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 :â- â- â€¢?«-!!?â-  -JJP^-- ^^-T^9^V??^ ';^JW!^«JV-' 7 BUSH EA]sr(i^s.piA;Kiip.4 An AvstraUa* St*t7« tobacco. before I got the call to report at headqnar- 1 • 4j 1 -J i V ****• I'wwitin tft-flnds comrte (rf visitors The day I amyed in Ad«laide, Australia. ^he«!a^^wo*3!entl«Hen-irho4«i lately ar- Bption. be depressed by the rked Squildig. plied McSwilligen. ,o know 5" y day or two." nition. sfine the word pro- ans whiskey." u make that out " ro' means 'for' and t,' and whisky is heu he goes a-fish- 'EAMSHIPS. n 3IO\'TREAl and Lets $40, 950 and $60 i 5110, according to n. Intermediate 125, E. MIIIUtAY, Gen- Jpping Co., i Cus- ;treal, or to Local ties. CANADA. ion of steam Iwiler ons. Sir Alexander t.-GoT. of Ontario, i Toreflto Street, Engineers and f PATENTS er. A. Fraseb, Sec E* CO., 158 !:•â- Â«â€¢ i^atalojrue. guarant^jL M|^ ash. iturers. Torowo. •or FREE B^M reatise. The f«^ cure and Bl=,j, SICKNESS T i^ 20 yeara old, and my pocket -contaia- iudollar for every year T had lived. I to/exactly four pounds to begin life on in °r -olony, and that was more than some of h Enghsh boys who had come out with could boast of. We were a queer lot hO had sailed frem Liverpoolâ€" gentlemen, Lfers, clerks, lackeys, whole families, â- ele men, servants and what not^all bent anew life in the wonderful island of the Wian Ocean. We had come in a sailing hip and been knocked about for months, ' i^a happy lot we were to be set on shore the then small and straggling town I have Luck was with me. On the second day itter landing I hired to a sheep raiser who had a ranch on the Murray River, near its iuDCtion with the Darling, and on the third ie started off up the country. We had two ox teams â€" that is, we had two covered wagons, each loaded with supplies, and each drawn by three yoke of oxen. A part of the goods were to be left with settlers along the route, and a part belonged to Mr. Davidson, my employer. He did not hire me. not being present, but the teams were in charge of an overseer named McCall, whom I soon found to be a good-natured, irood-hearted fellow. Each of us had a native to assist in managing the teams, and, though neither of them could speak ten words of English, they were valuable men, and had no difficulty in being understood. It was about Christmas time, and the weather was very sultry, and we aimed to make only fifteen miles a day. We had a full week's journey before us, and nothing of much interest happened until the fourth day. We went into camp a little earlier than usual on that afternoon, as one of the wag- ons needed repairs. Our vehicles, after com- ing to a halt, stood about twenty -five feet apart. WhQe I was building a fire to cook supper by one of the blacks went oflF after rabbits, and McCall took the other with him to help cut and bring back a lever with which to raise the wagon oflF its wheels. I was thus left alone for a few minutes, and they had scarcely disappeared from sight in the scrub when a man burst out of the thicket on the other side and came runnint; up to me. His face and hands were scrathed and bleeding, his clothing in tatters, his hat gone, and he had such a wild and terrible look that I should have run away from him had I been able to do anything but stand and stare with mouth wide open. McCall had told me of escaped convicts and hard cases who had taken to the bush to make a living by robbing, and the igan had come upon me so suddenly that I was knocked out for the moment. " For God's sake, young feller, give me a bite to eat " he said as he stood before me. " Don't be afraid of me â€" I'm a sheep herder who lias been lost in the bush for three days." I stepped to the wagon and handed him a piece of bacon, some hard crackers, and a handful of tea, and then found voice to ask "But why not stop .with us for the night V •' Thanks, but I'm in a great hurry to get back to my herd. I know where I am now, and can get there in three hours. Any matches " I gave him some, and he looked all around to make sure that we were alone, and then said â-  ' ' Young feller, do me a greater favor still. Lend me your pistol and knife until to- morrow, M'hen you will pass my station. And, furthermore, be kind enough not to mention to any one that I was here. Do this and you shall uever regret it." I handed him knife and pistol, promised what he asked, and he shook me by the hand and disappeared in the scrub. Ten minutes after he had gone I figured it out that he was a bushman who had been hard run by the police, but it was all the same to me. He could have taken all he wanted for all of me, as I felt, perfectly helpless, and I was thankful that he had come and gone without knocking me on the head. Just as McCall came up with the lever there was a clatter of hoofs, and I looked up to see five mounted men ride into camp. They were in the uniform of the patrol, and the appearance of the horses and men showed that they had had a long ride of it. "Well, Capt. White, what is it " asked Mc Call, who seemed to know every one of the live. " Been after Ballarat Sam again," re- plied the Captain as he dismounted. "And lost himj?" "Yes curse the luck! We struck him near Dobney's yesterday morning, and he led us a chase of fifty miles during the day. We killed his horse about dark last ni^t and had him surrounded in the scrub. He got out, however, and we did not get his track until about noon to-day. We follow- ed it to the creek, two miles above, and there lost it. Haven't seen him here, of course?" • "I only wish we had. There's a reward of £500 oh his head, I hear." "It has been increased to twice that. Show me his body and I'll make a rich man of you." The patrol turned their horses loose and had supper with us, furnishing a part from their own rations. Then there was a gen- eral talk and story telling until about 10 o'clock, and then all but one man turned in for sleep. I had been introduced all around 'but had taken very little interest in the con- versation, being sure, from the first words spoken by the Captain, that I had met Ball- arat Sam and aided him to make a fresh start. I thought at first of telling the whole story "to the patrol, but they were serious, sober- looking chaps, and 1 had a fear that they â- would give me an awful raking down, even if they did not lug me o£F and seek to have me punished as aiding and abetting. I re- membered, too, that I had solemnly prom- ished Sam not to betray him, and so I de- cided to keep a still tongue and let the case work out as it would. The patrol left us at daylight, but their work for the next three days was thrown away They could get no trace of Sam. We continued on up the country and finally arrived at the ranch, and for the next six months I was hard at work as a sheep herd- er, and neither saw nor heard much of the outside world. Then one day I was called in off my range, which was about five miles from Davidcen's house. Each of his herders had from 800 to 1,500 dieext undor his care on a range 'by himself, and each liyed aloae with his dog in a hqt. Once a week i^e "relief," as we called him, made the rona^ uid lei^ pc«virfAu and hesurd oar repmrtjiu. Several of the natives had visitadine^ •harmless Mloiws, who wanted matches or HE TSIES OASPEVTEBna. â- r. a Pair •T a Cullen, was from my own town ef ^Shrews- bnry, and the other, a Hr. Willia|ni7 was fhm MieCbchester. They had coin^ out to Alistralia to take up a range and go into sheep as an investment, neither of them in- tending to remain, but to do the business throagh an agent They had purchased 2,000 sheep of Hi*. Daviwin as a starter, and had taken a range above us on the Darling River. My flock was to so, as idso that of the herder, to the south of me, and we had been called in to receive instruc- tions. Bot^ of us herders were to enter into the employ of the new arrivals, who had already secured their land and built the house and stables for the overseer. This man had come up from Adelaide with them, and was a Scotchman named McFarland. The other, who was an Irish lad of 20, was O'Hara. When we made ready to start, the two gentlemen were mounted on horses. The overseer drove the bullock wagon, assisted by a black, and O'Hara and myself were on foot. Some of our neighbors had been troubl- ed with bushrangers, but we had seen noth- ing of them, and as the police patrol in the district had lately been increased we felt no fear that the rangers would meddle with us, on our journey. The weather was now pretty cold, but as the country was bad we had to let the sheep pick their way and go slow. In the first three days we made only about twenty -seven miles, but this was thought to be good progress under the circumstances. Oh the third night, when at least ten miles "from any settlers, and more than that from any regular highway, we found a natural valley in which the sheep could be herded, and our own camp was made in a grove of ironwood, near a waterhole. We had finish- ed supper and were grouped about the fire, when one of the dogs barked and we looked up to find ourselves covered by five rifles. Tuere were five strange, hard-looking men forming a half circle about us, having crept into the grove so softly that the dogs had not heard them until the last moment. "BraU up or tmder you go " shouted a voice, and every of us threw up his hands. "Now, then, the first one of you who makes a shy move will get a bullet Close in, boys " The five advanced to our feet, each keep- ing his gun levelled, and when I could see the man who had spoken I at once identified him as Ballarat Sam, the man whom I had befriended months before. He recognized me almost as quickly, and, taking a step forward, said " Weil, boy, you did me a good turn that day, and I'll not forget it. Move over to the left. Now, then, gents, who are you " The gentlemen gave him their names and told him their business. They were pretty badly frightened, as I could see, while- the overseer trembled like a man in a chiU. As he was a big, strong fellow, and had laughed at the idea of bushrangers meddling with us, I could not understand his fear until Sam spoke again. â- 'Better and better " he said, as a fierce look came into his eyes. " Boys, here's that overseer who set the patrol on our track down below, and who wasn't satisfied with that but must turn out to help them. I think we have made a good haul of it. " All our arms were in the wagon, and we were helpless to offer any resistance. The first thing they did was to despoil the two gientlemen and the overseer of everything of value, and then each one was lashed to a tree. O'Hara was ordered to sit down be- side me, and the black took matters so coolly that nothing was si,id to him. The rangers signed to him to turn to and get supper, and he cheerfully obeyed. When they had eaten and drunk and lighted their pipes Sam turn- ed to me with "And so you didn't tell the police that you gave me food and a pistol?" "^o, sir." "I know you didn't, for I was that tired out that I laid myself down for two hours almost in your camp. Even when they told you who I was and that a price was set up on my head you hadn't a word to say, " "No, sir." "Well, you boys have nothing to fear. We have nothing against you. After a day or two you may go free. " There was no sleep for anybody until after midnight, and I don't think the two gentle- men or the overseer slept at all. I know they were wide enough awake when I opened my eyes in the morning. All of us had a bite to eat after the outlaws had finished, and then the wagon was robbed of whatever they fancied and haided off about thirty rods and upset in a deep gully. The oxen were turned loose with the sheep, and when we set out Sam and two of the men rode the horses and the rest of us went on foot. At about four in the afternoon we reached the rangers' camp, which was in a wild and desolate spot. I don't think they intended the gentlemen any harm from the start, but that the overseer's doom was sealed we all felt certain. He realized it, too, for I ob- served that he was constantly on the wateh for an opportunity to bolt. It came as we entered the camp. Realizing that, they meant to pay off the old score, he suddenly dashed for a thicket. He took them off their guard, and if an accident had not hap- pened him he would have got clear off. Huf way to the thicket a stone turned under his foot and threw him, and as he ^t up one of the men shot him down in his tracks. They left him lying there and went into camp, saying that thev' ' had meant to torture him with fire, and. that he had got out of it too easy. The twogentlemen were venr closely guarded, but O'Hara and myr sell were allowed to walk about as we pleas- ed. They had taken over £1,000 from the two and bore them no grudge, but for five days and nights we were prisoners and in their power. On the morning of the sixth day, when it was plain to be seen that they were off for another adventure, the four of us were turned loose and told to make our way home. They headed us to the west, which was the wrong way, and we travelled twenty miles in that duection before we fmrnd out the trick. We were a sad-look- ing lot when we finally reatdied home, and, whQe Mr. Cullen iraa taken with fever to die in about ten days, Mr. Williams was so broken np that he Uved only long enoogji to get down to tiie coast. A Jtmt later Sam and. two ctf that «owd were caoght, teied at SancUiast, and O^Hara and I saw tiiem drra frgnnthegidlows. T^Uff had a^ad ns io ia^tii^ Sun in conrt, htX we had axcns- 0it gfifBtrpa. -He was a bad man, with the blood of Biuy victims n has %andi^liat he had giraa ns oar Uvea and pl«7«d nix. amti sevaeM vaass* An expressman ta x m ght np a imall' jag of lumber the other afternoon and left it at the bam and when' Mr. Bowser camfe! home I mentioned the fact and asked what he in- tended to do with it. "It's f» screen doors for the fnmt doors," he replied. "Carpenter coming up to make them " "Haven't engaged any." "Mr. Bowser, you are not going to try and make them yourself " "There won't be any trying about it. I shall proceed to make and hang them." "I'm afraid you can't do it. It's a nice piece of joiner work to make a screen door, especially one for the front of the house." "I am well aware of that," he said as he stroked his chin in a complacent way. "Haven't I got $30 worth of tools Don't I know how to handle them?" "I â€" I wish you had given your order at the shop as other folks do." " 111 be hanged if I pay any $8 for a pair of doors when 1 can make ' em for $3. You are always dead set on anything I under- take." " Mr. Bowser, yon can't make a screen door. You can't hang one. Don't blame me when the failure comes. " "Blame you! Are you getting crazy? If those doors are not a success you won't hear a word of fault from me â€" not a peep. 1 w^ thinking of ordering them, but being you have stuck your nose up-so high, I'll make 'em now just to show you that I can do it '" And next morning he put on an old suit and went out to the barn and before nine o'clock he had measured four different times for those doors. At last he got the dimen- sions to suit and I heard him sawing off the strips. About eleven o'clock I went out and found the stuff all cut to lengths and Mr. Bowser was making hsdf -mortices at the ends. "Aren't our front doors higher than this?" I asked as I picked up one of the side pieces. "Haven't you any work to see to?" he brusquely replied. " You've got 'em a fctot too short." "Oh, I have, eh? Some folks' eyes are better than a carpenter's rule " I went back into the house, but it wasn't long before I saw him sneaking around to the front with one of the pieces. I watched him as he tried it, and it was all of twenty inches short. Mr. Bowser scratched his ear, growled like a bear, and looked as foolish as a boy caught in a harvest apple tree. Ten minutes later he was at the telephone order- ing more stuff. "Were they too short?" I asked ais he hung up the trumpet. " N-no, but I thought I'd get heavier stuff," he mumbled as he shot outdoors. The stuff came up after dinner, and it was about five o'clock in the afternoon when he put one of the frames together and stood it up in the door. I went out, and as he began to smile with satisfaction I said " Mr. Bowser, that door is squeegawed." " Squeegawed? Squeegawed What does that stand for in the back counties " " Your door is wider at the bottom than at the top." "It can't be." " But your own eyes will convince you. There's an inch difference." " Never I'll bet yon a hundred dollars there isn't a hair's breadth " I ran for my tapeline and soon proved that the difference was over an inch. " Oh, well, I can fix that in a moment," he said, but it was nine o'clock that evening before he came in. Then he had pounded one of his fingers with the hammer, run a tack into his thumb, got a bad hurt from A bradawl and half a dozen times during the night he groaned out in his sleep about mortices, tenons, hinges, springs, etc., and once I heard him exclaim ".Fit Why, if they don't fit I'll kno ck the infernal old house down " It was ten o'clock next forenoon when I went out to the barn. He had the door covered with the wire-cloth and proudly call- ed my attention to it. "Which is the outside of the door?" lasked. "Why, the side this way, of course." "Then you've tacked the cloth on the inside " "That's where it belongs." "You never saw it there, Mr. Bowser â€" never And look at the way you have tack- ed the stuff on. It's humped up in a dozen differentplaces, because you pulled it askew." "There isn't one hump-not the sign of a hump. I'll give any man a million dollars to make a better job of it! All that door needs now is painting." "But don't they paint the frames before they tack the doth on? How are you going to paint the inside of the frame?" "Don't you worry yourself about this job, Mrs. Bowser. I wasn't bom alongside of a huoklebernr marsh " But after r had gone away he tore off the wire and painted the frame, and next morn- ing he covered the other. That night Mr. Bowser kicked around in his sleep in the most awful manner and at about two o'clock in the morning he suddenly sat np in bed and exclaimed: "Squeesawed! 111 bet yon four hundred thousand billion dollars M;ainst a cent that they are as plumb as a rt^." Mr. Bowser had been at work an hour next morning before I went out. He had the doors at the front and seemed to have some trouble about hanging tiiem. "You see what you've done, don't you?" I asked, after a survey of the scene. 1 don't believe I'm either near-sighted or color-blind," he replied. "Well, you've got one door wrong-side up, to begin with." "H-how?" "Look at the panels and see. Then you have been trying to hang one to swing in and the other to swing out." "I have, eh? That shows aU you know about it. I'm simply fitting the screens so they will shut tight.^' Just heisae noon he got a hang on both doors, and as I lo^ed at them from the hall I had to sit down on tiie floor andlangh. Th^ didn't meet in the centre within two inidies and each was half an inch short at top and bottom. He had also hung them with the doth on ihe inside. Just then a neighbor came almg and turned in to the Btepa. After looking at the doors tm hidf a minnte in great astonishment, he (paeried "SometibinKJiurt^PQg^FiaiBxJIp^ver ' "What do yon m^an r " Why, youNv^. mt a\^ev idf» in screen dowB. In^owtiMqpaMdrfi^lkittbinia Did you do this job " "Y-yA» -^ " Well, if I had a girl ten years old who couldn't beat it I'd make her go barefoot all summer." " I didn't make tiie^e doors for your house, sir." " Thank heaven for that Bowser, you're a brickrâ€" a soft brick Ill come up this even- ingwith a band and serenade those doors " When the neighbor had gone I suddenly felt the back end of the house lift up. It was Mr. Bowser pulling those screen doors off. He couldn't even wait to take the screws out of the hinges. They came off in detachments and the pieces were flung into the back yard. When he had finished he came in and said " Mrs. Bowser, I want to have a talk with you â€" a very serious talk." " But didn't I tell you how it would be?" " Never You encouraged me to go ahead, and to please a whim of yours I've lost three days' time, pounded myselfaU over, spent $6 in cash and been made a butt of ridicule. Mrs. Bowser, this is the limitâ€" the finisâ€" the end Make out a list of what furniture you want and let us agree on the alimony." â€" [Detroit Free Press. He Took Her at Her Word. She was so sweet I thought my heart Would break, shoidd I from her depart. I told her so she simply smiled And, with a glance that set me wild, She tinklingly did thus respond "Now, George " It was a habit of her own Thus to reply in killing tone. Down on my knees I sank cried I, " If you reject me I shall die " She only laughed out in my face "Now, George " • To lose herself would make me sad, To lose her pelf would drive me mad. "Oh, when, I asked, "star of my life. Will you consent to be my wife " She innocently twittered out "Now, George " Economizing in Postage Stamps. One day last week a gentleman sent his coachman to the neighboring village for fifty cents' worth of two-cent stamps. After the usual time had elapsed' John returned from his tramp of two miles. His face wore a self-satisfied look when he came into his em- ployer's presence. "Got the stamps, John " "Yes, sir," the man replied, handing over a bunch of one-cent stamps. "I said two-cent stamps, John, and you've got ones." "Yes, sir," and the smile widened, "I asked for fifty cents' worth o' stamps, and the post-master, says he, 'one cent or two cents V 'Do you sell one-cent stamps ' says I. 'Yes,' said he. 'Well,' says I, 'if yer can buy stamps for a cent, what's the use of payin' two cents ' an' I bought the one-cent stamps, sir." Of course John's master was charmed with his thrift. He Wasn't That Kind of a Lover. "Mabel, I love you. " Mabel listened as if the remark were brand new.. "Do you not feel, Mabel, that in your life you need some one^-some one like me?" Mabel answered softly â€" very softly; prob- ably she wUl never realize how soft her answer was. "Harold, dear, I have often felt that I need the love of a manly heart like yours; I need to be cherished; I need protection." "Alas," he moaned, "then we can never be happy." "Why?" "Because â€" " "Speak on." "Because I am a free trader." The Inqnisitiye Tramp. " Madam," said the tramp, politely, "you will pardon my ragged condition, but I was thrown from my carriage a few miles back. Is there a man about the place " " There is," returned the matron at the door. "My husband is in the bam, my son is behind that tree over yonder, and the hired man is just around the comer. Shall I call them for you " "I will not trouble you," answered the tramp, bowing low. " My curiosity is grati- fied. Can you tell me whether your neigh- bor has any dogs " Sheets «s Pwaaiaw aa« Cats Us awm Tkraat* ' A terrible tiagady occorra^ at Lee, Kent, (£ng. on Fridagr night, whidi, owing to th« parsons being iral known in we neuhbour- hood, has caused a great sensation were. It ^^eacs that a young man named Frederick Human, whose parents reside at Chislehurst, has been for some time past on very friendly relations with a married lady, Mrs. Haley, of Burnt Ash HiU, a plauant suburb just outside Lee, and whose husband is engi^ed in a mercantile house. On Friday night wey had su^er at New Cross together, accord- ing to the lady's story, after which they took train to Grove Park Station, and alout. a quarter to eleven o'clock were on their way to Mrs. Haley's house, via the Bromly Road. Jus( before parting Hsuinan asked her to elope with him, and his request being refused he pulled out a silver-plated revolver and fired twice at her. Hannan afterwards took out a pocket-knife and cut his throat. Ac- cording to Mrs. Haley's story, he asked for a handkerchief to staunch the wound, which she gave him, and which was afterwards found in his possession. Hannan was after- wards found dead in a swamp some distance off with his wind-pipe completely severedand SEVEN GASHES ON EACH SIDE of the neck extending back to the spine, and it is thought he must have inflicted these wounds on hiniself after leaving the lady. Mrs. Haley wais conveyedto her home, and her husband arriving, shortly afterwards. Drs. Gould, of Middlesex Hospital, and Hutehens Williams examined and treated her wounds pronouncing her escape from death as ma vol lous. On alighting at Grove Park they went towards her home, walkingarm-in-arm. Han- nan suddenly asked her to look at the lighte, and when she turned her head aside to look at the London lights he shot her in the tem- ple. She screamed, but he held her round the neck, and pushing the revolver into her mouth fired again, exclaming that he knew it was impossible he could ever win her, and, therefore, it was better theyshould die together. Then he knelt down W her side and deliberately cut her throat. She told him he should have thought of her poor children before doingsuchathingand he asked whether SHE WAS DYING. She answered she believed she was.' At his request, she took a handkerchief and staunched the blood at his throat. Then fear overcame her, and she ran away. Hannan had taken her to dances and par- ties, with her husband's knowledge and con- sent, but on this occa.sion he was not aware they were toget"her, as she was supposed to be dining with some friends. At the in- quest Mr. Wm. Herbert Williams, clerk, Lewisham, said deceased was. secretary of the Thomas Lighting Company, and he last saw him alive at Cannon Street Station last Friday. Witness spent Thursday night With deceased, and- he appeared strange in his manner. Deceased told him he was very much in love. He could not sleep on Thurs- day night, and had a very strange expression next day. Witness ' THOITGHT HE WAS MAD. He used to sit up studying till three or four in the morning. Witness received a will from deceased on Saturday, with a request to settle a few debts. The will had appar- ently been made on Friday, but witness did not get i^ till after the tragedy. Several letters were found on Hannan. One dated December 8th stated that deceased had passed a restless day and night, and was contemplating suicide. He could not then decide on the time and place. On the llth he wrote, " Death is preferable, because it is an unconscious state, and perhaps the absolute condition." The last entry was on the 12th, on which day he burnt his love letters and bought a revolver and cartridges* He was troubled with the idea that he might die naturally or prematurely before he could carry his resolve. A verdict of the majority was taken to the effect that the deceased committed suicide by drowning whilst labouring under mental derange- ment. do my The HTubmd Had His Inning- Wife â€" "Is my hat On straight " Husbandâ€" "Yes." Wife (a moment later) â€" "How rimps look " Husbandâ€"' 'They?re all right. " Wife (a moment later stul) â€" "Do these gloves look soiled " Husband â€" "No." (Then, after a pause) â€" "Is my mustache on straight?" for bas ^1**^ the oiBBtnlar mea I see Hhk U^ p^naig/aiixm vift itrtUed- ^foa JuitH I^ the He Was in Ho Doubt. Foots, looking out of the window of his sitting-room, saw a man ascend the steps of his residence whom he didn't wish to receive. To be candid, he was a bill collector. Call- ing the servant, he bade him teU the man that he (Foots), was not at home. "Did you toll him I was out?" said Foots, when the servant returned from answering the bell. "I did, sir." "Did he appear to be in doubt about it " "Not at all, sir he said it was a lie." HALF CHILD, HALF f ANTHES. His Tom Win Come. All wept at the wedding, both she and her folks, As tho' 'twere the crack of doom^ They wept as if their sad hearts would break â€" That ia, all^except the groom. There he stood like a pirate, whose bold hand held The bride in its fearful dnteh â€" But won't he weep aiaol la he going tree â€" Well; the wise in such things say, not much! 'Oh, TI|0 Humber of Aet Berth. Kervons Old Lady (in slee^ing-car)^^' portnr, pwter, where do I sfBepf "Porterâ€" "What is d^ nnmbah ob jrotiah berth, ma'amf ISfv*^ CM La4yâ€" "I dott't see what that haa t4 36 'ijritkil{ birtUycmmnt know, a teiMar I beta ahea d of me.* Straasie Freak ef Natare That Passlcs Texas Selemtlsts. A singular freak of nature is attracting much attention in El Paso. It is the one- year-old child of a Mexican woman living a short distance from town, which child seems to partake more of the nature of a wild beast than of a human being. It has the curved claws of an animal of the feline race, sharp pointed teeth and short, coarse hair bris- tling all over its body, w^ich is of a peculiar brown and tawny hue. When hungry or made angry the creature emits cries that are exacthr like those of a panther, and is fierce and unnumageable, scratehing and clawing savi^ely if any attempt is made to meddle with it. It subsists aunost entirely on raw meat, which it tears to pieces, growling and snarling like a wild animal at any one approaching while it is eating. DXmiKO THE DAT THE CRXATUBK seems to be half asleep, coiled np in a bed of straw, but at night prowls about the house and, if allpwed, will make for the woods. It possesses incredible strength, leaping easuy distances that a strong man would find impossible. The features of the strange being are good and its expression at times very intelligent and human and even melan- choly, its eyes being large and speaking, but if noticed or approached at anca moments will assume a mischievous, impish look and bMPin leaping and grontins. Wnile perfectly aUe to walk erect, it seldom does so, but prefers to run about on aIl*four8, which it does with the greatest ease and activity. It has never spoken an articulate word nor attempted to, but its voice, when it scresms, is extraordinarily POWVRFITL AND KAB-PUBCINO. The mother is extremelv sensitive on the subject and generally refuses to allow the child to be sem if she can help it' but Dr. Abramsohn, who attended her at its birth, says that it nnried naturally at first until when, at three weeks old, its teeth appear- ing, it bit her savi^cely, inflicting a -woxmi. titat seemed to pmson the flesh so as reaify to endaii|(er her life. The doctor gives aa his opimon t)iat the thiiu( is really mcne human than it appean and tiiat wiui time it will lose a good dail of its faratishness. He says its afiBiction is b nmSt of pre- natal inflnenoes. It ui a female atad is now ^glet ^^^""" the sin rf a wdl-4ev«Iopad ehiU el three yean rfafft. t' til i^^^.i^i-\:^2si