Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-02
The APabuorse.

history has recorded. - ..--I -.
Z. .sr .f- The Arab Horse.
. LayaTd the explorer OF NineYa who Is as "a
, mlllar with Arabs as be is with anti0uitie
gives in his late work on Assyria some curiou
details respecting the true horse Of the desert
Contrary 70 the popular notion the Arabian /
celebrated less for unriyalled swiftness than 70
extraordinary powers Of endurance Is usua
PAGES are but two, quick walk often averaging
fouro or FIVE miles an hour and half runnin:
canier for only when pursued does Bedouil
put his mare to full speed. 1t is the distancs
they will travel in emergency. the weight the,
will carry and the comparative trife of foocc
they require which render the Arabian horsei
so valuable, Layard says that he knew of ,
celebrated mare which had carried two men in
chain armor beyond the reach OF some Aneyzs
pursuers. This mare rarely had more thar
twelve handsfull Of barley in twenty hours ex
cept in the Spring, when the pastures were
green; and it is only the mares Of wealthy Be
douns that can get even this allowance. The
consequence is that except in the Spring the
Arab horse is lean and unsightly y-They are
never placed under cover during summer; moi
protected from the biting blasts of the desertir
winter. The saddle is rarely taken from theil
backs. Cleaning and grooming are strangers
to them., They sometimes reach fifteen hands
in height and never fall below fourteen. In
disposition they are as docile as lambs requiring
no guide but halter; yet in the flight or pur
suit their nostris become blood red their eve:
glitter with fire the neck is arched and the name
and tail raised and spread out to the wind -
the whole animal becomes Transformed
The vast plains Of Mesopotamia furnish the
best breeds and these breeds are divided into
five races ofwhich the original stock was the
Koheyleh. The most famous belong either to
the Shammer or to the Ancyza tribes. The
pedgrees are kept scrupulously " and their value
is 50 great that a thorough bred mare is geper-
ally owned by ten or even more persons. II is
not often that real Arabian can be purchased
The reason is that on account of its feetness
and power Of endurance it is invaluable to the
Bedoun, who once on its back, can defy any
pursuer except Slammer or Aneyza with a
swifter or stronger mare than his own. An
American racer or even English hunter would
break down, in those painless desrts, almost
before an Arabian became. warmed up to the
work. Where thorough bred mares have been
sold, they have brought as high as six thousand
dollars but these it is understood are notthe
best of the race. The Arab who sells his
mare can do nothing with his gold, and cannot
even keep it, for the next Bedoun of hostile
tribe who comes across his path. and who has
retained his mare, will take. it from him and de-
fly pursuit. Layard thinks that no Arabian of
the best blood has ever been seen in England.
If this so, we can scarcely suppose that any
have come to America, but must believe the
so called Arrbians, gevn to the Government,
at various times to be inferior Breeds Rarely,
indeed are the thorough breeds found beyond
the desert. 1t will be a subject of regret, to
those who ad mire fine horses to learn that the
Arabian is considered TO be degenerating, the
consequence of the subjugation of Arabia, and
the decline of Bedoun tribes Phil. BuIletin.
MORE OF THE LOVE AeoNY That Louisville
is becoming perfectly notorious for the hydro
phoba Of love in rhyme The journal for
while had monopoly of the malady but now
it is breaking out in the Courier Hear the
ftful fever Of poor unfortunate young Miss,
who makes confession jingle: 7a ia
..N. "-let thy dear arm twine ~
Around me like zone of love H
And thy fond lip so soft i.
To mine, be passionately pressed
AS it has been so oft" sl
No luxury the market affords seems liable to
more sudden changes and more unaccountable
rises and depressions than kissing. Cotton cant
begin to be circumstance to it. Sugar and
moasses can't bear any competition with it.
We are at loss to account for this state Of
affairs Whetherit il is owing to the climate, to
the season, to the men or to tbe women we know
not and should like to know. A very pretty
little girl informed us last night, that in her opin
ion ii was shameful to make men, especially
good looking men like we are, pay so much for
a kiss. We concurred and Immediately
down to record the estimated value Of one
smack in Rochester, New York. twill be re-
membered that last summer very learned ad
Indication was made in our city upon this sub
ect and that since that period legal estimate
has been made in Boston. The tariff of kisses
is now in Boston, ten dollars in Rochester,
New York, seven dollars inNew Orleans, five
doliarsl Thank Heaven we live in New Or
leans and from the depths of our pocket-book,
pity those bachelors of Boston and Rochester.
---N. o. Ptcdyape. 4,ss. F A.t,s.
EDIroRs FOR CoNeREss. Alexander Nose
ley, senior editor Of the Richmond Wing, has
been nominated as the Wing candidate for Con-
gress, in the Albemarle district the Richmond
Times says :-"The Wings of. this State have
now three editors in the field for Congress, viz:
Nj Snowden in the Alexandra, Mr.. Sterret
in the Parkersburg, and Mr.. Moselsy in The
Albemarle district. D We hope that these gen
tlemen will 6ghth hard for the honor of the craft,
and that we shall have the pleasure of record
ing the election Of all of them" as.9ssaI .
To CURE THE TooTHAeHE, Take . paper
of tobacco, pour uponsit a wine glass Of warm
water, squeeze out part Ofthe moisture and after
placing the pulp upon slice of bread apply it
as plaster to the face. There is nothing like
It for the toothache- it is the only remedy