The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-30

u tss.ra.4.I a.. ,,;,,;.,;,hoI Col-
~ 'ePO,sSc ','IS :" N''s" sS'04SN ",
onelln, the United STATES cavalry mas ue'
termined to mount q part Of his command
on os,riches instead Of horses. and old
a., : a.. -, ,..,..lI,, NJ .,nro..d
.A'y UASs'o may A4sV' .' 70 suppOosS
70 taKe sSen IN interest IN the pfoposeo
innovation that they will read whatever
NAV be written In favor Of the project or
-. q 7. I'll, H. ,,,,oa - ,ha ona
e- !" W.. go -. VA- sue Vs
hand that the ostrich Is swift and much
enduring animal, which can subsist on
yervllittle food and water and il n sort Of
80 49, 1870 rh;.L H. .,,.,,ir. "a NJ.
'!ofAssseN se4Ae'' uis4' sHe se"1A' =. Ns
poleon would undoubtedly nave utilized
in his Egyptian campaign in lieu Of drom-
a3sr;ss baa n INT ax,sted IN orsic;snt
- ", III - -
NUMBERS 'Aiu Veen 'eAuly EAAen awe
Forty centuries, looking down from the
submits OF the pyramids upon an ostrich
br;,oda worId indaoS. harlIv bava ham
..,o - - 80
aye toTellAIn from = sInlie. 1hgeneIaI ease
u Ili1 'nIs interesting oILu
s nouIu 10 gS;a stI ahp prS1'n Oh tne
noIse; ssuSe neii ~ sAuIie nor uIluIs
M W W teq9iIieu " the tlaet, Wn0coul9
slt ~ ease astilde me afen Oh us neck ana
govern tne neaa WIN ms nakea nanas.
N 3Teeains II neeos put = nole IN me
sane tot ~ mares W.. nest, anu from q single
oto9a-osttlCn nlty OF sixty loaiS VIII De
poettnG2m1lng every year. IL Woulo make a
slngalNIy imposing spectacle on parade,
anu tne nne p.unage OF ~ wings anu tSii
s!tet ~ IN Lns oFeeLe oenlno Wou!d op-
N i.V ttle neeslsT u aIotnlng lts Iloet "
suttettlhs aue uEliuaAnt naEness; any Woulu
therefore oe gteat SAVING 70 Tue uoVsrn-
uleht, even v s ne Wnole army should De
reduced 70 lV,VEo men, with Or without
nOoaen Iess. Al Lnese tAcS may oe uEgeu
~ IAvot OF tae suoSututlon 2! osIicnes ior
notses IN me cavalry arm OF the service,
out, heSettneiess, thete are many opleG-
sons NtitGn s1 Ivy 9 IHs stsrn Sonsl9-
etaI9n oeloLe Eos' nstcI iuea ~ suoptea.
E9r tnOuSn Lle 9sttlsu % l!iueee swift
oltu, i's sHtLtness u 4luiost lnVatIaoiy IN
q SI sense eonFaty ~! 70 tne Impulses OF q trne
Auu ptsYs sploiSr, aus neck Is py' no
~ SIotneu WIN L SINUS
Stle oAtt1e ttVLl A,al, II 10 Oily thAt u may
!s.sc4Pe WIN neaulons sPsSsu. seated upon
~ uASSk, = LLooP Vi solulen Would get
AUMTS pAssaIy wen over smSotn toea,
s nS5 IuEIsueu WIN tue Suus AIoIite
touaet Oh st9nes, Wnicn mas maze tne
ss2mach Oh me osulcn proyeroial; but
HAeh we uuAst VI war uteW III lts eaLS,
sue Hn9.s So9 Houlu az once DC
Se5 ooGhSuS ~ retreat over me pains
ana ana ny lnuseo WouIa ge !. = matchIess rider
VINO Soul9 men retain ms sea-, Is nus TWO.
.oose3 s ssss seIEIled AtonR ~ the rate OF
!Senty-nye miles an hour, ana cover
in touT - Of nILeea ieet a every
- , tSi+, - SIIu SnGSulns1Ia A IlooP OF
S Ss moS5tu y" IiIL n;1s. 70 tne enemy
y ptlsSue ~ Sonn SnPlns, anu not
n .lsl 20 en.et nil 70 Spectators. Nor
Myulu tne sto9p!e emu SIMPLY IN an lgno'
ule teSeas' snce N nne OF ousneS a
uoop mus mounted would inevitably be
9Sett1Aeh ~ the zoe and cut on to q man.
~ = he wen ,! known custom OF ostr1ches,
anu ON tnst mas constantly oeen lald down
n ne BOOKS ever SINCE GOLDSMITH wrote
~ An 1,I Natqre, tnat when pursued
tnsYH y, INSANITY nee 70 me nearest bush,
Ilue tnelt heaas IN II ana io9nshly believe
N nus tney nave escaped !heirpnFsuers,
altho9En' contrary % al tactical rules, they
6aye zen tnelr rear wholly unprotected:
OSlng 70 thls lner9dlcable propensity Of
saeh ieathered steeds, their riders would
&c IN sore straits In battle, ana would dye
me plain with their gore, smItten, as no
soldier SHOULD ever be smitten, in the
back. And, moreover, and aside from
these practical difficulties in the proposed
innovation, there are serious sentimental
objections to It. a good cayalryman loves
his horse, and the attachment is mutual,
g poets, EoEn Richard Loyelace to Thomas