Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-23

There the creek flows through a dee
ravine, and the faces of the rocks are CT
and scanned by assures deep andrayines
The hunter now sure of bis trophy
followed more leisurely than he had, an
when he came to the head or top OF tn
falls, where a perpendicular rock tower
nearly fifty feet above the stream, at it
base being roomy but dark cavern, b
saw the enormous body OF the panthe
stretched on the ground at the mouth G
the cave. Brown clambored along tn
rocks, which hugged the water 80 closel.
that passage was difficult and dangerous
and at last reached the flat rock which
covers space of several feet between
the cave and the waters edge. The way
of panthers were well known to the hun
ter, as he had learned them by rough ex
perience; but he was so certain that this
great beast that lay stretched at the
mouth Of its den had died in its effor
to reach that retreat, that he laid dowr
his gun, and taking his knife from its
sheath, advanced upon the prostrate beast
Go claim the magnificent skin as
his reward for the long chase
He reached the side of the panther
and was about to bend down and com.
mence stripping it of it's skin, when the
great beast sprang to his feet as quick as
lightning, and with yell that almost
deafened the surprised hunter, threw
itself upon him. The force of the shock
threw Brown several feet away, off the
rock. 1t was not only blow that the
panther gave him, but as the infuriated
animal struck, it buried it's long claws in
hn h,1pfar3o fh,a1~ h,xolrolviv, chfrf opL
ripped it from him from neck to waist.
Brown still retained his knife in his
grasp and struggled to quickly regain his
feet. He rose to his knees, and as he
did so the crouching panther leaped to-
ward him. Quick as flash the wary
hunter threw himself on his back on the
ground. But for that the panther, flying
through the air with wonderful velocity,
would have struck him and carried him
along in the flight. AS it was, the PAN
ther passed over him.
Rapidly as the panther's leap carried
it through the air, Browns eye and
hand were quicker still. The hunters
keen, long-bladed knife, thrust upward
as the huge body of the panther was
passing over him as he lay, was plunged
almost to the hilt in the animal. The
thrust was between the fore legs, but the
knife was not withdrawn, and its keen
edge, buried in the panther's flesh,
passed the entire length of the great
animals body, and the panther fell dead
and disemboweled fifteen feet beyond
the spot where Brown lay covered with
blood that had pured upon him from
the frightful wounds of his now van
quished foe.
The hunter jumped to his feet and was
eyeing with grim satisfaction the COM
pleteness of his work, when a cry, of
which he at once knew the significance,
echoed among the rocks. He sprang to
where the gun lay, and seizing it, looked
in the direction of the cry: There,
crouching on the summit of Cavern
Rock, her eyes glaring and her long tail
swaying in that deliberate, snake-like
movement that denotes the fury of the
cat and it's kind, was the mate of the
great panther that had just met it's
death. The mate plainly comprehended
the situation, and did not tarry in her
efforts for vengeance. With fYightful
yell she launched herself from the rocky
peak in furious leap for the hunter,
who stood near the waters edge. His
bullet met the vengeful panther in mid
air and passed through her heart. The
impetus of her leap carried her to the
spot where she had intended to fall upon
the hunter and bury her fangs in his
throat, but she fell dead at the waters
edge, where her enemy had stood.
Brown skinned the two panthers and
started back for his cabin. The course
he took led him to the spot where the
big panther had buried Samuel Rogers
sheep that morning. AS he neared it he
heard the growing and snarling made
by panthers while devoUring their food.
He approached cautiously and peered
through the bushes. A male and female
panther were busily engaged in making
meal off the sheep. Brown shot one
of the panthers dead as it ate. Its mate
sprang into the very tree in which the
hunter had discovered the big one earlier
in the day. 1t paused on branch and
looked back at it's dead mate. AS it
gazed Brown reloaded his rifle. The
panther in the tree presented favorable
mark. Brown fred, and the panther fell
from limb to limb, clutcbing at each in
its deaths struggles, and at last tumbled
to the ground and diad.-[N. Y. Sun.
The British Government has resolved
to keep under their direct control all tel.
egraphic cables between Great Britain
and France, Holland, Belgium and Ger.
many, as soon as the present concessions
have expired. So far as Holland, Bel
gium and Germany are concerned, there
has been no difficulty. Those countries
were quite ready to adjust their tele-
graphic arrangements with England, and
contracts have already been signed be.
tween Great Britain and the Dutch,
Belgium and German governments,
which will, when the present concession
expires, place in the hands of the Brit.
ish post office the monopoly of tele
graphic communications. The postoffice
has already practically decided to lay ad
ditional cables from the east coast tc
Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and thus
while greatly accelerated service will
be assured, it is probable that rates will
be reduced, provided the Internationa
Telegraphic Union consents to reduc
ton.
The Age heartily indorses the sugges-
ton of the New Orleans Times Democra
and Atlanta Constitution that sit is the
duty of the whole South to take up this
question and preach the doctrine of tht
supremacy Of the law, and to discounte
nance the resort to the revolver in thu
settlement of disputes between individu
ais. ."-[ Birmingham Age.
"When 1 look at the congregation,
said London preacher, II say, 'Wher
are the poor?' When count the offer