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To nsserlptlon raulnl for ft shorter period
limn thr months.
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enuntrv. No natlc wUl b takaa of uoajmotii
r)uiaolcallou.
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wherofood ought to be chenp for the
masses it is our.
Tho Forum says thnt the wealth of the
United State is $00,000,000,000, nnd
Hint hiilf of it is owned by less than 25,-'
000 people. ' These nro the men to put
tho world's fair on its feet.
Cordclf, .ono of Georgia's newest cities,
is a plnco with a population of 3000. A
year "Und ft half ngo the si'.e on which it
is hkt was a cornfield. It is already ns-j
pirinjj to have a street railway nnd elec
tric lights.
. . . i
Last summer New York dumped huge
quantities of fresh fruit into tho bny to
keep up market prices. Pan Francisco
has been doing thq samo thing. One
day recently dealers dumped C000 mel
ons into tho bay.
Official statistics show that 2f,000
people aro killed aimuully by wild beasts
and reptiles in Trjdiu. Of theso about
,. 20,000 arc slain by snakes. Tho Gov
ornmeut offers rewards and makes othet
j efforts to reduce the danger, but the peo
ple are indifferent,
' Ten million dollars make a pretty
large sam for the city of London to lose
because a handful of dock owners held
out against paying their workmen reason
able wages. It is no wonder that the
feeling is growing there that it is time
for the public to take its turn at running
things. m
At tho congress of the advocates of
cremation held in Vienna, the statement
was brought out that there exists at
present throughout the world fifty cre
matories, most of which aro in tho
.United Stafej, twenty in IUdy, and one
each in Germany, England, Franco nnd
Switzerland.
Senator Sherman, in a recent speech,
said that while "we boast in America of
tho rapid progress we have made in
growth, population, wealth nnd strength,
yet it is equally true that somo of the
oldest nations in the world nro keeping
pace with us in industry, progress and
even in liberal institutions."
The deep-sea researches made by tho
United Slates Fish Commission with n
view to discovering tho temperature of
the. fishing grounds and thus learn the
causes that lead to tho fish migrations aro
attracting great interest; not only among
scientific men but among those interested
practically in trade.
To thoso who cau read the signs of tho
times, it is obvious, says tho Commercial
Advertiser, that a great change is coming
into tho relations of the two great schools
of mediciue. Surgery is constantly be
coming a more ami more exact science,
but medicine is constantly shifting her
ground, oud the lines between allopathy
and homa'puthy are not by any mean so
closely dm wo a they wed to to.
It has been estimated that the capital
ization of the various corporations anil
concerns in this country dependent upon
electricity for their business, iroin the
Western Union Telegraph Company
down to the- humblest maker of electrical
appliances, is not less than $600,000,000.
This it ma that the people now pay an
' annual tax of lwteewn thirty-live and
forty millions for a convenience which
forty years ago had scarely begun to at
tract attention as something more thau a
scientific toy.
Tho London docks, the sccno of tho
recent strike, are one of the greatest
systems of docking to be seen in the
world. Upward of $100,000,000 have
been expended in their construction, and
hundreds of acres arc covered by them.
They are built of stouo and concrete,
and are as substantial as such work can
bo made. Many of them date back to
the beginning of tho century. The
amount of tratlic upon them is enormous.
It is estimated that in the warehouses of
a single dock company there is at all
time ut least tr'-'a, 000,000 worth of
goods.
Don't brag
Chicago, " facet!
and strut so much,
etiously remarks tho De-
troij Free iVcsn. " You are getting to
'be a big, overgrown town, but there
are duizcus of cities to which you would
not make a respectable suburb. Your
little million could be added to the five
and a half millions of London without
increasing the streaming city's central
roar to any appreciable extent. The city
at the base of the Eiffel Tower is twice
aud a half your sue. The suburbs of
New York contain as large a population
as you have ou all your Lilts, valleys aud
prairies. Eveu Mongolian Canton
could swallow you twice in rapid suc
cession. Soochow, llanehow, Kiug
. tthching aud Changehow all lap over
you, aud towns that are your equal in
size and superiors in virtue .swarm all
over tho Middle . kingdom from the
A moor to the Brahmapootra aud from
tho mountains of Thibet to the Yellow
(cq. Go to, Chicago."
HOR
VOL. XXII. NO.
, WHAT T
Oh, what 1 the love or the hats of men?
What is their praise or their blame?
Tbelr blame la a breath, but an echo of death.
And a star that glows bright and is gone
from the light
Ah! such is the vanishing guerdon of fame.
Oh, what i th grief or ths Joy of life!
What is it pleasure or pain?
Th joys we pursue pas away like the dow;
And though bitter the grief, time brings re
lief To the heart that is wounded again and
again.
Oh, what is the loss or the gain of the time?
And what is the success' fair crown?
Tbagain that we prize lo! it fades and it
flies;
And th loss we deplore as quickly Is o'er.
There is little to choose 'twist life's smiles
and life's frowns.
Oh, men they may love and men they may
hate,
It matters little to me.
For life is a breath, and hastens death
To gather in all, from the hut and wall,
To the home that is narrow the house
that is free.
lion! on. Tronsrript,
A BRAVE DOCTOR.
When Herman Dean was in college aud
the medical school, he was so timid aud
so slow of speech that his fellow-students
mndo him tho butt of frequent jokes.
He seemed to know his lessons, but in
endeavoring to recite them ho floundered
about and clutched at his words desper
ately and awkwardly, and mado but a
poor appearance. One could not help
smiling nt tho tall, clumsy, blushing fel
low. Hut ho worked at some of the prob
lems that discouraged tho rest of us
with a stubborn courage that enabled him
more than once to surprise us and put us
to shame. "Thorough" seemed to be his
motto.
Ho took his degree of M. D. w ith
honors, and soon afterward we heard that
he had been appointed a United Slates
Medical Inspector on the Maine frontier.
He entered upon his official duties in
18S5, the year of the memorable small
pox epidemic which in Montreal and the
surrounding villages raged destructively
among the French Canadians. With al
most incredible fanaticism, thousands of
theso people refused to be vaccinated.
They declared that to vaccinate was to
oppose the Divine will. God had sent la
piotte, and to try to prevent its spread
was wicked. The Canadian health of
ficials, in attempting to compel them to
be vaccinated, were fiercely assaulted,
their flags and placards torn down, aud
the people rioted in tho streets. Under
these circumstances, it was almost im
possible to check the epidemic.
Tho American health officials estab
lished a rigid system of inspection along
tle Canadian border, and required that
all passengers on railroad traius coming
from Canada should bo fumigated.
Surgeons with the necessary appliances
were stationed at the railroad stations,
nnd on the wood roads and forest trails
leading across the boundary, to vaccinate
all people arriving from Canada who had
.not already been vaccinated.
Young Doctor Dean was directed to
make a tour of the logging camps in the
Mooschead Lake region, and to vaccinate
every man in their crews whose arm did
not show a fresh scar. Among these
loggers were many ignorant, lawless fel
lows, some of whom had the stupid pre
judice against vaccination which had led
the French people across the border to
resist the efforts of the Canadian doctors.
Their employers and the foremen, how
ever, were heartily in sympathy with the
work of the surgeon, aud did their best
to compel their men to submit to his
lancet. In one of these camps Doctor
Dean encountered u Frujieh Canadian
called Pierre Couteau, who was unusually
obstinate, and showed a vicious temper
in his opposition to the doctor's pur
pose to vaccinate him. Ho was a huge
fellow with a black beard, nnd a great
red scar on his forehead.
. "Its of no use for you to hang off
you've got to have the job done, said
Dixon, the boss of the camp.
"No!" answered Pierre, crisply aud
doggedly.
"Dou't make any fuss about it) Holl
up the sleeve of your frock!" ordered
Dixon.
Dr. Dean took a step toward the Can
adian. "No '"growled the fellow, with uu omin
ous emphasis, at the same time grasping
his axe us if to strike. His eyes (lashed,
the scar ou his forhead grew redder, uud
he fairly bristled with determination.
Dixon was furiously angry and burst
into a torrent of profane exclnmatiuus.
"Leave this cump aud don't you ever
come back, you brute!" he cried. "We
don't want any murderers here!"
Pierre muttered a few words in his na
tive patios, Hashed a defiant look at the
foreman, dropped his axe witli a scorn
ful gesture, aud turned to go away.
In a second Dr. Dean sprang upon him,
tripped him, threw him to the ground,
face downward, and jumped on his back,
Dixou enme quickly to his assistance and
helped to hold the man down.
"Throttle the scoundrel!" exclaimed
the excited foreman.
"No," said the doctor, coolly, "I'm
going to vaccinate him."
A friendly wood-chopper happened to
come along. He helped Dixou to hold
down the struggling, cursing, frothing
man, while Doctor Dean cut away his
frock and shirt, criscrossed his skin with
his lancet, aud rubbed in the vaccine.
In less than a minute, the operation was
over.
Trembling with rage, but cowed, the
Canadiau jumped up, Hung back an
angry threat at the doctor, took his
small pack of clothing, and, still
breathing vengeance, strode away from
the cam)).
'I duuuo; I guess you made a mis
fake," said Dixou.
"Why!" asked the doctor.
' 'That critter is liable to kill you. He's
a bad one I I rather think 'twould have
beeu better to let hits go without trying
to vaccinate him.''
"If I'd let him go ho d b liahl to
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TIONESTA,
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kill a hundred hicn instead ot one, "-replied
the doctor. "He might be the
very one to spread the small-pox all
through this regon. One unvacinatcd
man i a constant menace. The only
safe way is for me to obey order and
see that everyone is vaccinated."
A few weeks later Doctor Dean was
ordered to take his station at a point
where a much-traveled road through tho
woods crossed the boundry between
Maino nnd Canada. The Canadian
Pacific Hnilroad had gangs at work in
Maine, and many men were going back
and forth across the border. A log
cabin was build for the doctor's habita
tion, a turnpike gate was put up, and
no man was allowed to pass without first
having bared his arm.
The cabin was furnished with a stove,
bunks nnd a few necessary pieces of fur
niture, and was well stocked with pro
visions. A young man known as Dan
Wiia engaged to stay with tho doctor as
his cook and companion, and he also had
the company of a large mastiff and two
less sociable friends, a pair of rifles.
The cabin stood in the midst of a dense
forest, iu which were many wild animals;
the nearest human neighbors were the
men in a railroad camp, twenty miles
away. The trout which abounded in a
streum that flowed past the cabin often
contributed to tho bill of fare of the
doctor and his assistant. Once Dan shot
a deer, which supplied them with venison
for several weeks. Their table was at no
time scantily furnished, they had a col
lection of books, tho nir of tho woods
was invigorating, nnd they enjoyed their
wild life.
Almost every day men with packs on
their backs came along the road from
Canada, and were stopped and vacci
nated. Sometimes they grumbled, but
for a long time no one resisted the doctor
outright. At night the two young men
took turns at watcliing the gate, nnd the
traveler over tho turnpike to Maine, nt
whatever time he arrived, had to stop
and be examined.
Week after week passed, and still the
young men had no serious trouble in the
performance of their duties.
One forenoon the doctor's assistant
took down one of the rifles, and saying
that ho would'try to get some partridges
for dinner, s'arteol into the woods. I he
doctor was Bitting" on the door-stool of
the cabin, rending a book.
;I wouldn't go very far nwoy, Dan,"
he said.
"On, pooh! You wont have any
trouble!
"No, but our instructions, you know,
aro to stick right here," said Doctor
Dean.
"I shan't run off," laughed Dan.
'Better not go so far that you can't
hear me if I should cull.
"Well, if you want me, you halloo,
and I'll come."
Dau bad been absent for more than
half au hour, when the doctor heard
voices, aud soon saw three men coming
up the road. He took his case, and went
out to the turnpike to meet them.
"Gentlemen," said he, politely, "I'm
a Govorumeut'surgcou, aud have orders
to vaccinate vou.
"Huh!" grunted the foremost of the
three men, a stout Canadian in a red shirt
and knit cap. "Qu'est ce que e'est?"
The doctor explained tho situation to
them in French.
The three men chattered with each
other in their peculiar Canadian French
dialect for a few moments. The doctor
pretended to pay no attention to them,
but listened intently, and caught nearly
ull they said.
"Let's keep right on," the rcd-shirted
man finally said.
"Break the man's head !" exclaimed a
scrubby littlo man, with a Jarge brass
buckle ou the belt of his frock.
"But the dog!" said the third man.
The mastiff was a quiet but attentive
listener to the colloquy.
"Who cares for tho dog! He cau't
stop us!" said the littlo fellow with the
big buckle.
Doctor Dean wished that he had
brought oue of his rifles out of the hut
with him, aud that Dau was at hand.
He shouted "Dan!" loudly, thinking
that Dan might hear him, or that the
call might at least serve to intimidate the
men.
The three travelers listened for a mo
ment, aud looked sharply about them.
They heard no answer to the doctor's
call, and saw that nobody came.
"Laissez nous passes !" (Let us pass!)
tho first speaker said in French, with a
threatening look at the doctor, who stood
unflinchingly at the gate.
"It's a very simple thing," said Dean,
without raising his voice. "The Govern
ment requires me to vaccinnate you. It
won't take me five minutes."
Hi spoke pleasantly, as if he had not
heard their threatening talk as if he did
not see a warning ill their eyes.
He saw that he was about to have se
rious trouble, but ho made two resolves;
one was to make every effort to keep
those men from passing the gate iu defi
ance of his orders, and the other was to
manage, if he could, to get his rifle fiom
tho cabin. With that in hand he felt
that he should be master of the situa
tion. It was possible for the men to escape
liiin by turning from the road into the
woods, but they were too surly to take
so much trouble iu maiutaing their diso
bedience. They had determined to defy
the doctor, aud to pass along the turn
pike in spite of his opposition.
Suddenly the man in tho red shirt
moved towards the gate. At the same
moment the doctor heard footsteps of
sonic one approaching down the road.
"Perhaps it is Dau," he thought.
The red shirtcd man started to climb
over tho gate, but Dean grasped him aud
pulled him back.
With au angry hiss the fellow aimed a
blow at Dean. The doctor dodged
quickly aud then straight from his
shoulder came a blow that laid his assail
aut on the ground.
The two other meu, cursing, sprang
upon the doctor.
"1ke him, Lion!" Dean, cried to the
gtowliug mastiff and iu au iustaut the
dog was at the throat of the man with
the bias buckle, who yelled With terror.
JR
EPTJBLICAN.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
Dean, meanwhile, was wrestling des
perately with the third man.
If he could ouly shake nun oil ana
get his rifle!
Hut his first assailant was up. lie
rushed to tho succor of the screaming
wretch who was strngging with the
mastiff.
Dean was left to battle singly with tho
third man. His courage rose.
They were whirling around, panting
and kicking, each trying to trip the
other, when a new-comer rushed into tho
melee. It was the man whose approach
ing steps had been heard.
Dean saw a great red scar burning
over a face covered with black hair, and
his courage left him all at once.
The man was Pierre Couteau!
The doctor ceased to struggle, anil
dropped limp to the grouud. His
antagonist aimed a kick nt bis face with
his boot, that, if it had reached him,
would have disfigured him for life.
At the same instant the doctor saw
something pass between himself and his
assailant like a flash. Pierre Couteau
grappled with the felloT nnd threw him.
Amazed, Dean sprang to his feet.
'I'll help you !" Pierre cried in French ;
and he yelled to the other fellows to
desist.
The poor mastiff had received his death
blow from n stone. Dean rushed into
the cabin nnd brought out his rifle. At
its appearance the three fellows sur
rendered nnd were vaccinated, and
allowed to go on their way.
Then Dean learned from I'ierre the
secret of his uncxpetcd behavior. He
had gone from the Mooschead logging
eaiup to Canada. While ho was there,
the small-pox attacked his villuge. Many
of his friends died ; but he, thanks to the
doctor's vaccine, escaped with n mild
attack of varioloid.
"I have often ask dose saint to bless
do good docteur," he said in his broken
English.
When, on his way back to the States,
ho saw his good doctor in trouble, he
was glad to do him a service, and thus
help the saints to uuswer his prayers.
"Somo good luck dat I come 'long,
n'est-ce-pas?"
"That's so, Pierre! Can you stay
here with me a while?"
Pierre said he would be glad to stay.
AVhcn tho delinquent Dan cair.o back
with his partridges, he was dismissed for
disobedience, and l'ierro was installed in
his place.
All through that trying season, Doctor
Deau and Pierre guarded the turnpike iu
tho woods, and the doctor found in the
Frenchman a most tractable nnd useful
assistant. Youth'i Companion.
A Good Story Told of Congi-esniaii.
This story about Congressman Frank
Lawler, of Chicago, is printed in the
A"cir, of that city, as being told by Ainol
J. Cummings, the New York editor and
ex-member of Congress :
"Lawler cume to me one afternoon last
winter and said: 'I'uuimings, I'm going
to have the Agricultural Department in
vestigated. I've stood things as long as
I'm going to! I shall introduce u reso
lution calling for a committee to-day."
"I saw that he was pretty mad.
'Frank,' said I, 'what's the occasion for
this sudden outburst f Colman is a good
fellow, and his Department generally has
given satisfaction. What can he have
done to offend you?"
"Then Lawler explained that oue of
of his most influential constituents had
written him three times asking him for a
sample paper of seeds; each of these let
ters was referred to the Agricultural De
partment, but to none of them had the
Department paid uny attention whatso
ever. 'When the first came,' said Law
ler, 'I sent it to the Commissioner of Ag
riculture with a note saying; 'Please re
mit.' The second letter complained that
I bad probably not received the first,
and would I theieforo not send the seeds
by express at once. This letter I scut
by messenger to the Agricultural Depart
ment, with a pretty stiff note intimatiuu
that there were no flies on me. Well,
sir, to-day I gets a third letter, and mj
friend is inadder'n fury all about them
seeds says I've got the big head so bad
I won't pay any attention to letters writ
ten by old friends. I was so paralyzed
that 1 just indorsed the letter over tc
Colman in these words : 'If them seed!
ain't sent to-day there'll be a committei
on your trucks to-morrow.' "
" 'Tell me, Frank,' said I, 'what hai
caused all this uproar? What kind o!
seeds did your friend ask for?'
" 'He wanted mushroom seeds,' ssic
Lawler, solemnly, 'and he's going to ge
'cm, too, or I'll know the reason why.' '
He saw the Gorilla.
The Fort Wayne (lnd.) correspond
ent of tho Cincinaatti Enquirer says
W. II. Stewart, proprietor of a museum,
residing in this city, has a very largi
gorilla, noted for his strength nud feroc
ity, caged, and at present the cage is ii
his barn. This afternoon a man namcc
Isaiah Slade, of Akron, Ohio, desired t
see theauimal, nnd visited Stewart's ban
during his absence. The animal hat
just been fed nud oue of tho iron bars o
the cage was left open. As soon a
Slade filtered the barn tho gorilla force
his way through the opening auc
sprung ujion the man, forcing him dowt
and punished him frightfully. His veils
brought Stewart, who with great dilli
culty drove the animal into his cage
Slade had his whiskers ull pulled out, om
eye gouged out and his nose badly torn
A Meteorological Mystery.
A remarkable air-wave has attractec
much attention froju meteorologists, whi
are still uuable to explain the phcuome
non. At several stations iu Central Eu
rope the barometer recorded a suddci
dip of about four-huudredths of an inch
followed by a corresiMinding rise a fev
minutes later. Dr. E. Hermaun ha
traced the disturbance from Pola to Kei
turn, separated by about five degrees o
latitude, the rate of translation hctwcei
these places haviug beeu about seventy
oue miles au hour. In au easterly auc
westerly direction the disturbance wa,
confined to narrow limits. Then was
uo earthquake in Europe Arkanui,
Trunin',
NOV. 0, 1889. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
YEAST CAKES.
Two quarts of water, two cups nud a
half of boiled mashed potatoes, one cup
of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of fine flour
and half a toncupful of salt. Take n tea
cupful of hops and boil iu a pint of wa
ter; strain off nnd pour boiling hot over
the mixtures of potatoes and flour; then
add the warm water, sugar and salt nnd
have a cupful of yeast to raise it. When
it begins to ferment stir in fin corn
meal, enough to make a stiff dough, roll
out thin and cut in small cakes as largo
us ft teacup; spread them out on plates
and dry quickly, taking care not to let
them scald; dissolve one. iu teacup
of warm water; one cake will raise four
two-quart loaves of bread. Keep the
cakes in a box where they will not mold
JIOAST TURKEY.
Select a turkey with thin skin, bright,
clear flesh and white fat of a moderate
amount. Dress carefully so us to remove
the gall bladder whole. Ssve both giz
zard and liver. Let a stream of cold
water run through, wipe dry inside and
out, and singe any hairs with a white
paper flame. Break the leg bones nnd
draw out the tendons from thighs. Fill
the breast and body with ft dressing ol
bread (entire wheat is best), using only
butter of tho best quality, with peppei
nnd salt for seasoning. Sew close with
twine. Firmly truss, putting the livel
under one wing and the gizzard under
the other. Dredge with flour, salt nnd
eppcr. Boost in quick oven. Put a
large piece of butter in blasting ladle.
Baste frequently until well browned
and frothed. Serve with stewed cran
berry sauce.
SOME l'UACTICAL DOS'TS.
Don't give a child any sweets except
molasses candy or chocolate caramels,
and these very rarely.
Don't permit a child under five to re
main out of bed after eight r. M., even if
you have to forego social duties you
think most sacred.
Dorl't think that a child needs food
each time it manifests hunger. Try to
nssuagc thirst by several teaspoonfuls of
boiled and cooled water.
Don't hold n child in convulsions in
your arms, but strip it quickly and im
merse it to the neck in n hot bath, to
which n tablespoonful of mustard may be
added.
Don't allow a patient with colic to
suffer until the physician arrives; give
large injections (two quarts of warm wa
ter with ten drops, adult dose, of tinc
ture of opium).
Don't seek relief for burns by the use
of cold water; if nothing else is obtain
able use warm water; better still, keep
the part wet with sweet or liuseed oil.
Don't lose your head when with cuses
of bleeding from the lungs; they very
rarely prove immediately fatal. Prop
the patient up in bed, and give him
small pieces of ice to swallow, and fif
teen drops of tincture of ergot (no sugar
of lead or acid) every hour, until your
physician arrives.
Don't imagine that sunstroke (heat
prostration) follows exposure to the sun
exclusively. The same may be produced
by excessive heat eveu at night, es.
pccially when the person is much fatigued,
or iu a crowded room.
Don't allow meat and vegetables to be
placed in the same compartment of the
refrigerator.
Don't wear high heels. Women who
wear them publicly advertise the fact that
they seek or wish to maiutain seriom in
ternal troubles.
Don't mistake weight for warinth in
clothing. Feeble people may be worn
down by heavy clothing, and yet be less
sheltered than those who wear light
woolen fabrics, both as inner aud outer
garments.
Don't read, write or do any delicate
work uulcss receiving the light from
above and over the shoulder. Dou't
read iu street cars or other joltiug
vehicles.
Dou't rub the eyes, except with your
elbow.
Don't attempt to clean the cars with
anything but the tip of the little finger.
Don't attempt to remove hardened ear
wax by picking it out. If you canuot
reach a physician wheu hardened tar wx
becomes troublesome or painful, you may
gently inject (by means of a fountain
syringe) warm water, to each pint of
which half an ounce of bicarbonate of
soda has been added.
Don't believe that eating fat will make
you fat; quite the contrary holds true.
Don't eat gamey meats; remember that
"giimey" is the hyper-rclined word for
rotteu.
"Don't pour a mouthful of coffee into
an empty stomach, even if you must tear
a bultjii from your coat and swallow H
before," says an Arabic proverb. This
applies to tea as well.
Don't attempt to remove foreign bodies
from the upper part of the windpipe by
trying to reach them with instrument of
any kind. Try giving n violent blow on
the back immediately after the accident.
If this does not succeed, have the patient
held suspended by the feet, head down
ward, nnd moved rapidly from side to
side while you strike between the shoul
ders with the palm of the hand; stop
this at once if the patient shows evi
dences of suffocation. If these continue,
or the foreign body is not dislodged,
send for a surgeon to perform tracheoto
my or laryugotomy as quickly us possi
ble. I'h reiiultujirat Journal.
( lay Pipe MuLiutt.
The clay pipe industry is remarkable
from more than oue point of view. The
manufacture is essentially Freuch aud its
importance is daily increasing, de-pite
the formidable competition of woodeu
pipis ami cigarettes. Oue pipe manu
factory occupies uu area of about one
hundred thousand square feet and give
employment to from five hundred to six
huudred persous, exclusive of children
less thau twelve veurs of age. The
annual product is 120,000 gross. The.
number cf styles is infinite aud is daily
iucreasiug, a the dealers are continually
a'kiutr tor new luodeU
THE GOVERNMENT II0RSE&
IT TAKF3 PRIDE IN ITS FOUR
FOOTED STOCK.
All the Animal Ifnve to Conform
"With (citaiti ltcgulntlons A
Horse Generally I.asis Six Years.
A henevcr. upon the occasion of any
public parade, the cavalry stationed at
the garrison at Fort Mycr forms part of
the procession, the magnificent appear
ance of tho horses excites the universal
admiration of the spectators. Their size,
for they nre above the ordinary build,
suggests in itself the idea of Mrcngth,
while the uniformly shaped head and
large, prominent eyes tell of the intelli
gence of the animal. The horse is as
much of the cavalryman's outfit tu his
sabre or his carbine, nnd he must needs
possess tho strength to endure long
forced marches, nud the understanding
to be of the most possible benefit to his
rider in fighting by requiring the least
attention.
Congress annually appropriates nlvjut.
fj200,000 to be expended in the purchase
of horses. This amount is expended pro
rata among the divisions of the army,
those on the Atlantic coast not requiring
os large a sum as the cavalry on the fron
tier, where the life of the nnimnl is not
altogether one of lazy contentment. In
Arizona, especially, the equine mortality
is greater than in any other section, and
more horses become disabled and unfit
for further service. The burning sands
and alkali deserts lead to blindness and
diseases of the hoof, and the animal has
either to be shot or sold. The hick of
proper pasturage nnd feed also cuts nu
important figure in the life of a cavalry
horse in the remote garrisons of the
West, for while his Eastern brother is
feeding luxuriantly on a fulhillowancc of
oals ana corn twice n (lay and sleeping
in a comfortable stable, the Western
j horse is making a scanty meal ou husks
and sleeping in a ramshackle building
thnt seems to have been especially con
structed for a free circulation of air.
There are nearly 10. Odd horses in use
by the United States Army. Of this
number about ten per cent, are sold
nunually because of their unfitness for
further cavalry or artillery duty, nnd
about five per cent, nre lost by death.
So, in order to maintain the standard, it
is necessary to purchase about 1500
animals every year. Wheu a stock of a
' garrison needs replenishing the Quartermaster-General's
Department is notified.
An advertisement inviting bids is iu-
( sorted in the prominent pnpei'saiid a cou-
. tract entered intowith the lowest bidder to
deliver the horses at the desired point, if,
after a suitable inspection by the Seere-
tary of Wur, they meet the requirements
of the standard fixed by the army regula-
tions. Tho regulations require that Un
horse shall be a gelding of uniform nnd
hardy color; from fifteen to seventeen
hands high; from four to eight yenrs old.
and weighing between 'J00 and 1200
pounds lor a cavalry horse and between
1050 and 1300 for artillery horses. There
arc other requirements necessary, such us
the general build of theauimals uud their
health. Whenever it becomes necessary
to purchase the half-breed horses of
California or Southern Texas the standard
of tho height is reduced to fourteen and
a half hands. Long-legged, loose-jointed,
long-bodied aud nairow-chested horses,
as wen ns those wincu nro restive or
vicious, are re jected.
Most of the horses used in the army
are purchased iu St. Louis and Louis
villo, although the general rule of late
has been to obtain the animals iu the
ueighborhoood in which they me desired
for use, the idea being to obtain
thoroughly acclimated animals. The
nvaragc cot of a horse is a trifle over
As soon as the purchase is completed
the horse is branded with the letters "U,
S." on the left fore shoulder, and a com
plcto descriptive list is nude nt him,
which always accompanies hbn where
ever he is transferred. The horses are
distributed by the regimental comman
der, uud the riders or drivers are not al
lowed to exchange them or permit any
one else to use them.
With every troop of cavalry a record
of the animal is kept, containing a des
cription of every one received and trans
ferred, showing the kind, name, age,
size, color, marks, brands, or other
peculiarities, how und when acquired and
disposed of, the name of its rider and
driver, aud the use to which it is ap
plied. The forage ration for a horse is four
teen pounds of hay and twelve pounds of
oats, corn, or barley, und in special
cases of hard service or cxpo.-ure the
grain ration is usually increased three
pounds. In localities where good graz
ing is practicable for a considerable por
tion of tho day, or during seasons wheu
little labor is required of the animals, the
ration is usually reduced.
The animals usually last about six
years, and at the end of that time are
sold at auction, or before, if they are dis
abled so as to be unfit for service. When
sold the ollicer puts another brand on
the horse, making it impossible for the
horse to be sold to the Government at
some other point. Condemned animals
ilo not bring very much. They are
worthless for carriage purpescs, and aro
too much worn out to be lit for the more
arduous work of street-car hauling.
They are usually sold to contractors, who
employ them iu hauling sniall loads.
But the army horse docs not last long
after he drops out of the service. Usually
he docs not amount to much when the
Government has no further use for his
services, and bis career thereafter is a
short as it is uneveutlul. H'tirliinijtoit
I'ont.
Ou the day that Simon Cameron was
buried the Court House bell at Em
porium, Cameron County, l'eun., was
tolled ninety times. The bell was a gift
from him at the time the county was
formed.
The African Methodist Church, which
has not a white uiau among its nieuiOu
or any organic relation wyh any white
church organization, reports a member
ship of 400,0110.
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I OR W ANT OF BREATH.
A poor city bah lay dying on dy
On ragged and dirty cot.
Lay quietly gasping its life away
lu a basement iunlid and hot:
O God! for a sniff of cool, sweet air
Just one for the child and tt mother:
For the heart that Meeds so helplessly there.
And the babe that must lie there and
smother!
The fanner's boy is a cheerful sight
As he sits on the floor In the sun:
How he doubles b's flsta in mimic might,
How lusty his grief and fun!
Oh ! Full of life all day Is the breeze
From the fields of the farmer cominjr,
For it dallied awhile 'mid leafy trees,
And a while where twes were humming.
The fisherman's boy is at play on the sand
How sturdy and plump he grows!
There is strength in the grip of his chubby
hand,
And his lips are red as a rose.
Oh I sweet are the breezes born at sei
Ann cmrtiett In white foam flowers' "'
Hweetly cool, when waves are like grass on s
lea.
Cool and keen when a te:uis?t lowers.
The babe in the tenement house is dead,
With none but its mother to weep;
Then lay it to rest in that narrow bed
Where the sleepers bivatlie not. iu their
sleep.
Oh! breezes that wander at will alway.
If ashore or where sea-scud is flyinR.
There are thousand"! of poor city tabes to-day
That are smothering, fainting, dying.
Uenrge Jfortnn, in (.'hivu'to Ilervhl.
II I'M OK OF THE HAY.
Bars to matrimony The front gate.
Life insurance in some cases is merely
a mntter of policy.
The young man who is in love incon
spicuous for his courtly manner.
A hero is a man who refrains from eat
ing things that do not agree with him.
A roan is not necessarily mean because
he will jumpou u feather bed when it is
dowu.
Some men are born rich, some achieve
riches and some get into fat government
offices,
Goes without saying The young man
too bashful to pop the question. Ttiw
Siftingi.
These times suit the scisors-giinder.
He likes to find things dull. .S' Fitin
cio Alto.
The stamp-window of any post office is
n sort of Lick observatory. ltoehettrr
I'0Kt-&'jlieM.
A man is known by the company he
keeps. That's why she prefers to be a
sister lo hirli.
Men will strike for shorter hours, but
the earth continues to revolve at the same
old speed. Judije.
Itcpublics were ever ungrateful. We
put our great men on postage stamps, uud
then punch their heads.
Because a buld-headel man doesn't
happen to keep a lock on his bend doesn't
signify that there is nothing of value in it.
Cupid is doubtless known us the God
of Love iu this day because the sentiment
of love has become largely n sentiment
of cupidity.
Queen of Spain "Good gracious!
The baby King has the stomach-ache."
Lord Chamberlain (excitedly) "Call the
Secretary of the Interior!"
"The sunset lingered o'er your hair,''
Was what her ardent lover said;
!ut other maidens young and fair
Said, "Gracious, but her hnir is red."
W'utih inijtoH Vapitut.
Fill Woman "Oh, niti't these mos
quitoes awful!" Thin Woniau "They
never bite me." Fat Woman "Of
course not.. They live on blood, not
bones." (Jure Wtei.
Misuuderstood . Pop-eyed Photog
rapher (about to remove the cup)
"Look this way, please." Sitter "Not
much, I wouldn't look like that in a
picture for uothiu'.'' Liyht.
It is rumored that Queen Victoria
thiuks of bestowing the Order of the
Bath on Thomas A. Edison. Iu order
to make him feel perfectly at home, she
w ill probably make it an electric bath
J'tvl't Sun.
A Chicago bearded woman made a
snug fortune out of the show busiucss iu
about twelve years, and now lives in
comfortable luxury with his haudsoine
wife and five beautiful children. Jiiny
httmtim Jiepnbliean.
"I'm all broke up," he sadly sighed,
As h returned to town.
"A love nfTairt" "No," he replied:
" hammock let me dow n.''
U.-.U,-.
Boston Mau "Well, my boy, how is
real estate in the West, active?" Drum
mer I just back from Kansas) "Active.'
Well, I should say so. A cyclone car
ried u 1.10-acrc farm forty miles the other
day. It's a little too active for me.'' -K'.arntij
Fntti'jiriie.
A naughty little boy one day eluded
punishment by creeping under table,
where bis mother could not reach him.
Shortly after bis father came iu, aud
when told tho state of affairs crawled ou
his hands ami kuccs iu search of his sou
and heir, when to bis astonishment, he
was greeted with this inquiry: "Is she
after you, too, father?'
Au Englishman bus written a book,
entitled: "Two Thousand Miles on a
Camel's Hack." We believe we cau beat
that in this country iu hall' the spate.
Let some oue come out w ith "One Thou
sand Miles ou u Felice Rail." There arc
lots of jieople who have had the experi
ence, with tar and feathers thrown in
gratis. Itetioit Free I'res:
Ail Hectrlcttl Drill.
Au interesting electrical nuuhine can
be seen iu operation ou the framework ..!
the new war ship Muine. iu the Brook
lyn Navy Yard. It is adiill. Instead
of the slow and tedious paid und ratchet
haud drill commonly ued, is oue that is
set a whirling ky au electrical current
sent through carefully insulated wins.
A three-quarter inch lule in u tbre.
quarter inch platu can be dulled iu k's
than minute. The chief objection u
that the prop-hii current is deadly.