Show A frightful snake story the follo following winz incident was wag related to us the other day bay fay ona i 14 unquestioned and who was an eye witness of the fact it is more appalling than 1 any we cah can recollect to have read in the history y of th thep thee e we e reptiles some limel lime last 5 summer ho hirji ib man cl cilester chest chester lester iester pr impi cave care a barbarus bar bacus which was attended by bir most of the fashion and beauty of the I 1 town an on I 1 surrounding country it happened filat I 1 among the en guests sta ahre was a young lady miss tec rec recently enily from one of the eastern cities who was on a visit tp to her relations in the of the town mis M wap was a I 1 and extremely fashionable young lady and 4 withal poss possessed essed an uncommon share of spirit aid ald courage except in the matter of snake and of 0 those she had so great a dread that he zhe scarcely carcil to walk anywhere except ili in the most frn places place for fear fe ar of encountering them t every i ver vor y effort was used but avail in iid ild lid iier lier or dofher her hen feals jents they haunted tier llen li er continua continually liv until at la laetit atit became ti the settle settie of br her igind that ae he was d defined tined to fil fall br bv the ibe fangi fans of a rattlesnake the sequel will show how soon that terrible pre wa wai 4 fill fulfilled filled I f towards the fhe clo cioe cloe close e of the dav day while wh lle ile scores of faira feet were keeping time in the dance tiance to the music anti and the whole company were in fhe the full tide of a scream ivas evas was heard hi ard from I 1 miss ili ill M the most r 10 diz siz recty for heln bein ithe the crowd gra gathered around her instant iv and beheld her ter standing the perfect image of despair with her hands gris crisping grasping ping pinc a portion of hen her dress with all the tenacity of a vice it was some time j before bedfor slie she could be rendered fly calm to toi i tell the cause of her alarm and then their they gathered a from her broken exclamation that she wag was w a g grasping ino ing the head bead of a snake in the fold folds of h hen her e r tre irr ire mid wid feared to let do go lier tier hold for fear of receiving the fatal fata blow I 1 billit this T his intelligence caused many to shrink from her but rant nho ran t of the lades for their honor be b it 1 I 1 I 1 told determined not to fo leave her liar in her extremity they besought her not tr to loose her hol bol hold hoid gs safety de upon it t until odie 01 one ohe lie lle aou dou c oum d be found with courage to seize and aria remove fhe the ahe terrible animal ail aTi imal there were none brie of the ladie ladle dle however ta perform th apt and the situation of miss INI was lipco becoming more and more erit critical ical icil every moment it was evident that her strenZ strength ih was failing fast and hat that she could not maintain lier her hald hold many miny minutes longer A hasty baty haty consultation amone among he lite calmest calmet t of the ladies wak was was held when it war was determined that lint mr tisba who was pi nip pip sent should le he called to heir their assistance he was quickly on tile the SPOT and being a man mail of ul common uncommon cour conr courage axt lie he was not nat many minute minutes within tj tle the e circle of tha the weeping and annd half balf fainting fain ng femie fem bem pie sie until he caught the tall tail I 1 I 1 of ot the snake anah P and anti wound it round his hand to i malca maca sure of lio his hold il lie lle then told mi miss 31 that she trill must M go at the moment he jerked it anav and to nial make maue seme the ike act as instantaneous as possible he be would wonia pro the words one on two three and ani at the hie ino rno 1 ment he lip pronounced the la lat last t word she must let coller colier go lier ller hold holdmand hol hoi dand and he doubted not he be could withdraw tha the snake before it had time timp to strike all sto odin breathless horror borror awaiting the act I 1 of life and death and at the moment ike ibe the tha word three was pronounced the doctor jerked out the lan fan largest test and most diabolical bast bustie bustle that eler eter was seeri seen in 1 j the whole affair was now explained the fastenings of the machine had become loose alir during in the dancing and it had shifted its position in n I 1 such a war that it dangled about the laddis I 1 limbs and induced the belief that it was a snake with liah an enormous head I 1 the doctor fell right down in bis his tracks and nd I 1 fainted tainted be cedil alia j I 1 SEVEN VERSIONS OF THE LORDS lairds ia the follow following lilg ilig specia specimens ils lis of the we lords loras prayer i in the style in use at various periods will exhibit the changes which our oar vernacular has undergone since its formation six centuries ago i A D 1253 1259 fader ure in heune henne hale wide heath beath thi neline acumen thi till kune the wille beath idon in beune and iu in erthe the emerych dawe bried elf eif ous dawe and lure ure deates a 3 vi ure dettorre det dat toure addlene and lene iene ous nought into temptation bot hot ous of or evel evela amen j A D 1300 falder our in healene he bo avene haleyt by I 1 till thi name thy kingdom come thi wille be don as in geavene and in erthe ollie oure frebe dayes bred give us today to day and forgive us our bettes as a we forgive our det and lede us not into temptation bote dote delav vere us of yvel amen A D 1380 our fadi that art ia in cheunes hal j lowid be thi name thi come to be thi i while don in ertho erthe as in jia heune beune geve to us this day I 1 j s our outbreed breed our other subs fuhs substance talce to 0 o us ip wor por deities as we e forca forga tieu to mire re d li i an fn s izaj leabus us not into temptation bul lul ln d i huer tiey tier li ug irum trum y yeul e ul amen ameil AD our I 1 i fd felitt lITt I 1 iek lee r v 1 1 Q h a art r t li l i heave n ilal lial loMed be b thy mm let 11 L 1 thy an corm corn c to thy w aliw allm xi full filled fid as at well vell in la earth as itys it ys in ili heaven geve vs thil thi diye diya d iye iya our ddlly breede breeds A aud and ud vs olar oure tre p aises even as wo fr forgive g 1 ive lve on our r tre pacers and leade vs not ant into temp otil hut but delay ver ers irs va from froni evell for thyne is the k une Ung edoma and the lower bower i ower and the grorge for ever amen 4 11 1 1 A e 2 tvr ch art ip in heaven beaven ims alth thy y nime L lei let el thy Z kingdo kingdom 1 in come conn T thy by will wiil be doue done us ns lif lii he heavens averit averil in iii earth also gino vs to day our super brend and forgue vs a gur pur lettes lett letl cs aa its wo fiig itlo forgue and lead ys not into luto aito b but ut delaur us from froin evil evi evl amen A digil our oar oather father artin art in herven i hallowed hallon pd bo be thy lily name thy kingdom kin glom giom come thy mii 11 le be done doue as a in ili herve ii gi I 1 t e 11 vs this day obi ohr daIy daly bread tg I 1 0 our U yeb ucb debco a we our diers di and ad vs not into temptation but deliar deila delia r u carom eull euil eu il for fot thine is ahe the lle lio lie cing ting done aed and tile ll aporte boyee aud and the tha glory forever atlen aigen amen tilles OF oi THE SOLTAN it may g vp some ien len nation of tle the decayed power ivr yf thee tho ottomans Ott Ot empire to refer to the t e style by which tile the sultan was ad dressea several ia ao in the play of henry VI numerous title of lord talbot ure recited joan of arc are exclaims here hene it a asilla f alty ingemi i the turk tunfu that two and ml arty aty king ting kingdoms doms bath lyristes not su so a etyle as imp lyv this t howell owell II in ones on of his hia 1 ater iter waiten written in IVA the hs middle of tha speaking of tiie ilia as of one of the ZUl zui sultans tana tani says sayi thus thug nell rell one of the great greatest est bof notates upon earth by the tile hand hands v of a alive nor for eherd is rot a free freet born subject in all that vast empire thus fell he that tiit entile himself mot most puissant and highest monarch of the turks king above all kings if H ing that upon the earthly paradis son of mahomet keeper of or the grave of the chrition god lord of th the tree tyee i of life and the river elishy prior of the earthly eart lily illy paradise of the macedonians Macedon ians iann the he seed of great alexander prince of the kingdoms of ary media aledia and b of the martial A Anatol anatolia nR tolia ii Bit hynia asia armenia servi n i thrasi i moldavia and of all warlike ilu flu hungary sovereign lord and commander of or all greece persia both the Ar adalias aralias allas aLias the most noble kingdom t of egypt Tre and africa emperor rf of and the most glorious constantinople lord of 01 clethe the white and black seas of the holy hols city mecca and medina shining with divine glory commander of all ali al thing i that are lo 10 be commanded and the strongest and mightiest champion of the wide wile world a warrior appointed by lihaven in the edge of the tiie sword avord a persecutor of his enemies a most perfect jewel of or the blessed tree kieper keeper of the cruc crucified j fi d G god od ac C remarkable occurrence A circumstance of a somewhat extraordinary character occurred a short ti timp me since in one of the floar ashing towns ot of fhe the midland counties A clergyman died and his wife and daughters on the third day after his decease recollect recollecting recollecting that no I 1 likeness remained it was agreed er ere e the grave closed oer him that the tile body should h b and a portrait taken A young my of oine iome nine professional celebrity was wag engal ed hor kor for the 04 task she with the assistance asci armi stance of orthe the a attendant took off fr tile the shroud and placed the body in the requisite posture but other duties rp an i r ing the artists attention the sketch was deferrer defer deferred rev till lill noon at 12 0 clock at the foot of the bed the lady commenced and wont went through an hour s work on this imagra of death at this stage of the proceedings by some motion the head of the death like ilke figure fidure fell on the side nothing daunted daunt pd the artist carefully took toos the head to applice it when lo 10 the tile eyes opened and fuli full ii in the face the deaden who arp fire you the gilp young professional profession il without trepidation took the bandage from the head fiend and rubbed hi his 9 neck ile he immediately aw the shroud and laughed immoderately the artist quietly called the family ih thir hir ir iny joy may be imagined but cannot be described that evening he who had lain iain lin tin three days in his llis shroud bemoaned by mother and biters si with agonizing tears gladdened their heart hearts by taking his accustomed p plate place I 1 ate aee at the tex tes testable table tabie and at this moment is milliner an excursion in north wales dedford ded bedford Bed tord enly times |