| Show tai tei KILKENNY CATS I 1 have w vb none of your correspondents who are arena natives of or residents in kilkenny have given fiven apu you the real version of the tale of the kilkenny cats I 1 have seen the subject f frequently noticed in the columns of not no a and queries but I 1 have never seen the following accurate version of the occurrence which ch ltd led to the gen generally ally aily received and erroneous story of the kilkenny cats dunns the rebellion which occurred in ireland in 1792 or may bl be 0 1803 i kilkenny was was garrisoned by a regi regiment mient or ot j hessian soldiers hose whose custom it was waa to tie together in one of their barrack rooms two cats cata by their respective tails and then to throw them face to face acro accoo gg A line generally used for drying cl clot ciot otnes ne the cath cats natu j rally raily became infuriated and scratched each other in the abdomen until death egued to one or both of them and terminated cited the thear r sufferings fe rinks rings the officers of the corps were ultimately made acquainted these barbarous acts acta of cruelty and they resolved to dat put an end to efiem and punish the offenders in or der to effect thib una purpose an officer was wag ordered to inspect each barrack room daily ald aud to report to the tae officer in what state he found the room the fhe cruel soldie soldiers 8 determined not to lose the daily torture of the wretched cats ca generally employ employed eJ one of their comrades to watch the approach ap of the officer in order braer that the cats be liberated li td d ana take refuge in fligle before the visit of the officer to th the e scene of 0 the r torture oa on one occasion the lookout man neglected his hia duty and the officer of the day was heard ascending the barrack stairs while the cats were undergoing b their customary torture odle ofle of the tr troopers 0 apers immediately seized a s vord ford feord the arm rack and with a single blow divided the tails of the two cats the tb cats of course escaped through the open windows of the room which was entered almost immediately afterwards after worda words by oy the of mizer officer who inquired what was the cause of the two bleeding cats tails being suspended on the clothes line and was told in reply that two cats had bad been fighting in the room and that it was found impossible to se them and that they fought fough tso so desperately pera pe tely that they had bad devoured each other othen up with ivae exception ot of their two tal tai iett lali which may have satisfied captain kettel fc etre ette but H ouid not have deluded any person but a beer prussian HIGHEST EST MOUNTAINS IN tue THE UNITED STATES professor J D whitney the superintendent in of the california geological survey in an article in the proceedings of the call borila academy announce announces a his conclusion that ML mt shasta feet high probably overtops over tops all other peaks within the limits of the united states mount hood sometimes called the loftiest loft iest peak of the cascade range la is provably prop ably not so high as mounts blounts sha shasta sta rainer or adams and b by y no means entitled to the supremacy of the chain although one of the highest points in it tr i measurements measure menta of mount hood in 1860 gave its hight bight as feet mount st ells elbs in the russian possessions has generally been considered the highest mountain in north america on the authority of Mal ual espinas manuscripts discovered by humboldt in the archives of mexico which assign to it an elevation ot of feet mr whitney however thinks this estimate erroneous and the estimate given on the he british hydrographical charts of captain denham of more nearly correct mount biown brown and mount Hj in british columbia have assigned to them a b hight bt ot 0 and feet respectively but the highest mountain on the north american continent i beyond bild all ail doubt the mexican volcano of which rises to the well ascertained bight of feet CANTEEN tha tho word canteen has had a curious history it is perhaps the only word in our language 11 which originally Eng edg english libb pissed into a foreign tongue and was afterwards taker taken back N in a modified form As originally spoken by the saxon it was simply tin can but the gaul as is his bis wont placing 0 the no noun in before the adjective and pronouncing the letter i ss as e if brought out as can tin tib pronounced canan can tsen tzan adopting adopts a thousand other french military terms t the h e dull englishman took back his own original word ina in a n new evv shape without any inquiries on the subject and hence we now say canteen ins instead wead lead of tin can flim FIRE the tragedy of santiago came ver it near a at montevideo in one 0 of the fashionable churches in holy when brilliantly illuminated a taper communicated fire to some combustibles near it A cry aroe arose and a rush was made bythe by the congregation for the doors ladies in e degant cos costumes were thrown down and trampled upon badly injured and the wildest panic pre prevailed vaile valle d for tor a time the fire was happily extinguished and there are no more martyrs to fanaticism and illuminations to be canonized in south america at present CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD we ive bear the most cheering reports of the receipts of this railway raili ray yay abicht aich 19 destined ultimately to connect the east with the west since its como completion to newcastle wo we are informed by a reliable gentleman who kno vs s the net its of the road have been beon fide fie hundred dollars a day it is believed that if it the same qualities of freight were being brou brought glit gilt across the mountains this year that came last tha net receipts of the road would reach the handsome figure of one thousand dollars a day no railroad enter euter enterprise prise in the united states was waa ever undertaken under auspices 0 to o favorable as attend the building odthe 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