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and still the silver tip was getting the
better of the fight. All at once the des-
perate animal raised his huge paw and
brought it down with terrific force
upon tbe head of the man. The scalp
was torn away by this last stroke and
the poor fellow was blinded by his own
blood. Again the bear struck him.
and the Swede tottered on the brink
with nothing in reach to lay his hands
on by which he might save himself.
Evidently with the desperation Of death
staring him in the face Franck did the
only thing possible under the circum-
stances. As he was swaying backward
aud ready to 60 over he threw from him
the useless knife, and, in despair of all
hope, madly clutched the beast around
the neck with both arms. The force of
the last onslaught carried the animal
too far, for the next moment both the
silver tip and the man, in that awful
embrace of death, went rolling over
the frightful precipice together and
NtlC tdSiltt lHlO dIl uilIbcOUflZaDle
mass on the rocks and pines hundreds
of feet below. Franck's rifle was found
in bunch of quaking aspens, broken
short off at the stock. There were no
cartridges in the chamber, which
proved that the seven-footer had
certainly exhausted his magazine be-
fore drawing his knife, and that after
he had shot all his shells the silEer tip
had insisted upon fighting at close
quarters, which accounts for the broken
stock and verifies the probability of the
man clubbing his gun when the mad
dencd beast rushed upon him. IT was
late in the fall when the encounter
occurred, probably at time when the
monster was heavily equipped with fat,
and, Of course, the lorg keen knife
would have to pass Trough thick
layer of "blubber" before encounter
ing vital part. For Keogh (.N. ~
Cor. ~ Y Times.
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THRILLING ADVENTURE.
4 Famous SpOrtsman's Narrow Escap
from an ENGAGED Panther.

Famous SpOrtsInsn's Narrow Escape
from an ENGAGED Panther.
How it feels to find ones self in the
Jaws OF panJncris that kind of knowl-
edge which mostpeople are well con-
tent to acquire at secondhand. Prob
ably all men would not have the same
sensations, but thisis the account which
Colonel Barra5 gives of such an ex-
perience. He was Il born sportsman,
and, of course, could enjoy many
things which to ordinary persons would
seem any thing but pleasant:
The panther came for me with light
ming bounds. I could see nothing, ow-
ing to its tremendous speed, but a
shadowy-looking form with two large,
bright, round eyes fixed upon me with
an unmeaning stare, rs it literally few
towards ne. Such was the vision Of a
moment! My presence of mind did
not desert me. | raised my gun and
fired with all the care | could at such
short notice. But | missed, and the
panther landed, light as a feather, with
its arms round my shoulders. Thus
we stood for few seconds, and | dis
tinctly felt the animal shifting for my
throat. Mechanically / turned my
head so as to keep the thick, wadded
curtain of my helmet-cover in front of
the creatures muzzle; but still | could
hear and feel plainly the rapid yet
cautious efforts it was making TO find an
opening, so as to tear open the jugular
vein.
| was helpless, and so stood perfectly
still, well knowing that Sandford would
liberate me, if possible. At the first
onslaught we were so placed that he
could have hit the panther only by
firing through me, which would have
been injudicious, at least. As may
easily be supposed, the animal did not
spend much time in investigating the
nature of a wadded hat-cover, and. be-
fore my friend could take aim without
jeoparlizing my own life, the beast
pounced on my left elbow, taking a
piece out, and buried its long, sharp
fangs in the joint till they met. At the
same time was hurled to the earth
with such force that | knew not how |
got there nor what became of my gun.
Still, throughout, | maintained clear
impression of what was going on.
/ knew that Twas lying on the ground
with the panther on top of me, and l
could feel my elbow-joint wabbling in
and out as the brute ground its jaws,
with a movement imperceptible to the
bystanders, but which felt to me as
though l was being violently shaken
all over. Now listened anxiously for
the report of Sandford's shot, which
knew would be heard Immediately, and
carefully refrained from making the
slightest sound or movement, lest his
aim should be disturbed thereby. In a
few seconds the loud and welcome de-
tonation, which from its proximity al
most deafened me, struck upon my ear.
| sat up. | was free! the panther
gone! looked round and found that
| was some distance from the place
where l had fallen, so that the beast
must have dragged me some little way.
Sanford, as soon as he had got the
chance, had placed the muzzle of his
rifle to the side of my antagonist and
fired a large bullet right through it.
which had caused it to dart back hastily
to its lair - Youths COMPANION.
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SAVING THEIR MOTHER.
Pathetic Scene in Chicago Police Court
"A Tine Remitted.

Pathetic Scene in a Chicago Police Court
"A Tine Remitted.
A pathetic scene is described in Wins
louis Monthly. A wretched creature,
woman whose appetite conquered all
other motives of action, was brought
before Chicago magistrate for drunk
enness. Clinging to her battered gown
were two children, a boy and girl, the
former only seven years of age, but
made prematurely old by the hardships
of his wretched life.
Give dollars and COSTS" said the
Judge, sternly. Seven dollars and
sixty cents in all"
Instantly the little fellow started up.
and, taking his sisters arm, he cried
out: Come on! Yves got to git that
money, or mam'H hev to go to Jail.
Jest wait, Mr.. Jedge. and Wen git
it!'
The children hurried out of the
courtroom, and, going from store to
to store, solicited contributions to
keep mann from going to jail" the
boy bravely promising every giver to
return the money as soon as he could
earn it. Soon he came running back
into the courtroom, and, laying a
handful of small change on the magis-
trate's desk, exclaimed:
There's two dollars, Mr.. Jedge, and
l can't git no more now. / amt as big
as nam, and l can't do as much work;
but if you'll jist let me so to jail
stead O her, I'll stay longer to make
up for it
The bystanders wiped their eyes, and
policeman exclaim ed Your mother
shant' go to Jail, my lad, if have to
pay the fine myself"
Il will remit the fine" said the
Judge, and the woman, clasping her
boy in her arms, sank upon her knees
and solemnly vowed that she would
lead better life, and try to be worthy
of such son as that.
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Plantation Philosophy.

/ knows some pussons dat | likes ter
talk ter, not becaze think so much o.
'em, but becaze wen l verses wild 'em
/ allus thinks mo- o merse'f.
Natur', it pear like, takes er sort o.
pleasure in flingin' cold water on de
bright promises dat she hab made. De
blacklist HAIR is nearly allus de soones'
ter turn gray.
Oar is many things wus den de lie
dat is used fur ter kiver up er bad
truth; not dat kline dat hides er crime,
but de kline dat makes us b'lebe dat
suthn' good has been said erbout us.
when de fack is dat suthin' bad has
been said. -Ark0n9aW TraUeler.
Spanish onions, which are really
Sicilian and Italian onions, are largely
supplanting the American onion from
the markets Of this country.
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FIRELIGHT,


Not summers noontide glory
Unfolding mountain hoary,
A breadth of woven gold,
For moonbeams as they CULVER
a At midnight on the river;
: Nor starlight pure and cold;
Nor glare Of lamps revealing
The giddy mazes wheeling, g."
OF feet that never tire
Can rival in their splendor
That mystic charm and tender,
A trembling, fltful fire.
For while the gay light dances
Upon the wall, what fancies
Come dancing over the soul
Come quicker yet and quicker,
The moro the bright tongues flicker
In lightnings from the coal.
Then palaces are builded,
And days unborn are gilded
With visionary CLEAN;
"ris then the memory passes
Beneath the churchyard grasses
y In retrospective dream.
Ah, freight, weird, enchanting,
Bright hopes and dreams implanting,
Most sweet of lights and blest,
Beneath thy benediction,
Hearts weary with life's friction
Can find a moments rest.
-ChambcrS' journal.
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of fur badly needed n bath. -, I
place, after coming upon a so-called
white bear, the journal describes him
as possessing small black eyes (almost
like jet beads), Il hide of bright yellow
ish brown, the front of the fore-legs
near the feet being quite black, and
the animal itself of ferocious and
warlike nature. This description of
the white bear of l804-5 tallies with
the cinnamon bear of 1887, which
makes him about the same ugly GUS
toner that he was hundred years
ago. There are few black bears in
this immediate vicinity, most of them
inhabiting the western slope of the
Rocky Mountains and the forests that
thence continue to the Pacific Ocean.
The woods of Oregon and Washing
ton are overrun with black bears.
The largest black fellow | ever saw in
my life was in the woods of Washing
ton Territory, near Mount Rainier
The black bears of Montana, as well as
the cinnamon, as n rule inhabit low
places, such rs creek and river bottoms,
willow marshes, and timbered spots,
but grizzlies and silver tips stick to
high attitudes, from which even hunger
pressure seldom drives them. Grizzlies
are generally credited with highly-culti-
waited appetites for carnivorous food.
Campfire stories excitedly tell Of the
bloodthrsty diet these monsters habi-
tually thrive upon, but were all the
blood-curdling yarns aired around the
cheerful blaze carefully sifted down
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nent men of both political parties in -
Oakland. They are generally of the y,
opinion thntoi"i 10 90 in arter bear alone"
The bruins Of the East and the bruins
of the West are almost totally different
animals. The "Ursa Majors" of this
latitude are monsrous in size, endowed
with ugly dispositions and prodigious
strength, and as for grit, they dispute
and very often successfully, too-the
sovereignty of the mountains and
forests with the king of American
beasts, the mountain lion. Hunters
disagree upon the point of how many
different species of the bear tribe we
have in the Northwest. There are at
least three distinct types of the family
in Montana, namely, the grizzly,
brown and black bear Beside these,
there are also gray bears, cinnamon
bears, and the Rocky Mountain gray
back. The true gray is seldom, if ever,
seen now as high as the forty-fifth
parallel, and as far east as the main
divide; the cinnamon is simply cross
between the brown and black bears,
INV shy oIAhSA u 10 utilIGI
more or less than mongrel of the
brown and grizzly, partaking strongly
of the nature of the two, particularly
of the latter. In fact l think l am
justified in asserting that all the mem
bers of the species intermarry, and
that the silver tip is the king of the
family This big fellow, springing
from the grizzly and the brown, com
Dimes all the ferocity and tough strength
of the former with the agility and stub
bornness of the latter, each distinctive
trait being more prominent in him, and
possessed to greater degree than by
the very ANIMALS from which he Dor
rows them. The silver tip is unques-
tionably the ruler of the family, by
reason of his great size and belligerent
disposition. Lewis and Clarke, in their
narrative of their journey through this
region nearly one hundred years ago,
speak of meeting not only brown and
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IT has come to be that four drinks
of whisky is almost equivalent to one
murder. Two men had an alteration
in drinking and gambling saloon Of
Chicago the other day. One of them,
swearing dire vengeance, went up to
the bar and called for glass of
whisky. 1t was given him. He called
for another; that also was passed over
the counter by the vender of the vile
stuff Another and still another were
called for and given. Then the man
was insane enough to do any thing. A
moment later he had put a bullet
through mans heart, and the wrong
man at that. If the law lets the
keeper of that den or the dealcr-out Of
that poison 90 free, there is either
something wrong with the law or with
its executors. Chicago Standard.
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Soldering in Burmah.

Shortly after my enlistment our regi-
ment was ordered to Burmah to subdue
the natives. In addition to the English
troops we had natives as well. The
hostile natives were known as dacoits,
and we had some very lively skirmishes
with them. A friendly Buddhist priest
informed us one night of the location
of an enemy's camp, and detachment
was sent out to capture it. We sur
rounded them and they tried to fight
their way out, and one big fellow came
within three inches of splitting my head
with his knife. We captured about
thirty Of them. Another time we at
tackled little army of them who had
taken up II position at the summit Of a
steep hill. They rolled big powders
down upon us, and | barely escaped
one that must have weighed about ten
tons. -IhiladelphiG Record.
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On January l a law went into effect
in New Hampshire, by which twenty
voters Can assert any place where
liquors are kept for sale TO be
nuisance, aud which carries tho case
before the Supreme Court. The de-
Tense has to prove the place il not a
nuisance.
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GIGANTIC BEARS.

The Grizzly and the Silver I'll
uIcOru, Crern- INV
which Mr.. Browning is chairman.
came home Saturday night and left
for Annapolis Monday morning.
In the Senate Tuesday Commit
tee on Temperance was announced,
with Mr.. Browning as chairman.
Petitions were largely signed in
Oakland this week protesting against
the bills reducing the fees of States
Attorney and Sheriff. These petitions
were signed by about all the promi-
nent men of both political parties in
Oakland. They are generally of the
l. ]
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1t is said that Alaska will become
y great mining country within few
years, and will furnish canned salmon
enough to supply all creation.
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novGftS UIOIiitUI III tne WOrIu, Is tnI5 .
SO? Not by any means. 1t is true
1t is not pressed or in default. but I
there are obligations of many mil l
lions legal, equitable and honorable, I
which ought to be met at once. Most S
prominent among them are the pen
sion arrearages due the old soldiers |
of the late war, their widows, minor s
children and dependent parents.
At the beginning of the war, to in
duce and stimulate enlistments, Con-
-orass nassadI 10 wa Offering honntieS to |
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-27
Weather Indications.

Comparison OF mean temperature at Savan-
nan, June %, 1888, and the mean Of same day
for fifteen years
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not criticised. He's a good man, and
Chicago is mad right straight through at
the way in which the delegations from other
states have treated him.
"Blainei Why, of course, that was the
lay with the fly managers from the start,
though they kept the common delegates in
the vagueness of uncertainty as much as
thing should be just so. There was story
that even the clergyman who opened each
session with prayer had to write what he
had to say and submit it to a committee be-
forehand, and that he had to swear to it,
too, before a notary public. That only
shows you the spirit of the thing. They
didn't want any more of old Burchard in
theirs
RUM RULED THE HOUR.
well, the republican convention will
disgust its own party, and that's the truth.
It's enough to turn any ones stomach this
week of wrangling, and grabbing, and
Chicago has had enough of that crowd, and
don't you forget it. Talk about national
convention bringing business to town!
The only people benefited at all are the
hotel keepers, the liquor dealers and the
BARRIERS. A fine party that is to talk OF
high license and temperance. Why, just
about the whole convention is drunk, and
udS Deen Cno whole week. w nen III PeJS
sober some of the men who are in it will set
to thinking very hard about what it has
done
why, it was hard to find anyone who
was really in his right senses out there.
What with bad food, rum taken in fifteen
minute doses, and five times as often when
the convention was not in session; what
with an utter lack of ventilation, crowded
sleeping quarters and the frightful heat, it's
only a wonder that delrium tremens and
fever did not carry lot of them off. The
big hotelss There wasn't room or anything
else to be had in them unless it had been
engaged months ahead.
EVERY MAN A BORROWER.
Excitement? Why, around the Palmer
house you'd think that they had Gen.
Grants dead body inside, and it was going
to get up and make a speech. Poor devilsl
Hundreds of men were in deuce of q
plight. They had come expecting to stay a
day or two, you know, and when the con-
vention hung on and hung on they found
themselves without clean clothes, without
money, almost without anything. Credit J
Lucky was the man who had it. Nearly
all the New Workers were broke. Why, it
got SO that I'd never meet one. but I'd yell
out first, don't you know, Lend me ten
dollarsl" That's the way 1 got ahead of
them. Otherwise, every man who knew
me would have struck me for a loan. As it
was, had to tell a good many of them that
! was just going to ask them the same thing.
There was one man | saw in the Grand
Pacific hotel also went around with a card
pinned to the lapel of his coat. 1t was like
this:
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BROKEi
For Gods Sake
Don't Ask Me for
A LOAN
DECENTRALIZATION EVERYWHERE.

DECENTRALIZATION EVERYWHERE.
Everywhere was the greatest demorali-
zatiOn. You can't say anything about the
situation that would be too strong. A
starched collar would not retain its stiff
ness five minutes in the convention hail. A
couple of pedlers' wagons came along Clark
street loaded high up with cheap gingham
shirts and jackets. Dozens of delegates
rushed up to them and in jiffy had OBJ
tanned new outfits. The first class stores in
the vicinity of the auditorium or of the
hotels did not derive much trade from such
of the delegates as were unprovided with
ample changes OF linen, for the reason that
the latter wanted the very cheapest stuff.
Swapping ne groes from the southern dis
tricts would stride into a high-priced gem
tlemen's furnishing shop or an elegant dry
goods store, and showing their way to the
front, would ask for cent collars. The
sidewalks in front of many of the finest
business places were the lounging places of
the strangers, and were frequently covered
with tobacco juice.
A REGULAR WILD WEST SHOW.
'You haven't an idea of what the real
wild, back country delegate is until you see
him. Buffalo Bills Indians aren't circum-
stance TO him, and to name that convention
rightly you'd have to call it the Wild West
Show The business men have gone almost
crazy.
''Some of the places where the delegates
slept were worse than are commonly pro-
vided for immigrants. One of these was
meeting room over a stable, and white and
black men occupied it together. A keg of
beer with a block of ice on it was on tap in
a narrow closet, and a champagne basket
on the floor was filled with meat and bread.
1.-THE best barrooms were in simply a
horrible condition. The bartenders were
exhausted. Men were employed to to their
work who had never done it before. They
could not find time even to wipe off the
counters. The floors were just flooded
Luckily for me, l was well lodged in the
house of friend, so did not suffer with
the Others, but am glad to get home"
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SUCH IS FAME.
How Some Great People Find Them
selves Very Small at Times.
From, the Chambers Journal.


selves Very Small at Times.
From the Chambers Journal.
A society" woman at whose table Long
fellow was dining asked him: ooh, Mr..
Longfellow, have you ever published a
bookF' This was after two-thirds of his
life was done. Hawthorne says that in his
later years he met many people who knew
him well as the ex-surveyor of the port of
Salem, but who never knew that he had
written anything, and had not even heard
that there was such book as 1.-THE Scarlet
Letter." Even the genial autocrat is not
appreciated by everybody in his own town.
One day an American gentleman went into
BARRIERS shop as DR.. Holmes was going
out. ''Do you know who that was that
Just went outs" asked the barber
Being curious to see what account of Dr.
Holmes the barber would give, the visitor
shook his head.
why" said the barber, "that's old Dr.
Holiness
"And who is DR.. Holiness"
ooh, he's been doctor here great many
years. | believe he amt practicin' any
more, but he's thought good deal Off
crushing remark was once made by a
would-be fatterer to w. ID. Howells.
the American novelist. Shortly after the
publication of 1.-The Lady of the Aroos-
took, IA Foregone Conclusion" and eve
netian Life" lady asked that gentleman
for his autograph, whereupon he wrote
some impromptu verses in her album She
read them over. and then gave an encourage
ing smile.
"Oh. Mr. Howells," she exclaimed, 81
should think you might do something for
the papers and magazines; I've seen much
worse things than that in printin
When even Dickens and 'i'hackery met
with experiences somewhat similar to this
the smaller fry can scarcely hope to escape
Men well known in other walks of life are
scarcely less fortunate than the novelist
Take, for instance, the story told by n
clergyman, as being part of conversation
held by him with an Engishman to whom
he pointed out Gen. Grants residence i'm
New YORK. The Englishman asking,
What namep and seeming to obtain no
further light, the Clergyman repeated it to
him. and said
"Of course you have heard of Gen. Grant3
He was our President for eight years, end
ing in 1877"
"Ahw remarked the Englshman. still
with no evidence of recalling a fact previ
ously known.
Then, too" proceeded the clergyman.
The was a great general, and was in com
mand of a million of men at the close of our
war. You remember our late war. of
coursem
well, no." was the answer. beg mar
don, but have just arrived in this coun-
try, and was so long at sea that have not
heard the latest news. was at scr sixteen
days, really"