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GENERAL INSIGNIA
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- QUEER BOO Z :aATk,
/ a lats Londoh Msgszlae. sixias 10 &c
cea6i 81 the hunting advsnlusss 81 lie
late Msjar Rogers. 81 the ceyion Rillss,
says thai be killed. ia Tie coarss 81 his
life. twelve hundred slepha&isl'' 0l
coufsel De had met win msoy singular
adventures end hsI. brradib escirts One
t ot bis adventures il thus 4slalkds He
bad Just bad csriial sport wilhi herd 81
these aAfnHis- Ibis -four guns ia III. been
discharged y hen su unseen 5eFephaul
made ! charge Il him, from ,hs skirts Of
the Jungle, There was 40 help tot Il *.
cePi 10 run. aud Tor one hhndiea yards,
Major Rogers kept ahead feeling al every
slept he animals trunk trying ,o..iusinuaie
itself around bis luins.. A tufa sround I
tree gave him . monentary advantage.
which he made The most Of By sptiagin
into the branches (he was niSbts & :
cat. and IS strong Il lion Ole fool
higher snd be would have been out oil
the elephants reach; but before be had
time to drawaup his legs the elephant
bad got him firmly clenched iD ihs coils
Of bis probocis. II
S,ill Rogers pulled againsa him, think.
ing i better 10 have bis legs wrsnched
from the sockets. Than isll back bodily In
the animals power. The struggle, how.
ever did not iasl long. for, 10 The delight
of the pursued. and the chsgrin of he
pursuer, the Wellington boot. tltas The
former wore. slipped Of. and eziJicaied
the leg. and saved The, life Of poor Rogers.
The dilemu1a didnot end here. fos The ele
phaut finding himself baked Of bis prey
alter destroying the boot. took up bis
quarters beneath the branches and Geps
bic expected victim 10 The tree for II
hours when the tsppal or Country post.
man. happened 10 pass BY. Rogers esys
him notice oi biz position, aud or this Be !.
ing iniimai5d 10 :he nearest yiltsgs, The
elephant ass frightened away By lom-
iona and yellings, Had this occurred
10 deserted Pali Of he Jungle. poor Ro
gers would inevitably have beea siaived
to death 10 the tree
THE CHANCES or Battle. Ca w !
Eierloo. said Napoleon, /" Ilough to have
been victoJious. The chances were q
hundred ioaone in ny favor Bli New.
t6s 6fsvest 81 The brave. IL The head o.
AZ 900 Frenchmen. suffered hirseif 10
bsdslsysai ! whole day by some thea.
ssndssoi Nassau troops. Had Il n,t been
for this inexplicabfe inactivity. he Eng.
lish army would have been taken aaerEai,
de!icto. aud 1nnihilaied without blow
Grouchy. With forty thousand men. suf
fsred BuloE and Bluehsf TO 'esespe from
him and finally. heavy shower of rail-
inside The ,gfdSnd;so soft. that il was i'm
i possible 10 commence the attack II day
/ break. Had | been kble 10 corsmenc,
early. Wellington sarmy would have BEEF
iirodden down 10 The 6eiiles Of ibe loresi
before The Pruasians could have had'iim,
70 arrive. II were oiherwiselosi wiihou
Iresoprce The defeat OF Wellin gion's Or
| ny would have been peace. sthe Tepose o
Europe. The recognition Of lbe ipter.sls o
the masses. and oil the Democracy"
i l.afontholon's History.
/ A DANGEROUS VIslTcE The Phila
delphia correspondent 81 the New YorI
Tribune tells the follosing yarn;
i "a young lady residing ID the uppe
patti Of the city. The dsushler Of banl
officer. when going 10 bed last night. Va
about closing The shutter, whel she va
horri6sd by laying her hand on 90 i'm
Gense snake. which. with expanded Jaws
val peefing into The apsrtmen,, sacred /
maiden privacy. and Cancellation. tsnc
| fee" Dreadiully alarmed. she sushe
down stairs, alarmed her parents. raise
lhs hue and cry. and number Of person.
fGed With eli the implements know
. and described III 80 indictment fof az 81
sauli and baiiery. went to attack To NOR
, ster. One Of the 6rst blows knocked hi,
from the window-sill. and be tumble
I down through the branches Of crap
vine into The yard. His pursuerstoslon
ed and soon completed The word oi deail
& Ii proved 10 Be 90 anaconda, six II ssye
] feel long and some six inches ID eiIcam
i ference. HsrJly bad be bksn killed be
II fore neiehtor came rushing ii breath
Hess ID reclaim lis pet But it vas 10
late. and nDih:Dg nov remains out hi
lsk;n u erscs dome pfisale collection o
Ips5lic museum. Az anaconda hunt
not 8 subject Of every day ocegrrsac
ID these attitudes. and 81 course Il ~
been lhe excitement u to-day.
] tbs Hoc's L,rs.- The natural Teri
of the hos's life i Little. kno 10. iot ID
plain reks6n flisi;e MAJ 4 hand
rsistd sssiasi bin. ASH be esls h1sf
J iGNsni esssris pirs'a and a. oa'!sg
|, Hni j. i reIassd ~ Rex Gilbert ysi|
: Ion ihIs robjsct thai nsiktbor 81 B
kept hsli 6;eed BANTAM sow. \. aho =,
- thick q ehe vas Io1f snd whole bill
swePi lbs ground pn'i| she vs., u g.,
Tern. Thgo 81, shoxed some ioExni
{ ske ~ ihe decay q her lstlh md shs a
feline "a ber fSriili'y aid ~ lbsf issI2|
"a e1d killed Tof TED ytsrS he III
duced lno lil'eis an1osI|Y d aboal Il
Q t1d once above twenty q Inter. a,
9 0ocss1lD con ppisli66 sb6 VI aIfosI
4 !, = btye b5s1 ~ no!hsr 81 Sons iii
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