EUGENE CITY GUARD
LATEST .NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEOKAril TO BATE.
' Vanderbilt haa booRkt controlling
interest in the Nickel Plata railway.
General Wolaoly and ataff hove arrived
at Triebte on thair way to .tngianu.
A dianatch from Berlin say i the em
pcror'a health ia not oa good aa could be
desired.
The Amercan institute of architects
began its annual Hewnon on the 25th at
Cino'jinuti.
An nnauocessful attempt was mado on
the 25th inHtant to blow up the recruit
ing office ot Lyons, trance.
Louisvillo, Ky., is prepared to hold in
1883 a cotton exwH.tion on a more ex
tended scale than that at Atlanta.
Secretary Frelinghuysen gave a pri-
Tato dinner party on uie iwia to anunr
and several members ol tue cauinei.
Puolocci, the naval officer of Italy, who
deserted to join Aram I'asun, iiaa Deon
aeutoncod to two years imprisonment.
Delocatesto the national convention
of the women's Chrintian assocition are
arriving from various statos at Louisville,
Ky.
The total reffintration of Boston is 55,
tkiO. some 3000 below that for the state
campaign of 1871), the largest- cyer
in ado.
Arrivals at Ban Francisco from Ilono
lulu report Mt. Kileanea in an eruption
on a grander scale than for a quarter of a
century.
General McClellon has left Washington.
Ilia mission there was to soe whut could
be done to prevent the promotion of Gen
eral Pope.
The Southorn Railway and Steamship
association at Atlanta, Geo., have ap
pointed a oommittee to consider a division
of business.
It is reportod that J. Masos, cigar man
ufacturer of Toronto, baa absconded to
the United States leaving a large amount
of liabilities.
Walt Whitman is so seriously ill at
Camden, N. J., with Bright'a disease,
that few if any hopes are entertained of
Lis recovery.
An editor of a socialist papor at Bel
grade has been arrested in eonneetion
with tho attemped assassination of tho
king at MUun.
It Is believod the cost of the Egyptian
war will amount to nearly 14,000,000,
exclusive of the army of occupation and
Indian contingent.
James Carter, of Chicago, committed
suicide on tno 25th by shooting. Ho
hud two wives who were threatening to
give bim trouble.
The nigger boilor of a harbor tug at
Memphis, Tenn., exploded on tho 2tith,
killing Dennis Banlen, watchman, and a
negro named Joe Iloluian.
Congratulation to King Milan upon
bis escape from injury when tired upon
by tho woman Markitovitob, are pouring
in from all parts of Sorviu.
Major R. W. Pnrikon, chief engineer
of the Moxican and Oriental railway,
was murdered by Indians in tho moun
tains near Chihuahua, a few days ago.
A boxaddressod to a porson in Lyonn,
France, which had remained unclaimed
for three mouths, was opened on the 25th
by polico and found to contain dynamite
The board of directors of the Garfield
monument fair association announces
that reduced rates over various railroads
. leading to Washington have boon sooured.
Tho jury in the case of Robert Ford,
tho slayer of Jesse James, cbargod with
the murder of Wood Ilite, after boing
out 41 hours returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Rocent disasters iu Georgia bay having
lod to the disoovery of dangerous reofs,
not upon the admiralty charts, it is sug
gested that a new and thorough survey
be mado.
The man who in a speoch at the an
archist meeting at Lyons, Franco, threat
ened Prenideut Grevy, and whom tho
government had rjsolvod to prosoouto,
has escaped.
The matinoo at tho Olympic thoater,
St. Louis, on the 2lith, given by John
McCullough, as a benefit for the orphan
childron of Col. Slaybaok, nottod botweon
S7000 and $8000.
J. J. Pratt, E. N. Welbh and Albert J.
Dunklo, Kewanoe bank robbors, were
sentenced on tho 25th to six years in the
vanitentiary and J. L. Scott, an accom
plice, to four years.
It is stated that Richard B. Cornwall,
of New York, indicted for embezzling
upwards of $70,000 from the Fourth Na
tional bank of that city has jumped his
bail and fled to Europe,
Richard Magoe, a browor of Thiladvl-
5liia, had hi pocket neatly piokod of
!2200 on tho 25th by two men who jostled
against him, apparently accidentally,
and wero profuse iu apologies.
ANashvillo, Ttnn., dispatch of Oct.
25th says: Advices como from Hopkins
villo, Ky., to the effoot that tho town is
burning up. One of the principal hotels,
the bank ami tho opera house are reported
already destroyed, and tho important
blocks and buildings on firo.
A pirty who were soorohing for bod ion
from the vrookod steamer Asia report tho
prospects are all dead bodies wero robbed
of valuables. Iu sumo instances evon
the shoes wero taken off. Indians iu the
vicinity have been spending money freely
of late 'ami are evidently benefited finan
cially by the terrible disaster.
The last Ohio legislature appropriated
$10,000 to placo a bust of Oartiold in the
old house of representatives at Washing
ton, and commissioner to examine the
designs met at Columbus on the 25th
and inspected modols by artists, but no
selection will be annouueed until Mrs.
Garfield has been consulted as to her
choice.
Charles Johnson, of Walla Walla, an
old-time miner, who has been working
in the Salmon River mountains for
twenty years psst, shot a man named
Deviue, on the V2d, and then shot him
self through the head, blowing his skull
completely off. Johnson baa heretofore
been respected aa a good man and very
industrious, but took drinking spells,
during one of which the tragedy occurred.
He was owner of the Tramp mine and
had $15,000 worth of ore on the dump at
the time of the tragedy.
In the aix-day pedestrian contest at
New York, Fitzgerald was ahead on the
27th, having made 431 milea. Rowell
.iii..ir with 848 miles oa account of
irregular action of the heart.
Major Archibald G. Constable, form
..1. ltritinh arm and well known
throughout the United Stotea in conneo-
lion witu me orgnuiMuiuii u Muuf
the breaking out of the war, died in
Bryoklyn on the 25th.
The Western Distillers' Association
met in Chicago on the 20th and deoided,
In view of the low price of high wines,
to still further reduce the production 10
per vent. This puts distillers to running
at 30 per cent, of their full capaoity.
Indictments have been found by the
New York grand jory against W. D. O.
Rawson, telograph operator, and Geo. E.
Rood, conductor of the New Haven train,
olmroinir thorn with the responsibility of
the Harlem tunnel disaster.
A train on the Detroit, Grand Haven
.n.i Miiwniibnn mad was ditched bv train
wreckers, on the 20th, who removed the
rails near Canine, on a uown-graue
wlinrA ir.n bank is thirty feet high. The
batrcraffo and two pissengor cars went
dowu. But few persona were on the
train and no one was seriously 111.
Tlia nrnaiilnnt haft Annotated OtiO. E.
Waring, jr., of Newport, R. I., a member
of the board of national health, vice
Chas. F. Folsom, of Massachusetts, re
Ma linn iiIbo annotated Wm. b.
Smith, of Now York, Edward Kingslev,
of Massachusetts, ana uwigm n.. injj,
of Rhode Island, a commission to exam
inn on.l mnnrt tinnn 250 miles of road
constructed by tho Atlantio 4 Pacifio
Railway Company in iiiuian territory
and Arizona.
Th hn.1v nf Find Sbinsrler. a man in
tho employ of Joseph Regli, dairyman,
1 04:. t. irk a ulnrrti turn
Wu8 1UUUU UU IUU MJUI u D.v.iw " -
ruiloa north of Murvaville. Cal. The head
was crushed in a number of places, show-
ing that murder nau uoen commnvuu.
There was also a deep gash on the chin,
as if made with an ax. bbinglor has
been missing nine days, nis pockets
were found turned inside out. The man
had been paid sovoral hundred dollars
shortly before his disappearance.
A San Francisco dispatch of Oot. 20th
says: Last night a lively raid was mauo
by the police on tho Bolla Union, a well
known resort whore variety performances
are nightly givon. The charge was for
giving an immoral performance, me
nnlicn nflliwH arrested the proprietor of
the plaoe, P. MoAteo, and 33 of thoso
taking part in the performance, and
marched them oil to tue city juii. a
numbor of womon were among those ar
rested. The raid croatod a great commo
tion among the audience.
J. C. Tiffany, formerly Indian agent of
Arizona, was arrostod ou the 2(ith,
charged with a conspiracy to defraud tho
government of upwards up 0000 embez
zlement and porjury, in all live indict-
monts. Tiffany pave bail in tfi.uuu lor
examination. Tiffany says he resignod
the position last July and has been en
gaged in tho steel business in New York
since April last. He said ho heard of
the indictments but did not think they
would over be pressed, as it would not
do for him to tell some things he knew.
A letter recoived in Now Bedford,
Mass., from Capo Crapo, of the lost
ntmnmr Hnrnrinn. at Basket Island, near
Punta Arena, gives particulars of the
loss and says tue ooat a crow mar, ue ion
at the Maud was subsequently massacred
by tho natives, with exception of a Port
uguese boy. He also says a boat s orew
belonging to tho Untisli Dam Koscmatu
which foundered at sea, containing a
mate and four mon, wero also murdered
by the natives, excopting the mate who
was aftorwards roscned by some friondly
Indians and sent to Valparaiso, where
he has arrived. A third boat's crew had
also boon massacred by the nativos at
this point.
Tim sniTdturv nf the navv has recoived
the offioial reports of Chief Engineer
Melville ana iiieiu. jjanenuowor oi wo
Arotio exploring stoamor Jeaunotto.
Enginoor Melville's report is a detailed
narrative of his experience subsequent to
tho separation oi tue jeannotio a uoats ni
the mouth of tue Lena, including the
adventures of the crew of the whale boat;
the scaroh for the lost party of Capt. Do
JUmil, and uuaiiy disoovenng uuoir ueau
bodies. Tho report cives somewhat
fuller details than have hitherto been
published, but it contains no fact of con
se pence which may not bo found in tho
reports, letters and interviews olready in
print. Liout. Danenhower's report is a
ilotailod narrative of his jonrnoy home
through Siberia from Buleen at tho head
of tho Lona delta, to St. Petersburg.
A New York dispatch of Oot. 24th says:
Woodon shipbuilding down cast is re
portod to be gradually roviving and sev
eral largo vessels havo been receutly
turnod out at Bath, Thoniaston and other
ports iu Maino. Tho largest sailing ves
sel iu this port to-day is tho ship Cyrus
Wakefield, built at Thomastou and just
arrived hore. She has already secured A
charter and is loading for San Francisco.
She is 2013 tons register and carries 3000
tons dead weight. Sho is about 2(i5 feet
long ovor all, 44 feet beam and draws
when loaded about 24 feet. Her hand
8oiuo medium clipper model, lofty spars,
and ton hamper and snowy canvass al
ready bent for sailing, combined with
the general air of newness, attract much
attention. She was built and is owucd
by Capt. Sam Watts. A larger ship even
than tho Wakefield is now being built
down cast, which will be 2400 tons regis
ter. The secretary of the interior has mado
a decision in the case of Wenzell vs the
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
railroad company construing the third
section of the act of April 21. 1S75, which
declares valid homestead and pre-emption
entries within tho limits of expired
railroad grants that may have been made
at the time subsequent to the expiration
of the grants. The secretary holds the
language used in the act. "At the time
subsequent to the expiration of the
grants," refers to dates named in various
(ranting acts to railroads as tho dates at
which roads should be completed, and
nat to the time when by legislative or
judicial action forfeiture might be de
clared. He also holds that settlement
and filing constitutes an entry within the
meaning of the act of 1877 as well as
under the general practice of the land
department. As Wenzell made his set
tlement and filing in accordance with the
pre-emption law, his entry is held to
come within the confirmatory provisions
of the statutes.
Cured lastly.
"What's on your mind?" asked the
little doctor, cheerfully, as a distressed
looking woman climbed the stairs at the
sign of the big foot, on Woodward
avenue. , ,
"Warts on my nose, doctor," rejoined
the woman, laying aside her veil and re
vealing a protuberance of uncommon
dimensions on the very tip of a Roman
nose. .
"That'll come off as easy as an official
head," said the doctor, "and leave not a
trace behind, now long, madam, may I
inquire, have yon boon afflicted with this
miserable wart? '
"Ten years," said the woman, deject
edly. "I've always been afroid to have
it taken off; besides, my friends said it
was a sign of good luck."
"It's big enough to be a sign for a
oheese factory. Now, if you will walk
into my parlor I will soon show you
what a mistake you have make in not
coming to mo nino years and eleven
months sooner. Sit down, plas," con
tinued the doctor, who is a chircpodist,
as well as a wart destroyer. Then he
produced a caso of instrument!, from
among which he selected a fine probe A
search among the bottles discovered a
tiny vial tilled with a straw colored
liquid that emitted a pungent odor. Tho
woman looked on suspiciously.
"I've left word at homo where 1 am,"
she said, sternly. "I don't want any ex
periments tried on me.'
"Perhaps you had better keep the
wart." said the doctor, cool y. "It'll fifty
cents in my pocket, any way, and I've
taken 28,000 warts off of different wo
men's faces, and never killed anybody
yS'
That settled the matter, rue woman
resigned herself to fate, and the doctor
mado a pass over the wart and it rolled
off like a Turcoman's head; then he
wound the probe with some soft wool,
dipped it in tho vial, and jabbed at the
spot where the wart had been, talking
nicanwuuo to keep up uis jjnviuub o
courage.
"Took forty seven warts oil of one
man's hand (tab, jab) . Something curi
ous about warts; yon never see 'em come
and you never see 'em go unless they
come to stay, as this one did, and havo
to be nrged to loave (jab, jab). I have
taken warts off babies three months old,
and boys' hands. I've taken thousands
off of boys' hands. Warts are as natural
to boys as the measles (jab, jab). The
littlo fellows have lots ol run witu uiem,
selling thorn and giving them away.
They steal mother's dish cloth and bury
it, and when the dish cloth is consumed
in tho earth the wart goes away, at loast
that is what is expected. Ever try to
sell this wart?"
"Yes." said the woman. "I'vo tried to
soil it and tried to give it away, but
nobody ever seemed to want it, and
when I read pieces in the paper about
the woman with tho wart on her uoso it
made mo awful mad, for I knew it w,as
me they meant all the time. I stole a
piece of pork onoe and buried it near a
running stream, but it didn't go away.
I took it off once with a silk thread, hut
before I could turn round twice it was
back again."
"That s cause von didn t kill the root,
saia tuo doctor; "ii you kui tue rooi
tlinro's no more trouble. That's what
I'm doing now. This liquid is an inven
tion of my own, and it eats out all the
foreign substance, the fungus growtu
and the diseased flesh that causes it. I
cure moles and birthmarks the same
way. Now, if von have any moles, my
eradioator will remove them without
leaving a single scar."
"I ve only one molo, and that is ou
the back of my neck, oud I wouldn't
have it taken oft for a hundred thousand
dollars. It signifies long life and riches."
I took a strawberry mark off a lady s
arm the other day," said the doctor. It
was tho prettiest birthmark I ever saw.
It never showed much tho folks said,
till the season came round for straw-
borries. Then it was juHt the color,
with little dots of white. I didn't want
to take it off, aud if that baby was ever
lost tho mother could identify it easily
with that mark on it; but tho folks
thought it would disfigure it, so I took it
out, roots aud all." By this time the
woman with a wart had lost her identity.
The wart and all traces of it were gone,
and tho doctor, selecting a tiny heart-
shapod bit of court-plaster from a box of
beauty spots, applied it to tho place,
ner gratitudo was boundless.
"Your husband won't know you," said
the doctor, as ho regarded his work
proudly.
"Husband!" ejaculated tho woman,
bridling. "Why, I supposed you knew
I was a single lady."
"Well, you won't be ono very long,"
npolegized the doctor. "There is
nothing now to detract from your
beauty."
She simpered, paid the dues, and,wi.h
a lingering glance at the glass, went away
rejoioing. Detroit Free Press.
Au AlUtr of Ti ifles.
The following is said to have happened
when tho legislature adjourned some
months ac;o, but wo did not hoar of it
until recently:
A very prominent member of the leg
islature, who had been paying a great
deal of attention to the Widow Bomba
zine, told ber.on calling with his carpet
bag in his hand, that ho was about to
leave Austin, and sho must forgive him.
She replied that he had trilled with her
affeetioiiH, and now he proposed to leave
her desolate.
''It's not my fault," ho replied, with
tears in his eyes. "I would keep on
trilling with your affections if I could
only stay here; but as I cau't you will
have to get some other trifling cuss to
star here. The organia law is to blame
that limits tha sessions of the legislature
and compels me to leave Austin and go
back to my family." Texas Sittings.
An artist of Florence several years ago
introduced a method of painting on silk
or other fine fabrics in such a way that
the surfaces of the colors were not
damagod when folded, or'rubbed, but re
mained as bright and as smooth as when
first laid on by the brush. The medium
of the Adola process is no longer kept
secret, as it is protected by patent. It
is manufactured for the use of amateurs
and others. Some Italian artiste, it is
said, have tried the medium for ordinary
oil-painting on canvass.- ,
The greatest evidence of demoraliza
tion is the respect paid to wealth.
ASIATIC AND AFRICAN ELE-
PIIANTS.
NatnralUta have decided that there are bnt
two distinct species of this mammoth now liv
ing one connned to Ai and the larger is
land adjacent to Malacca, and ono to the con
tinent of Africa, but it is doubtful whether
thore is not a third variety which is represent
ed by the Hamatran and Ciugaluae animals.
The moat ancient account of the elephant
publialied, wa Jn 822-288 13. C. by Mcgaathen
eae, a I'eraian, who represented Bcloukoa at the
court of Arcbonea, and atferward viaited India
a ambaiHador, and accompwied Alexander
the Great in hia invasion of India. He appears
to have been preaeot at a capture of these
beauts, and falrlv describe! the modu 0er
aiuli: He aaaerU that in hie day Indian ele
phanU measured nine cubits, or thirteen and
a half feet, in height, aud five cuhita, or seven
and a half feet in breadth. Four hundred
years later, that it A. D. 100, Indika corrobor
atci Mcgaathuneoe, and stales that performing
elephants were common in his time.
Tl.fl first account we havo of the African ele
phant is in tho "Periplua Maris Erytbral,"
A. D. 80-8U relating that in latitude 18 dog.
9 min. N,. longitude 88 dog. 27 miu. E
an Ethiopian villaga, was fortified by
Ptolemy I'hiladelphus, ho mado it the dopot
of the elephant trade for which IU situation
on the skirta of the great Nubian forcstn,
where thuso animals abound, rendor it pecu
liarly suitable, liufore this, the Egyptians had
imported thuso elephants from Asia, but af
this supply was precarious aud the cost of im
portation great, Pliilailclphns mado the most
tempting offers to the Ethiopian elephant hun
ters to induce them to abstaiu from eating the
animal, or to reserve at least a portion of them
for tho royal stables. But they rejected all his
solicitations, declaring that even for all Egypt
tbey would not forego the luxury of their great
repast. The king thereupon resolved to pro
cure his supplies by employing hunters of his
own." That he was successful is evident, for
later account assert that he had between three
and four hundred elephants in hii omploy.
In southern Africa tho elephant has never
been domesticated aud applied to useful pur
poses. Iu northern Africa it is reduced to
subjection, and its employment gradually les
sened from the timo of the l'unio wars to tho
age of the latter ltomau emperor, when its use
was gradually discontinued, nor has it since
been rovivod.
In the 'Ain-i-akbarl, or Annal of Akbar,
dating 1570, it is stated that tho price of au
elephant in thoso days varied from one hun
dred thousand to ono hundred rupees, or from
ten thousand pounds to ten pounds. The au
thor of the abovo treatise divides the Asiatio
elephant into four classes: (1) Uhaddar. It
is well proportioned, has an erect head, a
broad chest, large ears, a long tail, and is bold
and can bear fatigue. (2) Maud. It is black,
has yellow eyes, a uniformly siod belly, and
is wild and ungovernable. (3) Mirg. It has
a whitish skin, with black spots; the color of
its eyes is a mixture of red, yellow,
black and whito. (I) Mir. It has a small
head; obeys readily, and gots frightened when
it thunders. From a mixture of these four
kinds are formed others of diflerent names and
properties.
Of modern writers, Sir Emerson Tennont,
Samuel Baker, Mr. Sanderson and Colonel
l'ollok have extensively described the Asiatic
elephant; whilst Sir William Cornwallis Har
ris, Sir Samuel Baker and Gordon Cumming
have devoted much attention to the African
variety. Whilst most writers agroo pretty well
in the'tomperamont. manners and customs of
the African beast, they differ greatly regard
ing his Indian brother.
Sir E. Tennent clothes tho Asiatio elephant
with all the virtues under the sun; he is harm
loxj, inoffensive, intelligent, and to sboot him
is mero wanton cruelty. Sir 8. Baker, do
scribing the same animal, says: "A porson
who has never seen a wild elephant can foj-m
no idea of his real character, either mentally
or physically, Tho unwieldv and Bleepy look
ing beast, who, penned up iu his cage at a
menagerie, receives a sixpence in his
trunk, and turns round wi h difficulty
to deposit it in a box; whose mental
powers seem to be concentrated iu the idea of
receiving buns tossed into a gaping month by
children's hands, this very beast may have
come from a warlike stock. His sire may have
Iteen the terror of a district, a pitiless high
wayman, whono caul thirsted for blood; who,
lying in wait in gome thick bush, would rush
npo;i the unwary passer-by, and know no pleas
ure greater than the act of crushing his victim
to a shapeless mass beneath his feet. How lit
tle does his tame, sleepy son resemble him! In
stead of browsing on tho rank vegotatiou of
wild pasturage, ho devours plum-buns; instead
of bathing his great form in the deep rivers
and lakes of his native land, he steps into a
Btono-lincd basin to bathe before the eyes of a
pleased multitude; the wholo of whom form
their opinion of elephants in goneral from tho
broken-spirited monster which they see before
them. I havo heard people exclaim, upon
hearing anecdotes of clephantdmnting, "Poor
things!"
"Poor things indeed! I should liko to see
the very person who thus expresses his pity,
going at his best paco, with a savago elephant
after him; givo him a lawn to run npouifho
likes, and see the elephant gaining a foot in
every yard of the chaso, firo in his eye, fury in
his headloug charge; and would not the living
gentleman who lately excluimed 'Poor thing!'
be thankful to the lucky bullet that would save
him from destruction? There are no auimals
more misunderstood than elephants. They
are' naturally savage, wary and revengeful; dis
playing as great courage when in their wild
state as any animal known. The fact of their
great natural sagacity renders them the more
dangerous as foes. Even when tamed, there
are many that aro not safo to approach, and
they are' then only kept in awo by tho sharp
driving hook of tho Mahout. In their domes
tic state I have seen them perform wonders of
sagacity and strength."
It is an error but too common either to over
praise or decry the sagacious brute.
Mr. Sanderson states that: "Instead of bo
ing tho exceptionally wiso animal it is believed
to lie, tho sagacity of an elephant is of a very
mediocre description It is a
signitlcant fact that the natives of India never
speak of the elephant as a peculiarly intelli
gent animal; and it does not hgure in their
ancient literature for its wisdom as do the fox.
the crow and the monkey One ot
the stronsvst featuns in the domesticated ele
phant's character is its obedience It may also
be readily taught, as it has a large sharo of the
ordinary intelligence common in a greater or
less degree to all animals. But its reasoning
faculties aro undoubtedly far below those of
the dog, and possibly of other animals
Whilst quick at comprehending anything
sought to be taught to it, the elephant is de
cidedly wanting in originality." No ono snp
poses elephauts have the reasoning powers pos
sessed by man; if they had, we should be their
slaves and not tbey ours, but all who have had
elephants in their possession and have hunted
tho wild ones in their forest homes, must ac
knowledge that their instinct ia wonderful.
Mr. Sanderson enunciates opinions that are
at variance with my own experience: He
states that he does not credit any Indian elo
pliant ever exceeded ten feet in height, but
there are well authenticated instances ot far
larger animals. There is tho skeleton of an
Indian elephant in the Calcutta museum which
is eleven feet and eight inches iq vertical
height at the shoulder; this elephant when
alive must have been over twelve feet in height,
and I have myself at times measured several
elephants close npon eleven feet; bnt as a rule
few are above nine feet, the general height be
ing between eight and nine feet, with the ex
ceptions of a few mncknaha and tuskers, who
reach ten feet. Mr. Sanderson believes that a
mncknah is a mere accident, the absence of
tusks beiug ahont thisame as want of whisker
on a man. I believe it to l entirely distinct,
for the tuskers, male and female, have a broad,
expansive forehead, the bump between theeyei
at the root of the trunk is very prominent, "the
hollow between the eve and the ear, commonly
called the temple, is not very marked, it has a
Ideasing countenance, its eye is bright and
iind looking. The tusks of the main grow to
a considerable length, and often curl upward;
the female have only rudimentary tasks, the
trunk is not abnormally large or" ponderous.
The mncknaha, or bines, have a narrow fore
head, a long, melancholy looking bead, and
between the two frontal there is a great de
pression. The temple is very hollow, above
the eye a deep eavity a in an old horse. The
trunk is longer and more massive, the eye small
and slotpy, the goueral expression of counte
nance morose; the tusk, both of males and fe
males, are rudimentary only, growing down
ward, something like those of a walru. The
male of this variety grow to a larger size than
the generality of males of the other. These
peculiarities are not conllued to the Uiales, but
extend to the female.
The two varieties, as a rule, herd apart, but
sometime a male of one Invades the harem of
the other, and a battle royal ensue. Most peo
ple Imagine the tusker must win, but such i
not my opinion, for nature ha compensated
tbe muckuah for hi deficiency In ivorie by
giving him far greater bulk and height, a most
ponderous trunk, aud hi dagger-like tusk in
flict fearful wound a he prod downward with
them. Elephant differ, not only In size and
shape, but have certain mark peculiar to the
district whence they coma. Old Kiddah ma
hout will at once tell, by looking at tbe ani
mal, whother it 1 Indian, Cingalese, Burmese,
Shan, Chittagong or Assamese. The best ma
houts I have ever como serosa, and I have bad
men of all nationalities under me, have been
either from Budo or Chittagong; bnt some of
the Oachariea, the real or ancient Assamese, aro
aecoud to none. One I had, Lookno, a mero
lad, was not only a good mahout aud a splendid
tracker, bnt a very plucky individual.
The Ghan elephants aro tall, massive and
haudsomo, and most of them tusker. The
Burmese are smaller, somewhat weedy, and
there are a greater number of mucknahs than
of tuskers. Chittagong elephant are good all
round, and make perhaps the best koonkies.
Assamese elephants are amongst tho largest,
being tall and massive, and for hunting pur
poses second to nnno, but there are as many
mucknahs m tnxkors amongst them. So nu
merous were they some thirty year ago, that
tho lluest shikaree elephant cm Id bo purchased
for 4uU rupee-i, or 40, and small elephants, be
ing of no account, were given away. Now the
former are worth 100, and tho latter fetch
from 0!) to 80 each. Not only had the local
regiments in Assam many elephants attached
to them, they lave a few even now, but most of
their ofticors had private stud of their own.
When a Captain Edeu died, some thirty year
ago, some twenty-six elephant belonging to
him ivovo sold. Now olephants aro decidedly
scarco. During the Biioolau war tho govern
ment "requisitioned" all tho elephant they
could lay tbeir hands upon, and most of them
through neglect and hard work died. In 1NU6,
when I first visited tho Dooar, tho road lead
ing from Gaubalti to Dewangire was most
offensive from tho odors arising from the nu
merous elephauts which lay dead along its
course The demand for these useful beasts
has greatly increased; not only are they ro
quired by the government for military and
commissariat purposes, but tea planter employ
a grvat number in conveying rice, etc., for the
use of the coolies employed in their gardens.
Elephant are very uncertain in their tcm
pcratucuts, and not to be depended upon. I
have never seen ono that could always bo re
lied npon for shooting purposes; animals that
have been most staunch one trip have been
veritable cowards tho next, and that, too,
without any visiblo cause. A really staunch
tusker is of conrso the best for sporting pur
poses, but when irri tared or startled they aro
apt to charge, and of the two I prefer a runa
way to a tlgUtor. I proferwell trained medium
sized female for sport, a they aro more to bo
depended upon; after them, mucknab. When
au elephant charges a beast, it is apt to kneel
down suddenly to crush it foe, than which
nothing is more dangerous, as the sportsman is
almost certain to be precipitated from tho
howduh on to the ground, and runs the risk
not only of breaking his nock but of having
his rilles and guns injured beyo'jd repair. Tho
fume of really staunch elephant spreads all
over India. There was a uotcd Koonkie, near
Barpettah in Assam, and tho late Jung Baha
door sent a company of soldiers, all the wav
from Nupaul, to escort it thore. He paid 1800
for it, and it had the honor of carrying the
duke of Edinburub during hi hunting trip in
the Nepaul Terai, for which purpose it had
been purchased. Most olephants dread the
rhinoceros, more or less, especially if they hear
it mut er its snapping, squealing cry; but there
is no accounting for their likes and dislikes.
Ono very powerful female I had, cared nothing
for a tiger, but if she saw a pony she went
mad with fear!
COI'RTIXO V.VDK1I DIFKIt 1'I.TIKS.
A Clove and gentleman, who i fond of a
story, related to a Leader reporter a few day
ago au instance of hypochondria which came
under his notice when he was considerably
younger than at the present timo. His narra
tive was something like this: "When I wu a
boy there lived near our house, in a part of
Cleveland that wo then almost in the woods,
a maiden lady who was iu very poor health. In
girlhood sho was not strong, aud as the years
advanced sho imagined herself growing moro
and more delicate, till at lust she took to her
bed, whero she afterward remained in daily ex
pectation of death. Her nerves wore delicate,
sod in my school days the schoolmaster used
to warn us urchins to keep quiet when going
by her hauso, as we might disturb her if any
noiso was made. My youth and boyhood pas
ed, and with the coming of manhood I discov
ered that a young sister of the invalid was a
very pretty girl, and when, after, coming homo
from church or singing school with her, an iu
vitution to como in was given, it was always
accepted. The short and awkward visits made
at first, soju gave place to the old-fashioned
sitting up. One evening several of the young
people eatne in and tho talk and laughter grew
hilarious. It was checked instantly by a heavy
thump on tho floor in tho room directly over
head. One warning was enough, but the fre
quency of the sanio signal afterward tended
to lessen our respect for it. It seem that she
kept a big cano at tho sido of her bed, and by
rapping with it she indicated her wants and
her displeasure. Finally one night, after be
ing cautioned several times in the usual man
ner without effect, the parlor door opened sud
denly upon tho assembled party, aud the bed
ridden woman stood before our eyes, holding
the awful cane iu baud. It was the first time
sho had moved iu twenty years. Her entrance
was so sudden that she was able to give two or
three stinging blo to thoso nearest her bo
fore an escape could be mado. In a moment a
shout of laughter went up, and tho supposed
invalid wo not slow iu riudlug that she was
the cause. Her mother and sister fixed her up
with suitable clothes, and she spent the re
mainder of tho oveuing dowu Btairs, and tho
day following she went about the family house
work. I didn't marry the girl whom I courted
under such adverse circumstances. She in
time married and weut to Massachusetts, and
it wo only recently that I saw the once inva
lid woman walking as briskly about a any per
son of eighty-seven could be expected to do."
Cleveland Leader.
Thomas P.utling, a colored man who waa
once a member of the first "jubilee"- troupe
organized iu America, is now a student at a
theological institution at Strasburg, Germany.
He associates, it U said, with the "best people,"
h. s acquired a thorough knowledge of German,
ii. 1 will after gradna-.ion assume control of
au evangelical parish in Germany. He re
cently sang at a concert at Kreuznach, with
such an excellent German accent that tbe crit
ical audience Could discover nothing foreign in
it, the recitation aad aria from Haydn's ora
torio, ' Creation." Ono who heard him aay
that bit rich, full tenor Voice rang out clear
and true, showing thorough knowledge of the
sublime composition.
A Pennsylvania paper, tbe Carlisle Valley
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count, amounting in the aggregate to over
food, which have been incurred by the chair
man ot the several democratic-committee
during the past ten yean, and which have
never been paid." The editor guarantne the
bonesty. correctness and legitimacy of the
bill and allege that they have never been dis
puted. In cose of failure to tell at private
tale within ix week a publio auction will be
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