A Snoring Canary Bird

Miss Almeda Tuft, of Sadorus, 111., has a eanary bird that suores. About two o'clock ono night last week its snores becamo so loud as to arouso the housohold. A scarch about Uio preiniscs failed to reveal tho cause of the noiso until the siiUng-room door was oponed and it was found to emanate from tho bird-cage. The bird bcing awakeoed ths noiso instan tly ccased. Tho owner of the bird regards it now as a very musical eanary, and the ncishbors all declare they nover hcard the liko of its snorea, which become more pronouuced with eacb ■ucceedlne ilav. James J. riill, of St. Paul, fiity ov. years old and worth 810,000,000, is the wcalthiest man iu the uorthwost. I