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VOL. XXVI. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1894.
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This in an estimate in Mio Atlanta
Constitution : Thu wealth of 1 ho Month
in 1800 wan $.4,000,000,000, and in
IN90 about, tho same. The war cost
the BonMi about $2, 000,000,000, Hho
una juBt about recuperated.
Tests of modern rifles Hre being
made by using liumiin corpses for tar
gets. "TIiIk sounds brutal," muses the
San Francisco Examiner, "but it really
in leas brutal than making tho toRts on
Doilies that arc mil corpses iu the be
ginning." . M. ClauH Mutes that tho Rus
aiaua, since their occupation of the
district embraced by tho valleys of the
Syr Dana and tho Zarafshun, have
given a very great development to the
cultivation of cotton, and liavo intro
duced several American varieties of tho
plant, notably tho upland. At first
tho natives were so prejudiced against
the new plants that thu experiments
failed, but tho Russians persevered,
and, wheroaa nine years ago Turke
stan produced only ililOO poods of
cotton worth $143:1, tho quantity ex
ported iu , 1800 was about 2,000,000
oods, . of an estimated value of
$7,000,000.
Word has been sent to the courts of
Europe that thoHhah of I'ersia intends
to visit Berliu, St. Petersburg, Berlin
and Vienna next spring. He will start
on his journey in May or Juno, and
Will remain in Kuropo several months.
Tho rulers whom ho is to honor are in
an unhappy state of mind alrondy on
account of tho proposed visit, alleges
me new lorn iniuinp. jso living
sovereign, iu all probability, is a more
nnwvlcomo gupst than the Shah, but
his cousinB in Kuropo are obliged to
receive him with all the honors duo to
ma raux. j!.ntortaiiiing aim la moro
expensive than entertaining any other
monarch. His retinue is almost
legion.
One of the latest aud most popular
slevelopmenta of New York Bociety is
tho lady lecturer, who talks to an
audience exclusively feminine upon the
topica of the day. These "talks," as
they are called, are held ouly iu private
drawing-rooms, and are listened to
with the most intelligent interest by a
score or more of women who have
clubbed together to otigago some well
i ...
luioriueu woman to post tliem, viva
voce, upon all subjects with which they
diould be conversant. This is a charm
ing way to acquire knowledge, and one
which will undoubtedly grow more
and more popular among those who
either hay not the time or the iuclina
lion to.fetudy for themselves.
That typical Arizona town, Yuma
will probably soon be lifted from Ari
nona into California, whero, it
claimed, it has uhvays rightly belonged
Up to about fifteen years ago thepoin
was often contended between tho local
authorities both sides the dispute'
line, bnf since the arrest, in 1877, by
the Arizona authorities of a San Di-
t'go (Cal.) tax collector who tried to
collect taxes iu Yuma, tho question
baa been dropped. The laud ollie
authorities have always evaded the
question. Recently William Hyoks
was indicted by the Federal gram!
jury for selling liquor to Indians iu
Yuma. He denies the jurisdiction o:
the court to try his case, citiug the
authority of the treaty of Guadaloupe
Hidalgo and the recent reports of the
international boundary commission to
show that Yuma is in California. It is
thought out there thut Hycks may win
. his case and that the town will soon be
Yuma, California, instead of Y'uma,
Arizona.
The dismantlement of World's Fair
structures has in one respect proved a
godsend to the poor of Chicago. In
Jackson Park there were recently 2000
wagon loads of excellent firewood
w hich the officials were glad to get rid
of. The Chicago Relief aud Aid So
ciety obtained permission to cart the
wood away, aud put up the following
feign on the park fence near the Sixty
second street gate : "Free Wood for
the Poor." Auy person with a horse
aud wagon is now admitted to the park
aud allowed to take away all tho wood
his wagon will hold, the only condi
tion being that he shall present a per
mit from the society. The pile of
debris through which tho wood is scat
tered has a length of 300 yards, a width
of 100 yards and a height of, twelve
feet. It consists of baskets, boxes and
barrels. The man in need of fuel has
ouly to delve in this pile to get as ser
viceable kindling wood as could bo
found anywhere. The applicants aro
foreigners for the most part, aud judg-
iug from their ragged coats aud pinched'
face, they could get the means of
warmth , fur their families nowhere
Only teu jut cent. of Mm sugar
Consume is grown in this country.
A SONG TO THEE.
The springtime bath its winds that kiss
The roses, white and red i
Nor shall onn .wont wind go amiss
Where any ro is shod.
And summer hnth her sigh and son?,
lint t love thno tho whole your long I
Tim winter hath lis frost
And roses, born of spring
And summer's llowers ill tea are lost,
And birds forget to sing !
Ah ! wintor doth a grievous wrong,
But I love thee tho whole year long 1
Life hath but little space ,
Men love, and then they go
For ail thoir glory and their grace
Beneath the stars and snow.
O, Death ! It doth a grievous wrong,
But I lovo thee a whole life long !
Frank L. Htanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
TWO MOUNTAIN WOLVES.
BY MARY ANNAHLB PANTON.
DrST" T is a Wild Venture,
-m'Mi m Nancy girl, out
on the prairies
ten miles a night
like this, with tho
m-m-
S--F:? -'IX-? -if 'VnT Krouuu BS nun its
mini si in oiow-
UU"V yo i,,g straight from
tho south. Why, the road takes you
directly under tho bluff?"
'lea, yes, 1 know, the girl answered
impatiently, "I know tho ground is
bad, but the road is safo enough. The
last wolf was killed three winters ago.
And, in any case, it does not matter,
father, for Jack has come for me and
his mother is dying. Ihink of it,
father, not a woman to speak a last
word of lovo or comfort, only tho
doctor and perhaps, the Bishop. She
needs mo thu very moment, and with
Jack how could I be afraid?"
Nancy'a voice was bravo enough,
but her eyes were moist as the color
deepened in her cheekB. Jack's heart
beat quickly with love, the love of a
brave man for the woman who trusts
him.
James Hard wick was a genuine
ranchman. Ho loved the life well. It
had brought him health and home,
and besides, was not Nancy'a mother
bnried at the foot of the knoll just
back of the ranch? True, there was
no white stone to tell her name and
age to curious strangers, only a clump
of red cedars with a rustic bench
circling their roots, and in the summer
rosea and wild camellias rn profusion,
transforming the grave into a flower
bed. Hero Nancy bad grown from i
grave, pretty child to a gentle, beauti
ful woman, tho morning star of her
father's life, and until the past six
months had thought her life, with its
monotonous routine, perfect.
Early iu the past summer Jack Du
Bois had come from tho East with his
invalid mother, whoso physioianB had
ordered ranch life iu the Far West as
the only remedy for weak lungs and
failing strength. Jack vas to gradu
ate in the spring, but his ambitious
were put resolutely aside, and his
mother's remonstrances met with
tender, reassuring smile.
And now she was dying, his efforts
liau ail Lieen vain. The Heavy sacri
fice had only been the preliminarr to
a heavier sorrow. When, in the morn
ing, the doctor had rendered his final
verdict, Jack's first impulse was for
Nancy ; ho would start at once and
bring her back before sunset. But
Nancy was away when he reached the
ranch, aud did not return until the
prairies were gray and the last ray of
orange light had trailed down the ho
rizon. Now Nancy was begging earnestly
to go with her lover, who was bliud to
any possibility of danger, knowing ao
well his own strength and courage.
And, above all, far away in the cabin
was tho loved "little mater" dying.
The time seemed very precious, aud,
iu spito of himself, he shuddered visi
bly. Nancy read his heart as quickly
bb though his lips were voicing every
change and pleaded with her father
until his reluctant consent was won.
"You were always too much for me,
little girl," ho said, "It has always
becu, 'yea, yea,' where it should have
been 'nay, nay.' You are all I have,
Naucy child, aud to-night my heart is
on the ground (an Indian expression
for 'tho blues'). All day the wind
has moaned in the clump of cedars.
1 can't shake off the feeling of fore
boding it brings ine. There, there,
no tears. 1 know you would be
wretched not to go. God keep you
safe."
Then he turned abruptly, and, fac
iiig the man who had takeu bo much
out of his life, said curtly :
"If aught happen her to-night, Jack
Du Bois, remember my life ends with
hers, and both are iu your keepiug. "
'Father I lather! Nancy cried,
throwing her arms about his neck.
"You aro breaking my heart. You
shall not speak so to Jack. He would
give his life for mine."
Tho frown that had deepened iu
Jack' forehead disappeared at Nuu
cy's wolds.
"Nancy has spoken the truth," he
answered quietly, speaking her name
slowly, caressingly, as though each
syllable were a mystic rite.
In a few minutes the horses were at
the door, Hurdwiek helping Nancy to
mount. As she watched him examine
every strnp aud buckle, solicitous as a
lover for every trifle, she began, for
the first time, to comprehend a little
of the pain her new happiness hiul
brought him. Regardless of prancing
horse and impatient lover, she again
threw her arms about, her father's
nock. Neither of thein spoke, but
when Kardwiek re-entered the ranch
his fuoe was wet with tears.
Jack had come over the mountain
roaii in t!i .iiominu', when tuucli of
the moisture hnd draiued oft', uud ha I
uot tLougut the lowtr rwd could
so bad. The constant miction of the
alkaline soil kept the horses irritated
beyond words.
Jt was slow work to anxious hears.
Half the distance was past and the
shadow of the bluff over them before
a word waa Bpokeu. Beyond them in
every direction to the edge of the hor
izon the prairies wero bathed in a
cool, pale gTay mist. The wind iu the
shining, low drooping pines murmured
a perpetual requiem.
Suddenly Nancy's horse shied, near
ly pitching her from the saddle, bo un
expected was tho lurch. Jack pulled
the beast up sharply, astonished as he
watched him quiver and tremble.
"What happened him, Nancy?" he
quiried. "There's nothing insight."
The girl made no response, but
grasped the reins tightly. With her
body bent forward and her neck
stretched out she scarcely Beemed to
breathe, in her concentrated effort
to hear. As Jack would have
touched her hands she drew in her
breath murmnring, "Hush, Jack, lis
ten !"
Her lover leaned forward, but
rather to be near her than to hear, al-
niost smiling at her in the death-like
stillness of the night. But, ns he
listened, the smile died away. First
came the soft, thick sound of a padded
footfall on moist ground, thou tho
sharp, crackling noise of broken un
derbrush. A moment b Bilence was
followed by tho shrill, savage yell of
hungry bcaets. Tho wolves had
scented their prey.
In an instant Jack was on the alort.
"Nancy 1 Nancy !" he cried. "Don't
sit motionless like that. They are
almost upon us. Use your whip ;
strike Modoo square between the eyes.
He must die for you to-night, if need
be."
The horses qniekly responded to the
unaccustomed touch of the whip and
broke into a smart gallop, in spite of
burning hoofs and quaking ground.
At the sound of human voices two
ravenous mountain wolves DroKe
through the brush aud settled into a
steady trot in the horses' trail. They
Bcemingly made no enort to lessen the
space between them, following at an
even distance, like two mocking,
sinister shadows. But the space grew
less and less, for the horses were be
ginning to weaken. The whip, coax
mg wordf, even caresses from Nancy s
soft little hand were of no avail. Xhe
hoarse, oft repeated cries of the wolves
affected the horses like ague
As Jack watched Nancy's face, the
deathly pallor, the drawn Hues at the
corners of the sweet mouth, he knew
there was no need to explain the situ
ation to her. but not in trie lace nor
in a single lino of the supple, young
body was there a trace of cowardly
fear. What if she would not listen to
him : would not let hira save her !
"Nancy I sweetheart! No, no, do
not stop," as she drew her rein at the
souud of Kis voice. "Give Modoo
loose rein and plenty of whip and
then, dear, lit ten to me. Listen with
your heart and swear yon will do as 1
say. Nancy, we can't both get out of
this alive. Lot me live up to your
trust in me. Then, as lor an in
stant, the girl's lips quiver.ed child
ishly. Jack's voice broke and he put
his hand on his throat to choke back a
groan. ''Don't child, don't," he said,
unsteadily. "I can save yon, oh I bo
easily, Nancy, if you will only listen
and do as I say. Modoo has some
strength yet. He is afraid of the whip
and will keep up if he only has time
time." He repeated the word half
deliriously, it seemed bo unattainable
a thing.
I will manaxo this way, dear.
will leave my horse, it will stop them
for a little and thou, as aucy shook
her head resolutely, "I can keep up
with Modoo for Nancy, you must,
von shall for my sake, for your
father s. bo earnestly waa JacK
nleadina: he had forgotten how tho
distance was narrowing at every word.
Now, as he jumped lightly to the
ground, a yell of ferocious triumph
rose up, almost at his very feet.
"On, Modoc, on!" he cried as he
snatched the reins from the girl'
still hands and struck the horse
wildly on tho neck and flanks. The
frightened beast plunged furiously for
a moment, then darted across the
prairie, but unincumbered, for Nancy
had loosened her dress and dropped
front the saddle to her lover s Bide.
The beasts were now advancing
fantastic circles, fawning to the ground
and opening wide their mouths with
hideous yawning sounds.
Jack stood rigid, as one suddenly
awakened from heavy slumber. Ih
horror of it all was upon him. If only
he were alone it would not be so hard
iust the sharp pain, the short struggl
and the farewell thought of Nancy aud
the "little mater." But "Nancy
Nuucv?" ho moaned her name alou
in his agony.
At the Bound Nancy flung herself on
his heart. "Jack! Jack ! forgive me
I could not eo. darlini;. Heart of
mine, it was worse than death to go,
Kiss ine, Jock, once. Good bye. 1
can almost hear them breathe."
Jack took her close iu his arms,
pressing her face to his breast.
".Shut your eyes, sweetheart. It was
nothing," as Nancy started. But lie
covered her face, lest she should sen
that the horse had gone down before
them.
Jack stood with his back to the snarl
ing beasts so that to thu hod moment
Nancy might be spared. As ho stood
facing the south he suddenly realized
that on the road, coming rapidly to
ward him, was a dark hanpe, too large
tor a wolf and if a horse, riderless.
"Naucy," he whispered, "look up,
not back, but straight ahead dowuthe
road. Can you see uuy thing moving?"
"Why, Jack, it is a lioroo and, I
think yes, it is Modoc, coming bai'k
to us. "
As Jack, to get a ho'tcr view, un
wittingly stepped aside, Nuuc-v saw, in
be j its hideous vomplejeueps,tue horror
from which she had been shielded. Tha
wolves, half tired of their prey, were
looking up with fierce, wild eyes and
dripping jaws. The night grew black
about her, and earth and sky Beemed
rolling away together.
Then, with a sudden inspiration her
mind cleared, and grasping Jack's arm
to steady herself, she began to whistle,
soft and low. but clear as a bell or tho
plaintive morning cry of tho meadow
lark. The wolves listened mutely, but
tho hoi se pricked np his ears and
broke into a gallop. Ho had known
the call since a pony.
As Modoo reached her Nancy threw
her arms over his foam-covered neck,
and Jock just heard her words!
"Quicki in the saddle pocket at tho
right. (I had forgotten all about it. )
There t there ! nearer tho girth. Oh,
Jack, thd wolves are moving 1 Can't
you find it, tho pistol you gave me in
the fall? It is loaded. Quicklyj as yoit
love me !" But Nancy's strength was
gone, and she lay very still at Modoc's
feet.
One of the beasts had already
crawled over the prostrate horse, but
is temerity cost him dear. Ihe bullet
from a clean, straight aim took him
squarely between the eyes, and ho fell
quivering on his prey. At tho report
his mate sprang high in the air, but
her ugly, revengeful cry as sue vaulted
toward Jack was cut in two by the
second bullet I then a third, a fourth,
not until the revolve? was empty and
Doth wolves motionless did Jack throw
aside his weapon and turn to the
living.
It was past midnight, when, witn
Nancy in his arinB, he staggered to the
door of the little cabin. The kindly,
white-haired Bishop was first to meet
him, and lifting the exhausted girl,
ho placed her tenderly on tho couch,
ministering to her gently as a woman.
Tho doctor grasped Jack by the
hand, and, with a warning gesture of
silence, led him to tho sick bed, where
to his infinite joy he found his mother
alive, and sleeping like a little child.
A strong hand on his shoulder, and he
heard the Bishop say :
"My son, it is like a miracle. Iwice
to-day we thought her dying, but now
the doctor bids you hope. God has
been very morejul this night. "
And Nancy, who had come back to
life in the warmth and light, crept to
her lover's side as she said "Amen."
Tho Voice.
Great Human Endurance
President Jeremiah Head of the sec
tion of mechanical science of the Brit
ish Association for tho Advancement
of Science in his annual address calls
attention, among other things, to the
power in man to withstand varying at
mospheric pressures. "Thus, al-.
though fitted for an extreme atmos
pheric pressure of about fifteen pounds
to the square inch, he has been en
abled, as exemplified by Messrs.
Glaisher and Coxwell in 1862, to sb-
cend to a height of seven miles and
breathe air at a pressure of only three
and one-half pounds to the square
inch and still live. -And, on the other
hand, divers have been down into the
water eighty feet deep, entailing an ex
tra pressure of about thirty-six pounds
per square inch, and have returned
safely. One has even been to a depth
ot 150 feet, but the resulting pressure
of Bixty-seven pounds ptx square inch
cost him his life. These are, however,
extreme cases. Most men experience
great inconvenionoe at any altitude
over two and one-half miles, and few
can stand the rareflod atmosphere
above tho three-and-a-lialf-milo limit
in the Andes or Himalayas. So, too,
with the increased pressure ; few can
long withstand the benumbing effects
of fifty feet below the surface in water,
although tho knowledge of tho caso
with which the normal pressure may
be strain reached lends courage and
assurance, very important factors in
such cases, to the daring experimenter,
whilo the extreme labor of ascending
mountains or the uncertainties of
balloon action are deterrent in the
other direction.
Transient Islands in the Pacific.
Tho Western Paoitio is a great place
for islands that emerge from waves un
expectedly and as suddenly disappear.
Sometimes they come up aud stay, but
more often they have an existence
merely temporary.
The wonderful skipper misses a
familiar laud mark, by which he has
been accustomed to yet his bearings,
and perhaps the next day he runs his
vessel's nose upon a brand new piece
of territory that has sprung up out of
the water siuoe he last came that way.
The region south of Japan is so given
to this sort of eccentricity that ships
avoid it. Volcanic action is respon
sible for such phenomena. Reports of
them will bo uoted on tho pilot chart
iu every case, though I hey are not
always reliable, because backs of Bleep
ing whales and schools of fishes run
ning along the surface are frequently
mistaken for islands and Bhoals. San
Francisco Kamiuer.
Animals and the Weather.
The tortoise is particularly sensa
tive and fully twenty-four hours be
foro rain falls will look for a conven
ient shelter. However bright tho
weather may be, whenever tortoises
uro observed making for shelter ruiu
is certain to fall shortly afterward.
This presentment, which exists iu
many birds and beasts, is doubtless
partly due to tho increasing weight of
the atmosphere when raiu is forming.
Iu our owu country the robin is saidj
by its peculiar movements to give evi
dence of an impending chaugo in the
weather, whilo iu America tha cat
bird is notorious for its unerring in
stinct in giving warning of au ap-j
proachiug thunderstorm. Its method1
is to sit on tho lowest branch of atrooj
uud utter peculiar notes which ilJ
uevL-r appears to use except as a storm:
bigual, - . . ..";. j
SCIENTIFIC ANI INDUSTRIAL.
The average man uses twenty-nine
pounds of sugar per annum.
A Behemo has lately been devised to
use electricity as a fertilizer of the
soil.
The largest meteoric stone was
found in Greenland and weighs 50,000
pounds.
The purer the water the more active
it is in corroding and pitting iron or
steel plates.
Tho water that trickles into the
Comstock mine, Nevada, near tho bot
tom of the shaft is heated nearly to
the boiling point.
One of the African Steamship Com
pany's vessels recently steamed for
Bixty miles near Senegal through lo
costs that thickly covered ths surface
of the water.
A substance that is expected to excel
ivory in point of cheapness ouly, of
course is being made out of milk,
coagulated, mixed and submitted to
tremendous pressure that renders it
absolutely solid and durable.
Tho average quantity of salt in the
open water is about 3 J per cent It has
been estimated that tho total amount
in all the ocean area is equal to
$1,419,300 cubio miles, or fourteen
and one-half times the entire mass of
tho continent of Europe above high
water mark, mountains and all.
A sort of antidecay apparatus has
been invented for preserving pictures.
It is a glass tray with solid back, and
tho picture is put inside and hermeti
cally sealed. The air is then ex
hausted with an air pump, with the
result that in this vacuum the paint
will preserve its pristine freshness
pretty well forever, unless tho thing
leaks.
By exposing hen's eggs to the vapors
of alcohol for periods ranging from
twenty-Bix to forty-eight hours, M.
Ch. Fere has ascertained that their
development is much retarded and
often results in the production of
monstrosities. In some instances al
coholized eggs of nearly a hundred
hours were hardly as far developed as
normal eggs of twenty hours.
A curious method of resuscitation
in vogue among the miners of Scotland
in the case of insensibility from ex
posure to choke-damp, and which is
said to be very efficacious, is as follows :
The half-suffocated man is placed face
downward over a hole freshly dug in
the earth and allowed to lie until he
showed signs of consciousness. The
idea involved in this proceeding is
that the fresh earth draws the foul gas
out of the lungs.
Trees are felled by electricity in the
great forests of Galicia. For cutting
comparatively soft wood the tool is in
tho form of an auger, wnicu is
mounted on a carriage and is moved
to and fro and revolved at the same
time by a small electric motor. As the
cut deepens wedges are inserted to pre
vent the rift from closing, and when
the tree is nearly cut through an ax or
hand saw is used to finish the work.
In this way trees are felled very
rapidly and with very little labor.
'. he Steamship of the Future.
Sir Nathaniol Barnaby, the late
Chief Constructor of the British Navy,
has given the weight of his high rep
utation to tho possibility of construct
ing a ship for Atlantic navigation
which will be 1000 feet long and 300
feet broad, with engines of 60,000
horso power and an ocean speed of
fifteen knots. This ship he described
as a "Bteel island," which will be in
capable of entering any dock, at any
rate as at present constructed, having
several cugines working side by side
He thicks that a draught of twenty
six feet of water need never be ex
ceeded. "I do firmly believe," said
Sir Nathaniel, "that wo shall get tho
mastery over the seas, and that we
shall live more happily in a marino
residence, capable of steaming fifteen
knots an hour, than we can over live in
a seaside town." This project is not,
however, intended to shorten tho dur
ation of a trauslautiu voyage, but to
make it more tolerable while it lasts.
Most of the efforts hitherto made to
deal with the problem of Atlantic navi
gation have aimed at speed as the first
essential, and have left out of account
tho possibility of making such me
chanical provisions against mal de mer
as would enable the most squeamish of
passengers to contemplate an Atlattio
voyage with perfect equauimity. In
this direction tho achievements of the
last half century have been truly mar
velous. Manufacturers' Gazotto.
Hygienic Value ot IVrluiiiPS,
Dr. Anders, of Philadelphia, a few
years ago made tho interesting dis
covery thut tho ozone iu the atmo
sphere, tho element which is tliu great
purifier, was mainly supplied from
blooming flowers uud for this reitbou
blooming plants wero healthful iu
dwellings as well as attractive. Some
interesting experiments with the odors
of flowers have beeu inude iu the old
world, and it is found that muuy
species of microbes are easily de
stroyed by various odors. The odor
of cloves has beeu known to destroy
thesu minute creatures in twenty-five
minutes; ciuiiumoii will kill some
species iu twelve minutes; thyme, iu
thirty-five. Iu forty-live minutes tho
common wild verbena is tound elloc
tivo, while the odor of soino geranium
flowers has destroyed various forms of
microbes iu fifty miuutes. The essence
of cinnamon is said to destroy tho
typhoid fever microbes iu twelve min
utes, and is regarded as the most ef
fective of all odors tn an autiscptio.
It is now believed that flowers which
are found iu Egyptiuu mummies were
placed there more for their antiseptic
properties than as mere ornaments or
elements in seutinieutul work. Meo
kaii'ii Monthly.
UiNCLE SAM'S LITTLE ZOO.
CURIOUS BRANCH OF THE CUS
TOM HOUSE SERVICE.
Ilovr Animals Confiscated for Won
Payment of Duties Are Cared For
t'ntll .Sold at Auction.
7T MONf
lishni
6 ing-h
MONO the many other estab
shments in this city wnictl
Uncle Sara owns, Is a board-
house for animals, or the
"Animal Castle Garden," asitisknown
among shipping men. It is not to be
inferred from this that our dear old
Uncle is fond of pet animals, that he
has set up a separate establishment to
keep them in. The aim of the place
is much more business-like. In fact,
it rather disappoints one to hear that
the quadrupeds housed here are some
what tainted with the mark ol the out
cast, for they are not honest animals,
like those seen every day ; tney are
animals which tho Custom House ofH
cer have seized from those who were
about to smuggle thorn into this coun
try.
"It is only a few days ago," said one
of thom, "that we had a sale here of
four French poodles and three English
rues which had been seized on board
the steamer Weimar by Custom Honse
Inspectors Hussey and O'Neil. The
officers were searching lor someining
else, but stumbled across these seven
bow-wows and promptly gathered
them in."
As soon as any animals are confis
cated in this manner they are at once
forwarded to these stables. The pnn
cipal work done there is in handling
of horses and cattle which are on their
wav to Europe. When found necee
sary to have a boarding place for the
smaller fry the old animal place was
naturally Belected as the most conven
ient one.
When such animals are brought to
tho stable the United States Live
Stock Appraisers inspect them at once
and annraise their value. They are
kent a week or two and then are dis
posed of at auction. The owners of
the stables charge from thirty to fifty
three cents a day for keeping an ani
mal, and it ia necessary for the au
thorities to get rid of the boarders as
soon as possible in order to escape
enormous charges. When not sold at
once the charecs for keeping an ani
mal frequently exceeds the price it
brings at tho sale, and then there is
unpleasant laneuaco all around. One
dog which was brought to the stable
when the animal boarding honse was
first instituted remained there so long
that the charge for his keep amounted
to nearly $100. Meanwhile, from the
effects of the Ions' confinement, the
canine, a inacrnificent mastiff, had be
come bow-legged. Hence, when he
was finally put no at auction, he
brouirht iust seventy-five cents.
The ton floor of the stable is de
voted to keepinir the animals, and
here, iu all the hay and straw, they
have a very BUtig nook. Tho younger
dogs are kept in a large cage and, to
judge from their appearance and lively
actions when taken out they lack
neither food nor comfort. Of course,
these uuarters are not always avail
able, as when a drove of hogs
brought in by the inspectors. The last
time this occurred five large porkers
were domiciled in the cellar under the
establishment, whero they thrived and
became wonderfully fat, so fatted that
it was with diflien'lty they could be
moved up the stairs.
But dogs and hogs are not the only
animals which take up their quarters
in this establishment. It would really
be impossible to name all the known
and unknown creatures which have
passed through here. A bright-plume
West Indian parrot hangs in the office.
which was bought at a recent auction
sale by the owner of tho stables, who
took a fancy for it while keepiug it for
Uncle Ham. Theu there have been
cuts and sheep and white mice, and
everything else imaginable in the
quadruped line. But the palm war
carried ofl some two years ago by
monkey, a chattering, nervous, high-
strung society lady of a monkey.
whose hair was snow-white. This
peculiarity was not from old age,
either. The Simian was a young one,
and tho ouly one of its kind ever seen
here. It was claimed by its owner,
who paid all the charges and boro her
away in triumph.
There is considerable inducement
for people to try to smuggle iu ani
mals, for the import duty on them ia
never less than twenty per cent, ad
valorem. The sailors are the greatest
offenders in this respect, for they see
a chance to have a playmate during
their long voyage, aud, afterword
some profit from selling it. It is all
right as long as they stick to one, but
greed obscures .their common sense
uud they take several on board. Thoir
plea of "personal property" falls flat
with the Custom House officers aud the
animals are curled away to tho board-iug-lioiise
to be finally disposed of for
the benefit of I'ncle Hum.
The scene at the stables on au auc
tion day is au unique one. There is
always the crowd of hangers-on, who
come to every salo simply because it
has a sort of fascination for them.
Then there are tho speculators who
make a business of buying and selling
animals. Last, but not least, are the
people who are interested in tho ani
mals about to be sold, generally their
former owners, who endeavor to ap
pear as unconcerned as possible. They
deceive uo one but themselves, how
ever, and a good deal of the rough
humor of the auctioneer is directed at
them.
The boarders most feared by the at
tendants at the st H files are the large
apes. They are the hardest animals
of all to handle, for they are generally
very vicious after the long sea voyage.
New York Recorder.
France's oyster industry is
r'efct of jt kind, in Europe,
tho
EVENING.-
Far o'er the plains the setting sua .
Rinks in a flood of liquid light ; ;
The creeping shadows dnrk and dun
Hpeak the diurnal Journey run,
And herald the arproaohlng nlglir.
Tho Blanting cunheams glanno and gleam
On many a broad and winding stream, .
Wlioeo slowly winding waters seem i
Full loth to lose a ray.
Fhe smiling groves, the fruitful trees,
Dcsortnd by the wand'rinn breeze,
Fade dimly on the eye that sec
Th. irently dying day.
rhe mountains bare their storm-beat brcaft
n gladness to the golden 'West.
And every shining height .
Ambitious rears its joyful peak i
fo sntch the last faint golden streak
Of slowly waning light. i
fio dies the day, and as it dies, (
Fair Luna mounts the Eastern skier, .
Calm, cold, majestic, as to say
Why mourn the slow-departing day
Let grief for fair Aurora's night
Do lost iu rapture fortho night."
Johu Sausome
HUMOR OF THE D.tY.
"Why do you call your father-in-
Uw 'Silence,' Markham?" "Because
ho gave consent. Truth.
It. is impossible to have the list
word with a chemist, because he al
ways has a retort. Boston Courier.
"Pretty 1b as pretty does
Is an honored saw ;
But it's one for which the girls
Do not ure a straw.
Kansas City Journal.
"She is the girl of the period."
Well, I thought it was about time
for her to come to a full stop. BostoS
Gazette.
"Come to stay?" asked the fish.
'Oh, no," said the worm. "Just
dropped in for a bite. Indianapolis
Journal.
A man who unconsciously does much
to sour tho milk of human kindness, is
that fellow who Bnores in a sleeping
car. Ram's Horn.
"Did you say, Aunt Sarah, that your
nephew was studying theology?"
"Yes, he's a bibulous student."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She (reading) "Bells are now mado
of steel in this country." He "Yes ;
but the finest ones are made of Bill;
andeatiu." Detroit Free Press.
Sarah "She's worth a million, and
just the right age for you. '4 Jerry
"Any girl worth a million ia the right
age for me." Detroit Free Press.
Not till twenty-rive will women
Vote or for omVo run ,
Why? Because she will not sooner
Own that she is twenty-oue.
Kansas City Journal.
Wibblo -"The fellow that invented
the pneumatic tire got on to a soft
thing, didn't he?" Wabblo So do
tho fellows who use it." Indianapolis
Journal.
Jobbers (unhappily mated)"!
wonder if all men who get married
lead lives of endless torture?" Eupeck
(bitterly) "Oh, no. Some of them
die." Chicago Record. ;
Clara "Us girls are getting up a
secret society." George "What's
the object?" ' Clara "I don't know
yet. but I'll tell yon all about it sfter
I'm initiated." Good News.
Teacher "Can any of you tell me
what is meant by 'home industries?'"
Billy Bright- (promptly) "Up to our
house they're mostly sawin' wood an'
carryin' iu coal." Buffalo Courier.
"Cholly inherited a good deal of
mov.cy from his parents." "Yes. But
not much in the way of brains."
"That's true. They left him all dol
lars aud no sense." Washington Star.
Caller "Is Miss Sweete at homo?'
Servant "No, Sir." Culler--"Please
tell her I called. Don't forget, will
you?" Servant "No, sir; I'll go
and tell her this minute. "--Tid-Bils.
'Tls now the prudent mother.
Lots her children wildly rove
Lest they hear thoir father talking
When 'bo's putting up the slave.
--Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Westerly "I dreamed about
von last night, Miss Woteott." Miss
Wolcott (languidly) "Did you really?
Well, I'm glad to hear that you have
pleasant dreams." Somcrvillo Jour
nal. House-Owner "How does j oui
furnace work this weather?" Tenant
"The exercise of raking it keeps iu(
warm enough, but the other mcmheri
of tho family complain." New York
Weekly.
Professor "And now, my boy,
what is your ambition iu life the
law, the ministry, politics, scicuce '
Johnny: "Kf 1 can't be captain 1
wanter be halfback .'"Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Frietid "I don't see how, on your
income, you manage to winter in
Florida and summer in Maine.''
Sharpp "Yon forget tlisi by tlial
plan I dodge both coal and ice bills.''
New York Weekly.
Yeast ' I wouldn't believe a mun
who noes about proi-liiimiiig every
thing from the house-top." I'l iuison
beak "Why, I t-hoiild fhiiitc you
would consider that high authority."
Youkeis Statesman.
"What oil earth did your uncle
mean by marrying tln-.t old. dried up
thing?' " "Well, you see, he's been
a collector of curios an I brie a-brac so
long that the habit was too strong to
resist. " Atlanta Constitution.
"Ilullo, Chiuiiny. Isdcy any more
good books in do 'Young Terror.'
libery?'' "I dtiuno, but I hear tell
alio it a story by George l'211ot what
dey call 'Daniel do Rounder.'
Shouldn't wouder if ih:t might be
pretty good. "--Urook'y u Kale.
Algy Softleigh "Would you weally
wecouinieud n person, mo for in
stance, to--aw think twice bt-foro
speaking. once?" Miss l'.lutitington
'Why, no; Mr. Softleigh. You don't
di-eUl 111 '
so eriii'J lis to want o siriko
', liopt."J;,.i.Til'l t'.'lilkf.