SULLIVAN JUSIA REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XII.
The political situation iu Europe
continues to grow darker.
The Japanese ent more fish than any
other people in the world. With
them meat eating is a foreign innova
tion, confined to the rich, or rather to
those rich people who prefer it to the
National diet.
The farmer who is feeding his wheat
to liis horses should, in ihe opinion of
tho Courier-Journal, hold both his
wheat and his horses until he digests
the fact that wheat will be wheat in
the world's markets during the year
uhead of us.
The new warships are n credit to
the Nation. Bccently the Philadel
phia made the run from Bio de Janeiro
to Cftllno, a distance of 5000 miles, iu
twenty days and eighteen hours, with
out stopping anywhere for coal. This
was a speed of 242 miles a day and a
continuous run of twenty-one days
without stopping at any coaling sta
tion.
A poor old man, who once was a
well-to-do merchant iu Wisconsin, and
likewise was of much State renown as
a public speaker of force and persua
siveness, lias been taken to the alms
house in Bamboo, wenk iu mind nnd
poverty-stricken, aud past eighty years
of oge. "The poorhouse is hospitable
when all other friends fail," is the
comment of the New York Times.
Doctor J. T. Boyd, of Indianapolis,
has added his voice to that of Lieuten
ant Totten, and declares that the end
of the world is at hand. In support
of his theory, he says that the British
Chronological Society, composed of
uoted scientific men, Ins arrived at
the same conclusions as thoso rencliod
by Lieutenant Totten aud himself, and
that nil prophecy points to 189'J as
the date of final smashup.
Some idea of the enormous propor
tions the business of hotel keeping has
assumed in this country may bo gained,
declares tho New Orleans Picayune,
from tho fact that there are in the
United States upward of 50,000 hotels,
exclusive of what may properly be
termed inns and taverns, aud what are
commonly known as apartment-houses,
although the latter are in many in
stances conducted as hotels, in that
they have a common kitchen and din
ing-room.
Deer and bears are reported to be
more plentiful now in the "great
woods" of Oxford County. Maine, than
at any other time during the present
generation. These woods extend, in it
belt from four to six miles wide,
from Dixfield away up into the un
trodden wilderness of Northern Maine,
and much of the area has seldom l>eeu
visited by sportsmen. Driven from
the hunting grounds about Hnngcley
Lake the game took refuge in these
woods, and have multiplied there un
molested.
The New York News observes: Now
the surgeons have cut out a man's
spleen, aud yet lie lives and has red
blood, aud will, it is said, recover. No
one has ever known absolutely what is
tho office of the spleen. The organ is
not a vital one, Imt Is often much ills
eaHcd and very paiuful. The opera
tion to remove it is technically called
splenectomy. Many years a
writer iu Chambers's Miscellany eon
tended that the spleen was the manu
factory of the white Idood corpuscles.
If that were so, the red corpuscles in
the veius anil arteries would have soon
faded in vividness in the patient,
Athlete Short, of Yonker*. Are tho
spleen and the vermiform appendix,
which are declared to In us lea*, left
as hints of tie evolutionary process.
Wh« man differently constituted when
they were useful to him, insti-wd of
la'ing as now unnecessary .' Who can
•ay?
Oeorgt Vainlerhilt is inn of nature's
queer freaks, lb is the lumii known
ui any of tin- enormously Wealth! linn
of New York. lb must l» MHMII al
1* oil T H»II.(ITN», BUT HI IIIIKIII UTTLK
the Icuglb of thi enlirt fill Million!
being rccoguiietl 111 liall s dn/i Ii pel
sou*. 11.- has never In ei* proiuiitei'l
many public movement lb has nvvcr
ulteiitlml a public fllliclnut alert
crowd* of pt np|t aoiiiiteuaii mi I wh< u
Ingots lii thi thtatfi i'l I" lln optra
hi India llllll*. Il 111 111! I 111 <f a l it,
MV» thi N. w ViirW lit i aid Yi unif
Vault ibill h«> mam fab first <1
•II ha I* a bookworm Mel i. i. a way a
a..mail hal.r h>nu< i|) I. . ml I
a* bung, in ii i< John ta. Ii Vi .i, in
mail tin 'I » out* Is. lei. i n, lb. I in
led tttata •, bating 41 "•»•» '* . u, in.
oWTII Fight Wild I iillllnl 111 • tilt |ut
frai of bta llli Vi» a*. .1 i.fc J|im|>
i.tot |a w li'tiHjlrl an t billet, >g-
The creation of money order
iu the sumll postofliccs is advocated by
the Springfield (Mass.) Union on tho
ground that such offices would greatly
facilitate the transaction of business iu
rural neighborhoods.
A business man of Cauada, of nil en
terprising nature, has established a
"flouting bank" on Kootenai Lake,
Canada. It is iu a steamer which
journeys from jdace to place along tho
lake ; thus enabling its owner to sup
ply the inhabitants of the lake villages
with banking facilities.
Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes snys
that the largest elm he ever saw was
iti Oxford, England, and measured
twenty-five feet in circumference.
There was an elm of about tho same
size in Springfield, Mass., some years
ago. The Doctor estimates the life of
the American elm at between 200 nud
300 years. If any survive to be 300
years, he thinks, it is as wrecks, liable
togo to pieces in the first heavy
storm.
The method of harvesting wheat on
the great bonanza ranches of the Du
kotas is said to have amazed tho for
eign Agricultural Commissioners at
the World's Fair. To clear up (>4O
acres of wheat in one day with 150
bauds and forty-five harvesters is n
feat which has been paralleled iu Cali
fornia, Nebraska and other big West
ern grain States, but it is doubtful,
thinks the San Francisco Chronicle, if
any port of Europe can show such
rapid work.
Life insurance companies are becom
ing the holders of enormous masses of
capital, notes the New York Tribune.
Statistics made public at the last meet
ing of the National Association of Life
Underwriters show that the companies
taking no account of assessment cor
porations aud societies, hold assets to
the value of 8850,000,000, that they
receive from policy holders about
8175,000,000 a year, that their gross
income is nearly $'2'20,000,000 annually,
and that they pay about 8100,000,000
annually to the insured in the form of
death losses, surrenders and dividends.
Though most people are equipped
with thirty-two teeth only, the Shall
of Persia appears to be more amply
provided for, as we are told that he
has just had his fortieth molar ex
tracted. The phenomenon is thus ex
plained. Tho first time his Eastern
Majesty suffered from a decayed tooth
and had to have it removed his loyal
subjects offered him as a solatium a
number of presents amounting in all
to ten thousand gold sequins. Hav
ing thus discovered a new source of
supply for his privy purse, the Shah,
whenever he feels the want of those
little presents that help to maintain
the glow of friendship, causes the fact
of his hnviug another bud tooth to be
proclaimed by a flourish of trumpets
. i all parts of his empire, aud the
presents begin to pour in.
(treat Britain has undertaken an
! other great enterprise in Africa, which
will probably have au immense effect
in tile extension of its empire and the
civilization of the dark continent. It
j is to erect a telegraph line from Ales
, andia, in Egypt, directly through the
heart of the continent to Cap* Town.
The preliminary surveys have already
been made. The line will traverse
Egypt, the Soiulnn, the region of the
l<rcnt lakes, and tin Fast Africa Com
pany's territory, tlermau Fast Africa,
the I'ortiigucHo possession*, MHSIIOIIK
land, Khumu's country, Beehuatialaud,
! the Transvaal, the Orange Kre« State
1 and Cape Colony. Contract* have
| already beet signed for constructing
the line for more thiui halt the ib*
tauce, aud Mork is being rapidly
| pushed, so that the whole Is expected
to lie 111 working order early ne\i year.
Th» Atlanta Constitution says
Congressman Browui*, of Pennsyl
vania, is it man who has a vivid rccol
lectloli of hi* el pern lie tlliriug lliti
mir. He cttiiie near lii*in»; In* life in
tin light Mith I'lekeU* forces at
Clrei II I'lulii* He Was oue if the dlNi
i inn Mho ohargctl across a wheal ibid
* third of II mile 111 ttiillli It (Mill a Con
federal* llHi pit aud of lln number
Hilly I'Jft fume oil! wille. I'll*' I 'nillll I
Hall-* walled until lie sturiiiiiiu paiti
wa> within iM. nii ilie yaril* of tht
< pit slid I hew 111! v ope lied deadly tire,
he tells, Hfoalus wlm was a buy of
' wound. ,| M.IMVW It . and .. hi did m> a
i uli bwll pit II I I 111. .fcoulil* ! tiiHi
term# iin idwb an I waking him a
I cripple lilt 111. 11l allll came. »
luuiutiiil" ol Dial dai in He khafe
ml I Inll i. lb iiimk i>l a Imlit lin
JfWttttg atddlal 's In «i I H It bsd nil
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1893.
HACK AND HEW.
Haok and Hew wore the sons of Go J
In the onrller eorth than now ;
One «t His right hand, ono at His loft,
To obey as He taught them how.
And Hack was blind, and Hew was dumb,
But both had the wild, wild heart ;
And God's calm will was their burning will,
And the gist of their toil was art.
They made the moon and the belted stars,
They set the sun to ride ;
Ihey loosed the girdle and veil of the sea,
The wind and the purple tide.
Both flower and beast beneath their hands
To beauty and spoo l outgrew -
The furious, fumbling hand of Hack,
And the gtbrylng hand of How.
Then llro and clay, they fashionod a man,
And painted him rosy brown ;
And God Himself blew hard in his eyes ,
"Let thom burn till they smouldor down !"
And "There!" said Hack, and "There!"
thought Hew,
"We'll rest, for our toll is done."
But "Nay," the Master Workman said,
"For your toil is just begun.
"And ye who served Mo of old as God
Shall servo Me anow as man,
Till I compass tho dream that is in My heart.
And perfoet the vaster plan."
And still tho orafstsinan over his oraft,
In tho vague white light of dawn,
With God's culm will for his burning will,
Whilo the mounting day oomos on.
Yearning, wind-swift, indolent, wild,
Tolls with thoso shadowy two—
The faltering, restless hand of Hack,
And tho tireless hand of Hew.
—Bliss Carman, in Atlautie.
EVERY BODY'S GOOD FRIEND
BY JOHNSON BURT.
HAT was the name
by which he was I
__ 8 mo s t frequently j
2SL design nto d, a1- j
♦•'>ough nil of liis
/a ) acquaintances knew
very well that his
visiting card bore
I U ty tho words, "Mr.
rA\ II Hobertes Bruno." i
Jl\ \ II lie dressed well,
I// T V II carried iu public a
If \ \ || cheerful counte-
M nance and an in
fill quiring eye, and,
as to business, his desk wns in the of- j
j ficeof a private banking house near
S Wall street, and he was supposed to bo
! a silent partner of the bankers them- I
i selves. He belonged to two or three
! clubs aud spent much titno in each of
; them, which is not the way of city
; men of brisk business manner, such as j
| Mr. Bruno possessed; and scores of
i strangers, brought into ono or other
of the clubs bv city acquaintances who
| did not know what else to do with
them, gratefully remembered Mr.
Brune as one of the eveniug's chief
sources of enjoyment. He had a way
of becoming acquainted quickly and
of making new acquaintances feel en
tirely at ease with him, aud lie also
had a way of remembering a call or
two he had to make, aud in which lie
would invite a new acquaintance—of
the proper sort -to join, which was so
unlike the custom of New Yorkers in
general that men from other cities
and without New York connections
were likely to feel under obligations
to him and also to believe that they
had made the entree of metropolitan
, society.
As time went on, it was remarked at
the clubs that Bruno himself intro
j duced many men from out of town,
but as all of these were anxious to re
pay all courtesies they received, and
were fairly able to do it, tho members
who took most notice of Bruno's hos
pitality made no objection, for they
were the professional club loungers a
class of men who never fail to enjoy
entertainments fur which other men
pay. There pours into the great city
a steady stream of men aud families
who have made money elsewhere aud
want to spend it wheretne most pleasure
can be bought. To all these who fell
iu his way Bruno was as hearty as if
they hail been old friends. He did
: not introduce tliem to members of the
"Four Hundred," but he explained to
them, ooufldcntullv, that his own
frieuds were not of that particular si t
because they did not care to be iu it,
nud that they were quite as good and
I ell nod as most of the people whom
names appeared ofteiicst in the fash
ionable news of the daily papers a
statement which nolattly could deny.
He would take itliwi nried pains, ton,
with families who d< sired to make th<
city their home, he would take I hem
to real estate agents who could la
trusted 111 ileal fairly with them, all I
he know the I'll dofurator* aud up
holatcrera, iiiiil dealers iu fiiruitiin
aud pictures and lirie a brae, and In
Would introduce lit MiMUt. r* 111 a limit
lirf MIIICII would iuak> litem truly
grateful. He Mould also iulf'iluei
tin 111 t i Holdout I'rust, tin banker*
with *limn Iu ha I lit* oltloe, tukine
care lira! to wmnre them that there Mas
a great dllb r. nee between lunik* ins
great I'll* . the I'lMgcr ttt*lllullull* were
UlSte machine*. while Holdem A Tiu*l
*w» h «iii|usin mo I- led alter tin- t'ue
ball banks, wlietw the account* »ni
turn but large. aud there any customer
ass made to hi la. inueh at holu. w*
tl h< Mne iu a friend's parl"i Mhioh.
ludt i d lilt hllalln •* 011l u ol the 111 ill
greatly rcMJiubl. il in it. appointments
and ipin i
N<> "in uver swMivil lo Mu I n i.ni
111 VoMuUIU "I UtHle , h Hevul took
lil i In tie a ' |tl tllil l'i . I i gambling
bullae* 111 Uut 111 111 diunk, an I In
then limim Mt «i oaai'i t>>lttveil,
lit Jul, lo Ui • n ii r »• quaiulatu *
lUl«> MWiMt 'I Itl" liiil) ft*'ill , I**l HMM 11
ill; UlL*, Mi u** tum k iw It I »
their liking than most of tlio city
youths with whom, through his kind
offices, they became acquainted. He
had BO much of what women cAll
"style," and he knew bow to say nice
thiugs, and to suggest new ways of
killing time, and to occasionally pro
vide pleasant surprises that cost
money—a faculty which in quite as
rare among city youths, in proportion
to their numbers, as in auy country
village. To be the wife of such a man
would be to become a social queen— i
so thought some pretty young women 1
whoso knowledge came principally
from their day-dreams.
But Brune seemed provokingly blind ,
to all intimations that there were
hearts at his feet, waiting only to lie
picked up; even when rallied on be
ing a bachelor he would escape by
laughing and saying that he was really
too poor to marry and do justice to a
wife. This appeared strange to many
who saw how freely he spent money '
when he wished to entertain a party ;
but lie was always able to say truly
that a bachelor's personal expenses
were comparatively trifling, while to
maintain a homo in good style in the j
city cost ft great lot of money —a I
statement which heads of families, i
whether new or old, were always ready j
to verify from the depths of persouul |
experience.
The truth was, that Bruno had
started in life with a firm determina- !
tion to marry rich or not at all, anil |
he was keeping himself faithful to that
purpose. It cost liim terribly, he j
sometimes told himself, for he was
really a susceptible fellow and his
heart got a new scar about once a year ;
but ho wasn't going to win a girl
merely to have her taken from liim by
a matter-of-fact father, who didn't
want liis money spent by his dairgli
ter's husband. He was in the market;
if any rich man wanted him for a sou- J
in-law there was a proper way for the
rich man to bring the affair about—
provided the daughter was pleasing.
Indeed, Brune was obliged to elude
ouo brilliant opportunity to marry
money, both father ami daughter be
ing willing and anxious; but the lady
was a kittenish creature past forty,
while Brune himself was little beyond
thirty.
Hut the god of love and the goddess
of plenty kept their eye upon him,
and there came a time when they
seemed to join forces. Miss Adah
Moorhart, a handsome damsel from the
far West, liml set her heart on becom
ing Mrs. Brune, and, as she had been
accustomed to having her own way
about everything else, she did not in
tend to be thwarted iu her one great
est desire. She had an able ally in her
mother, who held the family purso
strings and wanted just such n man lis
Brune in the family, her own husband
having amounted to nothing since ho
inherited his father's money. Being
a prudent woman, she had interrogated
her bankers, Messrs. Holdem \* Trust,
very closely about Kruno's business
nnd financial standing; but those gen
tlemen declined to say more than that
Brune banked with them ; his account,
though not very large, was never over
drawn; he had a few thousand dollars'
worth of securities in their safe; his
business was a commission business,
which, iu New York, was a term which
covered almost anything; but they
chauced to know that Bruno's own
branch of it was of a confidential na
ture, and that nil the checks hi; depos
ited with them were drawn by houses
of good business standing. Behind all
thi> tin re seemed some mystery which
Mrs. Moorhart was determined to
solve; but the bankers pleaded bus
iness confidence as their excuse for not
going into particulars, unless author
ized to tlo so by their customer.
From that day Bruno's fortune was
made, as he half suspected when his
bankers told him of Mrs. Moorhart's
; visit, for a woman of strong will ami
1 abundant leisure will expeud a lot of
both for the bliss of fathoming a mys
tery. Certainly there could not be
, anything wrong about Bruue, or some
I one would know of it ; no one who
knew him *md anything but good of
huu ; besides, had lie not always been
known as everybody's good friend?
Mrs. Moorhart trie.l to make her home
even more agreeable to huu than it
had been, while the daughter let her
i.dorions eyes rest upon huu from time
to time in a maimer which uo man
with eyes ol' hi* own Collbl full to llli
derstand.
"Mr. Brune," said Mr*. Moorhart
■ ilie evening, after her daughter had
entertained Bruue greatly by telliuu
of da<hing horseback ride* through
tin wild country a spurt she longed
to eujoy agaiu, *h« said, yet
dared not hope for until she could ||II
back again lo look over tin family
prop rly Mr Bruue, thai property
trouble* ihe deal fcjirl Wore than w lit
tie, mid I would like lo collMllll you
II I,iut I il, if ymi II alloM mi You rt
everybody * friend, you know
"I am entirely at your at-rvice, my
dear ins laiu "
"I lu-ailily wish you were, replied
lie lady Willi a nigh '' Much of I In-
Wtaiirn properly Mhioh uiy hualtaud
inherited belollg* I I Adult -be I* Hoi
In i i. -I,- ' ui. I thought n'>i
Wlleli .lie came of I instated thai
my hilatutttd whoulll dll ide tho ealMle,
a* Mi ll a* lb pt r*tinwl propi rty. an I
Miiu bur a abate, wbv lining our only
ebtbl I Wanted hoi to learu tin iwlui
of ntoui i * and lt"M t i t«ki cure of it,
initemt ol griiwintt up a tilly, fcahMt
able M trl, 11111l I'l atlltamlm Ibe
pro,* rly o| b.i bu.bwu 1 ihoubl *h»
ii.i iimn) Of i iti* *h« will inbuilt
all that i' mains, in tin m<u*ne ol
tlun Hln managed it a lib MMltltll
ability while W' III''I Wt-al, whm *!n
wa* practically utt tin grotiitil, but
1...i l.tu
tit l it ■ I m l*i MI an tin ••tun a* it •boutl
until lb. i fc- t into bun it. « li.| i t,i Hi
M lIM | M'ull Ilk" • lit I polllon 111
and we are so desirous of feeling at
ease about it that we would be glad to
give a competent person u third of the
entire income for his services. I sup
poso it would bo presumptuous to
hope that you could afford to give up
your business here for something that
would britig you not more than twenty
five thousand a year— N HUH. which wo
would gladly guarnutee you; but if
you could entertain the idea, I assure
you that you could easily spend a largo
part of your time in the East."
"My denr Mrs. Moorhart," ssid
Brune, trying to keep his heart out of
his mouth, "I am more fluttered by
your offer than words can tell. But
really, I'm afraid you overrate my
business ability. Were I to fail, I
would feel unspeakably unhappy; I
would be terriblv humiliated should
Miss Moorhart find it necessary to
dispense with my services, and, worse
still, to bo found fault with by her, of
all womeu iu the world."
"I should imagine," said Mrs. Moor
hart, slowly and with a confident look,
"that you aro clever enough nt busi
ness to make your position so secure
that she could not afford to dispenso
with your services, and that. I wouldn't
dnre do so."
"My dear madam," protested Brune,
"I beg you won't think that I could
plan to take any advantage in business
of a lady—of two ladies, indeed."
"I didn't suppose anything unfair,"
was the reply; "all's fair in—there!
I've suid more than I intended, but
I've supposed that you held my daugh
ter in high esteem."
"Higher, my dear madam, than I
ever had for any other woman. But—"
"You must be less observing than
your sex iu general if you have not
learned that Adah, who is no flighty
girl, returns your regard."
"I am deeply grateful for your con
fidence, my denr madam."
"May I ask whether any other
( woman stands in tho way of your act
! ing upon my suggestion and becoming
my daughter's business manager—for
life?"
"None—none. By your kind per-
I mission, I will spenk to her this even-
I ii'K-"
"You will mako her very happy. But
j perhaps my suggestion will lead you
to neglect business interests of your
! own."
"My own business," said Brune,
! slowly, "coil bo dropped tit any time
| without loss—that is, any loss to bo
! thought of for a moment while I huvo
such a wife to look forward to."
"1 have never known just what your
business was, but.— "
"It is merely u general commission
| business," said Bruue.
"Selling, or buyimr'*
j "Well, neither, strictly speaking;
I that is—well, I assure you there is
| nothing wrong about it, for 'twas
| through it flint I ciinio to be called
| 'everybody's good friend.' "
Mrs. Moorhart bit her lip, and then
smiled as she asked :
"Will you promise to tell me nil
iihouf the busiuess as soon as you ure
| married?"
"Upon my honor."
"Insist upon an early marriage, then
—all men do, I believe- and 1 will see
that Adah accedes to your wish."
The wedding was a splendid affair,
according to the newspapers; the
bridegroom alone had so many frieuds
ami well-wishers that not nil of the in
i vited could get into the church. As
to the presents, they were as numerous
aud handsome as might be expected
by a bride who was rich and handsome
and ii uiiiu who was everybody'* good
friend. When the happy couple re
turned from tho church to the house,
the bride's mother didn't fall in tears
lon her daughter's neck; she led her
i son-in-law aside and whispered;
"You promised—"
"Yes, to tell you about my business.
Well, it's been to be everybody's good
friend, and lie well paid for it, though
none of theui viiMpcct it. Holdem A
Trust pay me one per cent, ou the de
posit* of everyone I've introduced to
their liatik, yours included ; real entate
agent*, furniture dealer*, grocers,
merchants—every one, iu fact, with
whom my friends do !ui*tuc*n ou my
introduction pay me u commission on
imy frieuds' Itusinew. Il's it line of
trade I never thought of getting into,
because I didn't know it existed; but
after I'll had soino i'iimnils-.1. ui* pressed
Upon me, I rt solved that the bi|HiUf»s
and 1 were made for each other. Ol
course, auy eomuii**ioii* I get here
after on your trade I will return lo
you. Perhaps, now you kuow all. you
regret havum selecti I me to IUIIIIUKI)
your daughter'* affairs."
Mr*. Moorhart geiillv boxed her
Hon iu law's ear aud Hunt
"I'm more Ihsn ever *nli*lied thai
vou'n put tin nisli for the place aud
dear Vdali will as*ret Mith lue Ouce
V W.ck
Ismklllg (ililaaea 111 ( nltlll*.
One of tin iiiicn ni custom* eon
liectoil Mith Hwtdl*b funeral* was to
place a small looking gla-t 111 lilt
e.illiu of ait iilimullli d female, *o thai
when lie- la*t trump MUUid* klie inlylil
lie able lo •rtaiis' bei * Il we
tin practice for Meateliuai lau matdetw
lo wear lluii ban rtowiag loosely,
wlnb the mntroiM «•"!• il bwtittd about
the bt-a I and generally coi.r.d wilb
M.nie fiifut of cap lb lieu lin uitin a I
nut! woman »t< un* in. I a* awakiii
lug at the ptdgmutt day with uto»* un
I Illy loi.k* than llli Wldde.l *lal.|a»lil
He'll in Hied ol a k da** W. •tlulli°t. I
limit w
Central I'afk Ut badly tunneled hi
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Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
AN ANIMAL'S EDUCATION.
HOW FOUR-FOOTED CIRCUS PER
FORMERS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS.
A Ring Master Describes the Way
In Wlilcli Horses, Klephuuts, I>ogs
and I'lfts are Trained.
PEOPLE who goto circuses and
and see horses, elephants and
dogs perform wonderful tricks
must often ask themselves how
tho animals nro taught to do them. A
leading ring master supplies interest
ing information concerning horses.
"The horse," ho says, "contrary to
general belief, is tho most stupid ani
mal on earth. lie has only ono fac
ulty—memory. Having forced tricks
into his head, you must use the short
whip when ho resists, and give him a
carrot when ho obeys. Whips and
carrots form tho secret of tho trainer.
Tho horse must bo from fivo to seven
years old. Before that age he is too
spirited, after it his muscles aro not
elastic enough.
"Tho first thing to do is to accus
tom your horse to tho ring, to malto
him run round regularly and then to
stop at a given signal. To accomplish
this tho animal is brought into tho
ring. The trainer holds in his left
hand a tether, which is passed into
the cavessou, a kind of iron crescent
armed with sharp points fixed on tho
nose of the horse. In his right hand
ho holds the long whip. Behind tho
animal an assistant with a stout, short
whip is posted. Tho trainer calls on
tho liorso to start, and pulling his
totlier and smacking his long whip
forces him to gallop round. If he re
fuses the assistant uses his whip also.
If ho is obedient ho is reworded with
a carrot. To make him stop short the
trainer cracks his long whip again,
while tho assistant with his short whip
throws himself suddenly in front of
the animal, nnd tho rosult is obtained.
"Tho liorso has n great objection to
kneeling or lying down at any mo
ment. This feat is tuuglit by means
of irou bracelets placed on his ankles
aud attached to a tether held by tho
trainer, who, by sudden jerks or pulls
as he is moving, makes liini fall or
kneel. Tho animnl remembers tho
lessons, anil, by dint of whip and car
rot, ultimately performs thom at tho
mere command of the traiuer. The
horse is taught to d.vnce to music
in tho samo way with tko foot brace
lets. "
With respoct to dogs, n celebrated
trainer, who is now exhibiting a
troupe of them, says their education
is a work of time aud p itience. Some
times it takes two »• itr'l. "I iioo
neither sugar nor whip," ho informs
us. "I take my dog in my hands, talk
to him and try to make him under
stand what ho is to do. I perform the
tricks myself, aud tho dogs follow and
imituto me." At present he is show
ing a carriage dog which performs on
the single wire. "I will tell you how
1 taught him to become an equilibrist.
I made him first of all walk on a plank
which was balanced to aud fro. Tho
plank was gradually reduced in width
every day aud tho movement accel
erated. At length the plank dwindled
down to a narrow slip; this was ro
plaeed by a long, round stick, and ul
timately tho dog found himself on the
single wire." Strange to say this ih>g
is lilind. Scent is the great quality
which enables dogs to perform some
tricks. For example, the poodles aro
taught by their scent. The trainer
touches the dominoes which the dog
has to play, and the animal, smelling
tliem, picks them out from the rest
aud plays them.
The pig is said io be tin* most diffi
cult nnimal to train. A clown who ex
hibits a troupe of performing porkers
t does not believe in learned pigs. They
are to be taught only by their weak
point, their gluttony, "When I have
, got my young pig," ho says,"l begiu
i on the principle that I shall obtain
. nothing from hini without satisfying
his appetite. I feed him my elf, iiinl
I during a few days I vary his food iu
! order to llnd out what lie lilies liest.
AH HOOII |i I have discovered Ills favorite
dish 1 deprive him ol it completely.
This dish is in> great talisman. The
chief pig I sin now performing with
! prefers beef fat. I put a piece in my
! pocket. I jump over hurdles aud tin
pig follows me, doing likewise, iu this
way he learu* his exercise and get- hi*
I fat! I deerowa' the piece of fat every
' day and at hist I give liiiu nothing
should he refuse lo work I thrash him
till he does, uli'l luvinK completed Ills
performance I reeoiupuns' huu with
I hi* favorite meal
Tile elephant, oil the contrary is t l
tretiiely intelligent, mid hi ctbcatiou
Mollld la< I'liav hill for III* CUUllicrstiUie
I Weight, Mlnch fillet "the faliiet to hale
i, MMtIM I" NW I "> -lis. I"I in
ntitu ie, In make bun i ii*i nud hold out
in* font au iron rui,, *» i»li sharp point*
m placed on il. an I being drawn by m
rope the point* enter the llcntl. Thi
•trphalli, feeling till paiu, lift* up III*
ft Hit and keep, it 111 lh< air till Ihepalli
I ei'tail \ft.-r a few iepeiiUom.be n
uieiiit>er. Ihe pain, and at the *ight ol
111. II n ran In. i i Hi* li..lrncii,.u
I hank * lo hi* iiii< Ibg. tin#, t» *n.mcoui
i,lcl' I Hi,un- t lephauU are taugl lln
It m. Ihwu • fortnight to plat on a drum
wink a linn I I lin it .... I hell hind
leg. Sew York Vllcftlivl
I %int l uutera* I beck i i ucllf.
It a ,1111 Una of the Ihrei l"|a ol lb
Hnrn 'i —I i the Ffwvan
iiwn ol f titi li tI • tninttik, Ptigibul
Ii 'II . iliibil l uteluii - takiu with
k" U* 111 plop '< ■t' liw the k"
.|tks to ibow u"l ul> Inglii'bii'k it. lie
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lb' ii, bat ab»' all kmibiof . luiil. lU*l
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NO. 3.
FORTITUDE.
Tho soul Hint suffers un<J for pnin Is stronger
Grows groat with strength abovo the
strength of Kate ;
Though years be brief, or though forever
longer
They wax in pain that knows no end or
date:
Though Time bo woeful ; though Time's
god's are eruel,
His heart is still for love and truth a shrino
Where, unconsuiued of lire, the altar fuel
Burns ever with a light and life divine.
—William Vincent Byars.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Every man with a bright sou be
lieves in heredity.—Atchison Globe.
There are always some rare bargains
at the meat market.—Galveston News.
If you want to know n woman's
faults, ask her dearest female friend.
When the dealers put down the
prices on peaches the women put them
up.—Boston Globe.
"What are you wearing glasses
for?" "For my eyes, stupid. S'pose
I'm wearing them for corns?"
When the colleges open it will be
brawn versus brain, and may the best
man wiu.—Rochester Post-Express.
He wore a wide hat and a sash.
And stared in away that was hold,
But tho girls every one adored him.
For you see he was four years old.
—Chi'-ago Inter-Ocean.
Many a girl makes a bad blunder in
not taking a man at his word when ho
says,"l am not worthy o£ your love."
—Puck.
"Tho plensftntest way to take cod
liver oil," says an old gourmand, "is
to fatten pigeons with it, and then eat
the pigeons."
"I am told that Carson always heaps
coals on his enemies' heads." "Well,
he is rich and can nfford to do such
things."—Truth.
Friend —"Well, Tommy, now that
you've started to school, what do you
like best?" Tommy—"Recess." —Chi-
cago Inter-Ocean.
Hark, from tho tombs a doleful sound
Comes to us. one and all ;
It is a maiden down the street,
Who sings, "Aftertho Ball."
- Detroit Free Tress.
.Tiggs "The last I saw of Gayboy he
snid lie was out for a time. I wonder
if he got it?" Jaggs-"Yes; tho
judge gave him ten days."—Buffalo
Courier.
Everything American goes in
France. They even want American ser
vants there, and have not yet learned
that there is 110 such tiling.— Boston
Jonrnal.
iUotiier— "Children, i"»vi' you saw
your prayers?"' Tilly—"Yes, mam
ma." "You .were very quick about
it.""l prayed one-half and Daisy
the other."—Texas Sittings.
The Debutante (aside)— "How many
verses shall I sing?" Tho Professor
"Do you want an encore?" The
Debutante—"Of course." The Pro
fessor— "One. "—Boston Budget.
Nhe was airy
As a fairy.
And no man «he'd ever led
To think. I guess,
Of heaviness.
Until shetook to baking broml.
—Buffalo Courier.
"I road ail account of how an""'
over forty feet without killing herself."
"Good gracious! How did tshe do
it ?" "Tried to get out of n moving
street car with exactly twenty men in
it." -Vogue.
Hostess "Ho you nre going to be
married. Ethel?" Girl Friend—"Yea. "
"I thought you said you intended to
remain single." "I did;but I vebeen
taking lessons in the cooking school,
and 1 don't waut to warte them,
Chips.
Mrs. Fangle "Have you secured o
lodger for your second lloor yet, Mr.
GosliuGosliu (horrified) "I haven't
been looking for u lodger, madam.'
Mrs Fangle "Why,' I'm certain inv
husband told me you had rooms to lot
in your upper slory. Waif.
Her Friend "I thought you wore
going to marry a man with a tilor
forever Yeinainsingle.' Mrs. Nuwtdde
"'lo has a title, I Ih«k leave to in
form you ' Wli't ■ >l. l*i' * v
"Dntkij darling. '
myself.lndianapolis .Journal.
"You unite devoted yourself to that
frightful looking Van Htiok on the
11 HI it the other day. El'th", what ou
earth made you do that.' "Well, it
was absolutely uecewsary I" pay sniuo
Mtl"htioii to him ViN| d..u « h "|'
|i I wanted peoph to thlliU h< *
nr. *m»-l'ioi 1 1 lb' ■•'■ l* II I - 'to
For two hoiiif th» fashiouabb 1* ly
K the ilrapei exhibiting hi» go Is,
till at tht i lid of that per:, d aim
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yoll I. IVU thowi! II». every thtllt! »OU
I,at. P "Mo. n0..1181, •' 1 •»'.
1 draper, with an insmuali'ig »un . i
lino yet »n old amount .n my ledgrr
which I »h«ll vriy wladli ►lii'» )"'■
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t lill»KU|.bl llltll •'Ul'lal up • '
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Il miy b.. ret mil «l to «. u iutil»i a
girl liial it i» uii «i.r». or ou< o| un
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