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Show SXOWSnUE'JdST-ROUTE- JEANETTE. S. PERILS OP THE ROCKY MOUN-TAIMAIL SERVICE. N THEY SAY UKS IiRAIXY. rt of tin Bailor Who Xrvrr Know tier lllsiorjr. Every day there catne down to tlie lung slmie wharf a smiling, girl of 7. followed by mi old, old mini. The child curried a hugging it In her urm n if it worn a doll, und she skipped along gaily till she reached the uud of the pier. Then site handed tho long glass to her companion, and resting her chubby little hands on the cold stone coping, looked wistfully out to ca. With the soft breeze blowing her hair about her sliuiildent, und her eye fixed searchlngly on the horizon she Btoofl perfectly silent until u tiny white speck appeared in the fair distauco where sea and ky seemed to mingle. A sail, a sail! she cried, and the old man sat down and luid the spyglass upon his arm. Breathless and eager, the child grasped the brass tube with both hands and peered through it without sieaklng. After a few minutes, however, she said with a sigh of disNot yet. grandpa, appointment: and returning patiently to her jiost resumed tho watch until another ail appeared. This wu kept up hour after hour, and when the sun, a golden bull, hud slipped lieliind tlio rising billows, and a soft mist rose from the son, the child turned round, her little fuen saddened, and walked slowly away ut tho old man's side. One day I spoke to an old sailor and asked about tliu child. Tliut is Jeannette, ho said, taking his short clay pipe out of hi mouth. Her father was killed eighteen months ago; tlie mast of bis boat fell on him, and since tho day his dead body was carried home she hn never been the same. She does net think ha is dead, and every afternoon her grandfather has to bring her down hero to watch for him. lie tapped his head expressively, and, ns a merry laugh sounded, a smile of tenderness softened his rugged features. I looked up and saw Jeannette coming as usual, carrying tho telescope, and Skipping gleefully before the old man. llow sad. how sad! I murmured with a sigh, but tho old sailor shook bis head; putting hla pipe into his mouth hastily lie puffed out a cloud of smoke to hide the tears that had gathered in his eyes, and answered softly: God is good. She will never know, and eo she will never cease to hope. From the French of Le Faure. Tbl THE WOLVERINE HASTHAT REP- UTATION. fuir-huin- Carrier Who Mmj Diaim hiippIj-lBSIbIdi Coups Tlit'jr Mast Know ths rooks, BraTO rouMoad I The njiwst welcome of all in tlio mining camp far up the Rocky Mountuin peak ure tlie mail carriers, Brave, hardy fellow they are that climb the peak on snow shoe, delivering the mail and many precious packages that always till tlio pouch. Delivering the mail in the mountains In midwinter is , a difficult and dangerous work. Some times the carrier i swept away by a snows' ide. and months roll away before the brave fellow and his pouch are found. About fifty of these mountain mail carrier lose their live yearly on the dangerous trails in Colorado carrying the mails on snowshoe to the frontier mining rump. In Utah, Idaho, and Other parts of tho West in the same manner they force their way over the lofty ranee. The carrier in the frontier of the Bocky Mountain straps tho mail sack on his back, puts on his Norwegian snowshoe, and, with a long guiding pole, starts on his weary climb over the range. Usually there is n crowd to wish him good luck, at the ussiijjily :iK-- of known strength and cour-cdo this work, for twenty-liv- e l.ndx of letters, paper, and packages very heavy and burdensome ki V inbing the mountains, curriers know tlio peaks, pass-y M Thei-and trails u well as the city carriers do the f'roei and number of their But sometimes the storms are so severe tliut even tho old mountain- fV eer grow weak with his heavy burden and sink almost exhausted in the ob--l acurc trail. With a compass in bis hand, he carefully feels his way along I the precipices and dangerous places, and often the storm is so severe and blinding that he is compelled to find shelter under ome friendly cleft or dig for himself a bod in the snow bunk. Although their great overcoats and clothing may look rough, yet their underwt-u- r would pleaso the fancy oi the ivrihelic. The most of them have silk underwear. On reaching the summit of the mountains the carrier shoulder the pole, and, placing his enowehues dose togethor, begins his decent. on the trulls will go The down the mountain with the swiftness of the wind, a mile a minute. But woe to the one who is inexperienced, for out slip tho guiding polo, up come snow shoes, and tho unfortunate carrier. mail sack and all, goes rolling down the mountuin. Sometimes tho ice and snow are us hard and smooth as glass. The perilous trip brings him to soino little mining camp nestled in the mountains. What a joyful greeting ho receives! There are people there from the East, far away Now England, and the sunny South. Sometimes he is delayed by the storm on the ranges and already the men of the camp have been searching for him, fearing that ho had been lost or swept away by the terrible snow slide. The villagers rolled, and all are eager to learn the latest news and road their letters. Perchance the carrier has other points to reach. The pouch is opened and the mail poured out on the floor. The frontier postmaster picks out what belongs to his office, and the rest la put into the pouch, to be carried still further to its destination. Swan Nilsen. the Swede mail carrier 3f the San Juan, waa lost in a snow slide Dec. 2.1, 1862, and waa not found for nearly two years. Ills route was from Silvcrton to Ophir. Only the bravest would attempt the trip through a storm. Nilson was warned against making tho attempt. A terrible storm was raging between Silverton and Ophir, and thoso who had been longost in the Bocky mountains told him he could not reach Ophir in that mountain tempest But Nilson would not listen to their warnings, and even if it were perilous ho must go. At Ophir the miners of the camp were waiting and longing for the appearance of the faithful letter carrier. Christmas eve came, but still Swan Nilson had not been espied on the mountain trails, whcrcinony an anxious eye had been turned. And thus, while those at Silverton were anxious, tho miners at Ophir were becoming apprehensive at the delay. Christmas cumo and went, and still nothing of the mail carrier. Searching parlies went out on the trails, hut there was nothing to be seen or heard it the lost carrier. During tho summer tho search was continued by one or two friend, but still there was nothing learned of tho fate of Swan. Another year rolled round, and during the summer another search was mnde, ind on August 13, 1883, at the bottom 9f a snowbank the picks and shovels of die searching party uncovered the tody of Swan Nilson. and still strapped lo his back was tho old pouch with Dphir Christina mail. Tho lock was rusty, and the pouch had to bo cut npen. Tue wax on tho currency pack-- i go had rotted a hole through the Some of tlie mail was greenbacks. moldy, but a part of it could be read ulte easily. Recently I was looking jver the old mail pouches that hare been stored away In the Inspector's Scpartir.ent of tlie Denver pout office. Here it is." said the Inspector, pulling out from near the bottom of the pi'e the old mail pouch of Swan Nilson. A curd had been tiad on the pouch: npnr the old ruty lock, on which was written the following: on This jiouch was in a snow-slid- e the dead carrier's back for twenty months, near (lphir." m X i dis-triet- s. t r rs Hard to Bilrh. ami Kagnelty .jMiutll)r NutlwaH in tint Alii nut I - bptml fnt(r'fttluic Uulvprius Muript. spy-glas- s, Cony on i. e Uumiftii Why don't you get a wig, Perkins? I would, but my hair is so hard to Drake's Magazine. .Batch. llow Knlghla Are Hide. The ceremony of conferring the erw der of knighthood at the hands of the queen Is not Imposing. It is not, in fact, a public ceremonial and only those are permitted to witness it who, by their official connection with the queens household, may attend her. The loyal subject upon whom such distinguished honor may be conferred may not even invite his best man nor the members of his personal circle of relatives or friends to bo present. Arrayed in whatever uniform he may be entitled to wear or whatever dress court etiquette and the time of day make proper, if he la a civilian, the aubjoct presents himself before his sovereign and kneels at her royal feet. Seated on the throne chair, the queen laya the shining blade of a sword across the shoulder of the exalted beneficiary, and aays, using the title which she is about to give, arise. Sir riain Mr. Cheltenham Brown is thus by a single stroke of her majestys sword transformed into Sir Knight, and he la permitted, perchance, to kiss his sovereign's finger tips in grateful acknowledgment of the distinguished honor. In other cases than this of a plain knighthood, and when the title carries with it a decoration, the gracious queen, with her own royal hands, pins the glittering and much coveted bauble upon the coat of her elevated subject. This is all the ceremony connected with the conferring of knighthood, but it is a great deal to tho recipient. o. Gurnard H First Time. A story is told of a bright Bangor lad, whoso mother is prominent in society circles and was entertaining a party of lady friends a few afternoons since. He, with boylike enthusiasm, waa assisting in serving refreshments. Toward tho latter part of the afternoon the little follow approached his mother, who was engaged in conversation with the ladles. Holding a plato of cakes aloft; he remarked in a not at all subdued tone; Say, mamma, I guess they liked 'em pretty well, for A hearty that's all we'vo got left. laugh went the rounds, in which tho hOHtcss joined, while tho speukcr departed wondering what caused so much amusement. Bangor Commnr. cial. Texan Ideas. Cleanliness and honesty are as muen virtues In the journal seeking public patronage as an individual trying to steer clear of hades. The great want of the age tho long-fe- lt want, the broad, deep and unsatisfied want is honesty, i(hoIe sale and retail, in politics, in business, in social and religious life sixteen ounces to inches to the the pound, thirty-si- x yard, one hundred cents to the dollar, performances to every promise, and truth In every utterance. That's what's the matter. Texas Farm and Banch. The Front Hoorn. There is room for everybody in this big world. Friction comes from the fact that too many want tlie front room. Scranton Truth. A Demid. There is a demand for hose ball players in Chicago, Reliable mnn who will not go out on strikes are wanted. - t ' Intflllgrui' ar h!s prodigious strength; and it is a question which of these two faculties we Ono ha been may inn,i admire. known to lift the cn.l of a log nioiv than twelve inches in diameter in order to get ut u trap sol in a liolu in frozen ground under Thu log. Another carried for several miie a trap weighing twelve Niniiils fastened to ilt, forefoot, six fct dragging after it ii long, running un three feet, clambering over fallen timliei-- , through thick brush and up and down sleep and rooky hill. Still aiiulhcr hus been known to drag tho carcas of a n doer a hundred fret to a plucc of romvuinn-nt- . The wonderful fighting qualities ol the wolverino must not be passed in Til ft OHO. Marc Antony made overture to Nonius for it purchase, intending, it is thought to present it to ( 'loopatra, IT IS THE TERRIBLE COBRA OF lull the Si imlor refused to purt with it INDIA. that it would le taken ami, fur him hy hii.-- r force, sought safety from A Mlmitoviary With Itric inflight. Here history lose ull truce of The MrNMiUllllr( of this fumui.s gem, there being no Full of IftullfU lit font l nf it transferal from Nonius to They kucvuiuli. uny of his family. It was a hot Sunday morning in RED NOSES. India without u cloml in the brazen We liod just conic homo from It li AlmcMt skies. It r Try to Iteforo an early morning service, write a misT hr hi -- A Hint. sionary in India, and hud taken our One of tlio most tantalizing trials seat at the breakfast table. At the incident lo the excursion through this ox-dour of our diuiug room our vale of tear i in hi canes tlio conuny school teacher Tulugu appeared, sayand cui!fii)iinitM of one' Sir, a big rubra lias just lawn templation i uning: silence, fn this lino hi own none. Fires may barn and floud rivaled. It is rarely that the northern chaning a frog through tlie whole destroy and death gather in hi victims, wildcat, tho Canada lynx, get away length of your front veranda. He still there is cnusnlatiiin and hni fur from two powerful hound. Rut a struck at it again and again a it sprang the future, llut thero' neither recoin-pens- o known to whip two past tlie open doors of your sitting wolverine ha nor future fur an uniioMirablo such dog in short orJer, fighting room, the frog, uttering piercing noMC. It is a torment to you, a vexw can a shrieks hen e lwdgcr-lik(as frog on its hack, aud using it pursuud ation to those who look iijwii you. The tooth so effectively tliut one of tin- - dog by a serpent), sprang each time quirk wnret of it i there's no vucalion from liu hci-- disabled for life. enough to elude its juws, and together your own noe. nor release or divorce When brought to buy. tho wolverino they rushed off the end of the veranda, not even in 1 kiln ware no other nose exhibits surprising courage; and there und tlie frog sprang under a box that HMihle for you. If there aren't mere irt down upon is every reason to believe that it is selstanding there, lixi near in ihu crown which that man or the hard floor for the big cobra to get jewel dom or novel- - molested ly larger woman who ha borne with u bad of prey. A wolf would always come under, and so uncalled. nasal feature in till world siiuli wear Well. said I, where is the cobra iu the off host from an encounter will) next, there' na truth in the That is just what I dont a wolverine; u hear could not lioo to now? fur future reward. promise overtake it, while a unthcr. being a know, said he, for while I was lookBut hiiico wo cannot cast thLi memiiHlural coward, would lisrdlv cure to ing to see what had become of tho frog ber from us however much it inny how ho hod got away the cobra offend, since it will meddle will a champion that can aert itself witli boast so formidable un armory- - of teeth. disappeared among the flower jsrts. more energy than clogunee. we must To sum up tho striking characteris- and 1 can not see where he hus gone." make stu-- few attempt a Be in our tic of our littlo hero, we may claim lie must have a hole . there closo by power to subduo it vicious impulse. that ho has never received the mood ol tho veranda some when-- said I. Will The two worst things possible to un praise to which liu is entitled. Hit you - plcHxo go and watcht until I come, evilly dixiiied incmlier la red in.-aud- see if you can gi-sight of him and shinnies. hie Now. rodm-strength, ugility, courage, indcjicnd-i-noand, to crown nil his wonderful B;iin, for he must be killed if lie lives twu nr. one may say, three primary causes. Bud digution, bud cireuliition, sagacity so cloudy allied to human a near the house as thuL 1 don't go on Sunday, but and. it Is reason, l curly place him in tlio imsl-tiu- u to add, too great wo have claimed for him as the I went for my pistol then, for I conlndiilgi-iii-in the flowing IniwL Of sidered it decidedly a work of necessity course, of tlio latter we need suy lillh) brainiest of Americun quudrujieds. und to put un end to tlio dungi-- r a the gentler sex, though lie it known of ourselvu nr our people being bitten and reiiicnilxired that when a woman's FINEST PALACE IN THE WORLD by tliut deadly polira. Soon appearing nose dot's get runeiito from wine it is loll Ilf Gears Vanderbilt's Aim Ills Es- with a revolver which I kept for trav- redder than a mans possibly could be. eling through tho jungles nt night, 1 But of tho funner both may depend tate In North Cnrnllnn. It is interesting to leurn tliut an went to burning for the cobra's hole. upon one ud tho soma causa, tight Two largo native flower pots stood clothing. (If course, this la only menAmerican gentleman, for tlio lack of better employment, has set himself tlie about six feet from tlie end of tho ver- tioned a a scientific fact, fur no task of constructing the most magnifi- anda. with ouch a beautiful rose grow- woman ever wears any tiling tigliL cent house, to lxj surrounded by tlio ing in it, of which iny wife was very Sho can always put her two hands most beautiful landscux and park fond, and beside which she almost dal- inside her corset with perfect cnee. effects in all the world, iiarring no ly stood picking off dead leave or But removing this cause, foully diand tending the rose. I gestion may bo improved under a palace, mansion, castle, royal or ducal watering soon discovered a hole in tho ground careful diet or under the advice of a county seat whutMOever. Everyone to about as conlargo oa my wrist, jini-tlhis taste! To plan, percliunco to physician. achieve such a triumph as tills i at cealed by tho gras that was growing A Lake of Malln Fire, least as rational an undertaking aa to right between the two flower pots, strive to own a horse thut will trot a which were fur enough apart for a perThe following romarkablo account mile in two seconds less time than son to stand between them. Tho hole lias been culled for Kotos fur the Maud ,S., or tho fastest yacht afloat, or went down perpendicularly, growing (furious from the writings of Joaquin more miles of railway than any other larger aa it went doupor. It took but Millor, and have reference to the volman living. But it is a whim that a moment to bring a band mirror and cano of Manna Loa in tlie Sandwich After visiting the very few could afford to gratify, and throw tlio reflection of the bright Min Island. our read era may bo prepared to hoar right down into the hole. It ruvotiid American consul at Honolulu we startthat the gcntloman who has taken this a horizontal chumhor only a foot or so ed for the volcano, and after a hard, extensive contract i at least a Vander- deep, and tho glistening scales of a hot climb, the edga of a preccobra, colled up at rest bilt Mr. George W. Vanderbilt a hike of molten ipice The site of Mr. Vanderbilt's chateau Taking a piece of broken wagon tiro flro 10 mile in circumference and 100 or castle lie throe mile from tho lit- In iny left hand to stop up the hoi feet below us. Tills I called by the tle station of Blit more on the Western with, and placing the end ol it slant- natives Kiliam-it- , or gnd of fire. It is North Carolina railroad, two miles ingly in tho hole, I firod down into the the Urgent active volcano in the world, east of Asheville. A small manufactur- hulu. Not a motion was seen. I had and is 0,0)0 feet above the sea lovel. ing and industrial community haa missed. Turning tho tire up edgewise This molten, inns wont dashing sprung up at Biltmore solely on account I fired again. What a squirming there against the cliff on tho opposite side was! The colira had been wounded. of the Vanderbilt chateau. with a noise like the deep and mighty It is estimated that this great coun- He struck up viciously at the iron, surges of a stormy ouonn. Wave of was turned down flat as soon as blood-re- d fiery liquid lava hurled their try seat will require ton yotvrs for com- which to keep him from darting billows on an I hod fired, headland and an and of 10 8 or exixmditure pletion millions of dollars. The whole scheme out at us. I turned the iron edgewise then rushed up tlio face of the cliff to is a hopeless riddle to the unsophisti- and fired again, and again. When I tons their gory spray high in tho air. cated natives In tlie vicinity; but they had unloaded the sixth barrel I let him This restless, heaving lake of fire boilare not disposed to quarrel with the strike ills head out) and caught it ed und bubbled, never remaining silent whim or question the sanity of a man against tho side with tlio Iron tire. I for a single instant There it an who goes fit to furnish an army of had brought with mo a pair of large island on ono sido of this lake which hedge-shea- r. With these I caught the fiery wave attack unceasingly, and laboring men with employment for a term of year in this manner. Whon hold of hi protruding neck, and, with with relentless fury, aa if bent on hurlit is finished, although money cannot a stout pull with both hands, pulled ing it from its base. Un tlie other out Into side there was a large cavity into buy some of the historical associations him out nnd gave him a flirt Whut a scattering which this burning mass rushed with and other accessories which give many tho compound. of the old world piles their chief dis- there was of men, women and children! a loud roar, breaking down in its imtinction, it is possible that the place My attention had been so taken up petuous, headlong career tho gigantic will indeed be so rare and fine a thing with the snake that I had not noticed stalactites that overhung the mouth of in its way as to give the House that whut a crowd had gathered around. this cavern, and flinging up the liquid Vanderbilt real artistic distinction ol How they screamed and ran! for they material for tho formation of now ones. did not know that the grip of tlio It is terribly grand, magnificently subits own an honorable and world-wid- e fume. We cannot help regarding it as shears had dialoentcd tho fellow's nock, lime; but no word can adequately decobra flying scribe such a sccno, and uo power but a hopeful sign when Crapsu begin to and, seeing a full-sizfeel an impulse to try to do something out toward them, they seemed to think that of Omnipotence produce it or make something that shall excel that ho waa springing at them. As I hnd grasped the head of tho anything of the kind yet accomplished, Tfcey Think, if it is only a noble bouse set in an cobra with the shears, I luid given tho the Mtxn'i wire. ideal landscape. wpgon tire to tho teacher, asking him 1 think that a fanner like you onght to to insert the end again instantly that I his high calling each day; drew the cobra out for where ono But tis lianl to sit under your own vie Trsaa Harking Hied. 1 awl figI you will usually find a second. Says a dealer in birds: T am sur- camo ure np del that you know you can't buck und throw the rays of the ono no has ever of that prised thought pay. sun in Yes, there wc-rbright capturing several hundred Texas cobra's again. and scales another cobra Tna rtiiMKK. mocking bird while young and taking Loading my pistol again I think that your friendly expression is them to Germany. Thero they would wriggling. fun- 1 repeated tho firing, hoping thnt he be entrusted for a year or so to the his haul out, so that 1 would Dainentally wine and discreet; strike of disHurtz mountains the peasant could catch his head also. Squirm Bnppua you now run and turn off a pun-Ki-n trict, where the nightingale, tho gold- and strike ns he pi that your buriianii can eat. did, his head did not en thrush, the linnet, the bullfinch nnd I'uck. come out until hole had fired of tho I dozens of sweet warblers fly wild. It but it finally came, and I would not ho long before the Texas many times; Poor Harhrlora! On drawing him also. him secured mocker would ho singing all their I never knew a bachelor who did not him closely, wo out and examining songs sweetly. Then bring them back found pistol bull hole through grumble iiixnit something or other, and to the United Statu, turn thum loose and still thero was fight in yet tlio public. cxiully the feminine in tlicir nativo woods, and let them iii body, And three of tlio wound would public, have an idee Hint he is n caretench their follows the songs they had him. cnvL-iblsort of fatal in time; but. lie died free, have proved learned abroad. This is every hit as good Wo laid the a being, who ho nothing to do but a fight. splendid making an idea as that of sending, at the govout on tlio veranda and meas- umuse himself, lliu question of finances ernment exxmse, a corps of colored ruhras Ono of them measured A licing evidently an unconsidcred trifle. them. ured cook lo tho countries of Europe to 1 1 and the other C feet nnd I wish they could wxs tills particular inches, show the how to make coin 2 inches, than which one rai-olfind a specimen, with a had cold in his head, bread, and thus create an addition showed cobra hide Their that vainly searching for a hundkrrcbief. or larger. market for our American corn." they had evidently been living there sewing a button on the top rim of his misfit needle nnd a job-lright among the flower pots that were trouser with a N. Hints for Short Sermon. Y. Critic. of thread. tended daily and within 6 fret of our Florence is a little girl who is just vorando, and within 12 fuut of my learning to go to church. Last Sun- study door, for weeks nr months. They Are Asked. day when sho came home her mother Though the cobra is the deadlisHl more don't gctninn-iedWhy asked her what sho thought- - of the serpent known, and thousands of i a problem thnt is girls now agitating just sermon. persons die of their bite yearly in the minds of some of tho good women Ugh. wo the irreverent answer, India, no one in our mission has ever of this community, who ora consuming me silted an' silted an silted and got been harmed hy one. whole columns of tho nowspupers in drefful tired, un the p'eacher said an' the question. Of course it answering said an said an' said an kcepod on Aw Opal Worth a million. would lie a heartless thing to suggest Washington Star. snyin'. The most famous opal in hlstorv wits u a reason thut it is because they are that which wna worn in a ring hy the not asked. Good Advice. limin' n Senator Nonius, in the days of i In reading Buiwcr givos this advice tho triumvirate. It size scarcely Hallread eqnlrenirnU, In learning what others have thought equalled that of a medium-size- d hazel-So you want a railroad 'position, it is well to keep in practice the power nut Yet its beauty nnd brilliancy mused the superintendent l)o you of thinking for oneself. When an au- rendered it a marvel among tho dilet- think you could give an Intelligent ao thor has added to your knowledge, tanti of Romo especially when It wa count of an aouident? Yes. sir- - I Then I think wa pause and consider if you can add known that tlie goldsmiths and money- am sure I could. had set it value at f 1.000,- - hare no place for you. nothing to hla changer DEADLIEST SXAKE. r j m-oix- log-olm- iliiinaii intelligence uud sagacity are inure nearly reached by the wolverine '.bun by any other animal on the glolie, and it would not be difficult to prove this. Rut to place it above the ol.-phund tho anthropoid ape of tlie Old World may ho too liold a , and wo may content ourselves with claiming for it tho supremacy among animal indigenous to tho western hemisphere. (if the utmost phenomenal keenness of wit possessed by tiiis animal we may rite a few iastunees net tho wild stories of hunter, but fully nuthentieuted. It is a common habit of the wolverine to spring a baited trap without being itself eaugliL although no person hus ever sueeeeded in delecting tho method hy which this A trnp;er in the fur is accomplished. north, finding that the lmil was stolen from a long line of trajis faster than lie could attend to them, resolved to entrap the wary thief. Deadfall and were of no avail. Tin wolverine sprung llie lormer by methods known only to hiniMelf, and after digging up the lsiit from tin- - latter he tilled up tlie pits with stone i uud rubbish. As a lust resort the trapper set a loaded gun aimed at tho halt tiuir was fastened to a string count tied with tho d tliiof trigger. Any other would liuve received ' in Iris hide tlio contents of tlie gun. Rut tlie wolverine knew a trick worth two of that. Hi truck in tlie snow afterwards showed that he hnd examined tho bait without touching it. hnd then gono Hroiind buck of tlio gun. and lifter cutting tho string in several places, laid returned to tlie liait and carried it olT in triumph. He hod fairly earned it, and that trapper never molested him again. Another limiter, finding tho string attached to the trigger of hi trap gun cut hy a wolverine. sulMtitutcd a small chain for tlie string. The animal in attempting to cut tho cliuin. fired off the gun und then curried off tho bait Becoming reckless he afterward discharged another tran-gu- n and wa slightly wounded. Enraged by the smarting puin, he sprung iijNin tlio gun with teeth and claw, tore tho wooden stork almost to piece and then dragged the gun half a mile away. A hunter had killed a wildcat and, being alrendy loaded with as much ns ha could carry, ho buriod Iho skin drop in tho snow and piled the hole over with brush, leaving the carcass exposed near by. When lie returned tlio next day he found the cuivass gone, as he had exjicctod, but tlie pile of brush looked exactly us ho had left it Fooling certain that ho would And tho skin he dug down and around for several but unsuccessfully. yards, Seeing traeks of a wolverine alxrat tlio xt lie followed them to a littlo cave, where he found tlie catakin intact If we romiiare with these the recorded oxploit of other quadrupl'd we shall still find the wolverine ahead. A dog has been known to wash from his jaws the bloody evidence of a shrop-killln- g raid; to spring on a porch, to lift a window, to enter and ensconce himself cosily by the fire with an air of artless innocence. Yet no dog has ever been known to closo the window behind him. If ho hod done so It would have been no greater evidence of sagacity than the skill with which a wolverino fill up a pit after ho ho robbed it and piles the bnudi above it exactly as he found it. Reynard the fox, with all his boosted cunning, has never attained this perfection of wit Tlie wolverine occasionally assume an attitndo that ha never been observed in the euxe of any other beast, unlot it be the gorilla or chinipnnzoo. When wishing to scun an object carefully or to give a searching glance around him, lie rise to un almost erect position and shield Ills eye by placing one of his paws ulxive them. Standing in tbi attitude ho is almost A detective camera human in aspix-could scnrccly lie aimed at a more Tlie bright sunlight, striking obji.-ct- . especially when reflected from Bnow, is doubtless trying to eyes that are fitted to see by night almost a well as by day. The wolverine, or carc.tjou. as he is mill'd in the far north, is classed with iiniiimls. the tho typical best known of which are the otter, the badger, the sable, the ermine, the skunk, the weasel and tho mink. Thu wolverine is ono of tho largest of tho group, being excelled in six 3 by tlio otter only. Ho averages about tliii-tInches from muzzle to root of tail, which last menibor adds twelve inches more to Ills length. IIu i low in staturo. standing not inoro than right or ten inches high, with a long head and neck mid a lithe body endowed with surprising strength and agility. The fur is soft and silky, tho prevailing color blockish lirown, the feet and head black, wliilo a band of reddish lirown runs along each side of tho back from the shoulders to the tail. Tho carcajou is found fn northern Maine, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, sometimes in tho Adirondack and more frequently in tho Rooky Idaho an d Mountain of Montana. It inhabits tho whole northern bolt of forest from our own boundary lino to the Arctic regions. He is exceedingly bloodthirsty, living for tho most part on animal food freshly killed hy himself. Ho will, however, holp himself to any meat that is not decayed, and ha displays remarkable cunning in learchlng for and carrying off the car-of game that hunters have killed. In making thase raids be colls into play not only iia keen wlta but ant sti-p- c pit-tra- four-foote- fur-lienri- Wa-hingt- full-grow- n rei-or- n soi-on- d o, ns-rc- iron-bou- ed dig-Nif- y -- fuui-loe- n happy-go-luck- fi-- ot ? I i 1 |