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Show but are from a line of developed sires and dams. In other words the trotting action is not only inherited, but the additional power which comes from training is also transmitted, and tho developed Hire (rives better results than he would have iven without develop-ment. Tho same, law holds here with ail domestic animals. The descendants of the ws that are now making great records will undoubtedly far surpass them. Excellence in any line is trans-mitted in a higher degree, if that has been brought to its fullest development by training and food. It is in this law of heredity that the skill-ful and thoughtful breeder finds his hope of reward. Scientific Breeding. Northwestern Agriculturist: The best results in breeding trotting horses come from sires and dams which are ot only developed trotters themselves, MARJORIE. Duiuilal. and fair as a lily, With curls of the golden rod's h to, Anil eyes like shy myosotia. Ketloeting the sky's deep blue; A voice like the song of a wild bin!. Clear and sweet from the top of its tree, I'ulike the caged one's threnodv Of longing once more to t? free ; A laujiu like the soft gurgling ripple Of the brook iu the meadow, that flows In sinuous curves thro' the w illows. And murmurs a song as it goes; A mouth like a red rose half opened. To whisper of love and caress, IIhh this wee, winsome, rare little maiden, Kent by heaven to comfort and bless. Iuiogeno Pope. the old man suddenly stopped, and for tho first time looked at his somewhat alarmed companion. It was a piercing glance, if only a momentary one, and Joseph noticed that hiseyes had a dim phosphorescent light as of smouldering lire lurking in thoir depths. Then he turned on his heel, walked rapidly off through tho bushes and disappeared as before. For reasons that Zeigler could not have explained even to himself, be said nothing to anyone of this second encounter with the gray-beard-stranger. Hut when next he returned from Vundaotz's he kept close watch in order to see where the old man cumo from should he again intrude upon him. Ic was all in vain. The remains were taken away and given a decent burial, but noth ing further was ever discovered in re-gard to them. Whose they were could never be ascertained. Whether an insane murderer had taken this awful way to guide the world to his victim's body, tr whether the spirit of tho murdered man him-self had returned from its abode in the unknown and mystery-shadowe- d future to point out his mortal remains for intermont. will probably never be known. Joseph tried in vain to find out tho identity of the singular man who conducted him to that midnight Ecene of horror on that pleasant moon-light night; find if it was not a man, WHAT WAS IT? what was it? A number of years ago there was employed in one of the largo wine manufacturing houses at Kgg Harbor City a ste u!y young fellow of German descent, named Joseph Zeigler. Hut as sometimes hnppons to German young mail as well as to thoso of strict American parentage, Joseph was in love. Two or three evenings every week would this devoted young Deutseher walk four miles out into the bush to call upon a pretty, yellow-haire- d Fraulein who nnswerod to tho name of Minna Van .and t, and to whom he ex-pected to be married as soon as he w as able to cupport a family. So It is not a great source of wonderment that it was often well along toward morning before he finally entered the little room at Kgg Harbor where at present he was lodging. 'Ihus it came about that Joseph wns once trudging on along through the sand of a narrow and bush-border-road, among the wee small hours at the little end of tho day. Ho had just left tho Van.andt homestead and the charming and ample Minna; and nat-urally enough, he was a happy man. More than two miles of dusty high-way lay before him before tho next clearinsr would be reached, and large tracts of land thickly covered with scrub oak and pino crowded close upon tlie roadside. Occasional paths and openings led out into the wood-land on either side, but in spite of these the walk was decidedly lone- - Before he knew it. his silent com-panion was once more at his side and he was none the wiser as to whence he came. In spite of his watchfulness the tirst thing he knew tho old man was there. Thoroughly terrified Zuigler broke into a sharp run in oVr to leave him in tho rear. The old man never turned his head and opparently was perfectly ignorant of his unwilling companion's existence, yet he still kept his place besido him. Joseph stopped short in tho road; tho old man did the same. Finding he could not get rid of his remarkable companion Joseph made the best of him, but his steps were rapid for he was much alarmed. He did not like tho singular manner of the stranger and at once decided that he musi be insane. As on the former occasion, the old man slopped and gave Joseph a pierc-ing look from his glowing eyes ere he turned off into the woods; but this time he did more than that. He mo-tioned with great earnestness for his companion to follow him. Finding he would not do so, ho then turned slow-ly away aud vanished among the bushes. It was more than two weeks before Joseph culled upon Minna again. The risk of encountering that eilent, un-canny old man again was too much for his rather limited amount of courage. Hut when the moon was nearing its full once more he summoned up all his determination and went. He felt that ho must see Fraulein Vanzandt again in spite of all the crazy people some, and so thought the young fellow in question in spite of pleasant thoughts of the fair-hair- Mwlchen whom he had just left. So he rather wished he could havo company, though the evening was a bright and moonlit one. Suddenly, and without the slightest previous warning, Joseph became con-scious that he was not alone. An old man, with long gray beard was walk-ing along by his side, though seem-ingly ignorant of his proximity. The young man wondered much at his presence there at that hour, but his company was decidedly welcome; for, if the truth be told, Joseph was feeling a triHo timid. "Good eveuing, sir; if it is not too late," said he to the stranger with a view to being sociable. The old man p ad not tho slightest attention to the salutation; he did not appear as if he had even heard it, for he kept walking along in the same absorbed and silent manner. "Wie gehts, mein F'reund," said Joseph in a little louder tone, thinki-ng his companion might not under-stand English or was somewhat deaf; but still there was no sign that ho was heard. The old man only walk-ed along as quietly and unsociably as ever. Joseph looked at him even more sharply than before, but he could not see anything about him to occasion the least alarm. The silent old man not only made no offer to molest him In any way, but he paid no more at-tention to him than ho would to a in New Jersey. He dreaded his lonely walk a good deal, however, and it was not much to be wondered at that he fortified him-self with more than tho usual amount of Herr Vanzaudt's homo-mad- o wine. He also started for homo at a much earlier hour. It was the same story over again. The old man was apparently on the lookout for him, as he suddenly ap-peared at his side. He still carried the singular staff in his hand, and still refused to be distanced or to reply to any remark addressed to him. As he turned off from the road he beckoned even more urgently than before for his young companion to follow him. Herr Yanzandt's wine was having considerable effect on Joseph's cour-age, and he felt as bold as a lion. So he unhesitatingly stepped out of tho highway in obedience to the invita-tion, and followed the singular mad-man along through the bushes; but tho hand in his coat-pock- gripped firmly the butt of a revolver with which he had taken the precaution to arm him-self. The path conducted the strangely assorted pair some ten or fifteen rods into the thicket, and finally ended in a little opening among a cluster of low, dark pines. There the remarka-ble guide came to a halt. Ho turned around and faced his com-panion where the moonlight foil most strongly upon bis form and features, and removed the broad-brimm- hat that he wore. As he did so the young man started back with an exclamation of horror. Tho thick, gray hair was mattod and fairly soaked with blood, and a thin dark stream of it was beginning to trickle down across the pallid features. It was a ghastly sight. Joseph Zeiglor had scarce'y noticed all this when it seemed to him as if the old man's flosh suddenly dropped away from him and dissolved in the pale moon-beam- s before his very eyes. For a brief instant a bleached and whitened skeleton stood there in the flood of moonlight, then the separat-ing bones fell in a confused heap at his feet with a sharp, dry rattle. Tho fictitious courage born of Herr Vanzindt's wine vanished in an at the horrible sight With a shriek of terror Joseph turned and lied from the grisly phantasm, and ho never slackened his headlong pace till ho found himself on ono of the silent streets at Egg Harbor City. The next morning he headed a little exploring party, aud conducted thera through the bushes till they reached the littlo circle of pines that had shut fencepost, if ono had been there. Evidently he was not a tramp, for he was well-dresse- and tho glitter of a gold charm crossed his vest-fron- t. Zeigler also observed that he walked with a stout staff, whose head was grotesquely carved into the semblance of a human skull, and that his features wore pale, even to ghastliness. The taciturn stranger walked along by his side for nearly a mile, and, though Joseph spoke to him several times in both German and English, he could not oven attract his attention. Then he suddenly turned down a narrow by-pa- th that led off nmong the bushos on the right, and disappeared in tho shadows. Much mystified, Zeigler walked rap-idly homeward, .and when he again called upon his beloved n few even-ings later, he made some inquiries in regard to the matter. But Herr Van-zandt knew of no ono answering ut all to tho young man's description. No one lived out in the bush in that di-rection, and there were no paths thero except cattle-track- s, leading nowhere in the horror of the night before. Lying there among the leaves and rubbish they found the bleaching bone of a man's skeleton; and close besido lay a walking stick whose heavy knob was a mimic skull, and to an angle of which still clung a few gray hairs. The cranium had been crushed in on ono side as if by a terrible blow from a bludgeon, aud thero was no trace of the glittering goid chain worn by Zeigler's 6trange companion of tho preceding evening. The staff, a few shreds of cloth, and tho trees, were all that remained to tell of some; thing that had been a man. in particular. Tho fair Mina soon engrossed Joseph's attention, however, so tho queer old man was entirely forgotten, lie thought no more about the affair till he set out on his return that night or rather the next morning, for it was considerably past midnight At about the same spot Zeigler was thunderstruck by suddenly dis-covering that the mysterious old man was again walking at his side. How ind whence he came, Joseph could not Bxplain; the first he knew the old man was there. As before, all efforts to attract his attention were useless. At tho same rift through the bushes TiElARANl) HOME. PUfAL AND DOMESTIC TOPICS CAREFULLY CULLED. Tin""1' ' h Kconomlcal Farm Animal I Word About live Keeping llluU About Dyeing Farm and Household. The Mule on the Farm. j Those farmers who have had m ;st iperience with mules will concede tlat they are the most profitable for Jirm work. The following is a good estimate of tho mules on our Western .firms: "They are longer lived, less liable to balk, less liable to disease or unsoundness, will stand rough treat- - I ment better, have thicker hide and hair, consequently can stand cold storms better, aro less particular about their fare, and will eat weeds and coarse grass that horses would refuse. Ho is less likely to run away, and, if he does run, don't get seared and kick tilings to pieces, but follows the road and stops when he thinks ho has gono far enough, and is no more likely to run again than if nothing had hap-- , pened. he takes less grain but fully ns much rough feed as a horse, takes less slicking up, as he is only a mulo any-way. This is the good side; now let i;s go around and look on tho other Ride. A mule is very apt to be roguo-- j ish. Ho will jump fences, throw thein i lown, climb over or crawl through, I just as he pleases; therefore, when you I turn him in pasture you have no idea f where you will find him. It is owing f to how a farmer is situated which kind I of a team ho wants; if he employs all kinds of drivers, has steady work and U keeps his team up nights, he wants f mules. Hut if his team is driven by trusty drivers and can run on pasture a J part of the time, horses are much j more convenient." . The Cheapest Meat. American Cultivator: Most farmers know that young animals grow faster from the food consumed than they do after they pass their second year. With pigs and sheep a shorter time suHlees to attain limit of proiitnble growth. The meat of lambs is higher in price and has cost its owner less to produce. Sheep for breeding may be kept five years. After that they, too, should bo fattened, as keeping longer will result in more or less dying every year from indigestion, (us their teeth become poor. Young hogs tha. weigh 150 to 200 pounds find ready sale, and at better prices per hundred than the over-growth porkers starved one year, when there is most profit in good feeding, and fattened the next when there is least. HIS FATHER'S OLD FRIENDS. The Introduction That Brooch ThuughtlMa Youth to llii Sense. . The old gentleman played a queer trick on me the other night," he said, as he lit his cigar after dinner. "It was rather awkward forme at first, bu" I guess it was a good thing after all. You know 1 used to think I had done myself an injustice if I did not go to the theater about five or six nights a week. Maybe it wasn't always the theater, but if it wasn't that it was 8 stag party or a poker game. I needn't explain; you've been with me frequent- - "Well, you also know how I'm fixed in the line of business. I work for ray father, and I have to be at the office at 8:30 In tho morning just as tho rest of tho family are sitting down to broak-fas- t. In consequence I get my break-fast and leave the house before they are up. Hut I can't eoifiplain of that. I'm doing exactly what the man who had my place before mo did, and be-tween you and me I think I'm draw ing more salary than he did. "Hut that's neither hero nor there. It's tho evenings. I used to finish work about (i. get. dinner down-tow-and go to tho theater or somewhere else. Heen doing it for about six months, and I swear when I figure back about the only times that I have seen my mother and sister havo been at Sunday dinners. Nothing unusual in that, of course; the same thing is true of hundreds of young men in Chi-cago. "Hut they haven't fathers like mine. He came to me ono afternoon hist week and asked me if I had an engage-ment for that night, " 'Yes,1 I said, T've promised to go to tho theatre with Will Brown.' " How about tomorrow night, ho asked. " Havn't figured ahead that far.' I replied. ' Well, I'd like to nave you go somewhere with me.' " 'All right,' I said; whore'll I meet you?' "You seo he leaves the ofiiee about an hour before I get through, "He suggested the Tremont House at 7:Ii0, r,nd 1 was there, prepared for thethealre and a quiet? lecture on late hours. He had combined the two on several previous occasions. Hut when he appeared he said he wanted me to call on a lady with him. " 'One I knew quite well when I was a young man,' he explained. "We went out and started straight for home. " 'She is stopping at the house,' h'e said, when 1 spoke of it. T thought it strange that he should have made the appointment at the Tremont house under those circum-stances, but I said nothing. "Well, we went in and I was intro-duced with all due formality to my mother and my sister. "The situation struck me as ludi-crous and I started to laugh, but the laugh Clod away. None of the three even smiled. My mother and my sis-ter shook hands with me and my moth-er said she remembered me as a boy, but hadn't seen much of mo lately. Then she invited me to be seated. "My, it wasn't a bit funny then, al-though I can laugh over it now. I sat down and sho told ono or two anec-dotes of my boyhood, at which we all laughed a little. Then we four played whist for a while. When I finally re-tired I was courteously invited to call again. I went rs feeling pretty small and doing a good deal of think-ing." "And then?" asked his companion. "Then I made up my mind that my mother was a most entertaining lady and my sister a good and brilliant girl." "And now?" "Now I'm going to call again, as I have been going quite regularly for the last week. I enjoy their company and propose to cultivate their acquaint-ance." And the young man he was only about 22 put on his coat and started for his car. IMAGINATION KILLED HER. A Dream of Death Accurately Carried Out to the I'eaceful Kliri. A remarkable instance of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even tho educated and religious, says tho Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently ex-hibited in tho case of Mrs. Rebecca Hyrnes of Helena, Ark., a lady noted for' her intellectual attainments and p'ous life. Duo morning, arising in what seemed her usual health and spirits, sao summoned her children to come to her. Ono son was residing in Topoka, , Kan., one in New Orleans, two daugh-ters were married and living in Soda-li- a, Mo., but, obedient to their .moth-er's call they came at ouce, though ignorant of tho reason of their sum-mons. When all were about her the lady informed them that she had had a dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for noarly fifteen years, had warned her that sho had only ton days more of lifo. Sho sent for her children to bid them good-by- , which she procecdod to do with much calm-nos- s, but with tho air of one who had not the slightest doubt that she was already dying. Her friends attempted to reason with her and to point out the folly of plac-ing such perfect confidence in a dream, but all to no purpose, for the lady per-sisted in asserting that she would de-part from earth on such a day and ex-actly at a certain hour. Her pastor remonstrated with her, and evon brought the severest censure to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs Byrnes ceased to speak of the matter, so that her family had begun to think that she had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her dally life, but just before the hour she had predicted she sought her children and bade them good-b- then, seating herself quietly iu an arm-chai- r, expired just as the hour was struck. The physicians de-clare that her death was due solely' to her imagination. A Word About Heen. In a recent issue of the Farm and Home tho statement is made that if the colonies in an apiary have been equal-ized in tho spring to promote brood rearing, by strengthening weak st'jekjat the expense of the strong, they should at the beginning of the main honey I flow, unless all have become very pop- - j ulous, be doubled up, or part made i very strong by giving bees and brood from the rest, which may be left as mere useless colonies. When swarms that issue at the beginning of the honey harvest are returned after killing the queen, all but one of the best queen cells in tho hive should bo destroyed, f Unless this is done they if the weather and pasturage continues favorable ; swarm again in seven or eight days. Second and third swarms are also liable to follow. If the colony is ono of your best and from which it is desired to aw obtain queens, remove the cells to nu- - cleus colonies, otherwise it may be best f I t o destroy all jthe colls as well as the V queen when returning the swarm. A week later t! cells should again be i" destroyetnCncf a cell, or young queen, I from the best stock introduced. No more swarming will usually occur, --J ' while honey will have been secured in stead of increase. Farm Note. Rye and barley sown together make an excellent green food for cattle. A hole in the shelter of 6tock wastes feed just as truly as docs a hole in the granary. Always avoid unnecessary expendi-ture of strength. You will wear out soon enough. Do not borrow money unless you can make it bring you a larger per cent than you pay. It is best to keep ono team well shod during tho winter to use on the road when slippery. Show your selfishness to your hired man and ho will show his selfishness to you. "Like begets like." Change the feed often enough to keep all sto.:k with good appetites. They will thrive better on less feed. An occasional sprinkling of the stalls with a solution made of a pound of copperas and four gallons of water will bo found beneficial. An experienced herder says that whenever a sheep goes off by itself its owner may be sure there is something radically wrong with it. There are men who consider it cheaper to raise the barn every few years than to draw" out the manure. They raise less crops each year. The best assimilated food is that which tho appetite craves. The best feeding keeps the animal in such health that it at all times has a brisk ap-petite. If some men get disgusted with farming and abandon it, so much the better for those who have faith in a business essential to human wants. Iowa Farmer. Young horses of a nervous tempera-ment are easily frightened. The only way to prevent their "shying" is to make them acquainted with tho cars, robes, umbrellas, bridges, white stones or whatever frightens them in such a kind, gentlo manner that they will know they are not going to be hurt. Thoso who look upon farming as only an ordinary occupation are mis-taken. As Frof. Wrighton remarks, agriculture is a born science. It is full of botany, zoology, geology and entomology. It is full of chemistry, from the soil to the growing plant, tho ripening seed and the animal life which is the outcome. Dyeing. Perhaps no art is of more value to the country housekeeper than a knowl-edge of how to dye and renovate old clothes. "Dyeing is the ever ready resource of a slender wardrobe," says a noted writer on economical matters, and wTe have found it so. It is an art well worth learning; by its use long- -' '- -- worn garments, rusty from wear, can be restored and remade to last yet . longer, or new ones of delicate colors, injured by acids, wine or fruit stains, can be readily renewed. Light colored stockings, no longor fashionable can be given rich dark or black shades; 6ilk lace or ribbons too yellow for wear, feathers injured seemingly beyond re-claiming, gloves soiled and faded, can all bo made to look new. All woolen goods dye well. Silk, while it never looks quite as well as when new, can bo very nicely colored so as to answer many purposes. Irish poplins color well, but usually shrink considerably. Half worn fabrics of a dark color, may be bleached so as to take light coloring by dipping in a bath of chloride of lime, then well rinsed. In coloring care should be laken to do the work properly. Soft water is best and plenty of it should be used. The dyeing should always be done in a vessel of sufficient size to spread out the goods. Before begin-ning to color, all grease and dirty spots should be removed from the garments. They should be well scoured with soap and water and then rinsed aud dipped in warm, clear water. Many country housekeepers prepare dyes nt home; but this is a great deal of trouble and is mistaken economy. The various prepared dyes kept by all druggists, aside from their conveni-ence, do the work more satisfactorily and aro cheaper. Tho color card ac-companying each package of dye will show the exact shade wanted; and with care, any woman can soon learn to color witli these dyes equal to profes-sional dyers. Many times, persons wishing to dye are at a loss to know what colors will dye various shades best. For the in-struction of such we annex the follow-ing: Light green will dye pretty shades of brown, crimson and black; light blue will dye dark blue, crimson, pur-ple and green; brown will dye crimson, dark green and black; drab will dye scarlet, purple, blue, crimson, green, stone and black: lavender, mauve, light pink and gray will color any darker shnde nicely; dark browns, blues, green and black, if dingy and faded, can bo renewed by dipping in lve of the same color. A Story About Moody. w- w Those who have heard Mr. Moody tell'the story of his life will appreciate this from the Boston Transcript: "The picture of the small boy, Moody, leav-ing his home because the funds of the family were too straightened to sup-port them all comfortably; bis depart-ure for the place in tho country which his brother had obtained for him, there to do the work needed on a farm, his homesickness and despair, and his sit-ting down by tho way to have 'a good cry' theso are the shadows. "The light thrown on the canvas came from the kind-hearte- d man who made a point of giving a cont to every . now boy who arrived in the town. The cent was glvon, one of the generous ones, and so bright and shining that it looked to the child's eyes like gold. "But hotter far than the coin was the act of this same man, when he gently lifted the boy's cap and laid his hand upon his hoad, giving him a hearty God bless you.' The action of mind on mind is mystical, in-finite. Who can compute the result of that blessing on the youthful head? Mr. Boochor has well said, Men need brotherhood and sympathy as much as they need the loaf. The soul Is often hungrier than the body, and no shop can sell it food. ' Oiling The Ventriloquist. During a sea voyage a ventriloquist made friends with the engineer of the ship, and was alowed to enter the en-gine room, says London Tid Bits. He took a seat in the corner, and pulling his hat down over his eyes appeared 1o be lost in reverie. Presently a cer-tain part of the machinery began to squeak. The engineer oiled it, and went about his usual duties. In the course of a few minutes the squeaking was heard again, and the engineer rushed, oil can in hand, to lubricate the same spindle. Again ho returned to his post, but it was only a few min-utes until the same old spindle was squeaking louder than ever. "Confound the thing!" he yelled. "It is bewitched!" More oil was administered, but th engineer began to bo suspicious as to its cause. Soon tho spindle began to squeak again, and, slipping up behind the ventriloquist, tho engineer squirted half a pint of oil down tho joker's back. "There," said he, "that spindle won't squeak any more." A Queer Bird. During a visit to Now Zealand Dr. Fristedi, succeeded in obtaining a specimen of the quaint and almost ex-tinct kibi bird. The bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only the size of. a crow; it has no wings at all, and is covered with fur-lik- e, short-stripe- d feathers. Anothor peculiarity about the kibi is tho fact that its egg is larger than one-thir- d of its body. He also succeeded in bringing home Borne Maori skulls, which are difficult to ob-tain, on account of the manner in which the natives bury their dead. When the bodies have been so long in the ground that all the flesh has fallen from the skeleton, they unearth them and carry them into the interior of the forests, where they are de-posited in natural caves, which are very difficult to find. Any one dis-covered with one is sure to be killed. Hints to Housekeepers. Use kerosene oil to clean your wash-boile- r. Banish red ants by keeping a small bag of sulphur in places they frequent. The easiest way to clean rubber shoes of any kind is to rub them with vaso-lin- o. A toaspoonful of salt dissolved in one-ha- lf glassful of water is excellent to allay nausea in Shabby leather chair seats, valises and bags can be brightened by rubbing them with the well-beate- n whites of an egg- - To the stomach milk is a solid food, not a drink; it must be eaten with a spoon or slowly sipped, and never drunk like water. Keep a clasp-knif- e or.a knife with a handle different from those in common uso, for tho sole purpose of peeling onions, and so avoid the flavor and odor of them where it is neither expected nor desired. The value of starch as a drying agent is not fully appreciated; on this account it is largely used by manufacturers of confectionery and baking powders. Tho housekeeper will find it effectual in keeping table salt from lumping, if only one part bo used with ten of the salt. Chapped hands will bo less trou-blesome if after washing they are thoroughly rubbod with powdered starch. Stockings should fit smoothly. There is no more frequent cause of callous places, cords and other afflictions of tho feet than stockings, that lio in creases under or around the foot. Whatever economy it is necessary to practice, do not resort to the folly of making over stockings, leaving in the feet those inevitable hard seams which are sure to cause the wearer suffering and annoyance Never throw away the pieces of lemons after they have been squeezed. They will come in handy for removing the stains from the hands and other articles. Dipped in salt, they will scour copper kettles nicely, and stains from brass' work. They will take stains and dirt and odor from pans and kettles as nothing else will. The odor of fish and onions can thus be removed easily. Some People Never Learn. It is surprising how some people will continue to use things in daily life without any attempt to learn how prop-erly to uso them. There is. for in-stance, the man who can never learn how to sharpen his razor, the woman who winds her watch the wrong way, the people who do not know that the time of starting the principal trains on the different railroads and the time of closing the mails is advertised in tho newspapers, the people who blow out the gas, the folks who jump the wrong way from a moving ear, tho unfortun-ates who are always getting left or suffering injury or losing property be-- cause of unfamiliarity w ith things thej ought to know. Down on Cain. A yourig woman of Athens, Ga., de-tects the presence Instantly of any feline that enters the room where she is.' Sho need not see or hear tho animal when it enters, but has intima-tion of its disagreeable presence by strange sensations that she invariably experiences when she is brought into contact with a cat, and she entertains an unconquerable repugnance to thesa animals. , t- |