Show J II Jf U UAn An Object of Aversion When de df sun starts In a shinin like he never gwine to UreAn tire Ure An his onles onies ambition was to set de world on fire When de caterpillars caterpillar's crawlin An Ande de lazy crows crow's a callin An de bug hangs out his his' lantern lantern lantern lan lan- tern sos so's we kin admire Den you hears a n soun as as a soun kin ever be Dat locus locus' locus locus' bug Is up his fiddle In Inde inde de de tree Pars Par's a law t ta to st stop p de rooster when he crows too loud at night An one to stop de boys boys' dat don control control control con- con right Dar Is laws silence Fum Ium mos' mos ever every kin o 0 vl vi fum urn dat at count no bug dat comes so Impolite Dar aln ain no use o 0 kickin at his way so er very free flee i When dat locus locus' locus locus' bug Is up his fiddle Jn In de tree Was Washington Star I Badger Firemen's mens men's Pet The rhe Phoenix firemen firem-en have acquired d da a new pet the gift girt of A. 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J Hansen of Kyrene It is a Do badger raised from infancy infancy in in- fancy on Mr 11 Hansens Hansen's ranch at Kyrene Kyrene Ky Ky- rene lelle and and is Is is isa a as as tame as a kitten and more playful than either a cat or a ado do dog It has lias dug Itself a home several feet reet under gr ground nd near the engine house but but com comes comes s out frequently to play with the boys i Mr Hansen says Fays the badger was th the most effective r remedy medy he had on the ranch for the extermination of mice mire gophers gopher s and nd other pests of that but Jt It t also has a weakness for fors s spring ing chicken that made it an expensive ex ex expensive pensive piece of property His childr children children chil- chil dr dren n thought as as' much of it as any child child- ever did of a dog but after spring spring chickens had disappeared bethought he be thought it was time for the badger to tob toba b ba bu deported Arizona Arizona Republic On Still Hunt for Ghost Gh Ghosts are not confined to old castles castles castres cas cas- tres and settled long countries A very tangible one one- was one was recently causing the Inhabitants tants of Pinery South Austra Australia lia Ila sOme some annoyance Dressed tn white and of human form it nl confronted a resident who with his bis wife was driving In a buggy The apparition so startled the horses that they bolted This added to the terror terror terror ter ter- of the wife who wanted to jump headlong out of the vehicle The man succeeded however In restraining the horses borses and allaying the fears of of his better half and then proceeded to look for the ghost but did not succeed in catching it The residents of Pinery Pinery Pin Pin- ery are now out nightly with shotguns looking for the mysterious form as they believe the midnight prow lings of the ghost are not are not altogether unconnected with the disappearance of their best poultry Remarkable English Will Quite a curiosity in the register of deeds deeds' office at Augusta Me Is a copy of the will of Vassell Vassell Vassell Vas- Vas sell formerly of London It is what is termed an an exemplified copy and andIs andis andis Is probably a facsimile of the original original original inal written artistically in the old English characters on eleven large sheets of parchment and is authenticated authenticated authenticated under the big seal of the lord archbishop of Canterbury the head of the prerogative court the supreme court of probate in England Remarkable Dietary Paterson N. 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J has brought to view at various times no small number of eccentric persons The latest freak In that community makes his breakfast st of a cucumber his luncheon of a carrot carrot carrot car car- rot a tur turnip ip or a raw potato and eats a few nuts for supper This devotee of a peculiar pecullar p culiar dietary never touches flesh or fish wears very little clothing clothing- and sleeps out of doors except when rain is falling He looks strong and well ana asserts and ss that he never feels an ache or 1 pain Will of Immense Length The will wm of John Thompson late of Jf Galloway Ohio besides being the tho longest document of the kind kind ever 1 presented to the probate court of Franklin county is peculiar in v various rious other ways The will and its codicil of even date cover twelve feet of closely typewritten matter on pages a afoot afoot a afoot foot wide and is the second one one of of f the same magnitude drawn for Mr Air Tb Thompson by the same attorney I Immense Block of Granite The block of Ascutney green granite ever quarried was shipped from Windsor Vt last week The stone was taken from the N Nor Norcross Norcross r cross quarry and measured 15 feet in length and was between three and four feet square Its weight was as between between be bit- tween 15 and 20 tons Seek Noiseless Typewriter Several inventors are now at aton work on a noiseless typewriter as the sound of a large number In an office gets on ones one's nerves One man has made a n. rubber device to kill hill the noise and a second has ilas made a glass case which everything but the keyboard and th the tho roller Mouse Plays Banjo Mr fir h. h C C C. Nelson of South Caribou Maine Main has a wonderful mouse which has has- successfully learned to play playa a abaI baI banjo j So expert has he be become ome in picking the strings that the c cat t has become charmed and the cat and the mouse lie at ease in their domestic relations Left Out Particulars One town clerk in Washington county county county coun coun- ty Vt made his returns to the s secretary secretary sec sec- c- c of state without naming the theman theman man elected for representative He simply stated in the return that an election had been held on the day 7 named and let iet et it go go at that t- t A Eels Clogged Mill MII Wheel Wheel The water wheel at at the snuff fac tory at Byfield refused to ru run rune freely freely the other day and on entering the tho wheel pit it was found that the wheel was was entirely wound up and entangled with eels which had been attracted 4 by th the tho lights in the mill mm r Cat Is Prolific James of Still River has a cat which although but 18 months old has bas had four litters of kittens since Oct 5 1903 The first litter numbered 5 second 7 third 8 and the fourth 9 making a grand total of 29 Postoffice a Family Affair For Over ver fifty years the postoffice In Alton Me 1 has been in the bands of one family amily husband wife and sons successively until recently the youngest youngest youngest young young- est son Frank McKechnie resigned on account of failing hea health fh Mine Down Feet There is a gold mine in Australia which is O feet deep and the various various various vari vari- ous tunnels are so hot that cold water has to continually be sprayed over the miners working a lode The temperature temperature temperature tem tem- Is usually Got Her Big Check Miss Annie W. W Manchester of Bristol Bristol Bristol Bris Bris- tol R. R I. I wrote to her father from Williamsport Pa asking him to send her ber a big check He sent her ono one three feet long and 19 Inches wide It was for 10 Watch More Than a Century Old A man named Tiffany of Bristol Conn has bas Just received from a Winsted Win Win- Winsted sted friend a watch formerly owned by his grandfather It is an open faco bullseye over years old and keeps I good time Tortoise Years Old One of the oldest known living animals animals ani ani- I mals on earth is a tortoise in New Zealand that weighs pounds It n. Itis Itis is IJ known to be over years years old old |