Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Nov. 12, 1908.
CONSTITUTION ISLAND.
History of Place Mrs. Sage Gave to
the Government.
Constitution island, which was re
cently presented to the government by
Mrs. Unssell Sage to be added to the
West Point reservation, is rich in In
dian legend and historic memories. It
Is situated in the Hudson at a point
where the natural channel of the river
forms two right angles by a turn from
south to cast and back to south. West
lies to the north.
*A Revolutionary inscription in the
-West Point library states that the
"west and northwest sides of the is
land are formed of bold and inaccess
ible precipices, while on the east is a
large flag meadow partially drained by
ditcher recently cut through it." At
present there are 2SO acres in the is
land. Fifty cf these are meadow, and
the remainder is upland. None of the
many islands dotting the Hudson is
more beautiful than this one, an#* its
rugged shores are admired by all who
pass up or down the river.
Tp to the Revolution the island was
known as Martelaire's Rock island and
also as Mi'rtter's Rock or Martyrs'
Cliff- The first name was derived from
the French family Martelaire, who
made it their home some time about ,
1720. Martyrs' Cliff sprang from one of
Its tragedies. Later on, when certain j
fortifications were erected on its \
heights, it became Constitution island. '
On Aug. 20, 1775, commissioners ap
pointed by the Continental congress,
Accompanied by a company of men
and led by Colonel Bernard Romans, j
tin engineer, reached the island and '
began the erection of tlie "first fortifi- j
cations in the highlands." The work I
tin the island was not completed at j
this time. I'ndcr the orders of ICos- i
clusko. the engineer later detailed to j
fortify West Point, the breastworks, j
the remains of which are still to lie I
traced, were erected there.
Troops were garrisoned on the island j
and several cannon mounted. There, j
too, figured the celebrated iron chain
placed in the channel to prevent the j
British from passing up the river to
Albany and the upper country. One j
end of the chain was attached to the j
island. With the fortifications on I'oo- j
plopenskill, known as Forts Montgotn-1
erv and Clinton, and the many other |
redoubts thrown up Kosciusko made,
the point most formidable.
There are stories floating around j
among the inhabitants of Orange and j
Putnam counties of visits to the island j
__by I>r. Franklin and the worthy
< r liarles Carroll of Carrollton «nd of
—excursions their made by Washington
and Lafayette. It Is said to have been
a favorite spot with Benedict Arnold
and his young wife.
The island became the property In
1800 of Miss Anna Bartlett Warner
«nd her sister, the late Susan Warner,
better known under lier pen name of
Elizabeth Wetherell.
CLOTHES HANGING CONTEST.
Boston Woman Wins by One Kimono
In Amusing Competition.
A contest in the gentle act of hang
ing out clothes was the unique feature
of the outing of the Massachusetts Ice
Dealers' association at Bass Point,
Nabant, the other day, and, while some
of the women blushed as certain gar
ments were hung to the breezes, the
event proved to be one of the most
nmusing that have marked any outdoor
gathering last summer. Miss Hazel
Nutting of Boston won by a kimono.
The contest was between Miss Nut
ting anil Mrs. Louise Howard of Wa
tertown. Mass., who were captains of
side-; sitting across a table from each
other. I'nder the chair of each was a
package, and the combined packages
on each side contained everything from
drop stitch stockings to outside knit
sweater, and all were given away later
as prizes to the ladies present. The
garments in packages had to be taken
from bundles fastened beneath chairs,
unfastened and passed along to the
captains, who hustled them onto the
lines.
A crowd ot about 400 looked on as
the two captains worked neck and
neck. Mrs. Howard got away slightly
in advance and led by one stocking.
Miss Nutting caught up to her on cor
sets, gained steadily in petticoats and
skirts and hung out her last article, n
Chinese kimono, ton seconds ahead.
The women on each side then drew
numbered slips for their pick from
the line. Silk stockings and a white
sweater were the first to lie chosen
The ladies to draw the higher numbers
had only a meager assortment of lln
gerie to select from, and none seemed
very anxious to take a chance at it.
There was also an lee cutting con
test by women. Blocks of ice weigh
ing from fifty io seventy pounds were
placed on a long table, and they tried
to chop a ten pound piece. Nearly 100
women tool; part, and Miss Knitnn A.
Curtis oi Jamaica I'lain won first prize,
cutting a piece weighing ten pounds
one and a quarter ounces.
The millennium will be a time when
people carry out their good intentions,
—ruck.
Had Its Limitations.
A Scottish farmer was proudly show
ing a visitor an autique clock which
had recently come into his possession.
"Isn't that a gran' clock?" he said.
"I boclit it at an auction sale in the
toon the ither day an' got a rale bar
gain."
"Yes, but does it keep good time:"
the visitor asked.
"Ah, wcel, it's no good enough to
catch a train or that sort o' thing, but
good enough to get up to yer breakfast
wl\"
A Budding Philologist.
Bobbie, aged five, saw a cow grazing
in his mother's flower garden and
thouted: "Scat! Scat!"
The cow didn't seem to be much in
timidated and calmly ate on. Three
year-old Mary, dancing with excite
ment, exclaimed: "Tell him to 'scow,'
Wobbie; tell him to 'scow'!"— Deline-
TWO GIES
GO TO PRISON
Bessie Kennedy and Annie Bloomer,
two yotiug girls of this oity. were ar
rested Tuesday oliarged witli larceny
aud in default of bail were committed
to jail.
The prosecutor in the case was S.M.
Waite, who occupies rooms ill the
Grove office building, No. 3CB East
Mahoning street. In his information,
lodged before Justice Oglesby, V aite
alleged that the money was extracted
from his pocket by the girls while he
was in his residence on Monday. The
amount stolen, he alleged, was fifteen
dollars and consisted of a teu dollar
bill and a five dollar bill.
At the hearing, which - took place
about noon, one of the girls, Bessie
Kennedy, admitted that she extracted
five dollars from Waite's pocket: she
accused the other girl, Annie Bloom
er, of taking ten dollars.
The Bloomer girl denied that she
had taken any of the money. It. de
veloped, however,that both girls were
out together Monday night and made
a number of purchases. Among other
things,they bought two pairs of shoes,
a tarn o'shanter hat, and a pair of
gloves.
The justice believed that a prima
facie case bad been made out and held
the girls for court, fixing bail at S2OO.
Neither of the two was able to find a
boudsuian and accordingly they were
both escorted to jail by Chief Mince
moyer.
It has been some time since any wo
men have been committed to our coun
ty prison. The girls were placed tem
porarily in the hospital cell. As soon
as quarters were provided in the up
per tier of cells designed for women,
they were removed op stairs, where
they will probably remain until their
case comes up before court.
TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
Startling Plan to Show Consumption's
Ravages In Unitcc^atates.
A startling means of blowing the
ravages consumption is making in the
United States will lie adopted in con
nection with the international tuber
culosis congress at Washington. The
census bureau will have in the Na
tional museum building an electrical
device which will record by flashing
of a light the death from this
disease. That is to say, a light will be
flashed every time a death from the
white plague occurs in the United
States as computed from figures gath
ered by the bureau.
This is tile first time the interna
tional congress, which meets at inter
vals of three years, has been held li
the United States, and much is expect
cd of its labors.
The exhibition is a graphic picture
of the work of world renowned scien
tists in Iheir tight to stamp out phthisis
and to win back to health aud happi
ness a multitude of afflicted who must
perish but for this relief.
The federal exhibit and that of most
of the states have been arranged advan
tageously and are most creditable.
Cuba, Germany and Sweden have no
ticeable exhibits.
New York's exhibit is in the center
of the main group of states. It Is ad
mittedly one of the most strikiug of
the congress, because It shows how
unceasing has been the tight to stay
the advance of a disease which men
aces a population as big in the me
tropolis alone as that in some states.
A feature of New York's exhibit is
that sent to Washington by the Charity
Organization society, in charge of Law
rence Yeiller, director, the author of
a modern tenement house law that is
fast ridding the chief city of the new
world of a condition that is admittedly
the chief breeding ground of this dis
ease enemy—the slum.
Of equal interest in the New York
space is the exhibit showing the ad
vance made in ten years toward giving
the tenement dwellers sanitary homes,
wherein, instead of sordidness and dis
ease, light, air and healthful surround
ings can be had.
The Nathan Straus milk pasteuriza
tion exhibit will receive much attention
from the delegates to the congress, be
cause for years milk has been regard
ed as one of the greatest mediums for
the transmission of the bacilli of tuber
culosis. The exhibit is in charge of
Miss J. I!. Hern of New York.
Delightful Gift.
Little Miss namlin is a grateful soul,
aud lier many relations find it a pleas
ure to do her kindnesses and present
lier with appropriate gifts.
"You certainly were well remember
ed on your birthday," said a friend.
"What did your uncle, Dr. Grantham,
give you?"
"He hasn't given it to me yet," said
little Miss Hamlin, "but next month,
when he isn't quite so busy, he's going
to give me my appendicitis operation.
Isn't that good of him?"— Youth's Com
panion.
Qualified to Do It.
"Did you know," said the toolh car
penter, looking up from his paper,
"that the Indians practiced dentistry
in the earliest times'/"
"I didn't know it," replied the niaa
who had once sat ID a dentist's chair,
"but i am not at all surprised. The In
dians have always been a brutal and
cruel race."
Then he laughed gleefully, forgetful
of the fact that there was still time
for the dentist to add sls or S2O to Ills
bill.—Chicago Post
The Comparison.
Towne—Yes, my wife Is able to dress
on comparatively little money. Browne
—Oh, come now! Comparatively little?
Towne —I mean a little compared with
what she thinks she ought to have.—
Exchange.
On a Big Liner.
"Let's go forward to the main deck."
"All right Steward, call us a taxi
cab."—Washington Herald.
PATROL WAGON
FOR THE BOROOGH
The borongh of Danville for the first
time in its history is to have a patrol
wagon. Heretofore when a man yield
ing to the sednotive influenoe of red
eye became completely knocked ont
and was unable to navigate the offic
ers were obliged to carry him to the
lockup or to trundle him off in a com
mon wheelbarrow,the spectacle in the
latter event being exceedingly grotes
que and amusing.
Danville, however, is forging for
ward ami to keep pace with the times
in all departments our borough fathers
have decided that oar police must no
longer be required to drag or carry
men paralyzed with drink to the lock
up. Such methods are altogether too
primitive. Even the wheelbarrow must
go and in its stead the council has de
cided to furnish or officers with—a
push cart.
The latter, however, is to have rub
ber tires so that it will not attract un
due attention when propelled by an
officer, it is trundled over the paving
with its helpless and inert human
cargo.
The patrol wagon fortunately will
not add a big item to the cost of equip
ment in the police department. The
push cart will simply be taken over
from the department of streets anil
bridges where last year it was used in
keeping the Mill street paving clean.
The wheels are a little too shackly
to be of'much service and council has
decided to have them removed and in
their place a pair of bicycle wheels
installed. Thus not only will the
patrol wagon be strengthened, but rub
ber tires will be supplied also, all in
one operation.
A SURPRISING WEDDING.
It Gave a Shock to the Lady Who Was
So Anxious to See It.
An elderly American authoress asked
me to conduct her to a place where
she could see a workman's wedding,
as she required it for a new novel,
writes the Paris correspondent of the
London Gentlewoman. To oblige Ihe
lady I took her to the Lac Saint-Far
genu, an establishment at the top of
the steep Hue de Belleville.
It was still early when we reached
the place, and no brides or bridegrooms
were visible as yet At last two char
a-bancs drove up to the door, and a
noisy company alighted, all smoking
cigarettes, including the bride, which
shocked my friend exceedingly.
The company then sat down to
luncheon, and we watched them from
a distance, while a photographer took
up his position near us. The meal did
not last very long and ended in the
bride performing a jig on the table,
while the guests danced around her
They then started games, bide and
seek, etc., and while the bridegroom
had his back turned the bride threw
her arms round the neck of a red hair
ed youth.
This led to a fight between the two.
The melee became general, the bride
pulling off her wreath and throwing it
at her father-in-law's head. My friend
looked on in breathless excitement
while the guests jumped over the ta
bles and chairs, but when the bride
turned a somersault alighting on the
bridegroom's shoulders, the good lady's
indignation rose to a high pitch, and it
was only then that I told her what I
and the reader no doubt, too—guessed
long before, that they were a party of
acrobats rehearsing a scene for a cine
matograph company.
A Town of Macs.
Scotsmen are remarkably successful
as colonists. They are also very clan
nish. There are many prosperous set
tlements In Greater Britain where
Caledonians largely predominate, but
the names of these localities do not
carry that fact on their face. Nobody,
however, can be mistaken as to the
prevailing nationality in "Macsville."
This Is a town in the Cobalt district
of Nova Scotia. You will be perfectly
safe in accosting anybody there thus:
"I say, Mac."—London Ghrouicle.
TO COOK ON THE MARCH.
Russian Stew Pot Will Be Used by
United States Army.
In any future campaigns In which
the American army may be engaged
the Russian stew pot is to stand next
to the colors in Importance, says a
Washington dispatch. The commis
sary department after much thought
has decided upon that order of prece
dence.
The Russian pot is a recent discov
ery so far as the subsistence officers
are concerned. The Russians have
known of it a long time and used it in
Manchuria. The only objection to it
there was that it was too often empty.
It has been adopted hero as a part of
the field equipment.
The pot is put on wheels, and it has
a fire box, so that the making of a
savory stew can proceed during the
iast few minutes of a march and lie
ready for the tired soldiers when they
go into camp.
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DREADED FOOT AND RODTH DISEBE-
H FARMS 11 OUARAHTIIfE
Tliree more farms yesterday were
declared to be iu a state of quarantine
by Dr. Leonard Pearson. State Veter
inarian, who, with other members of
the State livestock sanitary board is
in this section trying to stamp out the
dreaded foot and month disease that
lias broken ont among the cattle in
Montour and Northumberland coun
ties.
The farms now under quarantine in
this immediate vicinity are those of
Jacob Shultz, Oooper township, Mon
tour county; Edward Shultz, Elmer
E. Bogart,Clarence Campbell and Ed
ward Fisher, Rush towußhip, North
umberland county.
The United States officials arrived
yesterday morning and ! joined State
Veterinarian Leonard Pearson in an
effort to locate the disease wherever it
may exist aud to enter upon a system
atic warfare against its spread. The
officers, who arrived on the 7 :2o train,
were as follows: Dr. A. D. Melvin,
chief of the bureau of animal in
dustry ; Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of
pathological division; Dr. Steddon,
chief of the quarantine division of the
department of agriculture.
Dr. Pearson, accompanied by the
United States officials, State Secretary
Dr. Critchfield and the stair of physic
ians belonging to the live stock san
itary board—Drs. Jobson, Turner,
Mans and Cawley—were [snugly tuck
ed away iu T. ,T. Price's large automo
bile and conveyed to the several farms
where the disease was known or sup
posed to exist.
As stated yesterday the present is
the first time tiiat the foot and mouth
disease ever appeared in Pennsylvania
aud about the second time it has been
known to exist in North America. The
automobile tour yesterday, which
brought the officials face to face with
the infected cattle was, therefore, an
object lesson that was highly prized.
At each place a full and thorough in
spection was made, and the visitors,
each of whom is an expert in his line,
were a unit in the belief that the cat
tle ailing are affected with the dread
ed foot aud mouth disease. As a re
sult the three additional farms were
declared to be under quarantine.
Dr. Pearson putin an exceedingly
busy day. Dr. Melvin, chief cf the
bureau of animal industry, aud Dr.
Mohler, chief of the pathological div
ision, United States officials, left yes
terday afternoon for Buffalo, N. Y.,
to gather some necessary data, as it
was through that center that the cat
tie which infected the several herds
here where brought into this State a
HUMBLED THE PRiNCESS.
Fall of a Ducky Beauty From the
South Sea Islands.
! Oue night Jolm Sharp Williams, j
while a student at Heidelberg, tier-j
many. was in attendance upon a swell
function at which the guest of honor ;
was a ilark skinned princess alleged
| to- hall from one of the south sea is- ;
lands. This princess was magnificent- j
ly bedecked and bejeweied, and her j
warm olive complexion, set off by a j
mass of black, kinky hair, full red j
lips, snow white teeth and black,
1 sparkling eyes, made her the center j
of tin? function. The masculine-like j
• Germans swarmed about her like bees |
J around a honeysuckle vine, and even |
Dutch femininity could not discount !
j the charm of ber manner or the beauty |
of her person.
I John Sharp was introduced, of
J course, and immediately upon obtain- '
j lng a near view of the princess (?) his j
j southern Instincts rose to the surface '
and his southern blood began to boil.
| Watching his opportunity, he managed !
jto gi't to the beauty's elbow. Then, l - e- I
| ducing ills voice to a low, but perfect
i ly audible key, he sent into her star-
I tied ears this alarming query:
"Look here, nigger, where did you i
come from?"
Panic stricken and with all her self
possession scattered, the alleged prin
cess turned upon her interrogator as
she heard the familiar intonation of
the southerner and looked into his un- j
relenting face. Then she stammered
"Funi South Caroliny, boss, but for ;
de Lawd's sake don't tell It."
Whether John Sharp respected the
pitiful plea of a southern negrcss in a
faraway land and permitted iter to
continue her bold imposition upon the
credulous Germans the story does not
tell. Hut the fact remains that the
"princess" realized that she was in the
presence of one who, from intimate
knowledge of her race, had divined
her African origin, and she <>0111(1 only
throw herself on his mercy.—liiloxi
Herald
Why He Drowned.
Describing the stringent police reg- S
ulatlons of Berlin, a citizen of that |
city by way of illustration told the !
following story:
I "Schmidt and Krauss met one morn- I
, lng in the park.
! " 'Have you heard,' says Schmidt, I
'the sad news about Muller?'
I " 'No,' says Krauss. 'What is it?'
i "'Well, poor Muller went boating on >
the river yesterday. The boat cap- j
I sized, and he was drowned. The wa
ter was ten feet deep.*
'"But couldn't he swim?'
| "'Swim? Don't you know that all i
: persons are strictly forbidden by the j
police to swim in the river.' "—Phila
delphia Record.
Not Mentioned by Herodotus.
Xerxes was meditating upon his ■
good luck in having been milde king ;
by his royal father in preference to i
the eldest son.
"Still," he said, "if the succession j
had been determined by a primary
election 1 would have got it just the
same. Naturally everybody would
have marked an X opposite my name."
Subsequently, however, the Greeks
gave him the double cross at Plataea |
—Chicago Tribune.
couple of weSks ago. Dr. Steddon,
chief of the quarantine division of the
United States department of agricul
ture, remained in this city and, along
with Dr. Pearson, Dr. Critchfield and
others last night was registered at the
Montour house.
Drs. Melvin and Mohler, yesterday
at Buffalo,today along with Dr. Sted
don, will join State Veterinarian Pear
son and the other members of the live
stock sanitary board iu a meeting at
Harrisburg.
It is at this meeting that a mode of
warfare iu fighting the plague will be
deoided upou. A strong effort will be
made to induce the United States gov
ernment to take up the crusade. The
outbreak here is considered too dang
erous and difficult, for the State, with
no funds at its command, to handle
successfully.
Unless the United States govern
| ment can be induced to enlist in the
fight it is feared the epidemic may
linger here a long time, even though
I strictest quarantine be maintained,
j The only effectual way to stamp out
i the disease is to authorize the killing
iof all the infected animals. Such a
| course requires money to reimburse
! the owners as is done in the case of
I tuberculosis. As stated yesterday,
however, the State has no fund for
j such purpose, the outbreak of the foot
j and mouth disease being one of the
i contingencies that was unforeseen,
Unless the infected cattle bo killed
they will be obliged to worry through
a troublesome siege of a month or
more. While some or all of theiu may
I recover it is a question whether they
; will ever be worth anything to the
'owner. Iu addition the loss entailed
during the loug quarantine must be
takeu into arc ;uut.
j Dr. Pe.irsou stated yesterday that
after the meeting at Harrisburg, ac
companied by the United States offici
als, he will return to Danville to still
further prosecute the work of eradic
ating the disease.
The breaking out of the strange dis
ease has caused the greatest excite
ment nnd alarm not only throughout
I the fanuiug communities hut in town
as well It is contagious beyond any
thing that the veterinarians have ever
been called upon to cope with. The
worst feature of all iB that it is com
municable toman.
; Last evening the opiuion of Dr
Pearson was asked concerning danger
from this source. Ho stated that he
thought it would he well to thorough
ly boil all the milk used. Meats, al
j so, should be very thoroughly cooked
i before being served.
PRICE OF A THRONE.
Luxury Expenditures at the Court of
Napoleon.
One of the oldest Paris firms for gold
and silk embroideries, a house which
hail already served Louis XVI. and his
court with highly artistic needlework,
is still in possession of its accounts of
former centuries. An Inspection of
these books reveals a good summary
I of the luxury expenditures of the
French court, the Bonapartistic as well
as the legitimistlc. Napoleon 1., who
for bis own wants was, in contrast to
the spendthrift}* Josephine, very eco
nomical, went, though, to a large ex
pense when it was for representative
S gala dresses. The 10,000 francs which
! he had to pay for the embroidery on
: his coronation robe he did not consider
too high a price. But his embroidered
, frock coat that had cost him 3.500
} francs and which became too tight for
| him not long after its first year he
ordered to lie widened by pieces of
' cloth and the new seams to be cov
j ered with embroideries. The bill for
I his throne, however, foots up to a
pretty considerable amount. The outer
I drapery of purple velvet, trimmed
: with gold lace, was 10,200 francs.
| The red velvet panels were strewn
with inworked golden bees at 5 franca
apiece, and above the fauteull the em
peror's coat-of-anns was seen in raised
embroidery; total cost, 10,200 francs.
The inner drapery consisted of blue
satin with gold lace at O.COO francs.
Gold embroidered stripes for the inner
trimming cost 8,500 francs. Embroid
ery on the blue velvet fauteuil amount
ed to 3.020 francs, the foot cushion to
1,200. In addition there were 1,050
bees on the uneinbroidered panels of
the baldachin at the price of 5,250
francs. Altogether the price of Na
poleon's throne was 53,970 francs.—
Harper's.
Plan to Reform House of Lords.
A majority of the house of lord."
I committee. <>f which Lord Rosebety i
| chairman, which for months past has
| been considering reform of the upr <•
| house lias decided. It is said, to roe
! mend a scheme for popularizing and
I strengthening that body. It propoM -;
j the addition of eminent representative
commoners, who may be elected for
I the duration of any parliament and
i who may lie eligible for re-electi ■
| when that parliament is dissolved.
A Lesson In Patience.
When the eminent botanist. Profess-
J or Altman of Glasgow, was a small
j boy, ho had the present of a silver
bit, whereupon his mother was so wor
| ried with questions as to what he
[ should do with it that she exclaimed,
I "Really, you had better goto Thomas
| Elliot's (a well known pharmacist) ami
buy sixpence worth of patience."
Down the street marched the lad and
; demanded of the chemist "Mr. Elliot,
please give me sixpence worth of pa
; tience."
Mr. Elliot, taking in the situation at
| a glance, said: "Certainly, my boy;
j there's a chair. Just sit down and wait
j till you get it"
j Professor Aitinan's endeavor to pur
chase patience was a great success. It
: made a deep impression on the lad and
was one of the factors of his success
| "a lift.
WEIGHT OF A HORSL ~
Bad GUMUI Made by Men Unskilled
In Horsefleeh.
Many people, even among those who
frequently make use of horses, have
little idea what an ordinary horse
weighs and would have ranch difficulty
to guess whether a given animal stand
ing before their eyes weighed 500 or
1,500 pounds. Yet they would have
no such difficulty with a man and prob
ably be able to guess, especially if they
were good Yankees, within ten or twen
ty pounds of his weight. The govern
ments of Europe have long been pur
chasing and weighing horses for the
military service and transferring them
from carriage or draft employment to
the various branches of cavalry and
artillery. The animals are ordinarily
nssigned according to weight. The
French military authorities find that
an ordinary light carriage or riding
horse, such as in the United States
would be called a "good little buggy
horse," weighs from 300 to 400 kilo
grams—say from 800 to 000 pounds.
Such horses as these are assigned to
the light cavalry corps. The next
grade above, which in civil life passes
as a "coupe horse," or carriage horse
of medium weight, ranges in weight
tip to 480 kilograms, about 1,050
pounds. This horse goes to help mount
the cavalry of the line.
Next come the fashionable "coach
horses" of persons of luxury, which
weigh from 500 to SSO kilograms, or
from 1.000 to nearly 1,300 pounds.
These horses goto serve the purpose
of drill for the cavalry belonging to
the reserve military forces. Above
these there are still two grades of
heavy horses. The first are those used
for ordinary draft purposes and are
commonly found drawing the omni
buses of Paris where such vehicles
are still in use. These weigh from
1,100 to 1.500 pounds. Tke heaviest
horses are the Clydesdales and Per
cherons, which are oxen in size and
strength and which weigh from 000 to
SOO and sometimes even up to 000 kilo
grams—that is, from 1,300 up to near
ly 2.000 pounds. None of these Fer
cherons of the heaviest weight are
used In the military service, but some
of the lighter ones are employed for
draft n::d artillery purposes.—Buffalc
Commercial.
TKE TRAPPED THIEF.
A Midnight Adventure With South
American Desperadoes.
in describing certain experiences
among the outlaws and desperadoes of
South America an English traveler
tells the following grisly story:
"One eight a farmer was roused |
from sleep by hearing unusual and ,
stealthy noises about the place, lie
got quietly out of bed and.after listen
ing attentively, discovered that some
people outside were cutting a hole I
j through the door close to the bolt by
I which it was held.
! "It did not require any great amount
■ of detective talent to guess the object |
of the operation, and the best way to
| foil it was suggested by a thong of
| rawhide with a loop on it which hung
| from a hook on the inside of the door
{ Noiselessly removing the thong, he
i slipped the end of it through the loop,
j and there lie stood armed with au iui
! promptu lasso, ready for action.
I"It was an anxious time while the
i farmer stood watching the hole iu the
] door grow larger and larger until at
I last it was of sufficient size to effect
| the purpose for which it was made,
j "The supreme moment arrived, and a
i hand was stealthily inserted not only
| through the hole, but also through the
! loop of the little lasso which hung
j skillfully around it. With a sudden
| jerk the loop was tightened around the
wrist and the hand dragged in as far
| as the aperture would allow, while the
j thong wns securely fastened to the
1 hook on the back of the door.
"The robber was perfectly helpless,
j Ills companions came to his aid and,
i having Ineffectually dragged at the ini
! prisoned arm till they were tired, gave
1 up the struggle and prepared to depart.
! "But they were prudent men. and it
occurred to them to save himself their
J companion might betray them. Dead
[ men, they thought, tell no tales, so
| they killed him."—New York Mail
SCARED THE ROBBERS.
Odd Incident In England In the Eight
eenth Century.
j For a time during the eighteenth cen
; tury in England there was a lull in
the robbery industry owing to au odd
I incident. Shortly after the execution
| of au English burglar named Elliston
I a curious communication purporting
I to have been written by him was put
! into circulation. "Now, as lama dy
j ing man,"it rau, "I have done some
j thing which may be of good use to the
| public. I have left with an honest
I mau—the only honest man 1 was ever
acquainted with—the names of all my
| wicked brethren, the places of their
| abode, with a short account of the
i chief crimes they have committed. In
many of which 1 have been the aceoni
i pliee and heard the rest from their
i own mouths. I have likewise set
j down the names of those we call our
| setters, of the houses we frequent and
] all of those who receive and buy our
| stolen goods, I have solemnly charged
I this honest man and have received his
| promise upon oath that whenever he
hears of any rogue to he tried for rob-
I bery or housebreaking he will look into
! his list and if he finds there the name
j of the thief concerned to send the
! whole paper to the government. Of
i this I here give my companions f;i it
land public warning and hope they will
; take it." It is said the hint was so
effectual that for a long time pick
| pockets and burglars In that part of
: England went Into pauic stricken re
; tirement. And.this being so. it is just
i as well they did not know that the let
ter was a clever forgery, the work of
that prince of wits and humorists.
5 Dean Swift.—New York Tribune.
A Sound Reason.
Robert, aged five, was Irritated by
the crying of Clara, aged two.
"Sister," he sold, with great serious
ness, "why don't you stop crying? You
must be sick. You don't look well,
and you don't sound well."
Circumstances are beyond the con
trol of man, but his conduct Is In his
own power.—Beaumont.
A WAR TRAGEDY.
Pathetic Incident at the Siege of Port
Hadeon.
At the siege at Tort Hudson, La.,
there was one gun ooinnuHxled by Al
phonso Dubreull. lie was a young
sugar planter who had opposed seces
sion, but maintained that if Louisiana
seceded he would go with his state.
Dr. Chatrand, his neighbor, was a vio
lent secessionist, and Dubreull and the
doctor's daughter Amelia were lovers.
Ixnilsiaiia seceded. Alphonso raised a
company and proved so brave a Con
federate that the doctor, who had op
posed his daughter's marriage, readily
consented, and the pair were married.
His bride was accorded special per
mission togo into the bomb proofs of
the fort, where in comparative safety
she could be near her husband. There
slic saw him operating his enormous
gun, but her heart was torn with fear
for his safety. Suddenly she became
excited by the noise of firing and, rush
ing ont from her place of safety, was
struck by a piece of shell and fell hack
lifeless. Dubreull ran to her 6ide, saw
death in her face and went back brave
ly to his gun.
The next morning was beautiful, and
the sun shone gloriously. There was
cessation of hostilities that the dead
might be buried. Thus engaged, a re
quest came from the enemy to allow
the body of o young lady to pass
through our lines. It was grauted.
The little cortege came, preceded by a
military band playing a mournful
dirge, and halted at the outpost. The
old musket box used as a bier was ac
companied by two ladies and several
officers. One of the latter, a handsome
young fellow with long hair, walked
calmly and slowly, but his face be
trayed the greatest grief. A detail of
Confederate privates acted as pallbear
ers. Our men uncovered their beads.
All were blindfo'fded and led through
our lines to the steamboat. They bade
a last adieu to the dead bride and re
turned blindfolded.
It was the saddest sight I ever saw.—
G. N. Saussy in Spare Moments.
In the Depths of the Sea.
The quantity of light emitted by
many minute deep sea animals is se
great as to supply over definite areas
of the sea bottom a sufficient illumina
tion to render visible the colors of the
animals themselves. Some cephalopoda
I are furnished with apparatus which
reliccts the light from their phosphor
[ eseent bodies upon the sea bottom over
which they float. This reflecting ap
paratus is spoken of as "an efficient
bullseye lantern for use in hunting
through the abysmal darkness."
Some Few Escaped
"Oh. John." whimpered the wife as
she seized the morning paper, "see
what that editor has done with the ac
count of our tnusicale! lie has placed
it alongside the column of death no
tices. It's a shyiue. And we had such
prominent people as guests too."
"I suppose." said the husband wea
rily. "that the editor wishes to call at
tention to the fact that some people
are more fortunaVe than others."—
Bohemian Magazine.
A Doubtful Proposition.
"Should a mango to college after
fifty?"
"Well, he might pass muster at ten
nis," answered the expert. "But n
man can't expect to do much in base
ball or football at that age."- Pitts
burg Post.
No Change.
"Do you think the world is growing
worse?"
"Dunno as 'tis," responded the old
man. * "They've tellin' the very fisb
stories I heard when I was a boy."—
Pbilndelpbla Ledger.
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