The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-08

Drummopd spent most of his time in hunt G
ing the wild animals of South and South 8
eastern Africa and he tells the story OF t
his experiences in book just published in
Edinburg. His adventures were often
very perilous. He bas been knock ed down
and pounded by buffaloes, chased by ele-
plants, and clawed by lions. Mr. Drum
mopd discovered one curious fact ABOUT
elephants. which had not been previously
known. They get drunk. There ia fruit
of which they are passionately fond which
makes them tipsy, and after eating IL they
stagker about, screaming 30 as TO De nearo
miles off and not seldom having tremend-
ous fights. "Native hunters" writes Mr..
| Drummond, "fear to approach them
when in this state; but on the principle
that it is safer to quarrel with a drunken
| man than q sober one, consider thar, 80
| long as you possess sufficient nerve not to
become fiustered by their trumpeting, or by
the exhibition of strength displayed on
the trees and upon one another, you have
far more chance at such time OF kliilng
several, as they are not SO likely to take TO
flight at the first shot and perhaps make
their next halt thirty mile 8 off. Although
do not think that the lion deserves the tit'e
of king of beasts, as the eggplant is more
sagacious, and the black rhinoceros 10 Ger
taInly more dangerous, and either OF the
two could kill him in q few moments with
but little dagner to themselves, l consider
him the most noble looking OF ALL"
A private letter received in Shefhsld
> from one of the crew of the iron ship
a Glance of London which arrived In the
Thames from Adelaide on the 18Th, gives
d intelligence of terrible event which re-
Gently occurred at sea. On the 9th ult.
the Glance passed an out bound vessel,
y bearing the name of Jessie Osborne, ana
was hailed by the captain of the latter ship,
~ who reported that one of his crew had gone
:, mad; that for five days the maniac had
"A stationed himself aloft, and that nothlng
+ could induce him to return to deck The
40 | captain further reported that the madman
a. had armed himself with large chisel, with
"a which he was cutting the ropes, and that
- the boatswain had tried to bring him down
~ The maniac, no W ever, threw block at the
~ boatswain, knocking him on the dect
IN and breaking his arm and leg. AS matter
m of safety to his vessel and crew the cap
al tain of the Jessie Osborne considered thai
al it was necessary to shoot the maniac, an'
he after come consultation that course wa
70 decided upou. The crew and officers OF thu
he Glance were requested to be present a
m witnesses, and in their presence the ma
es was shot with revolver. In consequence
~ of the way in which he moved about tn
IN rigging three shots had to be fred before
ar WAS fatally Injured. He fell dead on dect
,at aud his body was eventually thrown over
ed board.
re- Wheu, during the recent "unpieasan
lp ness" says Northern journal, the reoe
ic- raided Southern Pennsylvania. they v!site
rch Chambersburg. On it's outskirts WAS
the mansion, palatial for that moderate regio
ors with grounds decorated aud cellars we
ind stocked. Tho owner, as usual when u
lost enemy was about, was ahsent-possloiy
lse- Harrisburg, with an intervening rive
ex. more probably at Philadelphia, with tw
to aud intrenchments bristing in Fairmou
be Park or on the heights of Hestopville.
lse. all events, be was not at home. The ret
nee commander announced his intention
,uld burn the house, and on being remonstrat
lies with, and told it was not the usage of CT
ilized war to destroy private property,
the grimly admitted the rule, but denied {
the application to Colonel Alexander McClu
who whose house 1t was. Every brlck ana 10
rch in that luxurious mansion was paid for c
teed of public money, or the fruit of leSlslatl
sion. lobbying, and he, this well-informed rel
tute raider, felt it his duty to treat it as pro
fict erty of the State, aud burned it accor
the ingly. 1t was a cruel blow, but not half
own cruel as the reason given, which eve
that "oyal" citizen of Franklin and Daupl
ban counties knew to be a good one. Eve
tho spark that whirled up to heaven told
that some legislative job we'll paid for.
anL- THREE CROPS A YEAR.-Two or til
~ crops year may he raised upon the ga
T. '4 10 ground if good judgment be used. MIR
w w. Board, of Terrebonne, La, plan
,. Irish potatoes on an acre of ground,
inVoS | last of November last year he took OF
' "hsS large yield the first of April, then put
ground in sweet potatoes, which he 10 l
;JJ,as digging and burying the vines, and
i',es' Immediately manure aud put the f,
a. a. ground in cabbages. This will give. W
, ,"v out injury to the SOIL three fine food CT
'-y q year.
ore On another piece he plan led Irish pc
Pt,o, toes in April, and, not liking the stand W
a. they came up, planted six weeks c
p Il every two feet in the rows. He had G
. nave ave yield from both crops, and is now MAI
= tbis ing and putting in q good garden on
prac- H. COZ l. 10 to -oisa abundant foo
these SontSyuraet 90 Stotes nth tbon
TO- full management aud a little labor Ill
I'D in The French papers announce the dea
ce or his Eminence Cardinal Matthew, A
to be bishop of Besancon, France, which
) leg place in the archiepiscopal city on Jul
8. His Emiuence was born on January 90, !
cap studied for the law, and went to Lande
Insti manage the affairs of NJ. Montmore
a snit ohio onened for him hia career Of ecclp5