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In Texas the cry has been raised
against the rangers. The abolishment
of that military branch of the
state government is being urged by
many people. O. B. Colquit. the
Democratic nominee for governor,
believes the time has come when the
services of the rangers should be dis
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ing the law by which the ranger organization
was created forty-four years
ago will come before the legislature
which meets in January'.
The ranger service was established
primarily for the purpose of frontier
protection. Texas no longer has a
frontier. The ragged edges of civilization
no longer exist along the Rio
Grande border, nor in the vast plains
country of western Texas. The conouest
of what was formerly a notoriously
turbulent region, infested with
various and divers bands of outlaws,
has been accomplished largely by the
exercise of unexcelled bravery, endurance
and expert marksmanship on
the part of the brave bands of men
who comprise the ranger organization.
They have wiped the frontier, as it
was once known, off the map of Texas.
As a direct result of these years
of faithful labor modern civilization
has advanced until it now extends to
the utmost bounds of the state.
The Texas rangers are the real gunfighting
men of the world. They had
that distinction in the old days, and
it still belongs to them. Their methods
of operation today are different,
but the little army of men now in the
state's service are just as brave and as
nf rjfle an(j pistol
as in the time when their chief occupation
was fighting bands of depredating
Indians or running down the
bandits of the border.
Sentimentality and a pride in the
many wonderful deeds of valor of the
rangers may defeat the present movement
for their dishandment. The assertion
is made by the supporters of
the plan to do away with the ranger*,
that their services are no longer necessary.
that they are now used chiefly
to perform duties that properly belong
to the peace officers of the different
counties, such as enforcing the
local option law. the law against
gaming and in preventing mob violence.
In answer to this it is stated
that the rangers are necessary because
they can be sent by the governor
at any time and to any place in the
state where the county peace officers,
on account of local conditions or influences.
or through a spirit of indifference.
are known to be lax in enforcing
the law.
The Texas rangers are the most
picturesque set of legalized fighting
men in this country. They have no
counterpart in the world. Only forty
in number, they are equal to almost
any emergency that may arise when
it comes to putting to a test real
fighting qualities. The presence of
one ranger upon a scene <u uisu ?
and threatened lawlessness Is usually
sufficient to quickly restore peace and
uphold the dignity of the law. The
ranger Is there to do his duty. He
does It fearlessly. If he has any
thought of personal danger he does
not show It.
The rangers are picked men, every
one of them. They must be proved
experts in markmanship and at home
in the saddle: they must be of good
moral character, which means that
they do not drink or gamble. When
a vacancy in a company occurs the
' aptain selects the man to fill it.
"I can look into a man's eyes and
tell whether he has got the right kind
of stuff in him to make a good ranger."
Captain W. J. <Bill) McDonald,
who saw many years in the service,
said the other day. "I never made a
mistake in picking my men."
Most of the rangers were former
cowboys. When a man leaves the
ranger service he usually either goes
back to the ranch or takes a position
as peace officer in some county or
city.
The mistaken idea prevails in some
quarters that the rangers are a reckless,
rowdy set of men. Quite the
contrary is true. Many of them are
church members. Captain John R.
Hughes, who has been a ranger for
thirty years, is a great Sunday school
worker. A few months ago he was
ordered from his station at Ysleta, a
little town on the upper Rio Grande
border, to Amarillo, to suppress the
bootlegging that was going on in that
part of the Panhandle region. He
was superintendent of the Sunday
school as Ysleta. and the children of
the town made a vigorous protest to
the governor against his headquarters
being removed from there.
A few years ago Captain McDonald
shot and killed four Mexicans who
were firing upon him from ambush
in a remote locality of the lower Rio
Grande border. The next Sunday
Captain McDonald was back in
Brownsville and occupied it front seat
in one of the churches at morning
and evening services.
The very existence of the ranger
organization has a wonderful influence
for good upon the lower class
of Mexicans on both sides of the Rio
Grande. Even the more intelligent
class of Mexicans have a great respect
for the fighting qualities of the rangers.
"If it was not for the Texas Rangers
Mexico could whip the I'nited
States." is it remark that Americans
have often heard in that country.
The otiic i.-> I n-liorts of the ildiU
taut general's department of Texas
show that during the period from 1 s7 ?
to 1881 Indians and Mexieans thieves
stole 30.S3S head of cattle. 3.781
horses and 3.136 sheep. The marauders
killed hundreds of citizens,
burned many homes and destroyed a
vast amount of property.
The committee on foreign affairs
of congress made an investigation and
report on the Rio Grande border in
1876. saying in part:
"The cattle raids from the state of
Tamaulipas. Mexico, into Texas commenced
with what is knoyn as the
Cortina war in 1859 and 1860. This
was a most remarkable occurrence?
one without parallel in our history.
A single lawless ranchero, with a
band of friends, capured a town of
nearly 3,000 inhabitants, and not only
defying, but defeating the forces of
the state of Texas, and then carrying
on a war against the combined forces
of the state of Texas and of the I'nited
States, maintaining himself for upward
of five months, from the 13th
day of July to the 37th of December.
1859. on American soil, with the Mex?an
flag flying across the Rio Grande,
leadv to renew the light. Such was
the remarkable commencement of the
border troubles on the Rio Grande,
one well calculated to inspire the lawless
element in Mexico with defiant
pride, and to teach our own people
the extent of the danger to which they
were exposed, and their dependence
for safety on the strong arm of their I
government. These feelings were
confirmed and increased when the
brdd robber and outlaw, who was under
numerous indictments in Texas
for previous murders and robberies,
and who had left the American territory
in defiant warfare with the
I'nited States, was deliberately sent
by the Mexican government, clothed
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with the high office <>f general of the
army and governor, bac k to the very
scene of his outrages, and the United
States submitted to the insult.
"The whole country from Brownsville
to Rio Grande City. 130 miles,
and back to the Arroyo Colorado, has
been laid waste. There is not an
American, or any property belonging
to an American, that could not be
rioxtrovod in this large tract of coun
try. Their horses and tattle were
driven across into Mexico and there
sold?a cow with a calf by her- side
for a dollar.
Although cattle stealing was the
original object of these raids, the lawless
bands engaged in them have been
necessarily led to the perpetration of
other and greater crimes. The lawless
spirit engendered hy their trade,
and their own protection, caused
them to murder travelers who happened
to meet them on their raids,
and those whom they thought might
inform against them. In fact, these
raids were soon turned into general
robbery and murder."
The conditions on the lower Rio
Grande border region began to improve
as soon as Captain L. H. McXelly
and his company of rangers
were sent down there to run down the
outlaws. McXelly adopted the policy
of giving no quarter. He asked none.
It was a tight to the death when he
and his men got within shooting distance
of the Mexican thieves. Th?Rio
Grande offering no barrier to the
operation of these rangers. International
law had no meaning to them.
One of their exploits was chasing a
band of about fifty cattle thieves
across the river into Mexico, where
the rangers killed twenty-nine of
them without a man of their own being
killed or wounded. Captain McXelly's
field reports to the governor
were brief. In Xovember. 1875, he
wrote:
"Just spent three days on Mexican
soil after cattle thieves and a herd of
230 stolen cattle. Killed five Mexicans;
wounded one."
His other reports were of the same
brevity. In most of them he told of
killing a few Mexicans.
There is a long list of men who have
performed noted services as rangers.
A quarter of a century ago the very
mention of Captain Lee Hall's name
was sufficient to strike terror into the
heart of a border criminal. Hall was
for many years at the head of a company
of rangers which covered a territory
as large as two or three ordinary
states. They were a flying
squadron that rode fearlessly into any
kind of trouble where duty called
them. They were in the field before
the Indian raids had entirely ceased.
and. with the battles that they
fought with the redskins, and the encounters
that they had with lawless
white men and Mexicans, their time
was usually fully occupied. Captain
Hall has now passed the three-score
milestone of life, but the call of the
frontier still has its hold upon him.
He served through the SpanishAmerican
war and was through the
two years' campaign in the Philippines.
He was a member of the Gilmore
relief expedition. Returning to
Texas, he found things too dull to
suit him. A mining company offered
him a position as commander of the
guard of a supply train that was being
run twice a week to the mines
through the Yaqui Indian country in
the mountains of western Mexico.
Captain Hall held the position for two
years and killed mai * Indians during
tfyat period. When the Yaqui rebellion
ended two years ago. he took a position
as manager of a ranch in a remote
part of lower California. He
is there to this day.
Many attempts were made to assassinate
Captain Hall while he was
in the ranger service. Several times
the room in which he was sleeping
was fired into at night.
One hot mid-summer day about
fifteen years ago a company of Texas
rangers, commanded by Captain
Hughes, was camped in the lower part
of the Big Bend country, a wild and
remote region covered with scant
desert vegetation, bordering the Upper
Rio Grande. The rangers had
been on th? hunt for Mexican cattle
thie\es. The Big Bend is a section
of territory embracing more than 18,000
square miles. 1? takes its name
from its peculiar shape, formed by
the tortuous course of the international
boundary stream. It was then,
and is now, ninety miles from the
furthest dip of the river to the nearest
railroad point. In the early days
it was the rendezvous of many desperate
outlaws, murderers, robbers,
smugglers and a great variety of other
kinds of criminals made the Big Bend
region their place of refuge for many
years. It was the scene of many daring
exploits on the part of brave
bands of rangers, who finally succeeded
in capturing or killing many
of the lawless element, until it was
no longer found a desirable place for
men of that sort.
On this particular day Captain
Hughes and his men were taking a
few hours' rest in camp, which was
pitched in a little thicket of scrubby
trees on Tornillo creek, after a long
chase after the thieves who had made
their escape by crossing into Mexico.
Knowing that they were in the heart
of the outlaw-infested country, the
ranger camp was picketed to prevent
any unexpected attack from being
made on it. A horseman rode down
into the gulch and crossed over to
the camp. He was a messenger from
Alpine, 80 miles to the north.
"I have a telegram for Captain
Hughes." lie said.
Opening the yellow envelope and
taking out the message, the captain
read its contents.
"Get your horses ready, men," he
quietly said. "A Southern Pacific
train has been held up and robbed
over near Dryden; we've got to hit
the trail."
No tent or chuck wagon were there
to hinder a quick departure front the
camping spot. The rangers sleep
upon the ground with their saddle
for a pillow and a blanket t"?>r a covering.
A small cotton sack or two
usually carry all their commissary
supplies. In ten minutes the men
were in their saddles, headed across
a trailless country in the direction of
Dryden. 150 miles away. They made
sixty miles of the journey by daylight
next morning. Here they left their
tired horses at a ranch house, snatched
an hour's sleep under the shade
of a cottonwood tree at a water seep,
and. roping fresh mounts in the corral.
saddled them and were off again.
They picked up the trail of the train
robbers twenty miles from Dryden.
The outlaws were headed north. A
posse <>f United States marshals were
already on the chase. The rangers
made a detour and again struck the
trail ahead of the deputy marshals.
The fourth day after they had broken
camp, far down in the Big Bend
country, the rangers came within
sight of two of the outlaws. In their
haste to get away the robbers had
dropped a sack of silver coin. The
shooting began as soon the rangers
and the fugitives were within firing
d.stance. One of the robbers was
killed. His companion perched himself
upon a rock within sight of tin
rang? rs ami deliberately eommitted
suieiile by blowing out his brains.
The rangers bad eovered more than
300 miles in the ehase. Three days
later they were back in the Ilig Hend
eountry on the hunt for other criminals.
This was no unusual experience of
the rangers. The three other companies
in the service, each stationed
in widely separated localities, were
just as active in preserving peace and
order and making it hard for the
criminal to evade the hand of justice.
The men who won distinction in
the Texas ranger service were the
forerunners of the present era of
peace, development and prosperity
that the state is enjoying. Among
the many rangers who won distinction
for their bravery and notable
exploits in the performance of their
duty were: C. L. Xevill, Frank Jones,
J. A. Brooks, June Peak. G. \V. Baylor,
G. \\". Arrington. D. \V. Roberts,
John R. Hughes, W. J. McDonald.
Pat Dolan, James Tay, G. W. Campbell.
X. Caldwell. Lee Hall. John B.
Armstrong, X. O. Reynolds, S. P.
Sieker, J. W. Ross and others. Most
of these men are dead. Some were
killed in the service. others succumbed
to natural causes. A few
of them are still alive and active.
If the present movement to abolish
the rangers is not carried into effect
by the legislature, it is probable that
the service will be completely reorganized.
R is planned to merge the
four companies, each of which now
consist of only ten men, into one
company of forty men. and to place
it in charge of an experienced ofliccr.
who shall have fuil control of all
ranger operations.?St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
GIGANTIC AMAZON.
It Is the Greatest as Well as the
Strangest of Rivers.
While the Amazon is the world's
greatest river, if not in length at least
in the volume of water which flows
through it. it is the world's strangest
river as well.
The few travelers and explorers
who have journeyed up this water
course to its many sources in the glaciers
of the South American mountains
tell stories which are almost incredible
about the literal maze of
streams which unite to form it. each
stream having its birth in one of the
great ice masses. Yet a few hundred
miles below, where they merge and
create the river, the temperature is
such that it works its way through
a perfect labyrinth of tropical vegetation.
Only the mariner can tell the place
where the Amazon really has its
mouth, because the opening it has
made on the eastern coast of South
America is so wide that it extends
over 100 miles. A long distance before
one comes to the mouth of the
river, however, one is really sailing
on the waters of the Amazon, because
they force their way so far out
into the ocean. They say that 300
miles out at sea off the mouth of the
Amazon you can hoist a bucketful of
fresh water out of the ocean from the
deck of a ship, such is the quantity of
its water that flows from that gigantic
basin.
Long after you have entered the actual
river and have its banks north
and south of you if you are in midstream
you will still be out of sight
of land, such is the breadth of the
vast channel. The river stretches far
into the ocean and far up the country.
Take a map of South America
and look up a place called Iquitos. It
lies four-nrtns oi ine way auruss mc
continent from east to west. Yet from
Iquitos there is a fortnightly service
of ocean going steamers to Europe,
which descend some 3,000 miles of the
river before they reach the sea.
It is not only one branch of the Amazon.
but many, that are thus to be
regarded as the same as ocean highways.
The southern branches of the
Amazon are broken by rapids along
a line where a low continental shelf
exists. Above these rapids, however.
there is again deep water.
Thus beyond the falls of the Madeira
there are over 10,000 miles of navigable
water on that river and its
bra nches.
Not only Sir Martin Conday. but
other travelers who have ventured
along the upper river and its tributaries,
say that here a curious woodland
tangle exists. To the surface of the
water the sun's rays seldom reach,
and one may go many miles along
waterways where it is well nigh as
dark as night because the sky is almost
completely shut out by the mass
of vines which interlace the trees and
are so thick with leaves. Deprived
of the sunlight, all is dark and rank
The damp air is laden with unhcalthful
vapor. The surface of the water
in places where the current is too
sluggish to carry it away is covered
with scum and weed.
It requires no little courage to explore
these fastnesses, for a man really
takes his life in his hands, so unhealthy
are they. Occasionally, however.
one can see the upper portion
of the forest where there is a little
crevice in its roof of vines. Above
this is really a scene of life and beauty.
Birds and butterflies and other gorgeous
insects are dying from place to
place; flowers of hundreds of hues
and shapes are blooming from the
nlants attached to tree, branch and
trunk. While below all may be lifeless
and silent, above the height where
the mass of vines overshadow the
river nature has created a world of
brightness and animation: but. as already
stated, it is almost entirely shut
out from human eye.
To attempt to break through this
eanopy of vines which hide it from
tie lower world is almost impossible
because the vines grow so thickly, but
some naturalists have penetrated it
and say that the forests really have
two surfaces, the one above this artificial
roof and the one below. That
which is above is barred from human
entrance, its inhabitants are mostly
birds and insects that are radiant with
beauty unequalled in the world.
Whatever grows in the Amazon mud
strives with desperate internecine
struggle to reach this sky exposed
surface and there blossoms. Heneath
where man can walk or tloat, all is
dark. Only here and there a titful
ray of sunlight struggles through.
Orchids blossom within this shadowy
region.
You can see these bright creatures
flitfuily in the cavern below, but not
in all their glory, as they must behold
one another above. Sometimes
as they Hit about beneath they will
chance to cross a sunbeam slanting
through a hole in the vegetation;
then for an instant they Hash into
view like an explosion of burning
color. It is thus that the great butterflies
are seen to the best effect.
Xo one can imagine what a picture
they produce in their native haunts
as their wings flash and close and
Hash again in the sunlight as they
fly.
No: this upper world of the Amazon
forests has been closed to human
beings and promises to remain a perpetual
mystery unless with the aid
of some aerial craft one may be able
to visit it.?Chamber's Journal.
The Sense of Humor.
At a late period in his life, when he
felt that his past labors entitled him
to rest. Mark Twain, the humorist, who
has just ended this life's work, found
i?;??w.,.it* ciwl.h.nN' ..t-.o-ttholmoil Itv* :in
enormous debt.
The knowledge of this debt came
upon him unexpectedly. He thought
he was a rich man. hut now he was
wor<e than poor, tin consulting his
lawyers they offered him a means of
freeing himself from his embarrassment.
They said to him:
"Legally you do not owe this money.
The law will never compel you to pay
it. So don't worry any more."
"Hut." replied Mr. Twain. "Isn't
there a moral obligation in the matter?
Morally, ought 1 not to pay this
money?"
Tin- lawyers shrugged their shoulders.
If Mr. Twain wished to concern
himself with the moral law. that was
not their affair. They had told him
was free so far as the law of man
was concerned. Mark Twain could
not see it that way.
He believed that honor is not elastic,
that honor demands a strict observance
of the moral law. that honor
cannot be honor when it takes advantage
of quirks and quibbles to get rid
of a responsibility. He assumed onerous
and often disagreeable work. He
tolled early and late. He told the people
to whom the money was due they
should be paid dollar for dollar.
And he kept his word. It was years
before he was free from the burden,
but at hist, one day, the last debt was
paid and Mark Twain could look all
the world squarely in the face, and
say:
"My conscience is clear. T have kept
the faith."
Much has been written of the literary
ability of Mark Twain, but this
story of how. far past the prime of
life, he kept bis honor unstained, is
the highest tribute that can be paid
ids character. ? Kx.
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LION AND TIGER.
Facts About Two Most Interesting of i
All Wild Animals. 1
Perhaps more has been written in J
the past on the life and habits of the ]
African lion and Asiatic tiger than of r
any other quadrupeds; but we know 1
that one of the chief attractions to
the study of natural history, if not
the greatest inducement of all to the !
young student to take up this charm- !
ing subject, is that it is never-end- ]
ing, that there is always something I
further to be learned, even in the life i
of some little bird or the common- J
est cf wild creatures, if we will only !
Rive them our attention and observe i
their every little way. '
But to return to our subject. We J
have recently heen reading yet an- I
other fascinating book by one of our
greatest sportmen and best author!- ,
ties on large game, the well-known ]
author, Mr. F. C. Selous, entitled '
"African Nature Notes and Remlnls- ]
cenees." In addition to relating J
many highly ir.tere^'ing hunting ex- <
periences our autho gives us the his- '
tory and chief characteristics of the
most important wild animals inhabi- |
ting southern Africa. Naturally his 1
remarks on the lion attract our chief '
attention, and among Mr. Selous's ob- (
servatlons on this grand creature we '
find much that is entirely new to '
us. and therefore all the more enter- \
taining. While perusing these de- '
lightful pages we have here and there !
come upon passages giving details of j
certain traits of character In the life j
of the lion which. though excep- i
tional. appear to differ from the hah- J
its of the tiger, and we will now ven- ,
ture to point out a few of these in- I
stances which we hope will Interest '
our readers. j
First and foremost we would allude i
to the roar of the lion. All expe- <
rienced travelers and sportsmen who
have passed through or hunted parts ,
of Africa inhabited by lions tell us of 1
the roaring of these animals: that on j
a still night the sound can be heard
miles away across the veldt: that when j
elose at hand the very air appears to '
vibrate with the splendid voice from ]
the king of the wilderness.
Tigers never roar in this manner;
In fact, so far as I am I
aware, it is exceptional for the tiger ]
to roar at all. When cornered by a i
line of elephants, or stung to fury by 1
an ill-aimed bullet, when driven for
ward by beater men. he sometimes |
comes charging out. bent on taking <
revenge. He utters a roar of rage, ]
followed by a succession of murder- (
ous coughing growls evlde .Jy In- I
tended to intimidate his adversaries. 1
But this short roar of fury is alto- ,
erether different in character from the
deep-toned, nerve-shaking voice of J
the lion. Although the tiger never
utters the prolonged, resounding roars j
of the lion, yet. as is only natural, J
the animal makes use of certain calls j
and cries when roaming abroad dur- j
ing the night time. One of the most
common that I am acquainted with is
made by the creature when going his ,
rounds after sundown, and has been <
aptly termed the "night moan" of the '
tiger. I have repeatedly heard this
deep-toned "plaint" when out in j
camp near to the foot or among the <
lower ranges of the Himalayas. It .
is always difficult to describe in (
words the cries and calls of bears and i
birds; but this particular sound made
by the tiger when on the prowl after |
dark cannot be well termed a "call," 1
much less a "cry," and has no re- J
semblance whatever to a roar, but is (
more like the grumble of a discon- |
tented wild beast. It consists of a
single long-drawn note, beginning in '
a low key, gradually increasing In i
volume, and abruptly terminating in s
a deep grunt, sounding somewhat like j
distant thunder. This weird moan, t
sometimes almost a sigh, is. I be- <
lieve?though I may be wrong?the J
voice of a male tiger in searcn ol m?
mate. I have been told that when
he utters this grunting whine the
animal holds his head close to the
ground. Whether this be so or not
11 am unable to say. but certainly at
times the sound seemed to rise from
jthe earth.
One thing I feel sure of, and that
is the creature is always on the move
when uttering this night moan, and
following probably some path or
track through the forest or jungle,
never in the open, and it is invariably
uttered at well-measured intervals.
I have frequently stood in the
open and listened attentively when a
tiger has been on the move and making
this sound. Xow the muttered
grunt would appear to be "over the
hill and far away." then suddenly
deep-mouthed and near at hand,
when no doubt the animal crossed
high ground; again more remote and
subdued as the creature descended
into a ravine, till gradually the voice
of the night disturber died away and ,
was lost In the distance.
On the very first grumbling note
of the tiger the jungle. Just before
still, became alive again with alarm
notes from the inhabitants of the
forest, uttering warning cries to one
another to beware of their common
enemy. The deep bark of the sambur
resounds from the opposite hill;
the shorter, more startling "ov" cry '
of the beautiful spotted dee. from j
the riverside below; the long-drawn
cry of the little muntjak from the f
crags above. In the camp circle the
i the same uneasiness prevails; every |
creature recognizes and knows well t
from that dread sound that some 1
"uncanny" beast is on the move. The 1
sleepy-eyed bullocks, just before
peacefully picking over their fodder, ;|
cease feeding and glance uneasily x
around; the horses picketed in the *
open prick up their ears and become 1
restless: while every dog in the tents
rushes madly out into the open with '
bristling hair and barking furious- !l
ly. When I asked some villager of *
the locality. "Why does your tiger 1
make that noise?" almost invariably 1
he would reply. "Ithooka mara" c
(meaning "He is hungry," or, to be '
exact. "He is stricken with hunger");
but this explanation appears to be f
unsatisfactory. Depend upon it, a !|
wild beast when in search of prey s
never utters a sound of any kind. c
The deer of the forest, as also wild "
hog. are furnished by nature with ''
an acute sense of hearing, and are ^
ever on the watch against stealthy ?
enemies with noiseless footfall. How,
then, could the lion or the tiger hope ii
to be successful if he made known c
his whereabouts or approach by roar- <"
ing or making a continual moan or h
sound of any kind? s
All African sportsmen of expe- I
rience tell us that lions roar their f
loudest "after having satisfied their t
hunger." often on their way to drink b
after having gorged thenjselves with 'I
flesh. More than this, they affirm "
that in a lion country the creatures
are "silent" when they are most to v
lie feared, and an attack on the cattle c
kraal is then probable. Perhaps the '<
popular misconception has arisen v
from the wording of that well-known "
verse in the Psalms. "The young w
lions roar after their prey, and do it
<eek their meat from God" (Ps. civ.,
21); but this passage does not necessarily
mean that the lions roar with
he view of "getting" their prey. The
iteral meaning is "for prey for seekng
meat from God." King David (if
tie was the author of this psalm,
ivhich is not called "a Psalm of
David") was well acquainted with the
ion, for we read that when he was
i mere shepherd lad, in charge of
tiis father's sheep, a lion seized one
of the ilock and "arose against him,"
out that David seized the wild beast
by the beard?no doubt the mane?
ind slew him.
But we have wandered from our
subject. Tigers, so far as I am aware,
seldom, if ever, under cover of night
make an attack on bullock or other
beasts of burden collected together
In an encampment, and in this re
spect differ from the lion. L<eoparcls,
an the other hand, constantly prowl
around after dusk, and carry off goats,
sheep, and more especially wandering
dogs. Once, in the hot-weather months
of 1872, I was out with a friend, the
police officer of the district, encampjd
on a wild spot called Bala Behut,
in the Lullutpore country. Our tents
were pitched within the precincts of
i forest inhabited in those days by
wild animals of all kinds. My companion
had brought a native writer
with him, who on the line of march
bestrode a stout white pony. For
some reason of his own this baboo
->ne nisht foolishly tethered his steed
autside the camp circle and under a
large burgot tree. We had retired to
rest, and as usual a police sentry
kept guard with a tulwar or sword
In his hand. I may mention that at
the time I speak of there were yet
several outlaws wandering about in
small bands, who ever since the Indian
mutiny had escaped from the
vigilance of the authorities. Just before
daylight an animal suddenly
sprang upon the white pony and
dragged him down onto his knees.
The pony struggled desperately and
set up a loud squeal; a wild commotion
arose. Our sentry immediately
ran forward to the rescue. when the
assailant quitted his hold on the pony
and slunk off. By the time we had
turned out with our rifles the pony
had broken away from his heelropes,
and stood trembling and bleeding
profusely from a wound in the
throat, among our horses. The police
sentry and two camp followers, who
had obtained a good view of the marauder,
declared it to have been a
tiger: but from the character of the
wounds, and the fact of the pony's
having been able to make his escape
with comparatively slight injuries,
we arrived at the conclusion that t'ne
assailant was only a panther or
pnnn rrl
Lions, we are Informed, travel
ibout or keep together In larger numbers
than tigers ever do. Upward of
twenty lions, large and small, have
been come across In one body?a
truly formidable party; hut tigers have
never been known to keep together in
anything approaching such numbers,
in former times, during the hot-weather
months, we not infrequently saw
three tigers at one time; hut four was
exceptional, and only twice in recent
S'ears have I heard of five in one party.
Before quitting our subject we feel
bound to allude to an excentional characteristic.
and that a failing applying
to both lion and tiger, and, what is remarkable.
to these two giant cats
only, among the many tncluded in the
fauna feliaae. We naturally would
expect perfection in every attribute
connected with power and strength in
two such champions of the type and
the order carnlvora as these two great
creatures undoubtedly are, and yet we
know that neither the one nor the
other Is gifted with the power of clambering
up a tree. The tiger," at any
rate, is altogether wanting in this respect.
He will make prodigious springs,
he will sometimes raise himself on his
hind legs against the stem of a tree
when goaded to fury, and endeavor
with his forepaw to reach an enemy
seated above, but he cannot climb a
3ingle root upwara witn an tour reet
i>ff the ground after the manner of the
ordinary cat; and from what I have
read I believe that exactly the same
remark applies to the lion. And why
Is this so? I venture to say that the
ine and only explanation applies to
both animals. If we scan them carefully
at our zoological gardens, and
compare their build and general formation
with that of the jaguar or the
leopard close by?both expert climbers?we
see at once that nature has
formed both.lion and tiger of a somewhat
different build from that of their
esser brethren. Their strength, given
by nature no doubt to enable them to
Jestroy the life of large and powerful
arey, lies in the forepart of the body.
The brawny neck, the broad, powerful
shoulders, the deep chest, and above
ill the terrible, great muscular foreirms,
are all there and in every way
symmetrical; but the hinder-parts
show a falling away, the loins are
somewhat narrow, and the hlndquar:ers
are far less powerful in build,
Irooplng almost in the lion. A fullfrown
male tiger, lusty and fat from
'eeding on cattle, will probably reach
i weight of 450 pounds, and It is hardy
surprising, after all, that this great
md enormously heavy creature should
ack the power of ascending trees.
Nevertheless I have often felt surprised
that some lithe, active tigress, when
wounded and rendered dangerous, has
ot attempted to reach her enemy
seated close above. We always enKofrtro
o lioot Pammf?nPOl1 t C\
jost the puns on a platform or bough
)f a tree fully fifteen feet from the
jround, which Is generally considered
;o he a perfectly safe distance from a
vounded tiger, provided always that
yreat care Is taken in selecting a tree
vith no rocks or high ground anywhere
tear to the tree-trunk. A sad accident
lappened many years ago to an officer
itationed at Seepree, in Central India,
hrough neglecting this precaution. He
vas posted in a tree fully sixteen feet
rom the ground, hut unfortunately
his particular tree grew too near to
he rocky side of the nullah. A tiger
ame forward, was fired at, and wound>d.
The enraged animal instantly
elided forward, and in a second reach>d
some bi~h ground almost on a level
vit! Tn'tutin C.; sprang at him, seized
lim hy the arm, and tore him down
rom the tree, mauling him very se erely,
and then passed swiftly on.
The unfortunate officer was immediLtely
carried Into Seepree, hut died
loon afterward from the effects of the
errible Injuries he had received.?
Chamber's Journal.
A SEALED BOOK.
s That What the Bible Is Becoming to
This Generation.
"A few years ago I was speaking on
lolitical reform in one of the great
ities of the United States," writes i
)r. Lyman Abbott in the Outlook.
'On the platform were some of the
lrst citizens of the city.
"I took up the pocket Bible which'
generally carry with me wherever
go and saying, 'I have here an old
took which is a favorite with me,'
iroceeded to read Jotham's parable of
he trees from the Book of Judges.
"Two gentlemen on the platform
isked me what the book was from
vhich 1 read the story; one of them
vas a judge in one of the courts of
he state.
"A friend of mine, a teacher of geigraphy
in a large secondary school,
ill of whose pupils come from cultiated
families and many of them
rom church-going families, asked her
lass of over fifty members if they
ould recall any well known historical
ncident connected with Egypt.
Getting no reply, she hinted at the
act that the Jews came out of Egypt
nd attempted to recall to them the
tory of Joseph, hut not one of them
ould give her any account of it, and
me of them, franker than the rest,
ame to her afterward, puzzled to
;now what the Bible had to do with
[eography.
"Another friend of mine, a teacher
n a church Sunday school of a girl's
lass, all of whom were daughters of
nurcngoing parents ana an ui wuum
lad been for some years in Sunday
ichool classes, asked her class why
Miaraoh sought to kill Moses, and got
or reply that it was at the time of
he birth of Jesus and Pharaoh ati'tnpted
to put all the babies to death,
"o this answer all the pupils except
no agreed.
"Some years ago two ladies in a
, i stern town were coming out of a
oncert hall where the cantata of
jueen Ksther' had been given. One
as overheard saying to the other:
That was a very beautiful story: I
.-under where the composer found
And the other did not know."
A WILY ORIENTAL.
Guile of a Tricky Native Snake Charmer
In India.
Among the numerous objectionable
and dangerous creatures peculiar to
the orient none is more repulsive than
the snake. One shudders involuntarily
as one thinks of its wiggling body and
vicious characteristics. During my
residence in India I never felt safe
from its presence. I had my closets,
bed and even my bathtub searched every
day lest one should be found coiled
up in some corner, writes Eliza K.
Van Bergen in the Christian Intelli
gencer.
I was always on the watch for the
creatures and ever in mortal terror of
treading on one. It never occurred to
me to sleep without a light and a
stick was always near at hand lest I
might find one unawares and be unprepared
to meet it. I even looked
upon my thin mosquito curtain as a
slight protection, for it would at least
break its fall should a snake tumble
down suddenly from the ceiling.
The creatures have a decided preference
for cool, damp places and often
choose the bathroom and sometimes
the tub for their habitation, much to
the discomfort of its rierhtful habitue.
It is not unalloyed bliss to live in a
place infested with serpents. With
such formidable enemies, one never
forgets to be cautions, nor to guard
against the'r presence and sudden attack.
It makes one alert to be in the
midst of danger and adds spice to life.
Well, as I started out to say, my
garden was infested with snakes, and
I was persuaded to have a native
charmer summoned to lure them away.
His hideous occupation, weird incantations
and strange pets surround the
snake charmer with a peculiar fascination.
His magnetism and skill are
considered phenomenal in the east.
This specimen was tall and lank and
had deep, cavernous eyes and an abstracted
air. Some of the creatures
were coiled around his wrist, which
made him still more repellant. He
handled them as if they were perfectly
harmless. About the neck he wore
a chain with a flute attached. Two
other higglers accompanied him. sim
ilarly attired, hut minus the snakes.
One carried a closed basket on his arm
He stopped at a respectful distance
to make his "salaam," which is the
customary salute of the country. Then
he approached the aloe hedge which
inclosed my grounds, squatted himself
tailor fashion on the grass and began
to produce weird, plaintive sounds on
the flute, to which music the reptiles
entwined themselves around him and
seemed to sway their bodies to and fro.
After some time a snake appeared,
gliding slowly and stealthily out from
the hedge toward the spot where it
heard the enchanting music. The
charmer allowed it to come quite close
and to wind itself around his arm. Another
followed and yet another, while
the two other men stood by holding a
basket ready to receive them as soon
as they unwound themselves. At least
a half dozen appeared and were disposed
of in this manner. After being
captured they appeared as if in a
stupor.
Horrified with his performance, I
begged him to stop and bade him leave
the place. He assented and, picking up
the basket, departed with the snakes
without ever ceasing to play his uncanc
tune. His companions gathered
ip the rest of his belongings and followed
him. I paid a certain sum for
each snake thus dispatched.
He came repeatedly thereafter and
went through the same performanc?,
conjuring up more reptiles and disposing
of them in the same way until I
began to suspect some trickery. Ho
refused to allow the snakes to be killed
insisting that they were sacred and
must not be put to death. It looked
as if he placed the snakes in the hedge
after renewing them and thus he multiplied
their number and increaser his
gain.
T ? ?? r.nnlltf f/\rnc d f r\ hovo V> I m Pfl.
moved by the police and threatened
with punishment In order to keep him
away. Nothing would persuade me to
permit one of the fellows to enter my
premises again.
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J. C. WILBORN
REAL ESTATE
? FOR SALE ?
LIST YOUIt PROPERTY WITH ME
IF YOU WANT TO SELL?
62 Acres?Property of M. C. Lathan,
near King's Creek and Piedmont
Springs, on public road. Price $15 per
acre.
201 Acres?1 house, 5-rooms; 76
acres, under cultivation; 40 acres in
timber, fine orchard; 3 miles of Newport.
Price $12 per acre?W. W. Auten.
40 Acres?Joining Robt. Witherspoon
and Amos Revels; level land, 30 acres
under cultivation; 10 acres in timber;
1-2 mile of Guthriesville depot?R. E.
Durant.
95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace
place, 2 dwellings on It; 8 miles of
Yorkvllle on public highway, near New
Zion church. Price $1,425.
148 Acres?Fort Mill township; 3
miles of Fort Mill, 1 mile of Philadelphia
church; 25 acres under cultivation,
balance in timber, pine and willow.
Joins J. L. Kimball, T. S. Kirkpatrick
and others; 1J miles from Gold
Hill academy. Price $16 an acre.
Property of J. H. Bailes.
3121-2 Acres?D. M. Parrott home
place; 2J miles Clover; one beautiful
residence, 2 stories, 6-rooms; 8-horse
farm open?about 75 acres in timber;
4 tenant houses, 3 to 5 rooms each;
good barn and all necessary outbuildings:
30 acres bottoms. One of the
beat located farms in York county.
Land lies good, on public highway and
C. & N.-W. R. R. For quick sale?
$40 per acre. It is worth more money.
The fine farm of Mr. Scott Wilson,
It is known as one of the best. Land
lies level; 462 acres; $18 per acre.
18 Acres?Inside the corporate limits
of Yorkville; 1 house, 3-rooms; young
orchard; 941 foot bored well. Price
$1,785?T. C. McGhee.
171 Acres?J. J. Scoggins mill and
home, 1 dwelling, 8-rooms, 2 stories;
40 acres very fine bottom land?produce
corn every year; 30 acres barbed
wire; also 30 acres hog wire pasture;
60 acres under cultivation; 25 acres
in forest timber. A new barn, 40x60;
double crib. One-third Cash.
(1) Parks Parish place 91 acres; 1
house, 4 rooms; 50 acres under cultivation,
40 acres In timber, orchard
(2) 1281 acres at New Zion, Joins J.
R. Faires an1 others; 1 house, 6 rooms;
35 acres under cultivation; 90 acres In
timber; 3 miles of Smyrna, good barn,
outbuildings. $2,100 for Parish Dixon
place, 1st. $21.00 per acre for place
John Dixon now lives on 2nd. John
F. Smith.
51 Acres?Mrs. R. R. Plaxico; onehalf
mile of Sharon, on Southern
Rwy.; 40 acres under cultivation.
Price $2,200 for quick sale.
56 Acres?Rachel Burns place, Onehalf
In fine forest timber; is now the
property of Goforth; joins R. N. McElwee.
One lot in Yorkvllle on College St.
loins Broadus Love.
285 Acres?Joins Wm. Blggers, Meek
Faulkner, Jim McGill; 5-horse farm;
1 house, 6-rooms, 75 acres under cultivation;
185 acres in timber. Some
saw timber; near to Enon church; 2i
miles Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 35
acres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per
acre. A. J. Boheler property.
61 Acres?Joins Dave Clark, Cal
Clark and Carson lands; 1 story, 4room
house, new; 45 acres under cultivation,
2 acres in timber, young orchard,
3 miles from Filbert. >11 buildings
are new. Price $40 per acre.
Miss Ida de Loach residence?$3,000.
Miss Dolly Miller residence?a bargain.
150 Acres?75 acres in cultivation;
75 acres in timber; 3 miles Sharon.
Very cheap.
50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland
and Ed Whitesides corners
at London siding:; 1 house, 1 story, 3rooms,
20 acres under cultivation,
plenty of firewood: orchard, good
spring, } mile of Canaan church, 1 mile
of Smyrna station, good barn. Pries
$16.00 per acre.
72 Acres?Beautiful 6-room cottage,
land level, very productive; now barn,
1 new 4-room tenant house, dressed
weather-boarding at Guthrieavllle?
$4,000.
165 Acres?Nice two-story dwelling;
8-rooms; 3 piazzas, good burn; all necessary
outhouses; 3 tenant houses; one
6-room house; fine mineral spring; one
mile of Newport railway station and
school. Price $50 an acre.
98 Acres?Adjoining Forest Hill academy;
property of Perry Ferguson. Price
$1,600. Forty acres in cultivation, some
of which has made over a bale to the
acre; 58 acres on timber; plenty of
fine saw timber.
125 Acres?One dwelling, one story
and half, 5-rooms?Perry Ferguson
McCullum place. Price $1,600.
55 3-5 Acres?One dwelling, 11 stories;
good well water; J mile of Concord
church and school; 25 acres under
cultivation; plenty of wood. Price $650.
Terms to suit purchaser. Property of
of W. H. Baird.
97 Acres?And a new 6-room house,
2 tenant houses; new barn 30x40; two
miles Clover. Owner wishes to buy
larger farm. This Is a great bargain.
Property of T. J. Bradford.
House and half acre lot In Clover: 1
dwelling. 3 rooms, 2 piazzas, splendid
house, electric lights. J. Hogg Parish
home. Price $860.00.
50 Acres?Of land, situated In Cherokee
county; joining Mrs. Sallte Childers
and Blanton Moore; one mile
Hopewell church; one dwelling. Property
of F. M. Stewart. Price $1,000.
235 Acres?Three miles Ebenezer:
31 miles Wlnthrop college. Rents for
6,950 lbs. lint cotton; 3 miles incorporate
limits of Rock Hill. Price $30.00
per acre. Six-horse farm open.
100 Acres?One mile Tirzah; level
land; 3 houses; good new barn. Price
$40.00 per acre.
For Sale?A two-story, 6-room Cottage
in Yorkville?In Liberia. Price
$1,100.
100 Acres?Ebenezer township; three
miles Winthrop; 6-room house; good
barn and outbuildings; rent 3,000 lbs,
1 cotton. Price $30 per acre.
186 Acres?In King's Mountain town*
ship; one 3-room dwelling; about 600,000
feet timber. Price $10 per acre.
3951-2 Acres?Known as the OatesAllison
place; produces 8 bales of cotton;
one 2-story, 7-room building; 4
tenant houses, 3 rooms each, 100 acres
in cultivation, 150 acres in timber; balance
in second growth and pasture;
2 miles of Hickory Grove. Will cut into
small tracts. Price $12.00 per acre.
217 Acres?Joins Will Campbell, Will
Youngblood, William Oates, in Ebenezer
township. Will rent for 6,000 lbs.
lint cotton. Is one of the best farms
in the county. A beautiful home,
painted; two story, eight-room house;
150 acres in cultivation: a good or
chard, two miles of Tlrzah station; 6
tenant houses, 3 and 4 rooms each; 2
large barns, pasture of 40 or 50 acres.
Will sell In two tracts, but prefer to
sell as a whole. Home of J. M. Campbell.
455 Acres?Property of Jas. A. and
E. Bankhead; 3 houses. Nearly 200
acres of bottom land, raises about 1,000
bushels of corn, very productive place.
Price $9.00 an acre.
122 Acres?8-room dwelling ;a fine
orchard; 1J miles Beersheba; 2 tenant
houses; 75 acres In cultivation, balance
in timber: the timber Is original.
128 Acres?Home place of J. F. Carson:
good 6-room dwelling; land level;
new barn, crib, cotton house. All necessary
out buildings. A beautiful farm
at Delphos.
119 3-4 Acres?Joins lands of Mrs.
J L. McGlll; one new 4-room house;
15 acres of fresh, new ground, balance
in wood: 1J mile Bethany High School.
234 Acres?One 2-story, 8-room
aviollinir- eruod R-horse farm or>en: 80
acres in timber; 4 good tenant houses,
4-rooms each; good barn. Land in
high state cultivation. Joins J. J.
Matthews; 3 miles Bethany. Price $25
per acre.
112 3-4 Acres?Joins John F. Smith;
60 acres in cultivation: 52 in timber;
1 dwelling, 2 tenant houses; good new
barn. Price 2,000. R. D. Wallace.
One Lot, East Jefferson, near Graded
school and Southern depot.
One nice Cottage, East Jefferson,
near Graded school. Property of Mrs.
Berry?very cheap.
J. C. WILBORN.
GEO. T. SCHORB
PHOTOGRAPHER.
I AM agent for the world famous
LESTER PIANO, one of the best
known Pianos ever sold in this section.
It always satisfies the buyer. I
also sell the ESTEY OROAN?known
wherever reed Organs are sold as the
perfect Organ. Come and see me for
a Piano or Organ. I will give you the
advantage of the lowest prices
GEO. T. SCHORB.
Yorkville, S. C.