Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-27
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BY JETHRO JETHRINGToN.
Sumscf SIv

How glorious are the s,n-built man.
sions OF the evening sky! Their tur-
rets Of crimsoned gold are, indeed, as
wonderful as they are attractive to the
contcmplative eye. What magnificent
colors are there Displayed on lofty
battlements! No artist thinks it posi-
BILE to rival the gorgeous tintings OF
one of these superb paintings of Ma
ture; no designer can classify the or
ders of architecture there displayed in
endless profusiOn; no builder OH earth
can hope to link his narne with such
majestic ediiices.
The pyramids of Egypt are but a
mass of huddled rocks; the noblest
buildings of ancient Rome are only
the remains of houses of little children
at play; Solomon's temple, with its
precious adornings, was rude and I'M
finished, as compared to these celestial
towers and ramparted castles produced
by the departing orb of day. As man
looks on the beautiful, ever-changing
panorama, he can almost imagine that
the Archangels are there in the cham
bers of FURNISHED bronze and roseatC
gold, looking out over the world with
b%enignant eyes; that they are watch
ing the petty political and family con.
tests that disturb this lower sphere,
with profound pity for man, who, as
the creature of an hour is, i'll so many
eases, building all his hopes below.
When the sun gradually recedes from
view his mighty pencilings athwart
the horizon are speedily eilaced, and
The castellated structures seem to fade
gently into long, low, richly gilded
islands, slumbering OF the bosom of a
less luminous sea-. The clouds in their
progress are soon to lose their temper
airy glory, and become again but the
somber chariotS of the incipient rain
storm. AS they are grasped in the
arms of night, and the earth hastens
on its course that other lands than
ours may be blessed with light, we
feel that the charming picture has not
been in vain. One reason tells us that
if the solar beams can make such q
bright display, the glory and beauty
OF Heaven, illumined from the eternal
throne, must be something wholly be-
You'd our finite comprehension; that
II these ev~anescent castles are SO re-
splendent, the houses OF many man
sions our Savior has gone to prepare
for his faithful followers shall certain
ly surpa>s anything Imagination
can dream of, or our intellect conceive.
The clouds that darken the Christian
pilgrims sky are often not unlike
those on which the setting sun bestows
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threatening forms, but light from the
! upper world gives them an etluigcn.
lining, which, though unseen by the
songs in the night, and as refreshing
streams in a thirsty land, to those who
look for hidden consolation.
An Ola Horse.
Despisc not my lowly, u%ninviting
subject; turn not away from reduced
and iorsaken nobility; but with genu-
inc pity behold the fallen, and listen TO
the outlines of his eventful history!
lie was foaled ON Il farm where there
were meadows always mantled in
green; where the widc.spreading UNI
braseous trees, skiriing the limpid
stream, gave him shelter from the
Summer sun; where the winds We're
tempered to the gentlest frame, and
where frost and 10Y were almost M
known. The sucking foal had one of
the kindest of dams, who, As he
stretched himself III refreshing Stun
Der, stood near to guard her darling.
When he tried his long, ungainly
limbs in uncertain cnnterings, she now
and then gave him encouragement by
little nI~ake-believe acts of play. Never
were equine mother and % happier
i'll each olher's company, and weaving
time arrived only too soon for the
young, hungry colt. But he bore his
trials 'hor>eiully," and with the
world all before him he started II on
the journey of independent life, at a
cheerful pace.
Years IN and went, and there ar
rived his days OF toll. Ioked TO the
clutching harrow, his shoulders and
legs bad pains and witches that were
new to them, but in submissive silence
he did the work his driver demanded.
As he wa m@c;tlesonle and fast his
ON ner raised HIM in tie scale Of labor,
N d to skip along in front OF a light
road-Wagon was now the JOY of his
days. soon IA doctor became his pur-
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which sprang up between mar and
horse, that the latter became the hap
piest of his race. There came a time
when Tie beloved master was seen no
| more, and the las service his faithful
steed could do in his behalf was per-
formed Il, his funeral obsequieS. The
doctors sol was going to the civil war
and his fathers tavori,e became his
charger. ON many Il battlefield the
noble animal, clothed in fearless
bravery, bore the gallant soldier. He
snorted and pranced at the trunpet's
sound; the clank and tlutter
of gay traprings were his de
light; the roaring guns and rat
ting Sniall-arms alarmed him
not; the sheen of bayonets and
tine clash of swords We're to him but
necessary forms of play. With his
curving neck and dilated nostrils he
seemed, as he paved the ground, inn
patient for the charge, one of the no
blest animals exc created. The mo-
ment for the charge arrived, and, DASH
ing in majestic speed far before his fell
lows, he suddenly became riderless,
and ere a retracing step could hetaken,
was in the hands ofthe enemy. Hence
forward he found no special friends in
the human ranks. Until the war was
over he was Il weary drudge, without
pride or pleasure. Brought north, he
was put to work on Il street a rail
road. For long, dreary years he toiled
on in silent misery; the trosts and
SHOWS chilled his Southern blood; ne
was constantly exposed tothe thought
less cruely of heartless drivers; was
sworn at as if he were lazy scheem-
err; was stabbed in a filthy den and
took his rest in a strawless stall; was
robbed OF his food, that sOnne petty
knave might haze Il little pocket mo-
ney; and as he became lean, weak and
lame from long abuse was at length
sold to Il barbarian gypsy. The poor
creatures ease, If bad before, was
rcuch worse nOw. Ills shoulders and
his back we're CALLED; he MAS tiogged
without a particle of mercy; hungry
and weak, he was driven as far as he