The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-28

content with even that wide range of
linEtnl accomplishments. ho tackled
Tho Spanish and subiugnted II forth
with In u very brief season hn had
learned ~ aak for tho wrong thing with
n confident iluenoy which completely
hewildered and turned tppsy turvy tho
grave and inelnstir pcninsIlar Intellect
lie then went tp South America, whero
he lnaEoed ostiiohea and wild cattle. and
aatonished tho tawny GauohnH with his
powers On u second visit IL Spain he
Was shut NJ IN Barcelona 'uting q siege.
where his immense Eyatam was com
plety penetrated hy the garlic with
which the cuisine of that ancient mum
oipality Ia invariably suroharged After
wards no was n correspondent ~ the
Times ri the CarliEt headquarters. where
he oaptivnind Tho heart nf Don tar-
lua by throwing ~ donkey ovar the
garden wall uf u convent The animal
fell among the nuns. who naturally
noniecilircd II to he tho OWL one. n sur
misc which was fur the moment
strengthened hy tho tremendous bray
ing Of the creature an,l the rapid vibra
tiun pf HE oars. which gave It's head Tho
look or windmill Returning io Eng.
land after getting tired of the hnrdahipH
II the tarlisf headquarters. ha took ~
the study or Hliasian nud Atp'iie. doubt
llntnd Eastern outneyingH. IN iha in
terval between his return and lis
| winter tourney to the nxus hn male ~
| dash into Central Africa 10 look after
Gordon ~ Stanley. iourneying aa far as
tho Hobnt River. whore he met Tho
former II was at this place that ha
/ lifted u hipponotanus on u wager, OK
citing the natives to such u degree that
he was Immediately proclaimed King of
ono of tho moat wnrlike tribes "f tho
interior. tho csisiing sovereign having
his hat promptly mashed Owen his oyeR
aud his person thrown into tho river.
Captain Burpaby had some dinlt
Guilty in convincing his new sub
jocta that he declined tho honor
thus unexpectedly thrown upon him.
hut he finally did SO, whereupon they
iIahod out their old monarch. reinilaied
l,ia hat and got him on hia throne again
dripping like an otter. He returned on
u camel across tho Herber Desert. Civ
ing the amazed Arabs occasional exhi
hitiona of his strength At korosko. IN
the prcHonco or q great number or
sheilsa. no broke IN two tho muaket of
the oldest and most powerful of those
chicfiainH. which had been handed him
to experiment on hut instead of admir-
ing tho feat, the aordid Arabs pro
uoupoeI IT. black art, and inaisteh on
payment for the ruinod weapon This
proposition was finally aoooded to. tho |
captain telling down the stipulated
number Of coins, twiatipg tho last ono
under MS If II had boon II unonroon llc
decided TO retain broken half of this
na n ao,vonir, but tho penutioua ahcil |
refused inHiHting atubbornly on both
moictiea The Arabs thought their vis-
ior possessed. and Heemod joy
ful at ha departure. His Khivan
journey. Just finished. winds up
the tale ~ his achievements and brings
him to the metropolis and tho cavalry
barracks u full grown social lion Of tho
smaller soIt. who will he heard OF and
aeon in all the fashionable salons of tho
aenaon. but who hv tho next will very
likely hnve shed his claws ana ,nanc
and rolnpao into an enormous and pre-
mat,lrcly worn ont sub officer of the
cavalry service. with littic ~ achieve
nent to fall buck upon except few
daring md foolhardv oscnpndcR. under
taken with no auiIioient purpose. and
carried through with tho force uf u roRi
loea and uneasy vanity which would
rather nafonsh tho world than serve It.. !
This evidently immonacIy gifted young
man aocma to have ovctdono everything, |
aud II will ho n wonder If ho does not
learn TINT ho has waatod hia rich patti
mony of nirongth aud vigor almost
before hc has arrived at iis full Inherit
anrc. Tho revolt Of ha body forcing
him upon tho Icnicn dict of watcr ic"
was tho natural eoduol of TIA" tf"mnn
dntis md sustained Rtrain which ho
nad put upon IT, Any clever doctor
could have told him that his break down
was tho sign Of organic injury, subtle
aud grave, which he had brought upon
himaclf, BY oyordriving his machinery.
A it,a 40 t,, "A IA,
young Cook, atrolse-oar of Ynln IN tho
Internationally contest nj Saratoga,
and which comes with unobaorvcd fre
uuoncy 10 leRH connpicuous boating. box
ing aud walking mon who commit tn"
folly Of ovorirnining. Capt. Fred Bur
nahy'a future career, IL il likely. Ms we'll
possibly IN Mr.. Cook s. will Eorvs main
ly to cmphasizo tho unwisdom of burn
ing the candle nj both ends. and obcdi
ont 10 the morcat suggestions of vanity,
using up in n fow years tho strength
which nature intended to bo distributed
over Roycn vigorous decades. II his
lionahip of n season in the drawing
rooms Of the British capital H. amy com
prnAation for an untimclY overthrow Of
ha powers, he IL certainly wolf entitled
10 IL. Wo have told tho story of him
FOR the benotit rf ambitious young col
legiana. some of whom nro apt 10 try to
nut III dumb Dolls too biB Tor thsHi, HhI
carry oxen ~ stairs while they ought to
content themselves with tncl<linE calves,
and We hope that they viii lnY II we'll
and wisely to ncart.
Thc ErIShlnan Inst JOhr.
Jim kavnnaEh, formerly member of
Congress from Montana, was tcIiin& the
other day that on ono occasion there
4 were seven men standing ON empty
4 boxes and with ropes round their neckS,
under tho limbs of II tree, Just ready TO
1 be hanged One of them, German,
4 began To cry bitterly as ho thought that
! he was about TO die. The man next to
! him was an Irishman, who WIS much
bothered by the German weeping. SO
hitching his foot to one side, no gave
the Germans i box n push. leaving him
swinging in the air, and said, stop,
you big sucker, won't you?" But the
same act topplcd over his own box he