AN EARLY TEXAN INDUSTRY. How Cattlemen Laid the Foundation of Their Fortunes, “The foundation of the fortune of many of the great Texas cattlemen was laid in the years immediately following the civil war,” sald a man from the 1.0ne Star State. “During the four years in which the drafts for the Confederate army prac- tically depopulated the country of its nble-bodied men, the cattle on the ranges, running unherded and unbrand. ed, Increased enormously in numbers, Bearing no brand of ownership, these sattle, which at the close of the war had become practically wild, were sub- ject to be taken by any man who could sustain his attempt by force of arms against other claims of ownership. “There was a good commercial de- mand for hides, and these were the times when so many got thelr start in life by riding, pistol in hand, up to the cattle wherever found unherded, shoot: ing them down and taking their skins The adult cattle then running at large were too wild to be disposed of in any other way, and so the hide-taking in. dustry flourished; but when, in time, through the catching and branding of calves, herds had been collected on ranges, the shooting of mavericks fell into disrepute and came under the ban of ‘rustling.’ Those men who, through the practice, had become well-to-do cattle owners, now were foremost in suppressing it, through the instrument- ality of the courts and, more effectual ly, by informal hangings.” oman SI Was a Forehanded Boy. The wisdom of a philosopher is not to be placed over the foresight displayed the other day by of the rising gen- eration of the thinkers and rulers of the country, the Cinelnnati En- quireér. e son of a family well known in tl possessed of the de- sire for a jack-knife that seizes youths one BAYVS It was th He laid plans to secure he wishes of his of nis age. one. It was against t 1 1 ii who, motherlike, warned him of the dg ing the tiated upon the re mother, however, anger of pOSSess- dreadful 1t, and expa- s and con- , “von have bought a much did you pay for it?’ “Twenty cents,” was the answer, “Well. and what did you do with the rest of your quarter?’ “Oh. 1 bought sticking plaster with that.” — rn I — — Olid Soldiers in China. Nowhere are old soldiers so distin- guished as in China. In 1880 the peror Kiang Su issued a proclamation which read in part as follows: “To thank heaven that it has allowed us to reach the age of 20 years, we herewith raise all sol of the elght banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to the rank of the nobility. To those who have passed the foursce addition a piece ofslik, rice, and who have po are to receive case.’ Whe the Chinese Sin #1 active liers re, we give in ten measures of ten meat. bir 3 tain men alinost t is not so diffienit to un the a century old, derstand the successes of brave Japanese. — SERVED IN THE WAR. THE GRIF ALMOST WON WHERE THE BULLET FAILED, Our Sympathies Fanlisted Infirmities of the Veteran. Herald, Woodstock, Va.) There is an old soldier in Woodstock, Va., who served in the war Mexico and in the war of the rebellion, Mr. Levi Melaturfl. He passed through both thes The told seriously on him, for when the grip at- tacked him four years ago it nearly killed him. Who ean look a veteran Always in the ( From the with without wars a serious wound, ha~dships, however, ’ upon the infirmities of without a feeling of His townspeople saw fined to his house so prostrated with great nervousness that he could not hold a knife the tauie, scarcsly able to walk, too, and as he attempted it, he often stum- bled and fell, They saw best talent to be had-—but still he suffered on for four years, and gave up the deapest sympathy? him c¢on- ¢ and fork at tha him treated by finally in despair. One day, however, he was struck by the ae. count of a cure which had been affected by the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink” Pills. He im- mediately orderad a box and commenced tak- He saya he was within three days’ time. ing them, greatly relieved The blood found ita way to his fingers, and his hands, which had f been palsied, assumed a natural color, and he was soon enabled to use his knife and fork at the table, He has recovered his strength to such an extent that he is able to chop wood, shock corn and do his regular wel about his home. He now says he can not only walk to Woodstock, but can walk across the mountains. He is able to lift up a fifty- two pound weight with one hand and says he does not know what Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have done for others, but knows that they have done a great work for him, He was in town last Monday, court day, and was loud in his praise of the medicine that had given him so relief. He pure chased another box and took it home with him. Mr. Melnturf! is willing to make affl- davit to these faots, The proprietors of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills inent practitioner, who produced the wonderful results with them, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery condition sions, on es mo a ours in cases mental worry, overwork or excesses of what. ever nature. They are entirely harmless and can bo given to weak and sickly children with the and without the slightest , Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or be sent post, on receipt of price (Boe. u box or six boxes for #2. are nover sold in bulk or BX the 100) vy dressing Dr. Williams’ Company, Behenectady, N. Y. | A PECULIAR INSTITUTION NEW YORK, iN Doactoring Dogs for All Kinds of the Doctors’ Fee are Heavy. hospitals, city hospitals and hospitals for almost every human need in this great city, writes a New York correspondent hospital service has been extended so en's and on Fifty-fourth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, there is a flourishing dog hospital If vour hundred dollar po% 1. p dog has a slight cold, or has been ex. posed to grip, you can come between the hours of 8 and 5 o'clock any afternoon with the patient and have him examined and prescribed for in the most skillful and scientific man- ner. If the cold isserious, and there are complications of cough and fever, you will have to enter him asa house patient him treated n the hosnital and leave to be number of bright, cheery, sunny ms over a long row of beautifully built and kept terra cotta and red pressed There are separate 10 ese The hospital occupies a "od ral diseases and t wl into wards, just There win heir, are the lows . aperies and hangings white i. and nt enameled iron ft wool i OR8IY ]¢ ' he Snot usually falls to oachma hoy hosy nistered g tube or is most yatients, for wing strange { the ma- iv sp viled by their in- From 8 until 5 hours, and in to see Terers and to bit which have at eT yer trogses, y the visiting the and cheer the little most o owners drop ff bring dainty them £ to are SOmMoe they accustomed home, There is patient is I put back borne home in other hand. when the land where all good dogs go there and wee and reat rejo‘ecing when the mounced cored and is the little basket and trinmph: but, on the oF — : into one has to go to is lamentation mourni Two dollars is the fee for preserib- ing for a dog which is brought as an out of door patient to the the medicines, of course, are extra; £10 will pay for a week at the hos- pital with the very best care and at tention which it would be possible even for a baby to hava. where the trouble is a broken dislocated limb, are taken at 86 or #8, varying as to the amount of care which must be given them, ng ni ! ng 3 al. hospital ; Some *NSOS foot or a How to Treat a Cold. We are now in what we may call the season for colds, and a well known French scientific writer, M. Henri de Parville, has been writing cure. He as there tom of a cold the rinse the mouth frequently with some antiseptic fluid, such as a solu- tion of carbolie acid, and should ine hale through the nose the smell of this fluid. This treatment serves to is the slightest symp- But the most curious part of his ment of the mouth and nose by dis. infectants, he advocates plunging the feet into cold water. Usuully, he says, people have the water as hot as they can bear it, but that a 1mis- take. It is likely to make the cold worse. When our feet have becomd chilled by the wet, obviously the { first thing to be done is to make the | blood circulate properly in them. Now, warmfwater certainly brings { the blood back to the chilled feet | while they are in the hot water, but as soon as they are taken out and thi temperature becomes much lower | the blood again leaves the feet and returns to the inner organs, which are warmer, with the result that the cold often becomes worse. The feet should be plunged into cold water, even into snow, for the | space of forty to fifty seconds, not i more. This sends the blood flying into the inner organs, where the temperature is very high, and, as a consequence, it gradually goes back to the feet and stops there. The cir- culation being thus restored, a little energetic rubbing of the feet will maintain it. M. de Parville recom- mends this treatment to all who sufferers from anemia and bad circulation. is are ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. tricity. “What will be the ery, in great 2 Edi ‘hiladelphia next Cov electricity? asked by a iterviewer, Well tha was il all Naturally led by DOL ie PR re f wh PE LVETTIALR ried NE) LHD) Bio rhaps, we will How follow out the right ii IAYe B Wot many things It w Fin BEE metals by electrical enormous number of We now go to the point of nickel, for instance, but der the new regime an ments, meiting iin- we will get all 1 wetions not now obtainable and go to = the mel point of anythis on i. Mr. Dewar. of Ravenswood, is very fond of pets and he is also somewhat peculiar in his choice of them He objects to dogs. He has four beaunti- fal children. and he t bination might be dangerous on dog days, So he tried an |Oe- thing hitherto untried, and altogether likely from its well known habits to be just the sort a pet that woull not annoy him. For a few months he dismissed the pet fre his mind as settled night, after carefully tucking the children in bed, he went out with the older members of his family to spend the evening The owl, led by the quiet of the house, began his nightly wanderings in quest of adventure, Perhaps the light from turned down gas jets prevented him from en. joying the darkness he loved so well, or perhaps it was by accident that his flapping wings blew them out one after another. Be that as it may, when Mr. Dewar opened his front { door on his return home late that night he was almost overpow- ered by the fumes of escaping gas. He rushed in and found his little | daughter nearly suffocated. During the time he was helping to restore her | ==opening windows and wondering i how in the world this affair had taken | place—~he stumbled over his pet owl | lying on the floor limp and lifeless. | The situation was explained, and he Lig now looking forward with anxiety for hig monthly gas bill. hinks the com. owl i ne ¢ ol question Hn forever. Une In Paris women are wearing a long black velvet strip that has the effect Richard IIL in Citizen's Dress. “Tom Keene played Richard 111 street clothes in Macon, Ga, ago,” sald C. “All of the coi carried past Mace in two years Reeves at the Emery, wers entral Road » way, and could not be brought ; The up, trunks ft Don Ose waoell sold it 1 . ot rl eon “1 5 a SWord oo OE ‘ and would not unt the &5 ar MRAP 111d 34 he and vas bor. Hn tue slothes and with srocured, fre citizen's ord and hi Mnpany went upon the During the fi sowed FAs I sw Keene there was eal of merriment in the audi Keene played as he never f iis hearers orget the incongrul ag the reatest success of tragedian’s life.” Cincinnati Enquirer —— HI — The Wrang War, Chere i= a way of looking at i wrong. 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