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Show Inconsiderate Knot. Tho drydocklng of tho schooner Forester, For-ester, which put In at San Francisco the other day In distress, revealed the fact that tho leak, the souico of tho schooner's distress, wns merely knothole. Tho knot In one of tho bottom bot-tom planks had fallen out, leaving a holo an Inch wide by one nnd one-half one-half Inches long. To keep out tho water wa-ter that carao through this knotholo the Forester's pumps were kept going night and day nnd tho vessel arrived with ten feet of water In Its hold. Tho desertion of its holo by this faithless knot Imperiled tbo lives of tho schooner's schoon-er's crew nnd Involved owners and underwriters In an expense of moro than $1,000. Tho hole has been plugged up, and ns this Is all that nlled tho Forester the schooner will proceed on Its voyage as soon as tho cargo baa been reloaded. i m The Fat Rooster. ' Very few people crodlt chickens with having much sense; but at least ono young rooster proved, without doubt, that he was wiser than he : iked. This cockerel hns a habit of : uflllng up his feathers during feeding time, and as ho was about twice as fat aa tho rest of tho fowls, his owner decided to watch him nnd to try to find out the cause oi his queer behavior. be-havior. One day, as tho fowls sauntered saun-tered off after being fed, the rooster carried his portly self to a secluded place by tho wood pile, nnd shook himself vigorously; whereupon down fell more than half a pint of grain which his ruffled feathers had caught at feeding tlmo. This ho proceeded .o cat nt his leisure. As he continued to ruffle his feathera nnd to saunter off to tho wood pile after meals, and gained In tlzo daily, his owner had tvery reason to believe that tho rooster roos-ter had morv than his share of common com-mon chicken sunso |