Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1886 — Taming Horses in New Zealand. [ARTICLE]

Taming Horses in New Zealand.

Bull fighting for the expert must be very profitable. The chief espada of Madrid, Laftijo, is employed during the summer season for £6,000, and last winter in the provinces he made £IO,OOO. He killed 340 bulls without a single accident to himself. Cast. Tom Grigory, of Winchester. Tennessee, has a unique pair of gloves. They were made by Miss Nannie Phillips, who snared a lot pf rabbits, carded and spun their fur as if it were wool, and from the yarn knit the gloves. She decorated the back of each glove with the ear of a full-grown rabbit. Doorkeeper Date, of the Connecticut House of Representatives, has ten cartridges that Were carried by Jude B. Gage in the retreat from New London in the war of 1812. They are handmade, the wrappers being pieces of newspapers, and the round balls are kept in place by tow strings. Mr. Gage, when 90 years old, gave the relics to Mr. Date.

A young man of Guyton. Georgia, hired a horse and buggy to take a young lady to a party, telling the livery-stable man he was only going three miles in the country, when in reality it was nineteen. This the owner pf the horse And buggy learned after they had left, and jumping on a horse, he followed. Arriving at the house he took possession of his property and returned, leaving the pair to get back the best they could.

A gentleman of international fame, whose word is as unquestionable as liis genius is great, said a lew days ago: “I was sitting beside Bryant at a dinner one day.. Turning to him, I said: ‘Mr. Bryant, will you kindly set my mind at rest on the widely agitated question as to your age when you wrote Thanatopsis?’ Mr-. Bryant answered: ‘I had finished every line and word of that poem before I was 16 years of age.’ ” There is no doubt as to the truth of this.

A Georgia girl who is anxious tp write a “continued storie” for the Atlanta Constitution enforces her proposition by this clincher: “It would be the greatest tiling ever done for the Constitution, for we would first put in a month’s notice that a real and true life of several of our girls, for ’tis a true storie that I wish to write. By saying ’tis by a Twigs County girl, everybody would be crazed to see it. I stayed at home one time a ' year ago tirftf wrote for a certain paper and had it in a perfect boom: ”

John G. Saxe, according to the Albany Journal, once found himself traveling on a railroad over which—* strange to say, for he was phenomenally endowed in that respect —he had no pass. But when the conductor came along the genial poet, taking from his pocket five other passes and holding them like playing s cards, inquired: “Conductor, do you play euchre?” “Yes; sometimes.” “Well, if you had a hand like this”—showing the five passes—/‘what would yon do?” “Pass!” said the guardian of the company’s interests; and he passed.

It is reported that the Czar intends in 1887 to assume a title equivalent to that of Emperor over the whole of Central Asia. It is said that his Imperial Majesty will make a state entry into Samarcand, and there formally assume the sovereignty jpyer Central Asia in the presence of all the Ameers and Khans who are under the sway of Imperial Russia. This is no new design on the part of Russia, for this scheme was for a long time under consideration by the late Czar Alexander 11., and has only come to light now through the indiscretion of a high official.

The last Parisian publication which has been seized by order of the prefect of police is neither a naturalist novel nor an Anarchist pamphlet, but a simple directory. It is one of a very special kind, and it only gives the names of .those of the inhabitants of the city •who are noted for tlieir philanthropic disposition and their readiness to relieve distress. The compiler turns out to be a well-known street beggar, who thus puts into methodical shape, for the benefit pf the younger members of the profession, the information which he has ■massed in the course of his long career. ■ ' A literary Englishman has just found in the old South Street Cemetery in Calcutta the tomb of the Hon. Rose Whitworth Aylmer, who died in that city in 1800, aged 20. It was the news cf this English girl’s death which led Lander to write a little poem so exquisite that it can never be printed too often: ' . ’ == “Ah, what avails the ocaptered race, Ah, what the form divine I Rose Aylmer, all werfcxhine, ‘ •Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes . May weep, by t never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee.” ——• The Bishop of Melbourne, during the dry weather, was asked to pray for rain. He explained to those who made the request that the presence or absence of tain depended on certain natural causes which prayer would not affect -He told

the people that they were well aware ot the fact that in that country the dry season regularly came every year. It was, therefore, their duty to prepare for it by the storing of water sent them in the rainy season. * He could not take it upon himsejf to ask the Almighty, to disturb the course of the seasons in Order that their neglect might be remedied. >

Lord Crew must rank among the most liberal and progressive of British landlords. He is steadily increasing the number of holdings on his Cheshire estate and decreasing the rentals. A good cottage and garden cost a laborer $22.50 a year. Plots of from two to three acres of good farm land, with excellent cottages and barns, rent for from S4O to SSO a year. Lord Crew at present has 195 tenants holding half an acre and under three, acres, 144 with three and under ten acres, thirty with ten and under twenty acres, thirty-one with twenty and under fifty acres, forty with fifty and under 100 acres, forty-one with 100 and under 200 acres, and fourteen with 200 and under 500 acres.

By the new process of toughening timber it is claimed that the effect produced upon whitewood is such that a cold chisel is required in order to split it. This result is accomplished by a special method of steaming the timber and submitting it to end pressure, technically “upsetting it." By this means the cells and fibers are compressed into one compact mass; and it is the opinion of those w-ho have experimented with the process that wood can bo compressed to the extent of some 75 per cent., and that some of the timber now considered unfit for use in such work as carriage building, for instance, can be made valuable by this means as a substitute for ash, hickory, etc.

The late Wendell Phillips appeared to be the only member of the John Phillips family who was particularly distinguished for talent. The father, who was the first Mayor of Boston, was a public-spirited citizen who creditably filled that position. A brother of Wendell, George W. Phillips, was a welleducated lawyer, but little known to the bulk of our citizens. He was, like his distinguished brother, a handsome man, of tall, elegant figure and dignified presence. It seems a little singular that these gentlemen, so healthy and well developed, should not have attained very old age. Wendell Phillips possessed the figure of an athlete, and he was noted for the springing elasticity of his step and general motions.

The following anecdotes, apropos of Sam Jones’ well-known habit of tobac-co-chewing, are related, and their truthfulness is affirmed upon the authority of the evangelist him Self: During his recent stay in Cincinnati he was approached one day, after a very fervent meeting at the Music Hall, by an elderly lady, who had taken a great interest in the services. “Mr. Jones,” said the lady, “I want to ask you why you chew tobacco. A great many people have asked me that question, and they have-all thought that such a habit materially interfered with your work as a Christian worker.” “I don’t like to tell my reason for chewing, ” replied the preacher. “I have a little delicacy on that subject. ” The lady insisted, however, and the.-evangelist that if she only knew why she could tell her friends, and that would save him a great deal of ungenerous remarks. “Well,” said Sam, after a long pause, “if you must know why I chew tobacco, it is to get the juice out of it and to spit red.” The lady fainted, but was fully satisfied. He was riding in a street-car shortly after this, and was seated beside a lady—a very devout Christian—who was elegantly attired. “Why don’t you preach against the use of tobacco, Mr. Jones?” said she. “It would do a power of good.” “There is too much sin and wickedness in the world to preach against, ” said Sam, “and F haven’t got down to tobacco yet. ” “I think you ought to do so, however,” said she, “and your words would have a great effect upon the young men.” “When I get so low' down as to have to preach against tobacco and ear bobs I will quit preaching altogether,” said Sam, somewhat petulantly. The lady, who sported a pair of SI,OOO solitaire earrings, rose hurriedly, and, with a flushed face and flashing eyes, left the car.

As everybody knows, Mr. Rarey’s system of taming vicious horses consisted mainly in throwing them down on the ground and keeping them there by means of straps. The Nejv Zealanders have a much simpler and more effective method. They simply decoy a wild horse into a swamp until all his legs are securely imbedded in it. Thev then proceed to “gentle” him. W T efl may the author say: “Rarey’s plan is nothing to this. There Were no legs swinging about to hurt anyone; the Cplt Could not batter his head on the ground; the very babies could jump on his back with perfect safety* and they 'were; not slaw to avail themselves of the opportunity. ” The women sat on him, the men got astride him, and then put a little log under his tail. “The women shook their dresses in his face.” Best of tall, when the horse was dug out he was quite tame. The word “environment” now so popular, was introduced into our language by Thomas Carlyle, who borrowed it from the French, they having used it for two centuries.