Nebraska advertiser., 1881-03-17
TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATION.
AL CUSTOMS.

Tipsy shrimps are most dainty and
highly esteemed dish in China. The
creatures are put in a covered vial filled
with wine, and when the top is taken off
the shrimps begin to jump out, giving
the eaters opportunity for showing their
dexterity with chopsticks by catching
the tempting morsels in the air.
A Coon ATTACKS A MAN.-Not long
since James Stewart was in a swamp
with his dogs and an axe. The dogs
found coon prowling around in the
woods and pitched into it for the sake
of gratifying the general antipathy dogs
have for cOons and love they have for
fighting. The coon was in no wise 10th
to have bout with its natural enemies,
but made demonstrations that convinced
Mr.. Stewart that he could not be an idle
spectator. The dogs made combined at
tack-one in front, one in therear and one
circled around generally to distract the as
sailed as to which should be the objective
point. General Coon fixed himself firm
lv and with one blow of his right paw
knocked out the eye of his front assail
ant, which demoralized him and sent
lllll uOWllu2 W JLc AS do
lightning it then concentrated on the
rear assailant, planting its sharp teeth in
the burr of thaS dogs ear and soon made
shoestrings of it. Poor canis went yelp-
ing after his brother, and the cooney
went for Stewart before he had time to
realize that hi dogs were defeated.
With a rush he dashed upon his leg, and
with his tremendous claws ripped the
tough leather of his boot from the top to
the sole, and caused him to retreat.
Cooney might then have escaped, but
wishing to make sure its victory it fol-
lowed the flying Stewart, who came up
on his axe, and grasping the helve firmly,
wheeled upon the enraged brute and
cleft its head in twain.
A STORK STORY.-The Ndchrichten
of Basle adds a new anecdOte to the rich
collection of German StOrk tales. Dur
ing one of the great storms of the pres
ent year the lightning struck barn in
the village of Lowenberg, and a stOrk's
nest-in which there were some young
storklings - was threatened by the
flames. With evident distress the two
parent birds contemplated the horrible
situation from distance. At last the
mother bird darted down upon the nest,
and seizing one of her young family
with her beak, bore it off to n safe spot
upon a meadow. The father followed
her. and settled down to keep watch
over his offspring. When the mother
returned to the scene of danger, the fire
had reached the nest, in which one bird
still remained; but, while she was flying
round it, preparing for descent, the
young one fell through the charred nest
into the burning barn. 1t was no mo-
ment for hesitation. Down darted the
mother into the smoke and fire, and,
coming up with her SurOSSlinq in her
beak, flew off, apparently unhurt. On
the next day the wounded stOrk fell to
the groun | in the market place of the
neig boring town of Trebbin. She was
unable to stand, and the policeman of
the little town carried her into the
guard house, where it was discovered
that both her legs were sorely burned,
and she was recognized as the heroic
mother who had done the brave feat of
rescue at the fire in Lowenberg. A ply
sician was sent for, and the burgomas-
ter found her a temporary hospital in
the Rathaus. Meanwhile the spouse of
the sick she-stOrk discovered her where
abouts. He attended diligently to the
two young ones and paid daily visits to
the mother, as if to inform himself how
the patient was getting on, and to as
sure her that their children were doing
well. The school children of Trebbin
readily charged themselves with the task
of finding food for the patient, bringing
her every day far more than the neces-
sary number of living frogs. The bur-
gomaster paid an official visit every day
to the sick guest of the municipality to
see that the DOCTORS orders were duly
carried out; and in less than fort
night the bird was sufficiently hale to
fly away to her husband and children.