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- - WINNSBORO, 9 Co W VLxi. WINNSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORN ING, M ARCH 28. 1876- INO, 41 THE FAl 1' F HE L11 H IBIlI tr. PU It ISIEI) WEKIY nY W I L I . A 33 S & I A V I S. 7-rea.-m-The 1//.-i I, I iv publishied WecI y in the Town of Winueboo, at $3.04 . variably in advance. tty- All trnni,.nt l Ylvertiseuents to b I':A II) IN A D)V.-t N'Ca:. Obitratry Noticos ani 'Tributes $1.0 per quiare. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Monday, March 20. SENATE. The colmiuttee on claims roporter favorably on a large number of elaiUl and recommended that others be re furred to the commission on cla1ims A bill to incorporate the Narrov Gauge Railroad and Transportatioi Company of South Caroliram, and I bill to amond section 3, chapter 111 of the revised statutes Were patssed1 The report of the special join comnnitteo appointed to investigIatI into tho cause of failureof the Souti Carolina Bank and Trust Coimpanu was made the special order for '1'ues lay, March 21. At 12 in., the senate resolved itsel into a court of impeachelnt. Mr. Whittemore ubmnitted tht followin g order : Or'dered, That thyi senate, as I court of ilpetcllmellt, stand ad journed, to imert on Tuesday, Marcl 21, at 12.3() p. mn., when the senlati shall proceed to vote, without debate on the several articles of impoech meat inl the cas of Montgomer: Moses, fjudge of the seventh judicia cir~cuit. Adjourned. 11oUSE1 OF RFltEPRL.NTATIVF.S. The Senate returned, with amend einoitsi, bill to incorpora to the Bishop ville, Sumter ani(d Waterete Railroat Co1)any ; bill to amuend an ac entitled "An act to raiso supplios fo the fiscal year comm1 encing NovemI her 1, 1875 ;" bill to incorporato the Charleston and Georgetown .lailroa< anl Transport.ttion, ,ompany. The amen dnents were concurre in and tho titles changed to acts. A resolution wats adopted, in - structing the state tre surcr to re port to the house the amo101uts o money collecte. ll) to date nde (he gener'atl appropriation bill, th "blig bonanza' and the "little bonam Zat. A resolu tion was adopted. ir structing thle stte treasurer t, in form the house ou)it of what funds h1 pmid the ehiil of Thomas V. Pric & Co. Senate bill for the relief of J. 1 .Latimer, late cunnaty treasiurer a Gre'enville coutyt}, and J. P. E Camp, hate couity treasurer u Spartanb urg county, and senate join resou111tio11 to authorize and lillpowe the county comlm51ission1ers of Greer ville count y :., apply a certain coun Ay fund to the patyiment of the pas Indebtedness of said coity, wer 1)asse d. The enlactintg wor'ds of senate hill ti r egla te tihe conduct1(1of the C ecuitiol of capital piunishdment in this stat were1't .stri(cken out. J oit r'esolutioni requtirinig the r< pair o.f thme pahnmetto tree in front (e the sjtato-houseit, anid joint resok 1.ion to asceritaini the anmun3t a11 status of the outstanin g bills of Lh .Banmk oif the 8taLte, were pass~ed. .AdjoCurn'edi. '1'Tuesda~y, Marchi 21. .AENATJE. Bdi1 'to prov'1ideC for) the2( publhli pin'ltin1g was amenC~ded, patred, anu senlt toi the( 1h0nse. 'fie sen~1ate then res5olved itse1 into a1 court of impe.Lcmmontt ini th .ease of J udge Montgomerly Mose .and prVo(ceded1 to vol.e upo0n. th .inesponidenit's gil it or innocence1 (' .the several (ch1 geis. The resl 11as beent sta1ted. 'fie senate, sitting as a court The governor returned, wit hor ha& ap~proval, a bill to a1pproprIiat $:3(f,00 of the phosphate rolyalt to the~ palylment of tile members an .attalch2"e of the general assembly. His Excellency likewise returnle( as d'illy approved by him, a numlb< of ills.'--ttmong wichli is an act t amend12( a1 join2t r'esohution entitle ''Joint resoltionei to auithoizo~ tli mu~(lI1tv comm)t1issionerts of F~airtiel and Clar endonl coun111ties to levy special tax of i14. mills on tie dolhi to pay tihe paist inadebtedntess oIf sai (1oun1ties2, land to regltel the mai1 ner of disbur'sinag theO saml." Adjourned. 1102.E 01' nEYPtRsENTATI1VEs. 4 Senate bills to amen0fd 2an no't ei -titled "An act to rodulce tall a('ta an1 pari11 o5(f acts inl relaitioni to coi commissioner01s. thetir1 plowerls an1 h ities, into one( act, and to aumuun tho'sin :2Jl" to regla'te thle trail JLaoii at1(d deliver~iy of messages 1 telegrp 1111o(m11pan ies, and1( to r'egi aite timtes for hlolding the~ circu " .ourts of . gonioratl H(*1sions a12 0102mm01 p)10a1 in~ thes sevenl irc1u it, woreO passe(1. Tihe spoeiiel joint committee a' first judiciu circuit, submitted a -port. The house resolved itself < into secret sesionl to consider the'' reports and testimony. 'T'he committee on the judiciary reported back a senate joint resoh- i tion proposing certain amendlnents to the state constitution, and re commended cer tain aineundments. The report of the special joint + committee appointed to investigate< the failure of the South Carolina 1 Bank and Trust Company was made 1 the special order for Wednesday, march 22.1 Hayne introduced a resolution to expel Gary, a mienber from Ker shaw county, which was indefiuitely postponed. A resohlution was adopted, pro viding that the two houses should ilmeet in joint session on Wednesday, March 22, to elect a judge for the r seventh judicial circuit recently t made vacant by the impeachment " and conviction of Montgomery :1 Moses. The committee appointed to in- f vestigate te transactions of the t land conumission made a report, which was made the special order e for Wepdnesday, March 22. a After some unimportant business, a the house adjourned. Wednesday, March 22. sENATE. c The house sent to the senate a (oncurrenit resolution to pay J. H. Sawyer $250 for services rendered, the speci:l joint committee to in vestigate the failure of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company, which was indefinitely postponed. A resolution for the appointment of a special joint collmittea to ex- 1 amine the mialnner in which the r comptroller general's warrants t have been issued tinder the pro- f visions of an act entitled "An act a to provide for the payment of cer z I tain claimis" was concurred in. 1'The house resolution providing t for a joint assembly to elect a judge ' to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Montgomery Moses, was laid on the table. The house returned with amend ments the bill to amend the act divid ing iloe .,tptpa five,eon'gressional distr'icts. There were amendments by the house which defeat the end proposed by Mr. Cochran's original bill-un equitable division : t of the state into congressional dis tricts. The bill was passed has ] -amnended. 'Iho senate proceeded to the Sconsideration of the veto message of the governor on the bill appro printing :30.000 of the phosphate royalty to the payment of the mem hers mind employees of the general as sembly. The bill was passed over the veto by a vote of 21 yeas to 0 nays. Time bill to amend an act entitldcl "An act to provide for the setttle ment and payment of certain claims against the slate" was taken up, amne1d and passed.I Adjourned. UDUwE or ntE'RItESEN'm'A'TIVRs. IThen sente hill having reference to thme 'ongressionahul (listricts in thtis etate was'. taken up,) aimentded and rturned to the senate Lesli in trouneed ai resolution reqiring thme s ecretatry of state to br1ing~ into thme house all deerds made to or ini thme naime of C. P. Leslie as aproedt larige nulhe~ilLr (of acts among which aire an act to authiorize the governor to appo10int one ad ditional trial jutstice for Famirtie'ld county. and ii an d at o legalize theo~ streeOts and ways in the town of! C Rlidgeway. SMr. H myn e mmoved that the house Iproceed in open 5tession to the~ (1on. f sideration of the report of thme special cominittcc apmpoin ted to " inlvestiglt~e thme ollicial 'onlducOt of 0 C. W. lBut t?, solicitor of thme first f juideial ci rcuit. The motion wats rejected, and theo house then re solved itself in to secret session. IThe house ahortly afterwards e adjomurned. 'riThursay,' March 23. sENATE. A concurrent resolution to re seind the resoutiont to adjourn nn iA numbeihr of joint resolutions were) initroduceiCd and proprl(ly Il refermed. A conlcurrenit resoluttioni wast adptd and ent to thme house, 4 authorizing time state treasurer t~o borrow .52:,000( for then pay of mom bers and( employees of the general assembihly. IA joint' resoltution -requiring the 4 repair of the palmiet to tree in front of the State House and a bill to amennd an not entited "An act to providle for the settlement anxd payen of certain claims against th .sat" were passed. A concurrent resolution dlirecting the attorney general to institute civil anud criminal proceeding in bhalmtf of the state in the case of the failuro of the South Carolina Bank andI TIrust Comphlany wa laidj oin theL htabile. hIAd.ojourned. i oUaBH oF nlEPIR5ENTATIvEs. il A resohution was adopted, direct. orthwith the amount to the credit )f "legislative expenses," and also vhethor he would be able to borrow 25,000 to pay the members and Imployees of the geupal aesem >ly. A concurrent resolution was adopt 0d, and sent to the send providing or the appointiment ajoint com nittee to .obtain fu1 information oncerning the collection and die )mrsement of all the tax-levies made )y law. The bill to define the duties and owers of the lieutenant governor >f this state was laid on the table Bill to incorporate the Merchants' teauship Company, of Charlston, vats read the second time and )rdered engrossed. Senate resolution authorizing the tate treasurer to borrow certain noneys -for the payment of officers, ttachees and other employees of he general assembly was concurred n. A communication was received rom the state treasurer, informing he house that he had failed in his forts to borrow $25,000, as in tructed by the house. The following resolution was dopted: .Resolved, Chat the secretary of tate be requested to furnish this ouse with a statement of the mount of fees (other than land oinmission) turned over to the taste treasurer since the com. aencetent of the present fiscal ear. Adjourned. Friday, March 24. SENATE. The house returned, with anend tents, which were concurred in. esolution authorizing the state reasurer to borrow certain moneys or payment 'of officers, attachees nd other employees of the general ssenbly. Iioncurrent resolution instructing he attorney general to institute uit against all persons guilty of perjury a1(1 embezzleIent in the natter of the f.ilure of the South :-arolina Bank and Trust Company vas laid on the table. Bill to incorporate the Bishepville ,nd Adkiu Railroad passed. Resolution instructing the clerk f the senate to draw a pay certifi ate for o-io hundred and ninety wo dollars, payable out of senate ontingent fund, in favor of J. B. iubbard, for services rendered as *ssistant sergeant-at-arms during the mtipeachiment trial, was agreed to. Bill to extend the time for the omumencement of work on the Lnderson and Port Royal Railroad a8ssed a seconid reading. Report of j')init special committee ppointed to inqluire as to execution f coutract by Columlbia Water ?ower Company was made the pecial order for Saturday, March 5. A eoncurrent resolution that the eneral assoem)ly take a recess from 'riday, March 24, 1876, to April 10. .876, at 12 in., was adopted. Adjourned. no0055 OF R1EPRE5ENTATIvEH. MIr.Canniton introduced the follow ng resolutioni, which was adopted: Vays and~ meansfl itiilire an~d re >ort ats to the exp)ediency of au ,horizinig the state treasuiger to liret at portion of the salary fund temporarily) to the p~aymen~t of hie two housesC of this general as embthly. Resolution that thle gene(rall as. nthily take a recesm from Friday, fIarch 24. to April 10, 12 mn., was gireed to. Adjouirnetd. The o tt Democratic Convention. CoItumhux. S. C., Feb. 23, 1876. At a mneetinig of the State Demo rttic Executive Committee, held in Jolhumbia on Febiruary '22, 1876, the ollowing resohition was adopted: 1I'esob(ed, That it is recomn~ided o the demiocracey of the Staite of south Carolina to imeet by townshipgs 'r pirecinets, and elect delegates to Inty coniventions, to be held in ipril next, tha t these county conver - .ions shall elect delegates, in nutr. ier equal to twice the representation >f the coumty in the presenit hoiso >,f representatives of the state, to a taite democratic convention to be told ini Cohiunhia, on T1ho'rsday, May [, for the purpose of apphoiniting dehi tates to the national democratic lonvention, to be0 held in St. Louis in the 27th June next, and to take mtcht further action as the conven ion shall deem pro~per and necessary. The several county chairmuen will ake steps in their resp~ective coun. ies to carry into effect the foregoing 'esolution. 'rThe townshipi and p)recinct meet i gs can lie held when is most con enient ; the county conventions for hie election of delegates will be held ni April only. T1heo county chairman of Richland, with the resident membcrs of this sommittee, will make all necessary u tangemnents for the accommodation if the state convention. M. C5. B3UTLEII, Chairman State Democratic Ex. Committee. F. WV. DAWSON, SecretAry. The inhabitants of Belknap, Iowa, want toi change the name of their Ion.m THE FALL OF FLESH. Particulars of the WonderfuIPhenome non in Bath County, K~entucky. From, the Louisville Courier-Journal. A corre ponden i', ..the Courier .Journal, writing frol Tunt Stor ling, Kentucky on the 8th of the present month, me 6idnod the oc currouce of a nost ., nderful ple nbmenon in Bath op h y, soven teer miles east of the ter'minus of tl ! Louisville, Cincinnati shd Lexington itailroad. The correspondent rela ted that a shower of thLI fell from u clear sky, in broad day ight, during the afternoon of Mur 3 : that th] sun was shining at tYi time, and after the appearanco 'of the flesh, hogs and chickens app ared and de voured it. The fact of the phennme non thus made known Jas produced considerable interest ii the country, especially among scientific souls, who seem to have never heard of a like occurrence. Last evening a ro porter visited Capt. J. X. Bunt, of Mount Sterling, whom' ho found at the Willard Hotel. Capt. Bent is the gentleman who first informed the general public of the dphenomienon through the Courier-Jurnal. Last evening he exhibited 4pecinens of the tieh to the reporter, who pro posed that they proceed with them to the residence of Prof. J. Law. rence Smith. The gentleman agrec, and thither they went. At Prof. Smith's Capt. Bent and the reporter entered into a couversation about the flesh and its fall. ' "When (lid the phenomenon take place ?" asked the reporter. "At two o'clock last Friday, March 3." "In what county ?" "In Bath county, near Harry Gill's Mudliek Sulphur Springs, which are, I think, about seventeen wiles east of :Mount Sterling." "Did you witness thor'eurrence 1" "No, sir. My information first came from Judge Day, of Monifee, a perfectly reliable gentleman Hun dreds are willing to attest the truth of the matter with affidavits." "Will you )lease relate to me all you know in relation t: the phe nomenon 1" W ell, sir, as nearly as I can as certain, the occurrence took place about two o'clock in the afternoon. The day had beeni pleasant, and at the hour mentioned, the heavens were clear and beautiful. The sun was shining brightly, and except a few straggling light clouds, nothing unusual was visible to the naked eye in the appearaince of the horizon. The wife of farmer Crouch, whose place is near Mudlick Springs, was standing in her doorway, and, ob serving particles of a peculiar and unusual kind descending from a clear sky, called others to witness the startling phenomenon. The fall of the flakes lasted about ten minutes. 'T'hey came down in scattering show ers and settled on a space of Mr. Crouch's farm, probably one hun dred by two hundred yards in ex tent. After the fall tl, people col lected around the ground thus coy ered and examined what had so umys te'riously descended from the hmeav' ens. The flakes were fr'oim thme size of a pea to that of a human linger, and rat her' thin. They wVere of regu lar' flesh color, and, in touching trees and fencec. left, amark similar to that of b!ood in its secondary condition. the flesh was soneowhat like mutton ini appearanlce." "Was:u~ any of it eaten ?" asked the "Ys,r, by the hogs and chick enB which gathered in large nlumbiers and devoured the Ilakes with evi d (ent relish. A butcher of Mount Sterling was in Bath county at thle time, and shav'ed off a piece of the flesh with his knife. IHe roasted it,. and said the substance was palata ble, but he waq not able to tell from what animal it caime." "What evidence have you of the authenticity of this ?" inquired Dr'. Smith. "There is nmo doubt of it, sir. Hnrm ry Gill, of Mudhick Springs, who is a gentleman of very high r'eputation, and ai hundred others, will furnish alidavits if necessary.' I"What of the condition of the heavens during the fall of the flakes 1" said thme r'epor'ter'. "The heavens underwent no change, sir." I"How do0 the p~eople take it ?" I"Thme people, after it was no0ised abroad, flocked arounid in dlozens and gathered considlerable qualities of the flesh." "Did decomposition afect the par tieles after they had fallen ?' asked Pr'ofessor Smith. I"I think so, sir," wasn Capt. Bent's rejoinder. "What have you to say of the flesh, doctor ?" inqluied the repor ter of Professor Smith. "All Ican say to-night is that it seems to be of an mnimal natture. To-morrow I will exanmine and be able to speak further concerning it." I'he p articles bro.ught hy Capt. IBent, who is a retired lawyer and respected citizen of Mount Sterling, were preserved in abohmol, and had changed from their original appear ance to a dull red ana white hue, and wore somewhat withered. Profes sor Smith will submit the specimen to a careful examination to-day. Cer tainly the phenomenan was one of the most wonderful a'verknown. andl doubtless will oceupy the attention of the world of sciencO for some time to come. Prof. J. Iiiwrenco Smith, the scientist, says in his analysis of specimens examined - "In my mind this matter gives every indication of being the dried spawn of the Batraclian reptiles, dolbtless that of the frog. They havo been trais porte(d from the poiln and Swampy grounds by currents of wind, and have ultimately fallen on the spot whero they wore found. This is no isolated occurrenco of the kind, 1 having come across the mentLion of several in the course of ily reading. The only way. I can now fix the: (late is by an instance recorded by Mutslch onblroOek ats occurring in Ireland in 1675. ''he matter is d scribie(l by himi as being glutinous and fItt.y, which softened when held in the. hand, and emitted an un pleasant smrell whoin exposed to the action of fire. The ovuAi or egg of the Batrachian reptiles is a round mass of transparent nutritive jelly, in the contro of which appears a small, black globule. In the present case the passage through the air would have dried up more or less this gelatinous mass, so that the exterior would becomo hard indl the interior as I found it-still soft and gelatinous. I have desired more of the Latter to be sent to ne,when, if thero be any modifications of these views. I will make them known The Woman' n the Case. The maiden name of Mrs. Belknap third wife of the Secretary of War, was Miss Tomlinson, of Harrods burg, Kentucky. She first married Mr. Bowers, and was the sister of Gen. ]3elknap's second wife, who (ied in the latter part of December, 1870, and in consequonce of her death there was no reception at the White House on New Year's day, 1871. Mrs. Bower, who was then a widow, was the guest of the Seer tary of War during her sister'R brief married life, and upon the deatth of Mrs. Belknap Mrs. Bowers took charge of the infant that her sister loft. The child died in the West, and Mrs. Bowers, after a trip to Europe, took up her residence in Gen. Bolknap's homo in Washing ton. 1)uriing the ensuing winter the hlinlsomne d:shinig widow pre sidcd with rare' glre at the dinner parties and- receptions that he gave. she is sout thirty-fire years of age of tall, coiimuanding presce, with darlk, lustrous eyes, anid ia flashing smnile that, discloses at !post perfect set of tetIh. Renarkmil 'y brillianut color, together with other personal charis, lmis given Mrs. Belknap the reputation of heing one of the hpand somest ladies in Washiigton. Her lino culture and fascinating miianniers won Grl'en. 3elklap's heart, ald he married her just two years uafter her sister's death. Sinco she itassllmed the dties of a lady of the Cabinet her receptions hivte 1)01 inon' the most popular, and her manner hars been llaLalcterized by a genial warmth, elegance andl(] grace. She profesel not, to care for the whirl of fashiomuablo society inlto whiebl she wa'is thlrownl, bu rathler to prefer the (jlit, of Iier 11on1te, and1( thme society of her husband anid hentifuml chihd, little Alice, whoE hads bieen the pet oif heCr mnother's guests. St ill, Mrs., great a11nbi t ion, 1and4 ind1ulged thme wouldlt ha1v4 b eenl (lectedi to thei Senaito. WorthI furnishmed atlilher toilets. Hecr recepltionl an~d evening and.1( alrmls are of fanilless beauLIty, and the dinamonds which Ilashmed on thlemi were of great value, (ofteni heing mlen tionedU~ as8 1amonug thle miost (elat worni in) Washuington. IMany (of thesCe 'ewe(lm4 were flhe wedl whio, it in no0w known, received dis honestly certain) sons of money previou~s to hlis marriage with 2al rs Blowors. Birillianut has been the Secretary !(of *War's and Mihs 13el kinap's social reign, and melanchioly beyvond dlencription is the social andl' othecial do(wnfamll that muarks one1 of the mlost painful phases of un bridled love of gaim. A M~loiruJar- WAlnNine.--The other)l day-a little b)oy abloutt four years old was drawing his sled upj and down in front of his miojihr-'s 110uso whlen the ol ayaeto tihe door andl called out: "Conio in lbore, hoy." "Wait ahhil," hie ainswered. "You walk right in bere !" she continued. "First you know s~me. hody will abduct you, and first I know som1( 0one will wanlt $l1),000) rewvard to restoro you, and( lhere I ama, just ready to break~l my last d~ol. lar bill for 'tators and mait !" The boy went in. John Stevens, of Loganisport, jIn. diana, was heir to i812,000, and( at is Oiarnlost siolici tationi the mmoney was given to him wvhen lie was only nineteen years o1(d. iHe hlas qjuan dod it all, and nowi sutes tihe tris I tes to make them pay it over again, ins claim being that they should have held the p)roplerty unthl he was twenty-one. Virginia compin thtshe has, had to pay $100,000 for an eighty (lay session of her logislatureo, when one good lawyer for $1,000 would hav preped more and~ better laws ROYAL GAME. In no region close to- ottieato can the enthusiastic sport oa more varied and noble gam tha* I the northwestern provinces of 1d whore roams the mag~ent ro l3ngal tiger, the very of beas Our double page illust*tion thmA him as he alppears at houe in 01 of the dense jungles, whenpe, who pressed by hunger, .1ho~l" nstifort on his mnaraudling expeditions. Fe peoplo have any idea of the numb( of human lives annually deatroyE by this ferocious and blood-thirst !inimal. In 1861) one tigress was ri ported to have killed 127 peopl and to have stopped a public roa for many weeks. Similarly, in 186 the magistrato of Godvery repo'rte that "that part of the countty wt overrun with tigers, every Tilag having suffered from the ravages e umn eaters." On another oeasic thirteen villages were deserted, an 250 square miles of countr et thrown out of cultivation rong the havoc made by a single tigresl And according to the reports pf, British government during thp Si years ending with 1866, 4218 live were lost through those beasts. ] is little wonder that an Englis sport m nan is hailed with joyin then dist.ricts. Ho becomes a second 81 George sent to deliver the poop from their scourge. In doscribing a tiger it is fait t< say of him that he is nothing mor or loss than a huge cat, with powe and ferocity excessively developed 'ITravellera sleeping in their tent may hear one calling to its mate i1 the neighboring jungles, till night i made hidoous by their amator growls and roarings, just. as thoi diminutive congoners on Auericai house tops serenade the moon, and provoke exasperated huditors to dis lodge them with whatever missile comies first to hand. The crownini point of a cat's ferocity and deligh in bloodshed is arrived at in th< royal tiger. When not raging wit) hnger, ho appears to derive thi same pleasure from playing with hli victin that the former shows in tor monting a mn0ouse. Ho will who around a buffalo as if onjo yng hi alarm ; and when' the 'a 'ighte< animal, in mad despair, feebly at temupts to butt at his remorsolosi 'oe, the tiger bounds lightly over his head, and recommences hit gambols on the other side. At last as if he had succeeded in ereatint an appetite for his dinner, hi mrushes the skull of his victim wit) one blow of his powrful fore paw aid comflmeos his bloody m.ii The following story is toli of u n fortunrat e hunter, who, having attakeod a tiger on foot, sucetde( in woiuding but not killing thi Ibealst : "It charged, and seized hin by the loins on 1o0e side, gave him a tieire shake or two, dropped hin ad then seizing him upon the othei si(0, repeated the shaking, ant again d}rop ing him disappeared His beaters had escapted up trees o= elsewhere meanwhile, but when th< tiger departed they came to his nit d1 carried him to th station. 'h<I nanLT suf11'ored no1 painl, and descr'ib)o lmw tihe tiger hatd seized and wor ried lhim. Buit lhe sank from th< <boe0k iad exhaustion within a fov Any one whot has ever soon2 II tiger's skulhl :md examined its for iaidale enineui teeth must wonidoi hlow aL nutni a enover Oscapo, wlo hiai miee beenOi grippod0( ini their saLvagt visoi. Very seldomi dloes aL sensIoi1 passK without till deaithl of soiim pilajnt spo~( rtsmansi being replorteil froml a tiger's chargo. Bunt th( riags of these creatures are no1 wor'se than their terrible clawvs. Au ini th ca3 It. those, weap)Jons5 are pr vided withi a curious arrangemienl of elaistic ligaments and muscles, by whic~h they~ are withdrawn into th( foot so as to osceapo~ blunting by con~ tact with the ground in walking. Thiese fearful weapons are oIbjeJct1 of pecu(~liar1 care on the par~t of th( I iger. TJrees aire frequently seen ir the junigles scored with long vertieca tissuires to the height of eight or tem feot from the ground, where tigeri haive cleansed and1( sharpened theil claws. SomeI trees are grotm favorites than others, and the peepu or Inianii fig, is. often disfigured ii this namner. In charging, a tiger will soe times burst out of ai neighb)orinf ~ever, and with never a swervi poun11ce uponf his~ prey, his ears laid baick, his tail oIn end, every featur< of his face distorted with dliab~olica: rage. But more often he bearn steadily dow,~n four or live hu~ndred yardis in the op)0n, stopping ca sionally and putting his head hal over his shoulder, as if to listen foi mu noise behind himt. A most mag~ nficoueit creature he looks in thu position, his head curoct, his tail drooping, andl tho sun glaneing from hiis lustrous yellow skin. Thu stealthy advance continues until h< is withun springing distance. Then with au qu1ick rush amnd a terrific roar, lhe dashes his prey to the ground with his >o~werful arma, and seiz.ing it with hia formidable fangs, holdi it down unttil nearly or quite dead, und thetfi drags 1t away. At. no other ti ne is at tigress at furious as when resenting a rl o1 fancied attack upon bor cuhs. They are generally two to five in number and follow their mother, who take the moni. hnXio $ are of them, uti they are full grown. A somofl as, theur a digest, Sesh, the mother t a U all for thes,, teaching d them to prao*le rr thl eeflve by praetising on piga and deer.. She is also often wnaton and blood th-sty, killing simrply for the plea-. s. we she has in destroying life, With a all her afoction for her euhs, how, e over, she hias koen known to desert a and .re devour them when bard h pressed by hnager. iVT One of tho most curiei and at, r thesame timewel.attestedpeculiari. d tipe of the tiger is that he does not. y nto"nIly esIsa, but easily acquires. a taste f hnavn flees At first 3, he seems-to bow to that instinctivo d dread of.anan whicha isnaural to all. 3, animals. The natives are aware of i this oharaoteristio, and carry um a their avocations as grass-cuttrs, e herdsmen, and .frit gatherora close >f to a thicket where'a tiger la known to t1 be lying. it is not merely fatalism, d as, might be supposed, that renders e then) thus spat hetio, but the know!, b edge that as long as they can pro !, cnre otheir food, tigers will not at e tack men. Even when one of their x cattle is struck down, they run up a and often frighton the beast from t the body of his victin by shouting i and beating on the ground wit l e sticks. These herdsuen, too, a p pear to be armed with what Aristotle a calls the courage derived from exporience, for they will oonduct the sportsman up to the "kill" with D fearless confidence. But they will r not slay one of these animals them selves, for they hold the tiger, like s the cobra, in superstitious reverence, i Aoeotditag to one writer, the natives s in many parts will avoid montioning r his name save by a variety of eri-, e phrases or guphoinisms, Their 1 objection to killing one is grounded I on the belief that his spirit will haunt them or do them mischief after death, Tigers may be roughly divided into three classes : First, those that load a perfectly wild and rotired life in the jungles, feeding only on game. Secondly, those that may be called cattle-lifters : they are large . and bulky, compared to the agile k. little jungle tiger, and usually make t their haunts near pastures and I waters frequented by cattle, Dis - regarding the herdsmen, these ani s mais consume an ox in about tivo days, while a tigress and her cubs. demand at least an ox a night.. Lastly, the morose brutes whieh, having once tasted human flesh, turr) man eaters, and soluotimes sprorit a terror throughout a whole district. before they are destroyed. (ut ined man-eaters, it is said, are frequently old tigers, With fajling activity and docAying teeth, they find the easiest way of procurring Isi meal is to knock down 0so4po defenseloss villager or incnut4utis postman. After a few nurders o( this kind, a whole village will fro quently pull up stakes and dop art, leaving the man cater master o. the. situation.-Ha1lrper'sv Weekly. Tux WOwTu Or THnJ GIANOE..- 'iho Grange is worth to-lay alnost as much to the agriculturista of the, country as the common schooL It. is, in fact, the only primary nhool, we have which is devoted to. egri cultural instruction ; it is there wvhere our soins and daiughtersa aro first taught to love and taike a prido in their calling ; it is thre whevre they are made to ace posibili. ties in agricultural indnty which p~ast generations niever dr4nmed of, and it is from thence that an in fluonco is to go out whioh in a few years will fill up) our gricitural collogos with young menf, and~ young ladies too, wit h a class of students that will nioA turn their backs on the farm, er seek ofther respoeetability or setility.-P'aci/io. Rural Press. A Wisconsin~ trador discovend two men, disanased with veils, rob hing his store one night rocmatly, and wvent for themi with a revolver. T1hme rogues fled and he fojJQwod, firing as lhe wat, bt th. thuicves ap~parently eseaped. Th9l next morning a man way feiud dead in the roadwvith a vaQil over IIA fAco, andl h le proved to be the trder's broth er-in law. IA clergyman war' preparing his discourse for 5iundayV, Iitoppinlg occa sionally to erase thal which lie was disposed to disapprove, when he was accost dby his fif~I i son, who had numbered only five summers: "Father, (doos God toll you what to p~reach ?" "Cuirtainly, my ehild." "Then what makes you scratch it out ?" The second night after ber hums band died she sat by the open1 window five hours, waiting for , the cats to begin fighting in the back yard, Said she, ' "This th'ng of going to sleep without a qumrrel of some kind is so new to mue that I can't stand it I Let me alone until they begin, then I can doze off' gently I"' London is estimated by the re gister-general to contain now nearly three millions and a half of people. John Bright claims that 17..19 of the entire kigdom of",Great Britain is n pssesio ofonly 1.3,749 per on.The ponulation is estimated