HENS FLYING 200 FEET TO CHASE HAWKS

Weekly Corinthian J C MARTIN Publisher CORINTH VlSSISSIFTL A reminiscence of Aaron Burr was dug up in a. New York street recently. It was a hollow chestnut log still in good condition used as a waterpipe and laid under a contract by Burr from the legislature. In some of the back counties of Ken tucky the farmers are said to have suc ceeded in raising hens that will fly 200 feet in the air to chase a hawk.

This belligerent nature is no doubt the di rect result of environment Everybody on this side is glad to see the Spanish generals escaping from the churge of treachery. If the court martial wants any American sympa thy let it put Weyler in the prisoner box and then well give em a hand A coroners jury at Bar Harbor finds that the Mount Desert ferry gangway that caused the drowning of twenty persons was defective in construction By the time damages ar settled the parties responsible will discover that neglect and carelessness are expen sive. The Russian czar is pleased withthe results of the peace congress and especially with the fact that media tion may now be offered by a third power.