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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-21
The Jury suited the LAWYER.

A Chicago attorney, somewhat noted
for his sharp practice. sent his client one
day to watch the case. Word came to
him that his case was next On the docket.
and he hurried over to find the opposing
counsel already beginning. In vain he
looked for his client. He was nowhere
e be seen. In vain he asked for DELAY.
but the court told him that the careless
ness of a client would not allow such "a
thing. At last he glanced into the jury
box and saw his client there.
The stupid man had thought he heard
his name called and had marched in
with the rest. The opposing counsel was
90 anxious to hurry the case along that
he neglected to examine the jury. See
ing the thing was in his own hands, the
Chicago attorney turned to the court.
II withdraw all objection" he said. II
have my client where | want him
Green Bag.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-21
Monday. August Il, 1898.
COLONEL PHILLIPS SPECTAClES.
kinry Of Their Use a> Related by the Zig
Hairy Man From the Prairies.

Story of Their Use a> Related by the Big
Hairy Man From the Prairies.
THE way you Chicago people look a,
things reminds me of my old friend,
Colonel John Phillips"
The speaker was a large. hairy man,
with a big slouch hat and a voice evi.
Gently better adapted to the acoustic
properties of the prairie than the smok.
ing room. He appeared to realize this
u he glanced around and saw every mar
in the room looking toward him. some
smiling some scowling.
Tell MS about Your friend. the colo
nel,' suggested a real estate agent who
had the hairy giant on the string for IA
big cash trade.
Why" continued the big man with
the prairie voice, Phillips saw every
thing that belonged to him big and ev-
erything belonging to me small
That's human nature" the agent
was suggesting, but the prairie man in
%terrupted with:
No, 'twan't II human nature. Twas
spectacles. He got 'eln made in this
town. Iielieve you people all wear EN-
too"
What peculiar properties did your
friends spectacles possess" asked "A CT.
rious lis II
Just as I've said. They made his
: proper'S loom up Ill regular Chica-o
World , fair fashion, but squashed other
people stuff worse'n a Zlmri Dwiggins
bank
How could he do this
why, the blamed lenses worked on
an axis and showed things telescope fash.
ion, you know. S'pose there was a lors"
trade up: he'd let you look at Your own
horse through the ordinary little end of
his glasses. but when you came to look
at his he'd get at his specks again under
some p~retext-just Tipping EN- over the
magnifylng way-and you'd see "a mag
nifice1it animal. 1t was the same way
with houses, tracts of land. wheatfields,
changing money-anytIlng. Once you
looked through his glasses at anything.
you We're his victim, for you felt as if
you couldn't live until you'd traded just
as Phillips wanted you to. But he met
his reward. He tried IA bluff game on
big Buffalo Jones of Arizona, to whom
he had by that specialized iugglerv sold
IVv JdChd>s TdDblis IoI buTTbWS, anu
looked at big Jones six gun through the
little end of his glasses. trying to put
him down small, you know. But. alas.
it didn't work.
What happened:" asked the agent.
Big Jones gnn Went off repeatedly
Just as Colonel Phillips was adjusting
his glasses. 1t was as well perhaps
continued the prairie man. dropping his
voice so low that the believing of tugs
in the river and lake could again Be
heard, for my friend had acquired
such a habit Of trying TO talk up to the
magnifying side of these glasses that his
long enjoyed reputation for veraclty
was entirely spilled. We buried him at
Big Jones expense. and TO prevent a re-
currence of such a tragedy | took pos
session of the spectacles. and
Whatever became of them asked a
hungry looking man who mad gone broke
on a World S fair hotel scheme.
Il now wear EN- myself said the
big, hairy prairie man.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-21

assertion unsupported by fact is nuga-
tor. Surmise and general abuse, in
however elegant language, ought not 10
pass for truth.-JuEius.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

II. f. Andrews aud &. NJ. slebbius,
teachers IN the Uigh school, asking fot
tbeir salaries. Fled.
Applications Tor positions for janllora
were sent In from r.. W. johnson,
George w. Cracrot, W. ~. Green aud
GEORGE T.. Mckay. Filled.
a communication tom Otto Eich.
ORR, janitor Of the Thirteenth echool
In relation to dry earth system Of SAM.
auou, was hioi.
A communication was received from
John W. Groeumsn, who informed tho
board that Mts. d. Amos will cell cet.
tain property wcs, VI North Sol, Lake.
Filed.
7ho liens OF Kiddsr Bios. Tor e..
OOiU5, thr Utah Stove ami Hardware
company tor s,5i 70, nuu b. Is. Wood
Tor 500 on thu SJWmc, school. T'lHI.
Superintendent Millsi au 80 extended
OH invitation 10 the m mutfs ui the
board AMI their wives Co De- present st
reception 10 De- given iu thu Cougru.
gutiuunl church tonight ~ tAU new
teauhrn. Accepted with THANKS.
TIE committee uu furniture Rud
tupylius commented ihC Eupuiut.
muut % William 5hafr0ck Hu iiutof VI
the lowell school an too pItchaae OF
more tables and Chniu Tor ihc high
school. Adopted.
Toe uommitiuo on sito4 and buill.
inga Recommended that $1,000 insut.
hucu bp placed GA the W. utcu school
90 follow. Harrison * Will O. Boo,
$500, T.. l.. Sheets, sJIuD and 10. -.
WiudsJr g. Co., tJJJl. Adopted.
The committee On tebcnufs and
school work reported that owl & t1 the
ovcfCrJwdud condition Ui the Tenth
school sumo change iu partitions have
teen mtHc necessary, Also that an
rXun tea her hud been employed.
Var uH supplies uf orayou AMI other
urcursarius were recommended ~ be
purchased.
The resignation Of Eugene &. Hart
ne tc cher was acc ptOd.
Ia the mntttr Ot the cOmmunlca
lions of &. n. stabhlus ana Al, T..
AndfewH and their refusal 10 sign tho
c0ntruCis submitted uy tho board, the
committee recommended that they be-
given two weeks more Ia which 10
Sign anu u they then ttfusu that their
positions lc declared vacant ana other
teachers be- engaged Ia their places.
Adopted.
Appropriations agregating il9,il2,32
were made, after when the board nd.
jOufncd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

The following appears In the Now
York Herald from ila Washington cor.
respondents The report that Justice
Harlan, OF tho United States Supreme
Court, while passenger GA the
steamship Mrjestic, had said that halt
the men In Wall street ought to be in
the penlientiAry has caused the great.
est surpri'eln Washington. called
upon Judge Harlan and asked n he
made the remarks attributed TO him.
al have nothing Whatever TO say
about the matter" he replied abrupt.
ly. "Will you neither deoy nor affirm
tue assertion that you said half the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

men In Wall street ought TO be in the
nltontiafy2" | asked. 81 never
submit % interviews" was the
response maie by Judge Harlan ~ r,
tufued aud disappeared behind the
curtains Of his dfawlng room.
THE SILVER pURCHAsEa.
A statement prepared al the Mint
Bureau Of the treasury uhDws that
during the first quarter 10 tue present
fiscal year the treasury department.
acting under authority VI the @hpf
man silver act purchased b,N2H los
line ounces OF silver u. a cost Ui S. 49,
OO8, aud treasury notes 10 that amuult
were issuei q .ninst the silver 90 .ur
chased. Ia detail the purchases were!
Month. Pine ouncoa Cot
July... oil. .....,........f 2ls tli7lio
August .ss.......ss.l tiltlti 4NttNi
toptCmbcr"....,.',..l,' t'.0-3 l,ss,iN
1.-THE fuliamount Of l,tj1,OJ1 ouuua-
had been purch isud ench m,u,n tlv
silver pufcnaaps tor thu iitst quafter ui
tue present fiscal year would havu
been l8,611,OOl ounces wuich, utnu
average OF - cents per- ounce, would
have made tue treasury note i,suud
MEMNANHN NAA| NIAAN N.AIA"A p ~ "
Aait is, Secretary Clrlislc yutchatu o
1910, sg2 Ouuorsoi tiv,r IeiB than the
law provides fHr. The reason he gives
for this failure on hi part b. that
holders of silver bullion wanted more
for The metal than hr figured out the
market price 10 b., as based on LO1don
anu New YOfh quOtaulus. A. 20 hoN
the secretary fixed what the
"mafkot price" shUuld &c., may
be judged by the following OK.
trac, itom his statement on the sul-
ecl;
"Op August 28ti, 1898, the L1nion
rate was equivalent to tO.1iJl PCT
ounce tiuc, aud the Now York rt' IA
quoted ranged FROM 5DTti 30 50 7Jl.
Ihu oilers thi8 day asgrcg s,ri Oli,DIJ
ounces, AZ from 500 On S1.7Ol rui
ounce, all Of which were d,cuu,u, aud
1915 tondeFod, which rate was uc
cer,,d by blddeis tor 4l6,Ol0 ounces -
The srctotary then g0cs on 10 SAY,
In support OF his claim that hn should
be the Judge Df what the market ufico
should be; "It IL dlllicllt 81 nX the
market price Of silver, especially as thu
prices vary constantly from Jay 60 dny
anu, In fact, almost hourly, AMI when
tue tellern aud dealers Themselves diiior
~ widely In the rates vi which they
otter silver 20 the government. Ia
view Of these fac,s, II seems ominuntly
proper that, ae the governmo { Of thu
United States is the lafgost purchaser
Of silver Ia the world, the secretary Of
the treasury, after an examination ui
the oiiere aud quotations Of each Jay,
should determine what VA his iuds.
ment Il tRir market price, especially
o. the act " July II, 1890, cXurea. ~
provides for the purchase o., Y,511,OJU
ouucof, of No much thereof ne may no.
offered IN each month at the market
price thereof"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
SCHOOL BOARD MATTERS.


The city school board mot Last night
anu transacted business as follows:
Applications 10 teach we're received
from the following persous ana 10.
ierred to u committee; MrP. Laura H..
TuiIh josie Il. Jones, X. l.. soely,
w. II. NJ. May and Mrs. Il. A. Nor.
nell, art teachers.
Comm nIcSlions were recel, cd from
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
Charities and Corrections.

A special meeting Of tho Utah Asso.
ciaiion Of ChaHties and Corrections
viii Lc held In the lecture room OF the
Flint Pfesby tofiau chutcn, corner ui
Second South aud Seoon Efs,s'recls,
on Saturday, oct. 2lsli az 3 a'clock
p. tn.
A ull Attendance is earn sly r.
uucstcd. r. W. MHCtIE
CUHEELfA PADDOCK frtb.4cnL
= .crptugl.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

drawn by Well, Fargo q Co., Of this
CITY. on Wells Fargo a Co., " New
Y0rt. and was putchueei from the
forme- nv Chris Porksuu, VIII paid 10
10 A. Beaumont, from whom Blazer
BOUGHT b., and IN turn be- turned over
10 h. e.. Avery, Of FUrt C1liins, Colo"
who forwarded 1t 10 New Nors 10 Do
pr,tonted Tor payment The bank
here ON which Il was drawn refused 90
nay on the ground that .hc second bill
VI exchange had already been laid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
Tabernaele cholr CInsses.

Last night at the regular meeting OF
the choir, Conductor stephens Snapped
out the special training work Tor the
members during tho coming season.
Il Is to consist Of three erpatnIe d..
visions WORKING In harmony with each
other, namely; a aiie.' chorus,
complete In itself. This will first max,
q special study Of The test music Of The
matters written for lailys' voices only.
The most advanced unsteady and
pJssgs.of Of good voices only VIII be
selected Tor this. a similar male
chorus vii! be takun from the tenois
aui blc-ps. These iva cholrs will also
lake up me work IA conjunction with
each other, aud VIII aim nj Tho more
advanced work iu muilcll training,
such as shading, voice culture, dra.
malio expression aud study Of char
aoIcrslio music by the greatest com.
pyscrs.
These VIII have a public rendition
In the novel share Of "nighls with the
great comp0tcri," q series of such
nights TO be- thu main feature u the
ChuiT's work Tor tue season.
Less advanced mumberB viii have n
preparatory class NO less intOItgting
than the others tut 10 DO Ia the form VI
a mixed chorus, ladies and gentlemen
together. This class viii receive Gle.
mcuiHry training as we'll as thualuJy
u'-chiviiy chouscs. rMis
class viii be open TOT any who desire 10
join by "a payment VI one dollar en-
trance fee, they o. become active
members ut tho choir when tbcy de.
size OF WHOM wanted. Both clntstH IRE
igeo OF charge 10 choir members. hud
though Intended moro Tor the training
o. the younger members, the oder auu
more experienced viii Up welc noe, 10
they dosiiv, 10 attend. An organization
Do o. be- elected tomorrow saturday
night 10 the Assembly Hal ut O'Clock.
This, Ia addition 10 greatly -ystcma.
u2inE the advancement Of the whole
choir, VIII give W a lne ladics' chorus
(iImrihiug almost new 10 the WtsD
uud good male chorus. While 10
have "EyeuinHH with the great com.
pOscuD with such select talent inter.
pTeliug their m0st characteristic worke
VIII Le at once great treat and an
educative means 10 the music lovers u
the community.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
On n Bill Of Exchange.

J. b. Blazer the real estate IN "A, has
began legal proceedings In Justice
Whituhorue's court agpin.t Well,
Fargo & 90. to recover $500 90 On a
firet bill OF exchange. The complaint
sets forth that the exchange was
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
Mineral Enlry.

Charles Il. Blanchard, Of Silver
city, Juab county, maize final pay
ment in tine land office this afternoon
for patent to the West Mammoth
mining clnim, lOoatoi in tho rlntlo
mining district, Juab county.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
sALr IAlr clgAmao uousr.

Iudayi6 cluatiug house exchanges
amounted 10 sll1l6D.
1opAY's Quotations.
New YorS - Silver, u! q; lead,
sG.gu.
Lyldon-silvor, SO.
OKE AND uuLLiuN.
Wells, Fargo " Go. rrucivri toloy;
Miuuo hIluuu, slh5a; Copper UIIhou,
s8U9i. rRl, lus-u.
McCorui,a & g.. receive tUdayi
Silver lur., sgiIu.
", r.. Jrys IS Go. received tuuaN!
Bullion, S5bjO, ore, sGluJ. roa,
sll .1Un
W. O.. 81. steward hal iu for ns-ny
fouuy % luus oI Centennial EUyanuir,
bi turs ui NofF orc, anu 3j IONS % Oh
Jordan nuu - lrua ore.
W. a, H,d.,s hp. iu today Tor Essay
l2l tons Of huIliUnH ,ga &c auu IAtv,
other controls.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

( A. No. Peterson TO Hannah q. Peter.
500. lot. ., 2 nud 3, block 2, West
Drive auNllNistuu...4....... ...as.,s.s llNQ o.
Andrew siul'om aud wife 60 Albert
rtltlu. lots in bloch D., Hamburger
- NNuIluuaass ...... sasaas sss.....ssas N
Albert staten uud VITO Geo Andrew
Sob uW. pnft on section @. town
lh'p south, range uuHt......... ol
Margaret Parton zoo ul Co william
lleny Parton, part Uf Lotto, uiUaN
~ plat i..... ...........s.....s..., o.
louis Hor.ts and wife 60 ed. Hang
ctal, nar lot q. block 70. plat 4,
Guy a...s .... ssassassssssssssss NN I"
JawrH g.. Nyu aud wife Co Mary N
Hf0adu ltCr. DOT. % and Do. block
q, Genital Park .........s........... 30 "
Juuu D.. %. Hoops 60 Robert g. New.
Son, pau lot 9, b'oea No. plat \,
N ~ .tssss..... "
W, %. HNCriUh and wife to Aaua y,
loiprsuui lot boz block Superior
NIulNuu ssssss .tsHssstsss.sssss.sss W
T. g. Collier Co irunUIH NJ. collier,
Toto DO bloc. ., ttatC street ad1i'
N'Attssssss God. Hsi.. lssi. sssssss. W
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

Potatoes rfr TOW plentiful iu
The maJk,i, u'irtH lUr wagon loads
ranging .uu. 80 Goo 20 cents p.r bu.url
lu cvr. Some cHglcr lots have hrgut ht
Co r.u.r.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

Chicago. oUt 90
Wnrst=EasY rsau. H! boo. Uts.
tUrla STEADY olsh. s., usc,, 900.
uUi.. sIcHdY pIsu. -t.. Dec, lsH
lurAHs-t lIY, rIHu, 1850, JAW, U.n.
lNrIa-iulGN. rItu. HlH, Jan rri|t.
luu. steady ossu, syJi Jan. DIst.
tNtaHIII.
Harley =NuWiuU
iIHNalU.N
1mutlyaa4l.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

RABBI JADuu,uN will preach a. mo
Juwi.u TruplH b'niai Israel uu thu SIN
90 ElUu this Dvynng.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
THE JUVENILE CHOIR.

The Juvenile choir viii roorganlze
at the Assembly Hall tomorrow after
noon commencing Ht hal-past two
O'Clock, All members Tor the past
year can renew for the coming year
free OF charge by attending 70 Il now,
New mem ers Will be charged 90 cents
Tor membership fec. All should DO
present at that meeting anu rave extra
rNInfRf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
SAVINGS BANK.

100 MAIN 8THEI2r.
Open Saturday evenings from 10 b O'Clock
iftr cent interest paid ON dcpualts OF II .vJ or
IA one, aud compounded fom umes yoar.
ltsh 1hie Insurance Trust Co.
OilIAl, aiGtCo, IuiL PAID.
j. I. DooLY, PTCsIdcnti W. 8. MoCoRNlui,
ircsideni, 4. l.. THOMAS, eecy.i 4. H.
MlCkb. Cashier.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20
BUSINESSMAN Mines.
Salt Lake Has Exceeded Its Legal H.
debisdn6SS 10 Bonds.
SHOWING OF rnE cry FINANCES.


The fact Ia that Sal, Lake has gone
beyond is legal limit Of indebtedness
In the Issue Of It's bonds alone, exclu'
sivu Of all other liabilities. This takes
into consideration the last sale Of
s25O,OOO In bonds TO Blair a Co, Of
New York.
The corrected assessment OF tho city
for 1898 Is siS,s75,OOO. Four per cent
OF this 10 Sl,75j,OOO which 4, the
amount that the United States statute
rays shall not be exceeded In ooliga'
tons Of any kind by the city. The
issue Of bond, inclusive of those now
being taken by Blair & Co, Ia listed as
follow;
iirst itsuo........,.... .......,'.,....s.tl'l w
10 blaif q Co ........s.......s,.s, sssssssssss
Copper flaut bonus ...,...,,....ss.s.s' a''.V
Total ,.fus................... ........iI,5,s. .,
Indebtedness limit. ................'.'s' l'''''-
Eiccss..........-..................-...-. iii,o.'
VINO h. going to ioso this S2O,OOul
Not Blair d Co., presumably, ~ they
are taking tnu regular issue. Inca II
comes to tho copper plant people. IL
may be- suggested that they mold SO,
OO1 bonds only ~ security TOT the
$1,000 each appropriated. Ga that
statement there eau be- only $4,000 ol
their security that h worth anything,
aud they WON'T be pleased 10 figure II
that way, but that they are entitled to
the full amount A. any rate the $40,
COO is an excess over the legal limit.
TuE CiTY FINANCES.
II was late last night when auditor
u. 4. Raybould completed the state
ment OF lhe expenses and rcceipIe oi
the city government for the nine
months ending Sept. 30, on which he
has been working. IL emphasizes s,ill
further the reoklessuess which has
characterized the present city COunolPs
action. TIE income Tor the nine months
covered by the report was s865, 1914,
anu the money spent by thu city uut-
ing that limo aggregated 1891 ,67i.bii
thus wiplug out n balance Of s8l2, 7d4.
Is when was In the treasury on ,ho
istof January last and going through
1858, $4,000 more. MIR. RaybOuld's 10.
port shows as lOliowt;
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Losr

A uENNhWn tINAIE IUp. SEVEN
~ muutha ui'. rctln Co Mabi's aiu.rat
seventh Latt auu seventh south aul be- va.
wardct
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ROUGH ON WALL STREET.

''''''''''''.''...,-''95I,a'l IS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-20

Iodayis cloaruc house exchange
amounted 10 sll1,l6D.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-05-19

seen numerous huts and lcrnala Of the
natives, with hordcs Of slcell-haired,
lonR.horned cattle lnziiy grazing on the
grassy slopes--a picture OF pastoral
beauty and contentment rarely seen In
other lands.
All along the eastern border Of Cape
Colony waterfalls are numerous. One
Of the most magnificent Of these is on
the Tsitza river, not far from the Shaw
burg mission station and half way be-
tween Umtata ind Kolestad- Some
miles below the falls the river makes
bend TO the left, and after running
through some charmingly picturesque
gorges wooded 10 the waters edge, it
passes across q fat stretch Of country
until II reaches the edge Of dizzy
precfpice over which II leaps, with a
roar resembling distant thunder, to q
seething depth 81 s75 feet below. Tho
rift or chastn through which the river
p1unges is about 1850 yards across; and
during the rainy season, when the
mountain sources are flooded and seek
ing outlet In this direction. the scene is
grand and beyond the power Of any pen
TO describe.
Then Il Is that the entire space be-
tween the walls ESQ yards forms one
continuous, unbrolsen sheet OF water.
which flows faster and faster till II
reaches the precipfce, where, foaming
and scething, wave seeming TO struggle
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-05-19

II is IN easy and very profitable bust
ness 70 smugele rifles into Morocco. A
weapon may be bought in Gibraltar for
ten dollars and sold in the interior for
five or six times that sum. smugglers
are continually running over in felnccas
and Bleaching these arms somewhere
between Cape spartel and Tangier, and
curious are the devices by which they
accomplish their transport.
One smuggler told a traveller that he
ran his cargo into Tangier bay after
dark, and nnloaded the rifles on the
beach, not a quarter of mile from the
custom house.
.Whoassists you in unloading?' asked
the traveller.
Il generally employ the porters of the
custom house, ! was the innocent reply.
Then, noting the surprise and amuse-
mcnt OF his hearer, he added:
They are more skilled in unloading
than other iaborers.r
It had evidently neither occurred 20
him nor 70 the porters that they might
betray him. - Youths Companion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-05-19

has certainly not arisen from the alb
sence Of ample material worthy OF the
most eloquent pen.
The greater portion of what once
was Kafrland, but is now commonly
known as Kaffraria and the Trans
Keian territories, Is distinguished alike
for its fertile valleys and grassy glades
and its grand and picturesque noun
tain scenery. Within this area the
famous Drakensberg chain assumes It's
most sublime proportions. The wild
confusion Of fantastic shapes and forms
here presented could not be more APP
propriately described than by the Kafir
name 'tQuathidm5a, ~ eaped up heller
skelter-by which the region is known
to the natives. During the winter
months many of these taller peaks are
not unfrequently clad with snow, pre-
senting a quaint and interesting con-
trast to the darl-green verdure which
fourishes at the base.
Numerous water courses have their
sources in this wild region and flow on
ward to the lower plateau. half way to
the Indian ocean, where their volumes
are increased and united until several
pretentious rivers are formed, such as
the Bashee, Umtata and the Umzim-
vubu. Dotted along on these river
valleys on their way to the sea, are
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III advance Of me. suddenly stopped,
raised his rife and quickly fired. Stimuli.
taneously with the report Of the gun
heard lopd snort and then a crash
ing noise lilsc tornado rushing down
the side OF the mountain. and then ]
saw, not more than seyenty-iye yards
away, huge, darl-colored beast, bear
ing right down upon me. ! did not
hesitate, but sprang for tree q few
steps away, and, seizing q lower branch,
was rapidly launching myself out Of dam
ger, when the branch snapped from the
trunk and fell heavily 70 the ground.
Then, bearing Phillips laugh. looked
up and saw the dead buffalo lying
about twenty yards from me. Phillips
shot had penetrated its heart, but the
savage brute had charged in the direc-
ton Of It's foes till the last throb was
stili. j. w. SrLER.