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5 ~__________._.___â€"_._ ‘ untm’ g, the third we captured a fine half-grown Dan E th male, and got'him caged without trouble. W° '7‘" on“ amp“ m " “by? on e Curiously enough, he had offered the calllno Md " °{“k'vgnrh‘d h "m "1’8 over , violence, being overcome by the situ .tion, MW P°°p °‘ ° °“°" oxen’ “‘3' l and when we found him the two seemed on 3°“ “d dog" “‘1 were rpm“? out o?" the best termsâ€" [Cor. New York Sun. two acres of ground. It was in the lion oountr and they might be expected to ap- proachytit night, but on the second afternoon 1 A Cause for Sore Threat. of m“ cm?! While ‘11 Wei." “1333:? in clem' l “ A novel incident resulting from a habit “figdmd mmglrfghu'finthgrxmgz? of very common prevalence among nervous 3: i y r“ d d Ppod m “round the people was brought to my notice recently," l 5 “3 m‘l‘ “MW e ' m ; said a leading physician of Philadelphia. W36°h ‘0 8°“ 3 “a” View °f the “Pm 138' “ A young lady presented herself at my tween “3 “‘1 th° cred“ Th“ “wk w“ 200 l office and complained of a constant irritation feet “WY, “d W” 5° “mly dry that; one in her throat. Two weeks previously she “mm “WP “To” “- The bank on the other had been taken with a very severe attack of “(1° w“ “cky ground’ . Pretty thickly sore throat which was treated by thefamily covered with scrub, and right on the brink physician. ’ Under his care, she said, the 3&0“! 0“ °f, thfemj‘rige‘t 5°13 I egiiilazw' inflammation quickly subsided, but there 9 was out “1 . ‘7 “7' ea ha“ I d bp’ still remained a sensation of irritation. “d ‘5th 5° “11”” “‘10th t at on " Examination revealed a small fleshy-looking ed 1! he “735 “hve' . object about the size of a kernel of wheat There W“ h fight him“ “0ng “We‘d adherent to the tissue posterior to the left 113. end 33 30°11 35 0‘“ animal“ 80” the Beehi- tonsil by the one end. The other parts of it required the EEO!“ 0f every nhtlve t0 the throat were normal. The little mass I”veTl them from bra-king, “7537- MY could not be detached by a cotton covered guns were being cleaned and Oiled._ end my probe, but by the use of forceps it was tw0 white oomnanionn were looking after easily removed, and, on examination. proved horses. NO one had the least idea thfit to be a Piece of finger nail, hgd be. the lien wee!“ mieehiefs end we Were [he come embedded in a cheesy deposit. A sently dumbfounded tosee him sprmg 801'058 broken niece of the nail was also removed the creek and come walking into camp. “e from under the mucous membrane ar- the measured his leap and found it to be twenty- game spot by a, sharppointed probe, eight feet- He made ih Within“? 311 9&0”- “ The lady then confessed to the habit of 1 W38 t0 the l'ight 0f him. and the camel: 0f biting her finger nails, and, moreover, could the Ohm? was his Oblemfive P01“. The h°h remember that a day or two previous to Edeeed ate Welhs uttering no sound: end her throat trouble 9. piece of nail she had ‘he Shouts; heme-“35 and Wh°°Pa 0f the men: bitten ofi had become lost in her mouth, heeled by the bellOWihg 0f the cattle end but, after it had caused a fit of coughing, the shorts 0f the horses! 113-11 110 95%“ 0“ him she had forgotten all about it until reminded We had a new milch cow tied to a wheel by the discovery) of one of the wagons, and the lion advanced ____4â€"_~ to within thirty feet of her, and then made a spring which landed him fairly upon her back. She fell in a heap, and he seized her by the neck, gave her two or three shakes, which broke the grass rope around her head, and he then got his right shoulder under her and started off. The cow weighed . at least 500 pounds, but he carried her with perfect ease, her hind feet dragging on the ground. At the creek he made a jump of eleven feet, ascended a sloping bank with- out a halt, and soon disappeared in the broken ground with his prey. He was gone before we had a gun ready. Indeed, we were lucky not to have lostjhalf ouranimals. 1 was no greenhorn in the animal business at that date, but this was the first time I had ever witnessed such check in a lion. Had I been told that he had such courage and coolness I should have laughed the statement to scorn. As soon as order had been restored the three of us mounted our horses and, pre- ceded by five or six natives and their dogs, crossed the creek and took up the trail. After going about half a mile we discovered the lion sitting beside the carcass in a little hollow. He was sitting up like a dog, head turned towards us, but as soon as he saw us divide he ran off with his tail down ovi- dently thoroughly alarmed, and such was his speed that we soon lost him. We could count on his returning to the body during the night, and the natives were therefore set to work to dig apit and conceal it. They regarded the lion as being as cunning as he was wise, and the pit was not dug near the body, but thirty feet away from it and in the directiOn in which it was believed he would drag the body. If a lion or tiger leaves a body during the day and returns to it at night the first act is to drag it some distance, as if fearing an am- buscade. While the rule is not invariable, it holds good in most cases. During the night a dozen lions scented around our camp, but without causing any alarm, and soon after daylight the natives went out to investigate the trap. No hunter ever had such a windfall before or since. As night came several lions must have scented the carcass, and gathered for a feast. The rightful owner objected, of course, and there was a fight, the result of which was that three full grown males tumbled into one pit. The fact did not prevent others from pick- ing the carcass clean. One of the captives was the cheeky old fellow who had entered our camp, and the other two were fully as large. In the course of the forenoon we had them out and in the cages, and two of them are in the United States to-day in zoological gardens. There are plenty of instances where men have been seized by lions and lived to relate the particulars, though no two agree as to sensations. A week subsequent to our cap- ture of the three lions I had been out with some of the natives to prepare a bait in a rocky ravine. We had built a stout pen of rocks and logs and placed a calf as a bait. The sun was nearly down as we started for camp, and no one had the least suspicion of the motion of danger until a lion, which had n crouching beside a bush, sprang out and knocked me down. In springing upon his prey the lion or the tiger strikes as he seizes. This blow of the paw, if it falls on the right spot, disables the victim at once. I was so near this fellow that he simply reared up, seized me by the shoulder and pull- ed me down, and I was flat on the earth be- fore I realized what had happened. I was on my back, and he stood with both paws on my middle, facing the natives and growl- ing savagely. The men ran 05' about 300 feet and then halted, which was doubtless the reason why I was carried off at once. I can say without conceit that I was fairly cool. t had come so suddenly that I had not had time to get rattled. I had been told by an old Boer hunter, if I ever found my- self inthis fix, to appeal to the lion’s fears. Had I moved my arm to get my pistol, the beast would have lowered his head and seiz- my throat. So long as I lay quiet he would reason that I was dead, and give his atten- tion to the natives. All of a sudden I barked out like a dog, followed by a growl, and that beast jumped tvrsnty feet in his surpris 3. He came down between me and the natives, and I turned enough to see his tail was down and that he was scared. I uttered further barks and growls, but without moving a hand, and, after making a circle clear around me, the lion suddenly bolted and want 03‘ with a scare which would last him a week. If you had picked up a stick and discovered it to be a snake you would dojnst as the lion did. He supposed he had pulled down a man. The man turned into a dog. It appealed to his fears. After the lion hadgone I grew so weak thatlhad tobecarried to camp. dehad inflicted a pretty bad bite on my shoulder, and it was a fortnight before I could hold my gun for an offhand shot. I had the pres» ence of a fourth captive during this time to console me, however. No animal went near the calf on the first or second night, but on W Two Queer Facts. The economical reforms in the Queen’s household, to which it is said the Prince of Wales has been decidedly opposed, have re- vealed a couple of queer facts. The custom has been to present Epiphany offerings of “gold, frankincense, and myrrh ’ on behalf of the sovereign at the altar of the Chapel Royal of St. James’s Palace. The offering was supposed to consist of fifty sovereigns, until Prince Albert, who had a keen scent for abuses, once went to the vestry before the services and opened the box, where he found ten shillings only. It was explained that an old habit gave the rest of the money to cer- tain officials as perquisites. Another queer custom appropriated at the beginning of each year fifty-two bottles of royal Madeira, whereby the officiating clergy at St. J ames’s were supposed to regale themselves each Sun- day after morning service. Yet none of the clergy had ever seen a drop of it. Cats in Egypt. In Egypt ladies used to carry their devo' tion for their feline pets at far as to go into mourning for them when they died. And how do you think they went into mourning? Why, by shaving off their eyebrows! Favor- ite cats used to he embalmed, too, and I know of no quainter or more grotesque objects than the mummified cats which may be seen at the British Musuem. Even now cats are held in high esteem in Egypt, and in at least one of the Khedive's palaces at Cairo there is a free ration distributed every day to any cats that may care to apply. ......“ Jacob's Mistake. “ Vell," said Mr. Isaacstein to his clerk as he took off his coat, “ how vos peezuisa vile I vos and f" “ I sold a two-dollar pistol,” replied the clerk. “Dot vas goot, Jacobâ€"goof.” “ De shentleman wanted it to blow his his brains cud,” continued Jacob. “ Oh 1" said Mr. Isaacetein, dubionsly, “ dot vos bad, very bad. He vould haf paid five tollars.” W The preliminary survey for the projected railway for the Congo Free State has been recently completed. The Congo will have a brilliant future before it. It is rich in ma- terial resources and in facilities for trans- porting them. It is under the authority of the most pacific nation in Enrcpa,and has up to the present been happily trec from all international complications. The climate in certain localities is for the European trying. But it is tolerable, and it must in these day s be a bad climate that will keep out enter- prising merchants, as Burmah and India and Jamaica testify. A venerable, white-haired clergyman of Philadelphia has recently been much grati- fied at receiving several requests from ladies for a lock of his hair. But the other day his wife received a note that put a difi'erent light on the subject. It ran as follows : “ My dear Mrs. Kw». Won't you please ask your good husband to send me just a little lock of his hair. We have all been taking lessons in making hair flowers. So many of the other girls asked him and he sent it to them, but I thought I would rather ask you to get it for me. Now, won’t you please do this for me, it isao hard to get white hair for lilies of the valley." After a prolonged conference a joint com. mittee of the United States Senate and House of Representatives has agreed upon a bill establishing a new Executive depart- ment, to be known as the Department of Agriculture, the chief officer of which shall be Secretary of Agriculture. The number of the members of the Cabinet will thus be increased from seven to s'ght. It is said that the bill will bepassed at once, and that President Cleveland will immediately there- after make an appointment to the office. The gentleman upon whom his choice falls will have the pleasure of being a member of the Government for about three weeks. Mr. Brudenell Carter an eminent English oculist, says that the near-sightcdnees of the present generation is d no to two causes -â€"the constant use of tf--- eyes on near objects and popular i on r concerning the range and scope o the vocal function. The disuse of the eye in looking at distant objects is said to be one of the affects of a civilisation which renders it unnecessary for aman to keep a sharp lookout for beasts which he may eat or which may eat him, and Mr. Brudenell proposes that as this natural exercise is lost, an artificial stimulus to the cultivation of good eyesight should be given by ofi'ering prizes for it, just as prizes are now offered for rowing or running. The clerks and students of modern athletic clubs are probably just as strong as the mailed knights who fcu ht in the lists hun- dreds of years ago; an it is reasonable to expect the artificial cultivation of the eyes sight willbe as successful as the artificial cultivation of the muscles. 9 _ ~ I} l â€"- mom‘fimom AUTOMATIC SAFETY ELEVATORS l The telegram! from ham. report m in. Pat. hydraulic hand and steam elevators. S E E cident which is hardly as big as the moral & R N attached thereto. A practical joker wanted M“ “mm WM“- Pe'" “1d 9”“ ""3"" 0m- .innuni nmcrumvnona “linith . - .\ .' .' . to inghten a negro. whoeeonly fault sppar- I“ "m" 0“ lawman RELIABLE SEEDS ently was that he was supercilious. The ""' wmbescnr minimums-us. l‘eontalnsalltheloadlng . . . . . o l and mostpo hr sonsofl'exctnble l‘su- d ‘ o joker attired himself in a white sheet and lSealmbosi‘d‘esallthedesinblenoveltii-scfmgsbndllfsgszgx: concealed his shrouded form in a dark wood n "d "mm" °‘~“‘“°‘"“"°°““““°“ 5“" “’“N'S‘ Market Gardener. Florist, Private .nrdenci- near where the victim was to pass. He pass- and Amateurnho-gld see :- fopyox'our cinema norm “1' and “1° are“ ‘1‘“? mm is “we” IRON AND STEEL BOILERS ANY SIZE. M“ TORONTO ENGINE. WORKS, a rim. ance. If the negro was supercilious the axe J. A. M M Sheet he carried on his shoulder was not. and the “m” d°°5 “ ““ °'"‘" mm" PRINCESS AND FRONT 8T3. J. Perkins 87. 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The whole world has been hearing about it for months. The last reports were sensa- tional in the extreme. It was said that the tower was out of plumb, and references were of course. made to the tower of Pisa ; that engineers were detailed to examine it with theodolites, etc. But it may, erhaps, not be generally known that the El el tower has been built expressly with a view to the pos- sibility of correcting at any time any deflec- tion from the perpendicular by a sinking of the foundations. It is supported on four on- ormous hydraulic jack-screws, as they are called. Probably these reports arosefrom the fact that observations were made to see who- ther it was necessary that these should be brought into requisition. The Chinese Government appears to do 480 A08 FREE, in Dakota or Montana, Broad Pramrles, Fertile Val- ] vs. Wood, Coal one clear mountain streams. Send your address on Postal Card to J M. EUCKINS. i Palmer House Block. Toronto, or, F. l. WHITNEY, Gen. Pass. Agt.. 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