, 1873-10-05

Or, Or ID the form Of jay bird or flickor, ca,l
draw M nngol down., His tooth aro hollow,
aharp, crooked. aud strong, mud oarry two or
of doeays IS with us, at tho roota Of tho tooth
isn serpent nj throws hlmsolt into a coil, with
lts bend mounted IN 1o tno J.. middle M nko
rattle sounds tho charge at tho proper tirnc like
a Nfar In lilo roar TIou tho movement Ia from
sannro to column; tho load is thrown forward
With all tho snuscu1arity aud length OF tho or
tic rattlounako rotrcats, reforms, aud is ready
to strike ngain I1e eau swim Htroams, COY, aud
noat, md atriko OIL tho water, aud Gnu mother DO
drowned nor 10 hanged, You eau euro hta bita
with tho simplest things to 10 ion.otn 'a . ,oo o.
abstruBo,-as uunrt Of modern wllBky. Such
ia the rattlesnako. whose pioua character iur-
niBhed design for our aiat patriotic flag.
on " ovory a
on ivory hunting-path; but fow of them ever
died from Lis bite, which may perhana DO &C.
counted for by thoir always having the quart |
tins Of tic whisky abound IN all our Allegheny |
gravoyards; for moro than tho rattloBnako 1t |
bit like o serpent and atung like an addor.
THE nuNrEns po9.
Like our most useful brood Of horHeB, ollr best
huutiue- dogs aro but hulf~blooded. The bull
dog and tho greyhound cross tho bcst,--oouraso
and legs in combination, Add tho foxhouna,
and you got 0 littlo moro Hhrowdnoss, but much
moro nofao Foa well, corrected lightly at ilrst,
haa beot, tho guardian and lion Of theso gray
mountains, and there ia no deterioration In the
stock to-day. hfnn succeeds tho savage, md
tho dog inhorits tho Kingdom Of wild bohsss
What is to be tho history Of ollr race when thero
arc no moro snvagea or boasts to hunt down Z
Certaiuly tho menngerios and great moral OK
hibitione will do better. Everything, therefore,
in tho why Of civilization, benefits Barnum
Tlloso animalculoH In the way Of natural his
tory lead ua to ask the Captain, WHO is groat
cavalry-rider from Mooreao!d, and followed the
star Of stouowalf whether this Cheat River md
"Yook" country Ind any great br'gand' He
uANsE M'sE111, GUERRILLA.
J. nanaon McNoi!l, who commanded = cele-
bratod body Of Confederate rangers in tue var
Virginia. but, ut tho outbreak Of hoetilitios, ro-
sided in Missouri. Alter participating In tho
siogo Of Mulligan, lie WIS captured by tho Ma
tollal troops, But his friends bIibed tho gnara to
lot him escape Ho came straight up to e1iat Oak-
Of tho Gladea Hotel. At tho Glados ho kept
his homo at tho outset, and woro pair
Of gF1n gosgoe; ;o.rnE 1n9 sa Sa0la So WeS
bo suspected in this ineognito, and, Il arrested,
executed as spy, suggested tlat le dine at tho
public table mud face danger bravely.. At that
tino the social habits Of tho people Of both soc,
tlons aiioWoa oasy Soora1 nj n nnanspoct.
evies wer IN tie ma nS v t
ing Young nen wy 1roao %oao ~ H.: V;rSnnns: and
opS "Mo anq ,sa un euity In reprosefting @ Himself
a. ao uaoan "ho aworai nau io nt tSa H. varosnooplo
aa han hn1 i,fr n.n. .yo,, M bo hnsl boon from
nhIT n',;S,ond nin m to lila 10th yoar an
otinos,t,,ro,,a N pnnd fanod huntor on tic
surt' sa"t1, nramc, rnafnr ut tho Town Of Moore
| IoIf1 Wiito t1losa ndhercntB prOcured pistols
meu @ n.;a11,,ir"a to nresent to McNoill, lis
.,a,,,a,s ntau nnd Iia SIM aomo fBhing-polc. md
nerHu~, % W weyn naraded, and wagon was
iu,a.5ss iom ,,n Il, Tiow Of tic oflcora, to
| tnko tho nuaBi-sportsmou on, Tho trio
took tho road to Fort pendlolou, and, III few
weeka. ut tic head Of . hundred "Naugcrs," !"
abont ono-fourth Of whom woro Maryland boys,
McNoill took the Iold, and, until hlH loath at
tho sco,lreo Of tho Federal occupation west OF