The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-02-02
A Dinner OF Rorsefiesh.
Paris Cor. Chicago Herald. ]

A Dinner OF Horsefiesh.
Paris Cor. Chicago Heraid.l
Upon the same wide boulevard, and
nearly opposite, is found the Abbatoir
Hippique, where horses are slaugh-
tered for food. Anumber of carts were
in waiting labeled Baueherie Hippique,
with the name and number of the street
where the horse butcher may be found.
On entering, the carcasses of twenty or
thirty horses are to be seen, strung up
in the usual fashion of beef for market.
When divided into quarters they are
neatly trimmed and covered with clean,
white cloths, and present rather en-
ticeable appearance when one does not
know they are hippophagi instead OF
bowl About dozen donkeys had been
treated in the same manner, and [ was
assured they are esteemed much bet
ter for food than their more SNOWY and
aristocratic relative, the horse. The
animals are all inspected by an officer
of the health department before
being offered for sale, and those not fit
for food are sent to the geological gar
dens to regale the dogs, bears, ostriches
and other brutes imprisoned there.
About a dozen living horses awaited
their turn to minister to the exquisite
taste for fine cookery so characteristic
of the French.
During the siege of Paris the inhabit-
ants found by woful experience that
horsefesh could be utilized for food,
and since that time special restaurants
have been established where roasts and
ragouts are prepared with great care
and served up IN good style at much
less prices than beef or mutton. The
Grand hotel of this city provides an an
nual dinner in great style, at which no
other viands are served. Our prejudices
vanish under the facts of experience.
To verify the opinions of others have
partaken of the entertainments offered
by the Cafe Hippique, and can certify
that the viands served therein compare
favorably with the flesh ordinarily
indulged in by the human biped. You
will say it is disguised by the refined
methods of French cookery, so that any
ables and sauces used In their prepara
ton. Not so. Many of them were
plain dishes, prepared by the ordinary
methods of baking and broiling, and by
positive experience can testify that the
Viands thus served are most delicious.
The LessonIof Peter Cooper's Life
The Century,
observing him carefully for long
series of years, it appeared that certain
parts of his nature were cultivated in-
tentiona1ly, as the result of a wisdom
which Disseminated what was really
worth caring for from what was not
worthy of pursuit. Personal ambitions
or selfish aims hfsd no weight with him,
and disappointments and annoyances
which would have left deep wounds
with many, passed off from him
with scarcely an observation. He
was most kind and loving; but if he
were usefully employed, no domestic
loss or separation from friends seemed
to touch his happiness seriously. He
spoke often of his preference for plain
living, and his habits were as simple as
those of child. Love of pomp or
display never touched him in the slight
est, and he had an innocent openness of
character which concealed nothing.
Never, under any circumstances, did he
show particle of malignity, revenge or
meanness. If people disappointed him
he passed over the wound it made and
let his mind dwell on something
more satisfactory. Swedenborg's
phrase, the wisdom of innocence
often occurred to my mind in observ-
ing Mr.. Cooper. He knew what was
wise, and to that his heart was given.
Sensitive as any young man In all works
of..sympathy Or kindness, the. mean and
bad ways Of the world fell off from his
perception.
$50 his life passed in New York and
In Cooper Union, serene, happy and
contented. With honor, love and obe-
dience. hosts of friends, he was an ex-
ample and encouragement to those who
had not gained the quiet heights on
which his inner self habitually dwelt.s
How Indians Capture vyhitefish.
fCor. Few York Tribune.l
The Indians on the Sault Ste. Marie
have O peculiar method of capturing
whitefsh which abound In the rapids.
Two Indians enter the rapids In
canoe, one occupying the bow and the
other the stern, the boats head being
kept up stream by paddle in the
hands Of the latter. The Indian In the
bow stands upright and by the use of
long pole keeps the canoe steady. A
dip-net, four or five feet IN diameter,
and attached to pole fifteen feet long,
is in the boat. lying where it can be
quickly and easily reached by the
Indian in the bow. The boat is kept
at the foot of the rapids by wonderful
display of skill on the part of the Indian
with the paddle, now holding it in one
spot, now forcing it little further up
the stream, and now letting it float side
wise, all at the signaling of the Indian
In the bow, who keeps steady watch
on the water. It is rarely less than ten
feet deep where they fish, and the In
dian fishermen possess the power of
seeing the fish as they appear at that
depth in the rushing water. As soon as
the Indian sees q fish he siezes the net
by the handle and thrusts it savage1y
into the water, gives it a peculiar twist
and jerks it to the surface, and never
without some of the finest specimens OF
whitei sh, frequently as many six Two
Indians in boat of this kind will often
take as many as 1,200 pounds of fish in
day.
Bric-a- Brac.
Detroit Free Press
You ought to see our moon. /" said the
young lady from Texas at the boarding
house table. "Why, we have moon
light nights all the time, not just once
In while. as Won do here