The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-10-20

Some Of the Articles onfrru Tor 7Ain ~
Native Traders
Instantly the whole deck Is Uttered
with eastern cufiositics 81 every kind
rare shells. wood and ivory carvings,
native canes. glass rnbies and sap
phires, bracelets. rings, ornamental
boxes and baskets. tigers claws set in
gold. etc. for which the honest traders
ALWAYS ask az least four or Eve times as
much as they will finally take. the
Russian maxim ssI}ez obmana torgoy-
linvettr (wiihout cheating there i no
trading) being apparently the motto
Of Asiatic as well as European com
inefce. Ia fact. II you wish 20 goad
one OF these worthy fellows 40 madness
YOU have only 10 give him what lac
asks as first. when be will Instantly be
ready 10 hang himself for rot having
asked more. But however low You
may cut him down. he Is as secure 81
an ultimate pr0at a. the American
storckrepcr Ia the old story who dealt
in patent medicines az 20 cents par
bottle. A customer came Ia. purchased
b bottle, handed over quarter and a
dime. and went his way. Presently
the st0frkceper : son. who had received
the money. called out la dismay: "hay.
father, / guess that quarters bad
one" WELL" said the philosophic
father composedly. as he sNamned
the two pieces, ..the dimes good any
how, aud that leaves a clear profit Of
cents, / reckon
A little apart from the ihrorss tall.
bony, pratisal fellow with a crimson
fnrban wound round hls high. basket
work emp, is leading up and down BY
a long steel chain something which
looks AT first sight like iflarge and very
Beautifully marked cat. But a second
glance at is broad, massive skull
thick. dat paws. and strangely spotted
hide. reveals the beasts real character
az once. n j. a young cheetah. or
leopard licrcest and most untamable
of All Aslatic beasts Of prey. As yet.
however. IL is innoccni0f human blood.
and frolics about like q Kitten, purring
It's satisfaction when pass my hand
earessingly oser IL soft. warm fur IL
i anything bat a pleasant thought
that this gentle and beautiful little
creature viii SO soon grow up into the
deadlir-t Of an desiroyers. tearing and
deYonring without mercy But the
CLEAN of ifs large. bright eyes. aud
the restless movements Of rs half
formed claws. tell tlg,t the Old blood Is
in IL siill. Such g spectacle did Wit
mess Years ago on the drcary steppc~
Of Iarfary, when ] found Young wolf
lying IN q cradle between two children
with their arms around us neck. Tie
little waif seemed friendly enough. md
licked my band Ike dog Whfn ]
stopped 90 pat e. But Us Sharp, nar-
TOW muIkic and cunning. obliqpe eyes
bore ample token ~ the evil race from
which IL sprung. and when returned
hy the same route a few months later
i found that IL bad shown ITSELF dan-
gerous and had been destroyed.
Behind the leopard tnlOr appear
two other gentlemen OF The same per-
suasiun. one laden with the skulls aud
hurns ts nnti',e deer and !heothei with
4 san snure picturesque local product
--yiz: the swortl-shupd smit ok t,so
monster sapiish YnN u.n Weapons
they louk these huge, hrHl, saUng
blades OF bone. sut So tn.taiN Apn@
both edges with sp.Sr it.s ra o.
four inches long. aad as apn ilal-
ian daggers. LpoNng at tlea tHue
one can well believe tneIuptA lur.es
of their having been driven deep into
Che pinnkiug ol q ship al one blow by
charging sa@ia.h bui here as glse-
where the waniAn inipt would seem
go have recolrd upon ii~ author, for
every one of these eases ~ uuprutoked
assaults resulted ia the hretsing ST of
the formidable -uou. aad tle rouse-
quent death ~ ils ag-gressiNe owner.
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