New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-01

| turing 10 turn my 1oOhs 10 her bright cruel eyes
"She is as decent as cat when | am by. Cares
her; she likes to he fondled it's the weak side oil
the sex, you know
J touched her delicate fur but slightly with my
hand, stroking it softly down her soft 6ut beautiful
back, the right way Of the fur, you may be sure
She bent her powerful and elastic hmos under my
frail hand, and tanning the Dir with her curved TALL
seemed to encourage me to bestow more earesses.
Z" Well, how do you ike the Princess aSAeu Aiy
why. she is indeed handsome, and have seen
none in the old world more majestic.
Take her down stairs, George he said to the
. ia handing the whip over to him, &c and keep
lookont Yourself; but mind you don't give her any
supper. She shall help herself tonight
J. he placed the candle and our glasses again upon
the table and began TO sip his gTog quite lelsurely
) Bv heavens, man ~ said, after pause, g it
cannot be your real purpose to set the tiger on the
people"
else do they deserve? Are they not also tigers You
don't know them as do. The tall rascal is con-
4 victed felon, and ought to have been hanged two
years ago at San Francisco. He contryed to escape
and fled to Kansas. As to the other rogue there is
scarcely crime he has not stained his hands with,
Il Make your mind easy about that"
i A sudden thought came into my mind, and
asked him whether he knew anything about the muir
der of my friend ten years ago, IN the rayine near
4 Jose Maria
i No he knew nothing about that, 1t was before
his time; only he should not wonder if the major
| had hand in it it looked very like him.
\ We were interrupted by loud knocking at the
| door. The lad came in soon afterwards telling US
that he could descry five of them, all on horseback.
1 The old man rose, ands moving one OF the mat
tresses little aside, he locked cautiously through the
4 window. 1t Yves about 9oelock, and the darkness
began to set in with the rapdty peculiar to southern
climates.
1 The knocks were repeated more yehemently, ac-
companied now with loud summons to open the
1 door,
Here they are, sure enough, said the old man.
| wonder why this major don't 60 to Kansas he is
! the very man for Kansas politics"
| g If you don't open now, you French dog" said
coarse voice, wen break the doorn
The eyes of the old man flashed fire, but he spoke
| never word
| which l had heard before. You know Colonel
| Brown But though we ave to settle an old account
ave no business with you this time; its the stran
ger waut-he has stolen orse. Give him up to us,
and we'll be off in minute.n
No use talking to that old miser said the former
voice, with an oath Come on, boys, break that
door in, and end it Y
He seemed to suit the action to the word for tire
Z En- avant Y said the old man to the lad, and they
| both went down stairs.
rose and paced up and down the room with rapid
| steps Something terrible, awful was going on.
A The whole block.house shook and trembled with
the violent kicks and blows which were dealt at the
door, but nevertheless could hear distinctly when
the iron bar removed from it, and then-I felt as
if all my blood were rushing suddenly to my heart
leaving not one single drop in any limb OF my whole
body.
a roar-not at all like those you may hear in the
Geological Gardens, at feeding-time-but hundred
times wilder, sharper, more piercing more frrious ::
then human cries OF horror and despair---the tramp
ling Of flying horses-the quick report Of firearms
then again the roar but this time mnCh louder more
savage, more feroCiOus, more hoTrble-then heavy
fall and confused noise Of grinding of teeth-then
nothing more, because stopped my ears with both
my hands,
When turned round, my host sat at the table
ouaiO incl az had hum cd
81 am afraid he said, after awhile, "the Princess
has been wounded-L have never heard her roaring
in that way. Well we must see after this tomorrow
It would be dangerous job for any man to go near
her tonight"
Next morning stood by his side when be opened
the door. My first glance fell upon the tiger cover
ing in o thick red-brown pool She was licking at
red spot upon her left flank, which seemed to have
bed prousely, but with both her powerful fore-paWs
she chung to a deformed and shapeless mass which
bore no likeness to anything ! had ever seen. The
corpse OF hCTse trightluy mutilated lay close by
and the whole ground was streWn with fragments Of
trightul appearance. My host having examined
them all wlthiutense curiosity cracked his whip, and
moved straight towards the tiger.
a hollow menaClng roar warned him off; the saw
age creature showed its formidable range of long and
powerful teeth, and lost all signs Of her old tanenesE
She is thirsty for blood, the Princess Royal
is" said the Frenchman " That is nature, you
know She can't help it, suppose; and so I should
be grieyed to kill her we must wait till she comes
round again.
We had to wait long. After three days the old
man himself beginning to doubt whether she ever
would come round again. was forced TO kill her after
all.
When we were thus enabled to examine at leisure
that horrible battlefield he drew my attention TO
some remnants OF coat in which the grey color was
still to be distinguished
. He has had his reward Y said the old man.
" though it costs me dear Better than all these
majors was my poor old Princess Royal.'
USEFUL INFORAIATIoN.-Th The washerWomen of Ho
land and Belgium, so proyerbially clean and who get
their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as
washing powder instead Of soda in the proportion
ola large handful Of boraX powder to about ten gal
Ions OF boiling water; they save in soap nearly half
All the large washing establishments adopt the same
mode. For aces cambrics, etc, extra quality Of
the powder is used, and for crinOnes required to be
very stiff strong solution is necessary BoraX being
neutral salt does not in the least degree nare the
texture of linen. Its effect is to soften the hardest
i water, and therefore it should be kept on every
toilet table To the taste it is rather sweet. It is
used for cleaning the hair, is an excellent dentriice
and in hot countries Is used in combination with
tartaric acid and btcarbonate of soda as a cooling
beverage. Good tea cannot be made with hard wafer
All water may be made soft by adding tea-sp0Onul
OF boraE powder to ordinary sized Kettle OF water
Il In which It should boil The saving in the quantity
4 Of tea used will be at least one.tfth To give to
black tea flavor OF green tea add single leaf from
the black currant tree. [Galignanis Messenger
i
/ A LAWYERS SToRY.-Tom strikes Dick over tie
shoulders with rattan as big your little finger
lawyer in his Indictment, would tell you the story
as follows: "And that whereas the said Thomas, at
the SAID place, on the year and day aforesaid in and
upon the body of the said Richard against the people
OF the state OF Pennsylvania, and Their dignity did
make most violent assault, and inflicted great
many ana divers blows, kicks, cuffs, thumps, bumps
e0ntasi0ns gashes, hurts, wounds damages and in
luries III and upon the head, neck, breast, stomach
hipS, knees, shns and heels OF said Richard, with d.
yers sticks, canes poles, clubs, logs of wQUd stones
daggers, drks, swords pistols cutasses, bludge0ns