The Corvallis gazette., August 21, 1891, Image 3

THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FttiiDA, AtfGSUT 21, 1891,
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOLUTES Pi
SHOOTING THE RHINOCEROS.
How the Hero of Haggard's 'King Solo
mon Mines' Shot the Great Beast.
Taking ray eight-bore rifle and
half a dozen spare cartridges in my
pocket, I in:id- a detour, and reaching
the ant-h"3 in safety, lay down. For
a moment the wind "had dropped, but
presently a gentle puff of air passed
over me and blew on toward the rhi
noceros. By-the-way, I wonder what
it is that smells so strong about a man ?
Is it his body or his breath? I have
never been able to make out, but I saw
somewhere the other day that in the
duck decoys the man who is working
the ducks "holds a little piece of burn
ing turf before his mouth, and that if
he does this they cannot smell him,
which looks as though it were the
breath. Well, whatever it was about
me that attracted his attention, the
rhinoceros soon smelt me, and within
half a minute after the puff of wind
had passed he was up turning around
to get his head up-wind. There he
stood for a few seconds and sniffled,
and then he began to move, first of all
at a trot; then, as the scent grew
stronger, at a furious gallop. On he
came, snorting like a runaway engine,
with his tail stuck straight up in the
air; if he had seen me lie down there,
he could not have made a better line.
It was rather nervous work, I can tell
vou, lying there waiting for his on
slaught, for he looked like a mountain
of flesh. I determined, however, not
to lire till I could plainly see his eye,
for I think that rule always gives one
the right distance for his game. So I
rested my rifle on the ant-heap and
waited for him, kneeling. At last,
when he was about forty yards away,
I saw that the time had come, and
aiming straight for the middle of the
chest, I pulled.
Thud went the heavy bullet', and
with a tremendous snort over rolled
the rhinoceros beneath its shock, just
like a shot rabbit. But if I had thought
that he was done for I was mistaken, j
for in another second he was up and t
coming at me as hard as ever, only
with his head held low. I waited till
he was within ten yards, in the hope
that he would expose his chest, but he
-would do ntstbing of the sort. So I
just had to fire at his head with the
left barrel, and take my chance. Well,
as luck would have it, of course the
animal nut his horn in the way of the
bullet, which cut clean throught it
about three inches above the root, and
then glanced off into space. After that
tilings got rather serious. My gun was
empty, and the rhinoceros was rapidly
arriving so rapidly, indeed, that I had
better make way from him. Accord
ingly I jumped to my feet and ran to
the right as hard as I could go. As I
did so he arrived full tilt, knocked my
friendlj" ant-heap flat, and for the sec
ond time that day went a. most mag
nificent cropper. This gave me a few
second's start, and I ran down wind
my word, I did run! Unfortunately,
however, my modest retreat was ol
served, and the rhinoceros, as soon as
he got his legs again, set to work to
run after me. Now no man on earth
can run as fast as an irritated rhinoce
ros can gallop, and I knew he must
soon catch me up. But having some
slight experience of this sort of thing,
I, luckily for myself, kept my head,
and as I fled I managed to open my
rifle, get the old cartridges out, and
put two fresh ones in. To do this I had
to steady my pace a little, and by the
time that I had snapped the rille to I
heard him snorting and thundering
awav within a few paces of my back.
I stopped, and as I did so rapidly
cocked the rifle, and, slewed around
upon my heel. By this time the brute
was within six or seven yards of me,
but luckily his head was up. I lifted
the rifle and tired at him. It was a
ftnap shot, but the bullet struck him in
the chest within three inches of the
first, and found its way into his luugs.
It did not stop him, however; so all I
could do was to bound to one side,
which I did wit!: surprising activity,
and as he brushed past me lire the
other barrel into his side. That did
for him. The ball passed in behind
the shoulder and right through his
heart. He fell over on his side, gave
one most awful squeal a dozen pigs
could not have made such a noise
and promptly died, keeping his wicked
eyes wide open all the time.
As for me, I blew my nose, and go
ing np to the rhinoceros, sat on his
head, and reflected that I had had a
capital morning's shooting. H. Eider
Haggard, in Harper's Magazine.
Making Petroleum Solid..
Experiments are still being made
under the direction of the Russian gov
ernment, with the view of finding a
process, at once practical as well as
desirable on the score of economy and
cleanliness, of solidifying the petroleum
used as fuel. According to the report
. made by Dr. Kauffmann, who has had
the principal charge of these experi-
ments, a successful method of accom
plishing the desired result consists sim
ply in heating the oil, and afterward
adding from 1 to 3 per cent of soap.
The latter dissolves in the oil, and the
liquid on cooling forms a mass having
the appearance of cement and the hard
ness of compact tallow. The product
is hard to light, burns slowly and with
out smoke, but develops much heat,
and leaves about 2 per cent of a hard,
residuum. New York Sun.
The finest line of staple and fancy gro
ceries and crockery in the city can be
iound at Paddock's.
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 18S9.
A CUNNING ELEPHANT.
How He Got Out of Itis Stable at Night
to Steal Fruit.
The Engligh commissioner at Shwey
ghua, Burmah, recently had a young
elephant given him by a native gentle
man. The youngster was kept in a
stable in the garden and was locked up
at night by a door having a sliding
wooden bar running in iron staples.
Adjoining the stable was the commis
sioners garden, in which he took great
pride. The garden, full of fruit, was
well laid out and had the walks paved
with brick.
Shortly after the young elephant ar
rived the garden was found to be sys
tematically plundered of its best fruit.
No traces were left by the thief, nor
were there any foot-prints to indicate
how an entrance could have been ef
fected. The commissioner issued or
ders for watchmen to surround the
place outside at intervals and lay in
wait for the thief, and in case of dis
covery permission was given them to
shoot' the robbers, as a warning to
other evil-minded perons. The morn
ing after this order was issued the
watchmen reported that no one had
passed their cordon.
But the head gardener had told a dif
ferent story. The damage done had
exceeded that of the night previous,
much fruit having been broken off and
left lying on the ground. The com
missioner was now thoroughly ex
asperated and admitted native watch
men into his cherised garden. They
received strict injunctions to take the
offender alive and to awaken him at
once and report who the daring thieves !
were. At a late hour in the night the
commissioner was awakened by his
Madrasse butler, who informed him
with much gravity that the thief was
discovered, but that they had not cap-
tured him, desiring the bhayah himself '
to come and see him. The commis
sioner quickly donned his garments
and went out to the vard. I
At the gate he met a watchman.who
asked him to follow him as noiselessly i
as he could. They proceeded down 1
one of the paths until the watchman
stopped and wispered. "Look, thaken."
There was Master Elephant regaling
himself on the commissioner's fruit
selecting the best and throwing down
any he not did fancy. The commis
sioner decided to wait and follow the j
youngster when he had satisfied him- :
self and see how he managed so break
out of his stable. After a while the
elephant thought it time to retire and
returned toward his stable. j
The young elephant entered the sta- ;
lile and pulled the dour to with his '
trunk; then the side of lie roof was
seen to be lifted up and the elephant's
head appeared just above the door.
Out came the trunk and reached down
to the heavy bar, caught hold of it.aud
pushed it into its place; then the roof
was lowered and all was in good or
der. On examination of the interior
of the stable it was found that the ani
mal had untied the bamboo strips with
which the rafters were fastened to the
plates in the simple Burmese archi
tectural style. The roof was thus lift
ed, allowing the animal to project his
trunk and reach the outer bar. His
"boyish" mouth had watered for a
taste of stolen fruit, so sweet to
youth. Then he thought of lifting the
rafters, untying the fastenings, and so
reaching the bur he had noticed was
on the outside of the door.
England's Naval Power.
England has recently nearly recon
structed her navy. Ninety-seven of
her war-ships carry 589 heavy guns,
whose projectiles will pierce from
twelve to twenty inches of wrought
iron; fifteen more carry fifty guns
whose projectiles will pierce froin
twenty to thirty-three inches.
Furthermore!! she proposes to use the
merchant steamships of the White Star
and Cunard lines for cruisers and
transports in case of war.
In brief, England has now a navy
which could not be replaced for $200,
000,000. In her actual service there
are 250 vessels, while she has a reserve
of 300, with 150 torpedo-boats. More
over, England, in case of need, is pre
pared for prompt extension. At home
and abroad that is, within her own
domain armored defenses have been
constructed and prepared with or for
modern heavy ordnance, thus facing
the world. And, as a rule her coasts
are made reasonably secure against an
assault. Gen. O. O. Howard in the
American Magazine.
Wine From Rose Leaves.
Says a lady of this city who is a good
housekeeper: "I visited a friend re
cently and she gave me a glass of wine.
It was of a pale-amber tint and had all
the sparkle and delicacy of flavor of
champagne, and when opened popped
loudlv. It was effective, though mild
as a stimulant, and I thought it very
fine. I asked what variety of grape it
was made from and my friend told me
it was made of rose leaves. 'Take the
freshly picked leaves,' she said, 'and
put into a jar' alternately a layer .of
leaves and sugar and pour over all a
little cold water. In four days strain,
let stand a week, and then bottle for
use.' The wine is a delightful bever
age." Atlanta Journal. ,
Summer boarder "What's that yel
low stuff you are feeding the chick
ens?" Farmer "That's corn, mis
ter." "What is this in this bin?"
"That's wheat" "Humph! What are
these other things?", "Rye, oats, bar
ley say, mister, what's your business
when at home in Chicago?" 'I am a
grain speculator."
THEY WERE ALL FIGHTERS.
Col. Fleck's Family Fought for the Union
Saw Custer lie, mid Guarded a City-
In 1801, when the war broke out,
Frank Fleck of Toledo, then a vigor
ous young man, was chief of police in
that city.
The roar of Sumter's guns was still
sounding among the hills and the heart
of the nation when Mr. Fleck threw up
his position and donned the blue. He
enlisted for the three-months' service,
and returned immediately to Toledo,
where he set about organizing a com
pany. He had considerable money and used
it with no illiberal hand. He soon had
a line company of 107 young men
formed and was about ready to go to
the front when he received word that
his mother, living in Baltimore, was
dying. He got a weeks' leave of ab
sence and departed for the bedside cf
his dying mother.
On his return he found Gen. Steed
man, then organizing the 14th O. V. I.,
had placed new officers in command of
the company. He naturally kicked,
and the result was the company to a
man refused to join the 14th.
At last he consented to go with the
regiment, and go he did.
A series of brave deeds at Mill
Springs and Stone River raised Fleck
to the position of sergeant, and at the
famous charge of Jonesboro he had the
honor of leading his company over the
breastworks.
In the cyclorar.ia of the battle of
Jonesboro at Chicago, a soldier is seen
waving the stars and stripes from the
breastworks. That man was Frank
Fleck and that flag hangs in G. A. fi
lial. Toledo.
"The ground through which we
passed was very rough and covered
with trees, whose branches almost
reached the ground," said the old vet
eran. "So we broke line, and it Avas
every man for himself. Just as we
reached the works Cox, who bore our
colors, fell with a bullet through the
brain. I picked up the flag and ' car
ried it up up. What a hot place it
was! How the canister rattled! Well,
somehow I got in advance of my com
pany, but I ran on. 'Surrender!' shout
ed a brigadier-general as I topped the
works.
"My answer was a lunge of my
sword", which went right through him.
By the way, that same sword was pre
sented to me here in Toledo by a num
ber of ladies. I saw a tine revolver
peeping out of the pocket of the dead
man, and I don't know what induced
me to do it, but I stooped and took it
from his pocket, and I have it yet.
"I caught up the flag," continued
Col. Fleck, "and placed it on a pieco
of artillery that topped the works.
This was the signal for our boys, and
they rushed pell-mell over the breast
works. "This is my boy," said the old man,
proudly, turning to a young man who
sat at the table. "He fought under
Custer and was present at the famous
or infamous-massacre. My eldest, now
at Sturgeon, Mich., was wounded at
Chattanooga and my j'oungest is a
soldier in the regular army."
"So you were with Custer?" said the
reporter to the young man referred to,
who, by the waj', is named after his
father and is a worthy sou oS. a worthy
sire.
"Yes, fourteen of us left Toledo in
'74 to join Custer. Remember the mas
sacre? Well, 1 should sav so. I was
sergeant-orderly of the day, and niy
horse falling lame, I was sent back to
take charge of the pack train. I was
wounded. See here and here," and he
pointed to red scars on arms and breast.
"Yes, I was the only one of the four
teen who left Toledo a year before who
escaped." Frank Fleck, Jr., lives at
Ottawa Lake, and he, ;-, has never
applied for a pension, though his
wounds entitle him to one.
The third brother already referred
to was the hero who saved so many
lives when the passenger steamer Al
pena went down on Lake Huron a few
years ago. Among the passengers
saved on the occasion were several
Toledo peoplu, one of whose friends
promised the brave rescuer $100, but
he has forgotten to keep his word.
"He didn't even get a word of thanks,"
said Frank in relating the incident to
a reporter, "and he doesn't care, but it
iust shows what an estimate some peo
ple place upon their lives." Toledo
Blade.
Berry Names.
"Strawberry." A fruit. The word
is made up of "straw" and "berry."
The Aryan root of straw is star, which
means to strew tne star oeiug i
strewer of light. By the time the Ar-1
yan root has passed through several
changes in passing from Asia to the
Anglo-Saxon land it has become strae.
Straw is a corruption of strae, which
means to stray. The strawberry is a
straving plant is a stray-berry in re
ality, but owing to the corruption no
ted is known as strawberry, So star
and. straw-berry are both from the
cama Arran word. Both are beautiful.
"Berrv" comes from the Sanskrit bhas,
to eat." In Anglo-Saxon it is berga,
and in Gothic, bhas, the same as in the
older tongue, the Sanskrit. The sense
of bhas seems to be "edible fruit."
"Raspberry." The old name was
raspise-bssrry. In fact, as may be no
ted in Bacon's Essay, the fruit was
called raspes, without the berry. In
Italian it is raspo, a rasp, a rough im
plement, which quality this f rait is
supposed to resemble hence its name
rasp-berry.
"Gooseberry." The word has noth
ing to do with goose. The proper name
is groise-berry. The word is krus, or
k.vf0Q nrittn 11111 inir. np frizzled which
relates to the condition of the surface
of the rougher kinds of the wild goose-
"Huckleberry." The same as whor-
tleberrv.
which is but a corruption of the old
English lieorot, a hart (a male deer)
and berige, berry. Davenport Democrat.
Mss Leoline Daniels, of Athens, La.,
while preparing for her wedding, be
came suddenly ill and died about the
hour 6he was to have been married.
The man who only has one arm, and
that a left one knows how essential it
is that he should get on the right sid
of his best girL Yonkers Statesman.
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