Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-02-13
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY IS, $50
NApOLEON,S WAR HORSE

NAPOLEONtS WAX iIOltSE.
Everybody has seen copy, il some FORM
of the famous painting. Napoleon Crossing
the Alps" and everybody doubtless rcmem-
bers the noble looking white horse Ia tae
foreground, which bears upon his DacK the
young general of the army oil ltaiy' VINO
leans upon the neck OF the rearing stccd,
and points to the long lines OF soldiers
climbing bv t6rtuous paths the steep ana
rocky masses of the Alps. This horse Is not
. mere artists IDEAL but was intended as a
nortrait of Napoleon's horse, Superb. This
beautiful animal was light gray Arabian.
about l5$ hands high. slightly, but compact
ly built, possessing remarkable intelligence
and muscular power, combined with merry
Gus, active temperament, and strong ylgor-
GUS constitution.
Superb was great favorite with Napo-
leon, and accompanied him III many ot his
most successful compaigns. In 1918, our
ing the disastrous retreat from Moscow, he
was captured by the Russian general Orict,
who kept him at St. Petersburg till 1881,
when he was presented to the iathcr Of VI,
Tourmiaire, the manager OF the imperial
circus. a passionate lover and accomplished
trainer of horses, and well known for his
devoted attachment to the memory ol the
great Napoleon. Gen. OrloFs III presenting
the horse, said, jacques Iourmlare, You
were greatly attached to the late emperor
of the French and your attachment honorS
YOU. You are known 10 be tavorite al
horses: and, satisfied of the care he will re-
ceiye at your hands, to you | conhde TINS,
nv greatest iayorte. Superb is roe slight
I r.,n
10 sell him 10 strange master - tate 10
which | cannot think OF su1lectlng him.
10 you therefore entrust him, and rs you
loved him to whom he first belonged, you
will, | am sure, cherish Superb for the mem
ory of his owner, AZ we'll as Tor ms own
sake" The horse was well cared for by his
new master; who brought him upon the
stage, and taught him 70 perform some light
parts in pieces performed in the circus. =
jacques 'fourmiaire died in 1889, and lett
Superb to his son. who treated the veteran
still with the tenderest care. lie was suisse
auently exhibited in London and other large
cities.
Several years since we read short histo-
nv Of this horse, published in an English
Journal, and if our memory serves us well
it was stated that ne was foaled IN lSo2, ana
died in lS4l, having lived to the estraordina-
ry age ofMrty-Hine yearS.--Am. Stock Jour.
A PROTEST AGAINST EARLY RISING.
DR.. Hall, in the February number Of his
Journal of Health, says:
One of the very worst economies OF time,
is that flched from necessary sleep. The
wholesome, but blind commendation Of ear
" rising, Is as misclneyous in practice as 1t
was Grant in theory. Early rising is q
crime against the noblest part Of our physi-
cal nature, unless preceded by an earl y re-
firing. Multitudes of business men III large
cities count it a saving Of time, if they can
make Journey of hundred or two miles
at night, by steamboat or railway. 1t is a
ruinous mistake. itnever fails to be follow
ed by want of general well-teeling for
several days after, if indeed, the man does
not return home actually sick. or so near
TO it as to be unfit for full attention to his
business for week afterwards. When
man leaves home on business, 1t is always
important that he should have his wits about
him: that the MUD should be fresh and Wig
orous, the spirits lively, buoyant and cheer
full. No man can say that It IS thus with
him after a night on railroad, or on the
shelfo steamboat.
The first great receipt for sound. connect
ed and refreshing sleep is physical exercise.
Toll is the price Of sleep.
We caution parents, particularly, not 10
allow their children to be walked up oil morn
ing let nature wake them up, she Will not
do it prematurely; but have care that they
90 to bed at an early hour; let 1t be earlier
and earlier. until it is found that they wake
up themselves in full time TO dress for break
fast. Being walked up early, and allowed
to engage in difficult or any studies late, and
just before retiring, has given many beau
tiful and promising child brain fever, or de-
termined ordinary ailments 10 the produc-
ton of water on the brain.
A Coon SwiMMER--The Pacific CONNER
cial Advertiser Of late date, published at
Honolulu, Sandwich Island, says:
''The schooner Margaret, from haua,
picked up on Friday morning last at dis
lance of some six or eight miles from Bar
ber's Point, a native boy by the name of
Kameoeone-a deserter from the whale-shlp
franklin, which left this port the preceding
day. The boy, it seems, had felt a little
home-sick when he saw the green mountains
of Oahu growing dim in the distance, and
about o'clock, on Thursday evening, he
jumped overheard, and struck out for the
land-then about twenty miles Distant
He swan all night, and at daylight was
within half mile OF the shore. Here, how
ever, he was opposed bya strong current
and after buHeting the waves for while III
a vain endeavor to reach the beach, he dls-
covered a sail in the distance several miles
to the leeward lie accordingly changed
his course for the vessel, and at o'clock on
Friday morning, was standing upon her
deck, apparently but little the worse Tor his
fourteen hours swim"