FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Dancing A .said to bo declining In
popularity in England.
Tlio wives of Msldl. tho great Af
rican chief, are his ministers of state,
lie has f.OO of them. Thoy run tho
whole kingdom.
One of the rules of tho Royal Li
brary in Berlin, made with a view to
preserving quiet and order, calls for
Slhe exclusion of all members of tho
gentler sex.
The Kmperor of Japan is rich.
Ho is atlowcd s?'-.r )0,003 a year for his
household department and his private
fortune is large and increasing.
Tho Empress of Austria carries a
traveling-basket llttcd up so that sho
is able to make soup on tho cars. It
lias silver sauce-pans with gold han
dles, and the Empress declares that
sho can make in it better broth than
any chef can concoct.
A society called "The Christian
Union" has been formed in England
for the severance of the British Um
pire from the opium trallle. Tho In
come of the British-Indian Govorn
ment from opium last year was $30,
000,000. The little Herman Crown Prince
has a very scant nllowatieo of toys.
The Emperor holds that many and cost
ly toys neither increase a child's hap
piness nor allow those qualities to be
developed which are brought out when
si child has to turn to its own resources
for lilling up its leisure hours.
Farmers in Southern Australia,
who arc anxious to find a market in
Kngland for their fruit, recently
shipped a box of oranges to London
and asked that it bo immediately re
turned. After making the round trip
the box was opened at Adelaide and
contents found to bo In a most encour
aging state of preservation. Eighty of
the oranges wero afterwards exhibited
at a meeting of the Australian Bureau
of Agriculture.
HUNTING THE CHAMOIS.
A Sport I'liiit Involve (Sri-it I'liyileul Ht
ertlon mill Alif i.V D.uiKcrs.
The person who goes out in quest of
chamois in December or January is
likely to bag more adventures than
game. In reality Alpine sport is con
siderably tamer than tho passing tour
ist usually supposes. Chamois stalk
ing, though the few who practice it de
clare it to be tho most exciting of all
pastimes, is for the most part, at least
in Austria, left entirely to the poach
ers. Tho physical exertion it requires,
the danger it involves, and the rarity,
or rather the entire want of staunch
and well-trained hounds, account for
this. Hotli tho chamois and tho roo
are driven, but in a way suited to tho
character of tho country and impossi
ble on an English estate. Long be
foro dawn the guests who are invited
to take part in a chamois hunt as
semblo at an appointed place. Then
the steep climb into tho valley which
is to be tho scene of operations
begins. Whets tho proper posi
tions are reached the head for
ester assigns to each of tho guests
a placo near ono of tho passes tho
chamois are likely to take. All theso
ambushes are hidden from the heights
above by rocks and bushes, and thoy
are always from thro 1 to four hundred,
usually more than one thousand feet
apart. When once a sportsman has
been placed he is expected to remain
where ho is tis silently as ho can. Ho
must not leave his post on any account,
as this might not only disturb the drive
hut endanger his own, life. At about
the same timo as tho hunting party
leave their rendezvous a party of
drivers accompanied by dogs start
from tho other sido of tho mountain
range. Tho noiso they mako frightons
the chamois over tho crest, and, if tho
parties have been properly organized,
into tho valley, where a warm welcomo
has boon propared for thorn. Except
in very rare cases, thoso who are posted
above are expected to allow tho herd
to pass boforo shooting, in order not to
spoil tho sport of thoir friends below.
Tho huutsmon must of course always
be placed so that tho wind blows to
ward and not from thorn. Roo are for
the mosi part shot in a similar way,
though roe stalking is by no means un
usual. Saturday Review.
PHYSICAL HEALTH.
The I'nefillnixH fif .'Mil illy Oilmen III ICeep
ini; liji Niilliui.il Streuiftli.
The interest takon in this country in
athletic sports may sometimes assume
an exaggerated form, but It is not to
bo discouraged. Tho sound mind in
ho sound body is still tho sensible
maxftn. The Greoks wisely trained
the body in conjunction with intellect
ual pursuits, and the Germans owo a
great debt to Frederick Ludwig Jahn
for his establishment of Gymnasia.
The present greatness of Prussia is
largely owing to tho Tumor schools,
although thoy woro suppressed at ono
time on tho score of a tondoncy to libor
alisin. Tho indomitable spirit which
has over animated tho Kngllsh people
lias been kopt allvo by Hold sports and
physical exereisos generally, ana tho
tendency to ovorstrainod nervous or
ganizations wl.lcb tho American ell
mute superinduces can only bo offot
by vigorous out-of-door habits or bomu
gymnastic training. Walking, riding
shouting, swimming, baso-ball. cricket,
fencing, sDurring. and, indeed, the on
tire round of manly game, involving
phjMt-ul culture, are useful In keeping
up a hardy and determined people,
uMe to maintain with their stout arms
what their HiitMMlord have givm them
iii Mif"kopliig. Sound thought, firm
will and nouiid haulthnrc inuWy insep
arable. It is certainly u natural ulll
ancc Texas Sifting.
BEAUTIFUL AFRICA.
Wlint Chii Ho Pound In tho Oriiuil rirrtl
of tlio Ilurk Continent. I
Hippopotami are abundant In the J
rivers and lakes, and their hides, !
when properly prepared (which is
done by cutting tho skin, into long '
thin strips), will fetcli , live pounds !
apieco in South Africa, and are even
of considerable valuo in England for
making walking sticks, which have
a beautiful, transparent, amber-like
appearance. But tne great wealth of
this country lies in its ivory, which is
preferred to any other In tho Zanzibar
market. Tho elephant abounds in the
neighborhood of Killnia-njaro and
Renin to tho extent of lihiny thous imls.
Ho here becomes quite a mountaineer,
and ranges through tho magnificent
forests that clothe tho upper slopes of
these giants among African peak.
Tho natives waylay his forest
tracks with artfully-devised pit
falls and traps, preferring this
mote cowardly way of procuring their
ivoy to facing the elephant in the
chase. Other tribe to the north and
west of Kiliina-njaro kill the elephant
with poisoned arrows or javelins or
sharp swords. Indeed, there Is one
district on tho northern borders of
Masni-land. where, according to Mr.
Joseph Thomson, "elephants are said
to swarm unmolested and their ivory
to rot untouched, for the people of tho
surrounding region have no trading
relations with any one, and do not
mow the valuo of tho precious article.
A tusk worth 10 in England may be
(licked up for nothing, or bought from
.my native for a pennyworth of beads. "
However this may be, whether the elo-
iilinnts are slain for tlieir ivory, or
- i. .1... -,f 1
wiiuincr, iis in uie uuus ui oinunu
tho Sailor," there are districts in
which the tusks m-iy bo simply gath
ered from among the bones of ele
phants who for centuries have died,
and died untouched. in these untravoled
wilds, ivory is procured somehow and
in such quantities even with the ab
surdly inadequate existing means of
exploitation and porterage that there
is always more than enough to supply
tho many native caravans led by Mos
lem traders from the coast which an
nually traverse this country between
the Victoria Xyanzn and the Indian
Ocean. Another item of li-ide should
not bo forgotten, namely, tho valuable
and handsome wild-be ist skins which
may either bo procured in the chase or
very cheaply purchased from the na
tives. A leopard's skin may be bought
for about ''s. or .'is worth of goods, and
will sell on the coast for 8s. or l)s.
Lions' skins are less easy to obtain
from the natives, as that animal is
rarely killed by ihom, but tho com
pany's sportsmen might shoot him to
considerable extent, as ho is botli com
mon and bold. Monkey skins of the
handsome variely of bushy, whi(,o
tailed colobus, which is alono found In
this region, are valuable and fetch a
good price on the coast. II. H. John
ston, in Fortnightly Review.
WANTED MORE LIGHT.
Hob llurilotto AiMrcHHiM ll KetMiot tn till)
I'lfty. First CniiisrtMt.
Permit mo to suggest a measure of
reform and relief which the LI. Con
gress might puss and which would ro
llect great luster upon President Har
rison's Administration. It might be
entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Peo
ple who Walk In Darkness," or "An
Act to Prohibit the Use of Gas by Peo
ple who Can Not Afford It." And I'll
toll you why I favor such legislation.
I am fond of tho light; 1 love airy
houses with many windows and not too
many shades; 1 enjoy bright rooms at
night; I dislike slcoping in a dark
room; 1 don't care to sleep under an
eleetrie light and I know that dark
ness rests tho eyes, but I al
ways want enough light around
to enable mo to distinguish a rooking
chair from a bureau and a door from a
window. But wo can get along well
enough whon we are asleep; what wo
want is plenty of light whon wo are
awako. Well, now; you know the
house 1 mean: you have been in it,
where tlio people burn gas and econo
mize with it, A parlor as big though
not quite so cheerful as tho morgue, if
"lighted" that isn't tho word I want,
ixactly. but you know what 1 mo an
y one burner In a chandelier of half a
uozeii, and tlio dim religious light
makes you feel as though you wero at
tending your own funeral. Suppose
you are a guest and como out of your
own room, leaving the gas burning
brightly; if you will return in live
minutes you will find that some careful
body has been in there and turned the
gas down till it turns blue. If you vont
ure to turn a gas jot on to a full head,
that you may read, tho minute you lay
down tho book somebody turns down
tho gas. Thoro is ono drop-light in the
sitting-room; around this ray of cheer
fulness tlio family gathers, now and
thon looking timidly over their shoul
ders toward tho shadows that lurk In
tho gloomy eoriiors of tho room. The
house, from sunset to bed-time, is
hro;idod in a ghastly twilight no sort
of joke intended; it's n subject too
solemn for jesting. There is no econ
omy in this short of thing; gas bills
never vary; and It's no way to live. A
dim. religious tight is tho bos light to
go to sleep by, but it's heathenish mm
wicked to livoby. Burdotto, in Brook
lyn liable.
London has a poor-Belief society
that received as contributions trnrmenU
Instead of money. Each member U
obliged to contribute two garment
n year. Thew are disposal of in
various ways by the odleors of the so-
: ty. Soma are sold ut low price tc
tin- iHor; some are given away; and
boino art kept in stock and loaned.
HOW DIMES ARE MADE
now tlii I.lttlo Coins -re Turiinl Out liy
tlio sun rriinoi.ro Mint.
Tho silver dime Is :i useful little coin,
and just at present thv seem to bo In
demand; so much so that the San Fran
cisco mint is turning them out at a
great rate.
The process of dime-making is an
interesting one. The silver bullion Is
first melted and run Into two-pound
bars. These In turn are run through
Immense rollers and tlattened out to
tho thickness of the coin These sil
ver strips are then passed through a
machine, which cuts them into proper
size for the presses, tho strips first
having been treated with a kind of
tallow to prevent tlieir being scratched
hi their passage through the cutters.
The silver pieces are then put into
tlio feeder of the printing presses, and
are fed to the die by automatic ma
chinery at the rate of 100 per minute.
48.000 dimes being turned out in a
regular working day of eight hours.
As the smooth pieces are pressed
between the ponderous printing dies,
they receive the lettered and figured
impression in a manner similar to that
of a paper pressed upon a form of
type. At the same time, the piece is
expanded in a slight degree, and the
small corrugations are cut into its rim.
The machine drops the completed
coin into a receiver, and it is ready for
the counter's hands. Tho instrument
used by the counter is not a complicat
ed machino by any means, as one might
suppose, it is a simple ooppor-colorod
tray, having raised ridges running
across its surface at a distance apart
tho exact width of a dime.
Eroni tho receiver tho money is
dumped on the board or tray, and as It
is shaken rapidly by the counter the
pieces settlo down into the spaces be
tween tho ridges. All these spaces be
ing filled, the surplus coin is brushed
back into the receiver, and the counter
lias exactly LLViO dimes, or $1U.", on his
tray, which number is required to fill
the spaces. Tho tray is then emptied
Into boxes, and tho money is ready for
shipment.
The dime docs not pass through the
weigher's hands, as does the coin of a
larger denomination. One and one
half grains is allowed for variation, or
'tolerance," in all silver coins from a
dollar down, and tlio deviation from
tho standard in the t'li-eent pieces is
so trilling that the trouble and expense
of weighing coins of this denomination
is dispensed twith. Golden Days.
STYLISH PARASOLS.
Novelties rrnilureil for tho Coming' Spring
iiikI Summer Seimous.
The new parasols for spring and
summer are covered faillo or armuro
silk in plain colors or richly brocaded,
or with striped silks, plaids or bord
ered patterns, and very dressy para
sols have thin gauze, silk muslin or
not covers brocaded with tinsel in do
signs like embroidery. Tho handles
are of natural woods holly, acacia,
bamboo, cherry or ebony with curi
ously twisted hoops or large hooks or
knobs at tho ond, or olso thoy are
quaintly carved and tipped with silver
or gold. Coaching parasols and thoso
for general uso have handles that ex
tend fourteen inches beyond tho edgo
of tho silk cover when closed. Tho
Dircctoiro parasols to bo used with
walking toilottes havo much longer
handles, liko walking-sticks, oxtond
Ing eighteen inches beyond tho covor,
and these handles are now put to
gether with a screw joint so that thoy
may bo taken apart and doubled
small enough to go into a very
small trunk. Rich brocades of tho
last century In dull colors and with
metallc designs aro appropriate cov
ers for theso parasols whon ieant for
dress, while for morning walks tho
striped and bordered silk covers aro
used. A novel foaturo insido tho now
Cleopatra parasols is a ribbon trim
ming winding around tho stretchers
that hold tlio parasol opon as thoy ra
diato from tho stick; when tho parasol
Is closed theso ribbons show boyoud
the tips, and a cluster of loops is
formed around tho stick, giving a full,
bunchy effect that Is considered very
stylish.
Faillo parasols of green or of gray
shades aro mado to correspond with
many of the spring stuffs for dresses.
Striped parasols must bo striped
around instead of down tho breadths,
and thoso with wido stripes aro pre
ferred. Tlio ferule at tho top is vory
long, and is pointed in parasols that
havo cane handles. Black parasols
havo now designs of molro, palm, ovals,
or largo balls on faillo grounds. For
mourning aro Rhadzlmlr parasols with
curved ebony sticks. For piazzas
and carriage uso in midsum
mer aro white and gold bro
ended silk parasols, or pale old
roso, or blue brocades in leaf and
ostrich feather designs, or olso em
broidered silk muslin or net is put
plainly over white, black, gray, rose
or empire.greon silk of tho shado as
the transparent fabric A bow of tho
silk or of tho ribbon is tied on tho
handle in full loops, and a loop of
passomonterlo co-d is also added there,
through which the arm is passed to
carry tho parasol when it is not hoist
ed. Suii-uinbrellas havo a short eight
inch handle tipped with gold or silver,
and are coverud with black taffeta silk.
For tho country aro cotton sattoon and
gingham parasols in large figures and
plaids, with either short or long han
dles. India silk is also prettily mount
ed for parasols to match tho summer
dros with which It Is worn. Small
turned-over shades for uso In curly
spring are made up of silks, or thoy
havo luce covers all In one piece in the
fashlou of long ago. Ilurpor'a Buzur.
TAMING A CANARY.
How ii lllr.l Miiy lip Tunc lit to Perch tTon
III Muster's Nose.
The method I have followed In tho
earlier training of canaries is not orig
inal with me. I am Indebted therefor
to a Catholic priest, whoso entire suc
cess therein encouraged mo to mako
some efforts on the same linos.
There are two Important prelimi
naries in the process: First, you must
havo no one else in tho vicinity of the
bird's cage or. better still, in tho
room: and second, a rare degree of
patience is requisite. Of these two
essentials, moreover. 1 would place the
greater stress on the latter.
The small bunch of Huff and feath-
i ers and warming unceasing, whose
! dainty tricks shall form the burden of
my sketch, 1 called Cap. He was of
: a bright, yellow tint, but had a black
spot topping his head and extending
' well down to the eyes. This ebon
speck, so neatly placed, suggested his
name. When he first came Into my
possession Cap was a bit fraction- for
a bird. Here, then, is the method by
which I tamed him.
At a dozen intervals in the dav I
approached the cage slowly, and,
placing one linger near the wires
where the porch rested, instantly
jerked the linger away. This action,
which may seem rather foolish, I re
peated over and over, but always in
gentle fashion, so as not to frighten
the bird, but only to excite his curi
osity. , Well, it gradually dawned on
the tiny brain that I was afraid of
having my linger peeked the vory
impression my action was meant to
convey. The canary's shyness was
becoming obliterated through tho
novel idea that 1 was actually afraid
of him! Cap began quite soon to act
on this idea, and with lessening cau
tion each few times. Nor did I fall
to give him opportunities. By slow
degrees I got closer to tho wires and
intruded my linger at greater length
between them, withdrawing it direct
ly on the bird's approach, and if ho
chanced to overtake and peek It I
simulated much misery If not pain at
the mishap.
"Well, it. got so at last, simply by
following tho above rules, that, whether
Cap was eating or bathing or picking
his feathers, he left off the taslc and
Hew to tho side of tho cage the instant
my linger -Appeared, and later on, in
fact, if 1 dared to come within a yard
of his territory! His enjoyment of my
supposed fear of him was merged at
last in genuine temper, and ho would
evince it by outstretched wings, sharp
squeaks, and eyes which had as much
of tho devil in them as they could hold.
At such unmannerly times ho stood on
one leg. grasped tho wires with tho
othor claws, and bade mo particular
defiance.
Cap was now tamed; so tho aggra
tating measures employed In bringing
about this condition woro gradually
dropped, and a coaxing system, which
varies, of course, with bird lovers, was
adopted to win conlldonco where I had
effectually displaced four. Onco you
tamo a bird, it is advantageous to glvo
him tho libortyof the room for a couple
of hours every day. Ho thus has tho
chance to improvo an acquaintance
mado behind the bars, lint tamo him
first in tho cage; this is my experience.
And now let mo recount some of
Cap's cute accomplishments. I have
time and again had him alight on my
shoulder or on tlio top of my head
while 1 was writing, and ho had a trick
of fluttering around or bolow from
theso points and poising with porfect
sang froid on tlio bridgo of my noso!
This, Indeed, was his favorite coign,
albeit a trillo awkward for mo.
Somotlmos I placed Ills battling dish
on tlio palm of my hand, which I hold
out invitingly, and Cap mado not a
particle of bones about alighting on
tho dish rim and, after a few prepara
tions, dousing down in tho water and
making It fly while ho performed his
ablutions. Having finished, ho would
seek tho top of my head, shake him
self thoroughly, and then mako tho
circuit of the room warbling at tho top
of his voice. My door often stood opon
while Cap was out of his cage, and If
I loft tho room his invariable praetico
was to fly after mo and havo a "lift"
down stairs on my head or shoulder;
while often, whon ho hoard my stop
coming up and I had previously cropt
out without his scolng mo, ho would
fly down to meet mo. Occasionally,
through inadvertence, tlio cage door
has been loft open ovor night, and Cap
has awakened mo in tlio morning sit
ting domuroly on tho bridgo of my
noso. This may not appeal vory
strongly to the credonco of tho reader,
but It is a fact, as aro each of tho in
stances named of my canary's talent
for making himself perfectly ut homo.
Cor. N. V. Sun.
Somo persistent novel renders In
tho British .Museum devoured as many
as twenty volumes a day, and occupied
their seats so persistently that tho au
thorities havo been competed to issue
tho rulo that novels that havo boon
first published within tho proceeding
live yours will not bo issued to renders
unless some especial reason can bo
given by thoso requiring them.
A correspondent says that lie treats
every man as a rascal until ho proves
himself honest, and that ho finds It J
saves li i in many a dollar, if the man
is tionost lie will not sulTor from being
watched as you would ivatoli a rascal,
and if he is a rascal you will bo greatly
ahead by watching him.
A company with a capital of $1G0,
000 has bogn formod to build puttsuiigor
tunnels under Now York City.
PECULIAR ORCHESTRA.
How it rrenrlitimii Mmlc n Numlier of
lnrlors I'uriiNIi Music. ,
Tho credit of the Invention of pig
music belongs to tho Abbe do Balgne. !
a great musician, who supplied the
court of Louis A I. with many other
curiosities in this way. The Ingenious
abbe was one day asked by the Ring if
lie thought It possible to produce
musical sounds from the erics of pigs. I
The abbe thought it was possible, and '
received a grant of money from the
monarch for that purpos-. With this
money ho proceeded to purchase a '
number of porkers, of different sizes
and ages. and. after testing the pilcn 1
and quality of their voices, secured
them fast, and arranged them in order
in a large tent. He further construct
ed a keyed instrument, furnished with
a number of wires, tightly drawn, cor
responding with the number of animals.
At the end of each wire which was in
side the tent, and almost touching each
pig. was attached a short, sharp spike,
which, when moved by the action of
the key. pricked the pig and made
him squeak. "By this means,"
says an old chronicler. "the
abbe produced such harmony as
to astonish the whole court." That
the eat lias been pressed into tlio serv
ice of musical science appears from
the account given by Juan Chrlstoval,
a Spaniard, of a procession which took
place at Brussels at tho fetes in honor
of Philip II. "The orchestra," says
Chrlstoval, "was upon a largo car; in
tho middle sat a great bear, playing a
kind of organ ono not composed of
pipes, as usual, but of twenty cats,
separately confined In narrow eases,
in which they could not stir. Their
tails protruded from tho top, and were
tied to cords attached to tho key-board
of tho organ; and, according as tlio
bear pricked upon tlio keys, tho cords
were raised, and the tails of tho cats
were pulled to make thoininew in has?
or treble tones, as required by the nat
ure of the airs." Live monkeys and
othor animals danced to this music.
"Although," continues tho chronicler,
"Philip II. was the most serious of
mortals, ho could not refrain from
laughing boisterously." San Francisco
Argonaut.
CARGOES OF CRIMINALS.
How
Kiissliiu Conlcts Aro Vrunnportol to
tin. I'eniil Colonics.
The Nizhni-Novgorod is an iron
steamship of about !1,800 tons burden,
and is especially fitted as a convict
transport. With a full complement of
convicts tho vessel carries (i.r2. Tlio
olllcors and crew number eighty, ox
elusive of a marine convoy escort of
sixty-two men especially chosen for
this duty. Tho iron-barred compart
ments or cages in which tho convicts
aro con lined run parallol, fore and aft,
on cither sido of tlio upper and lower
'tween decks. Tho Iron bars, an inch
thick, of tho cages and tho woodwork
in which thoy aro sot, is hoavily and
solidly constructed. Tho cages aro of
unequal capacity and length, but havo
a uniform height of sovon and a half
foot. Tho more desperate characters
are manacled and chained to Iron
staples in their berths, from which
thoy aro released whoa necessary.
Tlio greater number, although retain
ing the waist and ankle shackles
of light construction, have tho
freodom of traversing tho length of tho
compartment, which may vary from
twenty-live to forty foot. Botweon tlio
! (,ulu1, bars and tho two plain plank
shelves or bunks running from ond to
end of the compartments, which afford
stooping room for tho occupants, thoro
is a free space of about four and a half
or livo foot.
Except during tlio dlstilbutlon of ra
tions no culinary vossols aro loft with
tlio convicts. Even tlio drinking wa
ter is obtained only through an India
rubber mouthpiece llxed In an inclosed
water tank, and through which tlio
drlnkor sucks his draught. Immedi
ately outside tlio cages and attached to
tlio under part of the dock ovorhoad Is
a steam-pipe connected with tlio ship's
boilors. Into those pipes aro fitted
screw nozzles at intervals of twelve
foot. Tho object of tho steam-pipo is
to suppress any onngorous outbreak
among tlio inmates of the cage.
By menus of a short lioso,
especially mado to resist tlio
steam heat, quickly attached to ono of
tho steam-pipo nozzles, tho turbulent
convicts aro roiulHy quieted or par
boiled. Strong vator jots have been
found next to useless in allaying these
occasional tumults.
After tho ship has passed tho canal,
but not boforo, batches of convicts aro
lu turn brought upon tho deck for a
shower bath and short exorcise. A
strongly-constructed Iron railing, eight
feet high, crosses tlio vessel amldship,
in order that tho convict, during his
hatband while iiiimamicled, can not by
any sudden rush evade tho guard and
reach tlio quartor deck. Some of tho
more desperate convicts, who stubborn
ly resist all disciplinary control, aro
confined to tlio cagos during tho wholo
voyage. Both the upper and lowor
'tween decks are open mid airy, tho
system of ventilation bolng excolont,
and tho cages themselves nru Icopt scru
pulously cluan. Tho cages are repaint
ed every voyage. Tho convict, in ad
dition to having tils hair cropped short,
lias tlio loft half of tho bond from front
to back closely shaven. Suiisliino.
Thoy are talking of having omni
buses in Loudon, especially for thoso
who waul to smoko when they ride.
Apparently there is a Yankee in tho
scheme, for it Is said that tho vehicles
will be lilted up with racks of nuws
pupurs, and also with drop-a-nlcklo-in
tho-slol machines that will deliver
ulnars, cigarettes, tobacco and matohou.
HUNTING THE LION.
An KiiclMiinmr Kncounter with th
Klntr of lleiists.
Suddenly, while the lioness charged
down upon us along tho ledgo, her
consort, with ono mighty bound,
cleared the gully, alighting In tho vory
midst of the Arabs at Its brink, and,
for the moment, carrying all boforo
him. We aimed carefully this timo as
tho lioness sprang upon us, nnd both
our bullets took effect; but It needed a
second dose of lead out of our breech
loaders to stretch her lifeless at our
feet. Wo then hastened to the assist
ance of our allies. What a sceno met
our eyes. Bleeding profusely from
many wounds, but in yet far from dis
abled, the furious male was making
sad havoc among the crowd. Crack
ing a skull there with ono
mighty sweep of his paw and
smashing a shoulder with another,
he had already strewn the ground with
slain and wounded as we drew nigh to
finish him with our rilles. At that
very moment the spearmen wero like
wise upon him. While he was scatter
ing his assailants in front, more and
more men had drawn near from bo-
, hind, and half a dozen lances woro
now plunged into him simultaneously,
I bearing him to tlio ground at last,
i The short but liorco struggle was over.
I Our terrible antagonist lay breathing
his last, with his victims around him.
j Ho had killed live Arabs outright and
wounded fourteen more, among whom,
j to our great regret, was tho young
i hero of the day, the same bravo lad
whose perilous exploit wo had ad
mired so much. A great broad gash
from neck to shoulder will henceforth
bear witness to his prowess in tho oyoa
of the whole tribe.
We were publicly thanked by tho
chief for our modest share in tho glory
of tho day, and ho informed us later on
that he deemed victory cheap at tho
price, considering that thirty or forty
victims often fall In such encounters.
Two young cubs, scarcely six months
old, wero found insido the cave half
smothered by tho smoko. Wo aftur
ward learned that thoy had boon sent
to Algiers for salo, and, for all wo
know, they may now bo Inmates of
some zoological gardon or menagerie.
Our work was accomplished. Probably
for many years to come the tribo would
be exempt from similar Inlliction. With
high hearts wo hold our triumphal,
entry into tho village, amid shouts of
victory blended with doatli wails, and
with lamentations over tho many
wounded. Our young horo of tho flro
mot with his reward. They carried.,
him along in triumph, as ho lay on his
roughly improvised coach, faint from,
loss of blood, but elatod with tho con
sciousness of his achlovoinont, no
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I1IWI till UWlllll lltitU UUUII llllJJJMUl bllUIL
he. The whole tribo, young and old,
paid grateful homage to him as ho lay
there, for "honor to whom honor Is duo"
remains tlio rule with thoso unsophis
ticated sous of tho wilderness, and
long may it continue so.
Such, then, has been our oxporlonco
of lion hunting in North Africa. Fur
nished with tlio host arms of precision
and well supported by the indomitable
pluck and ripe oxporlonco of our dusky
allies, wo had found oursolvos faco to
face with tho king of beasts, and, after
all, had hut little right to boast of our
encounter with him. Chambers' Jour
nal. BULL-FIGHTING IN CUBA.
(Sooil Toreiiilor Cull Coiiimnnd u Fortune
In the ICver-l ultlirul lute,
Tho older lovo of tho Cubans for
bull-lighting Is on tho wih.no. Undoubt
edly bull-lighting is still a fascinating
sport for tlio old-timers, but there has
boon such a succession of clowns In tho
bull-ring during tho past ton years that
thoy havo practically killed tho sport
Whon a great bull-lighter turns up la
Cuba an event which happons about
onco in four or livo years ho 1b lion
ized to a wonderful oxtont for a time,
hut thoro Is every indication that bull
lighting as a national sport has scon its
host days lu Cuba. I ofton wonder
what lias become of Mazznnini, who
went to Cuba from Spain and foil vio
lently in lovo witli Sura Bernhardt the
day that ho arrived in Havana. Sara
and he woro inseparable during the
stay of tho Froach actross la
Havana. Wtiorovor tho bull-fighter
wont enormous crowds followed him.
Tho conjunction of tlio Fronch actress
ar.tl tho horo of tlio ring was almost too
much for tlio sight-scors. Muzzanlnl
was a reiiiarkahly-handsomo man and,
he won his way into tho alToctlons of
the people by Ills amiability and good
nature. Ho was paid $G0,000 and alL
his expenses for a four wooks1 tour
through Cuba and Moxico. Whon It
came to tlio actual business of bull
fighting, however, lie proved hiiusolt
more or less a muff. Tho bulls woro
so tame that thoy excited his derision
and ho expressed his contempt hi pan
tomime to the populace. The populaco
grow sulky and rofusod to attond tho
bull-lights. Thon Mazzanlnl went to
Moxico, whoro he also oxprossod his
contempt for tho bulls and tho place
generally with rather toinpostuous re
sults. Tlio people polted him with
chairs, benches and every thing olso
thoy could lay thoir hands on, and thon
shot at him casually us ho rushed out
of the ring.
I saw a woman bull-fighter once In
Havana, but the bull sho was to fight
proved to be a calf, Tlio populace con
ceived itself to bo insulted, Sonom
Gloria was imprisoned for seven mouths
and all the proceeds of tho light woro
given over to charity. All of this
allows that it Is not safe to fool with
tho hot Southern blood of tho people of
the tropica. Cubun Cor. Philadelphia
Times.