The Brussels Post, 1892-1-22, Page 7SAN. 22, 1892,
THE BRUSSELS POST.
A TIIRILLING EXPERIENCE
lellakTillitt A COUGAR.
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I had ocoosion, SOmo months ago, to go
from a point. a lung distance up on the Cow.
iitz /eiver, aerMis the country toward the
lino of the railroad, For some of the die.
tame the road, or, rather, the trail, led
through a rough wild eoutitry, whih cwee
gettorally 00verell with heavy tercets, and
tangled, impenetrable thickets of under.
brush, More than forty mkt( wore to he
travereed, 1 started very early—ehortly
after daylight. 1 was mounted on to small
Indian pony, of 11 acrobby, ignoble breed,
Lest I 01)00121 not, be aide to aocomplish the
jonrney121 one day, or might not leo able to
reach some cabin along the route, I had
taken the precaution to etrap a pair 01 white
blankets behind my nubile, The only Woe,
j)0118 I had were a small pooket.pietol—
single.barroled—tted a mall two-edgea
dirk.
On starting 1 had noticed that my pony
was slightly lame. Thinking he evened get
over it when warmed up on the coad, I
pushed ahead. However, the lameness i11.
ereased, and before noon 1 found that 1
should have to abandon the horse and make
the remainder of the journey on fools if an-
other animal could not he obtained. No
horse could be olealmel forlore money,
so leaving the crippled pony and the meddle
logger'S 1120011, 1 petalled on, mining
my eon of blankets on my back,
l'he trail wound around through dense
gloomy forests. So thick and tall were the
trees that the lofty, interlacing branches
overhead shut out theme's rays,and much ot
the fight of day. In a, Bor1 of sombre twi-
light I pushed on. Before I had covered
many miles, I began to feel some sense of
uneashaess—a singular presentiment of evil
foimbotling. Still 1 went forward, striving to
alive ittray Du:fancy by thinking of my
business. However, the feeling that there
was seine danger in my pathway increased,
Sonic 1 tistinet told me I was being followed.
Soon a peculiar whirring soiled, resembling
the purring of an enormous cat, att ruled
attentioe. (11101 1(13 a 30 felt glance behind
imagille my dismay at seeing in the
trail, not seventy-five yards etwtty, a 'ergo,
fierce cougar.
The animal was trailing Wong slowly With
its belly close to the ground, and switching
its tail like (12 eat when preparing to spring
upon 1112 uneuspeeting mouse. Catching my
eye the cougar instantly stopped, placed its
head close to the earth, and in a crouching
attitude wittelled me intently. My situation
21(18 12 vevy grave ore. Armed with only a
small pistol and knife miles from human
habitation, alone in the heart of a great
gloomy forest, and confronted by a large,
11 ungrydooking cougnr, my position wail not
Lo he envied.
Fortunately, I tem thoroughly acquainted
with the cowardly disposition of tho 211)1(11(11.
Unless pressed by hunger I knew the cougar
would not openly (week me. Grasping my
piotol in one hand and the knife in the other,
I turned end advanced toward the lucking
foe. Tho cowardly creature retreated. To
(3:n011(817o matters I discharged my pistol,
taking precious good core to shoot Nmelo of
the mark. To wound the animal was the
last thing in the world I wished to do. De-
liberately reloading, I then turned and 1001' -
ed rapidly forward, keeping a sharp lookout
over my eltonlder. Tho cougar persistently
dogged me, Soma:tines it gained on me and
I wouldhavo to drive it book by sheeting
and discharging my pistol. This I kept up
for about two hours. I hoped to tinnily
frighten the animal away, bat it still dogged
my footsteps. 'pressed on, weary and foot-
sore, hoping soon to emerge ream Gm forest
or to reach some wayside cabin. Orme on
open ground I felt sure the unbind Would
abandon the pursuit.
But the timber apppeared 111 grow thick-
er. To add to my fetee night, Wan coming
on, and there were p021111 101(5 signs of a
coining storm. Low muttering thender
was beard for n way, and I. could bear the
*wind that preceded the tempest gathering
its lorries far back in the forest. Darkness
fell, until I could serenely distinguish the
tortuous trail, 81111 my foe followed re-
le110essly. Soon the amorphous blankness
swallowed up everything. By feeling my
way cautiously I could follow the trail,
Presently I reaoheel the brink of a steep
ravine, Below me I heard the hiss trod roar
of a stream. 13101111 streaks of lightning
flashed across the hettvens. By waiting
for these flashes I made my way clown the
ravine. At the bottom flowed a broad
swift stream aerose which the trail lod, I
could not tell how Seep it wee, but cross it
I nowt. Taking advantage of a flash, I
plunged in. The 11'12101 W118 almost waist
deep and cold as ice. Through this stream
I floundered narrowly escaping being enr-
ried off enfoot by the /area of the torreut.
Finally, I vouched tho opposite bank.
sentinelled out, dripping wet and chilled to
the 011111 03'. By the next bright gleam I
could see Lho couger on tho opposit,
sidb, just at the brink cronehing
as for a spring. In sheer (105-
3201' he has kept. the VOW. He vesignod his
potation I fired at Mtn, and tuning position and went on a heating excursion.
rushed up the steep, rugged trail.
monk onnut agtii nueeeuded ann,1 stillBut 111s didn't cure him, and he still facies
toy heart heating madly ; I expected that
the conger woeld now certainly attends and
reed me, just then the animal give a wild,
fearfiel sevetent and plunged to the stream,
Another Rash came. ees I turned to fly, I saw
the cougar, mid stream, struggling deeper.
atoly in Um meet torrent anclmaknig towtted
1110, 1301010 1110 gleam faded there canto an-
other blinding, tierce glare, followed by au
awful peal of thunder.
0110O More I Owned and fled op the trail,
This time 1 reached the top, and &lithesome
instant there came mother blood-ourdling
scream from the ceraggcl cougar. I rushed
precipitately on, awl in a, moment reached
an opening in the timber. My pistol being
empty was useless so I flung it tawny anti.
peeped my dirk. looked around and dis-
covered Otte 1 stood upon the edge of a
small clearing Not hundred yards way
I saw, with a Joy that no 104130030 00(1 pea.
ray, the light of a candle sliming theneigh
the wieder(' of an fumble log-oabio. Holp
and safety wore at hand. shouted loudly,
and a aoaree, heavy "Hulloo there)"
came back in response. Tho lottd baying of
a clog greeted um and it soundedswootor three
any 01 11010 T Orel' heard.
TILE ESCURIAL,
next morning I recoiled my destination with- WOLVES IN MONTANA. A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
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feline to near getting Illy twalp wan a very 'elm/ i I I. te ir Ad von I et re wit 11 the Ferocious ,The wenti,,,, or rob, c,.,„,, raw., „r the Four Skeletons Pouiiii Supposed 1 a 2* 2'
largo obi mille, By mooted eniaeurcentent a
wee needy nine feet, from tip to tip, 31 0210 111ved in 1110, 71 n 1 " roughed it ' The F,senthul, the palme of the Spardeh
,kvs,t,eituilt(1.1,
the nart•owest ciereepe froth e hiweeida foie 1 leee; ewe, 01 1, 1.788.111, auenstemed to (Mom Kings, has been funned the eighth ovular Of !
alone through the woode without having a 1110n alnin 1 on a tar with myoteit, but I did may be xocii for men mike' iiie.pyery di; ao.
1101114e at lionnellif.011•Fratice, it smell village
trusty Winehestet• in bench them au it:Pellets Hunger and mind:ere I . .
will make Coern milioiontly thengeren ' to
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR, satisfy the most c xneting. 1 heti an experi.
— onee with a few of them one winter up in
k.41111.11111g Story er 8121110 et,,,,ot). 0,, vvc, Montana, the recollection of which makes
mon, me slimed er oven to -day. 1 hail been for
Lucy Bou411011, aged 30, dressed in thread. eome moethe engaged in doing the -work of
bare (nothing and presenting a 111(1!-searved 3 °Pe" m°9"ng", or c°31.13ri fur 3 3313`11.
out further adventure. The eougar that
NEM Lai( Kliegs,
weIrtit Century.
1 beau beitgious Fugitives of the
A eingular discovery has jest been made by
sow 11,0, The esperitnee hes „mot, um 1 0111111 0714,0101111 14701 contiomptIblecoevarde r, worm o e wst ot, „
L' • i Lt"IL 'LY n'Ll`e L Lim 'the wort:num engaged in reetori
one useful Meson; will newer erode vienture ear,: melees, aud foe a en), LIMO pat, nor ihweat it has 111 anniaintin osition 11401 ng large
eine.et. /Ise,
Limi• 11°3" 11.T 11, In 1 503, wee While engaged in excavating at the back of
finithed in I 1811 at an estimated omit exceed. the b0„0„ thf,y 001011 „01.000 nrpm.04
jolt 8:511.000,001). IL "'a° "1.4 to fell:ill a to be an ancient cesepord, numenring about
700 (115110 by Philip IL LIIAL s°00051"1 10 I four yarde deep, at the bottom of whieb
battle with the French he would erect the were four skeloterili which proved
1(1081 inagoilieen 1 mon:emery in the world, upon examination to be those of a man,
Tho Nolte of St, Quentin was fought. On 0, Wornan, child, and dog, In the
fulfillment of the you, (0011, in honor of 81,
aAni,Irg.t. 11100ft,
ijo3n5n7;tory buildings commencee ein the e„ntitia, „f Nest, bottlee, vaisee
Lb° P°301 °I 81. Law°,3„°P, same piece were else what appeared to he
Latvrenee, the form of gridiron as on thin
implement the saint is t•eported 10 132(20 out.
fored martytelom. Seventeen ranges of
building, creasing each other at right angles
form the ribs of the gridirou, whele it quad.
rangular stecture, completely imitating
the interior buinlin for I tl • •
tette look ing for mineral up there, and oneday
illiPoiLrehee, Wee bronebt before a tuagistrate
at. um mst„,1„mm, ivelme LI0,1,1, London, found 1 would have to go morose from whore
on Saturday, for attempting to 0011111111 0111. , , ,„„
WO Wein, near Fort (003(211, to LOW1StOn,
oldo from Westminister Bridge, at 3 o clock 3°00' -1-"u 101100 n°11-110351- 'I" 1 38 I WM
ou Saturday morning. The aconsed climbed starting, 14 worthless old Indian, wile 3011.
0101 the parupot, end was saved by e y00,13 orally hung around the hot, eitid in his
man who caught hold of her deem and. held olur ,arteri,st le way, " \Volvos heap 1101132y,"
her till assistance arrived, In answer to nee "eege °P303'14/ 10 P3•Y 00 (1.1(01211011
to his remark, 1 got me an nslelltional reve1.
the charge she said that 1101 htlahnitd, W110
18tr and a, box of cartridges. I eopected to
'(7(1014 hatter earning good wages, kept her
end her (Mildew with° ot mitiotent food, loor rettoh the valich of et friend that eight and
days together they only had broad, and d i 1 -se, staying with (((111 and i ta -tang out
bright, and early the next morning for Lew.
sometimes Were Willion 1 that. The Than
(aerated her with the utmost. oreelty, and 00 10(0(2)1. Not, a wolf had I mean the p100011'
0(01 thought that elle would pee en end to Mg day, but by 0 o'clouk on the second clay
her misery. When she left the place whom their 1312113 113 began, and in an hour there
they lived In Tyers Street, Lambeth, a wait II pack quietly forming behind me apd
midnight on Friday hie parting words 10 1101' 0,011011g ti,long in that swinging lope and
were that he laved 0110 would bo (2200 '(11 •L°3Paig• 34411' the Ham° dieLeeee f rem 'a°
1101115 0013100. Tim magistrate tad Tun, 1111 1110 time. Presently they came witlan
that she should have applitecl for assistance range and 111111011 01117. The rest ate hint
to tho relieving officer. The woman, in ii, up before 1 could toll it, almost, and were
sorrowful tone, said elle had been ,elvised hack again, when 1 shot another ono, and
by another magistrate thale ebe would got the same peewees was repeated. This was
nothieg till she 12140 deserted, Her husband ken, t ,er fm; 11,101,1 1 an hour, when t hey grew
hod boon imprisomol for a month at Bir. 30 '3)1° 30" "01° war° 3° m33Y °I them 11131
iningharn for assaulting her, and been bound I felt it best to intve my ammunition until
0201 121 Clerk en well Pellee Collet to keep the (1 (12225 necessary to aet in self-defense. I
„ma. she helped him in his trade by Wait 1101 particularly uneasy, for although
timming and stitching the lining in hats, I knew 11 110(1 been a hard winter a1111 the
but she could not get the money (molds wore ravenous, 1 wag Out. in the open
she earned herself. Ile spent his earn- eountry at noombey, and they still kept a
ings_tme J:,...? e weeks...en himself, ,few feet back. This did not, coutinne long,
and would come lionto in the morning the "w°1‘.3r• "LeY 00°0 began "'ming 0(1(221(1
worse for drink in hausom cabs. A. yonng snapping- tut my horse'e heels, and now for
women from the book of the Court voluo- the first time I began (.0 3100' apprehensive,
teered to give evidence, stating that sho did 1 first thought I would shoot whenever they
so because she knew that the prisoner WM came close etiongle, but I found that Won 171
He indliari0115 and cruelly wroeged women. not do. Then 1(100111011 10 81(001 only when
Witness was the daughter of the lamlltuly they cameem and actually tried
of the house in Kennington Read where thee
parties lived for them months—in fact, till 'PO 1CKEIWTSE TIT I il it TIUTIT,
It week ego. She knew of her own know- Bet even this kept Me busy. Presently
ledge that a. month since the wenn= was 1010er them faetened his teeth in my horse's
kept without food or firing for two days. log 33d hurg 21'"0 1(11 I 51201 hi" 8005,
She, was mercilessly treitted, for her husband another one did the same, and in et short
scratched her arms, twisted them, and pul- tv,hi,1,3 I hail all I could do to keep them off
led her hair out And her little children as no. My horse beetune almorit uninanage.
aged nine end seven—ono with peraiyseti able, and finally, stumbling over two that
arms did not know where the was. The 'ware hanging to him in front., fell lioadlotig.
Magieteate sent a conetable to look As we were going in trgallop. and I wits
after these children, and on a morn in lopping at a couple springing ali him from
formation said he would grant a warrant behind, and heel Just shot one, I was, of
egehtst the „„„„is husband, In the course, totally unprepared for this fall, and
course of the (21 10(00011 the man, wont, 1S...seemed to me, twenty-five feet over
Thomas Beardalls was 'brought before his head. Apack of the gray 1102110 )2020
Ms worship, and the prosecutrix on me in an instant, but 1 at once eroso mid
then, on her oath, deposed to his teeatinetit. Itillitg two or three, became freed from
8130 00(11 that on Friday night, ho mune home them. My horse also arose and shook hien.
drunk and 01(0 1101(0(1 him for some money self free 11001 them, and to my utter dismay
for fetid. He put Is down, and told her went flying out over the praitio. What 1
that he wanted the rest for hoer and eigaes. thought was my ruin, however, was my set-
ae afterwards twisted her arm and pulled within. As the horse started off, the wolves
hey hair, being Resisted by people in the followed Men, ancl every ono joined in the
house who were his oompanions. Prisoner olinse, leaving me entirely alone. I had no
said it was untrue. His wife tried 00301111 time to spare, arid making up my mind in.
his pockets, and though all that she WM en- stantly, struck 00( 0,11012(1,
titled to for her trimming work WaS Sel, yet If I could roach a small ranch some ten
hc „geese het, es. „ished te emi wit. miles ahead, I knew I would be all rigid',
nesses from the house. The magistrate— ancl, 01 001(180 11 (2001(1 be folly to try to
You will be remandecl in easterly for a week. go back, so I settled down to a walk which
The 12001101 Wan discharged, and went to the 1 hopod to keep up for hours. A. glance to
workhouse with her two children, the loft showed me that my horse was try-
ing to make his way book over the road WO
had come- In Rbout, an hour or I11010 I ).
GA W VISIONS OPT TELE TRAO preached one of the few ravines which mite
The Strange Wee! Hest bad Accident sees in that country, along the side of witioh
en an old Engineer. the road ran, and heard a short (listener
ahead that sharp, snapping snarl that
Charley Mersey, for thirty-six years au wolves give when they aro worrying some
engineer en( the Wabash road has resigned. animal. I meld not ovoid them, end as
Nut only that, he is confined to Melted with there appeared to be only two 01 11(200, 1
hysectioal attack which puzzles physi- drew my revolver and walked right ahead,
clans. Turning a corner suddenly I clime tipon
About three weeks ago Engibeer Mersey, sight which I do not believe I eon ever for -
in making the nsual riot from Warrenton to got. About a dozen wolves heel surronnelcd
St. Louis, caught two young' inen at the anci were now holding at bay and trying to
railroad crossing in O'Fallon. Both were worry to death a splendid specimenY of an
iustantly killed. It was the first time in the old buffalo bull. The skin hung in shreds
experience of the veteran engineer that lie on his logo, and he was bleeding and stand -
had met with an accident in which a lumen Mg in a pool of blood, The vicious, hungry
life was lost, lie was deeply °Acted, mid beasts had lost about half their limber on
twice (Mat day 1110 train wat brought to a the horns or under the emote of tho old fel-
standstill beeause he thought he fin 12 some low, but they had actually torn out his eyes
one on the track. This halliteination has in the struggle, end ho stood there with the
grown upon him until he has broken down small bluff behind him and with hut facto to
under the strain, It affeeted him most tho foe, stamping (Led arnshing them when
peculiarly. At every railroad crossing he he could,,though stone blind,
imagined he sale people on the track, and AS 1 Titalion 1,1111 2011210R,
passemsers on the fast train woeld be 111081
miceremonionsly bounced. againsb the sides A largo wolf hoel sliming upon hem, ana 1211
of the car and bumped against one onetime' once shot him. At tho ironed of my pistol
by the sudden and unexpeated use of 1(10 air the old started and tremble(1 violently,
brake.. On the third trip after the trecideut telt feeling hie enemy fall at his feet, he
Engineer Alorsey brake down. Ho vowe I jumped upon with incredible fury and
that when he lind conipleted the run w ,,eit,„0.111,1p,sa..1,11,1111, oin,tii of all shape. The next
then on he would never make another. l'1-1:81 ' 0.,"71120,1 realiza ithait 1 it
,r,cmc. rat me am an oneilly woo On.i,
But romaine to be told, Tho bravo
dog rum hod past me, and making for the 0011'
3l0124 which 1170,8 Only a few rods away, (pita.
ly (rood him. The logger at oneo eompre..
beaded the situation, mo to go to
the cabin, ho 80100(1 1218 rifle and Illirrital to
the spot whore his clog stood barking and
waited for a lightening flesh, It Game me.
mut later,. almost as bright as day. res
voided the conga': mooching ou a largo limb,
not Mere that forty foot from tho ground,
:just ready to hurl himself upon the dog.
Thera was a sheep crack, mid the ball orash.
ed through the cougar's skull. Uttering a
piercing cry, the creature fon, and aft.nr
brief etruggle inglorieusly gave up the
ghost,
hist (bon the long.hopouding tempest
bnrst forth in all its fury. That night I re.
embed DO the logger's cabin, ahel partook of
his rough and wholesome ahem Early the
ana hews danger signals, The nocount of
the last trip which le»gimer Mersey mole
is thus given by his fleeman :
" We pulled one, of St, Leeds on Limo,
but I notioed that Uncle Charley' was
looking melencholy and oppresesd, teed
kept hes ayes glued to tho Uso.
lly he is eheeeful and pleasant, and 1171 00'
1011111111113 talker. Ito has been nu the tom
for tibiae vows, and 10110(2, the personal
history of timely every inlenbitant 03 070)')'
little town aloeg the load. IIis gloom in-
creased 1411 WO got beyond the suburbs, and,
beyond (.0111013 1(10 to Hemp her up, 13illy,'
ho was silent. Wo made the run without
incident until wo eettehod St. Pacer's, Wo
don't stop there a000rdieie to soliodule told
usually go through tho town (21 24, ettetling
gait. Suddenly I saw him jerk the throt-
tle, and the next minute the train Waa at
standstill, while, with a white cleawu face,
Uncle Charley was remit% along the fire
board. My Goa 1' ho groaued, as ho re-
turned. to tho cab and started the train
again. ' I WM Sere 1 saw a litho boy.'
Tho met of the telt), a clistaneo of sixty
tilos, he was completely unnerved, and th
limb thirty 11(01(1 the throttle myself, Run-
ning his okt engine Yoe, Pee boon pro,
'noted. 13,1 1. Uncle Ohatley will 1107011 (1811
the valve of 07' again.. His nerves are
gone,"
What Not to Lace,
Don't 1 otto coinage ; spirit heave
Carey with you to the grave.
Don't lose flew In vain distress ;'
Work, net worry, brings 811000m.
Don't logo hope : who late her stray
Mos forlornly (211 the way.
Doti% lose patience, come what, Wile
Palma 012 111(100 001,141118 012111,
110111 1000 31(010008; every hour
1300100 for yon some happy elowets
Though 1(0 101(0(1 rem dentost plan,
Dotalose faith in Clod end. Man.
To hoar complaints 15 wearisome alike to
the wretched 8114 1(10 happy.—klohnson.
arrived, foe he felt for the wolf eat it fell end
/damped 11 118 130100, lent (1 ,1111 not seem tit
ell frightetted et my 3(0(71 8(1,11,
'('110 1Ong, "11113(1 you tvould take this package to
elismitl howls which I heel been hearing itylio ia(1.71,e 1foweansi ,11)(111y11 ,0"f ot ,svaeitivl ,110(s.i tie triot:
id
work, and (401,8 plat 0111 of Lho hayfield,
ohere 1 luoi 1-000 deuce early morning. I
Wan tired, dusty end hungry, It Was two
Milos to town, I wanted to got my supper
and wash anti dress for singing-sehool,
first 1111130e° 121.48 10 3111 1111)10, 101' 1 (21(8 70810(1
that lio illik after my long day's work
But if I tortured he would go himself. He
12118 a gen fle, nation told num, A utlsornethi»g
stopped me—one of ttod's angels, 1
111101c. "Of mime, ballets FR take it," I
said, heartily. Ho gave 1110 the package.
" Thank yon, Jim, I was going myself, but
somehow I don't feel very strong to.
day." Ho walked with no to tho reed
(1(01 1(01110(1 off to the town. As ho left
ho put his hand on my arm, saying
again. "Thank you, my eon, you've
always been good boy to me Jim."
I hurried to town and back, When I
canto mar the house I sow a crowd of farm
hands tut the door. Ono of them eamo to
me, tears rolling' clown his face. " Your
father," ho " fell dead int as he mach.
ed tho house. The last words 110 spoke were
of you."—I (1111 0(11 01140 now, but have
tintakeft God over ited over, in all the years
since that hone, that those lost werds to me
wore " Yoe.'ve always boon a good boy to
um," X13 M11111111 being erer WAS aorry for
love to. kinclnees shown to others. bat
there ie biller remorse in remembered
neglect or colaness to loved ones Who are
deal Do not begrudge kind deeds and
worcls, emeetaily to those about the Mine
lieeteth, It is Buell a. wry we can go
together. Ho is Helmet of all who is most
generous in seiviog the love that blossoms
continually in kind (201(10 21101 deeds.
Conditions aro pleasant or griovoes to us
acoordieg tooter seesibilities.—ILew Welke°.
It is hard Le personate mid not apart long,
for whore tenth is not at tho bottom, naleuro
will always be endeavoring to return, and
will peep 00(2 011(1 betray herself ono time or
another,
g te le mace poi -
Lion, and a wing 470 feet long is the hatulle.
The size of the building is enormous,beIng
74(1 feet from noeth to south and 500 from
east Lo west ; the equare towers of each
corner are 200 feet high. Within this (1)012'
0110120 stemotere are contained the King's
palme, o eatliedral, e. monastery of 200 oolls,
two colleges, three chapter houses, three
library buildings, five large halls, six demi.
tories, three hospitals, three libraries and
nearly 3,000 other room, It is entered by
fourteen great gates and lighted by 1,113
outer and 1,578 inner windows.
The groat ohuroh ie in imitation of St.
Peter's at Rome, and smite idea of the
strueture of which it is a part may be gain.
ed from the information that the church is
304 feet long, 230 amass the transepts ; the
dome is 330 feet high; there aro forty chap-
els in its interior, and the genii alter is
00 feet high and 50 wide. Under the ;dear is
et burial vault, where all the kings of Spain
since Charlos V. have been &hi. 811111 111
the thno of Span's glory. the lesourial ro.
mains the most etriking monument of Span-
ish wealth and power.
Christmas Day m London.
Londoners spene Christmas Day and
iliristons week melee a pall of i inpene traffic)
gloom. It is live days, caleles a. correspondent
Since: we have seen the sky. Since Monday
there Ism been continuous darkness upon the
city, (1.1)113(00and electric lights have been of
slight service in the etreets and only partial-
ly served to disseminate light in clubs, resi-
dences and shops. As it result, business hes
been almost at a standstill, traelic has been
del:1318d on all the railroads, and Loudon is
deserted of all who can flee f rein her. A fog
such as hes this week afflicted the metropolis
is a far wore serious calamity them most
people imagine. In addition to the extra.
ordinary annoyance wowed ley the irritated
throats and 011)10( 11113 eyes 01 11(000 who vent-
ure in the streets, end tho 111100111101101101
ineouvenience gettiog front one place to
another, whether on foot or by means of
vehicles, 1110 fog means a fearful increase in
the death rate. Home ids of it my he
gatherered front the following newapapor
paragraph, which relates only to one London
district:
" While he was helping an inquest in Ban-
croft Wood lost evening Mr. Wynne E.
Baxter was fold by one of his officers that
there were eeven bodies lying in the Morgue
awaiting inquests. The bodies were those
of persons drowned accidentally in tho 31 111
Wall Docks since the bewailing of Hee fog.
The officials of the (looks, he said, were busy
all clay dragging few bodies. The Coroner
seta the mortality from the fog among peo.
ple suffering from lung diseases 1181.8 much
greater than that arising from 0001110111 (2281
yonr. Ho traced the cause of death in no
fewer than twenty.two eases to two clays of
black fog. lie traced these twenty-two
oases to 1110 1120 particular days and was
satisfied that they originated from the blitek
fog that then hung over the locality',"
In addition to deaths by drowning and
from Mug diseases there are an almost in-
credible 111111aber ale 10 persons being enn
over by cabs and omnibusee in the streets
where the range of mime during the entire
week has not been 0 feet, A humorous feat.
urs of the situation is the despair of the
newspapers, es ex pressed. in their daily lead -
ars. "Why," every newspaper in London
has demanded more time mule this week,
"(1000 3101 5011)00(10 invent a process forget-
ting rid of fogs? Why will an intelligent
and self-respediug populace sullbr inanely
under a ealamity teat ought to be remetli ed ?"
The Tinley says that if such an affliction as
a Loudon black fog of et week's duration.
were f vieited upon New York, Amot•ican
genius would rieceto the occasion and invent
some method of dispelling it, More than
01(0 newspaper (100 (1(10(1 the nee of therein.
makers in the United States with a view Lo
etimulating scheme& research In 1110 11)161101'
of ouptishing king fog, but 1101 even the
0311 couscientione writer of lettere to the
eel i tor ventures to enggest a method of ex ter-
ninating theme!.
A. Story for the Year Round.
erery 11 keet,100, kept, coming nearer all iho
time, aml 1 1,208 tally live mike from the
ettnele of it Me. Lewis I had hoped to reaoh,
It would be sure death to try to reach
Lewis', so 1 deelded I wonld stay anti take
my Mottoes nrith the buffalo bell. I evoidel
et least have the advantage of the ravine,
The wolves increased in numbers far Meter
than I could thin them out, and in 0 short
while (20 810(0 serrounded by the snapping
fiends. Slowly, but constantly, the space
between trei and Ilio old bull leseened. He
became so =evinced that 1 was a friend,
10101 110 Made 110 effort to guard the side to-
ward. me all, but devoted his entire energies
to tho opposite tido and in.front, nisei all
7000113 do to prothat myself and keep tho
scounarels off, but could not mist measion.
ally turning and killing 0110 108 the old bull,
which ho seemed to appreciate, jtulgIng
from the vigor with winch he domobslied
moll ono 1 shot.
Bet, slowly, though surely, the wolves be.
0111/10 bolder and more numerous, It W118
Simply a questiou of time, and I 1211,8 begin.
(11113 10 give up, when I heard aide 01102, 10
the distance, .1 answered, It with two quick
shots and then waited. Rammed Hire Is (nes,
but 2008 wily a minute or two 1(113 heard
the Hilo shot again-et:Ms time much closer,
In a very short, (('1(110 I was saved.. My host
of the evening before 11081 10012 seine cattle,
and while looking them up with several of
the hands had eome aoross my home while
the wolves wore devouring him, As 11 )813)10
appeared of my boing injured, 1(0 18(6 snaleti.
oil I was somewhere within ft few miles and
needing assistanee, Afi 21. (museum:moo, ho
had dropped ovet7thing also to look for Ina,
01111 11011 found me.
Wo examine4 thoroughly to see if the bull
was blind beyond hop?, and found 111(11 1(0
wair, so 3asked ny friends to put Mtn out
of has misery—I oottlet not boar to do 112 1113'.
self—and so they did.
1112170 had some little experionee with
wolves moo or twice since then, bat That
was the tdosest 0,11 I think I ever had,
pitchers, peoes of glass of extraordinary
(Inc 30,011y, &to, pith )0041 floater's, -with
the aid of a, collengue from Paris, have
examine,l the ramalne, and believe the
male ekeleton to be that of a Man
about tory years of age, while the (Mild is
said to have been Menet four. The deetors
are unable to determine even approximately;
the age of theomT
wan. he different object
foand seem to belong to tiro time of thew
13: 'nm cure of the village gives the for
lowiug as a probeble explanation :—During
the wars of religion, in the reign of 11 001)'
HI. and Ile.wy IV., one of the Drakes of
Bonnettilmn, 1,1 attee, 011 MS return home Nur.
prised hie wife and her paramour in the act
of feasting together. Carried away by 'age
lie had both the inan and the woman togeth-
er with the child and dog and the whole of
the banquet, threw') into the mespeol bs .
lelnd the mansion. 11 (0 2101 81121011 whether
there is any historical basie for this explai],
time
Didn't _Remember It.
"Absalom Carruthers," mad his wileorith
the (1000(11011 0(20!> syllable for good mee.eure,
"you were intoxicated hist eight."
"Well, I failed to 1101105 ite"
"Ererylanly else 110)100(1 11: they couldn't
help it. Yon were irretrievably drunk. -
"Not by a jugfed."
".1c0: but by eeveral jemfuls."
"You're away off, Hopsy."
"Not as greatly off as you were. You
tried to open the gate with your latchkey,
041(1 3(010 fell over 11 31210 the grass."
° ill'seern7Ou
onp the freer, steps ou your
hands and kneett, opened the (lents and in.
(-mired if Carruthers lived here. Do you
"And you eletnibled on a dark flower in
the carpet and nearly went down."
"Not 22 word of truth in it."
"Tried 10 1(121(3 year (1161 01) a fly on the 1
wall, and then asked where that, nail want I
to."
"You are totally haltheineeed."
"Why, you talked out of ynner ears, and
o'h'o the baby cried on the boil you went to
rodking its one as hard so you eould, sing.
ing, "Bye, 0 wy 0, Baby." Recollect
that?"
"Recolleat 11)11(1123."
"I expect not, and you 301 011 your knees
and patted and tubbed the hack of the hound
worked in worsted on the rug in front of the
grate and staid, Deggy, doggy.'"
"1 tell you I don't believe it."
" And you gave No a 31012(11 and said I
could get a new bonnet with it, and here's
that bill."
'Something strange. That bill looks kind
ce' natural and familiar, But I wasn't
drunk.
o"ourse it does look familier, and yon
said to my poor dear Ina, ielother, you've
glaoatyt.o stay with us till Bpi ing freeo
zes ver.'"
"Yes, you did, Absalom," said the old
Ah—yes--p-see; I—was—very—very
—drunk."
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A Wild Boy,
Another wild boy has been found. Dr.
Ornestein, of Athens, writes to the Berlin
Anthropological Smiley that near T,•ileala,
on the frontier of Thessaly and Epirus& boy
1(120 1300)1 foend in the woods in a wild state,
sometimes going on " all fours,' sometimes
wanting erect, Incapable of speech, bat im-
itating the voices of animels exactly. In
summer ha nourished himself principally on
milk, visiting the mettle of the neighbour.
hood by night. In winter ho ate roots and
acorns, Ile was taken to Trikala, and seems
to menstotn himself to the people, but can-
not learn to articulate words. It has been
found that he was the son of a Wallachian
labourer. Dr. Ornstein does not niention
the boy's age.
Kincaid St. Brockville, Out., Jan. 11,
1881/ ; I was confined to try bed by a severe
attack of lumbago. A lady friend of mine
sent me it pert of a bottle of St. Jacobs MI,
which I itimlied. The effect was simply
tnegiettl. 111 a day I was able to go nhont
my household duties, I have useel it with
splendid success for neuralgic toothache, I
would not be without it. Mee. 3, (311021.
LAgn,
A home jockey in Aroostook comity,
o„ repented of has sharp 30002 1009, joined
Omelet -melt, and annottneed that if he had
taken unfair advantege of anyom in a horse
trade he would be glad to square things by
paying the 411111118111(te 111 011811, 11 W71.087.174'ee.
ly daylight the ((1(01 11101111(13 when a neigh-
bor, who considered that ho had been
" roasted" in a swap with the newly 0011.
78(10(1 jockey, made his appearance at
101tor's door, remarking that ho had " come
early to avoid the etish." The jockey
promptly settled the oase.
To Mail Out Flowers.
To send flowers by mail cut them early in
the morning' tend lot them stand iu water
for menu limo before packing, so as to ab-
sorb m0101000 enough to prevent them
withering, in which ease they will not need
to bo sprinkled after they (1110 la 1110 non.
Pack in a light wooden box lined with 001 -
ton batting and coven:id with tissue paper.
Lay the Bowers, not on top of each other,
but in rows side by side, the blossoms of
each row on the stems of their nelghbore
end as close as possible ; cover with paper
old cotton 12300 that 1110 (111 of the box Is se-
curely fastened, and remember to write on
0210 0011101' "(11(1. Fletvere," as that will in
sure the plane being carefully and quick-
ly handled,
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purity welsh 00-1(008 (10(1 pronuges the 1110e08e.,
Thousands of people testify to 1110 success, of.
Bootl's BarSaparliki as a remedy for catarr11,
when other preparations had failed. flood's
ilarsaparilla also builds up Hie mune system,
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Hood's
Sarsaparrilla
$old 18- an druggists, 71 ; 1111(02p. Prepared only.
by 0.1.1100D Anotbeekries, Masa.
100 Doses One Dollar
Pis Second Coming.
At oath] 00 the bills or
wsre .71t,tebilect,
.1ta (11(1104.
11 a "re 1, O?i 11°071' '11(ljenailk7;j1.1'11(171.1
As tit' dawn of Boil pruntiso drew nigh.
ini.V101 )t Incleg0t?")11
10112 7,
OP their King in Illaognid'c'ent '41etioe'r,
And their mires groW oo(,llu1 and tender
hope of blessing foretold.
Again 1112 027 wafting Ills coming.
EellehIllii 110 to Iii,uttrottir ler worth,
, For the W1thin• is 0.817.70(Eng,
And the brotherhood'. right l, demanding'
That evil be banished from earth.
Again womem herald.. 1 II, ...fling,
tier elem. v(2iee 111 beim) 131 1.,0
the damn, when 011 nations
eolle the (1 isnt 2(11)02-1,'- tof.,,,nt ions,
And Goa refleete In man,
She genrds the 101,11111N. keeping:
By ((041 (2' 1 177' C10881 . et ones rung ;
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And till he 1111,1 (401' '17 • er1
w
Is written, (41(1 spoIten, .ung.
And all the world over the peup'.0
Are spreading' the iths,mu.toorond 1
elean,Ang the depths of too fountain ;
are. ,.12101,111e,, the hrte:ete of the mountain
Are wail:lag the valuing of 1211!,
—110-17 13.011•420.3
Equality is the life of conversation, and
he is as much out who assumes to himself
any part 1717020 another as he who considere
himself below the rest of sietety.---1 Steele
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Martinsville, N.J., Methodist Par-
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—I saw the advertisement of your
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G. t. GREEN, Sole Mon'fr,Woodbury,N.J.
The Salmon Pack,
OrrAwA Jan.—Accordingly to returns
10001901 at the Fisheries Department the
approximate total of salmon put up by the
British Columbia mina:rice during the past
season WAS 30-1,070 mat% or 1 4,038,944
pound cans. This a falling off in the pack
of alma. 84,000 eases as compared with
prove) year. Tho run on the Skeena river
hae been about an average'but on the
the Fraser river and Alert bay the past
lias boon an oir year. It is repotted that a
comeniesion (21(1 110 appointed to investigate
canning methods on the Fraser and devise
means for preveetIng the depltleion cf the
salmen fisheries 011 that, river as has been
the moo on the Columbia river. The Qom -
mission Will probably C0119188 of Mr, Samuel
Wilmot:, superintendent of fish annum for
the Dominion ; Sheriff Armstrong, of New
Wostminister, and Mr, 11y. W. Higgins, of
to
Vicria. 13, d.
Xo manhout,
or wont to 1(0(09811 wit
learning. immility on this side the grove,—
Eitaigaititl'is above ne and eoloe around ust but
if we have not lightand color in our eyes we
shall not soa thom outside us.
In any mina of nobleness a lapse into
transgression 1130111011 08 object Stilt regarded
as supro010 isettes in a novol mid pure de.
votodness, chastened by humility and watch-
ed over by a passionate rowet.
The Bible, without a spiritual life to in-
terpret it, is lilte a trellis on which no vine
grows—bare, angular main the way. The
Bible with a, spIritual life is like a trellis
covered with a luxuriant vine, beautiful,
0(1010(15, and heavy with purple lusters
shining through tho leaves.
NeaVikaingialailvA efp.o...e•
tenieteesiill'aldlEMIIIIMANditaftlt
0 WITHOTJT AN EQUAL. •
S 01, CURES
\ 0 ' RHEUMATISM,
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