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II BlHCK LION.
BY DIR. J. HAMPDEN PORTER, AUTHOR OF
wild BEASTS" ETC.

The Niger rolled around its great bend like
al inland sea 1t was the season for storms,
and It's surf, which never ceases, broke before
n strong northWcster with an echo Of that
heavy and hollow sound one hears upon ocean
shores
Ospreys and kingtishers, marathon storks.
metallic blaclbirds Guinea fowl aud trum-
peters. nanlingoes and pelicans. screamed or
flashed. stallled. swOoped, or scared III all di-
rections \ blazing tropical sun rose above
the surrounding forest, and Prof koenig-
stein sat under a bVtter-trec vociferating.
''Vat | care vat die lIauptmann Cabtain
Wells haf seen ?" he roared Dere list no
black lion species noveres; nieder gcib, dot
you calls yellow, nor yet ret or gray. Lions
shows all desc col0rs, but il is accidental
shust like dcy hat names or hat dem not, as
die case may be. Nein! ncin. Updt il IS
der curse of natur-histoIie dot egoisG dot
makes men to classify mitout a reason.
All this and more, because [ said Capt
Wells saw black lion The day before.
Four OF rs were encamped below what was
then the small French frontier post of DUAL
Hadii. Great woodlands stretched away in
definitely, broken by broad spaces of savanna,
with scrub jungle and reed brake.
This region also haTbored beings that we'll
prompt people TO avoid; among the rest, lions,
leopards wild elephants, with innumerable
constructor and poisonous snakes, besides
plunderinc. numbering Touaregs these latter
also called yelled men, > on account Of the
micah, or scarf, in which they envelop their
heads and faces. Soudanese natives never
speak of them otherwise than as thieves,
hyenas, and the abandoned of God. y
Certainly, they did evil exceedingly - in
those days, but such a party as this could go
almost anywhere, and it was too great q
game country to be abandoned because we
might get our Threats cut Ii had not the
advantage of India, where one may gen
orally beat for game; SO, except in the follow
ing of fresh trail or stalking some animal
accidentally seen our trust was reposed in
the machan or skarm-tree-p platform or COW
cred trench.
These were placed near secluded pools.
since even while the Myers mighty food lay
near comparatively few wild beasts would 90
to water on an open shore.
What tremendous things had we not seen
during our night watches? What wild
dramas of earth's waste places, such as only
far-trayeled hunters behold? Think of being
alone in an immense loose menagerie, where
the beasts are undaunted by human contact
and unsubdued by captivity. Imagine the
excitement, those eyer-present risks, that
constant and inperious demand upon train
ing, nerve, and skill. He who has breathed
the desert air, upon whose spirit such i'm
pTessiens as these have set their seal, is
changed-at once and permanently
We idled most of that day upon which
Prof Koenigstein delivered his opinion con-
cening lions. and stretched our limbs, cramp-
ed by long canoe journey. Moreover, forest
and plain were drenched during the after
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:, LOOKING FOR THE PREY"
Knowing this, neither of rs pulled trigger
until the one opposite Wells swung around,
instantly receiving two-Ounce ball behind
his shoulders Amidst the frightful con-
fusion that followed / got an equally good
snapshot at the other, and as both these ami
mails fell within a short distance ON the OPP
poste slope, it was evident that some great
vessels had been cut or they would not have
gone down 30 soon.
The consultations had sunk toward the
horizon, and a blanket was very comfortable
in that chill coming before dawn, when our
last adventure during that night occurred.
/ admit, with shame, the imputation of
having been more than half asleep, while
Wells was slumbering peacefully. Men in
skarms should stay awake, lest they become
death traps, rs was almost the case with ours
OF course, it grew darker toward morning,
there was no sound save some distant roar or
scream, and the pool had long been deserted.
Then all at once my lethargy disappeared
with a shock, leaving me in a state of intense
attention.
Why? Nobody knows; therefore, men
feel superstitious about such things, though
the processes implicated are plain enough.
Anyway, there | was strung to concert pitch
and fully conscious that some imminent
danger drew near. One learns to think
quickly in jungles. What were those faint,
intermittent, scarcely-audible sounds?
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rived at an early hour, so as to avoid noe
turnal beasts of prey, the old ones among
these latter exhibiting ludicrously human
degree of nervous irritation at the needless
ness Of their youngsters, who continually
forgot about leopards, and scampered here
and there, and got soundly cutfed when
caught.
In the clare obscure of darker hour more
imposing visitors appeared Besides fierce
looking hyenas and hideous wart-hogs two
besotted black rhinoceroses Numbered in
from opposite directions, and instantly began
to fight. Afterwards, with heavy tramp and
cavernous believing a herd of great African
buffaloes galloped on to the opposite ridge.
They had been stampeded but their panic
must have been due to some imaginary dan
ger. for what enemy except man can harm
these colossal creatures while they remain
together? As it was, an outlying troop Of
lions watched them longingly, but knew
better than to attack.
As time went on two or three panthers
glided 10 the brink and drank; but except
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ANDERS0MVIL.LE:
Private Soldiers Experience During Fifteen Months in
Richmond, AndersOnville, Savannah Mlen,
BackShear. and Florence
BY JOHN McELROY, Late of Co. L, 18th Ill. Cav.


HAVE READY VOL. l. OF ANDERS0NVILLE,
the most graphic story of life in rebel prisons
written. 1t is a large volume and its appearance is
peculiarly oppoItune this time, because this volume
brings the story up to the point reached by the work
running serial in weekly jnstalments in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. New subscribers therefore who
receive this volume may read it and continue the story
in the paper week l;y week
1t Is impossible, briefly to give adequate de5crip
ton Of the scope and character Of this immortal chapter
in the history OF The civil war. II deals with a great
subject and little understood because ii tragedy
enacted behind the scenes obscured by the smoke Of
battle IN front While the public was kept daily informed
Of march and siege and desperate attack and repuIse
fixing the attention upon the ever-canging panorama Of
active warfare the voice Of heroes dying in prison pens
was lost No from the herded like cattle
beyond the mountains of the South. The Nation knew
little OF the horrors behind the Stockade.
The author of Andersonyie has told thrilling
story. If il has horrors they are his invention
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VIII Stand by 1t.

G. L. Camp, Sergeant, Co. G, 92d Ohio,
Seattle. Wash: | believe the Per Diem Bill
will suit nearly all the boys ! have just
secured two subscribers for THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. Every comrade should take 1t.
1t is worth a brigade of the best drilled
soldiers to charge the works and carry them
in behalf of the old veterans 1t is the only
paper that know of that is on the skirmish-
line all the time. My wife says l live by
it, and sleep by IT," which i, quite true. 1t
stands by me, and so long as l can raise a
dollar 1 shall not desert it or let its colors
trail in the dust.
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War Photography.


That the camera will play an important
part in the future warfare is a fcregone
conclusion, but mp TO the present time the
one thing that has been needed to make it
more useful and quickly available in aerial
work has been simple and reliable lifting
power, and this has apparently been found
in the perfected form of the tailless kite.
This kite, or a train of them, to which =
camera can be fixed, will do the work of
balloon, and at no risk to human life. If
an enemy cannot easily hit balloon, how
much less chance will there be of injury
resulting to so small an object as a camera
suspended q thousand feet or more in the
air. Recent trials in Austra-Hungary and
in England have shown that rifle bullets
have little effect on captive balloons, even
at low attitudes. Above 600 feet ordinary
shells are almost useless, and even shrapnei
are surprisingly ineffective.
LADIES: Write to Mrs. L. Hudnut, South
Bend, Ind She sends FREE a simple home
CURE for Leucorrhea and all female troubles.
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BY ALBERT D. RICHARDSON,
The well-known war correspondent.

cry FEW, IF ANY, OF THE ROMANTIC
histories of any episode in the war of the
rebellion have enjoyed greater favor than
Richardson's account of The Field, the
Dungeon, and the Escape. The author was
war correspondent sent, first to observe
the uprising against the Government, and,
finally, TO join the army at the front. He
was with Lyon, Sigel, Hunter, Pope, FIRE.
mont, Halleck. Grant, and Rosecrans by
turns, and witnessed Wilson'S Greek, Fort
Donelson, Shiloh, the advance on Corinth,
siege of yicksburg, and many other I'M
pOrtant battles and operations.
Our author found his way to the dungeon
as the result of thrilling and disastrous
effort to pass the batteries at Vicksburg on
board of transport loaded with provisions
and forage.
Next we have the journey to Richmond,
the life at Libby Prison, Castle Thunder,
and Salisbury and finally after fifteen
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1.-THE CANM0NEER."
BY AUGUSTUS BUELL..
Story Of a Private Soldier
FULLY AND GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED,

lie CANNONEER " IS 4 WON
derful book of nearly 400 pages,
such as very rarely appears in
literature. 1t is one that appeals
directly to the popular heart to
all who love and admire courage,
loyalty, and devoted service. The
author was a volunteer, but early
in his service was transferred TO
one of the finest batteries in the
Regular Army, and which did
some of the very hardest fighting
III the War of the Rebellion. From
Antietam to Appomattox it was
constantly engaged, and nearly
always in the very forefront of
battle. Its terrible fighting at
Antietam, Gettysburg, and Be-
thesla Church was unprecedented
in the history Of light artillery.
The attention is caught at the
very first and held to the end. The
mcn--Gcnerals, battery officers
and priyates-whom he describes
are pictured so admirably that
ends, and the reader gets breath
mp aud march are wonderfully true
breast OF every old soldier.
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HE MYSTERY WHICH ENSHROUDS
the life of q spy is one of the never-faGin2
charms of the stories of war. Stories or
such adventures have the same fascinatios
which attend the exploits of freebooters,'
the daring of navigators In unknown seas
and the doings of hunters in untrodden
wilds.
The author began his work with the
birth of the Southern Confederacy at
Montgomery There and at Richmond he
saw jeff Davis and other rebel leaders
almost daily, and equally almost daily
was in sight of his own scatfold in tho
event of betrayal OF his identity. He
was with Bragg at Pensacola, Beauregard
at Manassas, secured information of the
greatest value, and had thousand start
ling adventures.
Having escaped I'll these desperate
chances and saved his .eck, the Boy
renes have past. .iyas 20 rs thrilling siory
L he saw and how he escaped tie fate which
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TWO these eight sold
~
who through
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he TRANSFORMATION of more
than 2, 0o0, 900 young, brave, enthu-
siastic but wholly undisciplined
American boys into hardy, season
ed veterans, the equals of which
the world never saw, is always a
story OF the most fascinating in
tereSt.
1t was a process full Of the most
terrible earnestnesS 10 every boy
who underwent it, yet its most try
ing incidents frequently abounded
in the most ludicrous features, at
which no one laughed more heartily
than the boy himself after he
graduated in the grand school of
actual war.
No account Of these experiences
has ever approached the widespread
popular favor extended to 81
Klegg and Shorty" as published
in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE a
dozen years ago.
These sketches have been laughed
at and cried over n 10000 homes
of veterans, in Post rooms, ut camp
fires, and wherever the survivors of
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THE BOY spy IN dixie.
Service Under the Shadow of the
SCaffO1d.
BY j. 0. K ERBEY.

Fully Illustrated by the Surprising Skill of Coffin. Large
SS4
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shape for the reader Everybody has constantly heard OF tlonS Raid
Raid, but this all the
them has been cued together and presented in handy volume
Of accessible general
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HIS is, UNDOUBTEDLY, THE MOST THRILLING
book of the great civil war No single war story
wildly presents many of the hidden, underground
elements of the struggle against rebellion this From
beginning to end the readers attention never weares
and he rises from the perusa feeling almost if he had
again lived through those terrible days The adventures
taversed the Conederacy in all decons some persisted
as SPIES all suffered terribly and the wonder is that
any escaped alive.
Inc events narrated in the story of this expedition
are unparalleled either in ancient modern warfare
No writer of would dare invent the capture
of crowded railroad train in the midst of an enemy's
camp by band of twenty unarmed soldiers who had
ourned hundreds Of miles from their own lines The
subsequent escape of part of the band by Selling
armed guard almost i'll sight of regiment Of foes
the whole breadth Of the Conederay different directions
while the sad tragedy that occurred at Atlanta is freshly
red by the inhabitants of that beautiful city after the
rty years.
THE NATIONAL. TRTPTTNE
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F ALL THE GREAT CAVALRY OPERATIONS OF
the war; two raids have the most surprising fasci-
nation for the popular mind These Col. Benz.
II. Grierson's amazing swoop through the interior
of Mississippi, from La Grange, in that State, to
'atOn Rouge, La, and Gen. John H. Morgan's sensa-
onal gallop through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio,
Which ended in his utter discontinue and imprison
nent in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Both these great performances took place within
few weeks of another, but differed markedly
n their history. Grierson's Raid eminently sue
essful and helped Gen Grant greatly in his campaign
ganst Vicksburg. In every way it was one of the
Teatest achievements of the kind the history of
dorgan's Raid great failure and embarrassed
Bragg in his operations.
This is the first time that all the facts concerning
hese stirring events have been gathered together
flicial publications. and presented in a convenient
verybody has constantly heard of Grierson's Raid,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-24

Continues to go. The good Rio coffee Of
fifteen cents per pound ut l. Z. Almond
l. Co., Eighth and Market streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-24
' H,s Political Career.

"Yos, held a public office once, said
the man In the macintosh as he proceed
ed to Light cigar and the other hastened
TO get to windward Of him.
Have contract for sweeping 1t outpn
queried the man with the green goggles.
Somebody die and will 1t to youp'
asked the man who had his feet on the
table.
"You have never been in public life,
either of you," he retorted. "That's all
that ails you fellows. don't mind say
ing either that my experience as IN office.
holder'was not pleasant one. was nom
mated at a township convention against
my will for the office of town clerk. I
protested, but II didn't do any good.
Some of the boys had put up Job on me,
and they rushed the thing through with q
whoop was not only nominated for the
office, but was elected, It's-one of those
little jobs, you know, that are whole lot
Of trouble and mighty little profit.
served the term out, but 1t was really an
injury to me. 1t took me away from my
business II made all sorts of bother, and
was glad enough to lay 1t down at the
end Of the term
"Whnt did the office pay9" inquired tho
man with the white spot in his mustaohe.
ut was worth $500 year.
Then what are you kicking about9"
1T was really worth $500 year, say,
but the actual salary, all fees included,
was only $40. That's where the injury
came in. And the people of the township
added Insult to the injury. s,s.
"HowP' 'sssss-7'-
"They said the salary was more than
was worth"
And the man in the macintosh relight-
ed his cigar, smoked on in silence, and the
Others got still farther to windward of
him.-Chicago Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-24

The fact is, the rockery, to be success,
must be an evolution instead of creation
Attempt to construct one after any set
plan and you are sure to fail with It, The
most satisfactory one ever saw was one
that made Itself, so to speak. The stones
of which it was composed were hauled in
winter and dumped down carelessly in
great heap. In spring the owner looked
them over and came to tho conclusion that
it would be impossible for him to arrange
them in more picturesque manner, and
he had tho good sense not to attempt it.
He worked earth in between them and
planted wild vines and ferns there, and
his rockery was a success. If possible, a
rocckery should be located in secluded
portion Of the grounds.
Rockeries as nature makes them are
generally in secluded hooks, where all
kinds Of wild things feel at home, and we
should try to carry out as completely as
possible the iden Of the wildness which
prevails In natures haunts-to domesti-
cate wildness, so to speak, This cannot be
done satisfactorily where the grounds are
close to the street. If the grounds arc too
small to allow you to give the rockery
place at some distance from the house, and
you feel that you must have one, plant
trees or shrubs go as to give it an air Of
partial seclusion ct least.-Eben e. Rex
ford in Ladies' Home journal.
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the original
Cereal Food Coffee
GRAiN=O
the initiation
Postum Cereal Company Limited Battle Creek, Mich

WIIITE-On Sunday, May 90, 1897 Ger
trude Wilkinson, infant daughter of
Vim. II. and Helen Lewis White, aged
| lyear.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services at the residence
Of her grandfather, Arthur h, Lewis 1
| East Twenty-third street, on Tuesday
afternoon. May 20 at : o'clock Interment
private.
IIARTLEY--At his residence 51j Wost
Seventh street, Chester, Pa, j. James
Hartley.
Funeral will take place from tho resi-.
dence of Rpbt. Barrett, Eighteenth street,
Highlands, Wilmington, on Tuesday after.
noon at o'clock. Intermgnt private at
Nj. Salon Cemetery.
TITuS---In this city on May q, 1897, Ellen
F., widow Of the late Thomas Titus,
aged 81 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
tend the funeral on Thursday afternoon,
May y, at 2 o'clock from her late ro,i,
dencc, S!2 West Seventh street Inter
ment at Asbury Church Cemetery.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-24
Resolutions Of Respect.

Whereas the silent messenger has again
entered our peaceful borders and removed
from our midst our beloved brother, VIII
liam +. Lodge, member of West Brandy.
wine Grange, No 10, by whose death tho
grange has lost an ardent supporter, the
community useful citizen and the wife
kind and indulgent husband. There.
fore, be it
Resolved, That the charter Of tho grange
be draped in morning for thirty days q
copy Of these proceedings spread on the
minutes of tho grange, copy sont to the
family of the deceased, and also published
in one Wilmington daily paper.
Talleyvillo, May 20, 1897. E.
JOHN W. DAY,
WILLIAM r. DERTCKsON,
ELIZA Il. DERICGs)N
Committee.
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ton: Barney says he will get even with
keoberg combination at the next primary
election. The talk khht Geo II, Mccall
was counted out In tbs Fifth ward is idle
by the parties circulating such q report.
The Peter j. Pagan men didn't material.
Ice In the First ward on Saturday or per-
haps the old man had things fixed with
the voters so that Peter could not win no
matter how hard he and his workers tried.
Not this time Peter try again two years
hence,
Clerk Of the Market Niedermaier In the
Fourth ward did his best for Councilman
Meaney but 1t was too big contract
even for Frank.
Cheating at the primaries yet has the
call In our city. The primary bill should
now be passed by the General Assembly.
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HORSE SHOW AT WlSSAtilCKON
HEIGHTS.
Special Excursion Tickets via pennsyl.
varia Railroad.


The sixth annual opnn-air exhibition of
the Philadelphia Horse Show will he held
on st. Martins Green, Wissnhickon
Heights alton, Philadelphia, May ., 3G
~ q, and -
The announcement of an exhibition
under the auspices of this organization.
which is composed Of leading citizens of
PhIlaIclphih, Is AL assurance of perfection
As all visitors to tho exhibitions in former
years will attest
The prize list is liberal, and representa-
tives OF the best society 0f philadelphia
New York. Baltimore, Washington, and
other Eastern cities will entorthnir horses
and equlpagcs in the competition for 'he
premiums.
special feature this year will DO Farm
crs' Day, Tuesday. May %, when many
attractions OF interest to farmers will he
presented, tncll ling an exhibit Of Gne
draught horses, breeders, and rOudStnps
The grounds, which nro located immed.
lately on tho Germantown and Chestnut
llilI Branch Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
eleven miles from Broad Street Station
are ample for all purposes Of the show,
and the accommodations for visitors are
complete.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell special excursion tickets, includ.
ing coupon of admission. from New York,
Philadelphia, Lancaster, Wilmington,
West Chester PhOeDixville, and principal
Intermediate stations las we'll as the
Chestnut Hill Branch) to Wissahick0n
Heights Station, May u to 20, good to re-
turn until June T. ts07, inclusive.
On May p (Farm9Is' Day. tickets in.
Guiding coupon Of admission and valid for
thntday only, will be sold at exceptionally
low rates.
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FEW AMERICANS
Like misrepresentation whom they
The Groth of the Cereal Coffee Movement
:, IL IS an Interesting
MATTER OF HISTORY


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the cereals would the color taste
in
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lipi nwle cusom mn tor the orgn
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