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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY APRIL 15.1884- TWELVE PAGES:
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TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
THRILLING EXPLOITS AND PIC
TURES OF STRANGE LANDS.
An Eaemnt.r With Four Lfo.a-The Ea<t*r. Aroht-
prlage-A. Xrle.d af Prstty Wamen???
?????????p*e??t F??Jth??e In Bnrm.b.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH FOUR LIONS.
BY OOkDOS CCMMING
[Commencing with this issue, Tub Cokititi tion
will publish etch week a thrilling .ketch el wild
???cencs of a hunter's Ule. The following narrative
la the initial article of the eerie*.]
Mr. Gordon Cummlng thus describes an
encounter which he had with four lions:
Swint, my servant, had just milked the
cows, and was driving them from the wooded
peninsula in which we lay, athwart the open
ground, to graze with my other cattle in the
forest beyond, when he beheld four majestic
lions walking slowly across the vley, a few
hundred yards below my camp, and disap
pear over the river???s bank,at a favorite drink
ing piece. These mighty monarcbs of the
waste bad been holding a prolonged repast
OTer the carcasses of some zebras killed by
Present, and had now come down the river
slake their thirst. This being reported, I in
stantly saddled up two horses, and directing
my boys to lead after me as quickly as possi-
ble my small remaining pack of sore-footed
dogs, I rode forth, accompanied by Carey
carrying a spare gun, to give battle to the
four grim lions. As I rede out of the penin
sula, they showed themselves on the bank of
the river, and gnessing that their first move
would be a disgraceful retreat, I determined
to rido so as to make them think that I had
not observed them, until I should be able to
cut off their retreat from the river, across the
open valley to the endless forest beyond.
That point being gained, t knew that they,
still doubtful of my having observed them,
would hold their ground on the river's bank,
until ray dogs came up, when I could more
advantageously make the attack. I cantered
along, as if X meant to pass the lions at a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile, until I was op
posite to them, when faltered my coarse and
inclined a little nearer. The lions then
showed symptoms of uneasiness; they rose
to their feet, and, overhauling us for half a
minute, disappeared over the bank. They
reappeared, however, directly, a little farther
down; and finding that their present position
was bare, they walked majestically along the
top of the bank to a spot a few hundred yards
lower, where the bank was well wooded.
Here they seemed half inclined to await my
attack; two stretched out their massive arms
and lay down in the grass, and the other two
sat up like dogs on their haunches. Deem
ing it probable that when my dogs came up
and I approached they would still retreatand
make a bolt across the open vley, I directed
Ctrey to canter forward and take np the
ground in the center of the vley about four
hundred yards in advance; whoreby the
lions would be either compelled to give us
battle or to ewina the river, which, although
narrow, I knew they would be very reluctant
to do, t now aat in my saddle, anxiously
awaiting the arrival of the dogs; and while
thus momentarily thus disengaged, I was
much struck with the majestic and truly ap.
palling appearance which these four noble
lions exhibited. They were all full grown
immense males; and I felt, I must confess, a
little nervous and very uncertain as to what
might be the issue of the attack.
When the dogs came up I rode right in
towards the lions. They sprang to their feet
and trotted slowly along tbe bank of the
river, once or twice baiting and facing about
for half a minute. Immediately below them
there was a small determined bend in tbe
stream, forming a sort of peninsula. Into
this bend they disappeared, and tbo next
moment I was upon them with my dogs.
They had taken shelter in a dense angle of
tbe peninsnla, well sheltered by high trees
and reeds. Into this retreat the dogs at once
boldly followed them, making a load bark
ing. which was instantly followed by tbe ter
rible voices of tbe lions, wbich turned about
and charred to the end of the cover. Next
moment, however, I heard them pluoge into
the river, when I sprang from my horae, and
rnnnlng to the top of the bank, X aaw three
of them ascending the opposite bank, the
dogs following. One of them bounded away
across the open plain at top speed, but the
other two, finding themselves followed by
tbe dogs, immediately turned to bay. It was
now my turn, so, taking thsm coolly right
and left with my little rifle, I made the
most glorious double shot that a sportsman???s
heart could desire, disabling them both in
the shoulder before they were even aware of
my position. Then snatching my other gun
from Carey, who that moment had rldeu up
to my assistance, I finished the first lion with
a shot about the heart, aRd brought tbe sec
ond to a standstill by disabling him in his
hindquarters. He quickly crept into a dense,
wide, dark green bush, in which for a long
time it wasimposalbie to obtain a glimpse of
him. At length, a clod ot earth falling near
bis hiding place, he made a move which dis
closed to mo his position, when I finished
him with three more shots,all along the mid
dle of his back. Carey sworn across tbe river
to flog off the dogs; and when these came
through to me I beat up the peninsula in
quest of (be fourth lion, which, however,
made off. We then crossed the river a little
higher up, and we proceeded to inspect the
noble prizes I bad won. Both liona were well
np in their yeare: I kept the skin and skull
of tbe finest specimen and only the nails and
tail ot tbe other, one of whose canine teeth
was worn down to the socket with caries,
which seemed to have affected bis general
condition. On the Otb it rained throughout
tbe day, converting tbe rich soil on which
we were encamped into one mass of aoft,
aticky clay. In tbe forenoon, fearing the
rain would render the vley (through which
we must pass to gain the firmer ground) im
passable, I ordered my men to prepare to
inarch and leave the tent with its contents
standing, the point which I wished to gain
being distant only about five hundred yards.
When the oxen were inspanned, however,
and we attempted to move, we found my
tackle, whioh was old, so rotten from tke
elite's of the rain that something gave way
at every strain. 0 wing to this and tba soft-
nesa of tbe vley, we labored on till sundown,
and only succeeded iu bringing one wagon to
itsdestination, tbe other two remaining fast
in tbe mud in the middle of tbe vley. Next
sea that tbe destroying fires nf Snrobawa had
bnrst forth once more. The ooas???s of Su
matra and Java will long remember that
black 8unday in August when Krakatoa
Bwept from the eartli witli one blast of its
fiery breath three populous settlements and
30,000 human lives. And these wreaths of
blnlsh-wbite smoke which are curling up
ward into the clear morning sky from yon
der hilltops tell but too plainly that wbat
has been once may be again.
In truth, look which way you will, it is
impossible to escape from the grim stiggea-
tivenesa of this magnificent temple of death.
Corpses come drifting down its smooth, shin*
ing riven. The fires of hell burn amid the
dreaming beauty of its wood-crowned bills.
Panthers, serpents, and tbe viewless poison
of a pestilence more deadly than either lurk
in the shadowy depths ot it* stately forests;
a thousand perils, each with its owu story of
terror and doom, lie hid beneath ile cairn,
auuiit lets. All tbe gorgeoua coloring, all
the barbaric splendor of these tropical
islands are but as a beautiful mask, hiding
the eyeless borrow of a death???s head. Close
by yonder leafy headland, which looks so
bright and pretty in the morning sunshine, a
stranded wreck lies helpless, saved only by
the timely arrival of a British gunboat from
the murderous weapons of the savages, who
swarmed down to tne beach in hundreds the
moment her distress was known. And these
noble bills which a painter would love to
copy, have run red with torrents of humau
blood, abed in a 12 years??? battle, iu which
mercy is unknown.
This last element, in fact, is Holland's real
difficulty throughout tbo far east. Tbe vol
canic smoke which rises from these green
hills is only too true a parable of tbe ordinary
conditions of life in this'wild region. The
power of tbe conquerors ia built over tbe un
quenchable hatred of the conquered. Twire
already have tbe subjugated Javanese risen i??? , . ???.
against their oppressors, while the bolder 8u- R ??? l le - A pair of them are never started
matrane have never been thoroughly eubju- atone at a fight. The fight* are always ar
to sunrise give them carnation cheeks. The
toil that brings with It tho active, healthy
body Is due to esusea which will enlist on the
side of these women the eympalles of true
manhood. It is because of the woful dearth
of men in Jersey that the women do ail the
work. Where yon meet one man in theso
tortuous streets of 81. Heller's you meet ten
women.
Out among the green farms this dispropor
tion of tbe sexes is even more painfully ap
parent. The heavy, ungainly catta on the
country roads are almost without exception
driven by women, and handsome women, too.
Groups ot cherry cheeked girls may be aeon
iu the wayside orchard!, some picking apples
from tbe trees, others straining at tbe rude
cider-presses. Tbe llttie fields, with their
luxuriant growth of turnips, cabbages and bo-
gas are all tended by women while the
blooming flowers in the bouse yards show in
their rich variety the evidence of woman???
care and attention. None hut women are t
be seen in the big public market of St. Hel
ler's women buying and women selling. Whal
men you see are either too young or too old
ami decrepit???boys who have not started out
in life, or old sea-captains who hare come
home to end their days, smelling of salt cod
and full of reminiscences of stormy voyages to
Buenos Ayres, to Australia or tnrough the
China aeas.
Klki-hakt Fiohts in Bubmab.???Tho cable
said yesterday that the presence of tbe dnke
of Connaught (Trines Arthur) at an elephant
fight, given by the Itajah of Bburtpore, India,
would be made the subject of a question in
B arliament. G, B. Gaylord, who brought
srnum???s sacred white elephant to this coun
try said yesterday that he saw a fight at
l???ronie, in Burma 1 ', and another at Theyalmo,
in British iiurmab.
"Tbe one at Theyatmo was by ail odds tbe
best one," said he. ???There were IS elephants
STORM PITS.
GOSSIP ABOUT CYCLONES
THEIR DOINGS.
How rk-7 Form, How Tsoy Tnvoi, and How to
ISO Best War >0 Frataot Yaunair aaals.t
Tkalr Dutrueil.e Bmbraoar-Slotm rna
and How ta Construct Taam.
Nothing on earth ever got the better of a
cyclone- The convulsed wind never yet re
ceived a black rye.
It will wrap itself around a train going fifty
miles an hour???it will swallow a carload of
aide blades, or it will snatch a mountain
bald-headed.
It reapecteth neither men nor the hand!
work of man, and rrgardetb neither race,
color nor previous condition of servitude.
It has been known to leave untouched the
household of the Infidel and wipe a whole
colony of pions colored brethren from tbe
faco of tbe earth.
It cometh where it pleaseth, and man mast
stand from under.
Therefore, it behooves man to get him to
his storm-pit when the low rumble of the ap
proaching whirlwind first greets bis paralyzed
ears. ???
BOW THE CYCLONE FORMS.
Nothing was made in vain. Not even a
cyclone.
If a man???s liver gets out of order he throws
up bile. With nature as with man,
gated yet. In truth, plantation life in Urn
Malay archipelago at the present time is
very much what up-country life in South
Australia used to be in the days of bush-
rangers and "black fellow raids.???
Let us suppose that you have accepted an
invitation from a hospitable Dutch planter
in one of the remoter districts of north Su
matra, not far from those wonderful "Batnk
hills" of which you have beard so much aud
seen so little. You agree to start at ouce,
and the next sunrise but ono finds yougamb
ling along one of the deep, miry ru ta which
are here called by courtesy roads, watching
the long slanting rays streaming iu a tide of
golden glory through the purple gorges of
the mountains. With every turn of the road
the shadowy ridges iu front of you seem to
grow higher and mors solid, till at lost you
are fairly in among them. Tne ground be
comes all at once ragged and broken, while
tbe kigbway, suddenly degenerating into a
rough bridle path, winds upward through
the mouth of a dark, narrow glen, so thickly
overhung with trees and bushes that even
tbe tropical sun cannot penetrate it. From
tbe black depths below comes sullenly to
your ear the hoarse boom of an uuseen tor
rent, while far above you tower rank upon
rank of tree tops, piled up seemingly into
tho very sky. On a sudden there starts up
from behind a huge fern-clad boulder a
gaunt, swarthy, wild-eyed figure with no cov
ering save a tittered waist-cloth and ita own
shaggy black hair, but carrying a long bam
boo spear in its bony hand and a short,
many-carved Malay kriss (dagger) at its aide.
The spectre exchanges a few words with
your Dutch comrade, and then, signing to
you to follow him.strides up tho breaknuck
ascent at a pace which few Kuropeaus could
equal on level ground. With such men to
gurrison it, this great fortress of naturo may
well he as impregnable os were the Vautlofo
Alps when defended by tbo warlike disciples
of Fere Henri Arnaud.
???Thou bait made Thy children mighty by the
touch of the mountain tod,
For the strength of the hills wo bless Thte, our
ffn/j nttp falhitrc 1 flml "
Uod, our fathers 1 God,'
Bat this Malay Montenegro has Its artificial
aa well as its natural fortresses, before which
even the trained soldiers of Kurope havo
more than onco given way. Half way up
this great mountain wall, on a ledge barely
wide euongb to hold it, you come suddenly
upon a strong, high stockade, around whioh
all the undergrowth has been unapairingly
shorn away, for those who guard tbit fort are
not the men to leave a hand-breadth of cover
for an advancing enemy. The little huts
within the intreuchmenta are ot the quaint,
irlmttlve fashion, half birtl???s neat and half
>ee-bive, in which I found John Duno???sKulu
warriors encamped beside the Tugcla 10
montba ago. Butbeware peeping into them,
for if you do you will never live to tell what
you have seen. With thia reservation, how
ever, there ia no lack of hospitality in these
bony, fierce eyed, black-maned goblins, grim
though they look amid tbe ghostly twilight
of their gloomy forests. They will bring you
rice and fruit in abundance, and if you ex
press a wish to rest will lead you to the tiny
wooden platform in yonder comer, which,
slightly sheltered by a thatch supported on
four tall poles, represents tho local ???accom
modation for travelers." You arc just be
ginning to think these savages less black than
they are painted, when in a gloomy nook far
apart you come unexpectedly upon a pros
trate human figure, loathsome yet atltl alive.
Ita awolleu wrists and ankles, black with
sores and vermin, are held fast by cleft sticks,
iu each of which a knife is fixed so as to cut
into the limb st the slightest movement
The Batak chief tells you carelessly that this
man is doomed to die for some breach of
mountain law; that he baa bteu lingering in
this horrible trap for three whole weeks, with
just food and water enough to prolong his
torment, and that he may poesloly last a
week more. Such are the mountaineers of
8umatra, the men whom Holland boasts of
having "pent up and conquered" iu Acheen.
Pent up indeed, they are by the Dutch com
maud of the aea-board, but ever and anon a
midnight awoop into tbe plains beneath, a
biasing camp, a heap of mangled corpses tell
whether they are ???conquered" or not. Un
tamed and UDtamable General Van Swieten
found them ten yean ago, untamed and un
tamable they are to this day. "Acheen will
never be Kt peace,??? said a veteran resident to
me the other day, "until the last Malay is
killed.???
ranged lor me amusement of the nobles, and
are great events. The battle ia terrific. The
eiepuauta are given toddy, made out of tbe
fermented juice of the palm, which they
drink out oi buckets. Jersey lightning islike
water compared to the stuff. I drank some
under tbe impression that it was a kind of
cider. It smelled like cider. I took only
one linger, end I never was so drunk in my
life. 1 never would have felt the same
amount ot whisky. It makes tho elephants
roll and tumble about liko drunken men.
They snort and trumpet and create a terrible
racket. Iu the fight at Theyatmo the mahouts
or drivers straddled their necks 'and urged
them on. The beasts bad been maddened by
prodding and beating and rushed at each
other like mad. There were some that wheel
ed around and ran away, but those that kept
on matlo the earth shake when they came to
gether, They ran right into each other.-They
locked tusks, and gored and lashed one an
other with their trunks. Tusks were run into
elephant shoulders six Or eight inches. Tho
fights in India are the same, of course. In
Burnish fights take place between elephante
and tigers. King Burmese in power are
cruel. One king u-od to tnuke tho people lie
down for his pony to walk over."
Colonel George Arstingatall, Barnum???s
elephant trainer, said elephants were fond of
whisky or an v kind of liquor. One would
take four or livo gallons at a dose.
A CARD FROM JUDGE SIMMONS.
morning, luckily, the weatber cleared up,
when my men brought over the tent and in
the afternoon tbe other two wagons.
Tax Easters Archipelago.???Ages ago, in
that dim past of which history itself knows
nothing, tbere was a time when all. these
countless islands, now scattered far and wide
over the sea, formed one solid mass, buttress
ing against the unresting ocean tbe great sea
wall of southern Asia, Bat tbere came a
day when tbe heaTens grew black and the
earth rocked, and the great Pacific was stirred
to its lowest depths, and iky and ssa were
mingled in one great whirl of ruin, and
mountains and islands were shaken to and
fro like the leave* of autumn, and the whole
eoutbetatern corner of Asia, tom io pieces
like in explodiog bombshell, strewed the
sea with fragments as large as Great Britain
and Ireland pat together. The ruins of tnat
great landslip still cover the tea for thousands
of miles, and those ruins are called the east
ern arooipelago. Bnt even in our own day
this battle of giants has not wholly ceased.
Old men still Unger here who can remember
that fatal morning when tbe clondlcM ton
was suddenly blotted out by n gloom as
bltck and hideous as that which came down
upon Egypt at the call of Motes, and white-
cheeked men mattered to each other with
trembling lips that the last day was at hand,
as they beard through the darkness tbe hol
low boom of the volcanic (handers wbich
proclaimed over coontieM miles of land and
An Island or Parity Women.???Tbo grass
grows green and rank and the perfume of tbe
rose fills the air even In tbe bleakest days of
tbe bleak autumn in this little aea-encircled
laradtoe, writes a correspondent from St.
Teller's, on the island of Jersey. There are
hundreds of beautiful lanes winding among
the valleys and hill sides, with trees on either
side growing so close together that no sun
shine can ever penetrate throngh the inter
lacing boughs to the hard, smooth, beaten
track beneath; miles of white, shingly beach,
on which tbe sand is as fine as tided flour, and
ia left by the receding tides as hard is cement;
quaint little farm bouses embowered in aweet-
smelling shrubs and flowers, and acres of
moorland that are covered the year around
with heliotropes, petunias, and marguerites.
A blue gray sea rises and falls aronnd tbe
island forty-two feet. ???8weet little Jersey;???
"Dear old St. Heller???a,??? is tbe affectionate
way in which the people here apeak of their
island borne and its chief town of 36,000 souls.
SL Halier???s is a queer old place. Its streets
are narrow and crowded. Massive earthworks
aud miles of masonry crown (be bills about,
and render the place apparently impregnable
against the foe.
Tbe channel islands, and particularly Jer-
fey, possess much of interest to the stranger,
but tbe crowning glory of Jersey is tbe beauty
of her women. For general comeliness they
would readily be awarded n prize in any
competition of feminine grace. Bare, creamy
compleziona that would put the bloom on tbe
peach to blush, figures made graceful and
sinewy by boldify toil, with rather strongly
cat features, eyes like aloes, end luatrioua
black hair, tbe girle met on tbe sMeeta of 8t.
Helier'a seem to the itmnger the personifies
tion of womanly independence, beauty and
maidenly reserve. The soft white mists tnat
wrap tbe island every night frem sundown
Jndge T. J. Simmons has fnrnisbed tbe
following letter to the Macon Telegraph:
Macon, Ga??? April 7,1831 ??? Editors Telegraph and
Messenger: My namo bat been mentioned In dltP.
crcnt part* of tbe state aa a probable candidate
bofore tbe democratic convention for governor. J
have received a largo number of loiters from par
tial friends urging me to permit the use of my namo
for the nomination. I have not thought It necaa-
tary until now to publicly make known my withes
on this subject, bemuse there bad been no call fora
convention, and I bad no reason to think, from
what bad been said, that I would be required to say
anything upon tbe subject. I ito that the couven-
tlou has boon called to meet on tbo 13th day of An
gust; I am alto Informed that It Is tbe purpose of
someof my friends In tbestate to tend delegates to
this convention Instructed to vote for me for gover
nor, While I feel flattered by tbe kindness shown in
this expres-fon of confidence on the part of my
friends, Idcemltmy duty tossy that I will not be a
candidate, and henco do not wish
ntmo used In this connection before
tbo convention, Tbo peoplo havo already In
trusted me with an offlee tho torn* of which doot
not ezplre for tbo next two yean and I shall for
tbe presont discharge tba duties they bave In
trusted me with ta tbe best of my ability. Betides I
have no desire to antagonise tho admlblstratlon of
Governor McDaniel. I thing be has mads a gov
ernor satisfactory to tbe people, and they desire
hit renominatton. Itbas been and unbroken prec
edent for thirty years In tbit state to Indorse tbe
governor when hit administration bat been honest
and faithful,and he eo desired it I think It would
be attended with bad results to the parly if this
precedent was attempted to be tot atido, during an
exciting presidential year, simply to gratify tho
desire ot tome ono else to fill tbo office.
With sincere thanks to my kind friends for tbe
Interest manifested In me In this connection, and
for tbo many kind uollcca from tbo prom, which 1
duly appreclato and hopo always to deserve, I
most respectfully ask for tho reaaons above given
that my namo bo not used In the approaching con'
vcnlion aa a candidate for govornor.
Respectfully, T. J, Simmons.
A WHITE MAN TO DB SOLD.
alt."
When tbe condition of the atmosphere be
comes abnormal, when nature gets sick abed
there Isa big effort to restore tbe equilibrium.
There may be a storm or tbere may bo a
cyclone It the work iu hand makes It nec
essary.
First, it may bo mentioned that in the
aoutb cyclones invariably come from the
west, and travel in an eastern direction.
Scientists say "the general direction of move
ment of the tornado is invariably from a
point in the southwest quadrant to a point in
tho northwest quadrant.?????? A cyclone never
travels from east to west. It rushes through
tbe air left warm where the aun has passed.
A cyclone never occur* on a cold day, never
starts at night and usually occurs in the
aiternoon.
The sun shines all day and in tho after'
noon gets a bead on tmjio western plane or
like place. It shines warmly. The
air becomes rarilied. The breath fallstosup-
nly the needed unount of oxygen aud one
feels exhausted. Tbere is a stillness that is
oppressive, broken perhaps by little puffs that
seem to conn) from a heated furnace. One
feele a sickly sensatiou from tbe sun's rays.
All this time tbe son is shooting his best
right down at the spot ss tbougli lie had been
commanded to stand still and had concentra
ted his power on one little patch of his field
of labor. The air becomes unnaturally
heated. It Is not in ita normal condition.
Things are not as they should be. Nature???s
system Is getting out of order. The rarilied
air begins to rise, ft continues to heat. It
rises some more. Tbe colder air runs in at
the aides to fill the vacuum and instantly tbe
tornado is put in motion.
Did you ertr see the peg pulled
out ot a horse trough end
watch tho water turn round anil round aa It
ran out? That la the way thealrlurnaround
in a cyclone aa it roahea in from all aides.
Tho earth la surrounded by air lo a I'eight
of fifty or seventy-five miles, and that air has
waves on its surface like waves on an ocean.
The column of rarilied air that starts the cy
clone draws on all sides for colder air, for the
air that nature needs to establish the equilib
rium, but instead of a gentle breexc or a
brisk wind, the effort is so stupendous that
the angry, cyclone is the rekult, and the rush
ing oolamu dashes around looking out for
restoring nature???s equilibrium, but unmind
ful of tbo devastation worked on the face of
tbo earth.
Therefore man most aland from nnder.
If one cares to see tbe principle of a cy
clone's starting he can do so by setting a
heated smoothing iron where the light shines
through a window. Thnamail particles that
are in the air will be seen to float toward the
iron and on nearing toil will rush upwardjln
tbe column of healed lar.
Did you ever aee a whirlwind on a cold or
windy day?
HOW TBE CYCLONE MOVES.
After the cyclone starts moving across tbe
country ita wind whirls round and round in
thia country in a direction opposite to that
of the hands of a watch.
Tho signal observers give some interesting
descriptions of cyclones. A work on cyclones
just issued from tbo government press says
cbe sudden appearance of ominous clouds first
In the southwest and then almost itumedlslely
in the northwest or northeast, or perhaps
rerersed in tbo order of their appearance,
attracts the attention of tbe moel
J??ks Used a, ??r Vlr.lala. st.rlgiaca 111. IMr to ???
CrWItor.
A Greenville, N. C., corrcspoudent of tbe Phila
delphia Frees Is responsible for the following: One
ot tbe mod remarkable suits on record Is about to
be heerd before tbe supreme conrl of tbla stole,
growing out of a mongage on bla own per
son, made by a whlto man named John
Hondo, of PIU county, la tbit state,
securing Jim Taker, a cotton planter, for a
debt due bim. Tbe deed reads:' "I, John Hondo,
of the county of Pitt, la the stole of North Caroline,
am Indebted to Jim Taker, of tbe state sad county
aforesaid, In tbo sum of US, for which be bolds my
note, to bo due on tbe 11th dty of January, 18S4,
and to secure the payment of tbe same I do hereby
convey to him three articles of personal prop-
party???to-wit; Myself to work with him long
enough to pay this debt: but on this special trust
that If I fail lo pay asld debt, right away, then be,
tba mid Taker, or hit aatlgat, may a-11 me at tbe
courthouse door, for credit oretsb, aa be thinks
best after giving twenty days??? public notice, at
three public placet, and apply tbe proceeds of turb
tale to the dticbarxe of said debt, and Interest on
Uie same, and cost and eapenaes of makiof such
sale, and pay tbe surplus, If any, to me. Given
under my hand cud teal this the 14th day of Jan
uary, 1331 ???
Hondo filled to pay tha amount doe Taker, and
tbe creditor waa at liberty, under the terms of tbe
deed, to tell him at public auction. Home time be
fore the expiration of tbo twenty days' grace at-,
lowed the mortgaged debtor the news got out,
and the court bouse green waa crowded with people,
expecUug to wltuem the novel atle of a white man.
An InJuncUan waa granted by tbe superior court,
and no sale took place. Tha aopreata court will
hear tha case, _
Tha Tele.boa. Fills Year. Asa.
From the Springfield Union.
A little more than fifty yean ago the employe, ot
the Arms shoe manufactory at South Deerfield be
guiled their leisure hours by kite flying. Kites
large and small were tent np daily, and the atitfe
was to sea who would gtt tha larxsaL Tha twlna
which held them was tha shot thread spun and
twisted by tha ladtot ot tha Tillage- One day to the
toil of tha largaal kits waa attached ??? kitten, sewed
in a canvas* bag with a netting over tha mouth to
give It air. When tbe kite was at Ita greatest height,
tome 300 fact or more, the mewing of tha sltun
conid be distinctly heard by those bolding the
tiring. To tha clearness of tha atmosphere was
attributed tba hearing the kitten's vole* and no
telephonic patent was applied for.
generally attracts tha attention of tbe most
casual observer. In almost all cases tbrse
iremonltory clouds are unllko any ordinary
ormation. If they are light, their appear
ance resembles smoke issuing from a burning
building or straw stock, rolling upward in
fantoatio shapes to great heights. Hometinirs
they are like fine mitt, orqultewhite Ilka Jug
or steam. 8ome persons Describe these light
clouds as at times apparently irrldeaccnt, or
glowing as it a pale, whitish light Imuetl from
their irregular eurfacea. If the premonitory
clouds are dark, and present a deep greenish
bur, tilts fairly forebodes very great evil. Hj
also if they appear jet black, from tbe centre
to circumference, or if this deep jet color ap
pear* only at the centre, gradually
diminishing in intensity os the ouler
edges of 111" clouds or bank of clouds are ap
proached. Sometimes these dark clouds in-
???lead of appearing in solid, heavy masses,
roll up lightly but still intensely black like
the smoke from an engine or locomotive
burning aoft coal. They have been described
as of a purple or bluish tinge, or at times
possessed of a strange llvidnem, or frequently
dark green and again of an inky blackness
that fairly startles you with ito intensity.
Tbismaaeof furiously boiling clouds, rotring
like thunder and if at night Hashing with
wild lightning strike terror io tbe hedrt of the
beholder. As the clouds approach from op
poslle directions they are suddenly throwi.
nto the greatest confusion breaking up as it
were into small portion* wbich dub pell
raell over etch other and in every direction,
now darting toward the earth, now rain
ing upward to considerable height,
or at moderate elevations, rolling
over each other in a whirl like a pack of dogs
in a fight Generally following cloeely upon
tha existence of this condition the funnel-
shaped tornado 'clood appears against the
weslern sky, moving boldly to tbe (root from
without this confused mass of flying clouds.
MowToonoUTor-niBWAV.
Old soidlsre say if you see a cannon ball in
the air, and it appears lobe standing still,
S ou would belter bide ont If It appear* to
e moving, there is no danger for yon. Ho
with thgrcyclone. If it to moving from one
aide to another, you ere safe; if it seem* to be
???landing (till and only growing larger, it to
coming directly at you.
Tb* advice of Kienttot* in building houses
in cyclone districts, to to build them just
u though cyclones never bad
existence. The velocity for the whirling wind
to ell tbe way from a hundred to a thousand
miles an hoar and before the resistless power
tbe stoniest brick structures crumble like
clods of dirt and framed bouses are sheltered
like they were etraw.
The chief signal officer lays for the informa
tion of Oue who see* the storm approaching:
"Aaharpgtoncetotha westward will toll
yon whether you are aboot tha southern edge
of the probable path of the tornado cloud or
more to the north. If in tbe center or half
way between tbe center and tbe southern
edge yoor chances are best in a direct coarse to
tbs north. If farther to tbe sooth move di
rectly and very rapidly to the oonth, bearing
???lightly east. In no event should you ever
run directly to the east or
northeast. Suppose the tornado cloud
to be distant from you eighty rode, (one-
fourth of a mile) end its progressive velocity
sixty miles per hour, it would advene* one
mile in alxty seconds or eighty rods in fifteen
seconds. Assuming the average width of llie
destructive path of the tornado cloud to be
forty rods, and your position at the centre of
that path, it will be seen that you bave fifteen
seconds iu which to reach the outer edge of
the path lo the north, a distance of twenty
rods, before tbe tornado clond could arrive at
your location. An extreme esse has been
assumed in every particuli
first aee the tornado clond at a much greater
distance???from one to three miles, sometimes
five, end even ten miles on the prai
rise. ??? ??? ??? A tornado does not come
out of n clear sky, and there an
many and ample signs of its approach.
While the tornado cloud is traversing the
atmosphere at some considerable distance
from the earth, it may reach down so low as
to just skim over the tops of the trees, de
scend to tho level of the roofs of the build
ings, simply scaling oil'tbe shingles in spots,
ft may remain at a perfectly safe distance
throughout ita aerial course, and where it
may be seen at a great height moving solitary
and alone like a huge balloon."
Never wait until tbe tornado is almost
upon you before you move, and remember
to under no circumstances move to tile north
east, east or southeast.
protection or raorxarv.
Tbe chief signal otllcer taya:
"Since it is utterly impossible to move
then from the path of the advancing tornado
cloud, and quite aa impossible to construct
any buildings strong enough to completely
resist the extraordinary violence of the cloud,
it is equivalent to saying that you can never
expect to save your buildings, a conclusion to
which all thought upon tbe subject will sooner
or later con form, ft to advisable that under
all circumstances you should avoid any labor
especially directed to the construction of any
buildings whatsoever for the express purpose
of resisting the violence of Ihe tornado cloud.
Build your botisrs, ba rna and stores ns you
would without the knowledge of a tornado.
Other things being equal, a frame building to
bel ler than a brick or stoneone.The former will
hold together longer, is more elastic, and
persona seeking refuge w-tbin its walls are
much less liable to iojury. It matters not
bow you construct, or of what material if
your building rises above the surface of the
earth, aa it must necessarily do, it offers ob
struction lo tbealvanceof llie tornado cloud,
and it will go either Irom thu foundation or
into kindling wood and a distracted mass of
bricks aud mortar in spite of the propagation
of any theory or the* possibilities of archi
tectural skill. The narrow belt of destruc
tion renders it practicable for n whole atate,
through insurance companies, lo boar the
loss that occurs at any one point. Cheap
buildings and general Insurance is the wisest
policy.
Of selecting building sites it is said that lit
tle choice need be shown. The tornado
clond passes to tho northeast without regard
to the character of the earth???s surface aud if
buildings sro in tho line of its destructive
path, whether upon a hill, in a valley or
within a ravine, they are liable to succumb
to ito violence.
A PAnAOMAFn on ova-OUTS
Tbe chief signal office warmly favors dug-
outs. He saya tbe dug-out should bprilltho
yard. The roof should be level wlj
ground and not above it. It should
venlent and if possible, in a high d:. ,
and if such a place to available, on the north
ern or eastern slope of a knoll or hill. Sink a
abaft four or six feet square to the
depth of the dug-out. Cut out a atalrway
on tbe northern aide. On tbo aide of tbe
ahaft opposite the stairs dig out tbe retreat,
making a room any size to suit the require
ment, not having ft too large. It should be
at least three feet below the surface, and tbe
roof ahould be supported by heavy timbers.
When the cyclone is heard go Into the pit
and stay there. People who have no yards,
as many in the city are situated, could have
pits under their houses, with trap doors. In
all such casts there should be an exit Into tbe
street or elsewhere, eo that in case tbe houto
should fall anil catch fire the occupants
of tbe pit could escape without being
routed. It it better, of course,
before leaving a house to put out the lire,
and If at night to extinguish the lamp In
this age of eyelonre it would tie welt for every
person to consider well all moans of escaping
injury in cue one should come along.
SPICK OK THE PRESS,
Issdalgencs ua Excesses.
Whether over eating or drinking are made
harmless by using Hop Bitter* freely, givisg
elegant appetite and enjoymentby usingthaa
before and removing all dullness, pains and
distress afterwards, leaving tba head clear,
nerves steady, and ail the feelings buoyant,
eluticand more happy than before. The
pleating effects of a Christian or snmptoai
dinner continuing daya afterwards.
Eminent Testimony.
New York Witness, An* 15, liM.
"I find that in addition to tbe pure spirits
contained in their composition, they contain
the extract of bops and ether well known and
hlgbly approved medicinal roots, leu-.- .i aud
tinctures in qaantftiessufllcient to render tha .
article what she makers claim it to be, ft wit,
t medicinal preparation and not a beverage???
onfit and unisfo to be used except u a medi
cine.
"From ??? careful analyst! of tbelr formula,
which waa attested under oetb, I find tbat in
???very wine glauful of Hop Bitters, the active
medicinal properties Aside from the distilled
iptrita are equal toe full dote for an adult,
which fact in my opinion subject* It to as
Internal revenue tax u a medlcriial bitter."
GaczN B. Kaum, U. 8. Com. In. Kev.
Rnrdrned I.lvcr.
Five yeare ego I broke down with liver and
kidney complaint and rheumatism. Bines
than I have been qble to be about at alL
My liver became hafd like wood; my limbs
were puffed up and filled with water. All
tbe best pbyiicians agreed ttiSt nothing could
cure me. 1 resolved to try Hop Bitters; I
have used uvsn bottles; the btrdness au all
gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it bu worked a miracle la my
cue, otherwise I would bave been In my
jrava. J. W. Moeiv,
Buffalo, Oct. 1, ???fit.
Poverty and Snfr-rf nr.
???I was dr*tE*d down with deb', poverty cud tut
ferim lor years, caused by a lick fsmlly a.d isrea
Mill tor d ctorlbg. 1 wu ccmolataly dlscoorswl
until one year ago, ay the adrle-> of ay pastor, I
commenced uitng Hop bitters, and fa tne month
we were all well, and none or us bar* reet a sick
day stnre, tod I want to say to all rearmat, sou
can keep your families well a year with Hop hit
lers for icn than one doctor???s viett. wttl cat
know It.??? a Woatwiw.
wlkto
d^9
I havo been thinking of catching my bo<s aud
tying a rock lo ihelr tall* to keep them Irom turn*
Ing Mimmeraault* wbllo rooting, and tbelr uosos
would make Rood angers If they had handloa lo
them. And If iho winter laata much lougar, any
ono could lake a half doa*n nows by tho MU and
throw thorn across (heir shouldere and carry them
any where.
Here ia a good ono from iho Sparta Iahmaellto
laid TunUay night- It waa a fearfully dark
W*a (II'J iimiwfivMM.it s?? rets'a issivnsug urew
too door, fell into the Quoting embraoe of four feet
water. Tbe real of Ibe larafiy relumed lo their
beds. A ttoim nil Is a sood thing of Us kind,
Ihoukh It may have to be ruu Iu conueciloii with
a pump In wet weatber ilia rumored that u-ir
friena needed a bath anyway aud no damage waa
done.
Tbe Albany News tells Ibis tale:
A minister on last Sunday, In order to Induce an
Increased attendance upon church service, re-
marked ibatho would bave a stealer preacher lo
assist blm fit religious service rtxt week than Hem
Jones, and announced tbat It wu the Holy Ghost.
Au unrcgjuertted ebap remarked that be would
bet Ham Jones would draw tbo biggest congrega
tions.
The Summerville cotton mills werennt up for
rale at the market bouse to-day by tbe eatlgaee,
George I'. Curry, but waa wiredrawn at a re
serve bid nf |*s 009. Tbe original cost of tbe mill
wasllOO.OOO. It was supposed tbat John Inman, of
New York, who waa present, would buy It, but be
made no bid.
Tbe new clearing bouse arrangement began to
day and worked very successfully.
Mrs. Robert H. May, wlfo of Major May, died lo-
d*y-
Its IlieNitade.
Hun. It. C. Payne, City Alderman, Bris
bane, (Jueensland, Australia, writes: "I liars
been a great sufferer with rheumatism for
years aud bave tried every known remedy,
including galranlo batteries and Turkish
itba. Finally I tried Bt. Jacobs Oil, tbe
great pain cure,and can positively say it gave
me Instantaneous relief. It puts all other
remedies In the ebade."
What! Nevert Ns! Ntser!
It never falls that on tbe iccoud Tuesday
of each monlb tbe grand drawing ol
Iho Louisiana state lottery occur*
with regularity and ualmpeacbed bonify
at New Orleans. Tb* lMib took place on March
lllh. last and Geoerals ??. T. Beauregard, ol La .
and Jubsl A. Early, ol Va.. tent lo ihe destined
parries large forluoee and smell sums thus: Ticket
No. 11,1*7 drew the first capital, 175.000. which bad
been suld In fractions, one filth ol which waa held
by G. Goldtmllb.awell known Jewish merchant ol
??? ' "-???- ??? *- ???i* Columbus
another fllib
_ enry Risers, a well known
S risen ol Milwaukee. Wit, collected through lb*
arm# and Fire Ine. Co. bank ol Mtlwaukea. No.
*.99* draw ibe second capital prise, la 000, told
also In fifths at It each; James Wentsei, Port Car
boo, HchnylklU Co, Pa., drew one pteoe. C. M.
McCormick, of Charleston, Ark., weraamong the
fortunate one*. Ticket No. I.2SJ drew the whole
third capital prise ol 110,(00 for 16, went to J
Kralmer, Han Franclaoo, Cal Tbe nextdrawlnj
takes place on Tuesday. Mar Utb, and ??? 1
Dauphin, New Orleans, La., will
Uon desired II applied to.
, JY.
give all Informa-
Tbe first American inecriptiou upon tbe
obeltok,' now standing in Central Park. New
York, will be: "Use Dr. Bull???lCOUghByiup
Price 25 centa."
PfeseeJIst Easiest OHseea.
Npw Yoag, April S-A special grand Jary ol tbe
court of oyer and terminer lo day banded to Judge
Barrett another Indictment which had been found
against some city official. Tbe return eftbe In
dictment aud the person against whom It to directed
war* not made public.
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