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Show THE FRETFULPORCUPINE. He Is the Pest of the Woodman, Knows Not Fear, and Will Eight to the Death. There nre more hcdR-ohnin or porm Pines as the nullus i ill them In the lipnilmk foierls of northwestern l'enn Jiyhanla than .inywh.ic else In Hit Lost said nn old 1'oittr touiii wools mnn Thej nre curious creature, and i amiS ,ni 'lhoul lumbcr and 1'untlni, n..A rirul'"flt of these splni-armorel ifU.ie.h.ea"'".U ,h"r 'nnesi for wit I "."' 'our 'des of a lumber hintlH. I sailed from cround to loot th" Tore-P Tore-P lies would ,t It down over 'he'hea"; 2li.,hf ln"nlc" "ni1 "" 'e mi un-.?U.i" un-.?U.i" 'i,inl,r, "' " lo m,,rk whoie t f !.,.. hey ,,. not rarp for " "' "r twentj men when then Is n snlt barrel i'.,?'.!!";. ""I ,l"'y wl" """"' '""'' HUB Qt It as long ns nni of Hum is le't An old lumber shanty In the Mt I Kean county wools occuple I hi two iMi-k peelers wus rnldr one nlcht by adiovt of Iltleorciilnes The time fioin nil illncllnns wnkel Hie Inniiies of the cabin b scurrjInK ovir Hiein nml kept them nwake a lonj: time nf- I terwnrd by ihelr determination lo tnke iosesson nf the pine The burk peel- , ers ftiUKht the puslstent little animals ' with their nxts nnd It was not until the had killed the whole dmve thirty . In numbir did thej iosess their ' sli intj iiRiln In poiut ' Hut the next nlslit the phee was nt-tnckul nt-tnckul by nmiiher dttnehnunt ns lirgo as Hie ono Hint hnd tome the nl,ht I e. fore The birk feelers, iiiitlrlpatlnR a second visit, had closed up every aper turo thrnuBh which the llret lot nf or-cuplnes or-cuplnes hnd sot Into the shnntj Hut this till not deter the seenn I attncklnu purl, which promptly set to work to Bnaw a nj to the Interior In a short time three dlfftrent entrances were lnnile bv the sham toothed nnd Indus. tiloui bensts nn I the two bark peelers, found themselves undtr the necesslt of cllhtr spenillnf; the night flKhtlng lor-cuplnes lor-cuplnes nxtiln or surrendt rinc the remises rem-ises to the determined Invaders Ilefore takhiK an decisive action the birk itelers snt down lo see wlint the purpose of the raiders wns The Kirtu-plncs Kirtu-plncs pnld no nttentlon whntevcr to the men but scrnmbled to a corner of the shant) where nn empty pork bnrrel stool n relic of some previous nccu-iwnci.of nccu-iwnci.of the premises The nnhnils attacked at-tacked the bnricl nnd In less thnn nn hour had enten off Its salt salurnted stnves nnl t-oops until there were hut a few rtjected frnsments left Then they departed ns qulckl ns Ihey Ind come ' mi don t linve tn skirmish nrnun 1 much tn net fool to fatten n hemlock belt porcupine Just rprlnkle snlt n-I n-I lent over n slick of rordwnnl nr n siiwIob nnd hell ent the whole thlnsr nnd enjo It llkenu woull mince i le 'The tuslomnr diet though nf these curious crenlures Is hemlock browse The ninke themstlves n home In n hnl-low hnl-low trep but nlwnjs within rench of n 1 IB hemlock The hemloi k Is their pis-Hire, pis-Hire, and beaten piths show how tlui make Ihelr trips to nnd from their homes nn 1 theli feedlnK place The porcupine por-cupine rllin! s n tree ns rendll ns n squlnel would piovlled some one doesn t sneak up nn 1 cut lis tall off while the nnlmnl Is on lis wny up the tree The oiruplnes tail Is n most Im-1 Im-1 orlnnt fnrtor In the rllmhlnir for tho nnlmnl uses it to propel Itself upward working In milsnii with Its slintp nails llereft nf Its tall the porrup nc mnnnt po further up the tree nnd It will not enme down without It If nny one shoul 1 cntch a poicuplne ellmblnn n tree and should chop It. mil off close It will stop tight where It Is nnd will stny there nnd slnive to denlh unltss some nne liikts the mor nnlmnl tiwn) Omeiii Hietiee the porcupine bopr out on n big limb nnd iitllliiK the smnll brnnches In Willi one paw binwses on Hi" pungent leives In go-Inc go-Inc through I hi wools )ou will And lit- pB mounds of these fine leave", on the grnund beneath hi nilork tiees Tint means that n pnrcuplno Is feeding In lie tree the lenves on the group. 1 being hose tint he Ins 'r"PI " "' ",n Hometlmefl n porcupine vv II "main rlnso lo the trunk nt night in 1 feed durlnir the dm '1 he o 1.1 Utile beast s H,p "nlv living thlnr? tint eats the foil-aire foil-aire of the hemlock While Die hemlock belt orctiplne Is entlrel Inrmless It Is greatl Irended hi hunters nnd Is a Brent announce lo I trnpi ers It seems to be nn Imposslbll Itv io tinln out of nnv dog nn inborn I rel lull, fnr lighting thin nnlmnl Th. best trnlne 1 d. . rhnuiid nr bear ting will stop on Hi, nail to have a light with a tor. iiplne and although the dog Kcneriill) suiteeds In lime In killing his gnme It Ib alMHs with more or less , wear and lenr to himself Hi Is sure to have his mouth nnl nose idled with the porcupines simp quills during the fight The pain tin Inflict mud bus him nnl he lit lies In lien er Ih in ev er oiil to receive nnother quiver full of Hie keen Utile weapons the- orcuilne i carries nil over his bo 1 'Man a vnhiible liiiiiHnr dng tins leen ruined by these quills sn man nf the polsnnnus shafts entering his m uith I nnl nose ns ti deslio his nose If not Injuring him so tint he has (o be killed "n nn Important part nf n, hunters equlrni. nt when going further In the hemlock boll wnn Is Is a pnlr of i Inters In-ters wllh which In ense his dogs tackle imrcuplnes Hip quills ni 1 beet trnctod at nnce Th. cannnt pulled nut with on. s llugprs nnd mm n hunter not hav lug pincers nt hand has been forced to extritt porcupine quills from hit dogs nose with Ida teeth nr Ins. Ids dog Then Hi. snnnplng little bensts nnse nrnund the tripiprs mnrtin nnd nther Imps nnd n1thniiL,h the pn with their Hvor fnr their lnqiilsltlventsH the are worthless to Hie Hnpier, nnd spill his chnnrps for gnnio lint In ilunble Onml ililge (I'D Cor New nrk Sun |