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AXOTIIElt CtlAlllT.MLK VETO l're$ldeut Cleveland Disapproves the Ap propriation for Texas Drought Sufferers. The following is tlio message ol the prest dent vetoing the bill tor the distribution ot seeds in Texas: lo the House of Representatives: I re turn without my npproval houso bill No. 10203 entitled: "An act to enable tho commissioner ot ngriculturo to make a. spe- clal distribution in tho drought-stricken counties ot Texas, nnd making nppropila tion thcrcton" It is represented that long continued and extensive drought has existed in certain pnrts ot the stato of Tcxns resulting in the failure of crops nnd consequent distress nnd destitution. Though there hns been some differenco-tn tho statements concern ing the extent ot tho peoplo's needs in lo calities thus affected, thero seems to bo no doubt thnt therehns existed n condition calling for tho relief, and I am willing to be lieve that notwithstanding the aid already furnished the donation ot seed grain to the formers located in this region, to enable them to put in new crops, would serve to avert a continuance or return ol nn uiitortunnte blight; and yet I feel oblig-d to withhold my approval ot tho plan as proposed by this bill, to indulgo a benevolent and charitable fentinictit through the appropriation of public funds for that purpose. I can find no nrrant for such approiriatiouiu the constitution, nuil I do not believe that the power and duty of tho general guvermtieiit ought to be extended to the relief of individual suf fering which is in no manner properly rela ted to the public service or benefit. Tho prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duly should, I think, be steadf.istly resisted to the end, Thnt reason should be constantly enforced that though the people mipport tho gov ernment tliegrivernuieiit should notsupport the people. Friendliness and the charity of our countrymen can always bo relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in mis fortune. This hns been repeatedly and quite lately detnciiiHtrated. Federal aid in such rnwes cnrniirniies the expectation ot paternal care on tho part ot the govern ment and weakens the sturdincss ot our national character, while it prevents indulgence-among our people of that kindly sent imeut ami conduct which strengthens the bonds ot common brotherhood. It was within my personal knowledge that individual aid has to Home extent already been intended to the sufferers mentioned in this bill. The failure of the proposed appropriation of 510,000 additional to meet their remaining wants will not neces suiily icsiilt in continued distress it tho emergency is fully made known to the peo ple of the country. It is hero suggested that the commissioner of ngriculturo is annually directed to expend u large sum of money for the propagation and dis tribution of teeds ami other things of this description, two-thirds of which are upon tho request ot sonntors, rep representatives and delegates in congress, supplied to them tor distribution among their constituents. The appropriation for the current year for this purpose is S100, 000 and it will probably be no less in tho appropriation for tho ensuing year. I un derstand that u largo quantity ot grain is Iitnrshed for such distribution, and it is supposed that this freo apportionment among their neighbors is a privilege which mny bo waived by our senators and repre sentatives. If a sutllcient nnmbcr ot them should request the commissioner ot agri culture to send their shares ot grain thus allowed them to tho suffering farmers of Texas, they might bo able to bow their crops. The constituents for whom in theory this grain is intended could well bear a temporary deprivation and tho donors would experience tho satisfaction attending deeds of charity. UllOVfcll (.I.UVKI.A.NI). ItlVEltS AXD UAllUOllS. Amounts Vevoteil to Most Important Points Tula! of the Appropriation, Washington dispatch: The following is a list of tho total amount of some impor tant items in tho river and harbor bill, which have been inserted or increased by the senate committee appropriation: Harbor of roluge, Grand Marnis, Mich., ?:?", 000. Portago Lake it Itiver Improve ment company canal and tho Lake Su perior Ship-Canal, Railway and Iron Com pany Canal, (purchase,) 350,000. (Pro vided that no part shall bo expended until property is conveyed to the United States, and tho attorney-general shall have certi fied that tho title is perfect); Kenosha, Wis., .-,000; Menominee, Wis., 0,000; Milwaukee, Wis., 80.000; Superior liny and St. Louis Unv, Wis., 12,000; Ash land. Wis., 10,000; St. Croix, Wis., and Minnesota, 10,000; Wabnsh river, Indi ana, and Illinois S3 1, C00; (of which 21. 000 's for Grand llnjiids and river below, 1,000 tor Grayville, and 2,500 for the river abovo Viiiconnes): tlio Illinois river, Illinois. 115,000. The "Cullom amendment," with respect to the Hennepin canal, is incorporated in tho bill, nnd tho sum of 50,000 in addi tion to any unexpected balance of tho last river and harbor bill is appropriated for surveys and expenses. The Missouri river below Sioux City gets 300,000; reservoirs nt tho headwaters ot the Mississippi, 20,000; Mississippi river, between Aiken and Grand Hapids, 7,500; Mississippi river, at Des Moines Iiapids canal, 35,000 (of which 20,000 is for a pier connecting tho outer wall of tho canal with tlio pivot pier of the bridge at Keo kuk); Mississippi river, from tho head of the passes to tho mouth of tho Ohio, 1, 500,000. Tho total appropriations recommended by tlio committee is 10,385,800 the net increase over tho house bill being 22,070. ItETAIL LIQUQIl DUALISMS OIWAXIXE. New York special: The retail dealers havo completed all their arrangements for a grand demonstration to-night to "protest agninst tho brewers' pool, who havo con spired to make slaves of the retailer, and also to protest against the proposed high license and other bills before the legislature detrimental to our trade." P. J. Fitzger nld of Troy, president ot the association, is to preside, and speeches aro promised by J. T. Athertou, of Kentucky, president of tho national association, tho mayor of Uultlmoic, Mr. C. M. Knight, of lioston, and several others. Resolutions will bo of fered at this meeting proposing a boycott ngainsl all members of tho brokers' pocl nnd their product. The intensity ot the feeling against tho members of tlio pool is Manifest in tho impatience witli which tho clealers await the signal to proceed with tho boycott, Vesttrdny Karny Kearns, president of the association, led tho van by throwing out Khrets beer from his saloon, a! 18 811,110 tinie conspicuously dis- jilnying this card in big letters: "Xo pool beer sold here; down with monopoly." Ap plications immediately multiplied forcopiss of this card, and betoro night it was dis i,yeiri. ,.,,,I?rolH ot Sl,00' i" tho east f ; P0''1'1,0 f the movoment claim that after to-night it wdl bo seen in more than half of the saloons of the city. A bill to punish strikers who Interfero with the lawful employment of other persons by a fine of f500 and Imprisonment for six months, passed the Texas senate with only three dis' eeutlng votes. THE norcoTT. It Is to be TaboorA as a llateut Worth Philadelphia dispatch: It is generally understood here that Mr. Powderly and the other members of tlio executlvo board of the Knights ot Labor aro devoting much ol their time to the consideration of more feasible means for checking tho indiscrimi nate boycotting which is now being waged, and a general circular will shortly be sent out clearly defining tho situation and in slructiiig assemblies that such boycotts us are now existing, which havo not received the sanction ot tho executive board, must be lilted. The boycott on Armour goods s lepmliated by the executive board and s made the example. Mr. Harry in nil interview to-dny said tho question of boycotting Armour had nevei lieeu oven considered by tho execu tive board anil consequently never received their authorization. Another member said that while the western Kuiiditt ot Labor were faithful nnd enthiisnstir. they wcie too radical in some matters and their leaders did not exercise a properdin i-ipliue. Other members of tho board ex pressed similar sentiments. Mr. Powderly said: "Let mo direct your nttention to a ow little abuses. I find that whenever n n strike occurs a plea for aid is scattered broadcast among the assemblies. Do nut pay unless the appeals como from your listrict assembly or the geivral assembly. It boycott notices aro sent to you, burn them. I have in my possession -100 boy cott notices which were sent to assemblies ith the request that they bo acted upon. I hate tho word boycott. I advise you to Jitlier burn -t inll, Hh-so mutters. JlltS. Cl.ht l.t.A.Sit' itliVlil'TlOX. Washington special: Mrs. Cleveland's re "option at noon to-dny was a large and .locablc one. Sho was looking very gir'ish hi a silk dress ot it sott brown shade, out side ot tlio skirt and the waist handsomely rimmed with brown and gilt beaded passe ni'Miteries. Tucked in tlio button of her waist was a single red rose. Mis Cleveland mined her down stairs altera visit from Mr. t'orcoran.and was soon surrounded. Sho wore a black silk and jot dress and follow ing her usual custom had a pink rose in her corsage. Tliogreen parlor was cr iwded. so many calling to pay their respects to Miss Cleveland by her suggestion when neeting tlieni last Thursday evening. Among the visitors wero Mrs. F.ndicott, Miss Mildred Lee, Commodore and Mrs. Harmony, Mrs. and Mrs. Lnmar, ,Ir., Mrs. ockr'll, Mrs. Hlair, Minister and Mine liomcro and Mrs. Stanley Matthews. Miss t'leve'and remained down stairs even alter 1 o'clock and the conversation kept up in the merriest style. WILT. OllEV THE LAW. Pittsburg dispatch: President Roberts of the Pennsylvania railroad company notified tho officials to-dny that it was the intention of the company to live up to tlio spirit and letter of tho inter-stato com- mcrco law, ns it now roads, though the con struction of some of its clauses by the com mission might cause changes later on, to day general orders were sent to nil depart ments notifying them or the intentions of tho company and telling them to net promptly in nccordanco with tho bill From two to threo hundred clerks havo been set at work preparing blanks, new sets of books, forms and other necessary mat ters to carry out the changes. HAlI.ltO.ti IllllltlCIO AT WOlllC. St. Paul dispatch: A sensation was caused in the house of representatives at n late hour this afternoon when Donnelly, upon the defeat 50 to 35) ot his bill fix ing maximum rates of freight on grain, re ferred to the previous vote in tlio house on tho same 1111 in which but twenty-five members voted against it, and declared he had been informed by a representative that one of tho representative's colleagues had stated that lie could get, 250 for voting against this bill and 250 moro to vote tor Finery's railroad bill. The house adjourned without a voto on Donnelly's motion to reconsider. A COXCESSIOX TO CAXADA. St. Johns special- Tho fish exporters in this city have been considerably exercised over tho fact that tho collector of customs at Eastport, Me., had decided that frozen herring imported from the provinces was dutiable. Application was made to the Washington authorities for nn opinion on the subject, and Inst night a reply was re ceived, stating that frozen fish intended for immediato consumption wero tree from duty. THE CAJII'AIOX IS OEltJIAXY. Berlin dispatch: Police attempted to dis perse a Socialist meeting, which wns eing held in a bock brewery at Stot ten, last evening, but failed. A force of military was thou summoned and with fixed iiayonets drove the people from the hall. Several ot tho pooplo were wounded by bay met thrusts and one man is reported killed. The hall In which tho meeting was held wns completely wrecked. At Magreburg, yesterday, twenty-four locinlists wero arrested on tliochargo of be angiug to illegal societies. STAlillED WITH A STILETTO. Chicaoo, III., Feb. 13. During a quarrel over cards this afternoon In a Clark street sa loon Diitilello Florfo, lately from Genoa, slashed Felice Karnonili over the hand with a razor. An Instant later Kumomli's compan ion, Francesco Trlmarlc, plunged a stiletto Into the heart of Florlo. lie sank to the floor dead, while the other two hastily made their scape. The trio had beeu carousing together since early morutuc. Henry I Lazarus, Juuiru of thu civil dis trict court of the parish of Orleans, has been declad bv the supreme court of Loulslaua guilty of malfessauco ami gross misconduct In olllce. A man giving the name of Hugh Hrachlhi was arrested In a suberh of Cleveland on sus picion of being ono of the persons who assault cd Captain Hoehu and Detective Hulbgau on a Pittsburgh train. President Roberts of the Pennsylvania rail way, is of the opinion tliat the inter-stato commerce act will largely prevent the public from taking undue nuvanuge oi iue ucixbm ties of railroad companies. A single firm has made contracts for the do Iverv of two million railroad ties in Nebraska thlsvear. mainly for the Northwestern an; Union Pacific roads, and the Burlington U about to arrange for another million. In the petroleum-fields of Russia a volcaui recently hurst forth, sending up a high columi of fire and mud, the latter covering tho ground for a 'square mile. The purchasing committee of the WabaM road has made arrangements lu New York ft the transfer of the western division on Man ' 1st. Four firemen In 8t. Louis were serious! burned hv an explosion of irasoliue lu Lung strops' chemical dye-works. Joseph M. Pollack, a retail clothier In St. Louis, has confessed Judgment for f 5'i.OMO. Four prisoners escaped from the Jail ol Lancaster county tho other night by knocking a hole lu the wall. Gohlsmltt. lirotbirs, manufacturers of cloth ing, Philadelphia, Pa., havo made an assign went with tlW.OOO liabilities. A MUCH-USED PRONOUN. V 3w Ot)rrvnlloiion tlic Klr-U Per eon Stni-ulnr Modesty Not a t'lininctff istio of Some l'co plo We Mrot. A recent i. umber of 7ic London Queen contains an nitidis on "Tho Irst Poison Singular." Tlio writer as oris, and without doubt tho assertion s well grounded, that tho letter"!" is ho boundary of tlio wholo world of son ntion ami tho mirror wherein aro re loeted nil outsdo phenomena. Wo ive, and think, ami understand bv its eal zat'on. and through its power of tbsorption wo get a glimpse of the "1" if others. It is the Alpha and Omosrn if all speculation tho soul beacon of ight in the midst of un votsal darkness n it all nature is focused, and all ifo represented. . . . "What the "1" Iocs not know lias no existence for nan;" "What the oyo does not seo .he heart does not crave," and "what he '1' docs not know the mind cannot iceept," aro truisms. That which loniu organisms teei ami uclievo aro lon-oxistent for others. A person who las always been blind can have no per teption of color, a ileal perou no idea of tarmony. lhis is the metaphysical as oct of "I." Tho !' of overy-day no is lu somo person the most objec ionable sign-post over set up in tho lighway of life. It meets one at every urn and seems to obstruct the way to ivory other domain. What 1 think and vhat I do where 1 have been and what have seen, is tho string on which is minded the everlast ng monoehord of tgotisni: and it never occurs to these elf-conta tied harpists that others may veary of the sameness of their tune. Nor do they think that anyone has mown augnt ot which they tlieni elves nave been ignorant until now. ?liov discover things which havo been niblic property for centuries, even to acts of Greek and Roman history. If hev go over to Paris for the first time hey discover Paris, and give their icighbors who have lived thero for oino years the benelil of their expori nces in the cafes, ami news of the onduct of tho crowds in the stroets, nd the queue made at tho doors of the heaters. 11 they take up a new study hoy instruct tho expert if thev havo .dopled a new fad they convert tho ie rophaut or it may be set forth as ncontrovcrtiblo the superficial reasons my such and such a tact should be ac opted to ono who has gone down to ho roots and rejeoted after profound summation, llicse intellectual ego ists never discriminate. Their "T iominates their judgement and what hey hear and learn, if it strikes their ancy tlioy hold fast to. suro that great xpanstve "i cannot no deceived, and hat thoy have no need of caution. Tho anks of the superstitious are recruited rom those of tho intellectual ogotists, .nd the people who accopt as gospel very folly alloat are thoso who aro o sure of themselves that they take no irecautions against blundering. To io sure, among the swallowors of iiiacking-ducks arc the absolutely aim ilo and non-egotistical. 15ut their fault 3 folly, not presumption want of iropcr self-assertion not too much ar 1 oganco. The writer continues: Peoplo who ive in their own "1 ' are now prone to onsiilor themselves slighted, now oag r to accept as supreme honor tlio eoni nonost courtisies and tho smallest iivilitics. Everything unusual thov ako as something done in their honor; ,nd things which havo no kind of oferonco to themselves thov accept as heir assigned homage. This had an lltistration of n sort when Cato the oungcr look the demonstrations of ro ped and greetings made by the (ntiochiaiis as witnesses borne o his own deserving. It was lothing of tho kind. Jl'he what ve should now call deputation was vaitmg for Demetrius. Pompey's frecd iian; and Cato went for nothing in heir eyes. Wo say this was an illus ration of a sort; for Cato tho younger vas by no means an egotist, and the nistuke was not un natural. And, talk ng of ancient matters, it was Plut uch's father who first gavo that most iseful advice against egotism in speech -bidding his famous son always say 'wo went" "wo saw" "wo did" ivon when his colleague should chance o be absent; and never to push forward hat obtrusive "1," which somo poo do seem to think tho note of admiration if tho universe. "I" has also become a universal form if locution. Young girls who travel tro prone to disdain thu modesty of tho sollectiyo pronoun "we," and from heir conversation it might be gleaned .hat they spend their lives in going tbout the world alono and unattended, it is not a nice form of speech, but it elongs to the intense individualism of ho times. Self-assertion is the fashion. ut it will puss away if we will wait in atience. This self sustained worship if tho "I" has received manv n hnrd mock from poet and philosopher; yet i sun survives: "Sio volo, s.c juboo" tands as a kind of monumental warri ng in tho way of arrogant speech, and I am Sir Oracle, and when I open m ips let no dog bark" is a phrase which ve all know by heart, and of wh eh nany of us havo had occasion to iniiku ipplicution. fair Philip Sidney savs: "Thnm is lothing sooner overthrows a weak head hun op.nion of authority, like too .trong liquor in a fra 1 glass." So that, is tho "world is nothing but brabble." iccording to Montaigne, thoso opinions u aiiiuoriiy unu overinrow tiiu weak leads are not always those which ought iucarrv most weight. "I hardly over fet saw the man who did not prato too nuch and speak too 1 ttlo," tlio old rrench humoristic philosopher goes on Kay, and h s sarcasm touches, of all jiun. tlioao who worship their own "I,1 uid belie vo in themselves rather than u sclent e, by which we mean absolute knowledge. Tup. nudltv craze Is said to be SDreadtnir. 3tioulder straps and licit Is now tho reguhi dou corsago lor evening uress. notion jier IJ. An coal rise all over the country so sink the tirarts and purses of the honest poor. rtUadtijtnui Atw. oAVAUK KACCS. 111 They Not Ilo Exterminated Dy XnMiral 1 iiwsl Speaking oi the rate of savago pro gress, lite London )nifor says: It teems to us that modern eheeriuuss has slightly infected f-cientdic men, nud that in eager hope to show that natural science presages a great future for man they leave out of view some un pleasant facts which militate against their theory. Thev take time into thoir account at ono point and not atanotli or. They will assert that the doveloi- niont of man from a nionkey or a rep t ie, or whatever is the latest theory aoout nis ancestors, must nave occu pied cycles of centuries, and that cycle.-! more past before man could use tools or make lire; and then they expect, or write as if they expected, another mor mons advance within a tnunporv peri od marked in rerorded hitor. for ex ample, some two or three thousand years. Win? Where is the evidene that tho man of the Niger would not take a million or .so of years before he. unassisted, attained to civilization, es pecially if nu passed through that pe riod of "arrestment" wh eh has certain ly struck some races, and the duration of which is as uncertain as the duration of the world? Scientific men are con scious of tho greatest of the marvels of tho universe, the astounding way in which productive or creative energy is wasted, generations of creatures per ishing uselessly before the creature to survive is born, and forests dacaying that a few trees may live; but thev seem unw lling to expect such waste of men. Why not? Is it because of the value of sentient beings in the economy of the universe? If humanity all per ished to-morrow through sonio vast ca lani.ty, say, by (he emission from all vol canic regionsof some poisonous vapor a thing believed to have occurred on a minute scale the loss would be far less than the loss of babies which has occurred since the beginning of the world, and would be less, indeed, than the loss of stillborn children only. If nature, or law, or providence, can af ford to waste human beings, oven Aryan beings, at that prodigious rate, why should it not waste whole races of savages? It lias wasted two within quite a short period the Car.bs of Cu ba and tho Tasnianians and it is wast ing two moro qu to visibly, the Austra lians of tiie mainland and tho Maoris. Why should it not waste the remainder, leaving the world altogether to men of some higher tpe, or other type, as has happened with some animals? Wo do not seo, wo confess, though wo wish to see. why, on tho scientific theory of the universe, we should expect so much progress in savages, or why a Digger Indian, say, should gradually advance until ho can count up to tho number which astronomers aro accustomed to use. Why should ho not perish, or. if his vitality is strong, as is the case with somo negro tribes, why should ho not survive as a kind of half-developed mail? He has donoso for ages in Aus tralia, and why should tho ages end? Wo can sue a hope for him in the Chris tian theory, which assigns to the negro, as in Newton, two lives, but on tho scicutilic one wo seo nothing for him, if ho remains uncouquercd and of un conquered and unmixed blood, except a doubtful probability of advance at a rate which tho human mind can scarce ly discorn, and which, as a factor in history, it is oven useluss to consider. .Judged by Christianity, the savago has a future; but, judged by history and science, tiio best thing that could hap- pun iu nun wuuui oo to llisappuar lis rapidly as possible, and make room for the useful neoples, who two centuries lionco w.li havo scarcely room to breathe. Tho Kind ofStovo Jlu Wanted.. "I want to buy a coal stove," drawled man with sad eyes as ho dragged his attenuated form into :, Madison street hardware store. "A coal stove!" gasped the merch ant, knocking over a chair in his haste to reach the customer. "Yes. a coal stove." replied tho sad- ovod man with a sigh. "I thought yon would think I was crazy, so I took the precaution to bring a ccrtilicato from my physic'nn," "very thoughtful." tho merchant chuckled, taking tho stranger by the arm. "What stylo of stove do you want?" "A coal stove," replied tho sad-eyed man with a wail of despair. "Ui course; you told me that before I mean what kind of stove doyou want? Self-fedor?" 'SuHering Ciusar! No! Self-feeding stovo with coal at $7.50 a ton and a famine close at hand? You must be nsano. I want a stovo that can feed with a spoon, one that doesn't get hungry more than twice a week, and has enough humanity in it to heat threo rooiiH when the thermometer is below zero. A solf-feoding stovo! I want one that I can bring up on thu bottle." Cticaqo He ra h I. Jlen are Not Susceptible to Flattery Wife (to husband who is arranging his toilet at tho mirror) "Can't you take me to the opera to-night, dear?" Husband (dec s vcly) "No. I can not. Opera indeed! Do you think I'm nind-j of money?" Wilo (after a pamol "liloirt see any need of your spending so much time brushing vour wh.skors, dear." Husband (turning around with an angry glitter in his eyes) "Why not?" Wife mini ugly) "ijocnuse ono brushing is enough. And you are liaiidsomo enough without going to all that trouble. It would bo hard for you to make yourself any handsomer at least in my eyes than you aro natural ly, no matter what care you give to vour toilet." Husband (nfter completing his toilet) "I'm going down town for awhile. liy tlio way, Bulla, on thu second thought, I guess I can manage to get a 'oupiu of opera tickets, so you can con sider thu go ngNuttlod. Ta, ta." Wife (solus after his departuro) "I thought I would fetch him." Jlostoit Courier. An Adventure. With Lions. Mr. F. C. Selous hns been writing to the London Field sonio interesting ex periences with lions in Central South Atrial, hi a recent issuo ho de scribes nu exceedingly fortunate day's sport. While riding with n compan ion in search of game lor food, his nt tention wan attracted by tho shout-, ing of iv number oi lCnllirs. On gallop ing up to them there wjro cries of "A lion! a lion!" "There! there! close in front of you, lying lint on theground." Mr. Selous' narrative proceeds: "I instantly saw him a malo lion, crouched perfectly Hat, with his head on his outstretched paws, and certain ly not more than twenty yards from me. I was too close to feel in clined to dismount, especially as I was riding a steady shooting horse. To rein in, turning my horse at the sanio time, and to raiso my rule was tho work of a moment. My horse, however, would not keep per fectly still; and as I was trying to get tho sight on to the lion's nose below the eyes, I saw him draw in his fore legs, which had been stretched out un der his chest; then his wholo body quivered. I knew what theso signs portended, and that he was on tho point of charging. Just then I fired, and iniulo a very lucky shot, as, ow ing to tho slight movements of tlio horse, I could not get a steady one. Seeing what was coming, I just touch ed the triggor as tho sight crossed the lion's face, and, luck being on my side, tlio bullet struck him exactly betweon tho eyes. It drilled a small hole through tlio front al bone, where it struck and blow oil a largo pieco at the back of thebrainpan. Death of course, was in stantaneous, and I at once set to work to skin him. lie was a fair sized male in the prime of life. As soon as we had skinned him, Laer and I again started on in front, closely lollowed by tho ICallirs. "Wo had just entered tho belt of forest on tlio further side of which ran tho valley where my camp was situated, when Laer, who wivj some thirty yards in front of mo stopped, and turning around, beckoned to mo. As I came near, I said: 'What is it, Laer?' Tts another lion, sir,' lie answered. 'Whore?' I asked, dropping the reins and working as hard as I could to unfold tho skin that was twisted round my waist, whilo at tlio sanio time I sought everywhere with my eyes in front of mo. However, I could not mako him out; but just as 1 got tho skin loose and let it drop to tho ground, up jumped a lion witli a loud purr somo fifty yards in front of me, and went oil through tho forest as hard as ho could. Luck ily through tho stems of tho trees, there was but littlo undergrowth, and the grass was nothing like so long and thick as iu tlio valleys, except indeed at the bases of thecnornious ant-heaps with which thoso forests aro studded, where the grass always grows longer and thicker than anywhere else. As tho lion made olf, I dug my spurs in to my horse's ribs, and, after a race of three or four linnd'od yards, tho lion, finding that lie could not got away from me, stoppod suddenly at ono of tho largo ant-heaps I have spoken of, faced round and stood with glaring eyes and open mouth, his head Held low between his shoulders, look ing as savago as ho could, growling hoarsely, and twitching tho end of his tail from sido to sido. I'ulling in my horse, I tried to iiro again from his back; but lie was excited by tho gal op, or prehaps the growling of tho lion disconcerted him, and lie would not stand still at all. My antagonist ooKed so nasty tliat 1 scarcoly liked .lisniotinting, as I was pretty close to inn; and when a lion is driven to bav it is impossible to tell at what instant :ie may mako up his mind to charge I dismounted, however, and. taking a luicic but steady sight, planted a Juliet just between his neck and ahoulder, on receiving which ho reared :iiniself up with a loud roar and fell aver sideways, whilo I inwardly said to myself, I've got him.' Tho lion was .ying half in and half out of tho long trass; but on rogaining the saddle I ignin looked at tlio same spot, the ion was gone! I felt sure I hud given nim a dead shot, and I thought he must havo inannged to wrigglo himself ,nto tlio long grass.aud might bo lying ihero dead. I rode closer, then right ap to tho grass, which stood inapatcii round thu baso of tho ant-heap, but ,vas over six feet in height and waa very thick. I could, however, neither joo nor hear anything. The sun was now nearly if not quite down. After i littlo hesitation, I decided to tako ;he bull by the horns, and so, dis mounting, walked into the grass, hold ng my riflo cocked and ready for ac--,ion. I soon found out that tho lion ,vas not tliore.either dead oralive.and die blood track allowed where ho had tone out on tlio other side. Here, again, tho grass was sliort and ipurso, and by tho dull ovening light I :b u Id seo a whitish line through it tliat narked tho lion's track, which Ja:ould lot have seen by sunlight. Mounting ny liorso, and followed by Laer, I .vent rapidly along this track. About no hundred yards further on thore vas a patch of long grass; and as soon is I neared it I walked my horso very ilowly, as I fully expected to find the A-ounded beast lying in it. Nor waa I nistaken; for on reaching it I saw him ying, as I thought, dead, about live ards in front of mo. Ho was lying itretched on the ground; not Hat on lis sido certainly, but half on his sido, vith his hindquarters nearest me, and ertainly dying, although ho was not, ie! thought, dead. 'Hero ho is,' I ailed out joylully to Laer, under this nipression. Hardly wero tho words out if my mouth then the lion was on his eet, and round on mo with marvel )us quickness, growling savagely; but it the first movement 1 had wronched ny horse round and dug the spurs in ;o him, and was m full flight closely umued, He did not come more than twen'y or thirty yards, his ntrcmir probably failing him, and I pulled up ar once, as I saw that an accident nad li ippened to Laer. He wns somd ten yards behind me when theiion charged out, and tuine 1 his pony and galloped olf parallel with me; but about twenty yards beyond where the lion had stopped, I supposo tho pony had shied at something, for I saw his rider fall oil, and at once reined in. Laer, let mo hero say, had a strong thong fastened to his waistbelt at tho one end. and to a running loop on the bridle at the other, in imitation of tlio thin thong I usually use, but which I always arrange in such a way that I can looseen it in nn instant. Ho, howover. had simply tied it in a knot to his waistband, and was fast bound to tho hor;-o. Tho position was now this: The lion was standing with open mouth, from which blood was llowing, growl ing savajely, and looking like nothing but a wounded anil ferocious lion, while right m front of liini, and within thirty yards, stood Lner's refractory pony, backing toward the lion, pulling with him Laer, who, of course, was looking full into his open jaws, which ho did not seem to admire. I think 1 shall never forgot the momentary glimpse I had of his face. Ho was, at tliattime, only a lad of about fifteen or sixteen years of age, and no won der ho wns frightened; but frightened he most certainly was his hat had fallen oil, his mouth was wide open, and his eyes staring, and lie was pulling desperately against the horse, that was steadily dragging him nearer to tho lion. Tlio wholo sceno would make a splen did picture I wns a little to tho right of Laer and a littlo further off the lion, but not much, and ho looked al ternately at the two of us. I am suro it was only simply wnnt of strength that prevented him from coming on and mauling either Laer or the pony; for before I could raise my lillo ho sank down to tho ground, but still kept his head up, aiid, with his mouth wide open, never ceased growling or roaring ( I donot know which is tlio bet ter word). Ot course I fired as quickly as I could, the circumstances admitting of no delay. I aimed right for his open mouth, and at tlio shot his bend fell so suddenly and in such a way that I knew the bullet had reached his brain. The wholo of this scene, which has tak en so long to describe, wns, of course, only a matter of a few seconds." Itwle a Fortune iu a Few Days. Now York Sun. One of tho handsomest equipages on Filth avenue recently was driven by a young Irishman who arrived in this city from Cork two or three weeks ngo with SoOO in his pockot. Ho had como to bee the United States, and the $i)00 was to pay his expenses. One of the acquaintances lie made was a newspaper man, who took tho visitor down into Wall streot to show him the sights thore, and quite by chance- introduced him to ono ol tho Stock Exchange magnates. Tho Irish lad had a story or two, now and suc culent; tho Stock Exchango man liked them and an ollhand friendship sprang up forthwith. Tho Stock Exchango man was a bear; what moro natural than that the youth from Cork should bo invited into tlio ranks? In went his $000 promptly. Ho didn't havo long to wait; littlo by littlo tho stock market began to split; soon it was wide open. Tho $i500 swelled into 5,000 in a few days; then it grow to twice 5,000, and when a recent crash canio tho figure doubled onco again, and 20,000 stood to tho credit ol tho moro chit of a boy who had novor ex pected to handle so much money m many a year to come. He has bought a horso and carriage. Ho has moved from his quiet boarding house to a first-class hotel. Ho is going to mako that 120,000 change to 100,000 be fore ho goes to his homo over the ocean so ho says. Thero is just a bare- possibility, though, that- if ho doesn't let Wall streot alono he may bo disappointed. If ho stays in Wall streot long enough somebody elso may bo driving that horse, and ho may bo glad to borrow money to get a ticket over tlio sea. Ohl-Fushioncd Housekeepers. I know ono, and I would like to seo the man who would try to palmollon her oleomargarine. Thoso housekeep ers, those mothers who prido them selves on bringing up their children well, and who keop a constant eye on thoir servants, can only bo bent from tlio strictest rules of proprioty in tho household by housekeeping considera tions. Thoro's ono of this dear, old fashioned school up town who has a very pretty servant maid a very tempt ing servant maid, who always gets served first iu tlio morning.and has all tho tradespeople interested in tho houso. Thu milkman tries to como late, so he may find her, and tho but- terman is wild about her, and tho butcher sometimes comes himself to seo that thu meat is all right. Thoso advantages havo not been lost upon thu lady of tho house, but she is a stickler for proprioty. So, when, tho other morning, bIio found the butchor's boy kissing tho pretty ser vant maid, sho was shocked. Sho wrote a note to tho butcher and told him if he couldn't scud a boy who behaved himself she would tako her name oil his list of customers and she'd get her meat elsewhere. At breakfast they spoke about it. "Well, inaniniu, you'd better wrlteto tho butturman, to. Ilo kisses her ovory morning," said the daughter ot tlio House. "What? The buttorman, too?" "Certainly. I saw him yesterday morning." "Dear me! Well, I can't help it. Ho must just do it, fori can't got any thing like as good butter anywhero else.'" San Franclsqo Chronicle.