VALUABLE MAINE PELTS. ————-‘— ’- Ln Island. Colony of Foxes Whose Skin! \Vill Bring Good Prices. There is an island off the coast of Maine, six miles outside of Boothbay harbor, where the rarest of one species of fur-bearing animals are found in numbers. They are black and silver foxes, and it may be said in beginning that they did not get on the island by themselves. A few years ago a gentleman who who was summering at Boothbay har- bor, conceived the idea of stocking one of the numerous islands in that vicin- ity with black and silver foxes, that are now almost extinct in the wild state. He looked around for a suitable island and finally hit upon Outer Her- onas possessing all the conditions nec- essary to the success of such a colony as he desired to plant. An order was sent to a fur company engaged in breeding black foxes .on an island in Alaska, for a consignment of the animals, and thirty good Speci- mens were startedeast. The journey took many months, being made by ves~ sel and steamer to San Francisco, and thence overland, and when the consign- ment arrived at B-oothbay harbor, only seven of the foxes were alive. They were. put on Outer Heron and have thrived and multiplied, from all indications. A silver fox is by no means a cheap animal—the pelt of a. good one is worth from $75 to $100— but the black fox is much more valu- able, the pelts being worth as high as $400 each. The climate 011 Outer Heron is said to be very much like that on the Alaskan island from which the founders of the fur colony were imported. The ani- mals have found good places in fissures of the rocky shores in which to build their homes, and from what can be seen of them they appear fat and well conditioned—Boston Daily Globe. Ill Directed Sympathy. Belle—011! I had the worst shock this afternoon that I ever experienced You know those flowers I was going to take down to the jail to that poor man who murdered all his first cous- ins? “'ell, I got into the wrong cell and gave them to a big blear-eyed brute who was there for robbing a ba- aana stand—Puck. in. Real Motive. St01'1-keeper-—Did yew ride way in Here jes’ ter buy that gallon 11v whis- Ezey, Abner? Abner-JV"); consarn yer hide. Silas! be“? orter know I wouldn‘t leave my Farm right in the middle 11v plantin‘ .1nd’ ride way in here jest ter buy a gallon uv whiskey. I kem ter town ter day pupuss tei' buy my wife a spool uv white with thread. an' gol diam my buttons of i hadn‘t clean for- got all about that thread until you spoke: ~J u d ge. P. P. P., Lippman’s Great Remedy, Saves a Man From Becoming a Cripple. Mr. Asa A1r1nons,.a. well -known citizen of Jacksonville, Florida, was afllicted by a terrible ulcer. Medical skill. seemed unavailing in stopping the ravages of the terrible disease. The leg was swollen and intensely painful, as the ulcer had eaten its way down to the very bone. All medicines and treatments having failed to effect a cure, the doctors said the leg must. come off. Just when it seemed that Mr. Ammons would become a disabled and a. crippled man, he tried P. P. P., Lippman‘s Great Remedy, and the re- sult was wonderful. P. P. P. SAVES HIS LEG. ' "‘ Jacksonville, Fla, July 1, 189.5.— Two years ago I had the worst ulcer on my leg I ever saw. It, had eaten down to the bone, and my whole leg below 111y.knee, and my foot was swollen and inflamed. The bone was swollen and painful, and discharged 3. most offensive matter. My physicians sail I had necrosis of the bone, and 1m,1 leg would have to come off. At this stage I commoner d to takeP. P. P. and to bathe my leg with hot castile soap suds. It. began to improve at _ once and healed rapidly, and is to-day a. sound and useful leg. "I think if. P. I’., Lippman's Great Reirzcdy, is all a man could ask for as a. blood purifier, as I have known it. to cure so mcterrible cases of blood poi- soning in a remarkably short time. “ASA AMMONS.” TERRIBLE BLOOD POISON. The body covered with sores-~two bottles of l’. 1’. P. made a positive and permanent cure. This is only one of , many thousand similar cases. Catarrh yields at once to P. P. P. That smothered feeling at night, that heavy feeling in the day—can and should be removed; I’. l’. 1’. will do it if you only give it a chance. Indigestion and constipationg 'ro hand in hand. Headaches and total loss of appetite are the results. Regulate yourself and tone up your stomach with 1‘. I". P. Sold by all drugglsts UPPMAN BROS” Apothecarles, Sole Prep rs, Lippinan’ a Block, Savannah, Ga. 'THiS cow ATE HARDWARE. A File and NailsCaused Its Death 41- thought It Was Equal to Padlocks. On a farm near Dllt’s Corner, a ham- let of ten houses and a wheclwrighi shop, lives Job Reading, an enterpris- ing farmer who owns a herd of fine Jerseys. Last summer he missed many small articles of hardware from ' about the farm, particularly hasps and padlocks from the gates and doors of the :ow yma1d One day a farm hand was mending some of the mangers in the cow barn, and while doing so he deposited his tool box in one of them. “’l1ile he was busily engaged a small file, the head of a tack. and a number of nails disap- peared. and as the only occupant of the building besides him was a big Jersey row. the farm hand became frightened. I-Ie hurried to his employer with the information that he would not enter the cow yard again under any circum- stances; it. was haunted, he said. Soon after the big Jersey cow, which had been in the cow barn the day the farm hand had his fright, was seized with an illness that baffled the skill of the veterinary surgeon. The sides of the animal became distended and it was almost impossible for it to eat. The suffering of the animal become so great that Farmer Reading ordered it killed. The animal was opened, and in its stomach was found most of the missing articles. Three padlocks, two hasps, scores of nails, a hammer and a file were found. The file with the last meal of nails had caused the illness which led to the animal‘s sudden tak- ing-off, for they were imbedded in the wall of the stomach in such a manner that death was certain.—-;\'ew York Sun. TIRESOME OLD TIIMERS. Phrases You Have Heard Until You “’isli You Blight Hear ’Ihem No DIore. Were you born sensitive as to the effects upon the intellect and nerves of “chestnuts?” Then you were born out of your time. This is the age of “chestnuts.” , Ardently, but in vain, do you wish that every-rose you see might indeed be “the last rose of summer,” so weary are you of hearing them declare it. Make a remark about a, name and they are panting to put the question, "What’s in a name?” with an air of conscious and original wit. Speak of an object of beauty and they must throw out of their system "A thing of beauty is a joy forever” like a rash that it would be-dangerous to suppress. Should you mention any sight or sound seen or heard a little way off they would trip up your last words by reminding you that “distance leads enchantment to the view.” If they call at your house but. seldom they will infallibly assert that their visits are like those of angels, “few and far between;” if they come often, that they return to you “like a bad penny."--~.\'ew York Herald. FISHING IN UNALASKA. .\ Pretty Fishy Story, but Then it Come! fronl Chicago. It you want to fish go to Unlaska. One evening we walked along the beach and came upon a little half; breed boy lying on his back on the sand1 with his hands clasped under his head. He was fishing. A quarter-inch rope was tied to a stakc,'with a little of the slack of it looped around his foot, and it ran out into the water. Almost im- mediately after we came there was a bite. The boy looked indifferent, but sathalf—way up and pulled in the line, which was about sixty feet long, and made up of as many pieces as the tail of a kite. He had this time a hali- but that would weigh perhaps twenty pounds. Drawing it well up on the bank he released the hook and cast it out again. In two minutes more he was pulling out a codfish nearly as big as the halibut. Then he caught a couple of flounders and another cod and so on. When he arose after awhile to go the boy wound in his line, said a few words in Aleut about the weather or something else and, picking out one of the fish that suited his fancy, went home—Chicago Record. Off and On. A lawyer, noted for his success in cross-examination, found his match at a recent trial, when he asked a long- suffering Witness 110w. long he had worked at his business of tin-roofing. ing. The answer was, “I have worked at it off and on, but. have worked at it steadily for the past twelve years." "How long off and on have you worked at it?” “Sixty—five years.” "How old are you?” "Sixty—five.” “Then you have been a tin-roofer from birth?”' “N0, sir—of course I haven’t.” “Then w hy do you say that you have worked at you1 trade sixty- -five years?” “Be- cause you asked how long oft" and on I had wo1ked at it. I have worked at it off and on sixty-five years—twenty years on and forty—five off.” Here there was a roar of laughter in the court-' room, but not at the expense of the wit- ness, and [his inquisitor, in great con- fusion, hurriedly finished his examina- tion. Lincoln to b‘lcCleliun. General McClellan, as is Well known, conducted a waiting campaign, being so careful not to make‘ any mistakes that he made very little headway. President Lincoln sent this brief but exceedingly pertinent letter: “My Dear McClellan: If you don't ‘- want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respect- fully, A. LINCOLN.”—Washington Post. . ___.——..__—— Quite Another. The Jamaica Plains young lady wlu made '700 words out of “conservatory" has run away from home. 1101 moth er w antcd her to make three loav cs 01 bread out of‘ Wflour.".-—Roxbu1y Gazette 1‘5, Horses Wear Snow Shoes. > All the horses working at the placer mine under the shadow of Pilot Peak, Plumas County, California, wear Snowshoes. The altitude of the place ‘5 about 0,500 feet and enormous quan- tities of snow fall there in the winter, not infrequently 1eaching to the depth of twenty feet, says the San F ranrisco Cd“. To overcome the disadvantages of the snow and enable the miners to carry on the projects of the mine snowshoes are put on the horses. By doing this sup- plies of groceries, meats, canned goods and the product of the mines can be transported. All picks, shovels, giant powder and similar things that have to be taken about in winter * are handled in this way. Only California-bred horses are used. It has been found these are the best, and, if possible, mountain horses— ihose that are raised at high altitudes. The horses go right along in the snow. They usually take a fast walk, but sometimes they trot a. little. They get so accustomed to the snow- shoes that they do not stumble or fall at all, and like them so well that they don't care to walk without them. They will put up their feet to have the snowshoes put on. The trained snowshoe horses go any- where, no matter how precipitous the mountains are, nor how deep the snow 1s.—;\.'ew York Mail and Express. A VII—OMAN'S COURAGE. [low She Bravely and Succesefully Dc,- femled Her Property, An American lady travelling in Italy, with a younger companion, was forced to change trains at Bologna after mid- night, says Household. Hailing the porter she followed him from one plat« form to another and after he had de- posited the ladies’ wraps and luggage in the compartment, he received the us- ual fee for his services, he, with a smirk and an Italian “Thank you,” started for the door. The quick eye of the elder American traveller caught a sudden movement of his left hand: He had grasped the small hand bag from the seat, where it had been placed, and was conceal- ing it under his coat. It contained valuable jewels, the railway tickets and all the money which they had with them. This was an American woman of high courage and inflexible resolution. With one hand she snatched the bag, and with the other she collared the porter. Having regained possession of her hand bag, she flung the man out of the railway carriage and closed the door behindli'un- New Use for a Map. THE EVENING A school inSpector, having afew min- ; utes to spare after examining the school, put a few questions to the low- er form boys on the common objects of the school room. “What is the use of that map?” he asked, pointing to one stretched acmss a corner of the room; and half \a dozenshrill voices answered: “Please. sir, it's to hide teacher's bi— ry‘cle.”——Pea1'son's Weekly. w i \i‘c-yler boasts that he is passionately fond of music. But he can t stand the “Sta1 Spangled Banner. ” It may be only a coincidence, but Corbett and L‘itzsimmons signed their latest articles of agreement at the height of the theatrical season. Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, has renounced , all claims to that shaky piece of property. Don has evidently retired from the pretending business because there is no money in it. Zertucha, the man who is accused of having betrayed Maceo, says he didn‘t do it. But even if he had done so, nobody expected that he would ad- mit the infamy. He is not an entirely disinterested witness. The South African Republic has adopted an alien law which rigorously excludes from the country all crimi- nals, paupers and worthless persons of all sorts and conditions. The desire for immigration reform appears to have struck South Africa and North Ameri— ca at about the same time. Georgia now has a vigorous and far- 1'eaching anti-trust law, but whether she will enforce it or use it merely as a decoration for her statute book is an Open question. borne in mind that it is one thing to enact a law and quite another to put ‘ it into operation. The Joint Traflic Managers have de- cided that when the United States army moves it may becarried in sec- ond-class sleeping cars. This will make the plebeian troops of Europe who are lucky if they get transporta- , tion in cattle cars, look upon those of the United States as pampered aristo- crats. Spain says that she is able to sustain an international war. How? Her chest is empty, her supply of fresh trdops is almost exhausted, discontent is rampant at home. Where would she get the money, the men or the enthu- siasm? Besides, her method of treach- ery and murder would not be available in a quarrel with us. If she can’t keep a colony in order, how does she hope to face one of the great Powers of the world? There is news of interest, if not of unpertance, to the whole country in the announcement that Richard Croker has decided to resume the Chieftainship of Tammany Hall, and lead that organiz- ation in next year’s municipal cam~ paign. If the movement has no-other significance, it as least means that Tammany Hall intends to make a strong fight for the control of Greater New York. 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