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He «. '• Mad—"Scratch a Russian
and You Will Find a Tartar."
Tho Russian artist Vcrestehagin
paid tho penalty of being: to;) plain
spoken. says tho Brooklyn Eagle. lie
told tho Now Yorkers frankly thutthoy
not only lackod art, but all true ideas
of art. That \vi!b a dreadful speech to
make to a community which flattered
itseif on having switched the crown of
osthoticism from tho rival brow of Bos-
ton. It could not be expect d to
stretch out its arms to such a critic, and
it didn't. Poor Verostchagin looked to
seo tho doors of "fashlonablo society"
fly open at his approach, instead of
which they remained tightly closed.
Nobody invited him to cat, drink, and
bo morry. Thero wero no afternoon
teas or dinners in his honor. Ho
stretched his legs beneath no "promi-
nent citizen's" mahogany. Hi j whole
stay in tho metropolis was a social
blank, lio took it as a. cut direct and
shiiok off tho dust of Now York from
his feotin a spasm of resentiment that
had a curious climax. A few minutes
before tho departure of tho steamer in
which he sailed several gentlemen
came aboard to wish him bon voyage.
Qno of them, who greatly admired the
genius of tho artist, presented him with
a box of choice cigars. Verostchagln
acknowledged the gift by a slight in-
clination of his body and then walking
to tho side of tho vessel deliberately
threw tho fragrant Ilavanas into tho
river. As tho party retired a ptTsson-
gcr who had witnessed fae r -mo re-
marked to them: "Nupolet.m \y s about
right, Scratch a. Russian and you will
find a Tartar."
A Remarkable Mule.
George 11. Johnson, a farmer living
a low miles east of this city, has a mule
that is a natural curiosity. Tho most
prominent feature about his muloship
is that'.1 to is just exactly 18$ hands
high, or s\\feot two inehos, so that a
man who i\ \nds six feet in his stock-
ings standing by the mule's shoulders
just lacks two inches of being as high
as the animal, and ho weighs in pro-
portion to his height, tipping the beam
at 1,619 pounds.
But his great size is not his only pe-
culiar characteristic. He Rooms to be
possessed of more intelligence, or na-
tural "horse sense," than falls to the
lot of the average horse or mule. Mr.
Johnson says that iu plowing corn or
cotton with him ho never uses linos on
him, and that when he gets to tho end
of the row the mule turns around and
gets into tho proper place for the re-
turn furrow with more accuracy than
the ordinary animal docs when the
driver guides him with tho reins.
When the stock is boing fed Don San-
eho, as the mule is called, will eat his
regular ration, and if he gets through
lirst will walk off from tho trough and
never offer to disturb any other animal
that is still eating, though ho whips
Ihem all at other times; but if an ox or
a cow comes around and attempts tn
partake of tho feed of any of tho other
horses or mules, Don Saneho will quick-
ly drive them away.
Mr. Johnson moved from Tom Green
county, where Don Saneho was foaled,
1o Bell county, when Saneho was a.
yearling colt, and shortly after ho bad
settled in Boll county Saneho was miss-
ing. Going back to Tom Green county
after some other stock, he found his
mulo colt there, he having gone back
about 225 miles to reach bis old range.
When Don Sanclio was seven years old
Mr. Johnson moved to this county, and
about two years later Saneho strayed
off again. After hunting for him every-
where and advertising for him. Mr.
Johnson received a, letter l'rom a.broth-
er in Tom Green county telling him his
big mulo was there, and it is over live
hundred utiles from hero to that region.
Mr. Johnson says whenever the mule
gets outside ho striks a bee-lino in tho
direction of his old homo.—Honey
Grove (Texas) Letter St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
A London Fog.
An idea of tho density of London fogs
can bo had from tho following, taken
from the Pall Mall Gazette ^'Yester-
day's fog was simply horrible in
patches. At Queen's road, Bayswatcr
at t>:3() I had to hire a boy with a lan-
tern to find me a hansom which was
buried in fog in tho middle of a road-
way. My cabby had to walk, leading
lus horses with his lamp in his hand,
eloso to tho curbstone almost as fat as
the Marble Arch. Even then he often
got on tho pavement. Tho sound of
the voices of those lost in the fog, the
ghostly glare of the hansom lamps,
which seemed strangely far apart, and
I he far away shimmer of the gas lamps,
made the frosty fog of last night a
thing to dream of, not to tell.
Avoiding tho Public.
Eminent statesman (walking up to
reporter)—My face Is familiar to you, T
presume?
Reporter I have certainly seen you
somewhere, and yet I cannot exact*
ly
Eminent Stalesman There is no use
trying 1o keep anything from tho watch-
ful eye of a reporter. You recognize
me, of course, a - Congressman lllank?
Reporter Why, so It is! May I in-
quire, sir, tli-j object fif your visit to
our locality?
Eminent Statesman (with dignity) —
You may say. sir, that 1 am traveling
through here in a quiet way, and as far
as possible avoiding publicity.—Chica-
go Tribune.
SLED LOADS OF DIAMONDS.
How a Shrewd Yankee Oot Rich
by Smuggling Precious Stones.
"Get thern!" said a lino-dressed younj,
man whom Dave Miller was interrogat
iug about tho clothes ho wore. I go*
thcin smuggling."
"Smuggling!" oehoed Dave iu afa'
off echo.
"Yes, sir. When I left you seven
years ago I trout to Woodstock, N. B.
Well I had a little money, but 1 didn't
know what to do till a man told mo on>
day thero was a big duty on diamonds.
Then it suddenly occurrcd to mo if 1
could buy diamonds In Canada and sell
them in tho Unitod Statos I could make
money—that is if I could get them
across tho lino. I began to think up
schemes, and finally hit oa one. I
thought I could represent myself as a
regular Now Brunswick farmer who
had a farm with wood on It. Then 1
got a span of horses, sled, such like,
and bought some dry, hard wood. I had
a couple of thousand dollars or so, and
I Invested it lu diamonds. Then I got
it two-inch augur and bored a hole in
tho left runner of my sled."
"Hit! ha! ha!" laughed Dave, as he
began to tumblo.
"Yes, sir," continued tho man. "1
hauled cordwood and trained from
Woodstock, Canada, to Houton, Mo.,
until I reachod a point whore I didn't
have to haul any more, and that's why
I'm wearing good elothes now."—Oma-
ha Herald.
Rica nnd Insanity.
Dr. II. M. Bannister concludes from a
study of this topic that: L In the white
race tho depressive types of mental
disease arc most frequent in the Ger-
manic and Scandinavian peoples, and
tho least so is the Celts; tho reverse ol
this appears to bo tho caso as to the
exalted or maniacal types. 2. General
paralysis is not a disorder from which
any race is immune, but ono that de-
pends upon causes independent ol
racial or national peculiarities. !).
The woll known fact that insanity is
much more common among tho for-
eign born than among natives in this
country is not to any great extent ex-
plainable by tho shipment of the de-
fective classes of Europe to America.
Tho "cranks" and epileptics and other
neurotic individuals, do not appear to
bo represented, in due proportion
even, among the foreigners in our asy-
lums. Tho cause of tho excess of the
foreign born insane in this country is,
it seems probable, to be looked for
mainly in tho fact that, supposing the
immigration to include only its propor-
tion of persons below the average of
mental strength and flexibility, tho
change of scene and association, the
difficulties of beginning life among
them, disappointments, homesickness
and all other incidents and trials that
bofall tho new comers together con-
tribute to break down a vast number
who under other circumstances would
liavo escaped, and largely contribute to
tho mass of insanity in this country.--
American Journal of Insanity.
Lead in Water.
The minutest quantities of lead in
potable, waters may be dotcetod by a
simple method. Tho apparatus needed
is an ordinary tumbler and two perfect-
ly bright and clean knitting needles.
Fill tho glass nearly full of the water
to be tested and add eight or ten drops
of acetic acid, or, in its absence, a tca-
spoonful of vinegar. If tho water be
quite turbid, double or even treble this
quantity may bo used. The noodles
should be carefully revolved occasion-
ally. If load be present in the minut-
est quantity, in tho course of short tinn
dark oi black spots will appear upon
tho needles, and in the course of six or
eight hours the entire surface in con-
tat!), with tho water will bo covered
with a. gray coating, tho depth of color
of which will depend upon the amount
of load in the fluid. From time to time
a needle should be withdrawn and ex-
amined with a, magnifying glass, if
necessary, to determine whether or
not a deposit© Is being formed. Tho
same needle should bo withdrawn each
time, and ono needle should bo left in
contact with tho fluid thrco or four
hours longer than tho other. After re-
moval thoy should be placed in a dust
free box and left for twenty-four hours
us in cases whoro the amount of lead is
exceedingly small a doposlto may be
formed which cannot be immediately
detected, but which after standing for
twenty-four hours becomes very per-
ceptible, tho color being a yellow or
reddish yollow.—National Druggisl.
A TEST OF PATIENCE.
Two Drivers Create an Amusing
Spectacle In Park Place.
There was an amusing exhibition of
combined stubbornness and patience
tho other day in Park place, between
Broadway and Church street, that at-
tracted tho attention of not less than
500 people, and came near blockad'ng
the street for tho time being. United
States mall wagon No. 30, drawn by i
a singlo horso, was coming east on the
south track of the surface railroad, and
when about half way up tho block met
M. A. Reynold's delivery wagon, also
drawn by ono horse. The driver of
the delivery wagon knew that, although
ho was on the south track, the cars ran
west on it and turned south into Church
street, and ho refused to turn out for
tho mail wagon. Tho driver of tho
mail wagon know that his was on the
south or right track going c.;ist, and as
a constitutional right he refused to turn
out of tho way. The horses1 noses
came together and tho driver of each
commanded the other to turn out, and
each stubbornly refused to do anything
of tho kind. A crowd began to collect
to see the result of the dispute. Each
of the drivers announced that ho was
in no hurry, anyhow, and therefore they
both settled down to a. contest of endur-
ing patience. Tho driver of Die deliv-
ery wagon leaned up against the side
of his covered wagon and lixed himsel f
for a quiet nap—to all appearances. Tho
driver of tho mail wagon took a fresh
chew of tobacco, laid his lines over the
dash-board, jammed his hands in his
trousers pockets, crossed his legs, and
assumed an air of perfect contentment.
Tho horses affectionately rubbed noses.
Tho crowds in tlio street augmented.
Every passer-by look iu the ludicrous
situation at once, put on a good-sized
grin and stopped. There wero laugh-
ter and comment on every side.
Fivo minutes passed, six, seven, eight,
and there was no indication yet that Pa-
tience on a monument would not bo out-
done. Then a jigger cart that had
been waiting on a turn-table at Broad-
way started down. Tho driver of the
mail wagon saw it coming, and a great
big grin spread over his face. Mr. De-
liveryman would have to do something
—either go ahead or turn out.
"Get out of tho way, there," yelled
the driver of the car.
Mr. Doliveryman was startled. lie
jumped and looked back lo see what
was tho matter. Then a cloud of dis-
gust shot athwart his peaceful face as
he took in tho situation. The crowd
cheered the United States mail and
laughed merrily.
"Get out ol' the way!" shouted tho
street car driver again, and reluctantly
tho delivery man began pulling to the
left. Ho wouldn't turn to the right
then for anything.
"I thought you'd turn out," said the
mail man, boastiugly.
"Well, I guess you will, too, won't
you?" And he did, and tho contest
ended.—Now York Mail and Express.
Best Thing for a Flea in You!
Ear.
Patient—What would you a/I vise
doctor, for this horrible buzzing in mi
head?
Doctor — Persian insect powder,
Siimobody has probably been putting
a Ilea in your oar.—Flicgondo Blatter.
A Considerate Child.
Iloonvillo, too, can produce one of the
proverbial smart littlo boys. lie i-
only 2 years and 8 months old, a grand
son of an aged and respected physician,
and his littlo brain was full of Saiit
Glaus. As his mother in her prayi ■ ■
said, "Father, Son and Iloly Ohc.
ho asked: "Did lie eonio down the
eKtnney, mamma?" But wh-n s:
said in repeating his prayers 1> him
"And mako Charley a good boy," Ik
said: "No, mamma, that's asking Go:)
too much." He is certainly more con
sidorato of tho Almighty than most o
his worshipers. - Ho inviilo Topic.
A Jolting Drink.
Ben Sarchot, of Allen county, Ken-
tucky, went down to Louisville the other
day and while walking around, discov-
ered an undertaker's shop, with the
proprietor of which ho was well ac-
quainted. He went into tho shop, but
finding no ono in, sat down to await
the coming of the proprietor.
"Holloa, Bon," cuied tho undertaker
upon entering. "I am delighted to see
you. How long have you waited here?"
"Not so mighty long, but long enough
lo find out that vour liekor ain't uv the
best."
"Liquor! Why, 1 have no liquor."
"What's thai, up thar in that bottle,
then?"
"Gracious alive! did von drink any of
that?"
"Yas, took a moderate snort.1'
"Then you are a dead man," said the
undertaker, endeavoring to bo calm.
"How so?"
"Why, that is embalming fluid."
"Sorter bad, is it?"
"Bad! Why didn't you read of that
man who drank some in Chicago the
other day?''
"Hurt him?"
"Great Cxsar, man, lie died within
an hour. Let mo go J'or a doctor."
"Hold on a. minit. Plenty of time.
Let's talk about this stuff. What is em-
balming fluid, anyway?"
••It is a preparation to keep dead bod-
ies from decomposing."
"Success, I reckon."
,'Ycs, but it is a deadly poison. Let
me go for a doctor."
"No, if you go you won't lind me
hero when you come back. I ain't
got long to stay, and I don't want no
doctor to take up my time. Well, how
air you gittin' along?"
The undertaker sat, staring at Ben,
who, showing no signs of uneasiness,
continued to talk carlcssly.
"Ben, do you feel bad?"
"Wall, I have felt better; have felt
wuss. Got a corn that's givin' me some
littlo trouble."
I "If that stuff don't killl you it will
be a wonder."
I "Yas, it's a wonder that a fellow
lives, anyhow. Got any licker in the
house?"
'•No."
"Say, that fluid you was talkin' about
has got somo liekor in it, hain't it?"
"Yes, it contains alcohol."
"Wall, as thar ain't no saloon right
I handy, you better let mo take another
snort uv it, 'l'ain't tho best, but it jolts
a little."—Arkansaw Traveler.
Apologizing for Kissing His Wife.
Addie—Well, Cora, do you think
marriage is a failure?"
I Cora—Of course I do. Haven't I
| been married a year?
) Addie -Does your husband love you?
Cora (laughing) What, after a
whole year?"
Addie—But at lea ■! he respects you?
Cora —Oh, yes. In fact ho has so
much iv 'peel for l:tiiat when he
kissed n, : tie: oiliernight by chance lie
apologized for his absent-mindedness.
■ Town Topics.
Cap ain Thought All the Birds Were
Old.
The Deciles- Charming table the
lio.-t '••■!s, but didn't it strike you that
til' bird- wero a !ili e old?
Capt. Crozier (in desperation)—Yes,
j madam, all of them.—.Judge.
, The New Rapid-Fire Cannon.
Information has boon received inthli
country through military channels o'
the complete success of tho trial of tlu
new English Armstrong C-ineh rapid
liro gun. This gun is a development o'
tho Armstrong 1.72-lnch rapid-tire gun,1
which succeeded in throwing in 1
minute und 40 seconds 10 projectiles,
each capablo of piercing !) inches o
iron. Tho wonderful success of the
latter gun, commonly known as "the
rapid tiring 36-poundor," gavo the
British an advantage iu naval warfare
which foreign officers were quick t<
perceive. It was found that tho pro
jectilca which could bo flrcd with such
extraordinary rapidity weighed no loss
than '15 pounds and had a velocity oi
2,073 foot seconds, and were capable ol
penetrating 9 inches of iron and 2 feel
of oak and teak. Tho wholo weight oi 1
the gun is only •1,200 pounds.
Notwithstanding tho efficiency of the
-1-72-inch gun it was decided by the1
British ordinanco board to construct a
G-inoli rapid liro gun on tho same plan
as tho former. Tho question im-
mediately arose, will a 6-inch Arm-
strong resist the heat resulting from a
(ire of such rapidity? As a result ol
the trial it has been found that the gun
has stood intact tho enormous pressure
to which it has been subjected, and in-
stead of forty-live pound projectiles the
British now have a gun which will
throw, with almost tho samo rapidity,
projectiles weighing 110 pounds, with
a penetration of 10$ inches of iron and
4 feet of oak and teak. Tho powder
charge is nearly 42 pounds in weight
and the chamber pressure over 17'.
tons. "!
The eroat. advantage possessed by
these British rapid lire guns is the
rapidity with which they can be loaded
and fired. For some time past tho
1,700 ton class of British cruisers have
relied upon them almost wholly for
their armaments, a vessel of the Gar-
net c lass, for instance, asking for no
better battery. i
The new torpedo cruiser Rattlesnake,'
of the British service, carries forward
on her forecastle her only gun, which
consists of a rapid-fire gun having a
rango of live miles. Tho liattlcsmi.kc,
which has a speed of 22 knots per hour, ;
is able to work this gun in an ordinary
sea way, while running at her highest
rate of speed.
In no particular are tho rapid-fire
guns so advantageous as when employ-1
od in repelling torpedo-boat night at-
tacks or in clearing a beach of an ene-
my sheltered behind entrenchments and
earthworks. In tho engagement at
Suakim the other day tho Racer and
Starling used their rapid-lire guns with
more than usual success, and were in-
strumental in contributing not a small
part to tin- victory of General Grenfcll.
Several attempts have been mado to
introduce this British gun into the
American service, but so far nothing
exactly like it has been adopted. Tho
American service is depending in tho
main on Ilotehkiss' revolving cannon,
Hotclikiss' quick-lire guns, and Gat-
lings for its secondary batteries. A
rapidity of ten shots in one minute has
boon obtained from tho 88-poundor
Hotclikiss, with a, penetration of 8
inches of iron. This is a good result,
but officers doubt the ability of tho
Jlo.tchkiss lo stand tho same heat strain
under continued lire as the Armstrong
rapid-lire gun.
The livo-milo range of the rapid-flro
guns makes it extremely dillleult for
the swiftest torpedo boat to approach a
vessel armed with these guns without
being torn to pieces by the incessant
rain of solid shot they aro capable of
throwing. They are breech-loading,
and aro worked ei ther by steam or hand
brakes. Six men oniy are required to
work them effectively. These guns may
be said to lie. an improvement on tho
Ilotehkiss in I lie samo way that, the
Ilotehkiss is an improvement oil the
Galling and liardner. Tho superiority
of the rapid-lire gun is in its ability lo
throw heavy metal at a rate which ex-
ceeds any modern gun of single-tiring
capacity. The Ilotehkiss can throw ten
shots per minute from the 33-pounder,
but the accuracy with which ten shots
in one minute and forty seconds can be
thrown from the rapid-shot-gun. to say
nothing of tho inercaso in metal, far
exceeds the rain of lighter projectiles
from tho Ilotehkiss. However, judging
from the familiarity with which tho de-
tails of the British rapid-firo gun arc
being discussed, it need not cause sur-
prise if an in p ovod typo of tho picce
is seen abont\i one of the new Ameri-
can cruiscrs before long.—New York
Times.
A FAIF5Y TASK ACCOMPLISHED.
It Is Possible to Count tho Danclnfv
Motes in tho Sunlight-
Counting the dancing motes in a bar
of sunlight sounds like ono of those
hopeless, never ending tasks with
which malignant fairies delight to break
tho spirit oif littlo heroines in tho Ger-
man folk stories. Something more
than this, however, has boon achieved
by modern science, which is now able
to count tho particles floating in any
given portion of the atmosphere and
determine what proportion of these arc
dangerous germs and what are, mere
dust.
Dr. Franklin's curious experiments
have shown us how to count tho micro-
organisms, and noiv John Aitkca, of
Falkirk, by a totally different method,
has been enabled to tako sloe!; in
tho more harmless but. hardly less in-
teresting dust motes. Thirty thousand
such particles have been detected by
him in the thousandth of a cubic inch
of tho air of a room, in tho outside
atmosphere in dry weather tho samo
measurement of air yielded 2.11!),
whereas after a heavy rainfall the num-
ber was only 021. That this power of
prying into atmospheric secrets will
eventually yield important results must
be obvious to all. Among tho most
curious discoveries already made is the
direct relation between dust particles
and fogs, mist anil rain. -Loudon
News.
The Animal Kingdom.
Tho physical expressions which tho
animals employ to manifest their pas-
sions, requirements, distresses und
emotions, aro precisely similar to
man's. They caress with their lips
and limbs, show resentment by facial
distortion, bite : and kicks, auil foar by
a tremor; they leap with joy, loll with
thirst, lag with fatigue, and attack for
revenge and reprisal. Even fishes,
with their poo: ..alieient bodies, aro
ablo to manifoc'. many mental opera-
tions in a mannc.* intelligible to man
as well as lo each other. Thero is no
end to authenticated instances of ani-
mal sagacity, indicating premeditation,
plan, purpose, sense of duty, prudence,
gratitude, method, judgment. Ani-
mals memorize. They cherish malice,
they dream in their slcop, they can
count, tlicy have a sense of injustice, a
consciousness of error, and notions of
forgiveness and reparation. I liavo
seen a brute of a man requite tho
clumsy caress of his horse by a thump-
ing blow on the nose. His supremo
intelligence did not comprehend the
animal's action, forsooth. Now some
men get vexed if they aro not readily
understood. Did tho horso show tem-
per—this noble animal whom Job re-
presents as imbued with the spirit of
the tempest? Did ho oven resent tho
outrage? Not by retaliation, although
he plainly indicated his keen sense of
the indignity. What may wo suppose
his emotions to have been at treatment
so regardless and unprovoked? Yet ho
present ly forgave all. l)o not say that
lie forgot, for at all times afterward ho
shrank with apprehension when his
master approached. Oh. tho gontle-
ness, forbeuranco and long suffering of
the brutes, who oft-times grieve in
silence—spccclilcss and unable to utter
protest or complaint.
Animals meditato. Dogs have been
seen to siL in a lit of abstraction, so
that no ono could engage their attention,
and presently start off with an impetus
which showed thero was a mental im-
pulse behind it. That wasa keen sense of
linesso displayed by the NewFoundland
dog at a seaside resort, when ho push-
ed little children off the pier so that he
could jump in magnanimously to tho
rescue and thereby obtain the reward
of a, handul of candy which ho anticipa-
ted the grateful parents would bestow.
Ho repeated the trick so often that ho
fell into suspicion and disgrace, but his
method showed not only a conception
of the efficacy of a virtuous net and its
logical recompense, but tho advantage
of deception when successfully prac-
ticed. A crow which I know of sham-
med hunger habitually, so as to obtain
more food, which he invariably carried
off and hid in a wall, and then came
back for more. In this way ho accumu-
lated largo hoards of provender. A
certain Java sparrow was able to dis-
tinguish the click of his master's latch
key in the hall door from any other per-
son's, and flew to meet him with demon-
strations of joy. as soon as ho entered
tho house, lie never made a mistake.
A sagacious mastiff always pulled tho
door bell when he desired to enter. A
parrot in New Orleans seemed to answer
questions categorically, and recognized
different persons, calling them by name.
Tho intelligence of insects is perhaps
even more wonderful. Fishes exhibit
remarkable sagacity,, which has been
made the theino of writers for two
thousand years,—Forest and Stream.
(int. Exactly What He Did Not Want.
"I suppose old Farmer Squash took
the hint and gave you something when
he saw you looking at his poultry?"
said the minister.
"'Deed he ded, sab," replied 'Lijah.
' lie gave mo do dobble."— Judge,
Simile lies.
"Snails," writcsMulTet "Health Im-
provement," page 400 "arc little es-
teemed of us iu England, but in Bar-
baric, Spain and Italy they aro eaten
as a most dainty, wholesome, nourish-
ing and restoring meat." Our more
epicurean neighbors are iu nowise
sharers in our prejudices respecting
tho gastronomic; properties of snails.
It need excite no surprise to find in
Francateili's "Cook's Guide," a receipt
for preparing a. iniieihiginous broth,
whose efficacy is much extolled, com-
pounded of chicken, calves' feet and
garden snails bruised in a. mortar, to
which balm, borage and Iceland moss
are added. There is a irtory told of a
shipwrecked French crow completely
clearing some seaside gardens in Devon
of their snails, and few French restaur-
ants of tho present day are without a
bowl of "If. pomalla" temptingly dis-
played in the, windows. Addison in his
travels mentions having seen a small
garden "escargotier," at tho Capuch-
ins in Freiburg, where was a squn.ro
place boarded in and filled with a vast
quanityof large snails, the floor being
strewn about half a. foot deep
with several kinds of plants for thcin
to nestle among in winter.
When Lent arrived the magazine
was opened and a "ragout" made of
the snails. Such snailcrics have been
in use for a length of time In various
parts of Europe. Sometimes they con-
sist of a cask covered with a net, into
which the. snails are put and kopt until
they are sulBcicntly fattened. In
Lorraine a corner of the garden sur-
rounded by lino trellis-work to prevent
their escaping is frequently assigned to
them, and vegetables of various kinds
are placed within for their sustenance.
In the neighborhood of Dijon, whereas
much as £300 per annum has boon
made from snails tho vino growers
keep thorn in dry cellars, or else dig-
ging a. trench in the vine slopes, place
at the bottom some leaves, and then
their snails, which are then covered
with more leaves and a few spadcfulls
of earth. More than 10,000,000 of
snails aro said to be sent away from
tile "escargotieres ' of Ulm to different
gardens to fatten, and when ready for
table forwarded to various convents in
Austria for consumption during Lent.
Vine snails are forwarded at the rate
of ,0f. per 100 from Troyes to Paris,
whoro the value of these inoliusks
annually consumed is < -timated to ex-
ceed f>00,000f.; they are not, however
considered in season until the first
frost, about the end of October or early
November, when they are closed with
their white cpiphragm. All the Year
Round.
Timing1 by the Length of the Chicken.
Young housewife (to husband who
s ays lie knows how lo cook) how long
do you broil a chicken, Edwin?
Edwin—Oh -or how long Is the
chicken? Life.
Confederate Docs.
Harriot Becchcr Stowe iu her fuuMiu
"Undo Tom's Cabin" draws a thrilttag
nnd graphic description of a blood-
hound's ohaso of fugitive slaves, nnd
our northern readers will bo surprised
to learn that such scones woro compar-
atively unknown In tho south during
slavery days. Of course such things^
(lid sometimes occur, and tho only ox-
tcuunt.iug circumstance that can be
offered was that n farmer or overseer
would resort to this moans when all
other efforts to trace u runaway slave
woro fruitless. But sucn cases wero
few and far between, and in most parts
of the south altogether unknown.
Tho idea used to bo that a planter
lived in luxurious style on his vast es-
tate, surrounded by cringing slaves
who had the stinging lash over ready
to fall on tho bare back, while a kennel
of bloodhounds stood in tho stable-
yard, ready lo traco tho bloody foot-
prints of somo hunted fugitive for lib-
erty. Such a picture is as much over-
drawn as tho Englishman's idea of tho
United States from his recent visit to
Buffalo Bill's Wild We6t exhibition.
In the cases where tho bloodhounds
wore ever used, it generally happened
that a refractory slavo, tirod of his
life of bondage, would steal off from his
master and endeavor to fleo to a coun-
try where he was unknown, and eould
pass for a "freo negro." Whon the
owner detected his abscncc. searching
parties were immediately scut out,and,
in rare instances, bloochounds woro
nddod to the party as a surer and quick-
er means of finding tho man. More
frequently, however, tho columns of
the newspaper woro the medium of
advertising for the missing ono.
During the war northorn prisoners
were confincd in Andorsonvillo, In
Georgia. It has boon said that when
any prisoner made his escape, a blood-
hound was set on his track and soon
dolcclcd tho runaway. Whon a prison-
er would hear the distant bay of tho
dog, ho generally took to water In
order to throw his pursuer off the trail,
then wading down stream, he would
climb the opposite bank and resume
liis flight. The object in tracking with
the dog wan not cruelty, but simply a
sure and quiekcr means of recapturing
prisoners.
There was a courier employed by a
southern general in carrying important
dispatches, who sometimes mado use
of bis faithful dog v.lion all other
means failed. I suppose tho papers
were tied around the dog's ncck, for he
carried them safely to tho commanding
officer's tent.
Dogs were never carried by tho
soldiers in the army—it was hard
enough to find food for uion to cat,
much less dogs. There has never been
any evidence of the shallow graves of
tho hastily buried dead being disturbed
by dogs, even on a. deserted battlefield,
where, ono might, suppose such things
could occur.
As a rule, soldiers are fond of canine
pots. General Sheridan had dogs to
which he was a. good master, and I
doubt not but t.lna if research was.
made, ample evidence might be found
to prove that most, generals were
equally as fond of dogs as of horses.
Sunshine.
A lingo Snake Fighting a Seal.
I was paddling along in a small ca-
noe, on one of the numerous tributaries
of tho Rio Pnnara, looking for ducks
or anything worth (diooting, when sud-
denly! heard behind me a fearful yell
and a.groat splashing in the water. A
bend in the river prevented me seeing
what it was, but, thinking it was somo
tapirs or carpinchos bathing, I turned
my canon in order to get a. shot at them,
and saw a huge snake hanging from a.
tree with his body curled two or three
times round an unfortunate, seal. The
water around them was foaming, and
every now and then the seal and the
fore part of the snake would disappear
below the surface and remain below for
several seconds, until in a. moment the
snake would twist his body into a sort
of cork-screw shape and lift tho seal
right out of tho water, and they would
remain swinging in tho air, only sup-
ported by the snake's tail. At one
time I saw the second seal jump clean
out of tho water to catch hold of tho
snake, and all throe remained in the
air, roaring and yelling most fearfully
for somo time, whon suddenly thoy
dropped into tho water again, the
snake never losing his hold of the tree.
As none of tho combatants seemed to
be in tho least affected by my approach.
I put my canoe within some ton or
twelve yards of tlie.in. so as to have a,
good shot at, the snake next time they
appeared, and I had scarcely laid down
my paddle and caught up my gun when
they eamo up again. 1 aimed right at
the snnko where ho had curled himself
round tho seal and gave him both bar-
rels. The effect could not have boon
greater. Tho snake let go of the Iron
and fell with tho whole length of his
body into tho water, splashing mo all
over, and then the three disappeared.
After about a minute both seals came
up on the other side of the cunoe, look-
ing at me nnd shaking their heads in
the same way as dogs do when thoy
come out of water. They had both
white breasts, and I noticed that ono of
them was bleeding from a wound lu the
neck, but whether from my shot or
from a bite of the snake, I could not
tell. Tho snnko a little later crawled
up the "barranca" out of the water, as
if nothing was tho matter with him. so
I gave him one shot more, which made
him disappear in the bushes, where I.
being alone in the canoo, thought It
more prudent not to follow him. He
w/is a very big one, for from the branch
to which he had his tail attached down
to the water was a distance of somo
fourtei ii feel; and when he fell his tail
nearly reached my canoe. I do not un-
derstand, though, how lie would have
managed lo catone of those seals, each
one of which was the s\/o of an ordinary
man. —Buenos Ay res Standard.
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Ethel's Egotism Was Appreciated.
Tom (enthusiastically)—Sweet littlo
girl, Ethel. I never hoard her say a
ia n:i thing about any one.
Maud (viciously) Neither did I. I
never heard her talk about anyone ex-
cept herself.—Town Topics
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