yf le ColtirqlDikq.
(COt.U"A tlKMOClUT, STAR OF Till rlORTU, Mill CO-
1 lumman, Consolidated.)
Iiinl VceUlyeTrry 1'rlilny Morning, nl
llLOOMSfll'Ita, COLUMBIA CO., r&.
it two DOM.AM per year. To suliscrltiers out o(
u p rountr tlio tonus nro strictly In nilvnnco.
lir.No paper discontinued except at the option
nt tho nublliliers, until nil rtrre,irni?es nro paid, but
ton continued credits will not bo Riven.
All papers Kent out of the- suite or to distant post
oftloe-i must be paid forln advance, unless n respon
sible person In Columulu county assumes to pay
llio subscription duo on demand.
1'OSTAOK Is no longer exacted from subscribers
jntln county. . r , . . . .
JOB PRINTING.
Tlictobblnf Departmentnt tho Oof.UMM an Is very
eompleto, and our .Job rrlnttmr 111 comparo favor
ably wlih that of tho lnrt?e cities; All work done on
siiort notice, noatly and nt moderate prices.
ajes Of DEXISINq.
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1100
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vonrir BiirfrfiBptncntji nin utile nuarterlr. Trnrr-
utr-m mirxrti vmenin tntmf Ixi Daldfor Ijcforc Insett
ed except whero parties haro accounts.
Legal advertlscmcnm two dollars per Ineli tt
Ihreo insertions, and at that .rata for additional
insertions without reference w icngm.
Kxeculor'a. Admlnlitrntor's. and Audllor'snpllet
three dollars. Must bo paid tor when nscrtcoV
Transient or Local not Iocs, ten cents a line, regu
lar advertisements halt rates.
J K UITTEHBENDEB, f "'P"6"11'
BLOOMSBUUG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1883.
THK COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVII. NO 8
COLOMMA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XLVI, NO tl
cards in tho 'Business Directory" column, one
dollar a year for etch lino.
9m
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
-r K. WATVLEH,
' ATTO 1 IN 15 Y-AT-L AW,
onica In 1st NatlonM'llank bulldlnc, second lloor,
llr door to tlio rl(?litv Corner of Main and Mar
ket streets, llloomsourtf, I'a.
VT U. FUNIC,
' ATTOltNUY-AT-LAW.
mOMSDOIK), PA,
onlco In Snl's Building.
p it. nucK.vr,i:v,
J ' ATT011N1CY-AT-LAW.
DLOOMsntinn, I'A.
onlco on Main street, 1st door below Court House.
J OHN M. OtiAllIC,
ATTOKN 15 Y-AT-L AW.
llLOOUsnCllO, I'A.
onice over Schuyler's Hardware Store.
W. MILLEU,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW
Onlco In Urowcr's bulldinir.sccond lloor.room No. 1
Mootnsburu, I'a.
O FRANK ZARR,
' ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW.
llloomsburg, Pa.
onlco corner of Cantro and Main streets. Clark j
Uulldlng.
Can bo consulted In German.
QUO. K- EIjWBLL,
ATT011N15Y-AT-LAW.
Nbw Coujmruh Dcildino, llloomstiurg, I'a.
Merrber of tho United States Law Association,
t.'ollectlons mado In any part of America or Eu
rope. pAUL E. WIRT,
Attorney-at-Law.
onlco In COLUMBIAN Uoilbino, Itoom No. 1, socsnd
lloor.
IJLOOXISIIURG, PA.
jg-EUVEY E. SMITH,
ATTOl INK Y-AT-L AAV,
llloomsburg, fa.
Ofilco In Mh. Enfs Uulldlog.
Sept. 15 'SJ-t y.
p UY JAUORY,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW.
ULOOMSUUltO,
onice In H.J.ciark'Jliniwinif, second floor, first
door to the left.
O0t.8, '80.
8.XN0im. I.B.WINTSKSTKKN.
! Notary rubllo
! KNORR & WINTEUSTEEN,
! Attornoys-at-Law.
omeo lu 1st National Bank building, second floor.
nratdoortothol-ft. Corner of Main and Market
. streets llloomsburg, l'a.
j tSSTemwna and Bounties Collechd.
J II. MAT3E,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JUSTICE OF THE FEACE,
onice in Mrs. But 's Uulldlng, third door from
JOHN C. YOCUM,
Attoi'ney-at-LaWt
CATAWISSA, I'A.
omeo In Nbws Item building, Main Btrcet.
Member of tho American Attorneys' ABSoela-
OoUo'ctlons mado In any part of America.
jan. o,
AK. OSWALD,
AT i UJ tiS Vj 1 i -uiv , r .
Jackson Uiiililing, Rooms 4 and 5.
Mayo, 81. BERWICK, PA
II. RIIAWN,
ATTOl INK Y-AT-L A V .
PntnwlRflft. I'a.
omeo, corner of Third and Main Streets.
"pi. II. SNYDER,
ATTO 11NE Y-AT-L A W,
Orangoville, Pa.
onice In Low's llulldlng, second lloor, second
door to til? left,
Can bo consulted In German. auc 19 -sa
7 E, SMITH,
Attoniey.ntI.nw, Berwick. Fa.
Can 1)6 Consulted In Germtm.
ALhO FIUST-CI.ASS
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES llEl'IlUSKXTCI).
CtTOfllco with tho Berwick Independent.
MISCELLANEOUS.
,1 II A t IfT .1?. V Allnnun..l.T.gir
, ofiloo lu urowcr's building, snd story.Itooms
R BUCKINGHAM, Attorney-at-Law
.omeo, llrockway's llulldlng list lloor,
liloutusburg, l'enn'a. may 7, 'SO-t f
T B JIcKELVY, M. D.,BurKeon and Fhy
.stclan,r)!)rttnldeMaln btieet.below Market
h. FRITZ, Atlornay.al-Law. Office
p M. DRINKER, QUN & LOCKSMITH
HHwmg Machines and Machinery of all kinds re-
pureu, uraui iiocsi llulldlng, inoorabDurg, ra,
D
R. J. 0. R UTTER,
PHYSICIAN SUH)EOP
iiupc, Hovm Market street,
UlQom3burg, ra
nil. WM. M. REI1ER. aiirircon nnd
I I'liyalclnn. onloo carrier of Itacl; una Market
T R. EVAN8, M. D.. Surgeon and
. I'liyslo'.an, (OIUco and HDsldencu on Third
street.
JAMES REILLY,
ToiiHOi'lnl Ai'tiiRt:.
If aiain at his oil stand under KXUIIANCIK
HiiruL, and has as usuil a FiltHT-CLAHS
lUUUKU Slioi'. He respaQt(ui;y icUdls the
Jollity W013lo,rni1 "Jiyij" .sijlfj10
BXOHAlSrE HOTEL.
W. R. TQESBS, PR0PIiIE,T0R
SMQHSBVUa, PA,
oi'TOitb ooihit iioysB,
Mfiii and oquveqiaqt sample rooms. Iialh roomi
Hn wX oold waior,nd all modern conriulonces
AUVKltTISKHSbyadJroislniOKO. UOVVKLL
0o., 10 rtpruooat., Now Vork, civi learo tha
exact cost of any proposed line of advkhtisiko lu
jimciicuii wewspapura. iiou-paga pauipuiei.
J. J.
BROWER
CARPETS
BLOOivlSBURG, PA.
BL00MSBORG PL4MG MILL
Tho undersigned having put his l'lanlng Mil
on Railroad Mreot, In ilrst-ciass condition, Is pre
pared to do all kinds of work In hl3 line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOOR?;
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and nono but skilled workmen
aro employed.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
furnished on application. I'lans and spcclflca
Hons prepared by an experienced drnugh'sman.
CHARLES KRVO,
Rlooiiinbiirg, I'a,
STOVES AND TINWARE.
Has purchased the Sto-knnd B islness of I. Ha
irenbuch, and Is now prepared to do all kinds of
work In his line, l'lumblng nnd Oas Fitting a
specialty. Tinware, Stoves,
In a great variety. All work dono by
EXPERIENCED HANDS.
Malu Street corner of East.
ni,oojMsnuRG, pa.
AND
PAPER HANGING.
WM. F. BODINE,
IKON ST., HKL0W8Kt:0ND.IlL00M8U0Ha, 1A.
is prepared 10 ao au Kiuas oi -
novas pain una
Plain nnd Ornamental.
PAPER HANGING,
BOTH DECOHAT1VK AND TLAIN.
All IiIiuIh ol'Fiirnlttn c Repaired
and made hh good as new,
NONE BUT FIHST-CLASS WORKMEN EMP
LOYED. Estimates IVSade on all Wort,
WM. F. BODINE.
FALL AND WINTBE CLOTHING,
-)o(-
A. J. EVANS,
Tho uptown Clothier, has Just received a lino lino
oi new uuoua, ana is prepartu tu uiuko up
FALL AND WINTER SUITS
For Men and Boys In the neatest manner and La
test biyics.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Hatsi Caps, &o-i
Always on hand. Call and Examine. EVANS
BLOCK Comer Main and Iron streets,
BOOXVXS23Tma, FA.
7 II. HOUSE,
DKNTIST,
Hloomsiii-uc, Columbia Countv, I'a.
All styles of work done In n superior manner, work
eii wiTiiooT I'iin by the use of Oas, and
freoof charge when artificial teeth
are Inserted,
onice over llloomsburg Banking Company.
7o be open at all hours during the da,
Nov. 33-ly
8. F. SHARPLESS,
FOUNDER AND MACHINIST.
NEAR L. Is D. DEPOT, BLOOMSBUnO.PA.
vnnufacturer or Plows. Stoves and all ktniTsot
itoom biovcs, fiiovcs iur ueituv niuiun.otuuui
houses, churches, Ho, Also, largo stock of ro
palrs tor oily siovesotalHiluds.wliolesalo and retail
.such as Flro Brick, Orates, Liov.centres, &o.,Stovo
Wun I'.nntr HnllHiH. Knlders. Cake l'lales. Lanre
Iron Kettles, Sled Soles, Wagon Boxes, all kinds
01 PiOW J OiniH, AIUUIU tiuurus, DU1LB, i iaBvi:i, OUll.,
jiu& js MAmiim, ixc.
febat-f
-T11HJ4Q llimW'TC'M I IVhlTlt A NfJr.
Kinvnv Mnvpr'A nAw bulldlncr. Main
street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
!tna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. '"WjiJ'
Koyal of Liverpool
1 3.600,000
uiuuiauire .null-
Flro Association, I'hlladolplila. ,
4.103,117
fi.gcu.ai'J
PhoinU.ot iauiiqii. ,..... ...
lxm'dob X Lancashire, of England.. ,
1,1011,91(1
liariiur'i ui nitriiuru..,, , ..,,.,.
anrlnrrHaltl k'lr.tnml Mnrinl,
3,vi,uuo
,0Sa,S3
As tho ajencies aro aireoi, ponoios ore nucu
fAKtim inanrnii wirhnut anv delay In the
onice at llloomsburg. oot. as, '81-tf,
piRE INSURANCE.
OHHWTIAN F. KNAPP, BLOOM8BUHO, PA.
BItlTISII AMBIUOA ASSUltANOE COMPANT
MUKMAN FIltE 1N8UHANCE COMPANY.
NATIONAL FIltE INHUHANUB COMPANY,
UNION 1NSUHAN0E COMPANY,
These old coai-OKATloHi are well seasoned by
n r., ki,i1 mm TKSTiD and liuvu nover yet had a
loss wttlodbyany court oJ law. Their assets
aro all invested In danw skcuamnaand arc liable
to the luiard of pihk only.
Losses pROHrrLT and honestly- adjusted and
paid 43 SOOn as uuieruuueu uy liihisiiij, r
KNtrr. irrcjii. AaNr no Apjustik blooms-
Thi i,mi ni n.M im'iU ovintr should natron
lie tuo agency where Iossji It any uo settled
an 1 nim nr nu, oi mnir uw.i ri.irni..
BltOMBlNi!, EtjUITY, FA Hi DKAI.1NO
Ti V, HAUTMAN
imi-KKSnxTs xat yoiwwlh'O
ASIUHIOAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
Lroomlngof Munoy I'ennylvanla.
North American of Philadelphia, Pa.
Franklin of "
Pennsylvania of " "
Farmers of York, Pa.
Hanover of New York.
Manhattan of New York,
omeo on Market Street, No, 5, Bloomsburg,
oot. it, UAy
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A natischold Article for UntTcrsnt
l'ninlly Use.
1'or Scnrli-t nnd
Tyjilmlil l'nvcm,
Dlphllicrln, Hull-
Tutluii, Ulcerated
SnroTlirml,Siunll
l'ux, 3len1eii, nnd
nil ContnglmiH DUrntcn, Persons waitlna on
the Sick thould me It freely. Scarlet FeverTiaj
never been known to spread where the lluld was
used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it nHcr
black vomit linil tiittcn place, The worst
eases of Diphtheria yield to it,
FcvcreilandSlckl'or. 1 SIIAI.I.-1'OX
non refreshed And ' and
llnl Sore prevent- riTTINO of Sninll
cl by bathing with vox l'ti:Vi:NTi:i
Darbys Fluid. . , , ,
I in p ti r n A I r made I A member of my (am.
harmless nnd purified. "y ,7" ,,,en
r- ua,. ti..i i. t. - . Small pox. 1 used the
iiir,. run ' Fluid i the patient was
Contnrrlon destroyed.
Ior FrnMfMl Fct'l,
Cllllblittits, IMlun,
Clinflngft, etc.
ltlipumittlslii cured.
Soft Whllo Coniplvx-
lonn secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To jmrlfy the llrentli,
Clennsn thn Tcetli,
it can't be surpassed.
Cntnrrh relieved and
cured,
l'ryslpelnsj cured,
llunin relieved instantly.
Scarsi prevented.
Kynentery cut oil.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
sure cure.
not delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, and no others
had lt,-J.V. 1'akk
inson, Philadelphia.
The physicians here
use Darbvs Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment of Diphtheria.
A. Stollbnwcrck.
Greensboro, Ala.
Tetter dried up.
Cholern prevented.
lilceri purified und
healed,
In citsc of Dentil It
should be used about
the corpse it will
Anvnililotnlor Animal .
or Vegetable Poisons, I
Stings, etc.
I used the Fluid during '
our present atiliction with
Scarlet Fever with de
cided advantage. It Is
indispensable to the sick
room. Wm, F. Sand
ford, Eyrie, Ala.
prevent any unpleas
ant smell,
The eliilnrnt l'liy
lciiui,,T.MAUION MSIS, M. I)., Now
York, says; "I am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Iluld Is a
valuable disinfectant."
Vnndcrlillt University, Nashville, Tcnn.
I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof.
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid, As a disinfectant and
determent It Is bolh theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which I am ac
quainted. N. T. Lur-roH, Prof. Chemistry.
Dnrbyn lTuld In llr-coinmrnilril i,r
Hon. Alxxandbr II. Stuhhrns, nf Ceorcia!
Rev. (.has. F. Dunns, D.D., Churdi of the
Strangers, N. Y,:
Jos. LrContr, Columbia, Prof., University, S.C.
Kev. A. J. llATTI.r(, Prof., Mercer University;
Rev. I.eo. F. PiEncn, Bishop M. K. Church.
INIJISl'IINSAIlLi: TO IIVKIIY IIOJIU.
Perfectly harmless. Used Internally or
. . externally for Man or Beast.
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, nnd we
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller Information get of your
Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors.
,T. H. 7AA1JS & CO..
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA.
August, 82 ly
New Life
is given by using Brown's
Iuom HiTTuns. In the
Winter if strengthens and
warms the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
in the Fall it enables the
.system to stand the shock
cl uidden changes.
I.i r.o vay can disease be
; o : iirely prevented as by
keeping the system in per
fect condition. IJuown's
Iku:; IjItteks ensures per
fect health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air,
and it prevents Consump
tion, Kidney and Liver Dis-
. 5. Berlin, Esq., of the
well-known firm of II. S.
Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Lc
Droit Ihiilding, Washing
ton, D. C, writes, Dec 5th,
1SS1 :
Gtntkmcn : I take treas
ure in stating that 1 1m e useil
Iirtnvn's .Iron llillcis for ma
laria and nervous troubles,
caused by pcrwork, with
excellent usults.
. Beware of imitations.
Ask for Brown's Ikon Bit
Ticus, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recom
mended as "Just as good,"
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md,
March, 3, 'M. ly
DauEliters, Wives, MotliBrsi
DR.
DisoovBnBiT'oB'Dir. AitoiriBrs
CATHOLICON,
A POSITIVE CURE FOR FEMALE COMPIAIMTS.
This remedy will act In lirnioT with the Fe
male lyatem nt all tlmea, and ai'o Immediately
upon the abdoiuluul ami uterine mutclea, audro
atore them to a healthy and atrong condition.
Dr. Starchier Uleriue Cathollron will euro fall
ing of the womb, Leacorrlwa, Chronic Inflamma
tion and Ulceration of the Womb, Incidental
H'ruorrhase, or Flooding, rnluful, Suppreaecd
aud Irregular Meualruatlon, Kidney Complaint,
Barreuneas and li capcclally adapted, tu the change
of Life. Send for pamphlet (ree. All lettered
Inquiry freely aiuwVfed, Addrcaa as above. Kor
rale by all dmpclata, Netvalzo HI per bottle,
(lld.fn ril.no. Be aura and ailc for Vt, Map
eiilil'a UleiliiaCathollcoii, Taliopoother,
Moycrllroa., Wholesale Agents, Bloomsbure ia
IS A SURE CURE
for nil dlienseo of tho Kitinoyo ttnd
LBVER
It baa apeoine acUou ou thla moat Important
crcau, eubUsa It U throw off torpidity oad
In. 4, eUnulatlnjr the healthy aeoreUouof
lUo Eilc, aud by keeping the bowela tu free
condition, effootlnz Ita resular dlaolutrgo.
nMolcavIa If youaroaulTcrtnir from
Et1UlctriCla njalarU.liavotbo rhlUi,
aro Mllouj, dyapeptle, or oonallrmted, Ktdnay
Wort will auroly reUove and i ulckljr euro.
lathe tlprlno; to cleanso U10 Cyatcm, every
one abould lakoa thorough oourao of It.
II- 8OLD BY DRUQQISTQ. Prloatl.
IS.
H MiUVUVUtiWM TO
I 1IALAHIA. I
J. B. MARCH. SI.
POETICAL.
A WOMAN'S EEASON,
hnvo n reason now for nil I do,
reason that's so sweet, so old. so new-
Well, If you wero not milto so near to-day,
or If you turn your cics another way
And whllo I let my hand n moment rest
Kli clliijfinj touch yet light upon 1 our breast,
might pretend that It was halt n Jest,
I think piThapi I'll tell you.
TU thU No, turn your eyes another way I
TU c.ulcr so when what 0110 has to tay
halt pretence yet somehow makes ono's heart
stir In ono's side, ith such a soft, quick start,
nj tint the Old orld has licen born niraln,
Horn with n strange, sweet hitter, throe of pain,
110 sad Old World I treated with disdain
Is new because 1 loi 0 j 011.
scarcely know my own faco In tho glass,
It nlmost seems to mock mo 11s I pass,
Once of Its few poor beauties I was vain,
Now they can only rouse mo to disdain,
I bhnultt be twenty thousand timet as fair.
Tho stars nnd sun should light my eyes nnd hair
Because because I lno you.
1 nin bo changeful and so full of mood,
sometimes I would not nnd sometimes I would 1
in proud and humble, scornful, thoughtful, light,
hundred timet between morn and night,
cast you oft I try to draw jou near,
hold you lightly and I hold you dear,
And till the time I know w Ith Joy, with fear
11 It because I lo 0 you I
t ,
nd now my hand, clings closer to jour bieast ;
Bend your head lower while 1 say tho rest,
he greatest change of all It thlt that I
ho used to bo so cold, so fierce so shy,
In the s eet moment that I feel j ou hear,
orget to lie ashamed, nnd know no fear,
orget that Life Is sad nnd Death It drear,
Because because I love you I
.Mi-s. Burnett, In tho Century.
SELECT STORY:
THE SIBYL'S AUGURY.
lTtOM A 1'llYSlCIAN H DlAltV.
HY SYLVAN US COB II, .11
It wnt In 'forty-eight that, young in
niv iirolesion, 1 scttli'tl in tiieyhiirn.
Iiatl spent tnv lull term at Uolle"0
and hail also given almost two years
or my time to studying and practicing
111 the lintpitiiis ot iMitopo ; anil 1 am
ileased to 1) nble to htate that very
liortly after settling in aforementioned
ilaee I had as much bilsiness as I
could conveniently attend to. In two
or three- eases of ieai fully threaleiiiiifi
aspect I had met with happy success ;
anil a successful man people aro wil
ing to trust, and then, again, being
fresh from the very best mirgical
school in the world the Academy of
J.oois A.V., hi raris I veiy quickly
and emphatically 'made my mark upon
the public mind in tho result of several
capital operations which I liad occasion
to perform. ;
1 had been almost- a year in Grey
burn, and had bccomo so well satisfied
with the people, and they, 111 turn, had
given token of being so well satisfied
with me, that i had fully concluded to
regard it as my permanent abiding
place. It was on a clear, pleasant
evening in May that I was visited by
a gentleman from the neighboring
town of I oxborough. lie had called
during tho day, in my absence, and
loft Ins card, with word that ho should
remain 111 town until ho could see me:
Tho card boro the nanio cf "Adam
t-ritncoiiY, D. fJ., and I knew him at
oneo for the Principal of tho Theolog
ical seminary 111 tho town mentioned
IIo was a middlo aged, mild-faced gen
tleman, with one of those marked or
ganizations in which no amount of
intellectual or mental disturbance can
overcome tho innate disposition to
kindness and frankness.
Mr. Gregory took a seat in my ofiice,
and regarded mo attentively before ho
introduced ins business. 1 know very
well that lie was measuring tuo out
ward Mens of my fitness for his, pur
poso. Presently bis bauds were suf
fered to rest easily ono within'' tho
other, and the haze of suspense passed
from his lace. And then ho told mo
his errand.
His daughter Cordelia his only
daughter ho feared was dying. She
had been failing for several weeks ho
might say, for several mouths thougl
only lately had no been really ami men.
He had called tho best medical counsel
in his town, but without avail. Phys
icians who had seen her wero of the
opinion that her disease was consump
tion, and incurable, but not one of
them had arrived at a satisfactory
diagnosis of her eate. And ho had
called upon me. Would I come and
examine, and pass my judgment? I
told him I would.
On tho morrow I rotlo over to Fox
borough, and easily found Mr. Greg
ory's house. It was one of the pret
tiest and most bonsible looking dwel
lings iu tho place. And I found tho
sick girl In her chamber, dressed in a
looso morning robe of violet colored
cashmere, and leeliniugoua lounge.
Sho was nineteen years of ajje, of
medium stature, and I thought at tho
time as I think now the fairest and
most beautiful maiden I had ever seen.
I was intcreslsd, ami resolved that if
help lay within my power it should be
foithcoining. She evidently lead 111
feclniL's, for sho was very soon evinced
that my presenco was not disagreeable
to her. She had told her father that
sho did not eaie to seo another physic
ian t nud this had been told ine, so
that I was induced to approach her
kindly and gently,
I will not trouble the reader with
tho particulais of my examination.
Siillleo it to say tlint from the patient
herself I could gain nothing save that
sho was growing weaker and weaker
every day and every hour. As for
consumption, not one of tho marked
symptoms wero present. Her lungs
wero sound and intact. I spent an
hour with her, and iiigaged her in son
stunt conversation, and I found that
sue nan no nope 01 living, mio was
as one who had mado up her mind to
droop and die. As I arose, at tho cud
of tho hour, she said to me, with a
faint smile: -"What
do you think, Doctor?''
Her sinilo staitlcd me. It seemed
to say "I trust you are not going to
uisiiiito 1110 you will not mock 1110 uy
trying to help me."
I answered lior that 1 was not j i t
prepared to glvo an opinion. 1 wished,
However, tnut sho would allow 1110 to
lemovo tho nii'dieines which other
physicians had ordered, us I was eatis-
lied that they wero doing her 110 good,
oiiu imiiiKtii 1110 wun gusning griiti
tilde. Hut would I leave any inedi
cine t
t "For tho present" told hor, only a
imiuttiiiv, iiuu niiu miy oim'CUOIlB
to that?
Sio had t:ono at nil',
In tho hall I met her, father. To
his anxious inquires I could only nil
swer that I would call ngain on tho
morrow. I told him his daughter had
110 organic disease, I was sure of it.
This assuraiico guvo him hope.
Un tho following day 1 saw Uordelia
Gregory again, and spent another hour
by hor side,
And so, for a week, I visited her
daily. 1 should hive been less than
human had I not, 111 that time, learned
to love the sweet gcntlo-naturcd girl.
Had my heart been already another's,
I should at least have given her it sis
ter's place, but my heart had been all
mine own until she possessed it. And
in a week's time bIiu had como to wel
come me with a brighter kindling of
tho azure eyes, and n warmer flush of
tho hiding cheeks. Aud yet, during
ill this tunc 1 had been utterly unable
to anaiyzo her diseaso Sho was fini
ng iut as tho ripplitig brooklet fails
when its fountain is drying up.
It was 011 niv seventh visit, that, as
I sat by her side, with her hnnd in
mint', her head dropped upon my
shoulder. I was thrilled to the very
centre of my being, and, without tak
ing timo to consider, I drew her nearer
to my bosom, and eagerly cried,
"Cordelia I O, for my sako livo I
live!"
One of her hands crept up around
my nook, and she answered,
"1 have not eared to live until
but it is toolatol too latol
lying dying dying I"
And she wept upon my bosom,
At that moment I kunw that
now,
-I am
Cor-
dolia Gregory was the victim of some
iruriittul hallucination. Something
was wealing her life a.vay through her
imagination, olio had made up her
mind to die, and nature was gradually
but surely, succumbing to tho mental
force. 1 dared not then question her.
When I next joined her lather I ask
ed him if his daughter had any female
friend whom she particularly trusted
as a mate and confidant.
There was one a Mary Larkiu
who had lecentlv removed to a distant
part of the State. She and Cordelia
had been liko sisters until within two
months, when the removal of Mary
had separated them.
"We must send lor Mary J.arkin,
I said : "and I must see her before she
sets our patielit. '
Mr. Gregory was ready to do any
thing. Mitry Larkin was sent for,
and she came a bright-faced, truo-
heartod girl just such an ono as I
should have supposed would win the
confidence and lovo of Cordelia. I
sat down with her, and gave her to
understand what I wished. She start
ed when I told her what I thought was
the matter with her friend, and after
a little reflection she laid her hand
upon my arm and looked up earnestly
into my faeo.
"Doctor," she said, "I am reminded
of a circumstance which had almost
slipped from my memory ; but your
fears for Coidelia bring it back very
vividly to my mind."
And she told 1110 as follows: Nearly
a vcar beforo a band of ijipsies bad
been encamped upon the outskirts of
tho town, and of their number there
was an old sibvl a dark eyed, wierd
faced woman, whoso whole make up
was awe inspiring and mystericus
.1 woman who told foi tunes, and con
cerning whom wonderful stories were
related.
"One day," went on Mary, "apaity
of us visited tho gypsy camp, and the
sibvl intercepted us. I allowed her to
tell my fortune, and others of our par
ty did tho same. She not only prog
nosticated for tho future, but sho told
things of the past with marvellous ac
curacy. At iength she approached
Cordelia, but the girl would not sub
nut. '1 ho sibyl persisted, and Corde
lia resolutely refused, at the same
time declaring tho calling was an im
pious one. At length the bedlam, in a
spiteful way, drew forth from her
bosom a bit of reed, like a pieco of
dried catnip stalk, and having split it
sho took' therefrom a pellet of paper,
wlneli sho gavo to uordelia, binning
her to take it home with her, and not
to look at it save in the privaoy of her
own chamber. Then tho old woman
hobbled' off, and our attention was
immediately attracted by a gleo girl."
"Several times alter that 1 asked
Cordelia what she found in the paper
tho sibyl had given her ; but sho never
gave 1110 a direct answer, though she
would have mo believe tho thing
amounted to nothing at all. I remem
ber it all very well now ; anil I can
also remember that tho last time 1
spoke to her of tho gypsy's pellet, she
started as thoug tho subieet gavo her
iiain j and of course I did not refer to
it again. '
"Go to Cordelia," I said, "and find
out what was in that paper Do not
uso my name. Let heriiotknowthatyou
havo seen me. Your rovelatbn gives
mo tho light of a now hope. Go,
mil make 110 Isulure.
On tho following day I met Mary
ijaiKin 111 iiir. urogory s panor. alio
had found tho paper,
lJ have actetl both traitor nnd thief,
sho said, as slu .put outlier hand.
"First I won Cordelia's confidence by
a pledge of secrecy , and next, I stole
this paper from a secret compattmeut
ot ner writing tliwk.
win tins, said 1, "H tho paper
which 1110 gypsy gavo iieri
"Tho very sauio."
Mary gavo it to me, and I took it in
my lingers and opened it. It was a
triangular bit of letter paper, mucl
worn and soiled, and it bore characters
written with brilliant Vermillion ink.
Tho writing was cramped, but plain
and distinct, and this is what was
written j
"MiiUlt'ii, now w bilijlit ami fair,
t)f tliu futuie taku 1111 eaie
Wltlilit tlietwelti'imintli iievltocoiiio
'I I1I110 em ly 11llKr.un.iKU la iluue,
Be.tr In 111I111I tlio mMlo 1I.1I0,
Nil tiuwer ot earth eau cIiuiiku til)- fate I
"MMll intuitu, lltth ilay, ISM
I read tho strange missive, ami pi-
read it, and then looked nt Mary Lar
kin.
"I remember it all cry well," sho
said. "t was ou tho fifth day of
June, 0110 year ngo, that wo Vieroto
tho gypsy camp.
And this is tho paper whioh tho
sibvl gavo to Cordelia !"
"Yes."
"And Cordelia behoves it true?"
"Yes, Sho has told mo that she
shall din befcru tho day therein set
is down passed.
I saw it all now, Tho poor girl had
Hidden Hint mini augury nway, an
had allowed it to occupy her mind
until it had gained rntiro ascendency,
sho has brooded over it in fear nnd
trembling, and, all unconsciously, her
finely strung and sensible nature had
lallon a prey to tho tcinblo influence.
"io-uay, saia j, -is 1110 iwetuy-
...I. f Tl I.. . 1 If -,.. I
ninth of May. If left to herself Cor-
dolia will die boforo tho fifth day of
Juno is passed. Sho is so far a pass
ive victim under tho fatal shadow of
tho augury. Wo must got her over
that Hitli day alive. If wo can do
that, sho is saved."
"How can wo do it?" asked Mary.
"Will you help 1110 ?"
"To tho very last possibility of my
power," was hor hcartful reply.
"Then," said I, " you shall bo her
nurse. Let her know nothing of our
meetings and, above all, hint not that
I know of this sibyl's augury."
This twenty-ninth dav of May was
Tuesday and the fifth of June would
uuiiiu 111 jusl uiivj wcer. iiiu very next
Tuesday.
On Wednesday I visited my patient,
nnd sho introduced to mo hor dear
friend Mary Larkin ; and wo acted our
parts so well that sho suspected not
that we had met before. She said
that Mary would remain with her.
Of courso 1 was glad. I had prepared)
with great care, a sleeping potion as
powerful as I dared to administer i and
1 had furthermore taken Mr. Gregory
intra tnv nntifwlntifn ntwl nlart tlin r1l
till van i -f-i tu lit I'tlntivn
"To-night," said I, in my final
charge to Mary, "do you keep Corde-
liii awake as much as possible, and 1
before daybreak givo her tho sleeping
0 Sleeping
mixture, watch her narrowly, and
let no noise be made in the house."
As I had directed, Mary Larkin suf
fered no sleep to visit her patient's
ejes until well on toward Thursday
morning, when, nt three o'clock, she
.administered tho opiate in n bit of
spiced wine. In a short timo Cordelia
fell asleep, nnd the little mantel clock,
upon tho dressing case, was stopped.
v ncn me day broke tlio room was
thoroughly darkened, and the hush of
midnight reigned, one slept until live
o'clock ou that Thursday afternoon,
and as she gave signs of awaking the
clock was set agoing. Her nurse sat
just as sho had sat fourteen hours
beforo.
"Have you been asleep, Cordelia'"
Tho patient sat up aud looked
around.
"Is this you, Mary ?"
"Yes."
"What time is it ?"
"Why, are you wandering? You
have just taken your wine. Do you
want some more (
Cordelia looked at the clock. The
rays of the nurse-lamp full upon its
face, ana she saw that it was halt-past
three.
"1 thought I had slept," she said
Mary laughed, aud told her sho had
had no timo to sleep.
presently the patient asked lor
drink, nud another opiate was admin
istcicd.
In this way wo brought her over to
1'riiiay morning, and sue had lost a
day. It was tho morning of tho first
day of June, and she thought it was
Thursday, the last day of May 1
I was suro sho could safely bear a
repetition of the experiment ; and,
moreover, I wns anxious to bo as far
on the sale sido as possible. JJunng
this Friday, which sho thought to be
1 hursday, l administered invigorating
diet and cordials ; and during this
same Friday night Mary Larkin con
tinned to keep her chargo awako as
beforo. At half past three, on Satur
day morning, the opiate was adminis
tered, 111 a draught lor which the
patient had called of on her own ao
cord, and a sound sleep was tho result
Tho clock wns stopped, nnd the win
dows battened, and all in tho house
put upon orders of silence.
Tho sleep lasted until past two
o'clock of Saturdav afternoon, at which
imo Cordelia awoke, muling Jtnry by
icr side, with tho goblet in her hnnd
Tho nurse-lamp was burning lowly, its
rays falling upon tho dial ot tho clock,
which was now ticking away nt the
hour of four.
As before Mary adroitly led her
charge to beliovo that sinco taking her
(raught sho had only dropped oil into
a momentary doze, and that it was now
lour oelock 111 tho morning. Corde-
ia asked for more drink, and thus an
opportunity was offered for giving the
I
asl opinte, which 1 hnd prepared with
the utmost care nnd nrccision.
Cordelia slept again, and awoke not
until tho dawning of Sabbath morning,
Sho had lost another day, and thought
full suro that tlio morning beams wero
tor tho ushering in of l riday. Mr.
Gregoty had made nu arrangement
with tho sextons of tho two villago
churches that the Sabbath bells should
not bo rung ; so the day passed, and
the patient dreamed not how time had
slipped away. Sho was living through
Sundny, tho third day of June, nnd
sho believed it to bo only Friday, tho
Hrst ilay ot Juno.
On Monday I administered cordials
stimulating nud invigorating. Tues
day, tho hated Day, come, and Cor
delia tried to smile us wo gavo her as
surance of returning health. But her
smiles were of resignation, not of hope.
Un that Tuesday evening, which
to her mind was tho evening of Sun
I kissed hor upon tho biow, and
promised that I would obey.
W cdiiesday morning came, the
sixth day of Juno -bright, calm, and
beautiful. By my directions Mary
had administered a generous stimulant,
nnd our patient was feeling tho thrill
of a new energy. It was near tho
middle of tho forenoon, and Mr. Greg
ory nml Mnry Lnvkin .and myself wero
iu tho cheerful chamber to which tho
golden glories of thnt Juno sun had
boon admitted,
ami by Mary s persuasions sho had
suffered herself to bo nrraved in 0110 of
hor prettiest wrappers a French silk.
with violet ground, und wrought with
Uowora in green nnd crimson nnd gold,
v sat by ner side, nnd ot her own no
cord sho had given me 0110 of her
hands. Mary Larkin wns
al a little
distance upon tlio other bid
e, while her
futhor sat before her.
"My darling," said Mr. Gregory.
, - uiuppeu iiiiiisuu uowii in uiu punor America have a habit of hanging from
few" Bbo"".'!. tho of the girl ho hopes to marry trees over the water with prions of
lo nioiron, sno said, ia tuo some day or other, she began :" Harry, their bodies concealed so that thev
fourth o June. I would liko to have Christnms is almost hure." "Yes? Wo t d lb Teas ly taken fo ho St
thosD whom I lovo near ,.10 ou that ..Tbree years ngo you presented me fiVt bot .0 InK f Lo
day. I D in bo permitted to spend u-itb a nair of enr-rinm Thnv wpi ;ml!UMl h'.ow luxuriaum in ineso
that with iliPi., . l.i.t t ,.. yiin n pan 01 tai -rings, iiipy weio forests, and 111 this way they obtain
oi,. iini' ' J f''o. the dollar store." "Y-e.s." "Two InUoh of their prey thnt comes uusus-
spoil 1 unot u 1 years ago you present
. I... I,,,l.l ... l,n..,l I ..... I
with n bright smilo upon his kindly
face, "I want vou to train Rtronrrth and
get well beforo vour birthdnv. bno.nuan I
Dr. Hunton and myself have planned
a grand festival for that occasion."
"Ah 1 replied Cordelia with n shako
01 1110 Head, "that is too far away for
. ......
mo to reach It I
"Only to-morrow." said her fnthor.
"You mistake, mv dear father. Mv
birthday is tho seventh of June."
"Exactly, my blessed one.'
"And to-day." said Cordelia, "is
only tho fourth.''
"Now, my child, it is vou who mis
take. To day is tho sixth."
"This is Monday ?"
"No, this is Wednesday.''
Sho looked bewildered : and after
gazing lor n tune into her father's
face, sho turned to 1110. It had heeil
!, V .
ff L" n
to assure her. I drow her
ipon my bosom, and held it
un both mine own.
"Cordelia," I said, "pardon us for
the means we have adopted for show-
nig to you now foul and false arc all I
uiiholv spells ca9t by impious Hps
upon the current of life which God
atone diverts. Your father tells voit
truly. To-day 13 Wednesday, the
sixth day of June. We havo taken
- v(?u over two days without your knowl-
C( gp- ion slept long, long hours
"uu K,lu" . "0I" Jl Wi" 1110
Gypsy Sibyl who lied. Ytsterdav was
fated fifth of June, and vet hero vou
arc bright and well, with God s own
blessed sunlight around about you, as
1"'; Bl","K"i oi ien uiousanu joys suau
1,1 Juur 111 uiu ininrui
In a little time she comprehended
the whole. 1 he fatal dav was nnst
aim gone, and she lived anil was bless
ed, i had expected that die would
miuiuu uiiu iiur iti 1113 iu tier miner, suiti
had released her hand that she might
do so ; but no. When tho full light
nan burst noon her, sho turned to me,
and pillowed her head upon my bosom,
ami wound her arms about my neck.
one rested upon my bosom on that
blessed Juno day of tho other years i
arm tins same bosom is her resting
piace to-day : and mv strong arms
still entwino her. and hold her close :
and as'i kiss her and gaze into her
face, I meet the sweet and loving
smile ot ono
companions
of the truest and noblest
that over mado man's
pathway bright and blissful.
How the Millionaire Fleeced the Poet.
I am attempted to give a little sido
incident ot my Inst interview with .lay
Uould and wrestle with Western Un
ion in Wall Btreot. I had seen the
stock go down about eighteen points,
and so bought 1UU. It lell tivo lower,
and I took 100 more. I(ivo points
lower. I took another and so on until
I was getting alarmed. I thought Jay
Gould under some obligations to me, or
at least a true friend, and so stepped
iciusa liuui my uuii-i iu auu null, xiu
. . . . " . . .
was kind, quiet and purrv as a kitten,
ni,.,,r in.,Vi nn,i cAn uno !
almost playful, and soon began to point
on his maps tho lino of his now Atlantic
cable. Ho himself opened tho subject
of telegraphs. Tho occasion was op
portune. I handed him n certificate of
purchase of Western Union and nsked
him what to do. as I was nlrendv on
tho edge of my margin. IIo looked at
mo with a sweet nud innocent surprise.
as if saying: "Only to think that any
man would touch that worthless West-
crn Union 1"
ii.nt
stuff. Mv telegraph is tho other line."
he sighed at length.
" ics, 1 know. liut 1 bought it bo-
cause 1 thought it cheap, Mr. l-iotilil.'
"It is cheaper now, Mr. Miller. '
" And will it be cheaper. Mr.
Would 7 '
" Well, wo " looking at his son
" havo not a sharo ot it, It ought to bo
a great deal cheaper.'
" 1 hen 1 shall soil twice tho amount I
hold and hedge. Thank you, aud good
night.
And the next morning 1 did sou
sell right and left for the wholo bot
tom seemed to bo falling out of the
Western Union. It kept on tumbling,
and by noon I was even. By 1 o'clock
1 was not only oven, but almost rich.
1 was a nclier mini than 1 had ever
been before.
I remained a rich man about thirty-
live minutes. The tide began to set
ngainst me. Western Union bounded
up with a rapidity that fairly mado 1110
dizzy, nnd by the time tho hammer fell
in tho stock board I literally had not
car faro lelt.
Having plenty leisure after that I
wrote down the foregoing conversation
nnd copied it hero exactly. I have not
seen Mr. Gould since. But I find that
at tho timo hu said ho had not a share
of Western Union ho had about 200,
000 shares, aud was picking it up as
fast as ho could knock it down.
Joaquin Miller in Somcroillc (N, J.)
Unionist.
Why He Went to Denver.
A girl Ill'ght as well be ll) and down
about such things ns to suffer herself to
bo imposed Oil, UUd lllVVO tho feeling
gnawing at hor heart from 0110 year's neHh of largo hogs captured by nnd tn
end to another. Tho other evening ken from snakes.
when a certain young man in this city
of $50 bracelets. They wero rolled
plate, and cost only $0." " Um."
Jiasi year you placed 111 my hnnd a
diamond ring. Tho ring was washed
nnd tho stone is from Lnko George,
nud they vet nil nt about $11 per bushel,
Harry!" "Yos, dear.'' "Aro you
thinking of uiakini.' 1110 a present this
year." "Of courso." "Then do not
seek to cheat and deceive me. Do not
throw awny your money in trifles nnd
baubles, but buy something that I can
show to the world without fear of erit-
Hero is an advertisement iu the
papci -oia intiy s 6ainiio pony and sad
dlo for only $3001" Ytstorday mom
h'K Harry started for Denver to nurse
ft "'ck uiielo through a case of bilious
lover nnd he won t bo back until after
tho holidays. Still, it was a wise pol-
ley on the part of tho girl. '1 hat very
day ho had figured with n jeweler
uyiiigiiii oo mivu wuicu mm imving
it gold-plated nnd marked 1 " 18 L
I S150 Harry to Susie 1882."
Monster Snakes,
soAn: or the iiifkhi:nt kinds pound is
THOl'ICAI. HEOIONS.
New York sun.
"I took that follow with a lasso,'
said n naturalist, who had recently re
turned from a collecting tour in South
America, pointing to n mnguifficcnt
snnko skin inoro than twenty-two feet
In length that hung from tho wall ot
his study, "nnd in this wise," ho con
tinued, obsorvmg the look ot incredu
lity upon his visitor's face. "I was
way up tho Amazon, nnd being nnxious
to get n largo snake I ofTored n rewnrd
for one,- and soon heard 01 n big leuow
that had been seen about thrco mites
from whnrn T was. I immediatelv
moved into the neighborhood, mid at-
tnr r linil annm-wl flirt onuntrv HOVfirnl
days tho boy I had with mo camo run-
ning through the bushes in great excito-
nient, saying that a big boa and tho
saubas (ants) wero having n fight. Tho
saubas, by tho way, aro foraging nuts
mat put to nigiit man and beast.
When they enter a house the owner
steps out and runs for his life, and
when I camo up to tho snako I found
it in a similar fix. It was a magnifi
cent specimen. It had swallowed somo
exceedingly largo animal, aud, while
nlmost uuablo to move had been at
tacked by tho ants. The giass, biishes,
twigs and leaves wero black witli the
insects, nnd every moment or two tho
great reptile would lift itself 111 tho air
and sway about savagely, but only to
j.u u.-iuk. ugmn. j. ouw iuul i
tho ants
nuuiu uuauuy 11. 111 uu uuui.
so I sent
ray boy back to tho village to get a
rope, and took to tlio trees myself.
in halt an hour ho returned with
20 men. I made a lasso, nud getting
near the snake, succeeded in throwing
it over his bead, but I became fairlv
covered with ants so that I had to rush
away nnd roll into tho bush to rid my
self of them. However, wo all rallied,
manned tho rope, aud managed to drag
the snako out of his retreat and away
from the ants. It was so sluggish un
der this rough treatment that I was
able to place my pistol within six lueh-
cs of its head when I shot it. I soon
had it to camp nnd tho skiu taken off.
I wanted the skeleton also, but the na-
tives stole it in the night aud my speci-
men went for stews the next day. 13oa
meat is not bad, and is very generally
eaten in many localities.
"Very few people can bo made to
believe that snakes attain tho sizes
mentioned by naturalists. Neverthe
less, gigantic snakes do exist. In Bor
neo, Mr. St. John measured snnkes
twenty-six feet in length. Mr. Bates,
the naturalist, measured in South
America many water boas that wero
twenty feet long, but the largest snake
ever reported to have been seen by a
European of unquestioned veracity was
that vouched for by the well-known
botanist, Dr. Gardener. Tho monster
had swnllowed a horse, nnd hnd soon
after been drowned by being swept
1 . ----- -
I ,n,,.., n . n. It.. 0.1 r,.rt.-tlli. nm tl'ltn,.
v"-"'"i
found after tho settling of tho water it
was hanging in a tree. It presented a
mo3t remarkable spectacle, being forty
feet long and distended to an enor
mous bulk. These serpents aio often
called TemaauilchniUa, Meaning
'fighting with fivo men.' A skin of
one formerly in tho British museum is
thirty-five feet long.
Andanson observed a snako 111 Sene
gal that was 50 feet in length aud
iu .diameter, whilo Watertou tells us
that a Spaniard allowed him a skin at
-Angostura, two capital 01 ur tioeo, mat,
from its thickness ho judged to" have
been that of a serpent sqventy fceet
long. Baldaeus, the author, found ser
pents in Ceylon thirty-six teet in
length, und in Java ho saw 0110 that
swallowed a stag cutiro. Owen, in his
Natural History of Serpents,' gives tho
length of 0110 as fifty feet, and Father
Guinilla, in his 'History of the Orinoco,'
refers to serpents forty feet long ; so
that it would seem fair to Bupposo that
snakes do attain what might bo called
gigantic dimensions. On tho luo
Branco tho traders and natives report
that snakes swallow full sized cattle,
and this can bo readily perceived. Tho
horns of course, aro not swallowed.
Tho snakes lie in a lethargic condition
until they drop off.
t case camo to my hearing,' con
tinued tho naturalist, "of a curious nc
cident occasioned by a snake that had
swallowed a deer. A nativo pinching
tho body, aud thinking tho reptilo dead,
attempted to cut it, when the monster
writhed nud hurled its Head at tlio man
with so much forco that the projecting
horns penetrated bis lungs and killed
him. Mr. MoLcod, who was tho histo
rian of thts 'Voyago of tho Alceste,'
was captured nnd kept a prisoner lor
many months at Whitluh, on the coast
of Africa, nnd ho states that he obser
ved snakes nearly sixty feet in length
rales ot fabulous snakes are common
m history. alenous Maximus, quo
ting Livy, refers to tho alarm into
which tho J toman army was thrown by
an endriHous serpent that had ita lair
011 tho banks of tho Bagrailus, near
Utica. This snako according to Pliny,
snakes in the AKtatin Islands that m.
was ion ieet long, iiuutioua reieis
3fi feet in length, nnd mentions
Mint, hn has kipii nni-smis nntiiifT tlin
Tho great cainondi snakes ot South
s v a ong. oven Human camo
being neglected. ICiiigslev relates nn
occurence where four young women
wero bathing in a lagoon and one of
them felt herself pulled from behind.
At first sho thought it a prank of 0110
of her companions, but tho form of an
euotirmotis snake soon appeared. It
had fastened its teoth to her bathing
dress but tho others succeeded in fright
iug it off. When they aro gorged with
food tboy coil up closely and resemble
n stump, nud a enso is known of a na
tive having made tho mistake of sit
ting down upon ono with results aston
ishing to both sent and sitter. Watw
tou 111 referring to tho cainondi snakes
says thnt specimens from thirty to for
ty foot long have been killed and that
tiin Rnntilarila nf llrnvll iinalttt-nlt. ntHem
tjmt j,, xw frcmionted districts Iheso
senients sometimes attain a length of
on tUVOiity feet
nnd will destroy tho lar
,,est und stiongest bull, They call
them mntntoros which means literally
bull killers.' "
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