The Republican journal., 1877-04-05
Horse Instinct.

Stage proprietor l.. ID. Edwards owns
Il horse that While standing near the de
| pot 1T AIhOl a short time since. discover
ed that his blanket WAS Slipping off To
rearWdrd, and feeling 1T the same time
that he needed It's protection more on his
chest and shoulders, turned his head and
taking the rcyreating garment with his
teeth pulled it forward and applying the
same force to the other side made himself
safe and comfortable Ike the prudent
horse that he was.
The late Daniel Pratt had large team
horse who one day became untastencd
backed out of his stall and discovering
| five empty meal bags, took each one
separately and singly, by the bottom.
with his teeth, shook them faithfully over
a clean spot on the floor and then pro
ceeded TO lick up the result, which was
not very plentiful, but he took il as one
| thankful for small tavors.
There is an elderly white horse here. who.
III the digging potato season, took the
wagon to the field and while il was being
filled was allowed his liberty. There were
apples and fall feed in the enclosure, ana
he chose the apples, which he devoured
SO long and persistently that for his own
welfare, 1t was considered safest to hitch
hlm to post. Next day he went through
Il like experience until his anxious friend
went towards him again, when the wise
old quadruped stopped eating apples and
commenced eating grass. with AN extra
| ordinary appetite. The party gave up
the plan and Went back to his potatoes.
concluding that a horse who showed
| such decided diplomacy could be trusted
| to decide upon the amount Of fruit he
| could consume without injuring his digcs-
| ton. j. b. Hove, in Athol TRANSCRIPT
| 1HE CONVERSION or SAHARA INTO 4
SEA. \ short time since a French paper
informed us the great Suez engineer had
| announced the fact that he could convert
| the Great Desert Of Sahara into a sea
with an average depth Of eighty feet al
| the trit1lng cost Of some three hundred
| million francs. In case NJ de Lesseps
| should practically demonstrate his theory
| and thus utilize the great desert as d new
field Tor Nanderbit's heirs, the question
as to what would be the effect upon the
present ports Of the world is worth con
| Sldering. Some of the French marine
| speak very rashly, and give us to under
stand many large and tlourishng seaports
| would become inland cities and sink into
history. A little reflection will quiet all
such alarm. If NJ de Lessseps's new sea
could be filled in one night our good
| friends across the waters would wake up
III the morning to find the entire damage
done would be the loss of some two feet
OF water in their harbors. This is easily
| demonstrated. Professor Maury tells Us
| the waters of tie seas cover one hundred
| and tortytour millions Of square miles in
! round numbers; the great desert four mil
| lions. NJ. de Lesseps gives the average
depth of his sea at about eighty feet.
Here we have three terms Of proportion
| to find the fourth. A very simple thing,
| and results in two and tWo-nnths. This.
| therefore, represents the depth to be
taken from the whole seas; that is, the
present level of the sea must be lowered
two and Two ninths feet to fill the great
desert. Baltimore will now understand
| what the great Lessops is preparing for
her, and govern herself accordingly. Bal
| tlmOre Gazette.