The Wingham Times, 1889-03-29, Page 91"s TOUGH 'IGH.'.
tit LAYS OUT TWO IMMENSE GEARS
WITH A HICKOC3Y.CLUB,
4u Act at Carelessnessla ileh come hear
Coating 4 nen Ilia Life—:t, Fight for the
c`aPeme of a. iaeor--.ilea Interesting Ito*.
finidce ee Told by the 014 neuter.
On tile top of Smoky mountain, a'
/eve five miles from zany settlement of
farm. in the ,aidat of the wildest part of
this cough, mountainous section, theta is
all old hunter named Job Smiley.
Among the many narrow escapes he'
bee had, one of the most interesting per
haps is the account, as he himself told it,.
of hits eight with two full grown black
Ware, in which, with nothing but a big.
hickory stick, he carnes off finally victor).-
crus, ;tithougli terribly clawed and bitten.,.
This is the story :as he told it himself:
• I was out hunting as usual one day on.;
one of the cross ridges of the Big Smoky;
when I got on the trail of a big buck,
which I followed for two hours before I
got close enough to shoot, When I did
get the chance . the buck was about
seventy yards below me on a narrow.
shell, winch overhung a rocky precipice
of fifteen or twenty feet, I drew a bead!
on the buck and dropped Bien dead iii his:
tracks. Then I did a very foolish, thing
-cone I never did before and never: will
:again, and that was thin; I laid m *gun
clown against a log, not even taking -tem
to load it, and climbed 'down to the spot
where the buck lay.
TW Y ALL floe Tanen.
I got there safely, and so did a,•,couple
of thundering big bears about the same
time. They had, a den in the side of the
mountain close by, and niy shot alarmed
thea* or they had,, been laying for the
deer themselves. Well, they were there
and so was I, and, pnfortunately, I was
without a weapon, I saw there was
going to bo trouble, and ,that I couldn't.
get back to my gun, so I looked about
me quietly to see if I could find anything.;
with which_ to defend myself.
Down , close :by nsy feet I saw a big.
hickory ]tmb, which had been broken off ob
in some of the fearful wind storms so
common on the mountain. The stick
was about five feet long• and itearlythree
inches thick. Now, you can. justiinagine
that • I': got hold of that stick might
4Uiele It was 'fresh and sound, and an
excellent weapon against ono bear; b
two --I had very serious doubts about
y outcome in that. case. This all occur•,
r '14 a good deal less time than it takes
tell it—in feet, in less time than ith
both brutes ;were coming at me with
open mouthll. I waited until the fir
one rose to his feet, Which they do whe
they are in .fora fight, when I gave hi
arapon thesideof thehead that knocke
him down.. Then I threw back my cl.
just in time .ta strike at the other o
Somehow -that bear knocked that bi
off, and he did„ it so quiolciy that ti
force Iliad given it came near makin
line lose my,. balance. As it was, the in
fermi brute gave use a swipe with hi;,
forepaw which tore my hunting shirt at
the shoulder into shoestrings and, rippe
my bide and flesh clear across from three
shoulder half way down my arm..
Before the bear ,eould close in Ma n
hewever, I sprang stack arid drew up Ity
club ready for another blow. The first
one I had knocked over was now on hi
feet, and both of then, having smells
the blood were in savage earnest, and it
was now a light to the death. Th
both came at me on :their hied fee`
about six feet aparb and about •the sante
distance from me. As they got dos
enough to reach I swung the big club
down on a level, and just as .quick ps'
possibly could. I gave one of them
•thundering poke square. between th
eyes.. This was the fellow on nay lett
Then! swung the club to the right, and
];3Fat;cloe+!t, mother hunter, laying out a
sell er for lii e: elt. ()Iti'.t^ont soul had
sue spread out on the shakedown i:t the
comer, and then he wcftto work to wade
my wotulds incl .tie sue to ;ether a,,:t, u,
After he bad fixed me vie sones sort of
aha,I:e, old 'Tin went to the ,:lace where
I had the fight anti skinned the heartland
hung thein up, When he carne back the
old flow was clrafrging along th:vecubs
about 3 months olcL i 1 to found the bears''
den and captured the cubs, which be
pulled out with a �..iieco of rope he altvaLys
carried, That itgiit laid ine upfor about'
two months, but t cause out es sotutd • as'.
avec.-�Citeinuati�E quiier•'Letter from
Cirehauc county, N. C.
eeneeelteeteettotteeleatelfeleieieleeititeL
cis Mac; of ?gimes,
3 young man of IIawkinsville, Gus,, .
and his "best girl" quarreled some days:
ago, and remained "at outs" with each
other'.until the your mall relented anfl
begun to •devise seta pIan to "makeup,"
Ile finally decided to try the el%ots of a,
ilea; of truce, and cutting a delicate piece
of white ribbon into the shape' of ambit,
aturo flag, be sealed it in a sweetly per-
fumed envelope and. forwarded it to liise.
fair moray, It Hurl the • desired . efceot,
and she at once gave hills permission to
erose the dins auc bit happy ri„aiu.: Oe
trait Tree Press,
3Xet:ela in the $3;;
Of the metals disvovered.:in the sui'rthe
most important are•sodiuuf, magnesium,
barium,. aealsinm,, zinc, copper, *iii ii-
num, nickel, cl1 oittaiuin andiron, Many
Of the rarer and •less known metals would
also appear to ,be there in some abund-
ance, judging by the facility with which
their presence may be'• detected. Al-
though heavier metals,. such as platuxuin
and gold, have not been seen, it by no
means .follows that they aro absent.
Their weight would prevent them' being
easily found by the;:lipectroscope,--Naw
York Telegram....
Will Shoot Oyer Ten Miles.
A i t. Louis shoemaker named Custer
has applied for a,patent on a remarkable:,.
gun.. Tlto inventor will not display the
affair itself, as he believes it to be "thee
coming gun," but from she drawings and;
scuro description offered by the owner
a came idea eau be gleaned.
Tho guilds.a smooth bore, very similar
to a Martini -Henry rifle, and haminer-
o less, • On the left hand side of the breeoh
y. block is ainagazine containing cartridges o.
u6 aneed• •that on firing the recoil of
tip the charge opens the breech, at which a
he spring presses a fresh cartridge into
to place.
But the peculiarity lies in the cartridge
at and ,the rear end of it. A very light
eharge sneFices to start it.
St After it has gone but a few rods the
extreme rear one of Is series of secondary
charges explodes, giving the missile re-
d hewed impetus. These explosions are
ub continued until the series is exhausted
on or the projectile has reached its object.
oto The advantages: claimed for this odd
ze weapon are that a much lighter gun can
3 be used and that. greater execution can
bo wrought, besides getting longer range;
as he claims a bullet can be fired ten
cl' miles, and even further, according to the
number of propelling charges, always d
providing thatinothing gets in the way.
WHY THEM GET IT WRONG.
A• Specimen Interview Whielt r4 lleina;
tine Information I. Not GIvera.
It wtta the evening of the graduating
exercises en a philanthropical institution.
saw d the reporter to the lady in charge
rustling around iu the dignity of a new
black silk:
"How many graduates have you?"
"Oh, dear ine, are you a reporter? 1
just dread to see one ooining in, They
never get anything right, I never knew
ono to. I thick they do it on purpose,
It is too mean for anything.I hate"—
"But
ate" ----
"But will you tell me the number of
graduates?"
"Oh, ever so Many, and they are just
the brightest girls. Oh, it is Snell a won-
derful thing that Hite institution can
ly
to
At.
educate thein as it does,. It is perfect
splendid... I don't suppose it's any use
tell you about it, tar you won't get;
right any way,"
"What do they graduate in?"
"Why, everything most. That's the
idea of the institution, to ianake them so
self reliant acid ' ready ' for emergencies
"Who are the patrons.of the institu-
tion?"
"Oh, nice people. Everybody ought
'to be interested' in it, They would be,
too, if the papers took it up fn the right
way, but they won't, .Tiley never get
anything right, the reporters—oh, 'can't
tell you flow- they twist things."
"How �nxany Metructors do you em-
ploy?".
"Oh, we have the loveliest teach
I'Il go and ask Miss 13—• to come an
tell you about them. 8110 knows the
personally—all the little family histol
you know. But of course we don't wa
you to publish that. Papers are ju
filled with . every one's private affaf
now, It is just horrid, but I suppose
reporters don't caro what they- say
they just get their pay.' Excuse me, I'll
go and speak to Miss Smith," and she
rustled away. The, repot ter waited while
they counseled together, and approach
tug, heard; "Oh, I think she's lovely in
that dress. You know I advised her to
put those revers on—so iuuch more be-
coming than a plain waist. Oh, there's
that. dreadful:. reporter, I'm tired to
death telling:, him about these things,.
You tell hinrnbout the teachers, won't
you. dear, and put: those violets up a lit-
tle nearer your chin."
"I? Why, I don't know anything abort
it, and"I'm too busy,' -I'm on the flower
committee."
"Well, we might as well Iet it go. I'z e
told him all about it; but he'll get it all
wrong, anyway. It :is perfectly awful
the way those reporters misconstrue
things anid•nevor get anything right."—
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'Unexpected Meeting.
Not long after the close of the war, il?r.
J. T. Trowbridge visited the field of
Gettysburg, and held conversations with
many persons residing in the neighbor-
hood. One afternoon; on Oenietery'Hiil,
he met a soldier who was in the battle,,
and who, being 'et Harrisburg for a few
gyne had taken advantage of an excur-
sion train to revisit the scene of that ter-
iexperience.
Getting into consersation we walked
own the hill together, As we were ap-
proaching a double house with ]igh
wooden steps, he pointed out the further
0 o, and said:
"Saturday morning, after the fight,•I
got a piece of bread at that house, A.
an stood on the steps and gave eacheef
s fellows a piece. Wo were hungry its
ears, and it was a godsend. i should
like to see that man and thank him."
Just then the man himself appeared at
the door. Wo. went over, and I intro-
duced the soldier, who, with tears in his
eyes, expressed his gratitude for that act
of Christian charity.
"'Yes," said.thhe roan, when reminded
of the cirQuuastancc, "eve did what we
could. 3 b baked bread Here night and
ay to give to every hungry soldier who
wanted i$, Wo seat away our own chil-
dren to ...na.ce room for the wounded
Miele, and for days our house was a
ospftal."---Youth's Companion.
Curious ?henor0non.
Wliat I ani about, to describe has boon
puzzle to me for about one year and six
oaths; and I think some reacher of Tlio
urna1 may be able to explain it.
ometliin has developed in my eyesight.
hat it is I.do not know, buts will do my
st to describe it. This something I
an see at will, and when 1 do not want
see it it will not come. I only eat it
the light,. It will tate nanny chufeges,
en changing its shape while I am took -
g at it, It seems to be composed of
engin pearls strun together. This
e of shining pearls has been growing
rger ever since I first noticed it—in
eh eye a diflei:ent line. Ono lino 1.-111
viet itself in all kind* of shapes while
in looking at it, and seenss to be about
ur feet from nae, in front. It has i:a•
eased lately to a great size. .
?lf 1 look at the • right line, then' .1 rho
t sec the heft one, aknd loo' in ,:t the
t, enc' t,,;I torct> t'ae other atwa):•.. IL=
1). �•�rct li ::;It t shad have fiat elate
t•
esieht l'orilape some doctor will pay
r
tee no.nc: :i le clawed by di ease cf
e c•y-ra. C:;:l t;c)illotmtl;7 o zl)lea tlic
twee el eletix-Phlio)opaical Journal.
ref It requires a'wg inch cartridge for a ten
mile trip, and one-quarter :inch addi- ;
tional for each subsequent mile. One d
thing that has always been a source of
annoyance to gunners is surmounted by
ci this, the trajectory. n
The projectile, in. place of making a
The bee tine, has heretofore described an arc,
• necessitating "raised sights" for long m
distance shooting, as the continuous
e force of gravity would drag the bullet
I downward below a direct line to the tar- -
get.
a The inventor claims that his system of
e relays, acting as they do as instantaneous
• forces, overcome ' the continuous;- and
: :ro to move directly to the
marks -St. Louis Globe -Democrat,
e Diplonmatic Romances.
>- These modern romanees of Ameriean d
girls and foreign noblemen cannot match
- the alliance of forty years ago—the fa-
e Mous marriage of the old Count do 13o-
• disco, the Russian minister, and Miss•Itar- h
riot Williams, the Georgetown beauty.
Lao was old and decrepit. It is said'that
he wore "piumpers'' in his cheeks and
dressed his poor, breken old form so that a
ho looked like a man of 40 after he saw m
the beautiful school girl at her father's Jo
house in Georgetown. For she wets a S
e ,school girl—only 14 --when he married W
her. He sent her to Europe to finish her be
education, and when she came back she e
was the most beautiful woman in Amer- to
lest, A magnificent, fair woman, ~with in
golden hair and brown eyes, was this ev
young wife of the old Count de Bodfsco, in
After leaving here her husband returned ch
to Russia and she became , the reigning, lin
belle of St. Petersburg, l i
Moro pathetio than this story, for it: e0.
was surely pathetic for a girl of 14 10 tt
• marry a luau of 0, was the story of her • 1 a
sister, Miss Fannie Williams. At the to
time Countdo llodisco was minister he of
had with him as attaches two #iepliews •
of the salve nantree vho•i i hie last lcettre nU
he atecnciwlerlged as Itis illegitimate sous. let
Ono of these nephews loved the teeter of in
• his incontpau'able aunt. The Coant de Cy
lioeliseo claimed that . the This em) law t')
forbade melt an i:ttcrni:trrnr, e, and the t,1
two were s eetrated She Vent to %',w, sett
Deter 'tire t:it.t her L;en tth'ul eietet, be•
t:" t" reit ,a:;ctl to t Russian noblemen,
tete on ho c'vo of her aia''iietet wee feen l rt
• dead. with the leery ruin i t : •Y of her 1
lever i t Iari hand. The take or the ti
rllti..,;a.;r lea:. (eLi:tiar'I V,, a
got in a pretty good one on the other
one's nock. The • bear I had struck be
tween the eyes was badly hurt, as h
kid right down and whined. I hap-
pened to turn • nay eyes in his direction
and this gave the other one anoppor
tunny, and the fust 1 knecv 1 wa
]crooked backward and came •bear fall
ing, with the bear close upon lute. •
I11' A. TIGHT COitNEI ,
There was no getting away this time.
He had his fore paws around my lr�ftarm
olid waist almost before I knew it. Por
tunately my right hand was free, and I
shortened the club and battered him
over the head while he clawed and hit rn
on the shoulder and acrossthe back. We
had it forward and back, the bear trying
hie best to got rt hold on my neck or face,
white 1 kept beating him over the head
aid body with,the club, At' last down
we went on the ground; but just as 1
was going- over I fortuntately struck. the
bear .me one of his eyes and knoci:ed it
out. The pain reale hien loosen his hold,
and ho:never got another. for I got oil
my feet se rlt.ie:l`1y as I could, and
brought that bill club down stoutro
across bin throat and killed hien. ISMS
pretty badly hurt and rather short of
wind, but 1 knew I lead better brush the
cline' wee iuiehty quick, for if he got up
and`fa.ntly gat tno again 1 would be wiped
out. co 1 jumped for hint, and got Clow,
to It# t keg •as he was getting on his feet
Lord! how die better that'.fellowt s;
kao, ked ides over and bounded lean un'
tit l .t :.�, ort of wind and the, be;ir I;. utt '
almo.t into aptly.
qtly.
Then 1 ra:t t,ow•rt end id't1 c t I n%',*rn
did iietore—keeled he'll r gi t orc't'irnd 1'a eted
1 1:,1tt 1•itve Lin there an hoar or i:n(' c
Is;for ' I conte to. It toe,:: ttr<i ! t•.1l #:ot . i
to, wul • about two nrules to my cabins:
'ethane lawki1 ter luo, t fouu:;i cld Tont.;.
l letli�iou;;-e i ell me, is your wife ea.
sus.
"She? I really believe s:.10 Cance fat° l
0 tt tial l v ly out el par, earic;:lt_
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A SUPERB STOOK OF OEIOICE; LAIVIP. CxOODS,
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