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Show IN TIIE ODD CORNEB. QUEER AND CURIOUS TtllNQS AND EVENTS. Hen Crowe Like a llooeler t-eeehee Ara faotht on Iho liar lge ol rarraera Who trade In Afler Them Ilea Lira rUh for a lloadrray. Kerry Tear Ufa la a rhonie of loeees, Every yeart For Ihe weak ara hratlrr croeert Kitty year. Iat springs with aobe replying Unto weary aulumn'a elihlng, While Iho.e we luie are dying. Ktery year. , The daya have Irra ef gladnese. Etery yean The rtlghta mot welsht of aadnree, Ktery yeari Fair springe no toncer charm ue. The wlnda and weather harm ua. The thrrala of death alarm us, Ktery year. There come new caree and Borrows, Ktery yeari Dark data and darker morrflwa, Ktery yeari The ahoel of ilrad Intra haunt u, The shoela nf chantrd frlenda taunl lie. And dleappolntmrnta daunt ua, Ktery year. To Ihe paat so more dear racra, Ktery yeari And the loted leave vacant r-laree Ktery year; Kverywhere Ihe sad eyes meet ua, ' In Ihe etrnlns'a duak they arret ua, And 10 coma to them entreat ue. Cvery year. "Tou are (rowing- old." they tell ua, Bvery yeart "Tou are more atone," they tell ue, Ktery yeari "Tou can win no new affection, Tou hate only recollection. Deeper Borrow and dejection, Ktery year." Too truel Life's ehorea are shitting, Ktery yeart And w are seaward drifting, Kvery yeari Old plaeea, rhanslns, fret ue. The Utlng more foraet ue, There are fewer to regret ue, Ktery year. Hut the truer life draws nlsher, Kvery yeari And Its mnrnlns alar climbs hither, i Ktery yeari Karth's hold on ua grows atlshter, And the heavy burdena llsltter, And the Dawn Immortal bilthter, Kvery year, -Albert Ilka. lien Crowe I.Ike a Hooeler. From the New York Journal: The peculiar conduct nf n black Spanish hen owned by Raphael Naar ot La Fayette street. Elizabeth, N. J., haa caused not only curiosity but wonder among the people ot tbe city who hats flocked to see It. Tha hen waa presented pre-sented to Mr. Naar by bla brother, who Is a lawyer In Trenton, aome three yeara ago. At that time the hen look-' look-' '"'.''Wj-.aort f.a.Mrd,ni! that It would aoon be the proud nml cackling mother of a brood ot little black Spanish chicks. Hut the hen kept laying on but would neter aet on her own egga or any other hen'a ifft and. In tact, exhibited an aversion to any hen that did hatch out chicks, and would frequently peck viciously at the little fellows If they came In her way. During the latter part ol June the hen began to molt and abed her feathers and for several weeks aba waa a forlorn-looking chicken. Finally Fin-ally the feathera began to come In and, much to the aurprlse of her owner, a beautiful rooster tall, prettily arched and assuming all the colors ot the peacock pea-cock tall, began to appear. Then apura were discovered peeping out of her legs, followed by a beautiful red comb on the top of her head, This transformation trans-formation In tbe hen astonished Mr. Naar, who Is somewhat of a philosopher. philoso-pher. But his philosophy waa wrecked when he saw tbe ben fly on tbe top ot the coop and heard her crow Ilka a genuine game cock and continue to do ao every morning and to lord It over the other hens In the yard. Has Lite riah for a ttoadway. From the San Francisco Examiner! To ride for a dlstanco ot fifty yards with millions ot lite fish for a roadway la an experience decidedly unique, not only for the man wbo doea the riding, but for the animal that carrlea blm. Thla alngular Incident recently occurred occurr-ed In tha vicinity ot Clear Lake, a well known young resident of Lake county traveling over the largest area of stranded fish that were ever left high and dry In a river bed, Lynn Froaer la the man who made thla Journey with fins Instead ot terraflrma beneath blm, and Jake, bis pet donkey, don-key, Is tbe animal that ferried blm across the way. It was from necessity not from choice that Mr. Fraser urged the donkey Into a knee deep most of piscatorial beauties. He Is captain of tbe City of Lnkeport, a trim little launch that steams Ua way twice dally between Lakeport aud Ilartlctt Landing, Land-ing, transporting passengers to and from tbe stsges that connect with Hopland and Bartlett Springs. HI borne la In Dig valley, In a region bearing bear-ing the sulphurous and Inappropriate name of Hell's Bend. Returning from a bunting trip Capt. Fraser followed a route usually frequented by blm, which would take lilin across Kelsey creek. This creek emptlea Idto Clear lake near tbe base of Uncle Sam mountain. Arriving at tha creek he found that Ita waters had unexpectedly unexpected-ly receded, leaving a vast mass ot fish, that bad come up from the lake to spawn, lying on tbe pebbled bottom ,( the river. There were trout, carp, bass, pike, perch and blackflsh, but the majority ma-jority of tbe fish were or tbe variety known as "bitch," a favorite- food or tbe Indians thereabouts, who trade them at the reservation for beads nnd calico. Tbey resemble trout and measure meas-ure twelve to fourteen Inches In length. Now there Is no law for the prevention of cruelty to fish Neither wu (hers any road within three mtlas br which Capt. Fraser could reach his '1 destination, even If he had had time i to take a roundabout course. The Ish il line was a quarter of a mile long. He 'J9I decided to cross It. But Jake did not 9R fancy tbe prospect. He balked and ha jBBfl snorted, put bla ears back and tben Mbbbb9 forward, and evidenced hla dlapleaa- Iflwni nre In every way known to the donkey Eswij kind, Bo his rider dug apura Into the bUMi animal's flanks, and Jak tlgiagged B'JW his difficult way through the vast aTvS& i school of fish to the other side. This MS la the only Instance recorded of A man 19N traveling on lite fish. Kwl Ierhee Caothl an farmers Lege. Kff5 The way Ihe leech farmers go about Kill their business Is very Interesting. Hav- ftJaWrl Ing fenced and watered a aultabl JM meadow, they proceed lo sow It with JbbbbH leeches by scattering them broadcast IccM on the land from sacks containing IE,- gassa! 000 leeches each, All thst Is now ftH necesssry Is to provide for the crop kf-H plenty of wster and plenty or blood. M The usual method ot providing the 1st- H ter was to drive old homes and cattle M Into the Inclosures; but sometime H fresh blood from a slaughterhouse was H supplied When required, Ihe leeches H ' are caught by throwing a fresh sheep- H skin Into the water. When the akin H Is taken out hundreds of the leeches H , are round clinging to It, but a mora) H primitive custom, and one still em- H ployed by collectors. Is to wade In the H water and allow the leeches to Ox LH upon the bare legs. Mlsa Mary Kings gaH ley, In her "Travels In West Africa," H relates that once passing through B deep swsmp, which reached to their H cblns, they all got horribly Infested H with leeches, having a frill ot them M round their necks like aatrakban col- H lara when they emerged. The land (JH leeches of the East ara alao very trou- H blrsom to both cattle and men. Bo H abundant are they In aoma parts tbatl lH soldiers and workmen ara sometimes H fatally weakened by the minute but H persistent blood-letting. It ts calcu- gaH laled that 30,000,000 were used annually H In France and England alone. A sin- B gte company In Australia used to ex- gall port 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 par year ts H Europe and America. On Parisian jH capitalist affirmed that his leach crops returned him IS to 1; and It Is recorded that the monopoly of taking leeches la H Morocco waa once sold for 120,000. H Many persona hate proteased to have seen sea aerpenls, and while the M general belief Is that there are no such ,H creatures. It Is likely that those who H claim to have seen them did aee things H which they honestly and very naturally H believed to be sea serpents, A striking H example of tha manner In which par- gasae! sons may be deceived In this matter H haa Just been given by Dr, R, Du Dole raaBBaR Raymond In a paprr.ln.whlcb he de- "bbbbVJ aerrsaenrceanerlfnees'onWfxMrifVai- -aaaaafaSi tbe Serapla In October, 1190. It wa HH rather a foggy morning, and the water pRfl waa aa smooth as glaaa. Tbe vessel' gagefl waa going through tha Magellan a traits H and the houia passed monotonously, unt i mdr1 uly the passengers noticed H an r- .!ery object In tha water H aome ulataue away. At once the err BaBeae! arose mat It could be nothing but ev IH sea serpent, nnd, Indeed, tber seemed H to be excellent grounds for this state- H ment, since the object was certainly H alive, and aa It moved through the H water presented all Ihe appearance qt H an Immense snake. That It bad a H huge bead was clear to every one, and ( that It waa possessed of an enormous B body waa manifest from tha manner H In which It aplaahed the water on alt H sides. A powerful telescope waa pro- cured and tbe uncanny object waa LH atudlad through It, Then Ita true char-, H acter waa at once revealed. Inatead ot H being a aea serpent It was simply a H bard ot aea lions. The animals were jH cluatered close together, and as tbey H gamboled and moved through tbe water they certainly presented the an- bbbbbbbbbb! pearance of a long and bulky snake. If tbey had been at a greater distance It would have been quite difficult to H discover what they really were, and It H Is not Impossible that tho passengers jH would forever after have remained convinced that they bad actually aean H tha wonderful aea serpent, Queer Tarllee. Baltimore Sun: Stewart's barkentlue IH Prlacllla, Captain Springsteen, from H Rio Janeiro, arrived with 12,000 bags H of coffee and an embryo menagerie on H board. Every sailor bad a parrot and one bad a monkey, which be cherished H with almost parental affection. Along- H tide these pets of the crew Captain H Springsteen had an Improvised aqua- H rlura three specimens of small turtles, H which bad been placed In his care by H officers of the United States gunboat H Wilmington, The turtles were "ba- H blea" or that family, gathered In the H highest waters of the Amston, up H which the Wilmington mitigated as far as she could find water to float ber. H They were placed on board tbe Prlsctl- H Is In Ilia Janeiro to be delivered to tbe aaBBBBBaaif Johns Hopkins university, In tblt city. bbbbbR One has a peculiar head, upon which bsbbbbKJ are ears a donkey would be proud of, HSbbbV and a mouth that opens wider than a HHR negro minstrel's. The bead does not aFSflH'r aeek cover under the shell Ilk otbar ffjjj9k1 turtles, tut closes up like an accordion. PfirU Three queer little specimens hav had kuuI tb tender solicitude of Capt Spring- jHA ateen on tba voyage. On became a H tame aa to eat out or tha csptatn's MsaS hand. The donkey-eared, telescoping- KJbbbbbbbb! head fellow, no doubt proud of cbarac- fiH terlttlca not natural to his fellow-tur- H ties, refused to receive hla rations until IH dropped Into tbe aquarium. H |