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November is a. goo the garden for next like working a good w work is done this fall Coarse fodder that could not be store the barn, should now be fed out befo snfi'ers any further injury from rains snows. If fed in the stable it will as: pay to cut it up fine and mix a 1 ground feed with the mass. Above things the stoek should not‘ be nied a fair portion of green food, one] we have mentioned above. A suc change of diet from green to dry [00¢ always sure to cause a. falling off in the‘ dition of the stock-- [Western Plowman V_’..v...u.uu vr an acre are much increased by this method of feeding. As our farms grow smallar, as they eventually must, in crnscquence of divisions of family estates and increase of population, this method will become mne generally adopted. There is curtainly no other time in all the year when yard and stable feeding can be more advantageous to the farmer than during the autumn ISSUED. . fin..- nun guuun. I am satisfied that yard and stable feed ing is by far the most ecom mical systtm of feeding at all times of the year. Good iarm managers are resorting to H. e soiling system, and nearly :11 agree that the capabilities of uuu... unv- Stockv fed liberally with the above men- tioned articles will not fail in flesh or milk. as is the case with those that are allnwul, or forced. to pick up a living from the fields. When so fed they should be kept in large yards where they will lave plenty of room for (xrrcise, but still not enough to cause them to run their flesh cfl‘in explor- ing them. As soon as the frosty nights come. the stock should be housed, as well as fed, regularly. Stock cannot do the bcst when they get up in the (pan yard covered with frost and thnru ughly chilled though each morning. I know that it is customary among alarge class to allow them to lie out in the yards until heavy freezing. or per- haps snow ccmes; but the fact does not make it anv better for the stock. or the practice xofitahle to the owners. Au ani mal Well- oused does not require as much food to keep it up in good condition, as the one that is exposed to all :orts (f weather, day and night. If the readers of this ar- ticle have ever seen cattle fed in the yard on a cold. frosty morning, they will agrre with me that such voracious appetites re~ uire at least a. third more iodderto satisfy t em. As the cattle when so exposed do not thrive as well as those that are housed and fed much less. it is quite plain that the extra feed is waited. to say nothing of the Injury done the stock. Nor should stock be allowed to run over the grass lands late in autumn, an account of the injury resulting to the next ye'r's crop of grass in consequence of close iisk ing, and hard treading. Grass riots neerl mulching in this climate. and the only Practical method of furnishing this mulch, 15 to allow a‘portion of the growth to Bu‘ve in this caparily. It is not that a light growth of dry grass will ketp the frost from the roots, but it assists in rotaioing the snow evenly on the surface. wl ich pre- vents thetltcrrate frerzing and thawing, so fatal to the roots of grasses and grains. I am satisfied that yard and stable feed ing is by far the most ecnni mica] systtm of Luv“... -4- ." ‘:__,__ .ru “rumâ€"‘â€" To su-pplement this coarse food, and to furnish something to lake the place of the green {( 0d they have lost, pumpkins. Equaebes, and such qui<k decaying roots as cannnt he kept along into Winhr, nbnnld now be fed out. Immense crops of flat‘ white turnips can be grown for this purpree nfter anothn- crop has been taken from the ground. These are notlong keepers, and can best be fed out in the fall. Pumpkins are excellent, while aquashea cannut be eur- paesed as feed for milch cows in {all and winter. All the rcots are goodâ€"pova‘oes, raga legqs, c: {rote beets. wurtzela, etc. . .- _. . v .wnlvllwu ’ ’ " ' ' "I bv stock, when hav would go untouched. This is particularly the case with the fodder obtained {Hm sowed corn. which is cut and cured with regard to the forage rather ti an to the ripening of the grain. â€"~' * r -‘~-*"a' Instead of allowing stock to wander about to pick up a precarious living during the late autumn months it is much better management to dprovide lafe cut forage plants which yie] very heavily and can be cut and cursd for this purpose, at very little expense. Those who have earn-fodderâ€" and what farmer has notâ€"can find no bet- ter time for using it than during these late youths: If well cured it is_always relished While the cattle may naturally desire to roam over the fields to fhe latest possible day. I do not think it policy to allow them to do so. More cat'le are made unruly at this time of the year than at all other three put together. They find nothing Fatlafac- tory to feed upon, so roam uneasily about. reaching through the fences and bars. and trying the strength of every obitruction that comes in their way, in the form of wall or fence. The toldcst of. the lot will make a “break” and the rest of the herd are not slow to follow. thus taking their first lea- aogs in fence'breaking and pllfering. ,‘, This of itself ahould teach the farmer the needs of his atcck. and induce him to pro- vide for their wants by laying in a Eeneraus supply of gen: food to relieve the monoto- nous diet of dry hay and gram. which be has been long accustomed to deal out to them. It is a hard matter to break up old customs and practires that by long Marcia- tion have become fixed habits: yet when the farmer sees how closely It affects his in- terests, he should not long hesitate in work. ing the greatly needed reform, The poor dumb brutee are loath to leave the fieldw'and pastures r0 long a? there is a green blar’e to be nifbled. and they wi'l even confinue to haunt their favorite graz- ing grounds when only the yellow tufts of frost-bitten herbage remain tn mark the place of their summer revels. Reawon, in- Itinct, experience, or something, seems to teach them that a lorg, hard winter is ap- proaching. when they will have to fOrego their wholesome diet nf green food. as is too often the case on the farm : and they seem to dread its arrival, and endeavor to prntracf. the grazing period to the last pos- llbl“ hour. November in a trying month to farm stack in our northern climate. The tender grasses have been partially ruined by the first hard frosts. leaving just enough to coax the cattle and other stock away frrm thelr dry fodder, yet [on scant to furnish a generous living. or to keep up the flow of milk for the_dairy. Work in FOR THE FARMER. ‘r Injury from rains and the stable it will usually fine and mix a little the mass. Above all should not‘ be do- : of green food, such as ed above. A sudden 111 green to dry food is e a. falling off in the con- - [Western Plowman. wd month to plan out c year. It may seem ways ahead. yet if this 11 1t will save consider- the Garden Fall Feeding. 1 not be stored in fegl out before it .,, vhnh wmuu urea opens the door, anc troduces us to better ourselves by the amplea of others if there be anything in society worth taking notice of. acquaintan 1y, that wt troduces us amplea of t The knowledge of con manners is a very necessat like grace and beauty, thz liking and an Inclinatmn to at the firut sight, and in the ,,,= __ __..- _..v....uuvu nu uuU test of Erors examination, it is not ulxsble. Fur a. long time all those who have been engaged in working horses have hem of the opiLion that brown horses lasted the ltng- est, and were the best to withstand wear and tear. Buys and blacks Were next {sn- cied, then came the animals of lighter shades of color. We have no good reasons for hrlieving this, however, for any single opinion on the subject expressed without reasons or facts, is not reliablelenough. We have known the oldest horsesâ€"horses that have done the hardest work in the centre of a. Clydesdale district, where chestnut is des- pisedâ€"to be pure Chestnuts, and the best and oldest horse of the opposition firm almost next door to be a pure black. There is danger, thsrsfore. we say, in raising dis- cussions on this subject without macerial. In fact some horsemen are color blind to all but bays and hrowns.â€"[Lonuon Live Stock J ournsl. uwur In regard to constitution is a. prob- lem which some casual student; of hrrae- heeding are fining to solve. As usual in Etch czses, when the infmmation vouch- saied by those who are in the position of kmming something is not submitted to the Color in regard to constitution lem which some casual student; breeding are tn ina m unlnn A ,V. “v”. uuu occur in the sand, assoczated with poridol and pyrcpe-garuot. No regular marching for them is carried on. They are often found with the asmciated gems on ant hills, which abound in that district. Vernon, N. J., and in Franklin. Macon County, N. C. The colors are rich blue, violet blue, ruby red and yellow, while stme are colourless. The principal locality far sapphires in the United States. how- ever, is m the gravrl districts near Helena, Mom, and Santa. Fe, N. M. _Here they occur in H... mm: “MHz-.. 1 A beautiful diamond that was cut into a remarkably fine atone ha! lately been found near San Francisco. and at ajeweler’a in Ind an spohs there are two crystals of this precious gem on exhibition which were found in Indiana. Within the past year a diamond is reported to have been found in Mzseouri by a. hunter, who pixkerl it out of a brcok where he stopped to drink Ex- perienced geologists he“ to the opinion that so many of the associations of the dia- mond axe present in North Carolina that they have hopes of their being found there. Tue garnet disfricts of Arizona and New Mexico may also be looked upon as the proi‘able diamond mines of the future. Sapphiresvand rubies ‘hage been found at 1 n---‘ “Fat in December, strong in March." is a maxim that should be painted in large letters over the door of every sheep-house. The prac'ice is altogether too common of letting sheep run on the paetures without extra food till the (now gets so deep ti at they can no longer srcure a. Matty llVing.‘ The first heavy freeze so injuris the grass that it has but little nutritive value, and unless additional food is given the sheep Will begin to lose flesh ; and if cunprlled to live on what they pick. will get quite thin before severe cold weather. This is about the most foolish thing the farmer can do, for when they are once in this condition, it is very hard to arrest the downward course. It is the result of this unwise practice that causes the great loss among the flccks to- ward :pring, fparticularly among the young- er sheep. which is so often attributed to “grub in the head." Every sheep keeper should have the facilities, and on the ap- proach of hard freezes should commence to feed daily 2. little hay or grain. The neces- sary outlay will be money well invested. A little time apernt now in preparing a supply of pea brushes. or sticks, and bean poles ready for use, will save considerable time in the spnng when work is pressing, Then it is a. good plan to nrepme a num- ber of small round stakes, flatten one side and paint white so they can be written upon. Cl'hey are very convenient for mark- ing the places where the different varieties‘ of plants are sown ; store them away where they will dry. See that all the tcols are‘ under a good cover. well cleaned up and oiled so that they will not rust. ' In plowing up the balance of the garden see that the furrows are left open so that the Water will drain ofl'eaaily and rapidly. A good dressing of well rotted manure will be bencficinl. Rimember that it is ex- tremelv difficult to get; the garden too rich. Yet it is not desirable to haul out fresh manure that is full of weed and grass seeds in the garden. It will pxy better to pile up and rot well and then work as fine as pcszible before applying. l added, but I find the ones euumtnted suf- ficwnt {or (‘rdimry purposes. The asparagus bed. or rows, come first, then the rhubarb, becmse they require nearly the same ireatment' and by planting them close together I save some trouble in mulching in the fall. Then the sage, sav- ory and ssflron follow next, and then the horehound. This plzces the medical and seasoning plants together, Then the chi- cnry, spinach, mustard and horse radish.) these are principally for greens. By having‘ these all on one side there ls no need for disturb'ng them when plowing up the gar- ‘ den in fall ; pzrt of them do not necessarily requ‘ra exin manuring, and I find this plan economizes manure, while the others re- quire extra heavy manuring in order to secure the best results, and this can lie given without wasting: The plants can all be set out better in the in]! than in the spring. while the seed of the mustard and spinach can be sewn as well in the fall as m the spring and will come into use much earlier than if the work is delayed until spring: In planning out the garden, fint decid: to use a garden plow and drill in plmting nnd cultivming, and in order to do this H the best advantage plant; in long rows. My plan of a garden is to reserve one side for a number of rows for aspiragus. rhu barb, sage, savavy, horse raaisb, musiard, spinach, chicory, safi'ron and borehound They are al‘ convenient More might be addec’. but I find the ones eunmsntad snf. able lime in the apt ng. Then if yot no asparagus bed, or xhublrb, you can cure the sets this {all and make a or, if you hwe sown seed in the sprin‘ is the best time to transplant. Precious Stones [11 Amen-lea 3. mm: h first A Horse Problem. :g m not submitted to the Iinatiou, it is not ulmble. all those _whorhave been tye (1901', 311d in. ne paetures without W gets so deep tk at mm .a.‘ scanty liv ing. Then if you hav‘ rhubu'b, you can pro 11 and make a start _and good the The rich are able, but not liberal ; poor are generous, but lack ability. brlfiaea , , 7 a _ v v . v v â€" v v - uuv unnnv. Two days ago this young princess was hunt- ing a stag in company with her husband and several other members of the illustrious colony of princes established on the shores of Lake Gmarden. Just as she Was nrnnm'nn on horsebac little bridge A Duchess’s Narrow Escape. Duchess Thyra. of Cumbtrland. sister of the Empress ofRussia mid of the Princess of Wales, has just escaped, in an almcst mira- culous manner: an accident of the chase. An your wedding ring wears So went away your career." It is only on very old hands that the worn thread of gold is now seen. ‘all _ ,, __- "Nuns xiug to slip over the finger-joint. It is con sidexed unlucky to take it off To lose it in dicates a. misfortune. ’0!“ m , 4. _.â€" -- tint!“ VIC LIGLIU ’ in three days; Mr. Chamberlain hasvbeen supplied with opinions concerning the ship- ping Irgislation, and Lard Derby concern- ‘ ing New Guinea; the Irish members have a stnniing order for ouftings upon which troubleeome questions to her Majesty's min intern may he founded. Not a. few persons are actuated by the same motive an thalady (not the major'a wife) who writvs for all al- lusions to Major â€"â€"â€" of tha â€"â€"th. now serving in Egypt. and Oscar Wilde, it need hardly be added in conclusion. has been a patron of the enterprise from the first. DOW ide printed slip coréegfi‘gn-Eii having blank spaces for 1: address: nf the neyvapgppr‘ _“_L_ _ .. . wee mere, and so skillfully has he follnwari it up, that his: handful of newapaper enip~ pings has bennmo nothing less than “The Artistic and Literary Cmreepnnflence aha Univerml Compendium of the Prawn." with ( these when a. retro of clerks, male and fe- male, are hnsily cnnaged all day long in cutting up grea“. heaps of newspapers. pasting the cuttings npou printed forms. and mailing them literally to all parts of the world. Three thousand English newnpapou, 600 Amtricau ones. and several hundred pub- lished on the European continent: are thus regularly searched through and diemem- bored under the direction of this ingenious American. The pannrn as they come in are ‘ examined by Romt-iks- himself or one of his head clerks (French German. Italian, and uesian are read in the oflice)‘ manages re- ferring to any person or subject nn the books of the bureau are marked, numbered. and a printed slip correspondingly numbnrrd and an.‘_- LL I works. and positively paddled them Tram studio to studio. The next day he was in R position to buy pewral papers. and the nexfi week a large numbar, and to axtend his oppmtiom to other person than “fight At “18 nresant mum... M ..._.__.A . . AD the present mtmrné idee Mary, and so tkiIlfI , .rfi . V... uvulclllpldhlllg “"0 black prospect before him a oenflemm stepped up to a newspaper kie' k cime by, received a copy of a. paper cost-112'th anus. laid down a franc in payment and walker? away. It was not for nothing that: thin; young man had bern born in America. since to witness this myetrrious transaction wan to him the same thing as to realize that there was: place and fortune for the middle man hrtween the two partiesto it. The ex- planatinn, as he learned afterward. was that the grntlemau was an artist. that the 0H woman carefully "arched each mnrning'e papers for any remwka upon his pictures, and that when she found one he gave her a franc for the paper containing it. What the apple was to Newton or the deer’snkull to Get firrv Saint. Hilaire, this mmetary specta le on the l‘oulevnrd was to Henrv Romeike ; in so fat M: anv rate. an it pointed the way to fame. He managed to get to London, invented his last penny in a copy of the Daily Telegraph during the pic- ture season. out out the notices of artists’ Workfi- and Dositivalv mama; uu_ L, e Gmardeu. Just as she was crossing award: the waterfall of Aurach, the nridqe gave way and the noble hunt- m precipated into the stream, The a the more unfortunate as: the horse over the princess. However. her H3gh: sin (1 standi: A Yankae's Quick Jump from No Thing ton. Blg Thingâ€"New Way of Um- leng Newappaers concerning Finger Rings. About 1r A FORTUNE IN CLIPPINGS‘ unfortunate a}! the horse princess. However, her received onlya few slight .id not evan prevent her to the saddle again as soon 111: of the waiter \“4 -pom are ago avoung man of Rue Cincinnati birth was accurate w,“ his. ; the firth was an boule Lting the enflemau w _.........-..unu. uuvv LIU keeps a. rendezvous for the Calaveras and ma Tuolumne shakemakers. It was “J.m" seat 100 ed before a cheerful pine knot fire which .33 glowed brilliantly that keen frosty evening, 320 who related Ihe following intereming de- th. tails of a recent tragedy and romance. The has telegraph tcll a meagre story of the crime, 5.4 which was committed last fourth of July, )00 but the romantic part of the aflair remained "a untold. "Said Jim : "Did you notice a toll ma, gate down the mountain I A nice little ,ry white cottage near the bank of a creek? Yes? .h-c There is where my old mining pard, Frank M. Pareta, lived, and there in that creek is to where he drowned h‘s wife. Oh, she was a ‘ hrd beauty, was Frank’s wife. The handsomest ph Italian girl I ever saw. Frank went all the l I“ way to Italy to find and marry her, and now ,e_ he has killed ter. This is how it came about at Frank Pan-eta. and I Were working together en several years in the mines down there in An p, gel: camp, and one day Frank said to me. n. 'Miguel, I am going to get married when I ve got money enough to buy that toll road at at, Murphy's. I laughed at him, and thought u no more about it, as women were scarce ab- “ out Angrls, and Frank never mixed with ly them. But he saved all of his money. and 1. in due time left the cabin and went to Italy. w In a few months he astonished the camp by ,d returning with a young girl wife, the hand- “ somest womin we had ever sten. Frank was very proud of his prize and fairly worshiped her. He bought her everything she desired, dressed her gayly. decked her in jewellery, and kept a girl to wait on her. He bought her the toll road for $4 000 and built that pretty little cottage you see there. But the girl was not satisfied. She tired of her el- derly husband. ~ and looked with loving glwces upo 15011181 r admirers. The hus- band was jealous, but he was kind and pa- tient' She was capricious and abusive, but Frank lived on in hopes of happier: times. The ‘tollegate keeper had about $1,200 bu- ried in his cellar, and this hidden treasure he revealed to his pretty Italian wife, who secretly appropriated $500 and with it went to San Andreas, the county-seat, and ap. plied for a divorce. Frank heard of the di- vorce business, but did not discover the loss of his $500 unt:l the morning of last Fourth of July. There was a celebration at Mur phy's camp, and Frank staid at home to collect tolls. He went dowu to the cellar and discovered the lOSrllf ihe $500 He called his wife and accused her of the theft. At first she denied, but finally an knowledged that she had taken it, and defiantly announ- ced that she intended to use it to obtain a divorce, and pasitively declined to give it up. Then the angry husband went out and walked up and down in frontof the house. Then he went and gazed into the foaming mountain stream, which was swollen and deep. Then he went to the house and quiet m lly and calmly invited his wife to take a 1“ little walk With him. She consented. The fil servant girl protested and warned the wife I" that her husband intended to kill her. The 03 man and wife walked to the creek. There 4‘3 seized her by the throat, and, after iurtively f0 strangling her, threw her body into the 89' stream to see her drown. An old German ‘30. living near witnessedrthe struggle and ran ml to the wife's a sistanoe. He drew the hali- 8“ drowned woman out of the water. The “3‘ husband seized her again and plunged her let plunged her once more into the torrent. {Ol The old German once more dragged the in '81 animate woman to the shore. Again the a 5 brutal husband threw her into the water to and she floated dowu stream from whence 110‘ the 011 German pulled htl‘llftllb‘flfi farm thf When taken to the house the mis~ing $500 mil and $150 more money was sewed in her ULI‘- 81" not She died with her coin.” It' "And what became of the murderer?” cos ‘ H9 isin the county jiil at Sin Andreas awaiting trial. He is as happy as a prince ’J and sings merrily every day. of course he wig will hafi'g. and ngefififiad§gxlli th‘esgvn. will say, ‘Well aerved.’ " eV‘ Ty And so it proved. for Jim is agood cook, a hospitable host, and one 0' the best story- tellers extant. His name is Miguel Elias, and he is a native of Tucson. but he has scent thirty-fiveyeara among ihe mountains. He is one of those interesting characters who live in the past, and never \ire of telling of the days of ’49, when gold was being taken out olthese gulches in [chunks and every man was wealthy who would work. “Jim ” had seen the day when he could count his wealth-by thousands, but. monte and bad luck has made him poor, but happier than ever before. His life is a romance and a wo- man the ounce of his financial ruin. Now he “The ahakemakers call me ‘hungry Jim’ just for fun; not that Idon’c have enough to eat. for "you stop at my place to-night, an I hnpn you will you will find Hungry Jim agood feeder." ' _ .u, 010 a when or 11101154150118 people littll ‘ known to the World. writes a correspind cut. They live on isolated happy life )3] mm the busy norld, of which they know little and care lrss These are the “ shake. makers." Thz‘y exist usually in couples. and make their home for the time being where the finest sugar-pine grows. and whence the products of their labor can be conveniently hauled away. They are a jolly, happy lot, those “shakemakers” oi the Sierras. They work at will, and by way of recreation ai vide their leisure time between deer and bear-hunting and the nearest country atom The mode of making “shakes” or clapboards is simple. The tree felled is sawed into suit able lengths. and then is split into thin boards or " shakes” by means of a froe and a. mallet I‘he shakes ssll here in the mOunt. ains at $4 to $4.50 per thousand, and are always in demand, A shakemakers' camp is one of the most picturesque scenes to be found on the constand the voluntary recluses who spend year after year in these moun- tain solitudes are the jolliest lot of bache- lors on earth. A majority of this almost: unknown race of men are old miners and young men from the loothilil farms. Wildl brave, uneducated, and kind-hearted, they include within their numbers hundreds of the best frontiersmen and the noblest types of manhood, While ramblingi’among tho ‘ hospitable class of men the evening I and. denly c me into I clear ng upon the mount ain side, in the centre of which stood a. log cabin of the most primitive character, upon the porch of which sloid a. smiling old mm; whn ventured the infermation. "This is ‘Hungry Jim’s' place.” Before I could reply to this startlinq and incomprehensible un. nouncement the old man added the follow- ing explanation: Living just above the foothills am midst of the virgm pine forests of 1'. my me a. class of indus'rious peop known to the world. writes a can The Details of a Romantic Tragedy Told Before the Pine-Knot fire of at Sierra shakemaken HUNGRY JIM'S srony‘ m warned the wife dad to kill her. The » the crack. There and, after furtively her body into the \ missing $500 ved in her can > time being where we, and whence the :an be conveniently :f‘j. 1}], happy lot, Igions i in the he Sier- To quarrel with a s with an equal in doubtf sordid and base ; with man. mand, the constant deman and Alaska. will appear It will lock to be worth tt cost us. Afser the killing season is over the seals begin to shed their hair and a few weeks later disappear from the summer camping. grounds for parts unknown. The males leave first and the females and young seals lflti r, until by November the islands are ut. telly deserted. Where the fur seal spends his winter is a question that has never yet been settled. The fact that he goes away in November and returns in May is all that can be learned of him. Some have supposed that the animals btake themselves to undis- covered islands further south,whtre they re- main during the winter season, but still none of the many seekers have been able to find these places. The seal is not a water an- imal in the true sense of the word. He cannot remain long under water, is not an expert swimmer, and yet he leaves St. Paul for months and returns there thin and scrawny. Where is the tTme passed I If somebody could tell, that person would have information worth a fartune. They go away in sections and are scattering in their return, yet they select every year the old, feeding and breeding stations. and are found nowhere except upon the two rocky islands of St. George and St Paul. Here is a simple fact. yet one of inestimable value to Alarlu. Sail to the seal islands in July, notice the countless number of animals there, realize the price which the skins com- mand, the constant demands of the marlnat ,fi_ â€"~\-V. qu Burl“! of thekase. are provided gratis by the com- pany with warm houses. sixty tone of coal, a doctor and a. schoolmaster. salmon and other necessities and comforts. For their labor the men are paid some $40 000 alto. gather each season. a sum more than sufii. cient to meet; the limited needs of life in I region of almost perpetual fogs and utter ia- elation. Preparing the Skins for Market-A Hyst- ery 1n Natural History. Few of those wearing a sealskin sacque have any knowledge of the pracess by which the skins are prepared in use. Seen when first taken from the an'nnl they little re- semble the warm glcssy skins worn upan our streets, for unIil dyed and cured they are of a light-brown hue, coarse and full of sand. Before becoming valuable they are shaved down on the flesh side until not thicker than paper, the long hairs are pull- ed out and the for d yed. The cost of the ar~ ticle is due to the labor expended on it. The raw skins are sold in London, where the finishing is done, and then shi ped back to America, where they are sold with ajheavy duty added. The killing sea- son in Alaska begins about the 12th of June and the 100‘000 skins are usually ready for shipment a month later. The work of slaughtering the animals is done by natives who live upon the St. Paul and St. George islands and the process is an interesting one. When skins are wanted the natives go to the rookeries, station themselves along the shore between the seals and the water, and atagiven signal spring to their feet and make as much noise as possible. The fright- ened victim), timid as deer, then stampede up the bewch and are driven like sheep a. few miles inland, until their captors. attack them with hickory clubs. Being knocked senseless, they are stabbed with long sh knives and the skins are quickly strings from the bodies, The work is divided among the men, some knocking the seals down, others stabbing them and still others taking 08‘ the sk'ns. The native Indians numbers about three hundred and under the terms n5 thl.A__ -_. A; ,, - Mrs. Cooley is aatitfied that he [DVD] wounded her assailant. The polxce are a ing the country for him. but it is most 1y he will be found dead In the woods. r V, ._, V..- .. nun-u uuu EU. The negro was quick to see that some- thing was wrong and, rising, staggered to- wards the door. J net as he disappeared through the doorway Mrs. Cooley discover- ed that her pistol was but half-cocked. The hammer was given another pull, and, as the negro sprang through the yard gate Mrs Cooley sent a. ball flving after him. Again he dropped, but almost immediately was upon his feet again, racing towards the woods. The encounter drove the sleep from Mrs. Cooley's eyes for the rest of the night and until her husband came home she sat be- side the fire with the pistol in her lap. Mm rV.~,\I..._ :_ __L:.c 1 r. .. u-..“ unnun nu the ace of spades was quickly thrust in, and before Mrs. Cooley could realise her danger anearo had his arms about her and was hearing her back into the room. As the negro raised her from the floor her hand came in contact with the shelf on which she had laid her pistol, and she graspedit. Un- luckin it was hu‘ left hand with which she seized the weapon. but as the negro strode further into the house she cooked the pistol and placing the muzzle close to the negro's neck pulled the trigger. A loud report fol- lowed and with a groan the negro released his hold upon Mrs Cooley and dropped to the floor. Mrs. Cooley also fell but instantly rsgnined her feet, and ‘changing the pistol from her-left hand to her right, she again cocked and presented it at the negro, fully determined to klll him. The negro who was already wounded and bleeding, begged for his life. Mrs. Cooley pulled the trigger, but the hammer would not respond. She laid all her force upon it, but it would not go. The negro was quick to see that some- LLE‘" 7 ' ' ' I... V... .w .uvuuug UHF here; give me a match" "I’ll shoot you if you don’t leave here instantly.” the lady replied. She heard the man retreat and pass ontof the gate. Goirg is) her bureau she loaded her husband‘s revolver and laying it on a. shelf beside her bed retired. During the night she was awakened by a noise at tho door, anl thinking her husband had come she started to open it. All recollection of the man who had knacked at the door earli- erin the night was for the moment forgot- ten. 011 Opening the door _a. hand black as u__hle r the doors and windows 0 o'clock for the purpose 0 rapping on the door attrm Asking “Who‘s that 2" ti a. man's voice anooting and Perhaps Momuv Wound- lng a No 304.1553.“ my M's L. A C)016Y,0f Atlanta. G3., is al- one much of the night owing to Mr hus- band's absence 3.]: {It's mill. She he. owed u ‘ Shootink and Per THE ALASKA SEALS. A LADY'S :PLUCKY FIGHT "<--m.â€"h I’ve drppped lpenor is injurious; ll ; with an inFerior, any, full of unquiet- ds of the markéi. in a new light ; Le money that it I that he xfiortally he pohce are scour- but it is most like- er the seals a few weeks at camping- The male: her bousVe retiring WI (1 her attention. answer came 1n somethlng out 1011