Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-03-14
GENERAL JUBAL EARLY.

wife in the world an he's been as happy with
her al the day is long, at the farm"
GENERAL JUBAL EARLY.
A Couple of Anecdotes or the Famous
Confederate Cavalry Leader.
Washington Cor New York Sun
Old Jubal Early is a character in Virginia
He Is drawn up into hard knot with rheum-
atlS,n, and has a face like hickorynut His
voice is pitched on very high key, and he is
compound of shrewdneSs and sarcasm in
equal parts He was strongly opposed to
secession at the beginning of the war, al
though he fought valiantly when fighting
was inevitable. In the Virginia convention
OF 1851 he attacked the conduct Of South
Carolina bitterly. After the war had
actually begun he had in his brigade South
Carolina regiment. 1t was observed that old
Jubal was always sure to put that regiment
in the most ticklish place when the brigade
was under fire During one of the bales
around Richmond Earlys brigade was
ordered to the front, and, as usual, Early
made the South Carolina fellows head the
column, squeaking out at the top of his voice
as he role up to them: "Yes I'll send you
to tho front and I'll keep you there, too
You got us into this fix, and, d-n you, you've
got to get us out.'
During the war he went to church only
once and his experience then was not such as
to encourage him to go again. 1t was in the
winter Of 1864 when the southern states were
agitating the expediency of conscription
Gen. Early was one of the most ardent aivo-
Gates of it, He talked conscription in season
and out of season, and wanted to conscript
everything. One Sunday morning, to the
amazement of his staff, he proposed that they
should ride over to neighboring church and
hear the sermon. The officers were nearly
paralyzed at the proposition, but, of course,
consented promptly. The country congresa-
tion was aStonishcd at seeing Gen Early and
his entire staff march soemnly into church
and take their seats in the front pews. AS
soon as old Jubal settled himself he laid his
head back and relapsed into comfortable
nap. The clergyman took for his subject the
testimony of the truths of Christianity. After
preaching an hour or two he asked:
''What would You say, my brethren, if the
dead of all times and nations and ages should
pass in solemn review before youa What
would be ycur feelings at seeing this vast and
countless multitude from the grave What
would you do with this army of men of all
trades, all grades all professions, all of every
kind, before you' l repeat" with a whack
on the desk what would You DOR
"Do:" bawlei Jubal, suddenly aroused
fr'ln his nap, I'D conscript every one
Of them'
A roar went up from the congregation and
Jubal made bee limo for the door,
RUNNING OUT THE RATS.
Chambers Journal
Rats are wonderfully clean animals,
and they dislike tar more, perhaps than,
than anything else, for if it once gets on
their jackets, they find it most difficult
to remore it. Now, had heard it mem
toned that pouring tar down at the en-
trance of their holes was a good remedy;
also placing broken pieces of glas. by
their holes was another remedy. But
these remedies are not effective. The
rats may leave their old holes and make
fresh ones in other parts of the house;
they don't however. leave the premises
for good. Thought wonld try another
experiment one / had not heard of
before. One evening set a large wire-
cage rattrap, attaching inside a most So
uuttiNt I'ltNt Va tIlttSt,
and next morning l found. to my sat-
isfaction that had succeeded in trapping
a very large rat, one of the largest had
ever seen. which, after had hesmeared
him with tar. | let loose into his favorits
run. The next morning tried again,
and succeeded in catching another
equally big fellow, and served him in tho
same manner. | could not follow these
two tar besmearnd rats into their num-
erous rams, to see what would happen;
but it is reasonable to assume that they
either summoned together all the mem
bers of their community, and by their
crest fallen appearance gave their COM
rades silent Indications of the mis-
fortunes which had so suddenly befallen
them; ;or they that frightened their breth-
ren away, for they one and all forsook tho
place and fled. The experiment was
emincntly successful. From that day
in 1873 till now, 1888. my house, ancient
though it is, has been entirely free
from rats; and believe that there is no
remedy equal to this one, if you can
catch your rat alive. They never came
back to the lonse alive
THE SELECTION OF PICTURES.
New York News.
saw rich man of this city buying
picture the other day. He was buying
it to fit space on his wall, and had the
measurement Oh a paper He found one
to fit, but he didn't like it. 1t was an
excellent landscape by some French
painter / never heard of, painted with
breadth and vigor, and the dealer gave
it worry favorable send off But tho
picture-hnnter was not to be talked
over
Its too rough. There's too much
paint on it" he said.
l left him looking at some colored
photographs.
This rcminGs me of q man l know
who, before he examines picture. rubs
his hand over it. This is to find if it ia
smoothly painted. If it isn't he calls it
a daub. This gentleman has house
full of pictures bought at bargains. and
rs smooth as if they had been painted
and creased. They are all elegantly
framed. Last year he wanted to get
rid of some of the oder ones. to make
room fer others, so he sent them to an
auction. An artist friend of mine
bought the lot and gave the pictures
to the porter of tie auction room TO
carry the frames home for HIM
A DisprOven Theory.