An examination of the bear’s body showed that it had been struck six times. Three of the shots were in parts of the body ordinarily considered vital, and would doubtless have ultimately caused death, but the vitality of these animals is almost incredible, instances having been cited of their running over one hundred yards after being shot through the heart. TWO SAD CASES. A professional beggar was standing with a board in front of him, with the inscription: “I am blind,” when a gentleman threw a dime on the ground. The blind man instantly picked it up. The gentleman said: “Why, I thought you were blind.” The fellow, after a moment’s hesitation, looked at the board, and then said: “I’m bless’d if they haven’t made a mistake, and put a wrong board on me this morning. I’m deaf and dumb.” The above reminds us of another affecting story of a kind-hearted lady who was passing a street beggar who bore on his breast a placard declaring that he was deaf and dumb. The kind lady read the placard, and said to the beggar: “My good man, how long have you been deaf and dumb?” “Ever since my birth,” the man ingenuously answered. “What a heart-touching affliction,” said the good lady, as she placed half a dollar in the poor fellow’s outstretched palm, and passed on. THE NEWS OF ALL NATIONS. More Money for Farmers. The important farm crops of the United States this year are worth $104,000,000 more than the value of the same crops last year. The total value of the important crops is given as $5,068,742,000 by the government authorities. Adding the value of the other crops, to be announced later, will make a record figure in the nation’s production. This year’s wheat and corn crops are the most valuable ever grown, the wheat and apple crops are record harvests, and the potato crop is the second largest ever raised. The huge wheat crop and the increased price of that cereal, the large corn and apple crops, and the increased price of oats, barley, and rye more than offset the loss in the value of the cotton crop resulting from the war. The values of the important crops, based on the average prices paid to producers on November 1, and their values last year, follow: 1914. 1913. Corn $1,885,867,000 $1,730,021,000 Wheat 858,056,000 587,863,000 Oats 484,390,000 425,150,000 Barley 100,839,000 97,469,000 Rye 34,387,000 26,153,000 Buckwheat 13,297,000 10,444,000 Potatoes 219,396,000 230,741,000 Sweet potatoes 42,751,000 44,706,000 Hay 803,353,000 786,062,000 Cotton 462,483,000 880,360,000 Flaxseed 18,960,000 21,192,000 Apples 144,963,000 124,470,000