St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-09

oStoGuuScoS 70 my human 0el0& IN.
spired in Frederick the Great the pas.
sion for writing like voltaire rather
than for fighting like Marlborough;
that no unique devotion to Harriet
Westbrook took Shelley TO Irelsnd 70
throw political life into that down.trod.
den country; that It was NO romantic
desire to dedicate special spiritual and
moral effort 70 Mr.. Lewes which made
George Eliot compose ''The Spanish
Gypsy" and ''The Legend Of Jubal. Z"
Certainly. IL was NO romantic devotion
to Mira Carlyle Or Lady Ashburton thss
set Carlyle on the hope Of reforming
Downing street. or warning the English
nation against giving liberty to Black
Quashee. And least Of al. was It any
romantic impulse Of this kind which In
duesd Mr.. Ruskin and Mr.. Lecky. In
their youthful consciousness Of great
power. to embark on the poets task.
for which they had no more gift than
any other man Of faculty, instead Of
feeling their way towards the art Of
criticism and the historical disquisition
which were 70 al mp tho greater part
Of their literary life. -'.
We believe that It = some much more
general impulse in men Of genius 70 try
their highest powers IN region strange
to them for which they have no sps-
eial iitncss- to try them al the
more because they have no special At.
ness for it-that makes % many able
men launch into fields for which they
have no Unborn capacity and no train
ing Of experience. We rather think
that the true explanation h thai men
with great and vague sense Of power
in them arc always doubtful whether
they have reached the limits Of that
power. and naturally incline 70 test
this in the field in which they feel that
they have fewer rather than moro uu.
nerous suguries Of success
Spectator. e.
A STUBBORN COW.
soake and was KILLED.
The rule of retreating from the
proximity Of rattlesnakes on the part
Of cattle was broken the other day by
. fine Alderney COW that was pasturing
in IN old meadow on Bald Hill. . To-
cality up South Branch with . wide
reputation for rattlesnalses. There
were several cows in the feld, and
boy who was crossing IL noticed that
first one and then another Of the cows.
as they led along toward . boeE
place. raised her head. sniffed the cir,
and then turned away from the spot
The boy knew that the cows had scented
. rattlesnalfe and all but one Of them
avoided It. That enc was the Alderney
COW. She stood still with her heed
raised for . moment then gave Il .
peculiarly ugly shake, and ned on di.
rectly toward the spot where the snake
way lying. The COW had gone but .
few steps when the snake spranG it,
rattlea- The cow stopped and hesitatsd
between retreat aud holding her
ground. Looking ahead. the boy dis
covered the rattlesnake lying BY bog
. few feet beyond whore the cow stood
and he started 10 drive her away from
her danger. but she had made up her
mind BY this time. and with . vicious
below she rushed forward with her
head lowered to catch the sa1lee on her
hornA The rattler made his strike.
and sank his fangs in the cows lower
Lip. The cow shook the snake loose
and backed away, lashinR her sidea
furiously with her tail. while the rat
tier coiled again in expectation Of an
other attack.
The COW stood still . moment and
then, with . louder. madder below
than before, dashed once more upon
the snake. This time the rattler struck
his assailant on the nose. Again he was
shaken loose. and the COW plunged upon
him - he coiled for third strike and
planted both fore feet upon him. crush-
ing him in several places. Still the rat
tier continued the fight, trying to coil
and strike. but the COW trampled him
again under her feet, and continued
trampling him until the reptile was
ground into bits. .-f
During the fight between the cow and
the rattler the other cows stopped feed
ing and stood gazing 1t the contest with
heads high in the air and flashing eyes.
as II they understood the deadly peril
Of their companion. II they did they
had good reason. for. although the COW
rot home with the others that after.
noon, she died from the effects Of the
rattle-snalEe's bites IN hour lstsr.-N.
Y. Sun.