Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-25

minute it turned me sick. Then becoming
satisfied of the fact, got a cane and went
for one of them who had threatened me,
and left bruise on that chap wherever g
flea could bite him. then took him with
me and found the other priest, and got a
full confession. They had sprung the trial
to give an opportunity for the poisoning, to
which they had been forced at point of
death by the fanatical natives.
AMERICAS MIDNIGHT MARAUDEps.
One Of the oldest events of nv three
years trip happened right here in Frisco
Ii was the time brought thirty-fYe Asiut-
ic natives. I put them at 4 hotel, ordered
their supper Of rice, fish and tea sent up,
and lett them comfortable. Of course they
were not quartered at irst-class hotels. l
took in the theaters, and got to my own
hotel and room about midnight. At
O'Clock here comes man saying h had
broke loose among my people. Nobody
could understand q word, and must come
down. | was tagged out. but had to 60
and found everybody excited. They. had
all been in ted. asleep, but bed bugs turned
loose and routed them out again The
more they scratched, the worse they got
Some had great wells on them thought
they were poisoned, were going to die right
OF them had seen all manner Of poisonous
insects, but not one knew what bed-b bug
was. Go 10 bed again they would not. SO
called up the clerk and said: Here, these
people are cannibals. They would Just like
70 kill man before morning and eat him
for breakfast. You better get your help ND
and have these beds cleaned" We pat
down mattresses and blankets for them but
had to say there until daylight. This is
only q specimen of my trials with them.
and 1t seems to me was never so happy as
when they were delivered to Barnum
TIE BOSS snake STORY.
I'll tell you of a scene I witnessed in
India. ! seldom relate it because ii sounds
wild. but it is probable 10 any one who
knows Asia's rank animal growth, and rs
true as that | exist The railroad from
Bombay to Calcutta is next II length to
that crossing America. II is 200 miles
long, and is almost without q carve, All
the train hands are Englishmen. One day,
on the engine saw far ahead what seemed
low undulating brown waves on the track
The engineer looked awhile and said it was
snakes.
The cobra de capella is g poisonous rep
tile tina. opens its mouth two inches wide
Il Is four or five feet long when full grown.
~ = II ~ Sil3C GAieI4dS q III tbdL l4CiCctS an
inch under excitement. This was their
breeding and migrating season, when they
are particularly vicious
The engineer said he had twice seen
them, covering the track for a half mile.
We were running about twenty-five, bat
raised speed to forty miles an hour. and
dashed into the mass. Ughi They
CrunChed under the wheels for mile
Then the wheels got 80 sneared with
grease and blood they slid on tha track,
ana We just had to wait for those ahead to
pass. The wheels were cIoeged with them,
and presently all sizes Of them began
crawling up the train. We had to shut
ourselves in and wait for them to crawl oil
again. Not brakeman or passenger
dared stir, and there we SAT four hours
Their moving season being on, was all that
saved rs. The horror of that day recurs to |
me wildly. CAROL GROUSE.