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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Jan. 11, 1988. 



FACT AND FANCY. 



California, is not generally considered a cotton State, yet 

 one plantation in SonOaan county this Reason' yielded 1)0 



pounds from 235 acres. 



Dllworch, Porter & Co., if Pittebturg, are reported to be 

 about completing: arrangements for the manufacture, of rail- 

 road spikes, on an extensive scale, out of Bessemer steel. 



A German war correspondent wrote from Kgvpt that tlio 

 HiuhlMuiK-)-- could be excused for despoiling the fellahs of 

 tlieii' trousers, as their own cos:ume is unsuited teafly-pro- 

 eotmtry like Egypt. 



The semi-centennial of the Baldwin Locomotive Works bo- 

 cured recently. The employes of the works observed the. an- 

 niversary bv'attendine: perfoimances at different theatres, 

 tickets having I ecu furnished by the firm. 



The railway carriage works of the London & Northwestern 

 .- Coiiipanv at A\ olvei-ton were burned on November 

 25th. The ]<>< i. 'jRH'.'Nin. \ bree hundred persons are ilnwn 

 out of employment. 



Hnle-iu-the-Day. a Chippewa Indian, and son of the famous 

 chief of that name, started out on a lecturing tour in Minne- 

 sota. Bis first audience yielded him s-'.r.o, and that ended 

 the venture. 



fore the magistrate and fined $40 and costs for shooting with- 

 in the Quebec boundarv, and *o for shooting within i 

 season. — Toronto Globe. 



A Dog and his Tail fell in a. Dispute, as to which should Wa." 

 the Other. An itinerant Wasp passing that Way casually 

 Remarked: "Speaking of Tails, reminds me that' I Possess 

 one which May |K..s--.ibiv be Influential enough to Wag you 

 Both." This table Teaches that ten cents worth of Dvn'amite 

 is a lugger man than a Church Steeple.—^ Denver Tnb'une. 



perhaps seventy -five or eighty years. The storv attached to 

 it is interesting, and we give it as we learned it from the lips 

 of Mr. Canova: It would appear that one evening, while, 

 Florida was yet in the possession of Spain, a grand ball was 

 given, at which was gathered the elite of the city. One of 

 the ladies present wa-s noted for her beauty, and her hand 

 was eagerir sought after by the officers of "the. \ 



idcrstancKng. 

 the same 



i fo 



In Aust 

 isso. inch 

 bits. Of 



717,000 pa 

 duck 



id 



!(iii 



sk and 



rtciis, a, 

 .dueled i 



,ant 



,1,.. 



were shot in 

 and 27,000 ra.b- 

 hot, including 

 4H.000 wild 

 000 foxes, 



W 



•olv, 



In Galieia the 

 cilled; in Tyrol 

 !,000 head of chamois fell, in Styria 1,6,8 

 Izburg 1,055 head. Bohemia returns 380,000 



The dining ears upon the Noi 



to have , : i . ., written .< 



. i-oiii the wine-list tilled v 



So no m in aaa teak ■ a drink bit 



Iroad are. said 

 Is of fare, "No 

 irongh Iowa." 

 id Kansas, 



But a Mother-in-law's Beats Them All.— a curious 



experiment was recently made at Paris to determine the 



l"ii pi :i :.-<w. The animal was fixed on a 



table -with its upd. r ••■ -n.. . r ,1 w.tli a dvuamometer. An 



-.. ek caused him to give a sudden snap. 308 pounds 



.. -i .in ait. and ir. was calculated that the 



;■:.-■■:_ • : n,.- 1,, ,-.-...■ ,u-.i.i i _ tii... movement was 1540 



The muscle of au ordinary sporting dog showed BflO 



pounds. 



A Sea Dot>. — A schooner romided to at some distance 

 dm at Rath, Mo., the other day, and while the 

 lookers-on were waiting for about to be lowered and rowed 

 ashore with a hawser, according to the natural order of things, 

 they saw something very different. A dog sprang from the. 

 schoou' a into th" i iver, swam to the wharf with the end of a 

 line in his mouth, and when the hawser to which the line was 

 attached had been hauled iu and made fast, swam back to the 

 schooner, seized a iope that was flung to him and was drawn 

 o i board 



An Ontario sportsman fell into a Quebec trap a day or two 



ago. Dr. Wencir.nt, ,i Cornwall dentist, invited. some friends 



game near Dundee, and in the excitement of the 



sport followed his q rytroffl Ontario into Quebec. Here 



the game "..-.;, n ,_, -,, , .., nj. and Mr. Weagant was had be- 



r 400,000 partridgi 



!.— SV. 



ling Post. 



The latest sporting joke comes from 5 



tlemen from that classic suburb, ea.g-r 



selves iu the battlefields of the backwo 



i a point fifty miles north of Madi 



the -i-y: in- oi en Indian Iu lead tin III t( 



i.-ar. Altera few hours' plodding th 

 lying in the cleft of a rock some di-tanc 



■ ,,, . .'.,, I,,. .- je i ,' . e 



each of Winchester cartridges, their In 

 di'te, inined to procure a further supply, 

 ing for reinforcements. Imagine - 

 day to find their target to be nothing r 

 wood covered with a bear skin. The Im 



lie ■- el da e. ,■-. j i . 1. ■,'-■!- not re Ir. i'ollll'i 



Mail. 



Thic 'JossrM Must Come Down.— South Carolina farmers 

 are asking the Legislature of that State to inquire into the 

 destruction of valuable timber by opossum hunters. The 

 Gaimvillc, (d... Eagle, however, thinks that no remedy can 

 be found. "There are," it savs, "some things in this world 

 that ddv all rules, regulations and enactments, that overleap 

 all bl i i II- a ud laugh at all obstacles. Aggregate together a 

 hungry 'nigger.' a sharp axe, a yelpiug dog, and the 'shine* 

 of a possums eye, and you have got a combination that legis- 



ontrol. 



Two gen- 

 ruish them- 

 a few days 



inn a log of 

 is not present 

 ird.— Toronto 



Owkig to somen 

 she became engaged to two of the eaballei 

 dance. The consequence was a quarrel, which res 

 the cessation of the music through the cutting of the strings 

 of the instrument Hot words and in-nltiiu ),m. i. . 

 between the olhders, and the two repaired to t he open streets 

 and engaged in a dud, in which one of them tell. The sur- 

 vivor, dropping his sword, fled precipitately from the soot. 

 One of the dicetti family, a boy of some four or five years, 

 witnessed the encounter, and, running out, picked up the 

 sword and carried it into the house. Not wishing to be called 

 upon as witnesses, the parents of the child concealed the 

 sword and kept all knowledge of the same from their neigh- 

 bors. Thus the old blade has been in its place for upward 

 of three generations.— 6t, Augustine (Flu.) rress. 



i In a description of Kentucky 'possum hunting, Mr. J. W. 

 Eggleston says in Outing: Butthe supremely ridiculous begins 

 when the dogs get to seeing evils. It is nothing but nervous- 

 ness on the. part, of the dogs, but it makes (hem cut some 



: eei's. They run ahead of everybody, frightened 



e iii i,. " uh tails tucked and hair on end, whining and crv- 

 e i !■ i"o- becomes contagious and a human panic eii- 



* rkey 



ishy 



e lilllie 



■ nly 



thing and never stop tiil safe in some cabin. Some, localities are 

 popularly believed to be the peculiar abiding place of these 

 •'evils." One piece of pines near here is called nothing but 

 "the Kvil Pines," and tnough safe enough in daytime no darkey 

 would go there at night though it were known to be iud of 

 possums. 'Possums are carefully kept in boxes for weeks 

 and fed on vegetable food only until fat, and this process is 

 Dot omitted even when they are caught fat. for they are 

 .nd'they might have lately eaten 

 Bat is really good to those who can 

 Lamb's famous roast pig, but i 



"dadeio 



digest it. 



and. what particularly pie 



One 



of 



i Lodgi 



■ Mas, 

 l f e, f. 



'pos.- 



. the 

 s lo- 



ci that courts 

 nbletoovera 



Ived the who 

 n the stre 



deep 



1 juries, judges, jails and penifenfi; 



If that tree were mahogany and it ■ iu- 

 liverseii! civil war and blood ran a foot 

 that, tree must come down all the same." 



A Story Op A Sword.— On Thursday, while tearingdown 

 a portion of the residence of Mrs. Faustina Pac.etti, prepara- 

 tory to making repairs on the same, L. T. Canova found a 

 sword hidden away between the ratters of the roof. Upon 

 making inquiries in relation to the same he learned that the 

 s-wordhad been concealed in the place where he tound it lor 



of f.ei 



initiated. 

 __ they hold a 

 Masons attend who can, for rare is.the feastin, 

 conviviality. An address is always made to th . 

 occupies the place of honor and who, with many 

 him, turnish the principal meat. 



For Throat Disease* and Coughs. Brow* 



Tkoches, like all other realh) nond thdgs. are tiv.mi 

 ' -■ P ... i • Ki'n i 



i'"li"i f Bronchitis, Asthma. Catanh, Consumptive ai 



eases. Thoij c/'e vx.o'i edeoe: le'lii good s<>coe*.-;.~-Adr. 



lod.,i 



Inch ad 



real, the 



possum, who 



like 



Bronchial, 

 ly imitated. 

 li-oeneswW 



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