Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10

experiments were made or animals. He
was greatly gratilied. Into the foreleg OF
an old horse, that was so worthless on ac-
count of age tnat in another day he would
have hcen in the soup-the mock k-turte
soup of Paris-he elected his elixir. In an
hour afterward, with bright red nostril and
tail neatly draped over the dashboard, he
sailed up the Shoiz Eeeza. knocking
spokes out of valuable carriages all the way
up to the Arc of Triumph. where he Clipped
out about five cents worth of the corner of
that great work, and piled up DR.. Brown
Sequard in n chaos of clothes and con-
tusons His first anxiety was to find out.
Of course. whether the hyphen had been
Knocked out of his name. Finding that 1t
bad not. he returned to his experiments.
He also secured an old dog with thick
hearing and pronounced tagging OF the
mental powers. The dog was so old that he
had forgotten everything. ard SO blind that
a French soldier in red-gored trousers did
not startle him any more. After dose of
the elixir he wagged his tail. Ii thing he had
not done or'years. Ihcn no yawned and
ate some grass. He then noticed II cat on
the lawn. one that had grown old with him,
but had not had AMP of the elixir. He took
after her and in two minutes he had her
quivering remains on the grass. BY 4
o'clock he had gone back to puppyhood
and had chewod up DR.. Brown Sequard's
'hite CATERS. a pair of lace curtains. and
child. BILL NYE.
The French MarshaPs Horses.
Marshal MacMahon is looked upon by
the amateurs as an unscientific horse
man, yet he is perhaps to-day, even at
his advanced age, the most daring
rider in France. The amateurs are
little jealous of him for one reason-ho
has superb taste in the choice of his
horses and has the money with which
to crafty that taste, During his long
campaigns in Africa he preferred Eng
lish mounts, and invariably left all his
suit behind him on long marches. At
Compiegne, in the days of the Second
Empire, he used to charge with such
vigor on the game that the Empress
once reproached him with fancying
that he was leading cavalry division
into action.
He sits on his horse with great dig
nifty. Faithful" says one of his biog-
raphers, "to the adage OF Lamartine,
the horse is the pedestal of kings, he
appears in public only upon the mobiles
OF steeds, and pays will gly 500 louis
for horse which pleases him." The
horse which he rode on the occasion of
the first visit of the Shah of Persia to
Ills toop bihi iO,oOu llduCS,
rs years of age, he rides for two hours
daily, and he often meets in the per-
fumed alleys of the Bois that other
veteran horseman, Comte Ferdinand
de Lesseps, galloping as if he were
carrying the news of a victory.
His splendid English horse, Forest
King, was taken at Sedan by the Prus-
slams; and the horse Aifa, which he
rode on that day, and which was killed
under him, had cost him 10000 francs.
Shortly aftor the close of tho disastrous
battle of Sedan, Hebrew dealer APP
Feared at MacMahon's headquarters
and inquired if, in view of the surren-
der, Alta might not be for sale.
ALA you ignoramus was the
indignant answer. "Alfa is killedp
Mon Dieul Mon Dieu |" said the Is
raelite, wringing his hands in III fcigned
despair, show could anyone be SO im-
prudent as to risk the life Of horse
worth so much money as ALA ON a
battle field ?"-C CosmopoHtan.