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WWWâ€"fl: KILLED BYAMBTBOB. Intelligent us have ceased to believe indresms an visions. In fact. one might my that this moribund eenturv has been the olden age for the doubting Thomases who have successfully attacked every thins that was dear to our ndmothers and calculated to make the hair of the timid stand on end. '! Wi" "" “ve been relegated to dismal ob- ‘ scurity ; gnun‘l have been compelled to seek plumes thrn in the Antipodes or in the debts of the Nigrr and the scions of the worthy rnhlin‘rrrs of Egyptian dream books are subsisting on the iztcrsst of the dollars paid to their fathers in years gone by by oredu‘r us old women and sillier old man. Yes, it is safe to say thateven Ichabod Crane. ws-e ‘bat worthy alive to-day, would not run aasy from the headless specter of the Mohawk Vallz y. Reason, We hear on every side-fins trinmphei over superstition, and cold materialism has taken possession of everything and everybody. And yet, if we look around us, with eyes and ears wide open, we can see and hear things every day which reason prompts us to doubt, but which reason can not sxplain. Such an occurrence the writer is about to relate for the benefit of those who believe that the Bard ol Avon spoke the truth when he said to his friend. “ There ~e more things in Heaven and earth, H m 'ln, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Erasmus Johnson, the hero of the strange story-about to be related, was one of the brightest and most promising students of a western college whose professors and tutors were noted for their orthodoxy and opposition to spirtitualism ard material- istic doctrines. Erasmus was, moreover, a son of a Presbyterian elder and had receiv- ed a home training which, while narrow and unprogressive, kept his mind in healthy condition. He entered college with a clear head and a determination to acquire as much knowled e as possible. His intellectual pursuits did, owever, not interfere With physical recreation, and no student display- ed more energy and abandon in a game of foot ball or a rowing match than he. Com- bining with his mentalaud physicalsuperior- ity is truly altruistic disposition, he soon be- came a favorite with everybody. No party in the pretty little college town was considered a success unless Erasmus Johnson contributed his presence to the occasion, and every church society was anxious to have him take a part in the vari- ous entertainments given under its auspic- es. He sang for the Methodists, handled the Indian clubs for the Presbyterians, recited poems for the Congregationalism and read essays for the Unitarians whenever request- ed to do so. He took long walks with his pedantic instructor in botany; talked philo- sophy with the cranky individual who taught that science in the oollege,an'1 dis. cussed German and French poetry and prose with the long-haired Teuton who presided over the destinies of modern languages and literature. He pulled an car with his asso- ciates, acted as pitcher for the college ball nine, and was the recognized hero of the gymnasium. That such a man should have had any faith in supernatural visions is out of the question. And yet, two weeks before the day set for the commencement exercises, Erasmus Johnson, whose face had always been a mirror of smiles and joy, appeared before his class in an almost indescribable condition. His face looked haggard and worn, black rings had it rmed under his eyes, his form seemed to have lost all elasticity, his hands trembled incessantly. The ex- oitment caused by this sight was intense. In a moment he was surrounded by seven or eight of his “chums.” who labored under the impression that he sufi'ered from a sudden attack of lllntss. “What is the matter 2" asked his friends in chorus. "A dream l" responded Erasmus with a sad smilo. "A dream l" repeated the students, in- credulous and inclined to take the matter as a joke. “ Yes, a dream,” reiterated Johnson ; “a terrible dream which I can not drive out of my head, although it is as silly as it can be." “ What is it?" came from many lips. “ I dreamed thatI would be killed on my wedding day in a strange and peculiar n'an- ner," explained J- buses in a hesitating way. which clearly indicattd that he felt ashamed of himself for having made the confession. The reply tailed forth unbounded merri. ment. which lasted until the professors en cred the lecture hall. ' Poor Johnson was made thcbutt of every- body's ridicule and even the young lady to whom he was engaged to be m \l'l’lfid Ventured to poke fun at her lover's dream. Meanwhile the commencement txcrcises had taken place and Johnson had been awarded the class honors as well as a gold medal for a powerful and beautiful Latin poem. He was lion’zad by his class, the faculty and towaspeoplc ; but never did a young man receive applause with more re serve. Ambition and hope seemed to have a dwelling place in his heart no longer. They had been superseded by melancholy, by a hideous specrer born of a dream. A few hours before his departure from the scenes of his intellectual triumphs. he called on his most intimate college friend, who did everything in his power to revive the energy of his unfortunate visitor ; going even so far as to suggest to Johnson the advisability of breaking his engagement. To this the your: man would not consent, because, de spite is fears and misgivings, he could not rsuade himself that he had good grounds or such an action wh ch might, moreover, break the heart of the woman he loved. “ Whatever else I have lest," he said to his friend. " my honor remains unsullied, and I would not wreck J ulia‘l happiness on account of an uncertain somethin as which the world and even you laugh. 0, Jack, we will be married on the 5th of August. whatever me be the consequences." The follow morning Johnson was with his parents. t is superfluous to say that they did everythin in their power to over- come their son's m ancholy mood. He list- ened to them patiently and smiled sadly when he saw his good old mother in tears. He even went so far as to simulate a cheer- iulneu he did not feel. He listlesst super. vised the preparations for his approaching nuptials, and, accompanied by a number of relatives and friends, left for the home of his stiimced on the evening of tae 4th of August. The par arrived at its destina- tion the next morn g. Johnson had passed a restless night in the sleeper, and when he arrived at the house of his future parents-in law, looked even more eareworn and haggard than usual. Hisftiend, Jack, who also stopped at the house, was shocked, and upon inquiring for the cause of hisfricnd‘s ghastly appearance, learned that the hideous dream which had wrecked his happineeshad again haunted him. By dint of will power he managed to suppress his anguish, howuer, and succeeded in appear. ing before the woman he was about to marry in a seemingly happy frame of mind. The maple chatted for awhile, discussed their prospects, and dwelled at some length upon the joys that seemed to be before them. Tue wedding ceremony was to be perform- ed at 7 o‘clock in the eveningat the Pres- byterian Church of the little city. Short ly before that hour the bridal party arrived; a half hour latter the newly-wedded couple received the congratulations of their friends. The groom, and and dejected until he had entered the church, seemed like another man. His old smile once more illuminated his face, his eyes fl xshed happiness, his form was erect as in the days of old. One after the other of the assembly pressed his hand and was dismissed with a pleasant word. His friend Jack was one of the last to offer his good wishes. Ashe approached John- sou the lat'er whispered : “Thank God, Jack, the danger is over. I am married and still alive.” A few minutes before 8 o’clock the bride and groom left the church. Johnson was gay and attentive, and replied wittily to the ban mots hurled at him by the crowd. The couple reached the sidewalk. The bride was handed into the carriage, and the groom was about to follow her. At that moment he heard a whistling noise above him, and, looking up to explain the strange phenomenon. was struck on the forehead by a missile of extraordinary power. He fell h'avily on the carpet-covered walk, and when his friends ran to his rescue they foundâ€"a corpse. Erasmus Johnson had certainly met his end in a strange and peculiar way. A meteorite fully two inches in diameter had crushed his skull. His dream was fulfilled. Was the vision then a coincidence or a warning 2 Let every reader answ¢r the question for him or herself. WONDERS OF THE B BAVENS. away Stars. The elder Struve made the movement of the sun through space to be about five miles a second, but on the supposition of the brightest stars being betwoen two or three times nearer to us that they seem really to be. We can now see that the actual speed of the solar system can scarcely fall short of twelve or exceed twenty miles a second. By a moderate estimate, then, our position in space is changing to the extent of 500,- 0C0,003 of miles annually, and a collision be tween our sun and the nearest fixed star would be inevitable (were our course direct- ed in a straight line toward it) after the lapse of 50,000 yearsl The old problem of “how the heavens move,” successfully attacked in the solar system, has retreated to a stronghold among the stars, from which it will be difiicult to dislodge it. In the stupendous mechanism of the sidereal universe the acting forces can only betray themselves to us by the vary- ing time configurations of its parts. But as yet our knowledge of stellar movements is miserably scanty. They are apparently so minute as to become perceptible in general only through observations of great precision. extending over a number of years. Even the quickest movirg star would spend 275 years in crossing an arc of the heavens equal to the disc of the full moon. Yet all the time (owing to the inconceivable distance of the oljccts in motion) these almost evanes- cent displaocments represent velocities in many cases so enormous as to baffle every attempt to account for them. “Runaway stars" are no longer of extreme rarity. One in the Great Bear, known as "Groombridgc, 1830," invisible to the nak- ed eye, but sweeping over at least 200 miles each second, long led the van of stellar speed; Prof. Pritchard’s photographic de- termination pf the parallax of Cassiopeia shows, however, that inconspicuous object not only to be a sun about forty times as luminous as our own, but to be traveling at the prodigious rate of 100 miles, while Dr. Elkin‘s result for Arcturus gives it a velocity of little less than 400 milesâ€"a second] The “express” star of the Southern Hem. isphere, so far, is one of the fourth magni- tude, situated in Toucan. Its speed of about 200 miles a second may, however, soon turn out to be surpassed by some of the rapidly moving bttl‘fl picked out for meas- urement at the Cape. Among them are some pairs “drifting” together, and presum- ed, thercforo, to be connected by a special phj sicnl bond, and to lie at nearly the same distance from ourselves. This presumption will nqw be brought to the test. PUNISHMENT 1N TUllKEY. flow the Bustlnado [a Administered to the Sultan's Subjects I witnessed this punishment in front of the Pasha's palace at Dimassus. The culprit was lying full length on the ground, with a brawny Turkish soldier sitting cross lerged on his chest, like a nightmare, by way of making him comfortable, while two men held up the soles of his feet in the air and two others belabored them with long sticks, as if beating a carpet. The victim himself never uttered a sound, but the two who were thrashing him screamed and howled like demons, perhaps to save him the trouble of doing it himself. The moment the punishment was over up jumped the two other men and flogged the daggers _themsclves, doub tless fornot hitting hard enough, and then a fat Turkish major, who had been watching the whole business with a smile of quiet, heartfelt enjoyment waddled placldly up and boxed their ears all round, as if he were giving them his blessing, after which the congregation dispersed. J ohnny‘s Kindly Enquiry. Little Johnny, " on promise to be deed," was taken to church. He kept very still till the last prayer, by which time he had grown so tired that he got up on the cushion of the seat and stood with his back to the pulpit. When the lady in the seat behind bowed her head for prayer, Johnny thought she was ing ; so he leaned over and said in a too-audible whisper, “ Poor dear lady, what so matter! Does 00 tummy echo 2" Imitating Mary. Young Mamma . " Children, why are you nodding and smilling at all the policemen we pass f”-â€"â€"C:lildren (who are in the habit of taking their morning walks with the nursemald): "Oh, because hiary always does, mamma.” . dangerous to interfere with the march of ' Roarm' 2 Horses. i Ali’th axiefam‘mth the of one ,orat east ' to use ,a horse in the ribs to try him for reading, but some may be unaware that this becomes a much stronger test if the horse's nose is pull- ed in toward his chest toward the right side. Some practice, again,will enable aveterinary surgeon, or even a layman, to extend a horse's head and neck and feel the dilator muscles of his larynx. If the horse has been a roarer for any length of time the left muscle will have become flatter than the right through wasting. "A slight amount of pressure with the index finger on the left arylmnoid cartilage" will then "cause aloud noise in respiration, as if the animal were galloped, but there is little, if any dis- tress." If, on the contrary, the right my- lacnoid cartilage 'is pressed hard, although little noise is caused, " symptoms of as- phyxia are quickly manifested, owing to the complete closure of the glottis through the immobility of the left cartilage." This is a valuable test at auctions, where horses' cannot be “ galloped for wind." as it is called. ' Dr. Fleming believes that a close stable aggravates roaring, and he quotes the say of Aimiral Rous to the effect that many “roarcrs might be improved a stone if they were trained from an open shed, sheltered from wet and rain," kept “warmly clothed, and always in the open air.” It has been asserted over and over again that roaring is unknown at the Cape of Good Hope, and that if a roarer is taken out there he invariably recovers. Accord- ing to the evidence collected by Dr. Fleming this statement, although not very far from the truth, is a little too sweeping. We may add that the story of leladrum's cure after his arrival at the Cape has been denied of late, although with what truth we are un- able to'say. It is well known, again, that roaring is uncommon in most parts of India, but Dr. Fleming quotes one authority who [says that it is very prevalent in Calcutta. Arabs are supposed to be nearly exempt from roaring, but this fruie, it seems, is by no means universal, especially among the larger and coarser horses. If native Egyp- Movcments of the Various Planetsâ€"Burn tian horses are seldom, if ever, roarers, there are plenty of imported horses that are roar- ers in that country. A military veterinary surgeon, accordinary to the author, stated that at the end of the Egyptian campaign of 1882, out of 185 horses under his care 33 had become roarcrs, 13 broken-winded, and several others more or less affected in their breathing. He does not hold the common theory .that mares are less subject to it than geldings; but he admits that it is common- est among stallions. He appears to doubt whether the setting on of the head to the neck, or any external conformation has much to do with the disease, and he thinks it questionable whether it is ever produced by a bearing-rein. Like most authorities on the subject, he observes that ponies and very small horses ' are rarely afflicted by it, and this, he says, may go some way toward ac- couniing for the comparative immunity of certain breeds of small size in southern and eastern countries; on the other hand, he points .out that light cavalry more often become rosters than heavy artillery horses, and that, as a general rule, light, moderate- sized horses are more subject to the com- plaint than heavy ones. Emperor William’s Diseased Bars. The German papers are full of articles re- garding the health of the German Emperor. Dr. Hennet, the specialist on diseases of the ear, declares that the Emperor‘s organs of hearing are affected by chronic purulent otitis with intermittent pains. He states that the affection may lead to meningitis, should the aural inflammation spread to the cerebral tissues, or to the formation of an abscess on the brain. Should an abscess form it may be necessary to resort to trepanning, and if the it flammation remains local an operation would probably be suc. cessful. Dr. chnet does not take the same ,view as other German dootors,'but considers the. Emperor‘s case-very serious, though, at present, had it assumed its worst aspect, the truth could not be concealed from the public. It is a'curious coincidence that, up ropos of the Emperor’s malady, no fewer than twenty five articles on otltis have ap- peared in Germany. - I hear from trust- worthy sources that the Emperor is looking ill, and is alarmed about himself, having insisted on being told the Opinion of the Germany doctors regarding his condi- tron. W The British in Africa. Under the repeated punishments inflicted upon them by British troops the natives of West Africa will at length realize that it is trade. The destruction of the chief town of the Wandab tribe, in the interior, north- east of Sierra Leone, is the latest practical lesson taught them Of late years a great impetus has been given to commerce in this region by the tribes converted to Moham- medanism. who have welcomed Europeans on the coast and have become the interme- diaries between them and tho negroes of the interior. These latter, however, resent the intrusions and encroachments of the traders and their go-betwcens. and have for gener- ations been in the habit of blackmaillng and plundering travelers. Occasionally also they have attacked the trading stations. While commerce doubtless does not appear as sacred in African eyes as in European, yet the progress of the trade is unquestion- ably that of civilization, and wherever the sway of white men extends the horrible na- tives' practices of beheading and of making human sacrifices by the hundreds are check- ed or abolished. The advance of European, civilisation also diminishes slavery. An Idiot Anyway Wife (counting over her change after mak- ing a purchase); “ I guess hes given me the wrong change.”â€"-Husband (savagely): “I thought soâ€"I thought l0 ; that s the way my har -earned money goes. Trust a wo- man to get fooled. Go back to the counter and get it made right at once."-â€"-Wife rs. turns to the counter and hands the assistant ten shillingaâ€"Husband : “ Why, what have you been doing 2"-â€"Wife: Making the change right. He gave me a half sovereign too muoh."-Husbaud (more savagely than ever): " Well you are an idiotl' .â€"__._.â€"â€"â€"â€"- The costliest book owned in Chicago is a copy of the first folio edition of Shaker pears, published in 1623 It is regarded as the finest copy in America and is valued at $10,000. Its owuer is a man who made a fortune on the Chicago Board of Trade. . The Wind Blast of the smoke. _ I knew well, for an honest fellth told me that he was driving his sledge with two horses on the Albula Pass; when an avalan- che fell upon the opposite side of the gorge. It did not catch him. Bu“ the blast carried him and his two horses and the sledge at one swoop over into deep snow,» whence they emerged with d flimlty. Another man. whom I count among my friends here, showed me a spot in the Schanfizg Valley (between Chur and the Strela Pass) where one of his female relatives had been caught by the Lawinen- Dunst. She was walking to church when this happened, the people of her hamlet havin taken the same path about a quarter 0 an hour before. The blast lifted her into the air, swnpt her from the road-and landed her at the top of a lofty pins, to which she clung with all the energy of desperation. The snow rushed under her and left the pine standing. It must have been an inconsiderable avalanche. Her neighbors, on their way back from church, saw her clutching for bare life to the slander aptx of the tree, and rescued her. Many such cases could be mentioned. A road- maker. named Schorta, this Winter (Feb. 17, 1888), was blown in like manner into the air below Brail in the Engadinc, and saved himself by grappling to a fir tree, else he would have been dashed to pieces against the face of a precipice ; as it was, he only lost his hat. I have been shown a place near Ems, in the Rhine valley, above Chur, where a miller’s house was carried bodily some distance through the air by the Lawl- ncn-Dunst. Its inhabitants were all killed except an old man about sixty and an infant of two years. Again, I may mention that the tower of the monastery at Dissentis was on one occasion blown down- by the same cause. Cases are frequently met with where walls of houses, Windows, and doors have been smashed in by the wind of avalanches falling on the opposite flank of a narrow ravine. I have myself seen a house wrecked by a Stauh-Lawine, its roof removed in one piece by the blast, and its back wall and one side stove in by the weight of snow and stones and tiles which followed. ' Death as it is Destined Crossing over to Normandy, Folk took a boat from Boulognc to Dover. The weather was stormy and the waves in the channel ran highâ€"scant doubt there was but the passage across would be perilous. And here we come across an old, old story, yet few are aware that it is so old as the beginning of the thirteenth century. Fulk spoke to the mariner who was to command the ship that had been chartered to hear him to Eng- land : ” Do you know Well this business, and to carry people by sea into divers regional" Replied the salt : “ Truly. Sir, there is not a land of any renown in Christ. endom whither I could not conduct a ship well and safely." Thcnpsaid Fulk : “Truly, thou bust a very perilous occupation; tell me, fair, sweet brother, of what death died thy father 2" “ He was drowned at sea." “ How thy grandfather l" “ The same." “ How thy great grandfather 2" " In like manner, and all my relations that I wot of to the fourth degree." “ Truly," said Fulk, ” you are very fool-hardy that you dare go to sea.” “ Sir," said the mariner, “ where- fore? Every creature will have the death destined for him. And now, if you please, fail-Sir, tell me where did thy father die ‘3" “ Truly, in his bed." “Where thy grand- father 1’ “ The same.” " Where thy great- grandfather?" " Truly, all of my lineage that I know died in their beds.” “ Then, in very truth, since all your lineage died in beds, I marvel greatly that you have dared to go into any bad.” And so, moralizes the chroniclcr, Folk perceived that the sailor had told him the truth, that every man shall have such death as is destined for him, and he knowa not which, on land or in water. Smoking in Austria. The Austrians are, it appears, the most inveterate cigar smokers in.- Europe. In 1887 every male inhabitant in, Austro- Hungary smoked, upon the average, 67 cigars and cigarettes, besides about ten pounds of tobacco. The reason of the large consump- tion of cigars lies in 'the fact that the Aus- trian can buy a really very decent cigar for a farthicg or two for- one cent. .In France and Italy the very cheapest costs a half army; and the price is about the some in olland and Germany. Austria's tobacco bill for the first six months of 1888 amounted to close on thirty millions of dollars, or to only about two dollars per male head of the population;yet it is estimated that for that turn each man and boy may have bought 35 cigars, 15 cigarettes, and four or five pounds of tobacco. The same sum here would pro- cure only about 12 cigars, 8 cigarettes, and one and one-half pounds of tobaccoâ€"all of he most inferior quality. ‘ A War Between Banks. A Philadelphia despatch says zâ€"Thc re- fusal of the City National Bank of Salem, N. J., to accept certain terms of exchange offered by the Woodstown National Bank has involved these institutions in a war. As the Salem Bank receives on do sit daily slarge number of Woodstown Sink cheques, a messenger is despatched to the latter place twice a week to receive the money for the same. In order to punish the Salem people Cashier Flit croft of the Woodstown Bank im rted from Philadelphia thousands of silver ollars to meet the cheques. Messenger Powell, who was sent down by the Salem Bank last week, protested against being aid with silver. When Powell appeared wifh 84,800 in cheques, Flitcroft wheeled out the money in a wheelbarrow to the middle of the bank and dumped it on the floor, compelling Powell to count the entire amount. When bags were asked forte carry the money, Flitoroft said banks were not in the habit of furnishing patrons with purses. A Headless Suggestion. “I think an e gwould make that coffee settle, Mrs. S era," said the impeounious boarder, heedless .-“Ii the recipe is a sure one, pray let me ofl'er you an egg, Mr. Sloapa,” responded the landlady severely, and then the conversation languished. His Bad Break. An old bachelorâ€"throu b no fault of hisâ€" was looking at a little ha y, and was ex~ pected to admire it, of oourse.-â€"“Well, Mr. Blifkins," said the proud young mother, ox- pectantly, “is he not very lovely 3”â€"-“ Yes -â€"â€"erâ€"that is to sayâ€"erâ€"urnâ€"about how old must such a baby he, hits. Tompkins, before it begins to look a human being 2" Return of Sir. Selene to Rush hunter, twenty Continent. It is believed that none of the great explorers ever travelled so many miles in the African wilderness as this famous hunter. occupied two years, during has been heard of him. Probably nativs chief in the best hunting regions of South Africa, from Cape Colony to the Zimbesi, knows Salons. favorite with the King of Matebele land, Lo Bengals, and for years he was the only white man who was free to enter the terri~ tory of that savage ruler. Lo B ingula's name old, when he went to Afrioi. game the country affords has been his prey. The outfit for his long journeys, including ox wagons, servants, ammunition, and goods to barter for food often represented an out- lay of several thousands of dollars. Selous made it pay. from savage regions into civilizstion again natives for gold dust. region through the country Tss use or er lany Ital-s anon; “on and his ants. Mr. Fred C. Salons, the great African has returned to England after years spent in the wilds of the Dark Bis trips afield have sometimes which nothing every He is a particular for the young hunter is “The Lion." Salons was a more boy, less than 20 years The greatest But When he emerged his wagon was always heavily LADRN um! lVORY, ostrich feathers, and valuable skins. His cargo usually paid the expenses - of his trips and handsome profit besides. In the gold regions he often sold the fruits of his rifle to When he first want to Africa his well-to-do father now and then sent him remittances. Bat Salons in~ variably put the money in a Natal bank and supported himself wholly by his rifle. Of course he has had many remarkable adven- tures. Once he was lost and wandered for several days in an almost impenetrable, thorny forest, with nothing to eat and no resource save to tighten his belt whenever his stomach protested too angrily. But the most thrilling adventure of his life was one that befell him last summer ; and if it had not been for that mishap he would now be in the heart of the continent, among the headwaters of the Congo, insteadof home in England. ' Elephants are getting very scarce south of the Zimbcsi, and so Salons determined to make another trip north of that river and to strike for the Garcogarza country, north- west of Lake Bmgwoolo. where elephants are said to be very plentiful. This very in- teresting region is still only partly known to us. The German explorer, Rzichard, and the Portuguese travellers, Capello and Ivens, spent a little time there, but most of our in- formation about the country has been derived from the intrepid young Scotch missionary, Mr. Arnot. It shows rm; Danlxc NATURE of Salons that be determined to push for this of the fierce Mushnkulumhwe tribe, who have never yet permitted a white man to piss throwgh their district and who brought the Holub expedi- tion, floth out at an expense of $30,000, to such a disastrous end. The Mashukulumbwe live about 170 miles northeast of the famous Victoria Falls in the Zimbesi. With an equipment that cost him about $2,000, Sslous pushed into the forbidden land, and had nearly crossed it when his advance north- ward came to a sudden end. On July 8 last he was in camp at the village of Chief Minenga. The chief appear- ed vsry friendly. Scions shot some zcbras and an antelope and gave all the meat to the chief, who promised next day to send his son to guide him through the country. That night Salons was getting ready for bed, when he was told that all the women had left the village. That was a sign of trouble. Selcus dressed hurriedly. He had his rifle, but they were only four cartridges in his belt. He had just started for some ammuni- tion when the Mashukulumbwe suddenly poured into the camp in swarms, hurling as they came hundreds of barbed assegais. Twalve of his twenty-five people were killed on the spot, and five more were wounded. All who could escaped in the darkness. Selous, unscathed, on clear of the camp and hung around out o sight for hours, hoping to find some of his men. He could hear the treacherous savages jubilating over their booty, but not a soul of his party did he most. So he started alone for the Z imbosl. The next day he shot a wildcbcest, broiled some of the meat, and shouldcrlng as much of the carcass as he could carry went on his way. Soon after he was nearly murdered. At midnight he entered a village where he thought the people would be friendly. It was an unusually cold night, and he could not resist the temptation to warm himself at a fire that was blazing in the centre of the town. Some of the people heard him, but they did not seem unfriendly, and he lay down and went to sleep by the fire. He was soon awakened by some men coming to the fire. He sat up, and just then a man RUBIIED IN BEHIND Ill)! and seized his rffla. At the same times man at the fire threw a bundle of grass on the embers, and b the bright light Selous saw a fellow crouo ed under the thatch of a but, about thirty feet distant, taking aim at him with an old musket. Scions bounded thron h the fence, and was outside the kraal in an nstant. He now had no weapon, and made the rest of the jaurney tofriends south of the Zamboni amid terrible hardships. One one the remnant of the party came stragg log in. He had been three weeks without a blanket in the middle of the cold season, and his fare had been anything but sumptuous. Same ten years ago Scions made a short visit home, when he wrote the volume that has become the text book not only for hunt- ers in Central and South Africa, but also for explorers and naturalls ts. hlis scientific attainments have enabled him to add much to our knowledge of Africa. Some of his routes ap at on all the best maps, and his charts an records have for years been pub- lished in goo phioal magazines. But it is as a born actor that he is best known, and he is the central figure among the best apart-men of the world. He has been to the ansvaal and the Zambeai basin what Dan- iel Boone was to Kentucky. It is understood that Salons now thinks of remaining in England; but he is you hardly 40 flat! old, and no one will be sur- prised if h adventurous disposition carries im back to the scenes where he has had much glorious sport and encountered some thrilling dangers. +â€" Thc ucstion whether the freedom of th city of 'linburgh shall be conferred upon Mr. Parnell is to be submitted to the vote of the ratepayers.