The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

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but without atfectation, on the butt OF
my revolver. Then we glanced over
each other.
My new acquaintance had slender
frame covered with yellowish-brown
skin, dull as parchment. His long,
straight hair, glittering eyes a feur dc
tete, Informed nose, and wrinkled
mouth, revealed the pure Indian blood
at a glance; while, on his part, he re-
cognized me, 1 trust, as a "macho,"
from whom no wauton injury could be
apprehended. simultaneously we
dropped our weapons, and shook hands;
then we drank long cocktail " each
from the flask in which I carried that
mixture, and thus became friends -regu.
lar "compadres." The deer packed on
the ox's back, and we retu ned toward
my camp. In walking triumphantly
through the forest, I observed:
"That is wonderful OK Of yours. Is
this strange mode of hunting common
here?"
"No," replied he. cit takes too
much trouble to train the animals, and
very many turn out ill after months
of education. Chiquito is a beauty,
isn't he? Wind and sun and season are
nothing; show him the herd, and he will
put you within range. He never failed
me yet"
"Oxen do not look very likely crea.
lures for such work." I said. Chow do
you train them?"
"Ah, senior! If folks would but give
themselves the pains with oxen that is
readily devoted to horses, they would
soon find which is the clever animal of
the two. I've been broader OF differ
ent cattle all my life, and know what
can be done with each. 1 never had
any animal OF any kind under my hands
SO intelligent as Chiquito.
"But for hunting you must select the
very cleverest young oxen in the cor
ral.' How is he to be known? I'll tell
you, senor; take the most beautiful
Beauty and intellect, as goes my ex-
perience of animals, are much more
closely connected than common fools
think. As to mankind 1 don't
give any opinion, for my life
has passed on these lonely savan-
mas, in silent forests and desolate
hills; of men and women I don't speak,
not knowing much, but I believe the
same rule governs them also for mules
and horses and cattle, will answer for
it, the most beautiful is the cleverest.
Having thus chosen your OK OF two
years old, or two and half, you tie his
head fast to a post. Then with short
club you beat his horns, not hard, but
steadily, with quick strokes. For a
couple of months you thus tap him an
hour or two daily; at the end OF that
time the outer horn gets quite loose,
and might be slipped off with q slight
wrench. When this is found to be the
case, the OK should be fitted with a
pair of reins attached to the horns, and
steady peon should be set to drive
him. Then unite him from the post.
OF course his first movement is to bolt
into the forest, but pull on the sore
horn soon stops that ambition. Then
he mostly turns short round to gore,
but steady grasp of one rein forces
him straight again. Some will back
upon the driver and try to slack the
reins; they always turn out we'll, those
that attempt that clever trick, unless
they grow regularly vicious. Chiquito
tried it as soon as ever he felt the cord,
and knocked his driver over. Fortu-
nately 1 was there, or he would have
been lost, and my peon also.
"In the course of day or two the OK
gets quiet, and answers TO the rein we'll
enough. Then he is taught to stand
when jerked, to bend his head. to step
evenly, and other little tricks. When
his horns are quite healed, he still an
swers to the touch upon them-that is,
he should debut very great many
forget all their education when the
pain has gone. Then he is taken out to
the savanna, and practiced roun | a
stump.
"But not until your OK has been out
two or three times after real game can
his cleverness be judged. Some never
do any thing except just what they are
told; others have hundred little tricks
when the deer seem frightened Chi
quito here will lie down and roll, cover
ing me all the time; he will sidle up
against the wind in q manner never
taught him he takes as much interest
in the hunt as I."-Camp Notes, By
Frederick Boyle.
NEW METHOD OF IRON MAKING.-Ac-
cording to the English Mechanic, new
process of iron. making, which dispenses
with the blast furnace, has been practi-
cally tested, and specimens of its pro-
duce shown at Wolverhampton. The
bloom is made direct from the ore,
which is ground mixed with lime and
pitch, and baked in a coke oven. This