Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-03

N'$1 young men OF about oul
1r-D eges," says resident OF
C|ES Scranton, Penn. ''Ihey had
built weir to catch ee!s in,
Hb and one night my friend and
went there to rob them of
l ihe catch The other fellow
waded in with bag, and I was on
horseback close by waiting to take the
bag of stolen goods and dash off at b eak-
neck speed, he to cut across lots on foot.
He had the strongest Jaws and the finest
set of teeth l ever saw and after he had
poked in the water awhile he spoke low
to p,e and said al, I've got hold Of the
biggest eel | ever handled, and he's
wound himself around my arm. He's
a whoppor, and | can't get him loose.
I'm going 10 bite his head off, And he
did bite it off with one snap. ! got
home all right with the bagful, and
when he joined me we dumped the eels
ON the barn floor and turned the light
from The lantern on the heap. The
enormous eel proved to be great slug
gish blackjack water snake. There
was nothing poisonous about it, aud it
was as clean and harmless rs an eel, but
lie turned pale rs quick as he saw it,
and for half and hour his Imagination
had complete control of his stomach"
THE Cape Town Argus prints the follow
ing story of the funeral of native Afri-
can King: From Old Calabar c)mes the
account of the way in which the kings
grave was prepared for the reception of
his body The hole was large one and
deep. Lying n the same grave were
nine of the kings youngest wives, and
thai,, Iaot he ho1 haa,, hppvr,l,f al, -,
the most cruel manner. Each of the
ankles broken, so that they could nei her
walk no. crawl. In that state, aud snf-
fering he most cruel pain, the unfor u
nate creatures We're placed at the bottom
of the grave, seven of them lying side b 7
side. The body of the king was then
laid on them in transverse direction.
The two remaining women were la d by
the side of the king, lying exactly like
the monarch's body. No food or water
was given 10 the poor creatures, who
were left in that position to die. 1t $
said that death did not, as rule, take
place for four or five days. -Four men
were stationed round the grave, armed
with clubs, ready to knock back with
these weapons any of the women who,
notwithstan1in their MANNED condi-
ton, welo abe to crawl to the side of
the grave.
ONE OF the most remarkable and ex-
citing experiences ever recorded in con-
nection with the settlement of the Nor
thern Wisconsin wilderness is recorded
from Unity, small station on the Wis
consin Central Railway. A woodman
named Kleinert, together with his two
small children-a boy and a girl-went
into the woods a short distance from the
station, Kleinert, as is customary with
settlers, taking along with him his Win
ches er rifle. He had become some-
what separated from the children, when
he was s artled by hearing the little boy
screaming at the top of his voice, and,
upon running to the spot, was Mortified
to find that q large black bear had sud
denly dashed from the dense thicket
near which the children were picking
berries, and catching up the little girl,
was making Off with her through the
woods at rapid rate. The screams of
his child, who was in the clutches of the
bear, nerved Kleinert to immediate ac-
tion, and grasping his rifle he hurr;dly
followed through the woods in the direc-
tion from which the screams proceeded.
Owing to the denseness of the forest he
could see neither the child nor bear, and
was ma My guided by the screaming OF
the child. After he had proceeded
about twenty rods he suddenly came
upon tho bear, who was stand ng upon
his launches in little opening with
the child struggling and screaming at
his feet. The bear showed fight and
,.,a1n TanIv RI klainarf
when lie brought his trusty Winchester
into use and fired, shooting the bear
through the head and killing him in
stantly. Beyond being scratched by
the bears claws and her clothing torn
to shreds, the little girl was unharmed.
A DISCOVERY, referring to the iron age,
has been made at Gloppen, on the
coast of Norway. A burial chamber,
twelve feet i'll length, and formed of
stone slabs, has been uncovered, con-
tanning the remains of a man. The find
in the chamber includes bucket, orna
mented with bronze, made of lime wood,
two lanceheads of iron twelve inches
long, double edged sword in scabbard,
with ierrule of bronze, an iron shield,
q bronze buckle, some Roman gold
coins, perforated and worn rs ornaments,
glass beaker, green and blue in color,
and ornamented with etched tracings,
a pair of bronze scales, some iron arrow
heads, and pair of shears in o wooden
case. On the body lay two large red
stones and some bronze ornaments,
having, no doubt, formed part of n belt,
while some bears hair and claws seem
to indicate that the body rested upon q
bears skin. The most remarkable part
of the find is, however, that the lining
OF the coat around the neck was in
perfect state of preservation, and re-
pealed rich embroidery of images of
animals, ON object OF unique value, and
that in the hands had been placed three
intcrlnced wooden rings, resembling the
well known puzzle rings, an object never
before discovered in ancient graves, and
which has given Norwegian arch@olo
gists much food for speculation.
WHILE blowing near Pleasant Hill,
ILL.,, recently, writes Il correspondent,
A. b. Igsel, farmer, noticed three OF
his dogs in mortal combat with some
thing short distance away. A great
dust was raised, and for some distance
the grass and weeds had been smothered
or trod down. Igsel hurried to the spot,
and to his horror found tho dogs On
gagged in terrible fight with monster
snake. The dogs had been fighting for
helf an hour OF longer, with the snake
before Igsel arrived. Tho largest of the
dogs, huge cur, got the snake by the
of +ln hand opI hold n, 1,pfi1 II