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.