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THE OLD RELIABLE

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would thank you all for your patronage.

First-class work Guaranteed/,

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THE EVENING REPUBLICAN.

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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896.

REPUBLICAN

POLITIGAL BULLETIN.

ANNOUNCEMENTS. E

DWIN C. HUNTINGTON, of Sugarcreek towmship, desires to announce bis name as a canii date for the nomination of Commissioner of be Western District of Hancock coanty. subject the decision of the Republican nominating coalition.

WALKER, of Jackson township, desires to announce his name as a candidate for the nomination of Sheriff, subjeot to the decision of the Republican county convention, June 13th.

JOHN

E. BARRETT, of Green township, announces his name as a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention.

POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

Republican National convention, St. Louis, June 16. Democratic State convention, Indianapolis, June 24.

Democratic National convention, Chicago, July 7. Populist convention, St. Louis, July 22.

Silver Party convention, St. Louis, July 22. Democratic District convention, New Castle, July 22.

Do Not Think

Of leaving the city for a week or a month's visit during the summer without ordering the DAILY REPUBLICAN. It will cost you but 6 cents a week or 25 cents a month, and keep you thoroughly posted on the city and ceunty news and also give you a complete resume of State, national and foreign news.

WEATHER FORECAST

Local rain and cooler in south portion this afternoon and tonight—fair north tonight—Wednesday fair weather.

THERE were evidently some dishonest school enumeration in 1895 or they were working on a peculiar basis. The falling off this year was just 64603 in the State.

THE Democratic fences in Hancock county are sadly in need of repairs. There are some big gaps and the chances are that the Republicans will capture the County offices this fall.

THE Populists of this district will hold their Congressional convention at Rushville, Thursday, June 4th. The idea of the Populists is to nominate their man first and then if the Democrats want to unite let them indorse the Populist candidate. The Democrats had hoped to work the scheme the other way.

THE enumeration of school children gives Henry county, 7,356 Hancock, 5,947 Rush, 5,195, or a loss respectively over last year of 226, 406 and 423. The total enumeration for the State this year is 734,474 against 799,077 last year. Only six counties in the State showed an incresse.

THE English manufactures have been largely benefited by the Gorman Wilson tariff bill. That bill made good times in England and hard times in America. Why not change that and have good times at home next year. A Good Man says, 'He that careth not for his own is worse than a heathen and an infidel," let American citizens look out for America and with protection and reciprocity we can again have prospei^ty and progress.

He Didn't Care.

With a big horn handled knife he was curling long shavings off a piece of pine. Ho had the diligence of the artist. Ho worked with the careful enthusiasm of true genius. A woman "with a sunbonnet came out to where he sat and remarked: "Thort ye was feedin the pigs. "Pigs is done fed. "I s'pose ye consider thet feedin the pigs is work enough fur one day?" "It's work enough ef ye don't hafter do any more," he replied. "Don't ye think it's time ye was beginnin ter brace up an try ter be somebody?" she asked. "Lor sakes, when I married ye, I used ter look at ye an think ye might be president o' the United States some day." "Well, thet's whur ye4got fooled." "Indeed it is. But ye seemed none too good fur it then. I useter set down an picter ye in my mind's eye ridin up the street in a wagon drawed by white hosses an the band a-playin 'Hail ter tlier Chief.' "Well,"he answered, "I'm glad it didn't happen." "What fur?" 'Cause 'twould er been wasted. I don't keer fur white hosses an I ain't got no ear fur music. I couldn't tell ef the bund was playing 'Hail ter the Chief' er 'Comin Through ther Rye.' So I'm jes' cz well off ez I am.

And she went into the house and tried to remember where it was that she had read about conten'tment being one ef the greatest blessings this life afforded. —Detroit Free Press.

Making a Choice.

"Which is your umbrella, ed thfudoorkeeper of the club' was about to leave. "The best one you have left," replied Tenspot —Detroit Free Press.

AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the Tapping of Public Sewer and Drains, and Making Connection

Therewith.

Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the Citv of Greenfield, Indiana: SECTION 1. 7 hat it shall be unlawful for any person to make connection with an.' publio sewer or drain within said city, or which is under its control without first having obtaiued the written permission of tha Street Commissioner of said city so to do, and any connection or open

ing made

into any public sewer or drain, with

out such permission, or in any manner different from the mode herein presenbtd for such opening or connection, shall subject the person or persons making the same, and the owner or owners of tbe premises directing it, to a penalty of rot exceeding Twenty-five dollars, on conviction thereof before the Mayor of said city for each offence and each day that any person shall, without such permission, continue to use the drain into such sewer shall be considered a separate offence.

SKC. 2. The Street Commissioner of said city is hereby authorized to grant permits as he may deem proper, for allowing persons to tap public sewers or a rains and to make connection therewith Provided, however, that said permit shall be granted only on the express condition that the owner or tenant for whose benefit such connection is made, and each succeeding owner or tenant, shall, in consideration ef the privilage thereby granted and enjoyed, hold the said City of Graen field harmless from any loss or damage that may, in any way, result from, or be occasioned by such tap or connection.

SEC. 3. No person shall be allowed to make connection w«ih, and openings in any pubjic sewer oi drain, or their lateral connections until he has filed with the Street Commissioner of said city a bond in the sum of One Thousand Dollars with two or more sureties to be approved by said Street Commissioner, conditioned that he will indemnify and save harmless the said City of Greenfield from any and all loss or damage that may be occasioned in any wise by accident, whether from back water or other cause, or the want of care or skill on his part, in the prosecution of such work, or that may be occasioned by reason of any opening by him made in any street or alley, in the making of any connection with any public sewer or drain as aforesaid, and con ditioned also,that he will promptly,at the proper time, replace and restore the street orer such opening to asg)od state and condition as he found it previous to the opening of the same, and that he will conform, in all respects, to the rules and regulations which may be, from time to time, established by the Common Council and Street Commissioner of said city, in relation to the putting in of junctions and the tapping «f any of the public sewers and drains.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person authorized by said Street Commissioner to make connections with sewers and drains, to allow his name to be used for the purpose of obtaining such permits, or of doing any work- under his authority.

SKC. 5. It shall be unlawful lor any person in possession of premises into which a pipe or other connection with the public sewers and drains has been laid, for the purpose of carrying off animal refuse from water closets, slops from kitchens, or for any other purpose, to allow the same to remain wiinout good and perfect fixtures so attached as to allow a sufficiency of water to be applied as is necessary to properly carry off such matter, and keep the same unobstructed. Each day the same are permitted to remain without such fixtures for supplying said water, shall be deamed a distinct and separate offense.

SEC. G. NO butcher's offal or garbage, dead animals, or obstructions of any kind whatever, shall be placed, thrown or deposited in any receiving basin or sewer. Any person so offending, or causing any such obstructions or substances to be placed so as to be carried into such sewer or basin, |unon corjviction before the Mayor of said citv,"shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Twenty-five dollars for each and every such otlense.

SEC. 7. Any person injuring, breaking, or removing any portion of any receiving basin, covering plate,manhole cover,or any part of any sewer or its appurtenances, or obstructing the mouth of any sewer or drain, on convictisn therefor before the i^ayor, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding JTwenty-five dollars for each and every offence.

SEC. 8. After a permit has been issued, notice in writing must, in all cases, be left at the office of the Street Commissioner of said eity, by the person who is about to make the connection with any public sewer or drain, stating the time when such work will be ready for inspection, previous to making such connection. This notico must be so left between the hours of 8 a. m. and op. m. On the day previous to mating such connection. No connection with any public sewer or drain shall be made or covered over until after the Street Commissioner of- said city has inspected and aj proved and accepted the same.

SEC 9. Each person making connections with public sewers and drains shall keep in repair and good order the whole of the work executed by him, until the same is accepted by the Street Commissioner of said city which acceptance shall be given in writing, and shall not be given before the expiration of one year after the completion ef such work.

SEC. 10. All applications for permits must be made in writing, by the party employed to do the work must be accompanied by the signatures of the owner and tenants (or his or their authorized agent or attorney) of the premises for whose benefit the plication is made, and must state the location, name of the owner, number of buildings to be connected, and how occupied.

SEC. 11. All connections with any public sewer or drain shall be made with four inch glazed sswer tile with joints cemented, and the same shall be properly trapped and vented. All sewer pipe connected with any public sewer or drain shall be laid in the ground at least two and one-half feet deep.

SEC. 12. Any person violating any section or the provisions of any section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding Twenty-live Dollars.

SEC. 13 All ordinances, or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 14. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and aftar its passage and publication for two consecutive weeks in the EVENING RKITHLICAN,a daily newspaper printed and published in said city.

GEO. W. DUNCAN, Mayor.

Attest: WM. R. MCKOWN, City Clerk. May 26th.

Choice Farming Lands

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South Dakota

Along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul Railway can now be had upon usual terms. The crop prospects were never better and a glorious harvest for this year is already assured. Thousands of acres of unoccapied lands in over twenty counties are now open for settlement. For further information address H. F. Hunter Immigration Agent for South Dakota, No 295 Dearborn street, Chic ago, 111. 20t2d&w

Seventy-two million pounds of watermelon is what the railroad and fruit men estimate will be raised in Florida this year. This is equivalent to 8,000,000 melons, which, if placed end to end, would make a chain of watermelons 852 miles long, or farther than from Jacksonville to the city of Washington. What a picture to cause the astonished smile on the face of the average negro to broaden into a laugh of great gladness. To carry these melons to market a train of 3,000 cars would be necessary, and this train would be nearly 19 miles long. But our friend of the African persuasion need not ehango his glad smile into a look of lugubrious meditation. All these melons arp not going to leave Florida. Some aro going to stay right with us, and this summer a kodak fiend will find a happy snapshot on the shady side of many a grapev^ie fence in the shape of two empty melon rinds, a sleeping negro, with a rim of flies dancing a war dance around his yawning mouth. Railroad men say that this year's crop will be three times larger in Florida than that of last year, and the prospects are brighter for better prices, as there will be only a half melon crop in Georgia to compete with. •-Florida Times-rUnicm.

NOTICE:

Of Assessment for the Construction of what is known as Sewer Number One (1) and an Outlet therefor.

Notice is hereby given, that OH the 10th day of June, 1896, at 7:30 o'clock p. m,, in the Council Chamber in the City of Greenfield, Ind., before the committee on streets and alleys oi tbe common council of said city, a hearing will be had on the final estimate as submitted by the City Civil Engineer of said city to the Common Council of said city, on the 20th day of May, 18%, of the cost of constructing what is known as Sewer Number One (1), described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning on the West bank of Brandywine creek, at a point which bears north lifty-seven (57) degrees east from the south-east corner of the west half of the north-west quarter of section four (4), township fifteen (15) north, range seven (7) east, a*d one hundred ninety one and live tenths (191.5) feet dislance from said corner, and running thence north sixteen (16) degrees and forty-five (45) minutes, west one hundred fortyseven (147) feet thence with a six (6) degree curve to the left, six hundred sixty-six (666) feet thence north fifty-six (56) degrees and forty-live (45) minutes west to the center line of Osage street in said city thence bearing to the right a sufficient distance to pass under the railroad bridge over tbe open ditch known as Potts' ditch thence reflecting to the left to a point on the center line of the alley extension South of Spring street in the City of Greenfield, Indiana. Said point being one hundred fifty (150) feet south of the center line of South street in said city, which is known as and designated as the main out-fall for said sewer. Thence north to the "center line of said South street thence in a north-westerly direction to the center line of East street. Beginning at sewer crossing in the center line of North street in said city thence west in the center line of North street to the center line of State street, thence south in the center line of State street to the center line of alley running east and west through the center of block number eighteen (18) in Wingfield's reserve in the original plat of Greenfield, Indiana. Thence west through said alley to the center line of Pennsylvania street. Thence north in the center line of Pennsylvania street to the center line of Main street, thence west in the center line of Main street to the center line of Hough street thence south to the north line of the right-of-way of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, also a branch sewer from the said sewer in said State street extending west in the center line of the alley running east and west through the center of block number seventeen (17) original plat of Greenfield, Indiana, to the east line of Pennsylvania street. Also beginning with said sewer at the intersection of State and North streets in said city thence west in the center line of North street to the center line of Pennsylvania street, thence north in said Pennsylvania street to the center line of Walnut street thence west in center line of Walnut street to center line of Noble street thence south to the center line of North street thence in center line of North street "o the east line of School street in said city and beginning with the sewer in said open ditch in the center line of North street, thence east in the center line of North street to the west line of Wood street. Also a branch sewer beginning at the intersection of said North and Pennsylvania streets, thence west in the center line af North street to the east line of Noble street.

Pursuant to a special crdinance passed and adopted by the Common Council of taid city on the 23rd day of August, 1S95.

And at said time and place said committee will consider said estimate All interested persons are notified to be Jpresent and make objections thereto if any they have.

By order of the Common Council of said city of Greenfield, Indiana. VV\ R. M. KOWN, 15518 Clerk City of Greenfield.

NOTICE

Of Intention to Improve Harrison Street from the North line of Main street to the

South line of Walnut street.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Greenfield, Indiana, held at the council chamber of said eity on the 20th day of May, )8fl6, said Council passed and adopted a resolution, declaring that it was deemed necessary to improve Harrison street by grading and graveling the roadway and by grading and paving with brick the sidewalks on both sides from the North line of Main street to the South line of Walnut street in said city.

Notice is also given that objections to said proposed improvement may be made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the Clerk'of said eity by 7 o'clock p. m., ^on the lGth day of June, 1S96.

Wji. R. McKOWN.

155t7 Clerk City of Greenfield.

NOTICE:

Of Intention to Construct a Sewer on South street.

Notice is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Greenfield, Indiana, held at tbe Council Chamber of said city, -on the 20th day of May, 1896, said Council ^adopted a resolution, declaring that it was deemed necessary to construct a sewer on South street from the center line of State street to the point where what is known as sewer number one (1) crosses said South street.

Notice is aUo given that objections to said proposed improvement may bo made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the clerk of said city by 7 Jp. m. on the 16th day of June, 1896.

WM. MCKOWN,

155t7 Clerk City of Greenfield.

NOTICE:

Of Intention to Improve West Main street from Broadway street to West Corporation line of Greenfield, Indiana.

Notice is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Greenfield, Indiana, held at the Council Chamber of said city, on the 20th day of May, 189)5, said council passed and adopted a resolution declaring that it was deemed necessary to improve Main street by grading and graveling the roadway and grading and paving the sidewalks on both sides with cement from the East line of Broadway street to the West corporation line of said city.

Notice is also given that objections to paid proposed improvement may be made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the clerk of said city by 7 p. m. on the 16th day of June, 1896.

WM. R, McKOWN,

155t7 Clerk City of Greenfield.

How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.

F. J. CHENEY & Co. Props, Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O., Walding. Kinnau & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists Toledo, Ohio.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and tnucoHS surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.

Prohibition Natioual Convention Excursions to Pittsburgh.

[. Excursion tickets to Pittsburgh, account Prohibition National Convention, will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines May 24th, 25th and 26th good returning until May 30th. Particulars about.rates and time of trains may«be secured byjaddressing Pennsylvania Line Ticket Agents. 143118

EXCURSION BATES

To Pittsburg, Washington, St. Louis, Chicago and Elsewhere. Via Pennsylvania Short Lines.

Special excursion tickets will be sold via Pennsylvania Short Lines as follows: To Pittsburg, May 24th, 25th and 26th, account the National Prohibition Convention good returning"until-May 30th also on June 6th, 7th and 8th for the North American Saengerbund Convention good to return until June 13th.

To St. Louis. June 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th, for the Republican National Convention good returning until June 21st inclusive.

To Chicago, July 3d. 4th, 5th and 6th, for the National Democratic Convention good returning until July 12th.

To Washington, D. C., July 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, account the Christian Endeavor Convention valid to return July 15 th, with provision f®r extension of return limit until July 31st.

Special local excursions will also be run during the season in addition to the foregoing. Please bear in mind the concessions in fare will be granted over the Pennsylvania Short Lines, the desirable route on which all the comforts of travel may be enjoyed. Application for information addresed to passenger and ticket agents of the Pennsylvania System will be cheerfully and promptly answered. The person to see at Greenfield is W. H. Scott, Agt. 143tf

Eighty Acres of Farm Land Free

Or its equivalent in cash will be given to any active, wide awake and energetic young farmer, who will sell a section or more of the best farm lands along the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee&St. Paul Railway in South Dakota, at prices ranging from $7 to $12 per acre onehalf cash, balance on time.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime to secure a home, and this offer remains open for sfxty days only.

Thousands of acres in over twenty counties in South Dakota have been recently opened for settlement, which the railway company is anxious to have disposed of on favorably terms to actual set tiers. For further particulars address W. ,E. Powell, General Immigration Agent, 410^01d Colony building, Chicago, 111. Excursions every day from Chicago. 20t3d&w

The Detroit aad Cleveland Steam Navigation Company's steamers are now |running daily (except Sunday) between Detroit and Cleveland. When traveling East or West, North or South, try to arrange to take advantage of these luxurious steamers between Michigan and Ohio. If you are contemplating a summer*outing, write A. A. Schantz, G. P. A., Detroit, Mich., for illustrated pamphlet, which gives full information of a trip to Mackinac via the Coast Line. 123d&wtf

Timber Wanted.

I desire to buy all kinds of timber suitable for any kind of lumber. This includes oak, poplar, elm, ash, hickory, etc. I pay the highe3t cash prices and guarantee satisfaction as to measurement, removing timber etc. Parties having timbsr to sell will call and see me or drop me a letter at New Palestine, Ind. 20t4 A. H. MORFORP.

Summer Homes.

In the Lake regions of Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota, there Jare hundreds of 'charming localities pre-eminently fitted for summer homes. Nearly all are located on or near lakes which have not been fished out.

These resorts are easily reached by railway and range in variety from the "full dress for dinner'' to the flannel-shirt cos tume for every meal. Among the list are names'familiar to many of our readers as the perfection of Nothern summer resort.

Nearly all of the Wisconsin points of interest are within a short distance from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none of them are so far away from the "busy marts of civilization" that they cannot be reached in a few hours of travel, by frequent trains over the finest road in the northwest— the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway. A description of tho principal resorts, with list of summer hotel-- and boarding houses, and rates for board will be sent free on- application to Robt. C. Jones,Travling Passenger Agent, 40 Orew Building, Cincinnati, O. 128x2 oii&w

Medical Writers.

The best medical writers claim i.hat the successful remedy for nasal catarrh must be non-irritating, easy of application, and one that will, by its own action reach all the remote sores and ulcerated surfacs. The history of the efforts to treat catarrh during the past few years proves that only one remedy has met these conditions, and that is Century Catarrh Cure. This safe and pleasant remedy has mastered Catarrh as nothing else has ever done, and both physicians and surgeons concede this fact. The most distressing syniptons yield to it. For sale at Crecent Pharmacy

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Christian Endeavor Washington Kxcursions

Low rate tickets to Washington account Christian Endeavor convention will te sold via«Pennsylvania Short Lines July 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th good to return until July 15th, with privilege to extend limitntil July 31st. See Pennsylvania Line ticket agents for details. 143tf

Notice.

I have removed my shop to 38}a West Main street where I am better than ever prepared to cleau, dye and repair ladle aud gentleman's clothing of every description. Kid glove cleaning a specialty. 79tf GEORGE JUSTICE.

Don't fail to hear Mr. Ed Nell and Miss LeFever sing at the May music concert Thursday night, at the Christian church.

Men's $1.25 shoes reduced to $1 at Spot Cash.

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WAYS 0E ALLIGATORS

THE S^UJt.AN AT CLOSE RANGE IN HIS FLORIDA HOME.

How the Female Lays Her Eggs and Cares For Her Young—A Mother Will Fight Anything That Threatens Her Babies.

Diet and Luxuries of Alligators.

One of the sights most eagerly watched for by the newly arrived Florida visitor, as he glides over the lakes and rivers of that genial land, is the alligator. A few years ago this desire was easily gratified, but the great saurian is comparatively rare nowadays along the older routes of travel. This is due partly to the bullets of the -^sitors and partly to the shots and traps of the more legit* imate alligator hunter, who finds in that pursuit the chief means of support for himself and his family.

It is in the dense fastnesses of the Inland swamps and everglades that alligators may be seen in great numbers on a bright day, basking in the sunshine. They are gregarious and love to assemble in such places, where they bring their two rows of strong teeth together with a prodigious clatter and roar with a npise that resembles thunder.

The female makes her nest in the sand near the water's edge, scraping a hol« with her paws and dropping the eggs in a regular layer. Then she scrapes grass, leaves, mud and sand over them, on these places another layer, and so continues alternate layers until the nest contains from 30 to 40 eggs. As the hole is rarely deep enough to hold all these, the result is a decided mound easily detected by the experienced hunter, who finds ready salp for the eggs as curiosities. They are white, hard shelled and rather larger than a hen's egg. If he prefers to await their hatching, he secures a fine lot of little alligators, for which also there is always a ready sale/

While she thus leaves lier prospective children to the doubtful guardianship of the earth, the mother does not desert them. Patiently she keeps watch over the nest in which they lie, never allowing that mound of sand to be long out of her sight. How she knows exactly when the little folk are ready, like the emancipated chicken, to step out of their shells and take their first peep at the world, who shall say? But, ail the same, it is a fact that, however far afield her excursions muy previously have been, the day and the hour of that happy event in her family circle find her on the spot ready to gather the little ones under her wing, as it were, and lead them to their future home in the water that lies before them.

This watchful care the mother continues until her babies are old enough to forage for themselves and their scales are firm enough, to enable them to dispense with her protection. The extent to which the young alligators or crocodilcs require this watchful care can hardly be realized by those that are not familiar with their habits, for the little ones are terribly persecuted by birds and beasts and even by their kinsmen, the bull alligators, which sometimes eat a dozen or two of their own children at a meal. The mother on such occasions has been known to turn and fight the unnatural monsters with sue1' fi.ry as to put them to flight. It is not only the bull alligator that she will attack when alarmed for the safety of her young—she often holds the most experienced hunters at bay until her little charges have time to flee to a place of safety.

The eight presented by the mother, surrounded and followed by a whole brood of her little ones, is a pleasing one, but let an enemy come in view and the scene ceases to be pleasant. In the twinkling of an eye the little ones dash away into the mysterious shadows, and the placid mother becomes transformed into a raging fury, fairly churning the quiet waters into waves in her mad rush to do battle with the intruders. Without this incentive of maternal affection, however, it is but seldom that an alligator or a crocodile attacks a human being.

The lower animals are less fortunate. Cattle in the far south, where the open ranges and shallow waters extend a tempting invitation to roam, are sometimes seen with shortened tails, an abbreviation ft.r which the wily alligator is responsible. Pigs rooting too near the water's edge and unobservant of the loglike form lying close at their side aro often caught by a lightninglike swTeep of the alligator's formidable tail.

But the most cherished of all tidbits to an alligator is a nice, plump dog. Tbe saurian's peculiar attraction toward this animal is so well known to hunters that they frequently imitate the yelp of a dog to entice their prey within range, and the call never fails of its purpose. The squeal of a pig is almost as effective.

These dainty bits, however, are rather in the line of luxuries. For a steady, everyday diet the alligator depends upon fish, and it haunts tiiose localities in rivers or lakes where its natural prey most- abounds. It catches tho fish by diving swiftly under a passing shoal and snatching two or three in its open jaws as it passes through the shoal. Then, rising to the surface, it tosses them in the air, for the purpose of ejecting the water that has entered its mouth along with the iish, and adroitly catches them in their descent.—Helen Harcourt in Philadelphia Times.

Latitude of ¥int.

She colored deeply. A girl in an ordinary story would have blushed red.

But she was in a problem story with poster illustrations. Accordingly, in view of tho uncer-. tainty, slio merely colored.—Detroit Tribune.

It is a certain rule that wit and passion aro entirely incompatible. When the affections are mo veil, there is no plate for the imagination.—Hume.

8nails were once thought to be a cure tot consumption.

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