
i King almost a monopoly of the mines;
' for a ruby w-hich is worth less than the
; sum named may be considered of trifling
j importance. Actually, many of the best
' gems were embezeled by the “Wons”
and other functionaries through whose
hands they passed, while a considerable
number of the stipulated value never
catne under the eyes of the superinten
dents. Naturally, xvhen either a sapphire
I or a ruby believed to bo worth £lO i
reached the surface the finder consider- I
ed it more to his interest to break the '
stone into two and so be able to claim
the fragments as his owm perquisite. In I
this way many of the best stones were
j ruined. Still, vast numbers did reach
Mandalay. When the late King de
sired to impress a visitor he permitted
1 him to thrust his arm into the great jars
i of rubies and sapphires which stood
about the royal apartments like bric-a
brac in a London drawing room. In the
treasury were some or priceless value;
and when the fallen monarch and his
consort left the country, they
carried with them as their pri-
vate property, some gems of rare
worth. But during the interregnum
many of these jars of rubies were looted.
Prudence ha< as yet counselled their con
i cealment; though no doubt in due time
the jewellers in London, Paris, and
Amsterdam will have the opportunity of
estimating the amount of plunder which
was last year snached from the palace of
the “Lord of Rubies.” When the prim
itive methods of the natives are superse
. ded by others better fitted to turn over
■ large masses cf soil, the precious crystals
will be discovered in greater numbers,
and the owners of valuable rubies will
begin to tremble for the value of their
gems. Diamonds took a downward ten
dency as soon as the South African dig
gings began to yield plentifully, and
oftee the market is flooded with the wash
ings of the Burmese gravels the “hold
ers” of rubies may find that it is no
longer possible to make a “corner” in
these glittering bits of corundum. The
finest red (or Oriental rubies) have hither
to come from the neighborhood of
Syriam, in Pegu. In Ceylon great num-
I bers are found in the alluvial deposits;
but the original rock out of which they
decomposed has not been searched.
Were this done, there is little doubt that
i many more, and much finer quality,
, would be obtained.
Rules for the Aged;
When old age has really commenced,
its march toward final decay is best de
lay's! by attention to those rules of con-
■ servation by which life is sustained with
the least friction and the least waste.
The prime rules for this purpose are:
To subsist ou light but nutritious diet,
with milk as the substantial food, but
varied according to the season.
To take food in moderate quantity,
four times in the day, including a light
meal before going to bed.
To clothe warmly but lightly, so as
that the body may, in all seasons, main
tain its equal temjierature.
To keep the body in fair exercise, and
the mind active and cheerful.
To maintain an interest in what is
going on in the world, and to take part
in reasonable labors aid pleasures, as
though old age were not present.
To take plenty of sleep during sleep
ing hours. To spend nine hours in bed
1 at the least, and to take care during cold
weather that the temperature of the bed
room is maintained at CO deg. Fahren
heit.
To avoid passion, excitement, luxury.
—Bo»ton Budget.
Fraud iu Oil Paiutiugs.
The Brooklyn Kayie has interviewed
an art publisher, who tells how cheap
pictures are made. “A fine oil paint
ing” ticketed at $1 was made in 1.
minutes. The Eoje continues:
“Are not many buyers defrauded by
cheap pictures painted in the manner
which you have described I” “Os course,
the uninitiated are sometimes badly
bled. I will tell you a good story, lot
the truth of which I can vouch. Some
years ago, while in business in Newark,
N. J., there came into my store an elder
ly gentleman, well dressed and bearing
all the evidence* of prosperity. II" was
a resident of Newark, he said, but was
about to break up housekeeping and gc
West. Among his household effects
were many handsome paintings, worth
on an average SSOO each. These
he intended to sell at auction, and
wanted me to send him half a dozen
cheap oil paintings worth $lO each. 1
sent him the pictures, which he received
with the others and sold the entire lot
under the hammer. A day or two after
the sale I saw my visitor, who said that
he had sold his pictures, including also
the ones which I had sent him. Imagine
my surprise when he told me that the six
pictures which I had sold him for $6
each had brought an average of $35 each.
This incident only proves that place and
circumstances alter the value of cheap oil
paintings. The seller of the paintings
was supposed to be a man of wealth; he
was known to be a patron of high art,
and his collection of paintings was known
to be of the best. All these circum
stances permitted the connoisseur to de
fraud the public. Many oil paintings of
merit by unknown artists can sometimes
be purchased for a song. This is owing
to tae fact that the artist is in poor cir
cumstances and is compelled to sell the
product of his brush to obtain bread.”
Rules lor Correspondents.
An exchange lays down the following
pithy code ot newspaper rules:
State facts but don’t stop to moralize.
Its a drowsy subject. Let the reader do
his own dreaming.
Eschew prefaces. Plunge at once into
your subject, like a swimmer into cold
water.
If you have w’ritten a sentence that you
think particularly fine draw your pen
through it. A pet child is the worst in
the family.
Condense. Make sure that you really
have an idea and then record it in the
shortest possible terms. We want
thoughts in their quintessence.
When your article is completed, strike
out nine-tenths of the adjectives. The
English is a strong language, but it will
bear much “reducing.”
Avoid all high-flown language. The
plainest Anglo Saxon words are the best.
Never use stilts when legs will do as
well.
Make your sentences short. Every
period is a mile stone, at which the
reader may halt and refresh himself.
AVrite legibly. Don’t let your manu
script look like the tracks of a spider
half drowned in ink. We shan’t mis
take any one for a genius, though he
wiite as crabbedly as Napoleon.
He Wanted an Explanation.
Rev. Dr. Brown was recently called
upon to marry an out of-town couple at
the Guild House. Iu the course of the
Episcopal service the bridegroom is re
quired to use the expression “plight my
troth.” The husband expectant followed
the good rector of St. Paul’s through the
service without hesitation until those
words were reached, when he sharply in
quired :
“What’s that?”
Dr. Brown was somewhat nonplussed
by the unexpected question, but, adapt
ing himself to the exigency, explained
that troth means fealty or fidelity.
“Oh, well,” said the cautious candi
date for congenial honors, “if that’s all,
I plight my troth. The only kind of a
trough I know anything about is the one
we feed the pigs out of, and I thought
maybe you meant to insinuate we are
going to live in a hog pen.”-— Buffalo
Courier.
Where Arbitral ion was Necessary.
Dr. W — is a well-known physician
at Dorchester. He has a little son about
five year* old and a daughter about
seven. It has been his custom to give
the chil in n a weekly allowance of 10
cents each, in return for which they
agree to have their playthings stowed
away when they get through using them.
Last Friday evening he was approached
by Bessie, the little girl, who remarked:
“Papa, I am going to strike, I want 20
cents a w?ek.”
“I can’t meet the demand,” replied
doctor.
“Well, then, let’s arbitrate I” said Bes
sie.— Boston Becord.
Everybody Suited.
First customer—l'm afraid the glove u
too large.
Clerk—Oh, no. These “imported’’
gloves always shrink and “take up” so
much that they have to be a little full
when first put on.
Second customer—l’m afraid that is
too small.
Clerk—Too small! oh, no; it will be
just right. You know these best “im
ported” gloves always will give and
stretch a little. Texas Siftings,
CUPPIXUS FOR THE CTlllo Ls>
Barkless dogs exist in Australia.
Frederick the Great fled iu terror f- oa
his first battle.
In order to count a billion, sup; 1M j n .
you count two hundred a minute, it
would take you 9512 years.
According to gastronomic authority Bc
lobster is fit for food xvhich is not i
least ten and a half inches in length.
The national dish in Russia is mush,
rooms. Peasants are never without the®
and they are hung up to dry in cottag»<
to form a greatly esteemed relish to all
sorts of dishes.
Attention is called to two races of men
which must soon become extinct—the
Maoris of New Zealand, now reduced to
less than 45,000, and tho Laplanders,
who number 30,000.
If the 9,000,000 soldiers of the Euro
pean poxvers xvere drawn up in line, the
distance from right to left xvould be 60(H)
miles, and the reviewing officer would
require an express train for several day'
to go from one end of the ILe to the
other.
The skilled operator who runs the
vacuum kettles in which milk is con
densed is governed entirely by sound,
and although to inexperienced cars the
pan and its contents are noiseless, the
operator can tell the exact state of the
milk at any moment.
Angle worms, fish, etc., are often
caught up into the clouds by revolving
storms, and then dropped again many
miles from the place where they were
they were taken up. Small fish have
often been found in puddles of water in
village streets, to the astonishment of
people who were unacquainted with the
phenomenon.
A common mode of manumission in
the Middle Ages was for the master to
lead the slave with a torch around the
altar, and the earnest words of liberation
were spoken. One form uttered these
words: “For fear of Almighty God, and
for the care of my soul, I liberate thee,
and may the angel of our Lord Jesus
Christ deem me worthy of a place among
His saints.”
Saved by His Hound.
Thursday morning Messrs. Jake and
Tom AVatson, two brothers who live at
Sweetwater, on the Jacksonville & St.
Augustine railroad, went out to hunt
deer, which are plentiful in the swamps
around this new and grow’ng settlement.
To better accomplish their purpose the
brothers separated, Jake taking six dogs
with him. Soon the deep musical baying
of the hounds testified that they were on
trail of something, which Mr. AVatson
thought was deer and he started in eager
pursuit.
A T ery soon the continued barking oi
the pack assured him that the animal
was at bay, and judge his surprise when
’ on dashing through the thick under
brush a gigantic bear was seen fighting
with the dogs. It took but a second to
bring his gun to his shoulder, and soon
the animal was filled with a load of buck
shot, but this only made bruin more fu
rious, and he dashed toward Mr. AVatson
with blood in his eye. A close
and deadly encounter seemed in
evitable, and Mr. Watson drew his
long, keen hunting-knife, which he
grasped with a nerve of iron, knowing
that his only chance for escape was to
plunge it up to the hilt into the heart of
the desperate brute; but just as the bear
was almost on him, as he felt the xvarm,
panting breath on his cheek, one of his
courageous dogs, seeing his master’s peril,
threw himself on the bear, aud made a
furious attack at the brute’s throat. As
soon as bruin felt the fangs of the hound
he closed the form of the dog in its pow
erful arms and crushed the poor animal so
that its back was broken. By this time
Mr. AVatson had his gun ready again and
a second shot brought down the monster,
which weighed over 400 pounds. When
the body was examined six bullet holes
were found, and they were all in vulner
able places, too. But the victory was a
dear one to Mr. Watson as he sadly gazed
at his faithful dog, which lay piteously
moaning at the feet of the master he had
saved. Tenderly was the animal carried
home and eared for, but this morning the
gallant, faithful animal expired, and now
Mr.AVatson is inconsolable. — Ja tsoMille
(Fla.) Herald.
One of the Oldest Men Alive.
There is still living in this parish one
of the oldest men in America or perhaps
on the globe. He resides near AVeek s
pasture and papers show that he was
baptised Aug. 31, 1760, and was a lad
sixteen years old at the date of the
declaration of American independence,
and was apmitted to his first communion
in 1775. His name is Henry Meyers and
the land of his nativity Holland.
His documentary proofs are unques
tionable. and were thoroughly ex mined
by Mr. Robert Brown, our assessor, who
has kindly furnished us with the facts.
It will thus be seen that this venerable
patriarch of the past century is now i-’
years and 3 months old. But for a terri
ble cancer which attacked him last year
and has eaten off half his face on one
side, his physical condition otherwise
held out to him the prospect of rivaling
Daniel Parr in longevity. He r d d
for many years in the first house this
side of Grand Marais b idge.
Iberia, (La.) Enterirrise.