The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-13

Eln. out when she got there she found she
could uot reach the place whore 10 was
hanging and was too weak % get on a
chair, There was no use In thinking Of
The gun question, 50 she took a large
butcher knife, intending to fight the beast
TO the death.
When she got outside again and saw the
two still playing together she thought
she would call the child and then won
dered why shc had not done it ia the first
place and saved herself the wounds. But
baby was having too good a time and
wouldn't come. The mother called and
begged and told 10 what terrible beast
II was that she was playing with, but the
child couldn't understand and called its
mother to come and take part in the fun.
Once of twice the mother went near,
but the beast was always ready, and the
womans nerve felt shaky. She knew
that if she only wounded the beast 1t
would kill her. and then the child would
be doomed sure. After mature cousidera-
ton she concluded to sit near by and not
make an attack unless the beast started
to iniure the child. Her wounds were
bleeding freely, and she was getting
weaker every moment. Still she sat
there ready to fight the moment the wild
cat showed signs of treating the child
differently.
She sat thus nearly an hour The min
utcs seemed years, but at last a wagon
was heard coming up the road, and the
mother knew the childs father would
soon be home, Her little experience had
taught her to be careful, so she went to
the front Of the house and before MIR. Ed
wards got to the doorstep she stopped
him and told him the story.
He got his rife and ran to where the
child was. He found both lying down on
the ground apparently asleep. A slight
noise brought the wild cat to his feet, and
at the same time Mr. Edwards raised the
rifle TO his shoulder. 1t was hard to got
where there would be no danger of hit
ting the child, and he shot as he had
never shot before, and when he pulled the
trigger bullet went into the wild cats
BRAIN and it rolled over dead.
The baby realized that something awful
had happened to her friend and threw
herself on the dead body and commenced
to cry, but in another instant she was
pressed to her mothers breast while
tears of joy rained upon her face.
California burro recently distin-
guished himself in a more signal manner
than jackasses usually do. A locomotive
at Asphalt backed up switch track to
pull out some cars loaded with wool. To
do this the switch was unlocked and the
bar thrown down. Along came a mild
eyed, inoifensive iackass-the cunning
little things are all of that pattern-and
began to rub against the switch bar, com
mencing at one ear, then gradually sliding
down to the tail, then around on the 9th er
side, evidently intending to wind up by
polishing off the other car.
Suddenly the engine started, when
Master Jackass, Jr., deftly crawled under
the switchbar, thereby lifting it just
enough to throw the rail out of lock.
Then when the engine struck the lOos-
ened rails they spread, and there was the
train stranded trainload Of passeu-
gers, the force of trainmen, all hungry,
nothing eatable in sight but the young
iack8ss, nothing TO cook him with, and
grave doubts as to his flavor when caught.
The trainswas delayed for several hours,
and there was a hungry and angry lot Of
people when finally they all babe good-by
to the new switch tender and started for
home. Luckily there was no physical
harm done, not even to the burro, al
though an effort win be made to give him
q layoff for the season.
A man named Rothery, who was stop
ping at the Bears Head tavern in Leeds,
entrapped the cook Mrs. Burriu by
Nance INTO room, closed the door and
suddedly drew razor from his pocket
and attempted to cut her throat. No hui
man help was at hand. but while Mrs.
q black dog belonging to the hotel, who
happened to be lying asleep under q
couch in the room, aroused himself, and,
springing upon the assassin, seized him
by the coat sleeve close to the wrist. This
at once compelled the man to attempt to
shake the animal off. Meanwhile he nee
essarily relaxed his hold upon the woman,
who now found strength to call for help.
Rothery. however, succeeded in releas-
1vrr N ir1Nq alf nd lA1 Hd al
the woman razor in hand The dog, how
ever, was still more nimble. He sprang
between them and leaped to seize the
fellow by the throat. 1t was at this
moment that the landlady, having heard
the screams, rushed to the door and got
hold of the woman, whose egress was
INSTRUCTED by the chair on which. she had
been sitting before she removed to the
couch. With great presence of mind she
dragged Mrs. Burrill out, and closing the
door shut the man in the room with the
dog Thereupon Rothery cut his own
throat and died In few minutes.
1t is related by John Worth that In
some parts of the west in the springtime
the prairie chickens Sharp tailed grouse)
moet every morning at gray dawn in
companies of from six to twenty and in
dulge in q dance which reminds him
strongly of the Cree Indian dance. AT
first the DlruS SbanQ ABOUT IN ordinary at
titudes, resembling people at a ball be-
fore the music begins, when suddenly one
of the cocks lowers his head, spreads his
wings nearly horizontally and his tail
perpendicularly, distends his air sacs and
erects his feathers, then rushes across
the floor taking the shortest of steps,
but stamping his feet so hard and so
rapidly that the sound is like that of the
kettledrum. At the same time he utters
a sort of bubbling crow, which seems to
come from his air sacs, beats the air with
his wings and vibrates his tail so that he
produces loud. rustling noise, and thus
becomes a really astonishing spectacle.
Soon after one commences all the cocks
join in, rattling, stamping, drumming
Growing and dancing together furiously
Louder and louder the noise, faster and
faster the dance becomes until at last they
madly whirl about, leaping over each other
in excitement. After a brief spell the
energy of the dancers begins to abate
and shortly afterward they cease and
stand or move about very quietly until
they are again started by one of their
number leading off, as human dancers are
observed to DO during the intervals Of
rest between their performances.
Julia-But If we return to empire style why
not the men, too?
Maud-O they would be such rights.