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or oil was transport which time added materially to the weight of the out- fit- Hill I weired not than hundred and sixty pounds The young ranchman messed the which is one of the advantages of light weight arid this agility stood him in good stead as will be seen There were rivers and creeks to be crossed where there were no bridges method in these exigencies was to wade across in pull the automobile over with a line A little after sunset one evening while he was passing beneath some ma biotrees a leopard attempted to drop upon him but miscalculated his speed and lauded in the road behind The animal was so much disgusted either with its ill success or with the gaseous odor of the machine that it sneaked away without further effort to molest the ranchman At another time while he was pass ing a swamp which the road skirted a charged out niter him For fifty yards it was nearly a drawn race when the motorcarriage showed the better speed anil pulled away These however were but unimport ant incidents over the real adi venture of the trip Hill after entering Mashonaland He was now in a tract of country which was re mote from settlers ranches At a little past noon ont day he was cross ing a kind of grassy marsh- la the wet season such depressions are shal low lakes the shores of which arc marked by an irregular fringe of trees The road was here merely a trail over the beaten down grass but there were neither stones or logs to obstruct the traveller and the Little as Hill called his small motorcarriage was puffing for ward at a fair rate of speed and ap proaching the fringe of wood Suddenly the underbrush immediate ly ahead teemed with heads and the next moment the solitary- scout found himself in the midst of a herd of not fleeing from him but rushing upon him running madly out into the open marsh As many as two hundred of the animals dashed by him as he was passing thru the thin fringe of trees In his at this unex pected stampede Hill did not for the moment reflect that the cause it must be near at hand but the cause disclosed itself promptly- Not forty yards away stood a number of large lions that had evidently been stalking the lie had hardly taken in this startling sight when he heard a tremendous roar a little way to the left and saw another lion even bigger than the others that had killed a buck and was standing over his prey There was no time lo unstrap his carbine no time for nothing The instinct which prompts the locomotive driver when he sees a beadon colli sion coming to shut off and jump led Hill to give one convulsive shove at the steering lever and leap clear of the vehicle His idea was get into the fringe of timber and climb a tree but he had already passed most of the trees The nearest was a large old trunk that had fallen partly and lay at an angle of fortyfive or less Its top lodged in another smaller tree which had arrested it fall and acted as a prop to hold it up He made a dash for this inclined tree and ran up fifteen or twenty feet to where a large branch rose vertically Twisting his body around this branch Hill glanc ed back to see what the lions were doing Luckily for him they were being en tertained by the motorcarriage The movements of the little automobile were somewhat laughable The hard shove to left which Hill had given the handle caused the machine to describe a vagrant circuit out on the veldt beyond the trees There were thornbubhcsMhih dry grass and num bers of tones In the open but the Little Ajax was accustomed to such obstructions and waddled its way merrily over them describing a circle and coming round again as if look ing for its master and loath leave him behind The lions were clearly mystified alike from what tibSaw heard and smelted They backed off and came round in the rear of the machine eye ing it with doubt disfavor When it turned doubled to the rear of it again and the big lion with the buck when he saw it coming in his direction seized his prey in his mouth and with an angry grow bounded off out the track of the queer mon strosity Then he stood up and roared again Two the other lions were not fully grown Apparently they did not quite dare to spring upon the life like yet malodorous creature but kept following it charging close up behind it at one moment then back The other larger lions or lionesses squatted at a distance in the and watched It Stones and bushes were constantly deflecting the direction of the motor- carriage and before long it ran into another larger bush or clump of bushes that brought it to a stand still although it continued puffing and pushing at the obstruction For sometime the lions watched it but grew listless or indifferent to the performance and went out toward the blackmanned lion with the buck 1 He was not disposed to divide with them and greeted their approach with menacing growls All four then squatted down to watch him with snarls and envious looks and Hill now the mistake of thinking that he mifeht get down and possess himself of his carbine as he would have to go no more than a hundred and fifty feet and the were now three times that distance away He fancied that the gyrations of the automobile had caused them to forget him if indeed they had ever really noticed his escape But descending the inclined tree- trunk slowly proved a more difficult feat than running up rapidly when part way down lie slipped and slid to the ground making some noise Re gaining his feet as nimbly as possible he glanced hastily toward the lions- only to see to his dismay that one of the two young ones had heard or seen him and was bounding towards him also that the other three had started up and were about lo follow Nothing remained for it but to make a dash hack up the slanting tree- trunk When about hairway up he nearly lost his foothold and barely saved himself from tumbling hack The lion was close upon him With an ugly growl it attempted to ascend the treetrunk and thrust up a paw with extended halls but it lost its footing and fell into the dry grass be low A moment later it dashed up the trunk again but was not aglte enough to pass the obstruction up right branch behind which Hill was sheltering himself The lion clung however growling and snarling with one paw clasped around the branch Hill could have retreated further into the top of the tree but lie feared that the if on might work its body around the branch and effect a lodgment in the top itself lie hat a sUbiig pocket- knife and cutting a small for a club struck the lion so stilt a blow with it that the animal uttering a roar fed to tho ground Infuriated by the blow the beast instantly charged up a third time but Hill had now secured a good hold with his left hand and dealt such blows with his club at the brutes head and paws that again it leaped to the ground roaring and snarling baffled rage Its outcries incit ed the other to make an attack and amidst a horrible chorus of roars anil growls first one then another and soon two or three at a time came charging tip the treetrunk Only one however could approach the dif ficult point or passage around the up right branch and whenever a paw was thrust about the branch Hilt hammered it with his vigorous ly as nearly to crush it Two of the lions were- already bleed ing at the nose anJ all four appeared to have had enough of the to scale the treetrunk they had become wrought up to such a state of fury that Hill had little hope that they would leave the that night A fresh expedient presently suggest ed itself however Hill had matches In his pocket and gathering wads of dry bark or muss from the tree- trunk he ignited them and then drop ped them into the dry grass under the tree Soon a ring of fire and smoke began to spread The four lions fln- made off thru the fringe of trees and soon Hill saw the one that had killed bounding away with the carcass In his mouth Although tar from certain that the lions would not return attack him Hill was forced to descend and run to the automobile before the fire reached it lest there might be an explosion of his fuel tank and cart ridges The Little still away at the bush all ready to go on Hills first thought was his carbine but the lire was close upon the machine and after a single glance about him through the smoke he backed out of the bush and went on at full speed The lions could not pursue him Written for the Era A monster BY A BANKER Our Toronto Letter Amongst the most ungainly and ill- favored of all the various forms of animal life which exist upon this earth either on land or water that monstrous denizen of the deep the hideous octopus is certainly the most grimly repulsive and offensive of all The small varieties frequently Caught and placed in aquaria give some lit tle Idea of the ungainly creature but the gigantic specimens which are oc casionally caught in the South Paci fic or are cast up on its shores are terrible creatures indeed And it is possible and even probable that in the unknown depths of the great ocean yet more enormous monsters may be dwelling far exceeding in size any of which we have any record The great flabby head of the ani mal a long inflated sac alternately contracted and distended by its breathing which is effected through a long horny tube projecting through an aperture in the sac is rendered even more unsightly by the vil lainous and extraordinarily cunning expression of its sharp foxy eyes which ever glare with a look cruel malignity Us long slimy tentacles which in large speci mens are described as attaining as much as thirty or more feet in length are terrible weapons of offence being provided with enormous numbers of great powerful suckers the power of suction of which is so great that even a strong man would be altogether un able to tear himself away from the deadly grip of the animal while a porpoise even a young whale falls an easy prey to the capacious raven- These giant monsters are most fiercely voracious and should a sailor by mischance happen to fall over board or incautiously to bathe with in its purview a dismal and loath some fate indeed reserved for the poor unfortunate light ning one of those- long arms is shot out with unerring aim the suckers are fixed upon the poor help less struggle and le is drawn into the hideous embrace of the ghastly which rapidly encircles its doomed and writhing victim in the entwining coils of those gruesome sinuous And now as he sees the vicious cunning eyes the monster hungrily fixed upon him and finds that the powerful bony beak is commencing scoop pieces of ficsh out of him he realizes that unless his comrades immediately slaughter the monster all hope is lost his span of life Is ended and that the repulsive maw- of the grisly will be his sepulchre And on this earth too there are those unseen but mighty anil power ful who are ever on the watch for prey ever tempting us away from the narrow path of life or hindering us from entering it by instilling Into our minds false and lying ideas of its fancied austerity But if we commit ourselves to the care of Almighty asking the aid of the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth and pleading the merits and of the Saviour as our complete justification for all our misdeeds whether inherit ed from our or commit ted by ourselves we shall not only be safe from those dread assaults but shall have the angels of ever ministering to our wants and ever guarding us from harm Talk about a persons rating from Dunns and A country newspapers subscription list comes nearer telling who Is honest and who Is not In the community in which it is published The man who pays can be trusted anywhere and by everybody The country pub lishers come nearer knowing peoples honesty than the A story is told of a man named Moon who wan presented with a daughter by his wife That was a new Moon The old Moon was so overcome with Joy that he went off and got drurik and that was a full Moon When he became sober had cents left That was the last quarter But when mother-in- law met him at the door with a roll ing pin there was a total eclipse of tho moon with seven stars visible One day last week Jesse Walker of Whitchurch was fined for driving a team of horses in the city both of had horrible sores under their collars The poor beasts were kindly treated at adjoining stables to the city hall white the owner was wait ing for the decision of the Police Mag istrate More counterfeit Dominion Bank bills were floating about the city last week A peddler was arrested for trying to pass one but the au thorities were satisfied he did not know it was bogus thousand pounds of grass seed mixed timothy and red clover were shipped recently by the Colonization Department to camingue for use of settlers in the burnt lands sufficiently to allow the grass to get a start this season The Fisheries Department has had official reports that a gang of trap- net fishermen at Georges Island Georgian Bay had been broken up and their trapnets confiscated The Co handed a cheque for to the city treasurer last week the first instalment of the taxes for the year Sir George Burton for 26 years one Ontarios distinguished Judges died at his home on Wellington street on Thursday of last week Deceased was years of age He was one of the judges who heard the first argu ment 011 the question of the right of the Ontario Legislation to pass Sab bath legislation The work on the new hotel on King street is progressing rapidly There are about men employed A charge of has been preferred against James whose son died from diphtheria while treated by a Christian Scientist named Perry While Antonio incey- an Italian fruit dealer at Queen street west was in Buffalo Sunday and his wife also Away thieves broke into the house and stole in money and a quantity of jewelry expected consignment of goods Monday and had the money ready to pay for it The bills were in a trunk in his room and the thief broke the on it to secure his booty Michael died at St Michaels Hospital as a result of a blow on the head said to have been sustained in a flght in a westend bar room All prospects of securing old Upper Canada College grounds for a public square is ended The university has sold a lot in the centre of the block as a factory site The hay crop in Ontario is Hie larg est in nineteen years The average over the province is tons per acre hut in different sections as much as tons per acre cut The Executive of the International Association of Ticket Agents have de cided upon Toronto as the place meeting The members arc expected to arrive here about Sept Arrangements are being perfected for a Canadian Conference of Char- Hies to bo held in the Normal School auditorium from Sept to Delegates aro expected every province in the Dominion accountant and statistician at the Parliament build ings died on Thursday of last week He was years of age and had been in the employ of the Ontario Govern ment for the past thirteen years Orders have been received at ley Barracks for the soldiers stationed there to proceed to Ottawa on Sept In with the arrange ments for au escort to the Royal par ty On Thursday night of last week when the hostler of the Commercial Hotel on St locked up thing was as usual Next morning when be entered it he found a dead man lying on the door An investigation resulted In the discovery that the corpse was that of James Walker who had been about the place late the previous evening A coroners jury has found that the deceased was murdered Customs returns show Increased ports at this port this month A bicycle accident to Geo Marks last Saturday resulted In both being broken ant face badly disfigur ed He Is a Trinity Medical Student and was struck by a trolley cat while riding on the wrong side the track Geo Constable a well known Queen street baker died at his residence on Sunday night from brain congestion The last day for running the tree ferry lor bathers to Fishermans Is land on Saturday was marked by the drowning of one boy and a for another The Royal Visit Ottawa Aug 24 The following instructions respecting the views to be held in honor of HRH the Duke of Cornwall and York have been pub lished Regiments parading in review order Whose officers are in possession tunics will wear them and those regi ments whose officers have serge only will- wear them with sash Each regiment must be uniformly dressed The Department of Militia has con sented to a parade of Montreal garrison being held when the Duke Cornwall and York visits the city It will be held on the second day that is lo be in Montreal This Will September if the Duke arrives at Quebec on the expect ed date September It is proposed to have bonfires on the Heights of Levis on the Isle Orleans and at when the Duke and Duchess arrive At Ot tawa in addition to the Parliament buildings it has also been decided to illuminate the block by means of incandescent lights The new Pullman car ordered by the Government and which is to be plac ed at the disposal of the Duke and Duchess of York if required been completed at Dayton Ohio A trial trip forty miles was most satisfac tory The exterior of the car is of red mahogany and the interior of and quartered oak with cushions to match The as the new car has Seen christened is lighted with from the axel It will probably be sent to Montreal to he ready for use when required Program for Toronto The Royal party will arrive in To ronto at Thursday Oct There will be a procession to Hall where addresses will be and the party will then proceed to Government House In the evening they will dine at the Parliament buildings the guests of the Governor- General After dinner their Royal Highnesses will hold a reception On Friday morning there will be a parade and military review at the Woodbine to be followed by the un veiling of the monument to the late Queen Victoria The royal party will then proceed to the university where a degree will be conferred upon the future King During the after noon their Royal Highnesses will at tend a garden party at the Island quarters of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club They will dine Gov ernment House and in the evening will attend the Royal Grand Opera in Hall On Saturday morning the par ty will leave Toronto for London the train stopping a short time at some of the intervening stations From London they will proceed to St Thomas and then to Niagara Falls where they will spend Sunday On Monday they will touch Wood stock and Brant and will spend nine hours in Hamilton returning then to Toronto and remaining there for night leaving lor Kingston on the following morning making a short stop at Port Hope From Kingston they will proceed through the Thous and Islands Women as Inventors Some of the most valuable as well as important inventions have been patented to women among which may be numbered the first cook stove a permutation lock having dif ferent combinations a machine for making screws invented by a little girl which revolutionized that indus try and the valuable Burden process of making horseshoes which resulted in a saving over the old process many millions of dollars per year The first patent to a woman was granted in and since then the number has increased to many thous ands These facts are interesting not only because indicating rapid and al most marvellous growth of womans intellect but also from the fact that the Inventive genius of woman invades fields in which one would scarcely credit her with any interest much Jess knowledge We would not be sur prised that a glove- fastener etc should be Invented by women but when we learn that such inventions as making mar ble from and dams and re servoirs are evolved people begin to be interested In Canada also women are Interested inventions as Is denced by large number of women- applicants seeking patents through Marion Marion of Montreal The Province of Nova Scotia has a surplus of