HOBBY IS COLLECTING FLEAS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 422, 26 May 1904, Page 8

HOBBY IS COLLECTING FLEAS.

j£VL ■ 9~ ItmvtlH -•*»#»< The" goiharhilde are all noted ft* collectors of strange things, but Lord Rothi child's second - son. Charts*, prides himself on baring the lsrgect collection of flea* that was ever brought together. This strange hobby has bean brought into notice by the faat that soma polar explorers. have just brought him a number of, fleas that lire on within the I Arctic circle, j "Every mammal and bird has a par-j ticular kind of flea," he says enthusiastically, "and very many of them hare several different kinds. So you see the flea affords more diverse material for a collector than any living creature. I hare fleas from every corner of the world, over 10,000 different varieties. 'Whenever an expedition is about to start for a foreign land I engage one of the party to collect specimens of fleas from every species of mammal and bird that la encountered. The variety is endless, and it affords me as great delight to find a new flea aa any of my relatives derive from securing ■ gnat masterpiece of art." \ HOUHD AS GUIBOTG STAR.' I ■ ftoir o€ ***•• Gold Hasten Hftlcfe fe < : *T OasMnt. ,;,*{{ 'A number of years ago, saya a contributor to the Loa Angeles Times, three proepectora were working some mining claim* south of Presoott, Ariz. [When they left town they bad l expected to return in two day*, but, finding more to do than they had anticipated, (Worked a third day without grub in order to finish up. They worked aa long ae they could see, thinking they ahould have no trouble in following the trail after dark. The night, however, was unusually dark -and they coui.'. not see the trail. Being rati -' and! hungry, they were toeing la valuable time rooting about to n j f.urpose. They bad a black-andntan hound with them end the idea occurred to one of the bajn to rub the phosphorus from a bunch of matches on the dog's tail. It was done accordingly, thus making a sort of pillar of fire by night.' The scheme worked beautifully. The dbg found no dMßculty in following the trail; the man followed the phoaphorized narrative of their canine guide end reached Frcseott in time for an earig bnaJt* Uttm * CMc oacTcae a mri ' She four daughter* of a Pennsylvania sawmill owner have announced that they intend to operate the mill Until it attains an average output of 30,000 feet of lumber each working day. The young women began working the mill a little a year ago, writes a reporter in the Brooklyn Xagle. It is a 35 horsepower mill, and the energetic managers operated it so well that in a short time the average output per day was 28,000 feet of timber, which was the best output by several thousand feet of any mill in the locality—all operated by men. Encouraged by their success, the young women are endeavoring to increase the'output to the figure mentioned above.

TMevesi Take TTsls—.

Alter a gun (crook) has grafted for ■ome time his nervous system becomes affected and he needs a stimulant, srritea an ex-member of that profession in Leslie's Weekly. Most of us grow Addicted cither to opium, chloral, morphia* or whisky. J T en at thia •eriy period I began to take a little opium, and when a grafter |s doped he is very reckless. I will say one tiling for opium, however. That drug never makes a ma© careless of his personal A grafter who drinks will go down and out as a bum, but an opium fiead never forget* to die ji wtli.