SULLIVAN JFFIA REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XII.
Only ten per cent, of the sugar we
tonsume is grown in this country.
This is an estimate in the Atlanta
Constitution : The wealth of the South
in 1860 was $4,000,000,000, and in
1890 about the same. The war cost
the South about $2,000,000,000. Sho
has just about recuperated.
Tests of modern rifles are being
made by using human corpses for tar
gets. "This sounds brutal," muses the
San Francisco Examiner, "but it really
is less brutal than making the tests on
bodies that are not corpses in the be
ginning."
M. Gault states that the Rus
sians, since their occupation of the
district embraced by the valleys of the
Syr Daria and the Zarafshnn, have
given a very great development to the
cultivation of cotton, and have intro
duced several American varieties of the
plant, notably the upland. At first
the natives were so prejudiced against
the new plants that the experiments
failed, but the Russians persevered,
and, whereas nine years ago Turke
stan produced only 3300 poods of
cotton worth $1433, the quantity ex
ported iu 1890 was about 2,000,000
poods, of an estimated value of
87,000,000.
Word has been sent to the courts of
Europe that the Shah of Persia intends
to visit Berlin, St. Petersburg, Berlin
and Vienna next spring. He will start
on his journey in May or June, and
will remain in Europe several months.
The rulers whom he is to honor are in
an unhappy state of mind already on
account of the proposed visit, alleges
the New York Tribune. No living
sovereign, in all probability, is a more
unwelcome guest than the Shah, but
his cousins in Europe are obliged to
receive him with all the honors due to
his rank. Entertaining him is more
expensive than entertaining any other
monarch. His retinue is almost n
legion.
One of the latest and most popular
developments of New York society is
the lady lecturer, who talks to an
audience exclusively feminine upon the
topics of the day. liiese "talks," as
they are called, are held only in private
drawing-rooms, and are listened to
with the most intelligent interest by n
score or more of women who have
clubbed together to engage some well
informed woman to post them, viva
voce, upon all subjects with which they
should 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 have not the time or the inclina
tion to study for themselves.
That typical Arizona town, Yuma,
will probably soon be lifted from Ari
zona into California, where, it is
claimed, it has always rightly belonged.
Up to about fifteen years ago the point
was often contended between the local
authorities both sides the disputed
line, but since the arrest, in 1877, by
the Arizona authorities of a San Di
ego (Cal.) tax collector who tried to
collect taxes in Yuma, the question
lias been dropped. The land office
authorities have always evaded the
question. Recently William Hycks
was indicted by the Federal grand
jury for selling liquor to Indians in
- Yuma. He denies the jurisdiction of
the court to try his case, citing 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 that Hycks may win
his case and that the town will soon be
Yuma, California, instead of Yuma,
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
which the officials were glad to get rid
of. The Chicago Relief and Aid So
ciety obtained permission to cart the
wood away, Bud put up the following
sign on the purk fence near the Sixty
second street gate: "Free Wood for
the Poor." Any person with a horso
and wagon is now admitted to the pnrk
and allowed to take away nil the wood
his wagon will hold, the only condi
tion being that be shall present a per
mit from the society. The pile of
debris through which the wood is scat
tered has,, length of 300 yards, n width
of 100 yards and a height of twelve
feet. It consists of baskets, boxes and
barrels. The man in need of fuel has
only to delve in this pile to get as ser
viceable kindling wood as could bo
found anywhere. The applicants are
foreigners for the most part, and judg
ing froin their ragged coats and pinched'
faccK, they could git the means of
warmth for their families nowhere
elMb
A SONG TO THEE. •
The springtime hath its winds that kiss {
The roses, white and red :
Nor shall one sweet wind go amiss
Where any rose is shed.
And summer hath her sigh and song,
But I love t heo the whole year long!
The winter hath its frost
And roses, born of spring
And summer's tlow«rs in iee are lost,
And birds lorget to sing !
Ah! winter doth a grievous wrong,
But I love thee the whole year long !
Life hath but little space ,
Men love, and then they go
For all their glory and their grace—
Beneath the stars and snow.
O. Death ! it doth a grievous wrong,
But I love thee a whole life long!
—Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. !
TWO MOUNTAIN WOLVES. I
BY MARY ANNABLE FANTON.
f)rfn j?. /Tis a wild venture,
Wy Nan °y ou^
° n *' ie prairies
fl'ke this, with the
6 \&tsr ground as soft as
11 s l ,on f> e the
w ' ll( ' still blow
flr w U d W ing straight from
the south. Why, the road takes you
directly under the bluff?"
"Yes, yes, I know,"the girl answered
impatiently. "I know the ground is
bad, but the road is safe 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. Think of it,
father, not a woman to speak a last
word of love or comfort, only the
doctor and perhaps, the Bishop. She
needs me this very moment, and with
Jack how could I be afraid?"
Nancy's voice was brave enough,
but her eyes wore moist as the color
deepened in her cheeks, .lack's heart
beat- quickly with love, the love of a
brave man for the woman who trusts
him.
James Hardwick was a genuine
ranchman. He loved the life well. It
had brought him health and home,
and besides, was not Nancy's mother
buried 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
roses and wild camellias in profusion,
transforming the grave into a flower
bed. Here Nancy had grown from n
grave, pretty child to a gentle, beauti
ful woman, the morning star of her
father's life, and until the past six
months had thought her life, with its
monotonous routine, perfect.
Early in the past summer Jack Du
Bois had come from the East with his
invalid mother, whose physicians had
ordered ranch lifo in the Far West as
the only remedy for weak lungs and
failing strength. Jack was to gradu
ate in the spring, but his ambitious
were put resolutely aside, and his
mother's remonstrances met with a
tender, reassuring smile.
And now she was dying, his efforts
had all been vain. The heavy sacri
fice had only been the preliminary to
a heavier sorrow. When, in the morn- j
ing, the doctor had rendered his final
verdict, Jack's first impulse was for
Nancy; he would start at once and
bring her back before sunset. But
Nancy was away when he reached the
ranch, and 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 I
togo with her lover, who was blind to ,
any possibility of danger, knowing so |
well his own strength and courage. 1
And, above nil, far away in the cabin j
was the loved "little mater" dying, i
The time seemed very precious, and, !
in spite of himself, lie shuddered visi- '
bly. Nancy read his heart, as quickly
as 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
been, 'yea, yea,' where it should have
been 'nay, nay.' You are all I have,
Nancy child, and to-night my heart is
on the ground (an Indian expression
for 'the blues'). All day the wind
has moaned in tho clump of cedars.
I can't shake off the feeling of fore
boding it brings me. There, there,
no tears. I know you would be
wretched not to go. • God keep you
safe."
Then he turned abruptly, and, fac
ing the inan who had taken so 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 in your keeping."
"Father I Father!" Nancy cried,
throwing her arms about his neck.-
"You are breaking my heart. You
shall not speak so to Jack. He would
give his life for mine."
The frown that had deepened in
Jack's forehead disappeared at Nan
cy's wolds.
"Nancy has spoken the truth,"he
answered quietly, speaking her name
slowly, caressingly, as though each
sylla'ole were a mystic rite.
In a few minutes the horses were nt
the door, Hardwick helping Nancy to
mount. As she watched him examine
every strap and buckle, solicitous as a
lover for every trifle, she began, for
the first time, to comprehend a little
of the jriin her new happiness had
brought him. Hegardless of prancing
horse and impatient lover, she again
threw her arms about her father's
neck. Neither "112 them spoke, but
when Hardwick re-entered the ranch
bis fa-e was wet with t?ars.
.lo''k had come over the mountain
road in the morning, when much of
the moisture had drained off. and bud
not thought the lower oad couid be
LAPORTE, PA.., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1894.
so bad. The constant Btiotion of the
alknlinc soil kept the horses irritated
beyond words.
It was slow work to anxious hears.
Half the distance was past and the
shadow of the bluff over them before
a word was spoken. Beyond them in
every direction to the edge of the hor
izon the prairies were bathed in a
cool, pale pray mist. The wind in the
shining, low drooping pines murmured
a perpetual requiem.
Suddenly Nancy's horse shied, near
ly pitching her from the saddle, so un
expected was the lurch. .Tack 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 seemed to
breathe, in her concentrated effort
to hear. As Jack would have
touched her hands she drew in her
breath murmuring, "Hush, Jack, lis
ten I"
Her lover leaned forward, but
rather to be near her than to hear, al
most smiling at her in the death-like
stillness of the night. But, as he
listened, the smilo died away. First
came the soft, thick sound of a padded
footfall on moist ground, then the
sharp, crackling noise of broken un
derbrush. A moment's silence was
followed by the shrill, savage yell of
hungry beasts. The wolves had
scented their prey.
In an instant Jack was on the alert.
"Nancy! Nancy!" he cried. "Don't
sit motionless like that. They are
almost upon ns. Use your whip;
strike Modoc square between the eyes.
He must die for you to-night, if need
be."
The horses quickly 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 broke
through the brash and settled into a
steady trot, in the horses' trail. They
seemingly made no effort 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
ing words, even caresses from Nancy's
soft little hand were of no avail. The
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 the face nor
in a single line of the supple, young
body was there a trace of cowardly
fear. What if she would not listen to
him : would not let him save her !"
"Nancy! sweetheart! No, no, do
not stop," ns she drew her rein at the
sound of his voice, "*%iivo Modoc
loose rein and plenty of whip and
then, dear, listen to me. Listen with
your heart and swear yon will do as I
say. Nancy, we can't both get out of
this alive. Let me live up to your
trust iu me." Then, as for an in
stant, the girl's lips quivered 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 you, oh! so
easily, Nancy, if you will only listen
and do as I say. Modoc 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 so unattainable
a thing.
"I will manage this way, dear. I
will leave my horse, it will stop them
for a little and then," as Nancy shook
her head resolutely, "I can keep up
with Modoc for—-Nancy, you must,
you shall for my sake, for your
father's." So earnestly was Jack
pleading he had forgotten how the
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 ho
snatched the reins from the girl's
still hands and struck the horse
wildly on the neck and ilanks. The
frightened beast plunged furiously for
a moment, then darted across the
prairie, but unincumbered, for Nancy
bad loosened her dress and dropped
from the saddle to her lover's side.
The beasts were now advancing in
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. The
horror of it all was upou him. If ouly
he were alone it would not be so hard,
just the sharp pain, the short struggle
and the farewell thought of Nancy and
the "little mater." But "Nancy!
Nancy?" he moaned her name aloud
in his agony.
At the sound Nancy flung herself on
his heart. "Jack! Jack! forgive me!
I could not go, darling. Heart of
mine, it was worse than death to go.
Kiss me, Jack, once. Good bye. 1
can almost hear them breathe."
Jack took her close in his arms,
pressing her face to his breast,
"Shut your eyes, sweetheart. It was
nothing," as Nancy started. But he
covered her face, lest she should see
that the horse had gone down before
them.
.lack stood with his back to the snarl
ing beasts so that to the last moment
Nancy might, be spared. As he stood
facing the south he suddenly realized
1 that on the road, coming rapidly to
ward him, was a dark shape, too lurge
for a wolf and if a horse, riderless.
"Nancy," he whispered, "lookup,
not back, but straight ahead down the
road. Can you see auything moving?"
"Why, -lack, it is a horse and, I
think -yes, it is Modoc, coming back
to us."
As Jack, to get m beHer view, un
wittingly stepped aside, Nnucv saw, in
its hideout, completeness, the horror
from which slio hail been shielded. The
wolves, hftlf tired of their prey, were
looking up with fierce, wild eyes and
dripping jaws. The night grew black
about her, and earth and sky seemed
rolling away together.
Then, with a sudden inspiration her
mind cleared, and grasping .Tack's arm
to steady herself, she began to whistle,
soft and low. but clear as a bell or the
plaintive morning cry of the meadow
lark. The wolves listened mutely, but
the hoise pricked up his ears and
broke into a gallop. He had known
the call since a pony.
As Modoc reached her Nancy threw
her arms over his foam-covered neck,
and Jack just heard her words :
"Quick, in the saddle pocket at the
right. (I had forgotten all about it.)
There I there ! nearer the girth. Oh,
Jack, the wolves are moving 1 Can't
you find it, the pistol you gave me in
the fall? It is loaded. Quickly, as you
love me I" 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
his temerity cost him dear. The bullet
from a clean, straight aim took him
squarely between the eyes, and he fell
quivering on his prey. At the report
his mate sprang high in the air, but
her uglv, revengaful cry as she vaulted
toward Jack was cut iu two by the
second bullet: then a third, a fourth,
not until the revolver was empty and
both wolves motionless did Jack throw
aside his weapon and turn to the
living.
It was past midnight, when, with
Nancy in his arms, he staggered to the
door of the little cabin. The kindly,
white-haired Bishop was first to meet
him, and lifting the exhausted girl,
he placed her tenderly on the couch,
ministering to her gently as a woman.
The doctor grasped Jack by tho
hand, and, with a warning gesture of
silence, led him to the sick bed, where
to his infinite joy he found his mother
alive, and sleeping like a little child.
A stroug hand on his shoulder, and ho
heard the Bishop say :
"My son, it is like a miracle. Twice
to-day we thought her dying, but now
the doctor bids you hope. God has
been very merciful 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." —
The Voice.
(•real 1111 man Endurnuce.
'President Jeremiah Head of the sec
tion of mechanical science of the Brit
ish Association for the 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 extremo 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 as
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 tho
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
of 150 feet, but the resulting pressure
of sixty-seven pounds par square inch
cost him his life. Thesoare, however,
extreme cases. Most men experience
great inconveniei.ce at any altitude
over two and one-half miles, and few
can stand tho rarefied atmosphere
above the thrce-and-a-half-mile 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 iu water,
although this knowledge of tho case
with which the normal pressure may
be again reached lends courago and
assurance, very important factors in
such cases, to the daring experimenter,
while the extreme labor of ascending
mountains or the uncertainties of
balloon action are deterrent in tho
other direction.
Transient Islands in the Pacific.
The Western Pacific 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 lias
been accustomed to yet his bearings,
and perhaps tho next day he runs his
vessel's nose upon a brand new piece
of territory that has sprung up out of
the water since 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. Beports of
them will be noted on the pilot chart
in every case, though they aro not
always reliable, because backs of sleep
ing whales and schools of fishes run
ning along the surface are frequently
mistaken for islands and shoals.—Sail
Francisco Examiner.
Animals ami tho Weather.
The tortoise is particularly sensa
tive and fully twenty-four hours be
fore rain falls will look for a conven
ient shelter. However bright the
weather may be, whenever tortoises
are observed making for shelter raiu
is certain to fall shortly afterward.
This presentment, which exists in
many birds and beasts, is doubtless
partly due to the increasing weight of
tha atmosphere when rain is forming.
In our own country the robin is saidj
by its peculiar movements to give cvi
dence of an impending change in the
weather, while in America tho oat
bird is notorious for its unerring in
stinct in giving warning of an ap-j
proaching thunderstorm, its method!
is to sit on the lowest branch of a tree!
and utter peculiar mites which iti
never appears to use exoept as a storm'
signal. j
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The average man uses twenty-nine
pounds of sugar per annum.
A scheme 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 tho water the more active
it is in corroding and pitting iron or
steel plates.
The water that trickles into the
Comstock mine, Nevada, near the bot
tom of the shaft is heated nearly to
the boiling point.
One of the African Steamship Com
pany's vessels recently steamed for
sixty miles near Senegal through lo
custs that thickly covered the surface
of the water.
A substance that is expected to excel
ivory—iu point of cheapness only, of
course—is being made out of milk,
coagulated, mixed and submitted to
tremendous pressure that renders it
absolutely solid and durable.
The average quantity of salt in the
open water is about- 3} per cent. It has
been estimated that the total amount
in all the ocean area is equal to
$4,419,360 cubic miles, or fourteen
and one-half times the entire mass of
the continent of Europe above high
water mark, mountains and all.
A sort of autidccay apparatus has
been invented for preserving pictures.
It is a glass tray with solid back, and
the picture is put inside and hermeti
cally sealed. The air is then ex
hausted with an air pump, with tho
result that in this vacuum the paint
will preserve its pristine freshness
pretty well forever, unless the thing
leaks.
By exposing lien's eggs to the vapors
of alcohol for periods ranging from
twenty-six 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 ullowed 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 Calieia. For cutting
comparatively soft wood the tool is in
the form of an auger, which 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 Nathaniel Barnaby, the late
Chief Constructor of the British Navy,
has given the weight of his high rep
utation to the possibility of construct
ing a ship for Atlantic navigation
which will be 1000 feet long and 300
feet broad, with engines of 60,000
horse power and an ocean speed of
fifteen knots. This ship ho described
as a-"steel island," jvhich will be in
capable of entering any dock, at any
rate as at present constructed, having
several engines working side by side.
He thinks 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 the
mastery over the seas, and that we
shall live more happily in a marine
residence, capable of steaming fifteen
knots an hour, than we can ever live in
a seaside town." This project is not,
however, intended to shorten the dur
ation of a translantic 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,
the possibility of making such me
chanical provisions against mal de mer
as would enable the most squeamish of
passengers to contemplate an Atlantic
voyage with perfect equanimity. In
this direction the achievements of the
last half century have been truly mar
velous. —Manufacturers' Gazette.
Hygienic Value ofr Perfumes.
Dr. Anders, of Philadelphia, a few
years ago made the interesting dis
covery that the ozone in the atmo
sphere, the element which is the great
purifier, was mainly supplied from
blooming flowers—and for this reason
blooming plants were healthful in
dwellings as well as attractive. Some
interesting experiments with the odors
of flowers have been made in the old
world, and it is found that many
species of microbes are easily de
stroyed bv various odors. The odor
of cloves has beon known to destroy
these minute creatures in twenty-five
minutes; cinnamon will kill some
species iu twelve minutes; thyme, in
thirty-five. In forty-five minutes tho
common wild verbena is found effec
tive, while the odor of some geranium
flowers has destroyed various forms of
microbes in fifty minutes. The essence
of cinnamon is said to destroy the
typhoid fever microbes in twelve min
utes, and is regarded as the most ef
fective of all odors as an antiseptic.
It is now believed that flowers which
are found in Egyptian mummies were
placed there* more for their antiseptic
properties than as mere ornaments or
elements in sentimental work.—Moe
han's Monthly.
Terms—*l.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
UNCLE SAM'S LITTLE ZOO.
A CURIOUS BRANCH OF THE CUS
TOM HOUSE SERVICE.
llow Animals Confiscated for Non-
Payment of Duties Arc Cared For
Until Sold at Auction.
MONG the many other estab
/ \ lishments in this city which
112 Uncle Sam owns, is a board
ing-house for animals, or the
' 'Animal Castle Garden," as it is known
among shipping men. It is not to bo
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 of the out
cast, for they are not honest animals,
like those seen every day; they are
animals which the Custom House offi
cers have seized from those who were
about to smuggle them into this coun
try.
"It is only a few days ago," said one
of them, "that we had a sale here of
four French poodles and three English
pugs which had been seized on board
the steamer Weimar by Custom House
Inspectors Hussey and O'Neil. The
officers were searching for something
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 prin
cipal work done there is in handling
of horses and cattle which are on their
way to Europe. When found neces
sary to have a boarding place for tbe
smaller fry the old animal place was
naturally selected as the most conven
ient one.
When such animals are brought to
the stable the United States Liive
Stock Appraisers inspect them at once
and appraise their value. They are
kept a week or two and then are dis
posed of at auction. The owners of
the Btahlcs charge from thirty to fifty
three cents a day for keeping an ani
mal, and it is 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 charges for keeping an ani
mal frequently exceeds the price it
brings at the sale, and then there is
unpleasant language all around. One
dog which was brought to the stable
when the animal boarding house was
tirst instituted remained there so long
that the charge for his keep amounted
to nearly $101). Meanwhile, from the
effects of the long confinement, the
canine, a magnificent mastiff, had be
come bowlegged. Hence, when he
was finally put up at auction, he
brought just seventy-five cents.
The top floor of the stable is de
voted to keeping the animals, and
here, in all the hay and straw, they
have a very snug nook. The 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 quarters are not always avail
able, as when a drove of hogs is
brought in by the inspectors. The last
time this occurred five large porkers
were domiciled in the cellar under the
establishment, where they thrived and
became wonderfully fat, so fatted that
it was with ditlicnlty 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-plumed
West Indian parrot hangs in the office,
which was bought at a recent auction
sale by the owner of the stables, who
took a fancy for it while keeping it for
Uncle Sam. Then there have been
cats and sheep and white mice, and
everything else imaginable in the
quadruped line. But the palm was
carried off some two years ago by s
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 the only ono of its kind ever seen
here. It was claimed by its owner,
who paid all the charges and bore her
away in triumph.
There is considerable inducement
for people to try to smuggle in ani
mals, for the import duty on them is
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, and, afterwara
some profit from selling it. It is all
right as long as they stick to one, but
greed obscures their common sense
and they take several on board. Their
plea of "personal property" falls flat
with the Custom House officers and the
animals are carted Bway to the board
ing-house to be finally disposed of for
the benefit, of Uncle Sam.
The scene at the stables on an auc
tion day is an unique one. There is
always the crowd of hangers-on, who
come to every sale simply because it
has a sort of fascination for them.
Then there are the speculators who
make a business of buying and selling
animals. Last, but not least, are the
people who Bre interested in the ani
mals about to be sold, generally their
former owners, who endeavor to ap
pear as unconcerned as possible. They
deceive no 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 stables are the large
apes. They are the hardest animals
of all to handle, for they aro generally
very vicious after the long sea voyage.
—New York Recorder.
Franoe's oyster industry is the
larft <et of its kind iu Europe
NO. 17.
evening.-
Far o'er tbe plains tbe setting Sim
Rinks in a flood of liquid light ;
The creeping shadows dark and dun
Speak the diurnal journey run.
And herald the approaching night.
The slanting sunbeams glance and gleam
On many a broad and winding stream.
Whose slowly winding waters eee.m >
Full loth to lose a ray.
The smiling groves, the fruitful trees,
Deserted by the wand'ring breeze,
Fade dimly on the eye that sees
The gently dying day.
The mountains bare their storm-boat brea't
In gladness to the golden West.
And every shining height i
Ambitious rears its joyful peak
l'o satch the last faint golden streak
Of slowly waning light.
So dies the day, and as it dies,
Fair Luna mounts the Eastern skie?,
Calm, cold, majestic, as to say—
•'Why mourn the slow-departing day?
Let grief for fair Aurora's flight
Be lost in rapture for the night."
—John Sansomfe.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"Why do you call your father-in
law 'Silence,' Markliam?" "Because
he gave consent."—Truth.
It is impossible to have the last
word with a chemist, because he al
ways has a retort. —Boston Courier.
'■Pretty is as pretty does"
Is an honored saw ,
But it's one for which the girls
Do not eare a straw.
—Kansas City Journal.
"She is the girl of the period."
"Well, I thought it was about tima
for her to come to a full stop. --Boston
Gazette.
"Come to stay?" asked the fish.
"Oh, no," said the worm. "Just
dropped in for a bite."—lndianapolis
Journal.
A man who unconsciously does much
to sour the milk of human kindness, is
that fellow who snores 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 silk
and satin."—Detroit Free Press.
Sarah—"She's worth a million, and
just the right age for you." Jerry
"Any girl worth a million is the right
age for me."—Detroit Free Press.
Not till twenty-live will women
Vote or for office run .
Why ? Because she will not sooner
Own that she is twenty-one.
—Kansas City Journal.
Wibble—"The fellow that invented
the pneumatic tire got 011 to a soft
thing, didn't he?" Wabble —So do
the fellows who use it." —Indianapolis
Journal.
Jobbers (unhappily mated) —"I
wonder if all men whtf get married
lead lives of endless torture?" Enpeck
(bitterly) "Oh, no. Some of them
die."—Chicago Record.
Clara—"Us girls are getting up a
secret society." George- "What's
the object?" Clara—"l don't know
yet, but I'll tell you all about it after
I'm initiated."—Good News.
Teacher—"Can any of yon tell me
what is meant by 'home industries?' "
BHly Bright (promptly)—"Up to our
house they're mostly sawin' wood an'
carryin' in coal."—Buffalo Courier.
"Cholly inherited a good deal of
moi-.ey from his parents." "Yes. But
not much in the way of brains."
"That's true. Tliey left, him all dol
lars and 110 sense."— Washington Star.
Caller—"ls Miss Sweete at home?'
Servant—"No, Sir." Caller—- "Please
tell her I called. Don't forget, will
you?" Servant—"No, .sir; I'll go
and tell her this minute."- Tid-Bits.
'Tis now the prudent mdtlier,
Lets her children wildly rove
I,est they hoar their father talking
When he's putting up the stove.
—Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Westerly—"l dreamed about
you last night, Miss Wolcott." Miss
Wolcott (languidly) "Did you really?
Well, I'm glad to hear that you have
pleasant dreams."—Somerville Jour
nal.
House-Owner—"How does youi
furnace work this weather ?" Tenant
"The exercise of raking it keeps mt
warm enough, but the other members
of the family complain."—New York
Weekly.
Professor—"And now. my boy,
what is your ambition in. life—the
law, the ministry, politics, science—'
Johnny: "Ef I can't be captain I
wanter be halfback f"—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Friend—"l don't see how, on your
income, you manage to winter in
Florida and summer in Maine.' -
Sharpp—"You forget that by thai
plau I dodge both coal and ice bills."
New York Weekly.
Yeast —"I wouldn't believe a man
who goes about proclaiming every
thing from the house-top." Crimson
lieak "Why, I should Ihi(ik you
would consider that, high authority."
—Yonkers Statesman.
"What on earth did yrfur uncle
mean by marrying that old. dried-up
thing?' " "Well, you see, he's been
a collector of curios and bri» a-l>rae so
long that the habit was too strong to
resist. "—Atlanta Constitution.
"Hullo, Chimmy. Isdey eny more
good books in do 'Young
libery?" "I dunno, but I hear tell
abo it a story bv George Eliot what
dey call 'Daniel do Rounder.'
Shouldn't wonder it dafc. : ight be
pretty good."- Brook.'yu Eagle.
Algy Softleigli—"Would you weally
wecommend a person, r.ie for in
stance, to—aw—think twice *b«fore
speaking once?" Miss Bhuitington—
'Why. no ; Mr. Softleigh. You don't
deem mi so cruel as to wan't to strike
you dumb, 1 hope."—Bus»lo Courier,
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