Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-08

the party in their room. Moses was sitting
properly on n chair, but one chief lay on
the bed, with his feet on the pillow, an
other sat in bureau drawer, and a third
reclined in n marble wash bowl. until nm
accidental turning on Of the water con-
vinced him that he had mistaken the use Of
that article Of furniture. "Young Chief"
the writer adds, "bean a striking resem.
blanee TO Theodore Tilton, and sea-sick-
ness, Of which he is anything but we'll,
makes the resemblance exact, aud, singu.
larly enough, Howlish Wampo is very
fair counterpart Of Henry Ward Beecher.r
The late amcer Of Afghanlstan was uni
ycrsally called the "madman through
out his dominions, and so great was the
awe in which he was held by his sub
jects, the Times Qf India says, that no
one dared tell him of the defeat of his
troops on the Pciwar Khotal by the Eng
lish invaders. Shcre III sat in his coun-
cil-rOom waiting for news, but no one
vcnturod 10 tell him the result. At last,
the mother, Of Abdulia Jan sent her lit
tie girl 10 tell her father. lie was talk
ing eagerly as the child entered. and she
tried hard to blurt out her message. MY
mother says ! am to tell your higlincss
-" but the amecr kept putting his hand
on her her mouth, as the discussion was
important. At last he turned 10 her.
" Well. what is IL, little one ?" The child
came siding up, all eyes upon her, My
mother says ! am 10 tell your highncss
the Sahibs have crossed the Khotal. -
An instant stampede from the neighbOr-
hood of the amcrr closed the council.
Yuma, Cal, has famous rooster. and
this il the way il came about: II is en-
phatically sclf-made bird. The firm
Of SisSon & Wallace, amongst other
things, sell eggs. II so happened that
all the eggs were sold out Of n particular
can save Cnc. Meantime the sun went
on getting hotter and hotter. and present
ly the egg began to warm up to the stu
alton. The progress Of the novel solar
CESSATION was watched with an absorb.
ing curiosity by the store people. About
the time the mercury reached l2i de-
grces in the shade the chicken began 10
peck its way ont of the shell. and il
emerged A. defiant an infant rooster a.
ever wore spurs. II grew apacc. and To-
day it, habits are rs eccentric ~ its man
ncr Of birth II is exceedingly fierce.
and will attack n man, a dog. or any
thing that comes in its way All visit
or has to do 10 insure "A delivery Of bat
tie by this pugnacious rooster Is to- hold
up his foot, and strnightway the bird
will fly nj him viciously. We have
heard of many ways Of Matching chick
ems, but n rooster Matched hy natural
heat in a tin can is little ahead Of ow
previous experiences.
The Dutch sciilcru in South Africa are
exceedingly fond OF physic. and although
extremely pcnurious in NIL other ways, mig
gardly, in fact, io the ls.t penny. they will
not acTuplc n, the slighies, symptom Of i'll
ness TO send for \ doctor. should sur.
genn once obtain rcpu:e, descrycdly OF
otherwise, his fortune j. certainly made.
The mos, ridiculous circumstance often in
sure To- him this good luck, and the amount
Of money he rccciycs yearly j. sometimes
very surprising General Cunynghamc
was told ,ha, 4 medical practitioner los; his
credit by simply prcscrbing the usc Of lih.
erai ablutions To an elderly lady Her
husband was drcadiully angry, making hi,
rcmon-irsnce in the following terms
" Young man, you arc = stranger in this
country, and recommend new customs.
which are contrary 10 hsagca which wc know
10 ~ AEtF AFAt EkttN Nl IFhlAHs j nave tNpn
now married to nv 'vrow for ihirtv-hyc
year., during which time water has scarce
touched her body. II is not, sir by your
persuasion that such inroAds can be made
into our msnners; yon are ignorant Of our
mode of life and do not understand our
wania.'
Many eminent educators have held that
written examination il not necessarily n
thorough tost oi knowledge This vas
practically c1emplhed in the casc Of Lieu
tenant Brumhead. lie went MP for exam
inaiion before he left England for South
Africa, hoping 10 be promoted to \ cap.
taincy. The examiners found he had not
the requisite knowledge Of military iseiio..
and accordingly the disappointed Brom.
head went to Iululand lieutenant; Brom.
head, together with Lieutenant Chard. had
under him eighty men, ten Of whom were
sick in the hospital. when the fatal Znlu
charge was made. The incident that fol.
loved is known n the Defense of Rorke's
Drift" and the annals Of warfare furnish
few episodes where more courage and
bravery we're displayed than by the little
band at Rorke's Drift. Lieutenant Brom-
head heard Of the advance Of over 5000
Zulus only a short time before the attack
Although he did not show his theoretical
knowledge OF fortifca,ion on examination.
he made very good practical exhibition
Of his talents. With the meal sacks aud
biscuit boxes al hand he constructed
most skilliul barricade. The 1900 attacked
the seventy at three p. m, and kept up the
assault, without ccasing. until FIVE o'clock
the next morning. Then they withdrew
defeated, leaving $50 Of their number dead
and 300 wounded The little band had
thirteen killed and nine wounded. but they
held the fort. Lieutenant Bromhead has
besn breveied major for his gallant conduct,
although regarded as unfit for captaincy
short time since.
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