The Corvallis gazette., October 10, 1879, Page 4, Image 4

WEEKLY CORVALLIS 6 ZfiTTE
CORVALLIS,
OCTOBER 10, 1879
MY DOG, "HERO."
MAY N. HA.WXEY.
Dead ! And yon bid me not to mourn
For the falthfulest heart that ever beat!
Only a dog let the days pass on
There are dogs to be bad tince he Is gone,
And newer friends are sweet.
. brown eyes are shut,
And the silken coat of black is rough,
Oh, but the brave,
And the smooth, soit head that sought y
hand
With a quick obedience to command
la silent and still enough.
Truer friend no one ever had.
Fonder, more faithful, guardant, or wise
Hero, my dog with proud head and white
breast,
Followiug ir on my sUps' unrest
With foud, unquestiouinn-eyea.
Dead! by an eDemy's cruel hand
Slain for defending the one be loved.
O, faltblulest friend! his life was more
Than the human lile which triumphed o'er
Bis dumb strength, bravely proved.
Nay, hush ! These are heartfelt tears I shed-
There Is never a dog can take his place.
I have no room for less worthy friends.
And only the years can nuke amends
For the loss of bis constant grace.
SHOOTI.Mft THE RAPIDS.
fKrnm CflRsellN Maeazine.l
"Curious, isn't it, how the old customs still
hold their own? Here is the fashion of penance
by pilgrimage still in vogue, with the additional
aggravation of calling it 'traveling for pleasure.'"
"Well, Edward," said a sweet voice, "that's a
vei-v urettv comuliment to us your companions
I think I ought to make you do penance for
that."
"That's right, Miss Wentworth, keep him in
order." chimed in a third sneaker. "However.
going abroad has this one advantage for us Eng
lish, that there we can sometimes venture to
seem amused without thereby committing the
seven deadly sins in one.
Such was the chin which passed among the
group of four two ladies and two gentlemen
seated at lunch on the balcony of the Hotel du
Khin, at Schaffhausen, one sunny afternoon in
the month of May. The first speaker was
fine looking voune man of three-and -twenty
whose comely features, dark, curling hair and
tall, well-shaped figure amply bore out the name
of "Handsome red, "given him by bis intimates.
Young, rich and good looking, popular with the
hieh and low. in the plentitude of health and
vigor, lately betrothed to the charming girl
whose soft, lustrous eyes were watching him half
tenderly, halt archly lrom the other side of the
board Viscount Montague might fairly account
himself an extremely lucky lellow. Hut upon
that bright, young lace, and manly as it was
brooded the doomed look that haunts one in the
portraits of Montrose, of Claverhouse, of Charles
A., ominously ueuruig out, iuc giooiijv unuiuuu
current among the elders of his native country
that "the last ot (he Montagues was so in a
double sense, and that with him the grand old
line which bad left its mark upon every age of
English history since the days ot the Tudors was
doomed to pass away torever.
Beside him sat his inseparable associate, Sed
lpv Rtirdal.t.. whose snuare. muscular titrure and
frank, sunburnt face, looked the embodiment of
Young England at its best. Side bv side the two
young men had shot buffaloes on America prai
ries, stalked moose through Canada forests
"bowled over" royal tigers in Bengal, and hob
nobbed with negro kings on the coast ot Atnca
and they were now,aute de mieux, escorting the
"Flower ot Kent and her mother on the mevi
table tour through Switzerland, not without
secret hope that some unsealed mountain might
afford them a chance of breaking their necks in
the good old British way.
j-id you see how old Johann eyed me as he
brought in the lunch?" said Montague. "He
evidently a devout believer in the Continental
creed, that an Englishman's natural pastime is
to knock somebody down, or set a bouse on tire
or make a heavy bet that he'll jump heart tore
most out ot the winuow, anu then oo it forth
with."
"Or," laughed Burdelt, "just what Dr,
Buchanan said to me yesterday : 'Mein Herr
those countrymen of yours 1' When I was Drue
t icing in Saxony, I had no peace for them! First
thing in the morning, kling! kling! at my door.
" W hat is it ?" "An Engender, who has broken
his leg in trying to scale the Teufels-horn, which
nv -one" ever ascended yet." 1 set the Herr
Eriglander's leg and am making him comfortable
when kling! kling! again, "What now?' "A
Englander uearly drowned in swimming across
the Elbe on a wager. 1 wrap the iierr Eng
lander in hot blankets and bring him to. Before
half an hour is over, kling ! kling ! once more.
"Mein Herri wbat s the matter ! "An .ng
lander, who has Droken a oiooa vessel in trying
to run twelve miles an hour, because somebody
said he couldn't." "Mein Herr, I am sorry to
have to say it, but your countrymen are equally
devoid ot tear and reason.
"But you won't do any more of these horrible
things now, Edward," said Marion Wentworth,
entreatingly; "you promised to be more careful,
you know, while you were with us
"Don't be frightened, my child," answered the
viscount, with his gay laugh: "believe me, I
have no intention of being killed any sooner
than is necessary. Would you believe it, Sed?
this unreasonable young woman is making her
self miserable, and daily expecting a notification
to attend my funeral, on no better ground than
an old monk's prophecy."
"An old monk's prophecy V echoed Burnett.
inquiringly.
"What, haven't you heard of it?" cried Mon
tague. "Well, this is a treat, to find one man to
whom that story's new. You most know (as
those fellows in Sanford and Merton keep Bay
ing) that the estate which Harry the legate
bestowed upon my respective ances' or, Sir An
thony Browne, included Battle Abbey and the
lands belonging to it: and mighty short work he
made of the poor old monks, if all tales be true.
But after they were expelled, it began to be
whispered that one monk still remained in the
old walls, and that be was not to be driven out
by either king or lord."'
"My word," cried Burdett, "that's just the
Black Friar of Norman Stone over again. Do
you remember with what dramatic energy our
old tutor used to repeat that verse :
"'Beware, beware, of the Black Friar!
He still retains his sway,
For he is still the Church's heir,
Whoe'er may be the lay,
Amundeville is lord by day,
ja,. But the monk is lord by night;
wKor wine nor wassal can raise a vassal
To question that friar's right.' "
"Well," pursued Montague, "when my worthy
forefather came into his Iproperty, the first thing
he did was to give a big dinner in the great hall
of Battle Abbey (if he found it half as tire
some as the dinner 1 had to give when 1 came of
age, the impiety must have been its own avenger),
and they lighted up the old place with a perfect
blaze of torches, and held high revel till midnight
And then all of a sudden, a chill of blast wind
came moaning through the hall, making all the
old banners and mail-coats along the wall clank
and rustle; and the hugh door swung slowly
open, and in the midst of the guests, no one
could see whence or how, appeared the shrouded
figure of a tall monk. It glided like a shadow
up to the dias where my ancestor was seated, and
said, in a deep, hollow voice that seemed to make
the very torches grow pale as it spoke :
" 'Anthony of Cowdray ! thou hast enriched
thy self with the spoils of God's Church, and for
this deed His judgments are upon thee and
thine. As snow melts in the sunshine, so shall
thy race decay, until the end comes; and it shall
come suddenly, in one day, by fire and by water!' "
It was strange enough to note how Montague's
light tone deepened into tragic solemnity as the
dismal tale proceeded, and how the shadowy im
press of doom on his handsome face came out
plainer and plainer with every word. The anx
ious look in Marion Wentworth's eves grew into
absolute terror as he ended: and she seemed
about to speak when the waiter's entrance with a
dish of fruit interrupted her.
As he entered, Mrs. Wentworth, evidently
wishing to change the subject, spoke to him.
"Waiter, wheo did you say the night illumi
nation of tbe falls was to be?"
"Thursday week, gracious lady; but it will
hardly be as good as the one we had last year,
when they sent a big boat over the falls, hung all
round with lanterns."
"Was there anybody in her?" asked Montague.
"What do you say, milord?" gasped the old
man, with a stare of amazement.
"W there anybody in the boat ?"
The boat, milord? The boat went over the
falls, I tell you V
"Well, why shouldn't somebody go with her
to keep her straight?"
"Why 7" echoed Johann, goaded Deyono enau-
rance. "Because we ittunelanaers are no ion er
of being drowned than other people. I've seen
many a stily tning none in my time, out a snuoi
ing the Schaff bausen Falls in a boat is a thing
ve never seen yet ana never snaii.
The sudden gleam in Montague's dark eye and
the glow on his handsome features sufficiently
betrayed the wild thought suggested to him by
the honest uerman's last woras. me siguincum
rlmico exchanged between him and Burdett
. V . . i :J- f
showed that the same idea was in me minus oi
both, though the latter accompanied his look with
a warning gesture, reminding the reckless vis
count of the effect which the words that were
just about to break from his lips would have up
on tbe two ladies Hut wnen iney nau retireu,
Montague could contain himself no longer.
"Glorious idea! We'll do it eh, Sed 1"
"Doit? I should think we would! Alter the
Gueule d'Enfer Rapids in Canada, this thing!!
be a joke. 'Never seen it yet, and never shall,
eh? We'll give Mr. Johann another story to
tell to-morrow, one that'll last longer than any
of his present stock."
Our two heroes were not tue meu to iuikh
over any enterprise, however aesperate, upon
which thev had once resolved, and they lost not
a moment in setting out in quest of a boat. But
to find one was no easy matter. Some were un
seaworthy; others failed to please the critical eye
ot Bedley Hurdett, wno,witn an nis reciiraiiras,
knew better than to leave any cnance uncarea
for in a match where life itself was the stake.
More than one conscientious native, on learning
the nature of the proposed expedition, flatly re
fused to have anything to do with it, nor was it
till late in the afternoon that they at length met
with a less scrupulous individual, who, on re
ceiving the full value of his boat in advance, and
a handsome gratuity for the use of her, consented
to let the "English madmen nave ineir way.
He agreed to leave the boat in readiness at a
convenient spot, and then took his leave
It was considerably past u ociock mat nignt,
and Burdett, unmindful of the tough work that
awaited him next morning, was preparing for
bed, when Montague (who slept in the n xt
room) burst in, with a flush of unusual excite
ment in his face.
"Sed, old fellow, we must alter our time of
starting. Those meddlesome asses, the local au
thorities, are going to put a spoke in our wheel.
'"Do you mean that they'll try to stop us?
asked Burdett, with the natural amazement of an
Englishman at any one presuming to oppose his
will.
"I do, indeed ! That prating fool of a boats
man (see if I don't punch his head when it's all
over) must have let the cat out of the bag, for as
I came through the hall just now 1 beard the
landlady say to her husband: 'Ought we to
let them go ? It's really no better than suicide 1'
and the old sinner answered with srchuckle
'Be easy, my Gretchen when these ybung dis
traded ones get to their boat, they will laid it in
charge of certain Gerichte-Diener (policemen)
who arc less foolish than they, and no harm will
be done. "
"Just like their confounded check !" cried Bur
dett. " What shall we do then ?"
"Do? Why, set the alarm clock two hours
earlier (I am safe to hear it where I am), and
start at 4 instead of 6; and we'll just meet the
minions ot tbe law on our way back to break
fast, and a jolly sell it'll be for them. My word,
every mortal thing seems to have conspired
against this venture ot ours; put i ll go througl
with it, no matter who stands in the way."
For a moment a thrill of superstitous awe shot
through the heart of Sedley Burdett. Ciuld it
be that these countless hindrances were really a
last barrier vainly opposing the final impulse
which was hurrying them both to destruction ?
The unnatural excitement of his comrade's man
ner, the feverish luster of bis eve, the heated flush
in his usually pale lace, were all terribly sugges
tive of one goaded to his doom by some irresisti
ble frenzy flashing upon Burdett's mind with
ghastly vividness, the sudden memory of a long-
forgotten painting of the young German knight
lured to his death in tbe hungry waters of the
Rhine by the siren song of the Lorelei. He
opened his lips to propose the abandonment
of the whole project, but the fear of ridicule (that
tear which has destroyed many a gallant man)
withered the wholesome impulse, and tbe tavora
ble moment went by torever.
Morning at last a bright, breezy, glorious
summer morning, over which all things in earth
and heaven seemed to rejoice. The blue skies,
the waving woods, the green sunny slopes, the
broad bright stream of the great river itself, all
seemed to smile a welcome to the eyes that might
soon De cioseu iorever. even me two r.ngnsn
athletes, absorbed as they were in their perilous
enterprise, felt the influence of the hour, and
muttered with involuntary admiration :
"What a royal day !"
One vigorous stroke sent the light boat far out
into the swift, dark current, down which it shot
like an arrow from a bow. Rocks, trees and
houses seemed racing past on either side. No
need to strain at the oars now 1 all that could be
uone wuii mem was to Keep tue ooat s dow per
fectly straight, so as to oner as iiube space as pos
sible to the rush of a current which seemed well
able to carry away an entire city.
Suddenly there came a dizzy plunge a shock
that threw both men from their places and then
all around was one boiling whirl of foam, and
the boat was flung to and fro, and dashed up and
down, amid an uproar that seemed to rend the
very sky. For one feverish moment life and
death seemed to bang by a hair; and then the
two daring men found themselves floating in on
the little line of calm water that separated the
first fall from the wont peril of the second.
"Hurrah !" shouted Montague, gleefully, "who
aavs it can t oe done now 7 Keep her head
straight, Bed, my buy, and we'll come out all
right yet."
Tbe triumphant cheer was answered by a cry
of diernar from the shore, and the two oarsmen,
looking up, beheld Marion Wentworth rushing
distractedly towards the edge of the high bank
mat overhung the second tail, lollowed by Mon
tague's English servant. At the sound of his
betrothed's voice, Montague turned his face to
wards her and waved his hand cheerily; and sel
dom has any painter conceived such a picture as
tbe one at that moment branded forever on the
memory of those who saw it. The stern black
rocks on either hand, decked with living green
Dy me scrubs mat clung to their craggy sides
the vast hill of leaping foam, half way down
which the frail boat hovered like a leaf: the rain
bow arch that spanned the black howling gulf be-
neatn; me giory oi me sunrise stealing sottlv
into the pure, peaceful sky, in strange contrast
with the rock-rending uproar below: the stal
wart figures of the two gallant lads, straining
every nerve t- achieve their perilous task; the
handsome, reckless face ot the "last of the Mon
tagues," with a gay smile on its short curved lip,
anu an ouunious gutter in its large dark eyes.
"Good morning, my pet !" cried he, gayly; '-'you
ate just in time for the end of the play."
These were the last words that Viscount Mon
tague ever spoke. That momentary negligence
naa aiioweii me noat's neaa lo deviate slightly
from the direct line, and in an instant the whirl
of the curent threw its exposed side full against
the tremendous rush of the cataract. One frantic
struggle to regain the lost ground, and then boat
and men vanished forever into the mists of the
roaring abyss below.
irora that fatal hour, life was over for the
"Flower of Kent'' All that remained of the
once bright and beautiful girl, was a pale, silent.
joyiess pnantom a ooay, as it were, without a
soul. Neither the tender care ol her heart-broken
mother, or the skill of the most accomnlislipd
physicians, nor even the sight of her dead lover's
ruiueu utiiim (toe uuruiuK oi wmcn. on the. verv
day ot its master s death, fulfilled, by a sheer
coincidence, the dismal prediction),availedau"ht
to break that deadly lethargy, which sheendured
for the brief remainder of her life. chMkit
only by the spasms ot convulsive agony invaria
blv Droduccd bv the one nntinri dIimI, I. -
r- . . .- ..n.,. el I
stiu nan power to recognize the sound of rush
ing waters.
An Irishman, some time aoro. was lin
ing examined as a witness in some street
quarrel in Bishop Auckland, when a
sharp attorney, trvinar to brow-hen tlm
Hibernian concerning which side of
Newgate street he was on, asked: "Which
side of the flags were you on ? " "Bedad,
your honor," replied Pat, "there's only
two sides to a flag, an I was on the top
side."
A subscriber to a southwestern news
paper died recently, leaving four years'
subscription unpaid. The editor ap
peared at the grave and deposited in the
coffin a palm-leaf fan, a linen coat and a
thermometer.
The Pair or Boots.
Madame Aubrey occupied with her hus
band a large old house in the village o
Daine. The house stood entirely alone,
at the foot of an immense garden, far
from neighbors, and had no other occu
pants than Monsieur and Madame Au
brey, their son, an infant of twelve
months, and a domestic, recently admit
ted into their service.
One eveninc in the month of Novem
ber, Madame Aubrey was waiting with
some anxiety the return oi ner nusDanu,
who had been gone since morning to a
town distant a few miles from Daine.
His business was to collect a debt, and he
expected to bring home a large sum of
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money, ana ins wne now remeiuuer,
... - m , il i t. 1 .3
with a leeiing or. uneasiness, timi sue uau
seen him arm himself with a pair of pis
tols.
It was about six o clock, and Madame
Aubrey went to her chamber accompa
nied bv the domestic, with the intention
r. . .. - . mi i
nf nilWiTlB the little DOV LO Detl. J.U1S
apartment, large and high, was situated
on the second floor, looking into me gar
den. . "
The night was a true November night
black and gloomy, with torrents of
rain, wmcn Deat connnuauy npuu tue
windows.
Madame Aubrev sat upon a low chair
in the corner of the fare-place, holding
upon her knees the little boy whom she
was undressing, while tue servant at me
other end of the room, executed certain
orders for her mistress.
The baby had ceased his laughing play
and had already closed his drowsy eyes.
The mpther threw her eyes toward the
cradle to assure herself that all was pre
pared, at this moment the fire blazed
up suddenly and threw a strong light
upon the bed exposed by the little cur
tain. As Madame Aubrey looked, she
nearly fell from her chair; under the
bed, close to the cradle in which she had
been about to deposit her little child, she
now beheld two great feet, shod in coarse
brogans.
In an instant the sense of her situation
flashed across the mind of the young wo
man as if shown by lightning. The hid
den man no doubt was a thief, perhaps an
assassin she was alone, without present
help or soon to be expected, for her hus
band was not to return until eight or
nine o'clock, and now it was but a little
past six. "What should she do? How
should she defend herself ?
Madame Aubrey had uttered no cry
she had not even moved, but the servant
making the same discovery, might not
show the same prudence.
The thief probably intended to remain
in his present position until the middle
of the night, then to issue forth and pos
sess himself of the sum brought home by
Monsieur Aubrey. But if prematurely
discovered, and having no opponents
but two women, would probably make
his escape, first securing their silence by
death. Then, who knows but the ser
vant herself was an accomplice; sus
picious circumstances, hitherto disre
garded, returned with renewed violence
to the mind of Madame Aubrey.
All thse thoughts passed through the
mind oPlhe young mother in less time
than I have occupied in telling. Before
many minutes had entirely passed, she
had decided upon her part in the terri
ble drama. But she must get rid of the
servant.
"You know," said she, without the
least faltering in her voice, "the dishes
which my husband prefers, and I think
he will be pleased to find a good supper
ready against bis return. I had forgot
ten to tell you about it before, but go
now and begin your preparations, and
bestow attention upon it."
After some attempts at delay, which
doubled in Madame Aubrey an uneasi
ness which she was obliged to conceal
the girl quitted the chamber. Her foot
steps died away upon the stairs, and
her mistress found herself alone with her
child, and those two terrible feet, which.
half seen in the now dying light, seemed
as immovable as the bedstead itself.
She still remained sitting near the
chimney, with the baby upon her lap.
addressing to him almost mechanically
caressing words, and soothing him to
sleep, while her eyes never wandered
from the menacing feet. The little fel
low, tired of his position, began to cry
lor the cradle and its soothing motion,
but the cradle was close to the alcove
close to the feet. The young mother
conauered herself bv a violent effort.
"Come, then my little child," she said.
and rising from her chair, she forced her
tottering steps to be firm, and went to
ward the alcove. Behold her close to the
ominous feet! She placed the baby in
the cradle, and with a voice which all
her resolution could hardly keep from
trembling, she commenced to sing her
usual lullaby to the unconscious child.
and as she sang, the idea was ever in her
mind that each word might be her last
At last the boy slept soundly, and the
mother returned to her seat by the fire
The clock strikes seven. One hour
more and Madame Aubrey may expect
ucuvciuiix). jx ueep Silence: reignea in
in the chamber. The infant slept peace-
iuiiy.
The half-hour strikes. The anxious
watcher could have almost sworn that it
was two hours since it struck last, but
no; sue Knows that the clock is faithful.
and still there is another weary half hour
oeiore she may expect her deliverer.
Madame Aubrev took a book of reHo-
ious meditations from the chimney-place
above her head, and attempted to read.
Vain effort! Her eyes wandered contin
ually irom the page.
Eight ociock sounded, and nobody
had come. The supposition was then
correct; the unhappy woman gave herself
up as lost. She was about to seize her
child and fly from the room, when, a
noise resounded from the gravel walk
beneath the window. The cacrer listener
did not dare to trust her ears, she had
been so often deceived; but now the door
rolled upon its hinges and then fell
heavily back in its place. A well known
step gaily ascended the stairs the cham
ber door opened and a man appeared a
man, handsome, strong and vigorous. It
was he! At that moment, had M. Aubrey
been the ugliest of men, the worst of
husbands, he would have assumed in the
eyes of his wife all the graces, all the
virtues imaginable.
Me had only paused below to take off
his dripping cloak and lay down his pis
tols. He extended his arms and his wife
rushed into them. But immediately re
covering herself she placed one finger on
her lips, and with the other hand pointed
to her feet.
H. Aubrev would not have been worthy
of such a wife, if he had failed in decis
ion or sang froid. He gave a glance at
his wife, which said that he understood.
and said aloud:
One moment, my darling, and I will
return; I have left my pocket book down
stairs, and I must show you my riches."
with these words he left tbe room, but
in a moment returned, holding a piston
in his hand. He examined the lock, ap
proached the bed, stooped down and
with his left hand seized one of the two
feet, the finger of his right hand resting
on the trigger of his pistol.
"Resist and you are a dead man!" ex
claimed he firmly.
The owner of the feet did not seem dis
posed to risk the event. He suffered
himself to be dragged by the foot into
the middle of the room, where he
crouched before the pistol pointing at his
head.
On being searched a dagger was found,
newly sharpened. Ho confessed that the
servant was his accomplice, and had told
him of the booty which awaited him.
Nothing remained but to deliver both
to justice. Madame Aubrey, indeed
begged her husband to let them escape,
but the publio interest demanded the
sacrifice of private lenity, and they were
delivered up. During all the time the
unconscious child slept soundly. After
some little time Madame Aubrey related
the events of the evening.
"I did not think you had been so
brave," said her husband, embracing her.
But in spite of her bravery the events
of that evening brought on a nervous
fever, from which our little heroine did
not recover.
The Wilting Telegraph.
Cowper's writing telegraph has been
placed on the London and Southwestern
Railway, and it works most successfully,
savs the Enaineer. from "Woking to
"Waterloo, a distance of 26 miles, writ
ing off the messages in ink, one after
the other, in a perfectly legible manner,
whether regular line messages or mes
sages made up in order to give the in
strument more work to do. On some
days more resistance coils of wire have
been introduced into the two line wires,
in order to represent greater distances,
and thus 62 miles and 92 miles have
been worked through in a most satisfac
tory manner, and it only being necessary
in such cases to add a lew more ceiis to
the battery, which in no case was as pow
erful as is very often used on the same
line. The effect of the currents through
the multiplicity of other line wires, in
close proximity to the two in use for the
writing telegraph, was closely observed,
and the effect of induction was so ex
ceedingly small as only to produce occa
sionally a slight roughness in a straight
line when the operator s pencil was quite
stationary, but such effect was hardly
ever perceptible in the writing itself,
and never to affect its legibility. The
fact of this instrument requiring no
clerk to receive the message, translate it
and write it down, seems to be much ap
preciated, as a half dozen such instru
ments may be telegraphing their vards of
messages into one office, without the
least assistance from the clerk, who may,
from time to time, cut off and send out
the ready written messages; so that not
only is the time of "calling" (as with or
dinary instruments) saved, but the time
of waiting till the clerk can attend at the
other end of the line to receive signals,
which very often amounts to a much long
er than is required for the whole mes
sage to be transmitted, especially in of
fices fitted with many instruments.
There is also a great advantage
in having an absolute record of
what has been sent by the writing tele
graph at the transmitting station. An
other very important feature is the facil
ity with which all that is necessary to
learn to use the instrument may be found
out in five minutes. Every operation is
exceedingly simple, and there are prac
tically no fine TSdjustments anywhere.
Variation in the power of the battery is
of no importance, as its effect may be
overcome by simply pushing the levers
carrying the springs against which the
needles pull a little further in or out, as
may be necessary. The pen, which is a
very small glass capillary siphon tube,
is, though of glass, very strong it may
fall several feet on to a bare floor without
breaking, and is very easily adjusted.
Educating Horses. Horses can be ed
ucated to the exteot of their understand
ing as well as children, and can be easily
damaged or ruined by bad management.
It is believed that the great difference
found in horses as to habits of reliability
comes more from the different manage
ment of men than from the variance of
natural disposition in t he animals. Horses
with mettle are more easily educated than
those of less or dull spirits, and are more
susceptible to ill-training, and consequent
ly may be as good or bad, according to
the education '.hey receive. Horses with
dull spirits are not by any means proof
against bad management, for in them may
often be found the most provoking ob
stinacy, vicious habits of different char
acter that render them almost entirely
worthless. Could the coming generation
of horses in this country be kept from
their days of colthood to tbe age of five
years in the hands of good, careful man
agers there would be seen a vast difference
in the general character of the noble
animals.
If a colt is never allowed to get an ad
vantage it will never know that it pos
sesses a power that man cannot control,
and if made familiar with strange objects
it will not be skittish and nervous. If a
horse is made accustomed from its early
days to have objects hit on bis heels, back
and hips, he will pay no attention to the
giving out of harness or of a wagon run
ning against him at an unexpected mo
ment. A gun can be fired from the back
of a horse, an umbrella held over his
head, a buffalo robe thrown over his neck,
a railroad engine pass close by, his heels
bumped with sticks, and the animal take
it all as a natuial condition of things, if
only taught bv careful management that
he will net be injured thereby. There is
a great need of improvement in the man
agement of this noble animal; less beating
and more of education. In Voor and Out.
Appomattox.
'H. E. H." sends the Boston Herald
the following incident, as related to him
by a gentleman who was attached to the
headquarters of General Lee in the
capacity of Chief Medical Purveyor of
the Army of Northern Virginia:
The remnant of the once proud army
of Northern Virginia, worn out with the
incessant fatigue and privations inci
dental to their late retreat from Peters
burg, lay resting under the shade of the
trees in the neighborhood of the now
famous Appomattox Court House, anx
iously awaiting the return of their much
loved chieftain, who, some hours previ
ously, had gone over to the headquarters
of the Union army to arrange with Uen
eral Grant for the capitulation of the
Southern forces under his command.
There they lay, the heroes of many a
hard fought battle, thinking over the
momentous events of the past four years,
realizing that their labor had been in
vain, that their sufferings and sacrifices
were to count as nought, and looking
with blank dismay into the unpromising
future. A shout is heard, the "rebel
yell" rings out once more, and for the
last time the crowd rushes to the road
side to welcome back their venerable
commander. They call upon him for a
speech. Slowly and sadly turning
toward them, he replies, "I have not to
day the heart to make you a speech. I
have turned over the army to General
Grant. You will all be allowed to return
to your homes, and I hope you will be
happy there." Dismounting from his
horse, he remained for some time stand
ing under a neighboring tree. His offi
cers, intermingled with men from
the ranks, grouped themselves
around him. Some of these
were gray haired men, others mere
boys. One youth, apparently not more
than fifteen, a courier attached to one of
the headquarters, with eyes intently
fixed upon his aged commander, had
sunk upon one knee to rest himself, and
thus unconsciously assumed an a'titude
of silent adoration, the whole forming a
picturesque group. Dew words were
spoken. Silently they looked upon the
man whom they had learned to love and
venerate, and with whom they were soon
to part forever. The moment was sad
and solemn. Few eyes were dry, and
down the cheeks of Lee himself tears
traveled unrepressed, for no one in that
party cared, or even thought of conceal
ing the great grief that oppressed their
manly hearts. The setting sun shone
full upon them, lingering, as it were, to
bid farewell to the heroic army it had
lighted through many a hard-fought
field, and upon whom the fates had de
creed that it should never shine again.
The following anecdote illustrates the
dislike with which General Lee always
regarded any departure from the rigid
simplicity which characterized the life
at his headquarters: One of the In
spector Generals, Colonel Murray, was
quite advanced in life, and some friends,
wishing to contribute to his comfort, had
presented him with a cushioned camp
chair. Tents had been struck, and the
baggage all packed in the wagons, pre
paratory to starting on the day's march ;
all except the cushioned chair, in which
the Colonel sat, waiting to join the Gen
eral as he passed. A few moments later
General Lee rode up, regarded the
Colonel for a moment, and then quietly
remarked: "Colonel Murray, I would
advise you, the next time we start on
campaign, to bring your center table
with you." It is needless to say that
that chair was never seen again at the
army headquarters.
How to Broil Fresh Salmon. Have
your fish dealer cut slices about an inch
thick. Dry the slices in a napkin ; salt
and pepper slightly; put on gridiron,
which make pretty hot: have a clear.
bright fire; turn the fish quickly over
from side to side; if you know what you
are about your fish will not burn; the
slice of fish ought to have the score
marks where the metal of the gridiron
touches, but ought to be pink in other
parts; serve with a very little warm but
ter; a little lemon juice will improve
boiled salmon.
A man was found dead at Newpoint.
Ind., with a bullet in his head. A hint
at the manner of his death was given by
the evidence of an interrupted game of
poker. In his hand were four kings,
while four queens lay near by, having
probably been dropped by his exasperated
antagonist and murderer.
George: "Tom, would you like to
travel?" Tom: "I would, by Jupiter!"
George: "Then you'd go at a jolly
rate." Tom: "How?" George: "Well.
if you went by Jupiter, her guaranteed
speed is twenty-nine thousand miles an
hour."
The Scandals of One Titled Fam
ily. The Earl of Fife, whose death is
noticed by the latest London papers,
owned 252,000 acres, with a rental of
72,000 a year, in Scotland. His family
had been remarkable for its preeminence
in the scandalous chronicles of the day.
One of his daughters is the Marchioness
Townshend, who some three years ago
eloped to Paris with an uncle of Lord
Bath's, old enough to be her father.
They were pursued by her brother, the
present Lord Fife, to Paris, and Lord
Townshend condoned the irregularity.
Her sister, Lady Ida, married Adrian
Hope, of the famous Anglo-Amsterdam
family, but tiring of him, took up with
an Austrian attache, and was divorced.
Then the youngest daughter married
Jjord Dupplin, eldest son of the Jbarl of
Kinnoali, but before two years were over
she, too, found that she liked some one
else better, and was consequently
divorced for adultery with Herbert
Flower, whom she has since married.
"If there's no moonlight, will you
meet me bv gaslight, dearest Juliana ? "
"No, Augustus, l won t, repued sne;
I m no gas meter.
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Salt fob Poultry. The question as
to whether salt is injurious to poultry
has often been mooted. To get at the
true facts, I have been feeding salt to all
my poultry, young and old alike, and
closely watching the result. I have fed
it in cold mash and in hot; in bran and
in everything else, all the spring and
summer (so far) with -the following re
sult: The poultry will eat all kinds of
salted food in preference to unsalted
they are better in general health; not t
louse of any kind in young or old, (the
hrst year 1 had not been able to say so)
and they are all beginning to moult,
many of them laying as though not
moulting. Eggs are cheap now, and the
hens will be ready for laying when the
weather is cold and eggs scarce. This
may or may not be the result of feeding
salt largely to them, but I am compelled
to believe this to be so, as are some other
peculiarities. I have noticed one feature
which may not be in favor of salt the
hens have seemed to be more persistently
inclined to sit, it being very difficult to
break off the inclination; they sit closer
than usual. All seem voraciously fond
of green food of any kind, and have
eaten a large quantity of clover, grass,
young corn, and other similar food. My
observations lead me to the conclusion
that salt is a needed condiment for all
our poultry, and in all points is beneficial
to them.
Expert Criticism. "You are fond of
novel-reading," said Aurelieu Scholl the
other day, as he saw the coachman he
had just engaged stow away a formida
ble volume of romance beneath the seat.
"Yes, sir; I have read a great many nov
els, and I am disgusted to observe the
uniform ignorance of their authors as to
the commonest affairs of everyday life.
For instance, here is one story in which
I read: 'The Prince appeared agitated
on hearing these words, and hailing a
carriage flung himself into it, cast his
purse to the driver and cried, "Drive me
to the Fauburg St. Honore "! ' Then a
few lines further on I see this: ' Valen
tine resolved once for all to solve the
mystery, and hurrying to the stand
sprang into the first vehicle that pre
sented itself, and flinging her pocket
book to the coachman said, "Follow yon
carriage." ' Now, sir, I have been driv
ing a hack in Paris for forty years, and
I've driven thousands of people all sorts
of people under every imaginable con
dition, eloping lovers, jealous wives,
levanting cashiers, and so on and, so
help me, St. Fiacre! never in the course
of my long professional career has a fare
thrown me his or her purse or pocket
book. No, sir; they have just given me
thirty-five sous sometimes it was the
round two francs, but very rarely."
At the funeral of the late Queen of
Madagascar, the body was swathed in
500 silk lambas, in the folds of which 20
gold watches, 100 gold chains, rings,
brooches, bracelets and other jewelry, to
gether with 500 gold coins, were rolled.
That deposit of the remains of royalty will
make a splendid prospecting for some fu
ture miner.
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From a Merchant.
Dayton, W. T. Feb. 10, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 720 Market street, San Francisco Dear
Sir: The Truss I purchased of you one year ago
ha j proved a miracle to me. I have been ruptur
ed forty years, aud wore dozens of different kinds
of Trasses, all of which ruined my health, as
they were very injurious to my back and spine.
Yotlr valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe and
is worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords
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isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to
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my life. You can refer any one to me, and I will
be happy to answer any letters on its merits. I
remain, yours, respectfully.
D. D. Bunnell.
Latest Medical Endorsements.
Martinez, Cal.,Feb. 17, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 720 Market street, 8. F. Dear Sir:
In regard to your Cal. Elastic Truss, I would say
that f have carefully studied its mechanism, ap
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that for all purposes for which Trusses are worn
it is the b st Truss ever offered to the public.
Yours truly. J. H. Carothers, M. D.
Endorsed by a Prominent Medical f nstl
tuie.
San Francisco, March 6, 1879.
W. J. Home, Esq. Dear Sir . You ask ray
opinion of the relative merits of your Patent
Elastic Truss, as compared with other kinds that
have been tested under my observation, and in
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monial with special pleasure, that the several
persons who have applied to me for aid in their
cases oi rupture, nun " n,,, . , .
yours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction,
ana consiaer luauocnra "j -
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possession oi vuui imuiv .
Youts tiuly, Barlow J. Smwh, M. D.
Proprietor of the Hygienic Medical Institute,
635 California street, San Francisco.
A Remarkable Cure.
San Francisco, Oct. 26, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 720 Market street, San Francisco Dear
Sir : I am truly grateful to you for the wonder
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ful rupture on both sides in a little over six
it. TUa Steel Tr.isa he had before I bought
iuuumn. - " - y .7 ,
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Jj. HIXTIKLTFUHIl, m. U.
Surgeon and Physician.
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