The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-02
,, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER oil.

hands with her cool tongue, while her lips
we're dripping with fresh water. observ-
ed that her track through the sand was
marked by drops Of moisture.
The certainty Of finding water restored
lmy strength. Iarose and managed to fol-
low the hyena, who walked on slowly in
advance, turning her head from time to
time towards me. Ere long ! reached
hole scooped out Of the sand: its bottom
was moist but contained no water. Mean
time the hyena wandered about seeming
the ground. Suddenly she began TO work
with her paws, and made small hole,
which speedily became filled with water
Although somewhat brackish il seemed to
me delicious; drank Of it freely, bathed
my hands and face, and then proceeded
home ewards, following my faithful guide.
I Such was the extreme acuteness Of this
creatures sense of smell, that at the dis
lance of five or six leagues from the house
which Inhabited at Philippevilie, she used
to discover the existence ofthe carcass OF
dead animal Then the natural instinct
Of the wild baast awoke, and would not be
restrained. She used to manage 10 elude
nv vigilance, dart Of with marvellous ra-
pidity, and ere long return, gorged with
flesh and half dead with fatigue. II was
| in one Of these gastronomica excursions
that lost her. A panther, who had COM
miited great ravages in the district, attack
ed and wounded her so severely, thats.shs
died III few hours after her return home.
This account VIC can corroborate. Col.
| Sykes having sent pet hyeDa to the Gar
dens of the geological Society, returned
several years after, and went to visit the
Gardens. The moment the creature
caught sigh, of him, he recognized his for
mer master with all the joyful manifesto
lions Of an attached dog.-Househoa
I Words.
PEsFERHLNrs--No TRouBLEs.-The
word is not in Webster, but very likely it is
in your house; or if no, there il is 10 your
personal history, written on very many pa
ges. We once called on a lady who had
Just received news that her husbands long
whaling cruise was likely prove failure.
Her three small children we're sick with the
measles. The butcher had run Of without
pay ing for her pigs, and late fire had
damaged her furniture. Coming suddenly
in and learning the whole chapter OF misfor-
tunes, we eondoled with her, remarking that
her troubles had come like troop all at
once. "Troables," said she; 'sthese are
not troabes--,hese are pesterments.-
When William or one ofny little ones dies,
then will see trouble. These pestermenis
make me nervous, but III wait for the trou-
ble before give up to tears"
In our meek friends sense, the world is
not so very foil Of trouble after ALL Nine
tenths Of the annoysnces that look like
troubles. IRE only wholesome experiences,
with solemn masks on. II you look afraid.
the littlo rascals will torment you with
their long faces, till yon get close TO them,
yea The scamps lii you shrink offlhey will
keep face 10 You as they pass by, and drop
fping their blessings by the way go scowIing
ont. A brave bearing towards them sets
them % laughing so heartily ,ba, they ex-
pose themselves. But there are troubles,
real troubles enough, as all tie children Of
men have discovered. Death and those
sorrows which follow in the wake Of sin,--
they are regular breakers. You cannot
laugh, frighten or reason them away. But
there is panacea even for them, constrain-
ing Affections into joys, working all sorrows
together for good
But OF these, nothing now. We treat OF
pesterments. Like mosquitoes, they como
most frequently upon those least able 10
defend themselves. Yet all are subject
to their attacks. How can they be avert
| ed?
By keeping busy. At the court within
us, only one suitor can plead at ones.
Keep the honest tasks Of the day before
ihe mind, and these vagrants, after while,
become discouraged and stink away.
By keeping them to ourselves,--giving
them no air;-by treating them as we treat
children when their clothes are on fire.
rolling them in blankets till the fire 10
smothered.
Or, If is possible 10 do that, call in
trus,y friend. Set the thing in its length
and breadth before him. Separate from il
all that is distinct from i, in reality, and ve-
ry possibly, if your friend is judicious, it
will lose halt its ,errors simply by reciiing
lit. Seen clear of all that assisted to make
il formidable, you may feel disposed 10
laugh it oft seems so puerile and harm
less.-New York Times.
A BUCKEYE BoY.--A Washington let.
Ter writer thus speaks OF a lad who will
be likely to work his way through the
world:
A boy, only twelve years old, who had
walked all the way from Ohio to Washing
ton, called on the President today. He
said he was an orphan, supported and ed
ucated by poor aunt, and had come to
ask place in the Navy. The President
was deeply affected by his story and tho
evidence Of his perseverance, and gave
him several pieces of gold, and invited
him to allagain. The boy left, but was
followed by gentleman who witnessed the
interview, aud who saw him excha nge the
gold he had received for bsnk notes, which
he mailed in letter to his relatives. His
enterprise is likely to be rewarded BY the
II place he seeks.
IOWA APPOINTMENTS.