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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY APRIL 15.1884- TWELVE PAGES: 7 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. THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. Relieve* and cure* RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, ItAf'KAC'IIF, IIEA DACI1E, TOOTH A CUE, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, HWftXLINaa SPRAIN*, 8oron??M, Cur*, Bruise*, FnOBTBITES, RURN*, ftrAIdDM, And all other bodily aches and pain*. FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. 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