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Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1878-09-07
CONVENTION.

The most important event OF the
century, even OF the modern times.
by its action aud influence on the
nestinies Of the United States, after
the declaration of our NATIONAL I'd
dependence, took place saturday
last, in OK parish and within the
limits OF the fourth ward.
Cohen's plantation, we suppose.
was the place.
And gen could have seen there
Pierre Landry with his squadron,
Hill with his band, and Il. Simms,
the grand clcctor OF the parish, at
the head OF his indomitab!e brig
AIDE.
Some We're behind, amongst whom
was our cautious friend q. T..
But all. except three, were black
or coiored. Whiteness is Il bad
color.
But what was the cause Of such d
meeting or gathering OF men? WAS
the country in danger and liberty
il peril! Is it true that another
shark, still more formidable than
the old shark CT GrGgoire, had
threatened Ille people Of the White
Hall:
Nothing of that kind.
1t was simply and merely the
meeting OF the Senatorial ConNen-
ton.
But it seems that, ON the eNaiai-
nation Of crt3eAttaaS, as We were
told by some delegates, Pierre Ian
dry thought wise and proper to pro.
test and leave the place.
Pierre Landry and Hill ageed
like cats and dogs.
But When Pierre Landry left, in.
GiynatHs sicat peter conSe11pt"S, an
old Frenchman of the ncighbor,
hood sang:
IA cteir dc 1t lane,
Non ami F1,rot,
Httte moi tt plane
Pour Gciiie an mot.
And our friend Il. f., who is as
sharp as a Rodger. seeing that, smi
llngly saul: The thing is in The
bag!
Indeed. the thing was in the bag.
but in the bag OF another: and oul
friend &. t., like Christ on the
mountain, gave his loaves and fish
cs for nothing.
The name of our friend &. Il. WAS
no more mentioned than the names
Of Como, Dick, Pat or Pcriqucton.
But if our friend Il. T.. had read
Molicrc, he would not have gon.
ianS cctte mdHdite galfrf.
Let us be philosophers, friend &
H., and believe that men + talSt
and parties decrittul. The worst
IT cigarettes are far better than the
best of politicians.
But who was the winner, or nom
NEE!
Guess it, if you can. There i:
n" event, the wonder, the miracle
he supernatural thing, the Stnpen
dous and immense prodigy!
For the dark horse, the %apocalNp
seal horse, the running horse, th'
e%tonishing horse Of many Thousand
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st. james, September 9, 1878.

st. James, September 9, 1915.
The undersigned, appointed a
committee to solicit subscriptions
for the ycilow-fcver sufferers, would
respectfully call the attention Of the
generous public, that contributions
will be received by the following
named gentlemen:
j. BILLION, st. James p. O.
l.. Il. PoCHE,- do.
kAUFMAN u kLoTZ, do.
JOS. COIN, Welcome p. O..
FELIX MELANCON, do.
to be forwarded to the Howard AS.
ISOLATION OF New Orleans.
Jos. GAMER,
JULES N. GAMER,
j. G. BERGERON,
j. u. GArDET.
j. ELpuEGE LII BLANC,
OCTAVE VI. IOlRHlEn.
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~RLG1sTahTIorV MOTyCE.
Totlle voters Of the Parish OF st.

To tile voters OF the Parish OF st.
James:
Please take notice chat the Oniec
of Registration will be opened at
the following places and during the
time specified, viz:
touft House from September md
to September It'll, inclusiyely.
LIST Waul-paul Irest'S store,
September Oh, and 1U5ii. inclusive.
iy.
Fad Ward-L. Grandcury's store,
18th and l2tif. inclnSiyely.
3rd Warl-Baptist Church, 18th
and litlt. inc!usively.
ith Ward-Srhool House, Sam.
Cook, 10Th and 18th. inclu>iyely.
9TH WArd-M. Tircuit's store.
10th and 10th, iuclus1vcly.
9th Ward-Dlu Court House,
Bird and 9th, inelusively.
18th Ward-J. V. Armant's store.
.Jtll and 10Th, i~nclusivcly.
Sth Waru-Nachelie, +. Fal-
@oust's store, September 3oth and
Octobor LIST. inclusively.
After this date. October LIST, the
Office Of Registration will be re
opened at the Court House and
finally be closed November LIST, in
clnsivcly.
st. James, August 18th 1873.
j. DORNIER.
Supervisor of Registration.
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ST.. MICHEL
CORPORATION,

~ ...
TO all whom it may concern: Be
it known, that we, the Wardens of
the above named Corporation, in
order to preserve the sanitary con.
dition of the Parish, have, this day,
in open session resolved to forbid,
(until further notice., the burial, in
our Cemetery, Of bodies from the
city of New Orleans and other sec
tons OF the State infested with vel.
low fever.
Wardens:-E. BLoUIN, President.
n. S. LANDRY.
J. L.. AYME,
Il. DAMARE,
j. GENTIL,
Il. b. DICHARRY.
A true copy:
i. B. DICHAREY,
Secretary.
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and especially to organized bodies,
secret, benevolent, etc, to contrib
nte of their means to the cause that
needs assistance, through the How.
ard Association, Young Mems
Christian Association or the Pea
body Subsistence Association.
And we also request that all per
sons willing to cooperate with us as
members of auxiliary committees,
etc, will hasten to enroll themselves
in the organization we represent,
either at the regular meetings or
with this committee at this Office.
1t is earnestly hoped that action
on the part of II people will be
prompt and earnest, as the emer-
gency is one of great peril to every
member of this community. Let
all do their utmost to alleviate the
great suffering, that the bitter cup
may pass from us.
Additional information chccrfully
given at this office, ia Carondclet
street.
VIM. G.. BROWN,
G. G. ANTOINE,
VIM. N. SAUNDERS,
JAMES LEWIS,
GEO. w. BRYANT,
7. b. STAMPS,
II. A. RIARD.
Committee.
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st. james, AUG. 2.lh 1878.

Owing to the continued heat this
summer, 1t being deemed dangerous
to health to colnpe! children to at
tend the public schools during tlt"
month OF September, said schools
will remain closed until Tuesday,
the LIST day OF October, 1873.
Ieaciiersale requested To forward,
without delay, to the Hon. Il. NJ.
Lushcr Superintendent, at New Or
leans, La:
/. \ duly certified copy Of their
Register for each monthly session
from the opening Of their schools
up to the LIST day OF July. 1873.
:. \ eopy OF their programme OF
daily exercises (Scr Section 30, Di-
et>t OF school laws. and i,ulcS 20.
81 and IS of state Beard OF ilduca.
tom, under penalty Of losing tIlrii
employment hereafter.
Ef order Of the President OF the
School Board
j. l.. GAUDET. j. GESTIL,
Sce'y. i'lrs't
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Official Juurnal..- LIE IouIsiANAIs,
POLICE JURY.
President, \. l.. Bourgeois;
Secretary, Emile j. Lairhc;
Members. j. a. Dr,lilltct. J. 3. fcrchAnd,
Frlicicn Waguespack. Dtsir@ lrhIanc. ia
mes Davis. Alfred Hire, Horny johnson,
i'uliX J.. Poc!lr, Richard y. Harrison,
SCHOOL BOARD.
President, j. Gcntll;
Secretary, J. Iouis Ganlct:
Members, J. T., lueht, Marrelio Tir-
cuit, Alfred p,aisancr, J.. Nuhpl Martin,
ThelcSphose Dug1s, A.. Nv Thompson Ill,
Tureald.
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n 0 I ! II ;.
COURTHOUSE.

COURTHOUSE.
In conformity with act No. 0, sec
ton thirteen, on or before the 1st
day of September, I will transmit
to the Auditor of Public Accounts q
list of The names of all parties who
have not yet paid their taxes for the
current year.
Taxpayers are notified that the
list so filed, bears interest and pen
alties.
St. James, August 22nd, 1873.
+. G. MIRE,
Tax Collector.
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Nts'E>RCE.

The taxpayers of the Parish of St.
are notified, that the revision roll of
the assessment for ls7s has been filed in
the Recorders Office, on Saturday. August
Bird, and will remain until September artl.
Al a rc1niSition of plaintiffs, the under
signed viii be present ut the Recorders
office.
st. James, August 2fd, 1875.
JULES pokNIER.
ASSESSOR.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. z. ISIS.
Official Directory.
Fourth Judicial District.

Comprising the Parishes of Ascension,
st. James, St. John tie Baptist and st.
Charles.
nistric, Henry Duael,
District Attorney .....---.F. b. Ealiiart.
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Parish of st. James.

FHFISH OF II. IHIHPS.
Richard Simms.
Observation-Disclosures. Vincent Dickinson.
Lucien Como.
Parish .Julrc........S $. +. Siskron.
Parish Attorncv......J. r. Winchester,
Clerk ofCnnrt Emile j. Iaiche,
Recorder. .Louis nngas,
Treasurer ..--..-.....Iicur Irite!,
Tax Collector ........E l.. G. Mire,
Sheriff -Nirtur Miles.
Coroner ..Juies Leblanc,
Parish l'hysician..-.-P NJ. Lamhremont.
Assessor. ....Jules n"rli,r.
Supervisor OF Regis
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SHORTS.

Captain Julius Dornicr and
his two aides-dc-cainp are register,
ing our people.
Very we'll.
Let lis all be registered as citi-
Zens and voters.
No fear from captain Julius Dor
nlcr and his aide>-de-camp, who
are polite officers and men of ur-
MallitN.
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-Castel!anos has been nomina-
ted to represent the first district in
Congress, and North Cullcm the Sc.
coil.
North Cullom and Castellanos are
both nationals.
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seventh Senatorial District.

T~comprisiny the Parishes of Ascension
and ~St.James,l
tate Scuator.-.-........p i r.c Landry.
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The sanitary condition in our
parish is still good enough.
notwithstanding, a caseof maljg-
nant fever is reported in IL neigh
borllood. But we hop" tilat the
Reverend Durel will soon recover.
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FOR SALE.
OFFICIAL.
To the Qualified Electors Of the State OF
Louisiana.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY or STATE,
STATE or L~oTIsIANA.
New Orleans, July II. I-7S.
In pursuance Of article 147 Of the consti-
tuition of this State, publication is hereby
given to the VOTERS Of this State ofthe pro-
posed amendments TO the constitution of
this state, agreed tn by t%wG-thirds OF the
members elected TO each house of the Cen
cral Assembly, II, its session OF l-1S. and
which ire required TO be published. three
months heit'r, the mex general election
tor Representatives to the General Assem-
bly, i'll II. least one newspaper III every
parish of this State. i'll which n newspaper
shall BE published. Said amendments al,-
gear more fully III acts Nos. ~ and I! Of
t}4@ regular session of the General Assem-
My Of l-11, and in act No. II Of the extra
session of the General Assembly Of ISIS.
which are officially published for the intnr.
nation Of thu voters. and which will b.
submitted to tn" people ut tllc next geutr.
III election. TO he held on the fifth day OF
November tnrzt1 i@1-, in such IL manner
and form that the rroI lie MAY vote for OF
against each amendment, separately, a;d
it Il majority of tile votes at said e~iectiu,
sIiai! approve and rltity s!i or either 81
said amendments. til" same Shall become F:
part Of the constitution.
WILL, 4, STRONG,
Secretary OF State.
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But, politicians, since She en-.
gliSi, word horse derives from the
french word rosSe, will you allow lis
to Use the word yosse instead OF the
word horse
Ne will not use it against you.
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We hope that Mir. Il. Simms,
the grand elcetor Of the parish of
st. James, will call very soon the
parish nominating convention.
For we are anxious to know who
will be judge, who will be sheriff.
who will bc representative or repre-
%sehtes', as Dick says, and who will
be constable of oUr district.
Eut we confess that if we were
not y conservative, we would be
inclined TO support Mr.. Dickerson
for the House.
For it is always painful for IL man
to leave Il house where he has been
received, fed and paid during tom
years.
1t was such a good house.
And there is no better profession,
than the profession of yIpresen'o'.
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We are told that the rcpuhli-
cans ofSt. James, who are not two
thousand, intend to have Mr.. l..
Slmms as sheriff IN lie" ct p'nc" Of
Mr.. Miles, so legitinately and so
properly called TO higher lonors
and uiguitieS.
4 meyyriLe.
1t is always better to be q hang.
man than Il hanged man.
But ii Mi. Simms is the nominee
Of his party, or the nominee Of him
self, for the high Office OF sheriff, he
will probably find d dark horse ran.
ming against him, maybe a onc-cycd
horse, but Il terrible horse.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-11
OLD BUSINESS HOUSE.

There are some old business houses
in London which are quite in contrast
with the short-lived houses of COM
paratively new and fast country like
our own. There are some banking
and business houses of very respecta-
BILE age, however. Among the very
old ones in London ia the firm of
Morton 4 Co., which was established
in 1866, aud was contemporary with
Shakespeare and Bacon. The firms of
Messrs. Child & Co. and Goslings &
Sharpe, were established before 1850,
Oliver Cromwell kept his banking ac-
count with Child 6 Co. The Bank of
England began business in 1854, and
was preceded some years by Messrs.
Hoare, Thompson, Hankcy & Co.,
Barnett, Hoares & Co., and the Hud-
sons Bay Company. Among the
merchants, the houses of Messrs. Bar
ing. Brothers e Go. was founded in
1867. The Longmans, book publish
ers, have done business without q
break since 172O, and the Bentleys
have been publishing books more
than two hundred years.
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with him . brick from this wall, which
is supposed to have been made 200
years before Christ. In some places the
wall is built smooth up against the
canyons or precipices, where there is
q sheer descent of 1000 feet. Small
streams are arched over, but in the
larger streams the wall is built to the
waters edge, and tower is built on
each side. To calculate the time of
building or cost of this wall is beyond
human skill. On the top of the wall
are breastworks or defences, facing
in and out, 30 that the defending force
can pass from one tower to tho other
without being exposed to an enemy
from either side. So far as the mag
nitude of the wall is concerned, it sur
passes everything in ancient or mod
ern times, of which there is any trace.
1t is said that the pyramids of Egypt
are nothing compared to it.
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THE wOasK OF INVISIBLE
LBG GHTNING.

Hopkinton, n. H., reports strange
occurrence in that village recently. An
electric current took off high branch
two feet in diameter from an ancient
elm standing in front of the residence
of Mrs. L. A. Stanwood. AS the
branch fell to the ground it took of
two large limbs of an adjacent elm.
The singular part of the occurrence
lies in the fact that there was no flash
or thunder or wind, but only q noise
which man walking few rods away
describes as sounding like an explo-
sion of fire.crackers. There was no
shower in the village all day, but q
slight sprinkle of rain fell just at eve-
ming. There was . shower in the dis
tance at the time of the stroke. No.
body knew that it was an electric cur.
rent that did the mischief till next day,
when dark circular line, as ifscorch-
ed by lightning, WAS traced upward
on the trunk of the tree about twenty
feet, to where it stripped off splinter
of wood and bark about fifteen feet in
length. At the base Of the separated
branch is an appearance as if gun.
powder had been burned there. The
current of electricity probably ascend
ed from the earth and dissipated
over the tree, and hence there was no
report.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-11
THE pHoNoenApH IN PARIS.

Next to the great Worlds Fair, 1
think Edison's phonograph is proba-
bly, coming in for the largest share of
attention. 1t seems to have profound
ly impressed the Parisians. 1t seems
they did not believe it until they saw
the instrument and witnessed its work.
ing. OF course they had heard about
it, bat, strange as it may seem, the
larger part of the French people had
looked upon it as sort of Yankee
joke. 1t is stated that when Mr.. Pus.
kap, who is exhibiting the instrument
went before the Academy with it, the
savans actually refused at first to cred
it it, and sent the operator out of the
room to investigate it by Themselves,
thinking that he was reproducing the
reply from the instrument by the aid
of ventrilOquism. When they found
there was no trick about it, they were
wild with excitement over the mar
vellous invention, and sent the thanks
of the whole body to the inventor.
The phonograph is on exhibition at
II Sale des Capucines,' building
near the Boulevard des Capucines, and
crowds are seen vending their to it
daily. I stepped in for few minutes
but the crowd was too great to get
near the instrument. 1t sounded very
queer to hear il talking French it was
doing little blowing on its own ac-
count, for l heard it say, in good
French, lie photographic est merUel.
leur. C. est xn grand instyument,'
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SENSIBLE SENTENCES.

Pills may sometimes fail 10 act Oh
the liver but saving wood never will.
Make yourself necessary, young man,
and your success is certain.
Anger always hurts us more than
the one we got mad at.
About as low as q man can get and
not spoil, is to live on his wifc's repu-
tation.
l don't bet on precocious childfen ;
the huckleberry that ripens tho quick
est is the quickest to decay.
Everybody seems to think himself
q moral half bushel TO measure the
worlds frailtics.
When you strike oil stop boring.
Many a man has bored clean through
and let the oil ont At the bottom.
Next in point of meanness to doing
an injury is to do q man a favor and
every now and then remind him of it.
The man who IL honest from policy
needs as much watching as a hive of
bees Just ready to swarm. Josh
Billings.
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COSTLY DRESS.

Seventy-five hundred dollars seems
q good deal to pay for wedding
dress, but that was the actual sum
paid by the Countess of Rosenberg to
the London dress-making establish
ment that made the marvellous costume
For the edification of the lady readers
of the Bazaar. we give technical des-
cription of it. The dress, then. was
of antique, pearl.white satin, with
deep fiounces of the very finest point
d'Alencon and fringes Of fleurs DOR
anges, and guirlands of the latter
beautifully arranged on the head, from
which descended, to meet the aounces
veil of the richest point d'Alencon.
The ensemble was perfect. The trav-
cling costume was composed Of dress
of blue sapphire velvet, trimmed with
blue fox-fur, with pardessus and muff
and bonnet to match. The cost of the
veil alone was $500.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-11

OolUIo 4dAIuScO and alcoholic o
stimulants. but is more especially recOmm d.
ed as an unfailing remedy for Weakness. Ennis
siOns and all diseases that follow as sequence
sal Iassitude. Pain In the Back. Dimness
of Vision. Premature Old Ages and many
other diseases that lead to ConsumPtion and
are first caused by deviating from the path OF
nature and over indnlgen ncies OF the generative
organs. ThouSa ands and thousands of both SEX
es all over the world. annually die with social
ed consumption but medical men well know
by sexual weakness. The inevitable effects of
SpermatOrrhOe, or Nervous Dob1lttys IS 70
reederine Existence ee Wretched and nnbssrabie.
Very often the unhappy sufferer is tempted to
commit snicide; in some eases the mind is en-
an early grave closes the scene. ANY one who
doubts the vast number of intellects ruined by
Asylumns. and the record will show that eight
of every ten of the cases of insanity among their
inmates are the result Of Nsryog. Dsnn1e, ;:nD the
reach of the afflicted. we feel that we are con-
ferring greater act of benevolonce than we
invalid. especially those sfiiicted with Nervous
Diseases, too well know the vanity Of wealth
attending blessings. All over Europe, from
frozen Norway to the vine-clad hills Of Italy.
from Asia to our own merry England, thou
sands can testify to the untold value of the Spe-
cific Medicine. By IT'S timely use many fellow
being has been saved from premature grave
1t has in years paSt-and Will Tor generations
to come-save thousands from years Of anguish.
pain and suffering. Set the afflicted take war
ming before it is too late, delays dangerous.
An old, well tried and scientific preparation.
one which will effect speedy and certain cure.
is within their reach, and placed at price
which all can pay.
The SPECIFIC Medicine is the result of a life
study and many years experience in treating
these special diseases. Full particulars in our
pamphlet. which we desire to send free by mail
to very one.
The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists
at 81 per package. Orsix packages for s.. or will
be sent free by mail on receipt OF the money by
addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE Co,
No. 10 Mechanics Block. Detroit Mich.
Sold in Ravenna by BkLDING & ARMSTRONG; !;
also, by L. P. Seymour Il Co.
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Why any man, sane or insane, with
q sound body and q chance to culti-
vate his neighbor's watermelon patch
and smokehouse after night, should
ever want to be an editor 10 more than
we can tell. 1t Is q conumdrum that
stumps us as plump as a sumac grub
does bare toe, or as common sense
question does an average politician.
AS for us respectable death with an
undistorted corpse and q good looking
girl to kiss us for our mother. An
editor! Everybody's pecking block,
scape-goat aud sway backed pack
mule. Ten thousand times one.mil-
lion rather let us be q bootblack, q
chimney-sweep, penitentisry bird or
congressman; be mud-clerk on coal
barge, deck hand in . tripe-factory
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engineer of one-donkeg power canal
boat, dairy.msid with an ageu Ok and
two he-goats az our stock in trade, or
servant.gal in poorhouse or an orph-
an asylum; be . stock-ganbler, rail-
road director, president of q sausage
machine, rag vender, chorcoal. l.bawler,
governor VI darkey Zion whangdood-
ler anything, everything but an edi-
tor. And yet, there are victims, self
doomed, ever ready to sacrifice them
selves on the ink-smeared altar of end
less drudgery.-[ Observation-Disclosures.
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THE AFRICANH HONEY BIRD.

1t endeavOrs to attract the attention
of travellers, and to induce them to fol-
low it. When it succeeds thus far it
almost invariably leads the person
who follows to nest of wild bees.
While on the route it keeps up an in
cessant twittering, as if to assure its
follower of success, and often alights
on the ground or a bush and looks back
to see if the person is still in pursuit.
The native Africans, when conducted
by the bird, frequently answer its
twittering with u whistle rs they pro-
ceed for the purpose of signifying to
their conductor that they are still fol-
lowing 1t. When the bird arrives at
the hollow tree or other place where
the honey is deposited, it hOvers over
the spot, points at the deposit with its
bill, and perches on a neighboring
bush or tree to await it's share of the
plunder. This is the usual termina-
tion of the adventure. But sometimes
the honey bird seems to be actuated by
love of mischief, and then, instead of
leading the traveller to a bees nest, it
conducts him to the lair of some wild
beast, and then flies away with a
twittering that sounds a good deal like
laughter. Gordon Cumming, "the
lion killer" once followed a honey
bird which conducted him to the re-
treat of huge crocodile; and, having
introduced the traveller to his august
presence, the little feathered joker took
a hasty leave, evidently much pleased
with the success of his trick.