Convention honors will of course
lead Kansas City and Philadelphia to
have their own opinion about othei
cities which arrogantly assume to bf
metropolises.
The gross earnings of 178 railroad?
iu 1899 were $1,210,490,466, whicl
*hows an increase over 1898 of $114,-
362,936, or nearly 10 1-2 per cent. Ir
this calculation 163,000 miles are rep
resented out of a total about 191,000.
The last words of a man who wat
hanged in Canada the other day were,
"Good-bye, gentlemen. I hope yot
will all learn to pray, so that you car
meet me iu heaven." It never oc
curred to the magnificent egotist tha'
perhaps the gentlemen would like tc
goto heaven for some other purpose.
The Philadelphia Record alluding
to the great destructive forest fires ir
the state of Washington, says: "Tha
such preventable destruction shoulc
goon from year to year, so that in tlif
dry season the smoke from the burn
ing wood darkens the sky along thf
whole Oregon and Washington coast,
without eucrgetic effort on the part ol
the state and federal government to
stop it, furnishes a sad proof of im
providence."
The newest industry in the West is
the making of Indian relics. A man
who lives iu a thriving town not far
from Kansas City, a blacksmith by
trade, makes quanties of tomahawks
and sells them to Indians at western
agencies, and they in turn se'l them
to eastern tourists as curiosities. He
makes the in by hand, from old gun
barrels. The man was formerly a
government blocksmitu at one of the
big ageucies aud learned the secret ot
his profitable traffic there.
The Bohemians and Poles who come
to the United States to find work as
laborers have gathered together in
ittle colonies, where they live after p
Makeshift fashion. The largest set
lement is at Williamsbridge, N. Y.,
•vhich is convenient to the improve
ments that are continually being made
JU the outskirts of the city. There
tre hundreds of shanties there; aud,
for the most part, men are only ten
ants, for the Bohemians leave theii
wouien-folk at home, that they may
move, unhampered by family ties
from place to place.
The price of $91,000 paid for Fly
ing Fox at a public sale of the Dukf
of Westminster's racehorses iu Eng
land is said to be unexampled in the
liWtory of the turf. Such a price a'
a time wlieu the bicycle and antomo
bile have reduced the usefulness of
the horse and even suggested its elim
iuation, is suggestive of the enhanced
luxury of liue breeds. That may ex
plain the high price of Flying Fox,
whose racing days caunot last much
longer. As winner of the De by auc
St. Leger he had the highest honors
■jf the turf, but even among Derbj
winners he was almost peerless. Still,
in this case the price was paid fo)
pe.ligree more than speed.
"A gra eful public,"says The Drug
gists' Circular, "will put its hand dee{
into its pocket for erecting a mouu
ment to the man or woman who wil
levise some way or means of remedy
ing the clothes mangling evil. We
have laws prohibiting the use of citri<
acid in lemonade or soda water, auc
I hat acid is made from lemou juice,
aud in the small proportions used ir
beverages is quite harmless. Wh?
not have a law against the use o
chemicals on clothes. If a man steali
* shirt he is sent to the penitentiary
for a year or so. If he destroys iti
asefulness and returns the remains h«
lies out of responsibility and chuckle!
in his sleeve at the helplessness of hi'
victim."
Utilizing the wind ns a stump
puller is an Oregon iuuovation. I
was the idea of the farmer at tin
»:tate peniteutiary, whose task was t<
jlear the fir-timber from a sixteen
*cre tract. He was given the w ntei
iu which to clear six acres, but witl
ths aid' of the wind he cleared tht
whole tract iu six weeks, although th<
timber was of a dense growth, the firi
measuring from one foot to four ii
liauieter. The winds in that quarte
olow strong from the south iu the win
ter. The farmer put his men at wort
C.U the north side of the fir-trees, anc
then cut the surface-roots of the treei
that were to be felled. These prepa
rations were made during the first day.
ana then the ine«>. went home anc
slept while the wind did the rest
Daring the night a strong south wini
blew the trees down, and they in fall
.ng across the logs pulled-up the tap
roots. The next day the men sawei
up the fallen trees, burned the brush,
Aud laid their logs foi' another lot ol
trees. They proceeded iu this way
until the whole irrove had disappeared.
Europe may object to American,
fruit and American meat. Bat there
is as usual no objectiou to American
money.
Kaiser William is evidently no more
of a success as a playwright than he
is as a painter, for the first presenta
tion of his "Iron Tooth" was hissed,
although he was one of the audience.
Not many years ago it was consid
ered a wonderful achievement for 10
men to manufacture 48,000 pins in a
day. Now three men turn oat 7,-
500,000 pins in the same time, and
this doss not include the hatpinp
either.
Consul Ridgely reports to the state
department that certain music dealers
in Geneva operate their music stores
on the plan of a circulating library.
Subscribers may take from three to
12 pieces of music at a time, and may
change as often as they pleuse. Sub-
are held responsible for dam
ages done to the music beyond ordi
nary wear and tear.
We have all heard the story of the
customer at the drug store who askeil
for trading coupons with a purchase
of postage stamps, but the Kansas
City Journal goes this one better. It
says that in Topeka candidates for
municipal and county offices gave trad
ing stamps with their announcements.
The lirst to do this was a candidate
For probate judge and others quickly
followed suit.
It BUS long been predicted on the
Continent that a substantial increase
:>f England's military resources would
iooner or later beco ne inevitable. It
would seem that England is now real
izing the prediction. Already meas
ures are being discu-sed with a view
to formulating an organization which
will take the place of the present mil
itary system, whose inefficiency has
oeen so strikingly demonstrated.
The Theatre Francais, at Paris,
tvhich wai burned the other day, was
in reality a national institution of
France, with centuries of venerated
traditions clustered around it. Its
support was one of the concerns of
state, and the maintenance of the
great company of players attached to
it—the "Comedie Francaise"—enlist
sd the earnest efforts of both intluen
tial public officials aud liberal private
citizens. The company will soon be
Housed anew; but Paris will long miss
the century old edifies, with its many
o'ltiuiDed porticos, which through
three generations had been the iuspir
jtion of dramatic art in the world's
lit centre.
The rapid growth of cities is one of
the most serious problems the sociolo
gist has to face, thinks the Christian
Kegister. Late in the history of the
world has come tlie hope of doing good
to people by simply awakening their
preceptious to duty, rendering them
a little less numb and indifferent
to the pleasures of the eye, the new
conceptions that come with this wid
ening of the realm of soul, this open
ing of the closed shell of the brain
and heart to vision, to fancy, to ad
miration and love. How sad the pic
ture of an ever-increasing concentra
tion aud crowdiug of human beings
in towns, dwarfed aud stunted more
iu mind and body, accentuating the
coarse, callous, indifferent urban type
of unfortunates aud criminals, in
creasing and multiplying to fill onr
almshouses, prisons, aud idiot any
lums 1
So much has been done in recent
years to promote the convenience ol
all classes of riders and drivers that it
is a pleasure to read a decision which
nsserts, uegatively, at least the rela
tive importance aud rights of the man
who walks. Bicycle-paths have been
built for the bicyclist, speedways for
the drivers, bridle-paths for riders,
and trolley-cars roam almost at will
though the cities and over some of the
fairest stretches of country roads.
Meantime the man on foot has been
finding himself more aud more crowded
in the city; and in the country he has
continued to stub his way through
mud and dust or over stones aud
gravel, asking aud getting no special
privileges. Now comes a bicyclist,
in the person of a Syracuse girl, and
asks the courts to declare that the city
must give the bicyclist a better side
walk than it gives the pedestrian.
She claimed that a depression in a
sidewalk in Syracuse caused her to
fall from her wheel. She sued aud
got n verdict for S3OO. The trial court
charged that the city was bound to
furnish "a reasonably safe sidewalk
for the purposes intended, that is,
bicycle-riding." The appellate divi
sion of the supreme court has set
aside this judgment on the ground
that the city was bound merely to pro
vide for the bicyclist "a walk rearon
ablv safe" for a ned*s!ri»«
HEAR THE BELL?.
O singer* of cities and dreamers of dells, O singers supreme! In the thrill of the dream
Hear the bells! Hear the bells ! Heitr the tiells! Hear the bells !
They are ringing no requiems, chanting no On ihe heights shine the lights with un
knells wavering beam ;
On the starred heights of Hope where the The song's in the sighing, tho deed's in the
melody swells : dream :
Over earth's'sighing, prayers, tears and tare- Love reads you his litanies : Singers su
wells, preme.
Hear the bells ! Hear the bells! Hear the bells! Hear the bells !
—Frank 1.. Stanton.
j THE STORY OF A LANCE HEAD, j
| Romance of a Spaniard Who Dvelt Among the Blackfeet. \
It was a cloudless day in August,
many years ago. The sun beat down
unmercifully upon a hot, dry plain,
where the Blackfeet were eucamped.
It was so hot that even the keeuest
hunters had not the energy to mount
their runners and ride forth to the
chase.
Under one of the raisad lodge skins
an Indian trader reclined upon a
couch of robes, lazily smoking. The
people of the lodge were out gossip
ing, all but an old, old mati, who, like
the trader, was thoughtfully smoking.
He had been blind for many a year;
his thin hair was white. Not tbe white
of the aged Anglo-Saxons, but a yel
lowish, tawny white. His skin was
streaked aud furrowed and wrinkled
with age; his form bent and withered;
he was tbe oldest of his tribe,and hud
seen nearly a hundred winters come
and goon these uortheru plains. His
thiu, low voice broke iu upou the
trader's reverie.
"White man,"he said, "are you
still here?"
"Yes," the trader replied. "Yes,
lam here; what can Ido for Hollow
Horn?"
"Hand me mv medicine sack; the
large one which is hanging up. I will
show you something, and theu tell
you a story. This day reminds me of
a journey I once took to the south,
where every day was like this, only
hotter."
The trader arose and handed him
the painted and fringed cylinder of
rawhide. Hollow Horn deftly opened
it and began to draw forth various
packages and parcels, until he found
the oue be was seeking, which ho
tossed across the lodge.
"Look at that," he said.
Tbe trader unwrapped its covering
af buckskiu aud found that it.was a
long,slenrler lance heal of gray steel;
stamped on the socket were the words:
"Antonio Perez, Kevills, 172f<."
"Why," heexdainied, "it's a Span
ish lance head and very old. Where
did you get it?"
"I will tell you," the Indian re
plied. "It is a long story aud a very
strange one; but strange things hap
pen. Perhaps we should not s'.y that
anything is strange, for is it not all
ordered by the gods?"
Theu be told the stow " ie Span
iard who loug dwelt with the tribe
aud of his vengeance ou the brother
who drove him from civilization out
amoug the Indians; a story such as is
seldom met with outside of books of
romanoe, lint one which might eveu
now be corroborated by records or
traditions in some old Spanish settle
ment iu the southwest.
"Long ago," he said, "when I was
a youth, we were huuting one summer
slong the Yellowstone. One evening,
when the sun had uenrly set, tho peo
ple saw something coming toward the
camp, and at first they could not make
out what it was, but after u little they
saw it was a man, limping along very
slowly by the aid of a staff. Some of
the young meu were for rushing out
and killing him; but my father, the
chief, forbade them.
" 'Let him come,' he said; 'he can
do us no barm. We will tiud out who
he is and maybe learn news.'
".So everyone stood aud waited,aud
the man cauie on, very slowly aud
painfully, nearer aud nearer. He
came to where we all stood watchin?,
and the people drew back this way
and that, leaving my father to face
him. Indeed all were afraid, and
many of the women and children ran
away, for never had such a man been
seen before. He was naked except
for a long, ragged shirt he wore; his
long, thick black hair, his 1 eard and
mustache, were matted like a bull's
full of grass aud burrs. His eyes
were wild and rolled like those of a
wounded wolf when it is brought to
bay. He was thin; so thin and lean
that the bones seemed ready to burst
through the skiu; his feet were sore
and bleeding; a wound in the thigh
dripped blood down his leg. He did
not appear to see us, but kept limping
on, shaking his head, looking wildly
this way aud that, and muttering to
himself.
" 'Where are yon going?' nskel my
father,stepping up and placing a hand
ou his shoulder. Tbe stranger gave a
shriek, aud fell senseless to the
ground.
"It was many days before lie recov
ered, am \ as nearly a year befo e
be learnoc. u- speech. He said he
came from the far south, where the
weather was ahvaj-s warm, \\ here all
kinds of berries and things grew the
year round, where snow never was
seen, except ou tbe tops of the high
est mountains. His people were white
men, but of another race than the
trappers we hod se.u. His father had
died, leaving hitn and 'his brother
large s piare lodges ma le of stone, and
great riches of various kinds. This
brother had always beeu very mean
and erne), aud as soon as the father
died he began to plan to get all that
the old man left. One night the great
chief of that country cume to tho lodge
of the brothers for u feast, and on bis
way home some men sprang out of the
bnshes by the trail and would have
killed him but for tbe warriors who
were with him. Then the bad brother
went to the great chief aud said: 'I
snow who did this wrong; it.was my
iiotber and sis of his friends and
elatious.'
"The chief's warriors seized them
all, threw them into a strong atone
lodge and told them to pray, lor w hen
he sun rose the next morning they
would be shot. But there were those
who knew the bad brother had lied
and pitied them; in the middle of the
night these good lriends let tbe pris
oners out, gave them fast hor.-es,
weapons, food aud robes and sent
them away.
"Day after day, moon after moon,
they rode over to the north. One
night they camped by n deep, swift
stream. Some of the prairie people
must have seen and followed them, for
as they sat about the fire toasting
some meat the air was suddenly filled
with arrows, aud all of the stranger's
compauions fell over with scarcely a
cry or a struggle. He, too, was hit,
deep in tbe thigh, but pulled the ar
row out,aud with one jump went over
the high bank into tbe rushing stream.
He floated and swam a long way with
the current and then, crawling out on
the shore, started to cross the valley
out to tbe rolling plain. When be
left this stream the next morning he
traveled two days without finding
water or anything to eat, and then he
must have gone crazy, for the next
thing he knew he was in our lod^e.
"Well, whe i he had told his story,
my father asked him what he iutouded
to do; if he would return to his coun
try, or remain with us. He said that
he could never go back, lunch as he
wished to, for tlie great chief would
kill him; so he would stay with us as
loug as he lived. That pleased my
father; he gave him my sister for a
wife, a lodge, rich clothing, good
weapons and many horses. We named
him Spai-yu, which is the word for
his tribe of white men.
"So the years went on, and I grew
up to be a tall, strong young man.
One day we were riding together
ahead of the gi eat camp, which was
moving from the Belt fnouutains to
the big fails on tbe Missouri, when he
said to me:
" 'Brother,something is continually
pulling at my heart to return to my
country. Not to stay, but just to
puuish that bad brother of mine. I
have tried hard to resist this, for the
sake of my wife, but 1 can do so no
longer. I must go. Will you take
the trail with me?'
"Of course I would, and 4fto war
riors came with us. We traveled very
slowly, as we bad a loug way togo,
and wished to keep onr horses always
stroug and fat. Sometimes we camped
two or three days at a time, where
game was plentiful and the grass good,
hunting while our animals rested.
After following up the Mountaiu Sheep
river, we kept ou south along the foot
of the grent range, and after some
days crossed over on n trail used by
the tribes of that country, and again
traveled to the south. There the coun
try was uot so open, aud many little
ranges of mountains barred cur path.
After luauy days we came again to
great open plains where the buffalo
were plentiful, but the country was
dry, and we often suffered for water.
One day we saw in the distance what
looked like a great flat rock, upon
which people were moving about, and
Spai-yu told us it was made of mud
by tbe people who lived iu it. As wo
rode nearer, those of the strange build
ers who were not around on the plain
climbed up sticks to the top of the
walls, aud then pulled up the sticks.
Often, too, we passe 1 great herds of
beautiful, large, strong horses, aud we
hated to leave them; but Spai-yu had
promised all we could drive away of
those belonging to him and his
brother, aud we did iu all tilings as
he wished us to. At last,one evening,
we came ton low ridge covered with
trees, and be told us to camp, for on
the other side of it, in a broad, open
valley, was his home. By many a
camp fire on the way we had planned
just what shonld be done, and now,
as we lay iu the brush, without lire or
shelter, we talked it all over for the
Inst time.
"With the first light of morning
we saddled up and rode to the top of
the ridge, where, looking out through
t!ie trees, we saw the great stone lodge,
surrounded by a beautiful grove. Ou
all sides of it were wide fields, where
many things were plauted. A little
further up ihe valley were mauy low,
wooden lodges, where lived the people
who worked these fields; they were
Indians, and no great fighters, we had
been told. Still further awny we
could see the hillsides covered with
horses, and onr hearts were glad.
Presenty the people came out of their
lodges and went to work.
"•Now, ray friends,' said Spai-yn,
'we will charge; remember what I have
so often told yon: No women are to
be killed; yon will know my brother
by his light red linir, and must not
touch him; leave him to me.'
"Tbe next instant we were off; quiet
ly at first, but as the nearer workers
saw us and ra>i for their lodges, we
gave the war cry and rode like the
wind. Many of the people gained the
lodges before we did, and from doors
and windows fired gi us at us. A few
fell; tbe rest of us pushed on, juinued
from our horses and msliad in; tbe
larger part of our ban 1 bad gone to
the upper lodges, and I was with
Spai-yn and the rest before the stone
lodge. A lot of men were in front of
tbe great doors, and at their head I
saw tbe red-haired one; they all bad
gnus and pistols and were shooting at
us. It was but for a second, though,
and then tbe most of them lay dead
where tb--»y had stood, and we rallied
inside uiter the few who fled. The
red-baired one ran into a great room
at tbe left, Spai-yu and I at his beels.
He ran to a concb, grasped a sword,
and turned on us, making a hinge at
my friend. Hpai-yu said something
and struck tbe sword witb bis war
club so that it flew awav to a distant
corner, and at tbe same time the bad
man recognized bis brother, fell on hit
knees,and I knew that he was praying
for his life. I looked at Spai-yu; he
was smiling like a little child, which
was bis way when very angry. All tbe
rest, of Ibe meu in the lodge had now
been killed bv our companions, who
i'«mi crowding around ns. J bad
killed two myself; from one of whom
I took this lance—it bad a good stall
tben —aud from tbe other I got a fine
gun.
"Tbe brother on liis knees continued
to talk iu a frightened aud piteuus
tone, and finally Spai-yu turned to me
and mid:
" 'Brother, just look at him; set
what a coward be is; what shall I do
with him?'
" 'Kill him, of course,' we fill
shontel.
"Spai-yn put his hand to his chin
and stood n loug time silent, while still
the brother begged.
" 'No,' be said at last, 'I will not
kill him; if I did my vengeance would
be sill over,aud I would have no great
pleasure iu it. I'wish it to last a long,
long time. I want to see liim suffer.
Tie him strongly; we will take him
back with us.'
"When we bad done so onr leader
bade lis take everything we could find
that we cared for, and others be sent
up tbe valley to drive in the great
herds of horses. We got great plun
der from tbe stone lodge and from tbe
dwellings of the workers. There Wt»re
many fine things, so that all bad a
share; guns, powder and ball, rich
cloths and clothing, cups, and many
strange articles. Only a few of the
Indians were killed, for Spai-yu bad
orderel us to spare them if they
yielded: but all of the bad brother's
friends lay dead an.l scalped. There
were also many beautiful women there,
clothed in thin,white dresses. Spai-jn
talked very loudly to them as they
stood frighteued and crying in a cor
ner, aud presently, when tbe horses
cuine thundering down the valley,
trampling the fields of growing things
flat to tho ground, be ordered them
out, bade us put the wicked one ou a
horse, and then set tire to tbe great
lodge; tbe walls could not burn, but
everything inside made a tine big
blaze. Tben we all caught fresh
borseß and started l>a;-k o.i the long
journey homeward, driving the great
herds before us, many of them packed
with rich plunder. And when we
came to a place where a friend of the
bad brother lived, we attacked it and
got still more plunder and more
horses. Afte n lit.le we had more
animals than we could drive aud had
to let some go. So we traveled on,on,
to tbe north over the trail we had
came, never stooping even to bother
the people of the mud lodgjs, for we
had everything we wanted auil were
hurrying to get home.
"Every night about the camp fire
Spai-yu had bis brother sit before him,
and ho talkel bad words to him, laugh
ing pleasantly ali the time. Aud the
bad oue said nothing iu reply. He
got very thin and would eat but little,
and we saw by bis face that lie suffered
in his heart.
"At last we came to tbe Yellow
stone. It was now winter, and we had
passed there on our way south early in
tbe spring. The river was frozen over,
and we were crossing on the ice, hav
iug made a dirt trail over it from bank
to bank. Nearly all had crossed, when
all at ouce the ice gave way, and men
and horses weie plunged into the cold
water, amoug them the bad brother,
who was tied to his animal. We
rushed to the place, but ere we reached
it the swift current drew them under,
and we never saw thein again. Our
people, though, easily swam to the
edge of the hole and were pulled out.
" 'lt is better so,' said Spai-yu.
'After all, I could not forget that the
same mother bore us both,and I could
not have killed him. Indeed, I had
concluded to let him go wheu spring
comes, giving him a chance to make
his way back to the southern land.'
"Iu a few more days we cume to
the camp of our people on the .Mis
souri, and there was great rejoicing
over onr return. What became of
Spai-yu? He lived with us many a
year,and tben came the traders bui'd
ing forts along the river; his wife died
about that time, and be weut to live
with them. One day the Sioux at
tacked a fort where he was stopping
and lie was killed iu the light."—New-
York !-.un.
Tlie linmlola Out «r l>Hle.
According to a recent disi ntch trom
Venice the day of the gondolo is rapid
ly drawing to a close. An elect ic
launch, which is one of a t pe of
which a large number has been
ordered, is now plyiug on the canals
of that city. These craft are to be
run for passeuger traffic, subject to
the approval of the local authorities.
The pioneer launch carries 50 passen
gers, is oG feet long aud 10 feet wide.
It is equipped with 1(10 accumulators
and its mean sj eed will vary from
seven to nine miles an hour. It will
be interesting to note whether these
electrically propelled launches will bo
able to compete commercially witb
the gondolier.
Berlin has 14 persons whose antu:a>
income exceeds $250,00.1
Eskimo SI Union at Point t
The rough and pioturesque
school and church at Point Bu.
Alaska, has unusual interest from >
fact that it stands on the most north
em portion of land on the American
continent, and marks the end of
civilization in the Arctic region. The
site was selected by the United States
Bureau of Education for a school, the
funds for the establishment of which
were contributed by Mrs. Elliott
F. Shepard, of New York City, wh»
founded similar missions at Sitka and
other points in the Territory. This
station, next to Uppernavik, Green
land, is the most northern mission in
the world. It is securely built of huge
logs, having double walls to secure
against the intense Arctic cold.
The teachers at Point Barrow are
completely isolated from the outside
world. Once a year the curtain is.
lifted ard they receive their annual
supplies, letters, papers, etc., and
ESKIMO MISSION SCHOOL AT POINT BAR
ROW, ALASKA, ON THE MOST NORTH
ERN PORTION OF LAND IN THE ARCTIC/
REGION.
;lien it shuts down audtUey are closed
iu for auother twelve months.
The teachers announce that they
never had more quickly intelligent
pupils thau these wild Eskimos of
the North. At the beginning of the
school year only a few could count
ten in a blundering fashion, and niue
teutlis of the pupils knew no English
whatsoever. At the close of the llrst
icbool year they could couut up to
1000, write and read simple English
words, and knew a little of geography.
Natal » Health? Country.
While Natal is considered a healthy
country, it experiences considerable
ihanges iu its climate, which is not
mlike, iu geueral conditions, the cli
mate of Italy, especially that of the
northern part.
Winter and summer are the only
■wo seasons which are known to
Natal, the summer beginning iu Oc
tober and ending in Maroh, wheu the
winter season begins. As usual, iu
tropical and sub-tropical countries,
'he summer is the rainy season, and
in some parts, Durban, for instance,
the rainfall i9 about forty inches, the
tverage number of days ou which rain
falls being 125.
During December and January the
heat on the coast is intense. Inland,
ind iu the higher regions, the fre
quent thunder storms afford relief to
a great extent, Severe hail storms
ire also common and invariably do a
great deal of damage. But of all un
pleasant things the hot, withering
winds which for days at a time blow
from the north are the most disagree
able. Almost without fail they end in
a thunder storm. With all these draw
backs, however, the country is
healthy. This is shown by the fact
that last year's death rate iu Durban
was a very low one, considerably lese
than two per cent.
Milk Fifty Cent* a Quart.
An Australian farmer has brought
fifty cows from his country to Ma
nila, anil, although the cost of traus
porting them was twice their value iu
Australia, he is making a good thing
out of them. He gets fifty cents a
quart for the milk, aud cau not sup
ply the demand. The first reserve
United States hospital pays him two
thousand dollars in gold a month for
milk. The COJVS are the first cattle in
the Philippines, aside from the nativ?
water buffalo.
Substitute For the Clierkrein.
An ingenious arrangement to be
used instead of the cheokrein, which
is so bitterly opposed by frieudsof the
horse, is showu iu the accompanying
picture.
A Canadian is the inventor of this
NEW DEVICE TO BP. USED IN LIEU OB
I IIECKREIN.
humanitarian device whose object is
to prop the horse's head tip rathei
than to forcibly hold it back as th<
olienkrein does.
The substitute consists of two tubulai
rigid supports, which telescope oue ovei
the other, and which are rigidly fast
ened to the collar and the bitor bridle.
Geared in this way, the horse is at
liberty to stretch his neck in auy di
rection he may desire, but the most
comfortable position is that in which
the head is held erect.