Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-03-30

been witness into the ears of all living men
! An Amy Reviewed by a Lion.
The author Of a recent work on Algeria re
lates the following incident which occurret
while marching with body of French troop.
on their way to attack the kabyles.
We had ridden carelcssly forward, admir-
ing the view, or specializing on the game t.
be found in those mountain passes, when Tho
sudden halt and the unslinging of carbines
startled us. Rushing past the rear files, W.
galloped to the front just in time to prevent
the sergeant who led the advance firing at q
noble lion, who advanced towared the sam,
path that we were pursuing, and halted alb
ruptly at our view. He had evidently come
from different direction to the one we were
pursuing, and was making to the very pile
OF mountains whose somber color had cxcit.
ed our curiosity. Five minutes later and VIC
should not have seen him; but as it happen.
ed, there he stood, evidently very. much as.
tonishcd at thus Pumping suddenly on SO
large company. We're we to fire, we should
doubtless either kill or mortally wound the
animal In the first case all would be well
and we should be richer by a lions skin; in
the second place, we should be sure to lose
one or more men, end it was responsibility
that the young officer in command would
not assume. Hastily giving the order to un-
sling carbines, he closed up the men with
some difficulty, for the horses were very. res
tive. In case the lion showed disposition
to attoaL, all were to face him, and it was
hoped that the general discharge would prove
mortal. If disposed to let us do so we were
to pass him quietly.
! have often heard that the lion by day in
no way resembles the same animal by night.
During the darkness. seeking his prey where
he can find it, he will attack anything with
the greatest ferocity; but during the daytime
it being his proper time for sleep, and being.
besides, generally gorged with food, he sell
dom attacks man. In the present instance,
had but little faith in the effect of our fire,
for our horses, as their riders approached
their dreaded enemy, became more alarmed
and restiye. The lion, was doubtless, the
one l had heard roar in the distance the pre-
vious night, and he had been to the other
side, seeking food amoung the donors of the
native tribes near Tenient, from which he
was now returning to his den.
Our files well closed up we ncared the
lion, who showed no symptoms Of fear; gaz-
ing at us, not savagely, but apparently with
great curiosity. Then he moved his tail to
and fro, like large cat; and as we neared
him hedeliberately sat down on his hind-quar-
ters, looking then, for all the world, like a
queer Newfoundland dog just as we ranged
up with him, passing by in single file-the
horses, heads and tails were togcther--he
opened his huge mouth with a mighty yawn,
uttering, as he did so, a sound between a
haa cio ar,1 l. 4
out rising, and in a most sleepy manner, as
though he were suprcmely indifferent to our
presence.
All this time our horses were terribly ex-
cited, and my own, jet black Syrian barb,
which had carried me many mile over the
plains of Wallachina and Roumelio, and who,
from his intense love of mischief and fighting,
/ had chrstened Bashi- -Bazcusci," was now
completely cowed, and though walking very
slowly, his black coat was all white with
foam. was not fifteen PAGES from the lion,
and could not resist the fancy that seized
me to rein in and look at him. Trembling
in every limb, my horse obeyed me, and as
the rear files of our escort moved past, con-
telnplated the noble brute. He was a splcnd.
ed male, of the color called by the natives
the "black lion," and which, they say, is
the most fierce and terrible of ALL He seem
cd sleepy and quiet enough just then, and
did not even look at me. The jingling OF
the mems arms appeared to catch his atten-
ton, ard it was indeed but moments space
that was allowed me for contemplation, for a
slight move on his part caused my horse to
bound aside SO as to almost unhorse me, and
when l recovered my seat and my power
over my frightened horse, the sleepy fellow
had deliberately lain down, and resting his
noble head on two mighty paws, ne followed
us with his eyes as we moved away.
TIE GREAr MYSTERY. y.-The following beau
tiful passage is taken from Timothy 1itcomb's
or DR.. Hollands Preaching upon Popular
Proycrbs;" which the Springfield Mass. J
Republican is now giving to the world:
The body is to die; so much is certain.
What lies beyond? No one who passes the
charmed boundary GENES back to tell. The
imagination visits the realms of shadows-sent
out from some window of the soul over life's
restless waters, but wings its way YEARLY
back with an olive branch in its beak as q
token Of emerging life beyond the closely
bending horizon. The great sun comes and
goes in heaven, yet brcathes no secret Of the
ethereal wilderness; the crescent moon clcavcs
hcr nightly passage across the upper deep.
but tosses. over no message, and displays no
signals. The sentinel stars challenge each
other as they walk their nightly rounds, but
we catch no syllable of their countersign
which gives passage to the heavenly camp
Shut IN! shut ini Between this and the
other life is q great gulf fixed---across which
neither eye nor foot can travel The gentle
friend whose eyes we closed in their last sleep
long years ago, died with rapture in her won.
der-stricken eyes, smile of ineffable joy up.
on her lips, and hands folded over triumph.
ant heart; but her lips were past speech
and intimated nothing Of the vision that en-.
thralled her.
WoMAN's SPHERE.-W here is the true sphere
Of woman? Where should she presidey Il
it not at home s--is not this the place design.
ed by her maker? Should she not be in thu
social circle as brilliant star in the midnight
heavens ?-should she not be an angel o
mercy to others p should she not be the in
structor Of her children ?-should she not
plant the germ Of true greatness within thei1
bosoms Should she not, like the mother d
Washington, teach her children to revere tn,
TRUTH Yes! surely this is her sphere. Ir
the family her influence is great; she is tn,
best teacher for her little band: she car, bes