K lances.
lcnrouml ma.
Iwul nad lover,
KnlRcy.
,iro to disco vor.
innt
s-sa
onl nnl lovor
tne t'wthT,
mi iirj'l summer
jCnni
jffifj'i tVftsiand wintry wcutbor.
! as yet that flrenm uro cruel.
JtSCCinRl
Ab. mo! 1 hdi no vounir to wnlcen.
Anl lltxl oh earth no truth Is h-rt no
But this: " I loved, nwl am for'nkon."
UeUc H. Coot, in Vc livlcsKtidtnt.
A CURIOUS CHINESE LEGEM).
Many years ago, when Hangchow
Was in its glory ami prosperity' reigned
in the Eiiipire, there dwelt in "the
scented flower street'' a .voting man
named .Shu, who had lately lost his
father. Ily the dcatli of this parent a
considerable amount of wealth, in
money, houses and land, reverted to
him. Being of a literary turn of mind
he seldom visited the places of public
resort, his time being generally occu
pied with his studies or in attending to
the wants of his mother. Although ho
was urged by his surviving parent to
contract a matrimonial alliance, yet he
persistently refused, saying that he had
never yet seen or heard of any damsel
upon whom he could center his affec
tions. Enjoying as ho did good looks
in addition to his share of wealth, he
was the envy of all the marriage brok
ers in the city, who vainly brought the
charms of numerous fair ones before
his mother's notice, but all in vain.
Now, one night while poring over
some- ancient tomes treating upon
magic and the occult sciences, ho came
across a chapter wherein was described
the charms of a certain Princess, the
daughter of a mighty King, who lived
in a distant part of China. Her innu-
ablo graces, her exquisite beauty
and attainments wero all set forth.
Fired by the marvelous attributes of
this fair damsel he determined to make
further inquiries upon the subject.
Not far from the young man's place of
abode thero lived an old Imddhist priest
who had the reputation of being deeply
versed in magic and in ancient history.
Thither the youth repaired, and, hav
ing acquainted him with tho subject,
invoked his aid to inform him by what
means it was possible to see this wond
erful Princess. The priest endeavored
to dissuade him from making the at
tempt, but in vain. "Well," said the
priest, "I warn you that nothing but
sorrow will bo tho result of your
wishes, but if at any future time 3'ou
should require my" services, for the
sake of your father, who was very
Kind to me, 1 will save 3011 from
misery." The rash youth was in no J
n.iy uiiiuueu uy inu evil loiuuotiuis ui
the priest, nor would ho be dissuaded
from his resolve.
A DEMONIACAL DAMSEL.
Accordingly the old man gave him
the following instructions: 'This beau
tiful Princess is the daughter of King
Wong, who, as 3011 are aware b3' the
records of 3our" books, is possessed of
considerable notoriety and skill in the
magic art. This ho lfas transmitted to
his daughter, and 1)3' virtue of a super
natural' power she has tho means.
-'' whenevcr she wills it, of transforming
herself or airy one she may wish into
the form of a serpent. Up to tho pres
ent time she has been sought by many
suitors, but owing to lief wickedness
and desire to wreak vengeance upon
the inhabitants of the kingdom of Wu,
with whom in former years her ances
tors were at endless warfare, she
makes a point of transforming young j
men into serpents, ami conve3s them
1)3 her magic art to that kingdom, thus
venting her wrath against the people of
the land. Now, 1113 son, I alone have
the means to prevent her using her
magie upon 3011. It may be that she
will bo struck with 3'our appearance,
and should you, b3 effecting a marriage
with her, dissolve the unholy spell that
now dominates her, then 3011 will,
indeed, be privileged to enter into the
blessed state of Nirvana. Go home,
. and I will cpmmaud tho Princess by
virtue of my power over her to appear
to 3-011."
A I'ECCLTAU INTERVIEW.
The young1 man retraced his steps,
and having seated himself in his study
was deeply immersed in thought, when
suddenly a ray of bright light struck
across the chamber and upon looking
ui) he beheld the object of his wishes.
Dazzled b3 the beauty of the lady he
could scarcely speak, but the fair dam
sel approached, and thus began: 'Mas
ter Shu, by command of the sage Chang
1 have come to 3ou: in what manner
can I serve you?" Shu, regaining his
courage, replied: "Fair Lady Leen
(Lib), I have long read of 3our won
drous charms, lgazeupou your form and
features." The lady on her side was
evidently smitten with the youth, and
did not for the moment know what to
reply to tho compliment. Said she,
'have you heard of my wickedness and
proficiency in the magic art, and aro
you ready" to undergo any test I ma3'
put you to?" Being answered in tho
affirmative, sho said: "Well, to-night
be at the foot of the -Feng Shan' (Pine
nix hill), and remain watching until I
come to 3ou." The youth promised to
be there. As evening approached ho
felt somewhat alarmed and haying vis
ited his mother, telling her that sho
was not to be alarmed as he would not
be home before morning, made'a dis
position of his property and having as
sumed his best garments repaired to
tho spot indicated by tho Princess.
To his astonishment, just at tho foot
of tho hill, ho was suddenly stopped by
the Priest Chang, who drew him aside
and endeavored, by all the persuasion
in his power, to deter him from keep
ing his appointment.
A VISION OF SERPENTS.
The sage, seeing that all his speech
was useless, determined to resort to his
power of summoning unearthly beings
to his aid, to combat the art of the
Princess Leen. The moon which had
hitherto shown brightly on the scene,
now became clouded over. Suddenly the
hissing of serpents became audible,
the noise of the leaves rustling and the
branches crackling caused our hero to
look up. What a sight met his gaze
Numberless serpents were visible of all
sizes and shaDes, twisting and coiling
themselves in and out of the branches.
Pe started back in horror and half re
solved to return, when from amidst
the largest heap of the reptiles & white
serpent, whose eves glistened hi.e dia
monds, and whose head was the color
of the purest jade, came forth and ap
proached the young man. Nearer and
nearer it drew, when, on an instant,
the grove became illumined with a
lurid glare, and the sage Chang was to
be seen surrounded by a number of
demons. Addressing the white serpent,
who had paused on its path, he said;
"Vile woman, I have long awaited a
chance to put an end to vour nefarious
wings, ana .now is my opportunity.
lana. ne cneur "Assume
.! - T"1q .enrnonf:
I UV-1 -0-W fWMK
'casting
frer, tho hill
jve. ami a yawning
it;. "jumn mm inu
these hills cover 3ou and
DEATO OF THE LOVEU3.
Turning to tho young man Shu tho
Princess embraced him. and besought
him to supplicate the priest to pardon
her, but his entreaties were in vain.
Kissing Shu and clinging to his neck,
poor Leen prepared herself for the fa
tal leap. Shu, utterly prostrated by
grief and the lovo he had for the dam
sel, resolved to frhare her fate. With
out a moment's hesitation he entwined
his arm- around her, and, before any
ono could prevent him, jumped into th'i
abyss, which immediately closed upon
the lovers. The priest was dismayed,
and tried all the means in his power to
invoke heaven to restore the lost ones,
but in vain. Descending to Hangchow
he told the .story to the mother of Shu,
who mourned for her son. A liberal
sum was devoted to theerection of a
temple to the honor of deceased Shu
and tho Lady Leen, and the priest
Chang built himself a hut at the base
of tho hill, where he daily offered
prayers to the manes of the dead until
his demise. Since that time the hill
bears the name of the " White Serpent
Hill." and the most fearless of the in
habitants dread to wend their way
round the base of the hill after night
fall, asserting that tins spirits of tho
lovers nightly meet and renew their
vows upon its summit. Such arc tho
legends that the minds of the Chinese
are imbued with, and their number is
legion. This was the story told us 1)3'
the old man at the lake, and when it
was finished we sought our boat to be
read3 for sight-.seeing next da3. San
Francisco Chronicle.
RELIGIOUS AM) EDUCATIONAL.
The Province of Ontario has a
Superannuated Teachers' Fund.
A leading ecclesiastical property
agent in England estimates that about
200 livings are yearly offered for sale.
Tho Kev. Phillips Brooks is said to
bo the first American who has preached
in Westminster Abbey before tho
Queen.
The average attendance in tho aid
ed schools of England and Wales now
amounts to rather less than one in nine
of the population.
Tho Pope has given permission to
unauthorized religious corporations in
France who wish to do so to submit to
tho regulations required b3 law; but ho
does not enjoin it.
Mis Anna C. Brackett, the famous
New York teaciier of 3'oung women,
has been elected a member of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the National
Council of Education.
Dr. SchafT sa3s of the revised Now
Testament soon to bo published: "The
revision will so nearly resemblo the
present version that tho mass of read
ers and hearers will scarcely perceive
tho difference, while a careful compari
son will show slight improvements in
every chapter and almost every verse."
Tho lloformcd Congregation of
Friedrichstadt, in Schlcswig-Holstciii,
Germany, owns so much property that
the members do not need to pa3 any
thing for the pastor's salary, or to meet
other expenses. Eaelt member re
ceived last 3ear the sum of 15 out of
the annual surplus.
Thero are in Minnesota seventy
fivc Baptist Churches which have no
houses of worship. Instead of being
troubled with mortgages and floating
debts, these churches simply hire halls
or rooms in which to meet, and conduct
their affairs on a plan which combines
economy with independence.
" Indolence is the worst enemy,"
says Bishop Huntington, " that tho
Church has to encounter. Men sleop
around her altar. Life has no signifi
cance, eternity no awfulncs-, enjoy
ment, no obligations, bereavement no
solemnly, holiness no enrapturing
beaut, but the stretch on beds of
ease, and sleep amid the most stirring
revelations of Providence."
The books, letters and manuscripts
belonging to John and Charles Wesle',
witli about a" thousand others illustrat
ing the history of Methodism, have
been present d to the Drew Theologi
cal Seminary. The collection was made
b3 a clergyman living near London,
and wa lately purchased for the Drew
Seminar by a New York merchant in
terested in the schools.
The yearly incomes of the heads of
tho Anglican Church are as follows:
The Archbishop of Canterbury, $75,
000; the Bishop of York, ;0,000; the
Bishop of Loudon. S50.000; the Bishop
of Durham, 10,000; the Bishop of
Winchester, 8:55,000; the Bishop of EI3,
$27,500; tho Bishop of St. Asaph. -2G,-000;
and the rest not less than $20,000,
and not more than $25,000 each. Each
lJishop has. moreover, a "palace," or
official residence.
Two Approaching Cornels,
Two periodical comets aro now ap
proaching perihelion, but it is not like
ly that either of them will become visi
ble for some weeks 3et, unless in the
largest telescopes. Faye's comet will
be nearest the earth on the 3d of Octo
ber (at the distance 1.01) that of the
sun), but will not be in perihelion until
the 22d of Jauuary next year. It was
discovered on November 22. 1S4', and
observed at each of the subsequent re
turns, passing its perihelion on the hist
occasion on July IS. 1873. This comet
was detected by Mr. Common at Eal
ing, with his large retlcctor, on August
2, in the position given Dy Dr. Axel
Holler's ephemcris. The theoretical
intensity of light at this date was 0.078,
which rather exceeds that at the first
and last observations at the appearance
in 1850-'ol. The comet was very small
and extremely faint when the sky was
not quito black. The faintness of the
comet will prevent its being well ob
served at an3' time with ordinary tele
scopes. Since its last appearance in
1873, when only four obsei rations were
secured, the effect of perturbation has
been to lengthen the period 5G.5 days,
and to retard the arrival at perihelion
b3 38 da3s, the main part of this per
turbation having been produced by
Jupiter in 1S75.
The other, Winnecke's periodical
comet, was discovered in 1S1!) by Pons,
and not seen again until 1858, when Dr.
Winnccko determined satisfactorily the
circumstances of its orbit. The" last
passage through perihelion occurred on
March 12, 1S75; tho next, according to
Prof, von Oppolzcr's calculations will
fall on the 4th of next December. But
the position of the comet at this return
will be very unfavorable for visibility at
places where there are sufficiently pow
erful telescopes to afford hope of see
in" so faint an object. Dr. von Op
polzer believes that at the next return,
in 1885, the circumstances will be far
more likely to give astronomers an op
portunity of observing the comet. Be
in also unfavorably placed in 1863, it
was not seen at all that year, when it
passed its perihelion in the autumn.
X. Y. Tribune
-
'-afore than 125,000 children die an
nually In France before reacliing the
cud otthoir firsfcvear. OncUf tu of tie
injuwrarewMW'
West
lady
x door-step
ttv soon along
and he w the
went down into the
the insect. But after he
there tho doz didn't find things
inst as ha hai expected. In the first
place. It suddenly grew dark, and in
tho next place he didn't get the bee.
lie concluded to draw out, but found,
that owing to the form of the pitcher,
he couldn't so easily do it. He backed
away with all his might, but the pitcher
clung to him. And then the bee began
to get in his work on the dog. and the
circus began in earnest- The dog
howled fearfully and b-gan to plunge
wildly about, and then started on a mad
run down the street. Just as it started.
tho colored lady saw tho animal and she
set off in an anxious frame of mind to
recover her pitcher. The dog being
completely blindfolded by the pitcher
COUK1 not glllUO llieil, uin. gov uiiuci iu
feet of a stout man. and both took m
roll in the gutter, and the shouts of the
man. who diil not attempt to disguise
his annoyance, were as loud as the yells .
of the dog. The pitcher didn't
break, and the animal was on
its feet and away again before the
colored ladv could come up, and soon
tangled herself all up with a police
man's legs, and made a terrible fuss.
By this time a cro.vd had collected, and
as tho tlog took to turning summer
saults and jumping instead of run
ning, the colored lady was enabled to
get to the -scene. The policeman at
tempted to yank the pitcher from tho
dog s head, but it stuck, and the effort
merely resulted in nearly anking the
dog's head off. Then he proposed to re
lieve tho howling animal by breakiug
tho pitcher, but the owner of the crock
wry, who was making a terrible fus?,
strenuously objected, and then the po
liceman contrived to thrust his hand in
beside tho dog's head to try and push
the animal's head out, anil he must
have got hold of the bee. for he sud
denly yanked his hand out. waved it
wildly in the air, and spoke blasphemy
as he danced about. After he got
calmed down a little, he cursed tho
owner of tho pitcher, and drawing his
loeiut, hit the crockery a blow that
shattered it into a thousand fragments.
The tlog being then released, flew away
like the wind; the colored lady, after
an excited oration was induced to go
home rather titan be taken to the sta
tion house, the crowd dispersed and
the officer was left on the corner suck
ing his thumb and muttering to himself
something that may have been a prayer.
Boston 1'ost.
Dcatli or Ouray, Chief or the Utcs,
In the death of Ouray one of the his
torical characters of Colorado passes
away. He has figured for man years
:is the greatest Indian of his time, and
during his life has figured quite as
prominently before tho country as has
any white man in the Kocky Mountains.
It is therefore meet ami proper that on
the occasion of his death his life should
bo remembered. The record of his
deeds is one of simple parts, yet he has
proved himself elevated so far above
other men of his race and time that his
acts staud out in bold relief. Oura' was
in many respects indeed, we may say
in all respects a remarkable Indian; a
man of pure instincts, of keen perception
and apparently possessed ver3 proper
ideas of justice and right the friend of
the white man and the protector of the
Indian, ever standing up and boldly
asserting the rights of his tribe, and as
continually doing all in his power to
create favor for the white man with the
Indians.
f
that name. His tribe of Utes were in
the habit of spending much of their
time in the Taos Valley and San Loui3
Park, and along the Sangro do Christo
Mountains. Down in this region thoy
were accustomed to meet the Apaches,
who came up from the north. It is aver3
common thing for the women of a
tribo of Indiaus to nviny out of their
tribe. Ouray's father married an
Apache women; hence the epithet
which is so often snooringly applied to
Ouray by those of the Indians who dis
liked hira of being an "Apache pa
poose." The Italians became so ac
customed to associating with the Mex
icans that some of them began to adopt
the customs of this people, and when
Ouray's father and mother came to the
conclusion that they wanted to be mar
ried, they quietly marched up to tho
little adobe church which stands on the
hill, in the village at Red River cross
ing, and had the priest perform the
ceremony, just as any good Catholics
would. And when Ouray was born,
they took him to the same adobe build
ing and had him baptized into the Cath
olic Church the only instance on record
of the kind.
Ouray had three brothers and two
sisters, but he survived all of his broth
ers, while both of his sisters still live,
one of them near the home of the chief,
on the Uncompahgre, and the other is
Susan, the wife of Chief Johnson, of tho
White River tribe, who so signally dis
tinguished herself in her kindness to
the Meeker women and Mrs. Price,
while they were captives amongthatribe.
Ouray had long been a chief among
the Utes, but is more renowned for his
wisdom than his bravery. During his
3oung manhood, however, he was ac
customed to lead the Uto brave3 to bat
tle, and was a very bravo as well as
successful fighter. He generally
planned well and fought bravely. Dur
ing these times tho Utes were engaged
in a deadly encounter with the Arapa
hoes, Cheyeunes and Sioux. It was a
war between the plains Indians and tho
mountain tribes, between Highlanders
aud Lowlandcra. Ouni3 entered into
tho spirit which characterized his race
with a will, and soon became a re
nowned warrior. Ho soon was famed
for wisdom, and his counsel was sought
by the Utcs far and near. When the
white men first began to settle what is
now Colorado, thoy found Ouray chief
of tho Tabequacho and Uncompahgre
tribe, the largest band of the tribe, and
in great favor with tho members of
other bands, so that, while ho was not
head chief, he was a man of the great
est influence and power among his peo
fle. He was also disposed to be friend
y toward the white settlers, and soon
became known as a mediator between
the two races. He continued increas
ing his authority and influence among
his people until, as he expressed it,
"the 3'ear after Lincoln's death," he
was recognized as head Chief by the
Indians. In 1873 he acted as inter
preter between the Indians and Com
missioner Brnnot, in the conference
looking to cession to the Government
of the San Juan country; and in recog
nition of his services at that time and
in the past, the Government settled an
annuity of one thousand dollars upon
him, which fee has since continued to
draw regularly. He made his first trip
to Washington during the same year
that he was made hea"d chief.
Ouray has lived at his present home
on the Uncompahgre and in that vicin
ity during the past twenty-three years,
having resided, previous to establishing
himself at that point, in New Mexico.
Chopeta. his present wife, is his second,
his first having been the mother of his
boy and also of a girl child, now dead.
Ouray lives in good style. He owns a
faring which is a real garden spot, of
three hundred acres. Of this he culti
vates about one hundred acres, raising
all kinds of cereajs and.,vegetables. He
lives in a neaUy-built and commodious
adobe house, limit for him by the Gov-
Ouray, in'telling the story of his life,
says that he was born in Taos Vallc3',
New Mexico, near tho Pueblo village o
?roeat aag'nj&tiy fiirnulieti wd car
peted. He owns gret namberi of
Horses and a good many cattle and
sheep, and when he goe out, rides in
a carriage which was a present from
ex-Governor McCook. Ho hires labor
ers from among the Mexicans and In
dians, and also expects bis wife to do
her sharo of the farm work. Ouray's
present wife, Chopeta, Is kind-hearted
and Terr much like Ouray in her nature,
being kind and well disposed toward
the whites. The Chief had becomo
very much attached to his present man
ner of living, and it is said was dbposcd
to remain on his farm and surrender
the reins of government to some younger
man. Speaking before the Commis
sion, of which ho was a member, re
cently in session at Ixs Pino, on the
16th of November of the past year,
he said:
I do not want to be chief. I grow
old and am tottering. Let some young
man with the fire of youth in his vein
take ray place. I have my farm, which
I would rather cultivate and watch the
seed planted by me grow up to maturi
ty than to be head chief. They all
come to me with their troubles. I know
everything and have all their burdens
to bear. Washington no want me to
give up my podtion; wants me to stay
and govern Utes. I want only to be
known as Our3', the friend of tho white
man."
So far as tho late difficulty, resulting
in the White River massacre and the
Milk Creek fight, was concerned, Ouray
continued from first to last friendly to
the whites ami an advocate of peace.
As soon as ho learned of the Thornburg
fight he sent runners to White River
ordering that hostilities cease. He aNo
did everything in his power to secure
the surrender of tho captive women,
and when there was a prospect of the
Southern Utes breaking out, he sent
timely warning to tho white settlers
near. He pursued a straightforward
and manly course and deserved the
honor which the Government conferred
upon him in making him a member of
tho Commission to settle the trouble.
Denver Tribune.
Our Oldest Inhabitants,
James Stone is a Louisvillo (Ky.)
man, 103 years of age, who has had
eleven wives.
Tucson, Arizona, has two centenar
ians, Mexicatis, born in Sonora
Basciial Cruz, 110ears old, aud Jesus
Obledo, 100 years old.
Mrs. Margaret Dodson, of Houston
Count, Tex., glories in the fact that
she has fifty-ono great-grand-children
Irving.
The Sixth Ward of Saginaw City,
Mich., claims a French woman 110
years of age, who planted, cultivated,
and dug two acres of potatoes last sea
son. Mrs. Sarah Moscley, of Madison,
Ind., is enjoying a visit from her son,
whom sho has not seen in forty-seven
years. Mrs. Moseley is 111 years old.
Sixteen soldiers met in Paris, Ky.,
recentl, whose united ages wero 1,390
years, or an average of 8ti" years. Tho
oldest was 1)6, and tho youngest 82.
" I'm not at all tired," said Mrs Alio,
of Tylersbtirg, Pa., as she sat down in
her son's house, after a walk of seven
and a half miles and she is in her 107th
year.
Mrs. Hannah Cox, of Helderncss, N.
II., has just celebrated her 101th birth
day. Sho goes all about the house
without assistance, and reads without
glasses.
Mrs. Rebecca Frost, of Hart County,
Georgia, tells stories of the Revolution
ary War. Sho is 107 years of age and
still in splendid health, retaining all
her acuities.
When the grandmother of N. B.
Doak, of Stockton, Cal., was a century
old she made him a pair of woollen
socks. She died recently at Wythe
County, Va.. aged 103 years.
Mrs. Eaglin, a Kentucky lady of Car
roll Count, was always a great lover
of the circus. She is 98 years of age.
but recently walked two miles to attend
one.
Mrs. Mary Walker, of Phillipsburg,
N. J., claims to be 107 years of age,
and sa3s it is all owing to her remain
ing an old maid. Family cares, she
says, aro the ruin of the health of
thousands.
Marsac, the old French trader, died in
Bay City, Mich., recently.aged 1003ears.
He was an old stager, knew the trails
of the Northwest when they ran
through an almost unbroken wilder
ness, and fought on the staff of General
Lewis Cass.
Half a century ago Elder William L.
Benedict, of Warwick, N. Y., cradled
and bound a field of grain. On the
same farm he performed the same work
during the present harvest. He after
ward drove fifteen miles to fulfill an
appointment to preach. He is over 80
years of age.
Kentucky has a number of honored
citizens who have lived nearly a cen
tury. Louisville presents seven men
who arc over 90 years of age. They
are: Dr. C. C. "Graham, 96; II. II.
Wilkes, 94; Asa Emerson. 94; Thomas
L. Butler, 92; William Giveus, 92; John
P. Young, 91. It also has twenty-two
that arc 80 and over, and scvcnt-scvcn
that are 70 and over.
A census enumerator of San Diego
found an old blind man who claims to
be one of the men who helped build
the "Old Mission." 105 years ago. He
believes he is 120 years of age. At the
ranchcria below the Court House was
found an old Indian woman who claims
to be also 120 3cars of age. Her flesh
and skin are so withered that sho re
sembles rather an animated Egptian
mummy than a human being. Jf. Y.
Sun.
A Snake Story from India.
A herd of wild elephants was roaming
through the country once, and after
staying some while at a salt spring be-
an to pass on. One, however, a ver
arge animal. sta3ed a little behind,
being, in fact, the last to leave the
spring. As he was hastening to join
tho others, a snake (who had been
watching in an adjacent tree), threw
its body out as the elephant passed by,
and keeping hold of the trunk of the
tree with its extremity, caught hold of
the elephant's hind leg. The monster
stopped and turned round to see what
was the matter; and by this the snake
got a better hold, and wound itself
round the elephant's body. Then com
menced the tug of war. The elephant
saw what was the matter and began to
pull. But it could not disconnect the
snake from the tree. Neither gave
way. and the pulling continued with
fearful vigor, until a creaking was
heard. Suddenly the great tree around
which the snake had fixed its hold was
seen to sway, and gradually its lateral
roots began to appear above the earth,
the trunk to totter, and finally the top
most branches crashed to the ground.
But the most marvelous part was that
the trunk, having wide-spreading
branches which rested on the ground,
was raised a great distance from the
earth. Tho snake, which still main
tained its hold both on it and the ele
phant, was hoisted up with the trunk
and took the elephant with it. Next
day a party of villagers out for fire
wood, when a short distance from the
tree, saw the novel sight of an elephant
suspended (apparently) in mid. air.
Upon closer inspection they found a
snake was the connection with the tree,
and one man got through the branches
on to the trunk; cut through the snake,
which immediately fell to the ground
with the elephint" and was crushed in
the fall.
A flattened tube of iron, properly
arranged, has been invented in Germany
to take the place of tho ordinary wooden
railway sleepers and is attracting much
ftfcBUw
FACT ASP FIGURES.
It Is sW that tho Stat of Orc'OQ
will furnish a surplus of SJCttK) too of
wheat this year.
An approximate c'lirntte of the
cotton crop of Texas this rear placet it
it 1.300.000 bales.
The English language l spoken la
tho ciriiized countnc of the world by
over 1.000.000.000 people.
Newspaper and periodical publUb
crs daily pay about 1 " for p-wutj
at the New York Pusloffice.
Tho Delaware Penmiula. a part of
the State rooit dcvolc-I to fruit-raWing.
shipped 1.000.000 baskets of pcacho la
a single week.
Oshkoih. Wis., ha the lar,;ct
match factory in the world. It cut up
2.003.000 feet of log into matches and
used $300,000 worth of rwVenue stamtx
during 1879. Beside, it manu'acturcd
one-fourth of ail the merchant work.
ash, blinds and doors made in the
United States.
Prof. Thurston, testing pieces of
the wire cable of the Fairraount Su-
i tension Bridge, recently taken down at
'hlladelphia. after being in use about
forty years, found tho iron to be fully
equal in tenacity, elasticity and ductili
ty to the bct wire of the same size
found in the market.
In coining S20.000.0'V in silver and
.$22.000,0X) in gold at tho San Francis
co Mint in 1878 there was lo only $A).
The carpet, which had been down live
years was taken up last hpruig, cut into
f small piece, and burued in pans. Tho
debris was put through the same pro
cess as mining duat and yielded 2.5').
The first steel ralN made in this
country were rolled at Chicago in lV.
In 1867 the manufacture of jt'td rails
was begun in Pennsylvanit at the Free
dom Iron and Steel Works, which
failod after being run two vears. Dur
ing tho veir 1870 three establishments
of this character were put into oera
tion namely, one at Harrisburg, one
at Troy. N. Y., and one at Nowburg.
Ohio. There are eleven mills in the
United States at which steel rails are
made, five of which are in Pennsylvania,
three in Illinois, one in New York, one
in Ohio ami one in Missouri. In 1S07
the entire product was 2,277 tons, and
the price was .!( per ton. Th
product has more than trebled itself
every three vears. and in 1879 it reached
006,397 tons.
WIT AXI) WISDOM.
We should suppose tho
for a bathing dress would
best
be a
thing
duck
suit. Boston I'oit.
Life is full of bitter lessons, the
simplest of which is that one man's fall
makes forty men laugh. Detroit Free
I'rcsi.
Church choirs are put at the back
end of churches to accommodate the
timid worshippers who cannot face the
music. iV. O. Picayune.
"Take Back the Heart That Thou
Gavest," is a popular ballad. As noth
ing is said about the liver, it is proba
ble that she kept it. Cii aj-) Tribune.
The bathing suit worn by the boys
along tho river front tits well and is
very simple and inexpensive, it con
sists of a wad of cotton in eich ear.
I'hilailelphia Chronicle- Herald.
When an up-country conductor
struck in tho smoking-'vir a b y pulling
a big cigar, ami the lad tendered him a
half-fare ticket, it rather took the rail
road man's breath awa3. lloiton I'ost.
Thoro is no apple tret, however w.itctivd und
tenl'I
Hut tho small boy Is thorv.
Awlrcwi' llizir.
The fruit he eats, ami toon his form Is
beinlwl
In vlll anil kffn Inpilr.
JiirutA"fi IwlejKwtcnt.
It alwa33 sounds pretty to say:
"Tho sun had sunk beneath the western
horizon," but a moment's rejection
shows that that is about the only hori
zon he could sink beneath under the
circumstances. When he feels like
sinking ho always selects the western
horizon in this section llocicster Dem
ocrat. The pupils had grit as far as the
word "hypocrite." None of the chil
dren could explain what it meant. One
guessed that it meant "big feeling,"
and another thought a "hypocrite" was
a "big animal that wallers in the
mud." So the teacher explained: "A
hypocrite, children, is a person who
pretends to be what he is not; such a
one mav be pleasant to your face, but
speaks ill behind 3our back." "Please,
marm," cried a little boy eagerly, rais
ing his hand, "then my pa ain't a hyp
ocrite, 'cause he said you was a con
founded old maid, and he'd just's lives
tell ycr so to ycr face!" Boston Tran
script. The Earthquake at. Manila.
Accounts in detail arc at hand of the
earthquake that took place at Manila
on the 18th of July. Although the
town was almost entirely destroyed,
the loss of life happily was small. But
ten persons are known to have been
killed, and thero were twenty-nine
wounded. The shocks continued for
about a minute and a quarter only; but
in that time were wrought the most
tremendous disasters. The Palace, Ca
thedral, Admiral's house and every
building of note in the place were over
whelmed in the twinkling of an eyo.
Nearly all the inhabitants wero made
homeless and great suffering ensued.
The next day the volcano called Tal
burst into eruption, and this, although
near Manila, reassured the people, who
thought the outlet thus created would
prevent a recurrence of the shocks of
earthquake. Captain Talbot, of the
British steamer Esmeralda, has given a
remarkable description of the catastro
phe, his ship having been near enough
to Manila to render the crew cve-wit-nesscs
of its destruction. The Esmer
alda had cleared aud was on tho point
of leaving the roadstead when the
calamity occurred. What was descried
from the vessel's deck is thus in part
set forth:
"The Cathedral spire and several other
conspicuous buildings were seen to
topple and fall in one inglorious pile
with a terrific crash, clouds of dust cov
ering the whole town in a few seconds
afterward, and obscuring the view of
everything. This shock was distinctly
felt in the bay, where the Esmeralda
was lying. The water bubbled and
boiled up noisily all around her, the
vessel tossed as if in a heavy gale, and
was bumped heavily as if the bed of tho
river was also concerned in the general
state of excited upheaval. The wreck
of a ship which had been sunk near the
beach was thrown right up oat of the
water bodily and one of her iron masts
was seen to give way. She had been
sunk for some time, and the raising of
of the vessel had been given up as an
impossibility. The condition of all the
shipping in the river was something
frightful, and all those who were in the
midst of it will pray earnestly thit they
may never have to go through the like
aoain. The sensation both on board
ship and on shore was a fierce, tre
mendous strain on the nerves; the
shocks came with remarkable unpleas
antness, and the feeling they engen
dered, beside the movement of the
oTound, more particularly on shore,
was that of being suddenly connected"
with agalvanic battery strongly charged.
Their frequency was as great as their
unpleasantness."
The shocks of this earthquake were
far more severe as well a3 more pro
tracted than those of the last similar
visitation in 1863; and had they ended,
as did'the earthquake of 1S63, with, the
dreaded "rotary motion." it is asserted
that not one house would have been
left standing in Manila after the
iliocks.
A botcher's fcorf Montreal troV
tl fifty mft?s on rwevor. la foor
hours and fifty mls-
Th Sultan has to tanch fev of -
wsloaiion ihsA he i h looks hi
doors chaa,pts4 tme wrrk.
John Bright T for !
heathen converted l Africa thr i a
chance to convert t l Kn-Uad
Nineteen IradaqC Afghan are pris
oner in India. fttr of Wcm bcia mjo
and five grand oa of Ivt MoharoawsL
Wool ha Wato cheap ta England
that tho Dttke of KkAmood oontd rrt
no buyer al Chic1" r h" 2cee
of his famous Jk: of Nu,hdrft.
while at Lewes J a
made.
alc-rlc a!c was
The New Eknd Graalle Corn
panv at Haitfortl. CVma,. is making a
statue in whlto Westerly craaitp of
Alexander Hanilltt. to be given bv hl
on. John C JIa8illn. to New York
Ctr for Ontral V- The uto b
eight feet high.
The bnlhancy of the planet Jupiter
will bo greater la October than it has
been for nunr rear pvu Tao larc
red spot oa hi dLk watch made it ap
pearance In l!)7. and whk-h is a pus
zle to astronomer. i -till visible, and
a host of tdecpe throughout tht
country are directed to thi object of
interest.
A IhI1 In the chime In the tower of
the Protestant EpUeopal Cburrh at I-ow-eli.
Ma., bears an incnptun which
shows that it wa a gift of the late Olo
Bull in !i7. when he appeared In a
concert there to rat.o fund for it pur
chase. It wa tolled half an hour when
the news of hi death was received.
S.tvs a writer in the Ihtruuin " 1
do not know which i the more exasper
ating, an American woman tlltlug to
and fro in a rocig-ehulr. or a German
woman knitting, knitting, knitting, un
til the knccdle.4 em no many rtle.,
shining imps. I fancy that it requires
verv high degree of -of -breeding to
enable a woman to sit still, quite still,
not to rock, or do fancy work, or even
sway a fan to and fro.'
The Urst coin of tho United State.
were .struck with the portrait of Martha
Washington. Mr. Spencer, who cut
tho first die. copying her features In
his medallion. When General Wash
ington aw the conn he wa very
wroth, and before any more were
Ntruck off the features of his wife ero
altered somewhat and a cap placed on
her head, this being the ongiual of tho
present Goddcs of Liberty.
It is calculated by the advocate of
a reformed system of sjel!iiig that, by
the adoption of the phonetic rule, there
would bo a saving to a writer of ono
hour and twenty minutes in a day of
eight hours, or'tOO hours In a year of
:KH) days. A .saving of twenty per cent,
would bo effected on tho .same amount
of literary matter in the London Times.
anil an equal saving in tho cost of new
books. Over all departments of En
glish literature it is calculated that there
would be a saving of JLMO.OOO.IXX) an
nually. The New York Trfoune take up
the old cry and s:s, "The best private
houses would welcome an intelligent,
modest, expert American girl a houo
keeper, cook, or waitress, would give
her a seelmled home, high wages, a
luxurious table, and, most valuable of
all. protection. But they invariably
prefer to enter mills, to run sewing ma
chines, or take places as unskilled .shop
girls on wages that range from two to
four dollars per week; to bulge in gar
rets and live on starvation fare."
A number of tho Chinese .student
now in the United Suites will soon bo
sent back to China 011 account of of
fenses which they have comm.tted.
Among them is T. C. Chung, an excel
lent young man, who was graduated In
the class of 187J nt the Norwich
(Conn.) Free Academy, and who is
dishonored for having cut oft his queue.
Woo, the new Commissioner nt Hart
ford, is very strict, and i conducting
tho Chinese schools under tho rigid
discipline of the Empire.
" Go to the ant. though sluggard,
and bo wise," bids fair before long to
gain a new and extended meaning. Sir
John Lubbock long since made known
that the rival of the thriftless and friv
olous grasshopper not only has a polity
and laws, not only lives in a highly or
ganized society, having slave and
milch cows (apfiides); but that it boasts
what men and grasshoppers alike seem
to have learned to do without, namely,
a religion, worshipping a certain blind
beetle with great reverence and zeal.
Now comes another observer and insists
that ants have aNo a language, the
signs of which are various motions of
the antenna. Ihe new dialect, it is
averred, can be interpreted aud formu
lated with very little trouble.
Silly Days Without Food.
A citizen of Cass Avenue was smok
ing his cigar over the gate the other
evening when a "go-as-you-please,"
who looked unusually thin, came scuf
ling along and halted and asked:
" Do you keep posted on the news?"
"Yes, I think so," was the reply.
" Know all about the Tanner case,
don't you?"
"Yes."
"I was down in Indiana during hi3
first ton days, anil since that I've lost
track of him. Did he hold out for forty
days?"
"Oh, yes."
"Stood it right through, did he?"
"Yes."
" Say," confidentially remarked tho
tramp, as he came closer, "do you
know I began to fast same day as 1 an
nerdid?" "Did you?"
"Yes, and it is now over sixty days
since I touched food. That beats him
by over twenty da vs, and I could put in
another ten as well a3 not- Say?"
" Yes."
"Do you think such things are of any
real scientific value?"
"No."
" That's just ray opinion. I can't see
where nor how science is to gain a
cent's worth of practical information
Do you think Tanner will ever becomo
President?"
" No."
"Nor I either, and I haven't any
hopes of myself- Do you think it will
upset any established theories concer
ing the treatment of the human
system?"
"No."
"Nor I. either. Sav?"
"Well."
"I've been thinking this thing all
over, and I can't see how it pays me to
1 go on with this fasting. It wouldn't
prove anything in particular 11 1 should
put in one hundred successive davs."
"No."
"Then 1 guess I'll come to the con
clusion to stop it."
There was a long and uncomfortable
silence. The tramp finally move off,
but halted and returned and said:
" 5.-13' if a man had farted for one
hundred straight days in thi3 town you
wouldn't offer him a3 much as an old
crast when his time wa3 up. would
your'
"No, sir," was the decided reply.
"Nor you wouldn't give him any of
yonr old clothes?"
"No, sir."
"Nor lend him ten cents to pay for a
lodging?"
"No, sir.
"Thai's just the conclusion I had
reached and I! be darned If I don't
fast-my hundred days out justto show
you thavl canget along withouranv of
your assistance!1'
And the indignant faster walked off
with his head up and his h eel having a
firm grip of th3 piac phaks. Detroit
Youth' Df-purtincnt.
CtlOCOPtLH TSAnS.
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Tl.ES.
boy noae lnterrt th.m ror than
tW of M easUc. and Aomn
long for the prttltc jxnwM tu their
Enluh cumin of roomm ovr Irr-
cotem! nun, climbing luiiy ".
s:ral - .-J2
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1 .- .. ..1.1 nftn wUllul niaiM
imut js 4-M,... " v . .- . -
loan kJhm4-11; .
vou a btUe oarly
hUtorv. that vol
e.vitlc wore built-
Hut I mut nrt give
Knluh ami Vt ebh
tuav know uhv thoeaj
When Kngland became a
settled
kingdom. ith a uumtver of dlrioa
whoso Prince wero under the KngtUh
King, and whts uetiple vUl dae-i to
htm. Wale wa one of these, division,
and at Unto the Wilh wore very
trouble.ouie, refuting to jwy due, or
submit to tho will of the Kin Oatle
wero built and given to Kngilh nwblo.
to whom wn allowed all the land they
could fcie from the Welsh, and tho
till l.leellnbeeame l'rinee of North
Walev When Honrv III . a boy only
nine years old. wa crowned. I.lewellvn
aiiliiuwledtrcd him a hinjr. and Iur
Iiftv-!lx years rendered
rs
iMidered obedience, to
foreign, but when
e King. UewolUn at
him a superior
t.l .. a. I I tuWfttt'
U.i tl.r.Mv ..(T the vhIm. and roU.lod
Murdilv. He was nnrill forced to ub.
but falling In an encounter with
Wale., summoned a council
of
WeLsh chief tain at Denbigh. a
little town In the north of
Wale. Thoy determined to commence
hostilities agaiu-st the English, but were
not successful. David was luiinonel.
nud tin. wa tho end of Welsh Inde
pendence. Wale- wa united to Kngland. and
Kdward 1. determined to secure the
Mibmi.vdou ami willing olivdioncu of It
people. It 1, .said ho promised them a
l'rinee who iMiild not speak a word of
Kngli.sh. Now. he had a baby-boy who
wit afterward Kdward II ; he undent
ed him a the imuined I'd nee, and.
ever since, tho oldest sum of the En
glish Klngi called tho Prince of Wale.
This little Prince llvetl In Carnarvon,
the largest of tho one hundred and
forty-three castles in North Wale., and
it is of the beautiful ruin of this castle
that I will litt tell you.
It is on a high hill in the western part
of Wales; climbing the hill u come
upon a huge mas. of grav stone, with
immense towers; on two sides surround
ed by a river, wlulu a moat or ditch
protects the other two. Originally
there wen thirteen towers: five have
fallen, and the stone. have been carried I
away by tho inhabitants of the town to
build their ipiaint little house..
The cattle ha only narrow openings
for windows on the outside; theu aro
not more than four inches wide, but the
walls aro ten feet thick, and thcMi win
dows are Jive or six feet wide on tho
inside, the sides slanting cIou together
through tho thiekiii: of tho wall as
thev gut near the outside, tliu forming
a kind of rtMim in each window.
In those days, battles were fought
and castles defended principally with
eross-bows ami arrows, and these window-niches
furnihud standing nwin for
six or eight men. who in turn dis
charged their arrows at the enemy.
It was very easy for them, close to
the narrow openings, to aim carefully
nt the enemy, but almost impoislblo for
the outsiders to send their arrows where
they would take effect.
'I'lio towers are full of crooked pas
sages and narrow, stone staircase, with
rooms of all sizes anil shapes. Enter
ing the door at tne end of the path
and passing up the worn nnd broken
stone steps, I almost lost my way in
dark galleries, where the chattering of
tho bmls which have appropriated tho
deep windows for their nests, and the
sound of my own footstep re-echoed
till I had hardly courage to complete the
ascent. At last It grew lighter, and I
found myeif In tho open space between
the two smaller tower.
In the center of the main tower. In
tho good ohl times, there were fivu
room, one above another. The floors
have fallen, and, looking over the inner
wall. I could see only the hole where
floor-beams had rested, and a heap of
ruins at the bottom. Around these cen
tral hal's, which must have been lighted
by artificial means, were smaller room,
arid staircases only wide enough for one
person to pas. At the end of each
htairca.se. is a door, so that, granting the j
enemy succeeded in forcing passage to I
mil. but falling in an encounter wiw , nave ine ..jri.... -. -an
Knglwh knight, hu brother Dnvld. m read yf, ymi will not
claiming to be legal sovereign of North j end iihmi pr gwb!.
the court a large oblong square in the t the man. "I do this for a businosn. I was j
center of the castle - a single soldier j crippled in the army, and am iHMiipelled
could defend such a narrow staircase j to support my family by mean of show
and yet be safe himself. ling theo snakes. Here's ono that I
I uppoc boys would climb to the top j only caught five ilat s ago and fm i pr
of the small tower where the flag-staQ fectly harmles." and he held nparattjn
h tnnd. I did not care to, bo I went j snake about two feci long. 'Ihootlier
down and began a search for Prince ! consisted of a copjerhead, blaok nakc. ,
Edward's room. TJic old histories say and blowing viper. 'Ine blrw-k mmk
he wa Iwni in the tower, but there wa about four feet Jong, the two
are always people who like to spoil a others iwracwJiat smaller. The
good story, and these say he was three ! man took all of Ihoni in his
years old when brought here. I like hamls and they erawb-tl np hi arms,
the old story, so I asked a guide to f He held them sgainM. his facj.
show me whero the Prince was born. 1 and they put their heads again- hi
Entering the same door, we climbed cheeks, mouth, and no?. One of the
the step till we reached the . snakes made an ominous noue with hi 1
room in the second story, light- rattles. "Pre heard pople tH roe."
ed by the narrow window to the ; continued the man. "tint they could
left of the door. The little sqtuw ' make a fortune if they possessed ih.i
window just above it lighted the " con- power I did. My deairo u nvt to mak f '
fessional." a little niche in the wall still ? money, but simply support my familyi
noiuinz wz recupw-ie iur noiy water,
This form pacd. we went clear
1 ms rocm pa.cn. we went clear
around the tower, till we came through
the narrowest of all jassages to a room
omv
t?n feet by twelve. ThU I
was
certainly the roim of Queen .
Eleanor and the lirst Prince of Wales J
whether he was born there, or brought '
when a very small ioy. Back of th
window is a narrow door which
opens upon a walk upon the
walls. called Queen Eleanor's
walk. She could
not go outside the 1
castle walls, and it would not be pleas- j
ant for her in the court with soldiers
passing to and fro. and her only exercise
out-of-doors had to be taken 03 this
narrovrpaui. nrnea mc wain were in
repair she could walk from this tower
to the next, throuzh that to another
wall, and so on around the castle, en-
tcrmg lrtuk of the confcssionaL I fol
lowed the walk a little war. aad was I
glad enough that I was Bot corajeild.
like the poor (jueea. to take all my
fresh air on a path two feet wide on
castle walls. This tower, called .Eagle
Tower, was the s'.roagest of the thir-
tccn. ami for this reason the Qtsee" was
placed In it; the nest to the left was the
xtegai lower.:
1. ... ... - .."
ally go the
Tho bannii
telweeu ;ho rj!a aed Boyil towtrt, I
inu the enemy wou.asatcr-1 hebl it in hw mouth. cxitzhin it i h;s
ire to look for the baby Prince teeth below its HeclL whila its lwl
itin" hall occnnieti this mtn i !tDuIl tr, tin. '.m.,r.,t , itt: . ia. .
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arrival with ft14t j.4 f
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Oliver Cromw-wU. M! imc wmmom
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jdocuuro of eMmw an" w "
U wlbV that tlit art mt Oiw
1 von at hwut may el J !"
,.!.-itir .if el,mltMr arutMul umm. It
ludy enough of hHUli ltry
that, when )hi n l AUnii
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or irNMi k!
i our time m hmiUKjf up
why at!
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i lit. ti--"i- ft
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Unrle INrk's Ulwlum.
Tlmse men whe brains are ftt,
but aettve, ar the mo it stHNHtstdttt tm
buslniM..
.Monumeiitj do not prwv very
after all: some of the Wlll al
men who have or lmd RMtsiftoil, mt
one know whore.
True merit I ahvay a Wu4 stsfr4
clou of praise,
Thero U no suffering opml Uj far. fur
It ha no Hinit-
II is gennmllv safe to trotm h4j
with an iinriwrved Inlker. ltl wInm a
man let )tt carry on nil the sn'w.
tion it 1 well to Imi on your Kimrl. im
the probaiiillty Is he I UiktMft; y
ineaiiro.
Then I no strength In exnriP'
even the truth I w onktmed by hnj
epresel tin strongly.
One reaoti why wj all grow wis m
slowly 1 because wu nurse our itibinkw
too fondly.
Men owe their resolulliin. ami hh-
of their success, to the on'MMitkm shy
meet with.
Iliiililiiig air-easties 1 a imrm
business a long as you don't attempt Ui
live in them
lTnfortunatlv, tho only podigr
worth haing I ne that on 11 neither b
transmitted nor Inherited.
The more virtuous n limn is the mure
virtue does ho see In them.
A strong man I one whose Kfun
stimulate lit reawm and vhoe rewioM
control. his prv-ssious. i
The divinity of charity consists in re
lieving a man's needs bofotn ihajf aro
fiin'ouiijMjn us.
A man Is great jut In proportion t
his superiority lo thn condition of life
in which he is placed.
A weak man 1 worse than an Intatio
one. for the latter may ho oured or kpt
harmles. 1
He who love to road and know how
to reflect has laid by a jwrpelual foat
for his old ne.
OpjK)rtunities nre very smltlvr
things; if you slight them cm their flr-t
visit 011 seldom see them again.
Otieof the kindest things Hoaveti lm
done for man Is denying him thn power
of looking Into tho future. "
Mankind all sudor alike, but otno
know how to conceal their trouble bet
ter than other. Srrncr'i llrfau
Brae.
A Man nhs (.'harmed Snakes.
A man having a small box set it down
in tho street and removed tho wHl?,
lid. It was about the Am of a mlui
Ihx. The lop of the latter wa al
ctivcred with glas.. The snake olmrmar
was tall and woro a short beanl and
moustache. He won; 3 slouch hat and
haij on white glov. A lKy aooom
panied him. A cnwd gathered. He
removed the gla and took from th
lox four snakes. GnUmn,' ail-.
uy hoy win uXk up a collection, after.
which I will show you a si"ht that vou
never saw before' A liberal supply of
pennies wa showered upon him. and
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he put three of the snake bavfc laUt the ""
box a?ain- and held r th r-,itiM...t,.f
so that all cjld sc it. "Now I s.t9l
going to sluiw you tbl snake's fao"- " -
sax the man. lie rubbed th- hal of
tho snake againt his checks and rmnitfe.
He thes thrust hi fingers into ih
snake's mouth, and exhibited tn fj,
eatrcr ?axe of th r-rr,a-,f n,..i..
ugly looking fang. "They're nat
deadly, gentlemen, and a bite from orjT
of the will lay any man low " .
plained the man He pat the rattle-
jmaxe tnex with the renaisdsr. clmed
his box. Along it aero-w his shoulder
and jaoved half amrarj fnrh.-.
where he performed ap-nln. -
You see this viper.' he said. 4C"
costaios hv noivm rvrht the-r, .:
ing to a baggy portKHi under it throat
T'ltblows iu jMnvjo. like avringe. and
f it is most deadly. My wife eaoghi thi
j for me. In thirty minute zluc sceta;
a snake I can show it without harm
To SowtIixt the .saake would V&
Hkiutu hira. he looJt th" mttr &?-
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