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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-7-25, Page 60 TEE BRUSSELS PO T. Ilateleal,49888seslaelentilelatileiltalisioMen818.081181111.11.4:01011.81Meesest TiE LION TATUIL • 11,30-7 NATieARET MA3ENDin. 01141.1"rlat I, The trumpets; peeled shrilly through the 4streets of Mel:Beton ; eveii soul rilshed to the window, every passenhy stopped in eager euriosity, little boys sprang up the lamp posts, carte and vans eletired out ef the way. A magnificent iwocession—it reirees, whose renown had long preceded its advent, was in the act of arrivieg, A golden car came first, very brilliant, 'drawn by a isair of (weans colored hursee sleeked with. scarlet trappings. On the coachman's seat, which was transformed into a gorgeous Gentle, sat a fairy. On her thisow, high above the vulgar herd, she looked fair enough, so fair that. the little boys ;slapped their hands iu ecetatie admira- tion. She had a enroll, pathetic face, with great, big, blue eyes, the carefully darkened lines around them making them shine. She bad a huge mass of golden fluffy hair, blow- ing bath and round her face in a clotidy bush. All her own, Elsie Condor had awls splendid hair that it '7031S the 0110y of all her oompanions. The fairy, with a, star on her brow and long floating silver -Hooked robes, bent ittra• bly frorn her throne, and with a little fanci- fill salute of both hands, !Mug perfumed pros grammes right mid left, as her triumphal ear slowly passed on its way, All those who were lucky enongh to see one pallor showing even through the rouge, seff the programmee, hardly gletwal at them, 0 Stop 1' exelainted the cloven looking at -before pressing to see what was to follow. hint fixedly. "Stop ! you are not fit te go. 'This seas the exciting announcement ; (live over to -night, and I'll go on and play " Signor Guglielmo Chrultivino, the famous the foot, and gut the governor to get you lion tamer, will perform to -night among six .01 e savage lions " "No, no, friend," said Will. " Nonsense! A great barred cage on wheels was pass- the cages are on. Good-bye sweet love." ing now; a strange wild -beast odor followed He etooped and kissed her lightly. She its progress. On oue side rolled and thudded put ent no hands to stay him, he must net a clown. He was quoting nonsense, gages. i be stopped now, The moment had vome. quolv pretendieg teiror at the contents of tie went tmt. the imp rages, syhen n low sullen roar w:71 i Elsie flung herself ou her knees, 1T the heard and he counterfeited a swoon of fear. beneh : she th mist her lands into her haus The crowd raised him up and he went off, in wild abandeinnent, twisting it round and out of their hands turning head over heeh, round. like au india-rubber ball, rollowed IT roars i 11 'leaven help us child, what is it 1" said of laughter. 1 the . hi elewn, seating lihnself by her, " is it The excitement increased. A shout ran , alu.ays like this 3" dowo the street : "Here he is! The lion! tamer ! Dote° 1 Fine fellow 1 Hurrah 1' ed in an agony oi listening. She could hear She melded ; her whale brain was absorb. They cheered him lustily. Ile wail a fine, eget.3. issf„ts, soft 1003(1111 of her husband's looking man, this Signor thie,lielmo Condo -1 , s. feet as he crossed into the arena. Tiae, alias Will °saki., the liashaa" ta i The old elown hent down and spoke iu a Tretty Elsie, the flying fairy. Tall, power- I whisper, tally made, with apperently a magnificent Slie tutted her asheu Mee to his and nod- " Elsie ! has he lost his sleeve ?" obesti in his eloseditting velvet tunic, he , tied again, then returned to her absorbed appeared the perfection of strength and sym- t fearful listening. matey. His features also were regular and The manager of the circus heal as usual very liandsome. paved the way for Condor's appenrance. Two gentlemen stood together ot the pave- i , , Ladies and gentleman, to you who have =ant. At first slightly elluoYed by tim! honored us by veer presence hero to -night szowd, they else became interested. One tlf I we appeal to ask of your kindness a, great them was a surgeon of great entinence, Sir I favor. The teumened lion tatiter, the Signor Maxwell Bede. He put his hand on his! Geglielmo Cordovino, will now go through .friend's arm and said, "What a powerful' his ggive peeformance in the lion'e den. snan!" His power over them is such that he can go s 'Yes, it must be the lion tamer. A well- in, handle them like clogs and lie down =sae fellow. I have heard of his feats. He 1 with his head on the shoulder of the gigan goes among the lions as if they were so many tic African monarch, Dion. But I must slogs, and lies down among them." venture to point out to yen that to ensure "He may do that once too often." the absolute safety of our famous performer, The lion tamer bowing his acklmwledge- a profound silence on the part of the audience anents, heel turned a little aside and was is ilot only desirable, but essential. Ladies conghing—a little inoident, but Sir Maxwell and gentlemen, deeply as we value your ap- Bede was curiously guick of observation— plause, until this performance is at an end he saw it and very slightly shook his head. we beg that you will manifest no sign of "I should like to see the Peafarmauces feeling. In some cases, where the lions arc 33randroth." miserable cowed. brutes, this precaution -"Nothing.so easy. There is a performance may not be necessary, but it is not so with 'tomorrow night at eight I see," glancing at our lions. They are the veritable desert the progranune. "You won't expeee me to monads, the mighty kings of the forest; thuy accompany you, I suppose ? ' are powerful as in their nativefreeclom--el "No, "°' I am "0 Vilma 1 ame6 °MY their mightiness only to be constrained by the superior will o1 man. With a profouu lone the manager with. two meek ill-tempered camels,. a, patient drew, and a breat ess silence reigned in the chaotic elephant, a noisy sarcastic hyena, whole vast arena, seheieking its hideous mocking laugh. The huge cages filled the space. The The two friends walked. on. audience were faithful, with bated breath Braudreth °mut was but a mile front Mid- they staved and mado no sign of applense. dleton, a charming housestanding in beauti- There wore tive lions nitogother, two of them fel carefully cultivated gardens. Colonel seemecl asleep, two restlessly rammed from Brandroth's yottng wife was waiting for side to side, backwards and forwards, with therm She was a pretty spoilt beauty, very a well -learnt experience of the limits of winning a little tyrannical, but owning the their glace, and the spot on which it be. .kindesb heart in the world. She heard the hooved them to turn. One huge fellow lay story, and was seized with a longing to go , muse to the bars, bis great hend betwee»lus and see the performance herself. She mute i „aim the only sissn of life about him being her husband send out to secure at once the rn the gleam of his eye. Luey Brandreth shrank closer to her hus- band. There was 170 one to see, so he put his arm round her and held her hand fast, "My an ling, Inv darling can yen do it, ? Oh, 1 cave I, 1711101 it go on like this 1" "Wait," he said "wait, my lit.eistli is ann. ing book." 11 0114 coming back, the paroxysm of coughing 77 08 0001'. "1 ain better," 117.011171, lie leauel his head back egainst oue of the tent simperte, his breathing 'became easier, his eyes were closed, he had a look of great exhaust ten, Elsie rose to her feet and brought him a email flask eoutnining brandy, and he swal- lowed some with diffieultv. Outside rose up a nitse of impatience, a storm of hi/ones and rattling on the ground, "1 mesa go, he said, rising to his fea, She threw bee arms round lora, she clung to hins The curtain vens pushed aside, and the clown 00.1111 in. " can't keep it going any longer, old chap. The governor has pee on to ask ha' milence, and the men began to mill up the cages. Don't take on so, dear," Ile said to Elsie., as a sharp shudder went throogh her. '1 Look how much better he looks now. Here Will," be added anxiously, ' 1I borrowed. Jenny's rouge. Give him it toutis See Elsie you underetana these things better. than I touch him op. Do sees remember the notice in the liessburough Journal itstsid he was white its a sheet, and the governor did not like it." " Sump down my darling," mennured 1 I will give you a color, so. Now don't forget, " 11 ill Will !keep your eye on Dion, he is growing tierce. ' " I must go," said Will, his denthdike long. I only want to see the lions." The procession moved on ; the usual thing; beet places in the Mecum. The dm came. According to the place held by t e lion tamer in the programme he would not be likely to apperse before nine for sho was trembling. o'clock. They dawdled over dinner , Lucy Sir Maxwell Bede weal leaning forward, Illrandreth enveloped herself in softfurs, the his eyes fixed on the opening through which snowy whiteness around her little throat the hen tamer must come. made her unusually pretty, S.he drank her All oyes were strained on the same spot, coffee standing by the fleetest' the moment 01100 lightly, easily, moving with the grace of their start. of perfect form and proportion, Will Con- dor appeared. Ile noticed no one, ntade no bow le the audience, only walked greekly to the cage, opened the door and went in. There was a breathless hesh, not a sound waS heard, but a kind of snorting and pur- ring as the lions circled rouod him, pusinng against him as they passed in their swinging walk to and fro. Backwards and forwards CHAPTER II. The circus was crowded, and the caulk/toe avas easily pleased anclveryenthitsiastic, the plac.e resounded with the clapping of bands. It wasnot a very mend circus, the velvet and gold andspang celled seen better days, the clown wits not so young as he had been he walked among them, stepping carefully but the ggod-natured worldreceived his time- from place to place ; then advancing to old honored Jokes with applause. Elsie Comlor Dien lie lay quietly down and. put his head was ahvays popular, She hounded in with on his shoulder. Ohl Dion was still sleepy, her little eircesvider courtesy, Itisslug the' he did not move ; the others went, rubbing tips of her fingers. Ono light spring otto past him, uttering snarling noises. tho broad saddle of old Samba, the tireY It was perhaps not three whole minutes horse, and away she went round, the arena, that he lay therie but to the audience it up, down, flying through the hoops, uttering seemed an eternity, all awful eternity, and a little shrill cries, all in exact time and with thrill of horror rushed through them when Zg eat spirit, her great bush of golden hair Condor rose to his feet, for old Dieu re( e ing nut all around her, no wonder that also with a bound, but Condor WaS outside and fastening the great iron bolt, mill Dion looked after him with a low, dull roar, The workmen rushed the machinery acted well, the cages wore rolled away, and Will Condor good olone in tho midst of the arena. The applause began elowly, fitfully ; the people woo not sore yet that they might clap ; then it mune with a rush. The clown tumbled in again, making fun, catalog the exeited audience Le roar ivith wild heigh- ter, and ii17. the middle of it the riders poured in, Mrs, Brigelreth rose and prepared to go ; She Was white as a sheet. Sir Maxwell h,,,avo her his arm ; they wont out together withuot speakieg. when she stopped, slipped down off old. Santho's back, and eourtesied herself out, they till applauded madly, Anil now the clown began tumbling about, filling up the time, joking endlessly—the moment bad arrived for the event of the night. in the state box, radiant hi pearls end snowy furs, Lucy Brandreth sat, the bright flush of mingled excitement and fear on her cheek, Sir Maxwell Bede, with his thin hatchet face and curiouely keen oyes, wn,s stroking his chin thoughtfully and tentless for the great event of the whole perform. Same. Did he fancy there was soma unwonted delay, that the olown's jokes were becoming exhausted --at all events the people's feet were beginning to stamp impel:Wetly on the iloor, and the clown pretended that the lion Was coining, and got up 17 SeMb1171100 of terror which made them ttll laugh. There "was a tent at the bath of the circus in which the riders flresseq, and hero dressed in his elose-fitting tense and spangles the lion -lamer oat, He was coughing, a low sough which seemed to rack hint through roul through. He laid his hand on his chest, he drew deep breaths, the pain of which hrotight thick beads of perspiration to his brow, ono nerveless hand rested on his wifo's ishoulder, Elsie knelt beside him in the sanolust, her golden hair pushed beak, her arms twined round hint, her great blue oyes looking at him, full of the yearning anxiety of her passionate Ione. Tenderly she emoothed baelc the think hair, &nip and glued together, from his brow, I HAPTEll III, The rain was falling now in torrents tho riders wore swanning in and out of their dressing -room, so it Wag 110 place for the poor fairy, Condor was wanted there ; he could sel. dem go home before. the whole performance was at an end, Ito might be called for, he was always ready to mtske himself useful, the gentlemen used to come round, nsk to see him ; and last of all, he must give the lions some dainties, some scraps of meat. as 00. ward and bribe, Elsie had gone into the woman'spartition, she looked very white, but there WiL0 strange look of determination on her face, Ono of the female riders ts tell handsome girl in Amason eestunte, stakcd hor if she was . "Yon have lost your color my dear," she said, 1 mad to lose my cOlor once, it all a matter of feeling, if you tare muchfor nay (ale employed et our game its all up with von. Look how much better I swat now, 1. 4111 tWiee KS good 08 W08 811100--•" S110 turned away. Eisie'r; eyes followed her tristfifily-the sm11010110 had come ; tho girl ran off ou to the ;wenn, making a gath- er, more brilliant entree then motel. She aud her brother Tom used 10 do won. derfol things on the trapeze, yettrs ago. Eve tea slipped, slw failed him owe, There was a tragedy eolanua iu the Theta the next day. Poor Tom died Oat night, holding her hand fast, and after that the Quven of the Amazons disappeared, The compeny paid for her summit in Bedlam foi time, and welt -caned her when she came back, She worked all the bettor for having no (me to care for, at least so sho said. Elsie put en her big waterproof cloak, drawing the hood over her head, The women were all busy, and oho stele out 1110 observed, On one side of the enclosure ovoupial by the thew, the lions' cage lad been placed, a great wooden and tarpaulin shed sheltered them, and in one corner of dwelled burned a small fire, oVer Which 1•1' o of the keepers crouthed, thirir blankets drawn round therm Elsie mune swiftly up to them --"I 0r1e1t1s1,11,,yy.1',', she said. "See, here is Your feett/ne of the keepers rose heavily to his "You know your own business, miaow," he said. "Stay, I'll light the helms. It aint no business of mine," he grumbled, "and if harm come of it, Diek there 1111181 bear me witness—Dion taut in the best of humors tmnight." "I eau manage him," said Elsie, fearless.. The man lighted two or three lamps hangs iug round the shed. It aesi an imperfeet light at best. The lions wero moving rest- lessly Whom, except old Dion, who lay so 118111(1 elose to the bars. The keeper held out a key to Elsie. She paused a moment, threw off her waterproef cloak, and stood there in her brilliant fairy dross, svith a little pointed white weed 111 her heed, the masses of her golden hah. streaming round her, aud the light gleaming etrangelv on the star on her brow, With 'a quick movement she opened the door mei walked ie among the lions. elhe went front one to another, shining, spark- ling and. glitteriug, touching their gnat heads with her little wand, even stroking and settee ohl Dion, uttering those strange sharp little circler cries with which the rid- ers encoumee their horses, as she weut They seemea smite at home with her, and after a mornent oe two she came out, lock- ed the door behind her, and returned the key. 'They are quite friendly with me now, are not they?" she said to the keeper, He nodded surlily. "Aye," he said, "but it ain't nature—I don't like it." She laughed lightly. "Goodnight," she said. She was golng, wrapping henielf in her cloak, when the -keeper who haa been siting all the time over the fire, raised hie surly head and said gruffly, "I say, Misses, yon tell your man not. to trust old Dion no further than he can see him. That was all ugly jump Ito made at the hist to -day," The color forsook Elsie's face; her knees shook, "Dion jumped ?" she said. "He did, the ladies and gentlemen thought it was all part of the job ; but Dion didn't ought to have doue it, tell Bill so." 'I will," she said hoarsely. She went nut into the darkness ; the rain was pouring, th ground one mass of mud mid water. Ehao WAS glad when she got back into shelter, The Amazon had just tromo off the arena ; her eyes thining, "I took the great jump, Elsie. I did," she exclaimed. "Liste11 ehild 1 Listen to the hawse 1" (TO BB CONIISTEP.) A Brave 3r ttnaroo. A very pathetic story comes from Aus- tralia, descrildng a kangaroo's daring for her young. The owner (if a cotustry shake Wen Sitting 0110 (Welling on the balcony out- side his house, when he was surprined to notice a kangaroo li»gering about, alternate- ly approaching and retiring from the house, as though half in doubt and fear what to do. At length she approached the water - pails, and, taking. ts young one from her pouch, held it to the water to drink. While her baby was satielying its thirst the mother w as quivering all over with excitement, for she was only a few feet front the balcony, on which one of her fgreat foes was sitting w atching her. The little one having finish- ed drinking it was replant] in the pouch, and the old kangaroo started off at a, rapid pace. When thenatural timidity of thekal•ga,- roo is taken into account it; will be reoarsocl what astonishing bravery this affectionate mother betrayed. It is a pleasant ending to the story to be able to state that the eye. witness was so affected by the scene that from that Ono forward he could never shoot at a kangaroo. Wonderful Memory. The point to which reliance on the memory may be carried safely by proper training ie thus illustrated by Mr. Frederic Pincott " Bengt Singh could norther roadster write, but he know all that was going on in every part of a kingdom as large as Frame Ile tens ablo financier, and knew at all tunes accurately the contents of all his treasuries, I ' f 1 I s, 1 • 1 • virtues, tho relative power of his neighbors, Vie strength and weakness of the English. The architectural triumphs of Indio, were nearly all built by inell who could neither read nor write. The Indian druggist may have laindrecls of jars, one above the other from floor to ceiling, 110t one of them marked by label or ticket ; yet he 71eVer hesitates in placieg hie hand on the right vessel when- ever a drug is required, The °editing wo,shennen go roung to houses with them donkeys and collect Gm clothes, some from rem house, somo from emotion These they convey to the river and wttsh, and in re- tlirliing With the huge pile, never fall to de- liver each partioular article to its rightful owner." The Cholera BuroPe, The maroh of the cholera is 'worth noting carefully, The gruesome propheetes about the probabilities of a sweep of tho dreadful pestilence over the world m 1800 annotmees that it would start from Asia, as it 1100 done. It has swept 011 tO the Mediterranean, and has now made a, descent upon Spanish ports whieb are in constant eommunication with oer Atlaptio seaports, Valencia, where the visitation is nose extremely severe, is con. stantly receiving and sending out American trading ships and steamers. Perhaps the plague will be 'mastered and localised before it creeps northward to I aris mid London I perhaps it will defy all sebum. If it in. crosses in Europe all American cities should pay speoial attention to their sanitation until the autumn frosts arrive, ABIDE MOE AS WAS NEVER TAKEN. From Itlogorpoltenstc to St. Petoriburg, 5,400 Nitres. on Ike Same llonst., It is a neater of entonishment to Mal* that in tine age of feats of endurance so little has been heard of equestrien fasts of the aptain Burnaby order. Shure the famous ride to Khiva, perhaps the most notable nehievement of the kind was that laet year oi Cornet Asayetf, who, it will be remembered, rode front lmbeen fin Poland) to Paris, Few are Ware, holvel'er, that both Bilrnaby's and Asayeirs feats are now Meng surpassed, A Siheran Cossack, 1 >metre(' Pjeslikoff by Hanle, is 1111W 00 a ride from Illagml cell ensk , In Isastere Silvan, to 1st Men:burg, lila- govjecheusk is a Cossack station on the Amour, in iatitode 50 0 N., Inegitude 127 c E., and the distance Pjeshkoff will have to cover before he reaches his distillation is about 8,000 versts, or 0,400 hInglish The intrepid rider set out on the 7th ot No - author last, and on the 27th of Febrnary, 113 days afterward, 10,2 o'clock in the after, mem, arrived at Omsk (511 0 N., 71 0 ES having accomplished 1.000 reads, or nearly 3,200 miles ot his journey. On the third of last month he resumed his task, and has now arrived in St. Petersburg, The horo of this remarkable feat, a man of some education, is ecimmander Of a hun- dred in one of theCossack regiments station- ed on tho Amour, and has had, therefore, to obtain leave of absence from hie dutien to enable him to carry out his project, The ride is remarkable enough on account of the distance to lie csivered, the many dangers and difficultly:I of the road, and the trying nature of the elimateof the distriets through which the road. lies. But more remarkable than any other eircumstance is the fact that the same horse carried IleSlikotI from one end ei his journey to the other. This anim- al, which on its arrival in St, Petersburg was as 11771011 an object of admiration as its rider, is of the ordinary Cossack breed. It was born in Siberia, and was purchased by Capt. Pjeshkoff for 150 roubles, et g 15. It is 3 years old, and of light may eelor. In height it is rally arshine 1 5 versales, and is therefore much under the average 817.0. At Omsk it underwebt an ex- amination et the hands of Gon. Tenho and various officers of the staff, teul was reported to be in eecellent condition, save tat the hair on its back had been worn away by the constaut friet ion of the saddle. In the per- son of Capt. Pjeshlsoff it has only a light weight te 0818'y, that officer 'weighing only 3 poods 2.2 pounds, but saddle, saddle -hags, mid accoutrements, ,ke., bring up the total weight to 135 carried to 4 ponds 38 pounds. This weight in English measure, taking. the pood as 1)0111;4 equal to 30 pounds avoirclu- 116.0, mild be about 1 1 stone. The food of the horse consisted of oate and hay, Capt. Pjeehltoff noted in the diary winch Ito keeps the weight of these consumed per diem, and has observed that the appetite of his steed increases as the distance travelled becomes greater. At the start eight pomuls of oats and tee pounds of hay per day were sufficient to satisfy it, but by the time Omsk was reached thirty pounds of the formee commodity and fourteen pounds of the latter were required. As for drink, for the great- er portion of the journey the herse drank no water in the liquid form, being obliged to be content to quench its thirst by eating snow snatched up on the road. An English horse reduced to such necessity would not survive the ordeal, butmost Cos- sack horses aro used to it, and receive no harm whatever. The line route from Blagovjechensk to Omsk lay through Strejtensk, l'orehnevo- dinsk, Irkutsk, .Atehensk, and Tomsk, and at each of these places stoppages were made, amouuting in all to 2.5e, days. To obtain the exact lime occupied in the saddle be- tween Nov. Tand Feb. 27, it will be necess- ary', therefore, to deduct, this number of days from the 1 1 3 days comprised in that period. Throughout thewholejoruneyto Omsk, C!apt. Pjeslikoff states that he met with no unto- ward or unpleastmt circumstances until he reached TeenSk, where he had the misfortune to excite the suspicions of the police, and to he obliged for one night to put up with such accommodation as is Vitally aceOrded to suepected people. He was treated at first very redely by his official captors, anti was only released on furnishing sullicieut col - donee that he had no designs on the life or the property of the oitizens. ' lent Pjeslikoff's dress consists of a short wadded coat, a fur cep, long fur boots, and fur gloves, &a. As an extra protection from tho cold he wore also a short fur overcoat, and a bashalik or cowl, which is drawn over his cap whenever it is windy. His arms are swore, a revolver and a "Reenshal" or two-edged dagger. His saddle, which is of Moscow make, contains all the necessagy conveniences for carrying fodder for his horse, his own changes of linen, horseshoe nails, and other such necessaries. Ho ear. ried no provisions, buying whatever he re- quired in the ehape of food at the different stations and villages on the road, As maybe expected, this daring rider was the recipient M. ninny ovatioes nt the towns nt which he stayed en route. On the eve of his departure from Omth the officers of the Siberian Cossack regiments stationed in that elty gave a grand. banquet in his honor. A Far-off Star. It is difficult to eeneeive that tho bonsai foil dog star is a globe much larger tutu osir stm, yet it is a fact that Shrine IS a slummy times more migaty then our own, This splendid star, which, even in our mast pow- erf al telescopes, appeare as a. mere point of light, is in reality globe emitting ao mous a quantity of light and heat that tvere it to take the place of ote. sun every creature on this earth would be consumed by its buns - Mg, rays. Skins shining with far greater luster than any other star, it was natural that astrono- mers should have regarded this tts being the nearest of all the "fixed" stars ; but recent investigation on the distanced of the stare has shown that the nearest to us is Alpha Centauri, star belonging to the southern latitede, though it is probable that ,Siritte le about fourth on the list in order of ilistanee, For though there are about fifteen or twenty stars whose distalices have been conjectured, the astronomer knows that in reality all of them, save three or four, lie at distances too greal to be measured by any instruments we hrove at present. Astronomers agree it fixing the distance of the nearest fixed star at 22,000,000,000 miles, and it is certain that the distance of Sirius is more than three and less then six times that of Alpha Centauri, most likely about five times, so that we ate probably not far from the trnth if we set the distance of Sirius atabott 1 00,000,009,00,000, miles. What a vast distance is this that separates us from Oita bright, star Words Mid figures themetives fail to convoy to our minds any adequate idoa of its true character , To take a oominon example of illestrat- ing snob enormous distances. It is 0411011. lace that the boll from an armstrong 100. pounder (puts the gun with the speed of about 400 yards per second, Now, if this velocity could be kept up i Wolf require no fewer that 1 00,000,000, years before the could reach Sirius, GEBA.t. GAME APRIOA, Y.- co1,0011 com It the (Area (oil lItiollag Itrouild Ilto World. Royal Phelpe Carroll has returned from hin shunting tap 111 the ilitenplored Wilds of Alden, where he taeght the elephants (if the Mesta cotint.y, for the first time, to respeet the sound of the rifle, Alr. Carroll Mei naterally brought. back with him hosts of good Movies of big genie, whiter he tells, upon oucasiosis, with the unostentatimis zest of the true 8portsmaii Centaurs' to the slittliit, of most Africnn huntere, he &elm neither in the misrvelloun nor the her Me "As for Hoes," raid he, 1, few deys ago, "you don't run amoss them every day, yoll know, even though the Masai mushier them amred and never kill them They ere ideal - fel enough. -far too plentifttl for the good. of the edible game of the lend, and even for the safety of tie people, 13M they keep very quiet, in their jungle strongholds, and it ie only by chance yon noW and then run DOreetS therm If 1 had been after lions par- ticulaely nu doubt the natives, who kuow their svnys, could have round ate their hiding plaees. As it was, I was in Africa for elephants end did not look for more lions thee I mot by the Way. Lions were all round camp, however, evesy night. We could not see them, for they kept well outside the line of camp fires, but 00 constantly heard them. They made a most peculiar noise. The lion's cry' is not the thunderous roar that people think, Imagine a noise resembling a grunt, and yet with soinethiug of the dignity of a roar, and you will eleint have it. With day- light, however, the lions disappear. 'I had good 0110110es et seven lions, yet I only got ane of than. That fellow was IL earns) follower. He had been eller us for a day or two. One morning I caught a glimpse of him, grabbed my big express, and follow- ed. I caught sight (if hint once and fired. dashed into the brush. I followed hire. Soon I got another chance and fired again. Again he cliseppeaaed in the Month , and I after him, seller about half an hour of thi he turned. It was in 011 open. I silly him swing Ammar( tree, ewe naul crouch. I took a rarebit aim and fired. He disappear- ed. llut I found him nut far off with his shoulder 1 irok en. "Once I lied a chnswe such as very seldom offers to u. eportsman, and I lost it. became of an attack of genuine buck fever—lion fever I suppose you might terin it in this awe. I might, have lingsed five Ikea on the spot if it hadn't been for tat. "It happened this way. I was beating through heavy jrtngle, my biggest Engli I express on my arm, and some of nly people behind carrying other loaded wage= 10 hand me in case of need, I was after an elephant. I broke through 'a inalis Of ex- ceptionally heavy brush, and suddenly found myself on the velase of a precipice. The rocks shot precipitately down at my feet for thirty yards or more, foul arose again as precipitately on the other side of a 50.foot chasm, at the bottom of which rushed a mountain torrent. The opposite edge of the chasm was clear of brush and covered for some distance beck with a lux - meant growth of fine grass about three foot high. While I was studying the lay of the land a hugh tawny head with flowing mane hopped up out of the grass opposite, and the bask of a great lion became visible. He did not see me. At the same time I caught sight of a huge lioness, and presently made out twee nearly .grown cubs. They were all in the grass, all in short range and all easy prey. I had no excuse whatever for fear, because not one of trent, if enraged, could leap that ehasm in the teeth of a rifle, and I had plenty of good. rifies elose by in the hands of my men. But the unexpected chalice upset me. I became most unreason- ably excited. I fired at the hig one with my big express, and, without any possible excuse for it, missee him. My men passed me up ride after rifle, but I got more rat- tled. at every miss, and the lions all go away. It wits a most disagreeable, not to say disgusting, experieime, An Meal Small Boy. Jelniny (aged 0, brother to Amelia)— " My sister, Mr. Spoo»ee, will be up direct- ly. She is now engaged. in washing supper dishes." Mr. Spooneo.—" I thought young ladies left that business for their mothers to at. tend to." Johnny—" Some young ladies who think only of their own ease may lenve such work for their mothers, but Amelia never does, She never permits mother to do anything which she can do herself. I don't think I ever saw n yang lady 1017 0 kept herself so busy about the house. Really, I thinle she is never so happy as when at work." Mr. Spoonee— Toll me, Johnny, sloes she ever say anything about me ?" Johnny— She frequently speaks of -you 80 11 gentleman whom uo Woman could help esteetning highly, You know she has many suitors, bet never, oho says, until she sew you did she exporter.= anything approach- ing to love." Ur. Spoonee—" Of course, she knows that my fortune is ample, and—" johnny—" Excuse me, sir, but while, of course, she is not insensible to do advan- tages of wealth, she has repeatedly said that when she wade it will be becalms° of the love she bears thc man who asks her hand." Mr. Spoonee—. Come, Johnny, do you think she would have me?" Johony—" I can't stty positively, sir, I know nhe thinks well of you. Indeed I am Bum she cannot fail of recognizing your worth, But there is a Mr. quick who has presried his seit very industriously for some limo, end if I may be snowed to mako Suggcation, ehould advise you to peopose as quickly es possible, You will excuse me now, Mr. Spoonee, I hoar Amelia on the stairs, isnd it might be embarrassing for you to meet in my presence. Good evening, sir." A Gratifying Endoreement, "joint, Charles, William I" oried the boys' mother, "whoro ara those peaches I loft here ?" "In our midst," returned tho boys ; and when the doetor called thatnight the moth- er know that her little darlings had spoken truthfully as well ne with a grammatical so - curacy that is not universtd. Another Artless Creature. " Your father was exceedingly, I should say unusually, coeclial in his manner to me tomight," said thebasliful young man, after the old gentletnen had passed on upstairs, " Indeed, did he impress you so '1" asked the fair ere:stare Who eat at his sido. "And what do you think he said this morrung Olt, it WAS Stich 17 jeke 1 guess 1" I'm sure / haven't, the slightest idea," " Such a joke 1 Ire traid—ho said MOMS he passed through the hall lost nishe he was sureho heard you—heardyou—Itiss 11101 The idea I" --" Why, or—why, / never did such a thing in my 1 1--" The old gentleman will have anew somin 1W host month, JULY 2.5,18C.0, 118848881.8888188018801110180wounrs.mmuser Late Cable News. Local Sensations in London—The Post- men's Grievances- -Iovemeuts of Roi^! alty--General Notes, London ham been having for a week a :surfeit of steusatious, Partial mut- inies occuried ia sou:cession In the police fortes Grenadier Guards, and postal nervice, and timid folke barred their doors and win- dows in the belief that a reign of terror was ebout to commence, But at no tinw and in no direction was there any real clangor. The so-ealled mutiny resolved itself into a box. raok-yard military squabble, the police mutiny proved to be of contemptible pro- portions, and the postmen's agitation cols lapsed in a Inclicrone fashion upon the first show of firmness hy the authorities, The grievances of the postmen are real mid serious, hut the men went to work the wrong way to redress theln, Or 10 obtain public help or sympathy, At their meet- ings strangers were nuspected end assaulted, reporters were kicked and cuffed, and the most vuilent language was indulgea in. The union leafiers boasted and bluetered, but when pnt to the teet they Were proved to be lacking all the qualities necessary to coil - duet the struggle to a successful issue. A11 unpropitious moment was 01100011 for the strike, and -wrong methods were followed from the first. Most of the mon became cl sspirited before tho fight began, and when the signal wits given it Was obeyed only by a few nattered stalwarts, who, as a natural result, Were eut off in detail by tho officials. The movement 11105 in truth muddled in n. most. melancholy Manner. The inen htsve lost all faith in their union, which is in con- sequence already in process:of disintegration, The Prince end Princesss of Wake wore unable to id tend Stailley's wedding, owing to a long•st meting engagenieut to open the National Rifle A:am:alien's annual meting at the new camp at, Ilieley, 101d 1 her the rifle- men have been trompolied to move because their shooting ttt 'Wimbledon, with its occes shine' twoompaniment of stray bullets, de- teriorated the value of the Duke of Cam- bridge's propeay in that district. l'he cereneiny consisted in the Princess firing the first shot, and very prettily she performed it. A new intsgazine rifle was supplied for her use, end carefully muunted un a stand to prevent 'kicking. Sir Henry Belford, 1110 famous shot, sighted the rifle to 1110,500 - yard range, the Princess pulled the trigger, and the marker signalled a bull's-eye. 'rhe rayal inarkswonan wits uproariously cheer- ed. Pelnce Henry of Battenberg and Ids wife, Princess Beatrice, have started on is Contin- ental tour, which is to last about two months. Kaiser Wilhelm has arrived at Bergen and is busily engaged in sigh tseeieg, He declares enthusiastically that he thoroughly enjoyed the cruise front Christiania, 0111100911 the weather wae atrocious. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is still tak- ing the waters at Carlsbad. The report is relived that 11 wife hew been found for him, but the lady's name is still a mystery. deeli nes to leaves Delgada, and the impreseion strengthens that he is planning unsehief. Ifo is certainly in want of meney, and the Radical Government is being urged to bribe him to return to I'aris, even if it costs 500,000 francs, Some patriots hint not obscurely tat assassina- tion would be easier and cheaper. Hints for the Table‘ SALLY L1-717S.—Ilin well three tablespoon- fuls of baking powder with one pound of flour ; then add two well beaten eggs warm largo cnpfn 1 of milk and dissolve one large tablespoonful of butter in it ; niix has) It stiff dough ; divide it into four pnrts and form each hits buns with the hands ; brush the top with beaten egg ; bake about 20 minutes, serve hots split open and buttered, Grams' Pea Sot:D.—CM 11p one.quarter of a pound of salt pork, and put it on to boil in about ono quart of water, allow the pork to cook until it is very tender, then remove it front the liquor and add half a peek of fresh green peas, two sprigs of celery', cut fine, and water enongh to cover well ; when the peas are tender, add ono pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of better, and salt and white pepper, let all boil up once after milk. is added ; skint out a few of the peas, Mash them and turn them into the tureen, and peer the hot soup upon them ; serve with toast. IlitoWnED MUTTON. —Sew tip it leg of mut- ton in a piece of cheese cloth ; lay it in water to cover it well ; add tablespoonful of sett and boil well, Thawing 12 minutes for oath pound ; then remove it from the water and the cloth ; sprinkle with pepper end fine °rather crumbs ; place in the oven 1141111 the crumbs become brown ; serve with drawn butter, with (hopped pickles added. Ham PATE. —Chop all the scraps from cold boiled ham ; chop six hard boiled eggs ; put a layer of the ham in a small melding dish, then a layer of the ogg, and so eon- tinue until all are used ; Incesten each layer with a sauce made of one tablespoonful of butler, 011C tablespoonful of flour mild one copied of milk ; cover the top of the dish with bread or cracker crumbs and bits of butter and bake about 11011 en hour, Been am) slieeS of cooked beef in a frying pan with pepper, nalt, cupful of stowed tomatoes and ono -half a oupful of water, with a dessertepoonfel of flour mixed in it heat quickly, so the hoof nhall riot become hardened, peer the mixture into a small platter, arrange a fort, of nuished potatoes around it, wipe it over with beaten egg, place in the oven long enough to brown the potato and 801'00 at once, DIM' CUSTARD l'117.—One quart of milk, grated rind of one lemon, ono tablespoonfffi. of flour, four eggs, four heaping teaspoonfuls of sugar ; boil the milk and lemon rind to- gether until the Intik is strongly flavored, then strain it and add the flour mixed smooth ht colcl oink, lot it boil up once, stir it con. stantly, then pour over the beaten eggs and sugar poor into deep plates lined with paste and 'lake carefully. 011nAll PIM —Beat three eggs thoroughly arid veld one tetd euptule of Sugar, three tablespoonfuls of water, one table. Spoon fel of lemon juice, two mufti's of Hour, one tenspoonfell of belting powder, 7171X these ingredients thoroughly, adding the Ironton whites of the eggs last ; bake in shnl- low pen% alid when cool fill with cream and dust well tvith powdered sugar, JITIMILIOL—Onc cupful of algae, one -halt oupful of butter, two eggs, one cupful of sour 10111lielletitobl %pennon:11 atu 1,041 fattleanssatyo oNteittli oofnasott, spoonful of Omission,. flour enough to make a dough to roil, ea into round (ekes and bake a delicate brown,