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Ti.- e fcki lotto.
Tiia stiletto is a peculiar weapor.
There ia nothing of Amor lean manu
facture like it. la length it irr*
‘mi elx to flfuen inches, The blade
in about twico the luagth oi Ilia baa
dir, dagger e-’ged, thick at tlio narrow
cuard, and tapping iff to exeesem
thinees at the point. At the guard
(bndiameter of tlio blade 13 diamon;’-
rtliaped and the two tx’ra edges run
alniost lo the point.
The real edges, which arc razor
shaip, make a wound which the auxil
iary edges, more blunt than sharp, ag
granite a terrible degree. So effect
ive ie it and so murderous in the hand
of a dexterous man, that the Italian
government has recently been experi
menting with it as a weapon at close
quarters and in tha Massowah cam
paign several companies were* armed
with shields and long stilettos. The
weapon is carried in a sheath like au
ordinary dagger.
Another knife, commonly carried
and frequently used by criminal Ital
i ms, is what Prot. Scannapieco, ihe
fcNeapolitan fencing roaster, calls the
luollctta. The molletta beats some
resemblance to a razor, though censid
erably longer, there is only one eiR-e
find the blade opens Jiko' a penknife.
It swings loot-e, however, and when
drawn is opened by catching hold of
the handle with the fingers and throw
icgthe blade outward. This requires
practice and dex eriry. A small spring
citcliestbe kuile ami holds it opeu. It
i closed by pressure on a small but
toil on the handle. Though not as ef
foctiee a weapon as 'be stiletto, it
makes au ugly wound when used by
an. expert, and ean be opened almost
as quickly as a stiletto can be drawn
from its sheath. Ti e case wish which
it cun he concealed adds to the fie
queucy of it ute. The handle is hard
wood or Uc no
There is an uptown establishment
that is said to inipott stilettos an t otn
cr Italian weapons. A small stilnt o
can be bought for three dollars. The
largest sizo Cost five and eight. An
imported molletta costs four. The
price places the n h 1 I alian ari ole out
of the reach of many of ku ; fe users
who failed to b iog their cowardly
weapons acioss the ocean, and they
content them-elves with a specie of
small dagger, crude but rffeeivo, and
not iufieqiiertiy made fcy the anal yes
out of a well worn ihM** knife
An E egbant on a 1/arfe.
Considerable commotion was
ed at the little town cf Stives, Bunt
lr.gtonsfciie, England, by the inconsid
erate manner in which a big elephant
went on a surreptitious holiday. The
attractions ul the traveling circus to
which he was attached palled upon
him, and in the small hours of tbe
morning he let himself loose. lie was
fiift attracted by the efflavi* of some
gas fixtures, which he .entered aiter
ciUshing down a few trifling obstacles
in tbe shape of three gates, two fences
and a brics. wall. Then be palled out
a plug with his trunk and set tree a
few thousand feet of gas, visited the
retoit house ana frightened the solitary
watchman into fits, explored the neigh
boring inatket gardens with disastrous
results to tbe owntrs, aid wound up
by wrenting a barn aud gorging him
self with new wheat. Hs was still
contentedly shoving in grain when his
Keepers discolored him, and with diffi
eulry induced him to return to bis quar
ters. Claims lor damages are pouring
in upon hiß owners, and tne total will
I almost swallow up the profits of a bad
[ season. M
Hedgehog av.d Snake Fighting.
“Are snake stories in season:"
isked a Pittsburg man who return
id recently from a. fishing trip.
“Always,” replied Ihe reporter,
“Well,” I have one which I think
is a litile different from the usual
run. While I was up in the woods
[ witnessed a most remarkable
light. It was nothing less than a
pitched battle between a snake
\nd a hedgehog. 1 was sif ting on
a rock in the shade w hen I saw the
hedgehog, I had my gun in my
hand and was about to fire at the
animal when something peculiar
in Lis actions caused me lo wait
and see what he is up 10. lie was
crawling along the ground cau
tiously. Looking ahead of him a
few feet I saw a big snake coiled
up, evidently asleep. The hedge
hog stole up noiselesdy within
about three feet of the reptile,
then suddenly sprang forward and
caught the snake’s tail in his teeth.
Then, quick as a flash, he rolled
himself into a ball and seemed to
be awaiting an attack.
“The snake, so rudely awakened
from its slumbers, came angrily to
wards its enemy and began strik
ing at him with its fangs. At each
bite the snake’s mouth was lacerat
ed by the hedgehog’s quills. This,
of course, made the reptile furious
and it darted back and forth, fir.-l
to one side anti then to the other,
of its assailant. The latter, watch
ing a favorable opportunity.jump
ed forward and again seized the
snake’s tail in his teeth, then roll
ed himself up as before. The snake
slru’gled and bit and twisted this
way and that, bur. the hedgehog
still held on. The reptile was
bleeding at the mouth, and began
fo show signs of exhaustion, but n
kept up the struggle as long as i:
was able to move. Finally, when
it was jompletely played out, it be
came still. The hedgehog then
unrolled himself, ripped the snake
open and proceeded to devour it ”
Dr. Wolf, the African explorer,
says that while he was ascending
the great Sankurn abluent of the
Congo, a number of wild Bassong-
Mino, who had never before seen
a white man, suddenly popped up
out of the bushes one day and aim
ed their arrows at the visitors as
their steamer was approaching the
shore, only about a rod away, He
has no doubt that the next instant
a volley of arrows would have
poured into the little crowd on
deck had not a woman in the dress
of a native queen suddenly leaped
among the throng of savages, and
struck to the ground the bow of
one man wbo was just ready to let
his missile fly, and in a tone of au
thority bade the rest of the crowd
unbend their weapons. The brief
command and cautionary gesture
of this picturesque female had a
magic elfect upon her warrior sub
jects, who relaxed their bows and
grinned sheepishly at the palefac
es, who were nervously beginning
to finger their revolvers.
Jules Maicon, a geologist, says
America owes its name to au luDian
phrase signifying the lanD of winas.
Pullman Started hi e With Fifty Dol
hr?.
I glean and fr. m Gocrgo M. Pullman
in a pleasant interview that be wa. the
third son of s hiTgo family, lbs two
■ h’er b-others are dist/nyaishedu :nis
fera. Ilia mother v.aa It ft a widow
with five children of trade: age, and
Georg", was twenty-two yearn old,
without a trade < r profession. Ha had
however, accumulated a *mall capita!
ia tba furniture business in Vciou,
N. Y., which he consumed in disjharg
ing obligations incurred by his fath
er’s illness, and ha was left with only
SSO in the wt-rrd to struggle for their
maintenance and education. Deeply
imbued with ttie principles of prebiiy
and >i ve i from the example- and'instrnc
tion of hie father, who had been a mo
chsnic and inventor, it was not long
h efore ho got cont racts to raise build
mgs, raa le necessary by excavations
or the Erie Canal, and bis success
brought him uct only icnaunoiation,
but saved (Lo state of sew Yoik in
lien of paying damages to tho arj j
Crnt bn 1 firsgs, as tho state bad been
previously condemned lo do. About
this lime it was necessary to raise
the buildings in Chicago, and Mr,
Pullman saw a great opportunity
for the exercise of his skill and
ability in accomplishing that re
stilt. lie moved to Chicago and
contracted to raise large brick
buildings, which advanced his pros
peels materially. Menwhile, in
1858 his mind ha 1 been directed to
Ihe necessity of a sleeping car.
growing out of the fact that he had
tried the bunk of a car intended
for that purpose on a trip to Chi a
go In 18a!) he bad altered two
cars for the Chicago & Alton and
converted them into sleeping cars,
hut in 1804 he built, a shed, the
•‘Pioneer,” which cost him SIB,OOO.
This car conveyed the body of Lin
coln to its place of rest, and to en
able it to pass over the road, on ac
count of its size, platforms and oth
er ob,.t ructions had to be altered
to conform to it--. s >fe nnssage.
'1 lie Sugar l I'ust
The closing of another refinery
at 80-ton, Mass , by the sugar trust
indicates that, it is the policy of
the trust to supply the Eastern
market from its plant in the vicini
ty of New York City The whis
key trust or alcohol trust of the
West has undertaken in the same
way to concentrate its producing
plant in Peoria, and has closed
many distilleries in other c'ties.
It appears that although the two
sugar refineries in Philadelphia
that have not entered the trust are
compelled to pay more than the
trust for raw material, they under
sell the trust by one-eight of a cent
The trust will undoubtedly renew
its efforts to bring these refineries
inlo the ring. If it should succeed
it would have no formidable oppon
ent except Claus Speckels, and his
new refinery at Philadelphia, Pa.,
can not be in operation before
next summer.
Sha was an old fashimd woman.
She stood on the step of an open car,
and the la ’y at the end of the seat
sulkily refused to Blide along. The old
fa-hioned stood there for a longtime
leaking hick ant r ady to move 00,
aud then loudly aßk “aiut you gwiae
ter, h i< cuY“
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