WILD BEASTS.
DOW TIIRY Ann fcADK TO PKlt
rOH.M AT THE FAIU.
A r jr Spent With Man Who Life
Jin lleen Devoted to the ICriiica
tlon of Ravage Animal 111
Methods Described.
rt S"Y 0:TE her, Prince, old
I crane here I"
boy!
X. 1,,ft g'f" tawny mas
nlowly, mnj'Hticiilly strode
tionror, and when clotw to the mnn tlint
hud cnllcd him herubliedhin Ptiormottn
head against the liMid that win
stretched out in prrectiiiK. The long,
muscular hand of thn mnn buried itself
in thn ninne of thn kingof ntiimnln and
idnyfully stroked it, Id the evident nat
infaction of thn great beast. Thn man
ner o( the latter wan a curious mixture
of fi'limi gruce nml raniue affection,
ami the great pupils of his eyes dilnti'd
ml contracted with the pleasure of
being fondled.
Tin) man who tint treated a lion, a
full-grown, ahlo-hoilicd onn, with a
comph'tn net of piiormoungrindorn, anil
claws that would cleave a one-inch
board, a roar that would knock down
ft World' Fair hotel and a atomach
that would conceal a month' provi
sion for n small family, wa Carl
Ilugeiihnck, wlto.se: pcrformanen with
trained wild beast, any thn Chicago
Herald, are among the chief attraction
of Midway rhiimtncc, at the Fair. A
man who in on term of thn closest in
timacy with lion, tiger, bear, nnnken,
panther, ami other feroeiou horror
of the desert ami forest i a rarity in
itself, lint when that man hn spent
hi whole life among hucIi brute, and
hn taught thousand of them during
Hint time how to obey, perform and
play, w hen ho litis hnd a acorn of hair
breadth escapes from the awful fate
that ha overtaken nearly every pre
ceding trainer of wild beast and when
that Biime man is chockful of interest
ing, often blood-curdling, anecdote
and incident of a biographical
nature, ho become an acquaint
ance doubly worth having.
In the course of a day spent with
thin gentleman, who i by all odd the
most successful trainer of navago beast
that the past or present known of, a
whole string of popular fallacies were
reduced to deserved absurdity. First,
a to the comparative intelligence, do
cility and reliability of thn principal
wild animal. Who would believe
that the lion and tiger are, once
brought under subjection, tho most
reliable and harmless pets? Yet such
is the case, if forty years' experience
enables Mr. Iltigonback to be a
good judge. Of course, he any,
no wild beast are ever thoroughly
trained if brought under human influ
ence at too late a period in their lives.
Buch beast, even if taught all that can
be taught them, are liable at any time
to have their innate savngo instincts
break out and overcome in a moment
11 the fruit of a tedious and painful
training. But when caught young
in the days of babyhood the lion and
the tiger are easiest to deal with. They
both learn their lessons well, and their
memory is tenacious and retentive.
They both appreciate kindness and feel
steady affection for those whom they
have come to look upon an their friend.
While in course of training they must
be handled with great care, and pun
ishment must be meted out to them
only when absolutely required for the
safity of the trainer or of tbe other
animals. But evnn thou this punish
ment must be made up for by redoubled
kindness soon after, so as to impress
strongly on the minds of these animals
that it was punishment for the offense
committed, not cruelty, that caused
them to suffer, and that they have not
forfeited the good will of their friend
because of it. The elephant is much
more intelligent and cunningthanbotb
lion and tiger, and ho easily learns all
sorts of tricks and stage business which
require judgment, tact and the exer-
till MONKEY! AM THX POIJOB FOBOB.
else of reasoning power. He, too, ia
very grateful for kindness shown and
Las very affectionate disposition, but
be ia revengeful, crafty and never
. wholly reliable, but liable to sndden
outbursts of fur7, spite or willfulness.
The bear is likewise very intellgent
and may be' taught a many things use
ful or ornamental as the elephant
There ars, however, great - many ve
turtles of bear family, and these
HAPPY FAMILY
differ lar-gety among themnalvea in In
tellnctnnl and moral qualities. The
leant intelligent among them and the
least tractable is the polar bear, and it
roqnired rear to teach the specimen
how performing at the Hngenback
arena what little he know. The Amer
ican bears, even the grizzly, are more
easily manngnd and acquire certain ac
complishment without much trouble.
Thn black Ilunnian bear, too, in amen
able to civilising influence, and no in
the Alpine brown bear. Hut the enn
uingest and moat comical a well as the
mm
Ktn rrum.r.i t.
most graceful benr are those from
Thibet and from the Fast Indie, es
pecially from the Malay Island. Tlioso
are musically inclined, and actually
learn to step in fact with the strains
of a waits. All the beam, though, are
never wholly to lie trusted, and they
are of a combative nature, enjoying
fight among themselvss a well a with
other animal. More death, too, are
due to liearisli outburst of auger than
the public 1ms any idea of. Alone at
the zoological gnrdeii at Brussels three
attendants were killed by benr within
a short time, and there is no large men
agerie, no zoological garden and no
performing circus of any magnitude
that hn not hnd fatal accident due to
the irrepressible, ferocity of tho bear.
It will be a surprise tn many to
lenrn that there i a good deal of in
telligence and a good deal of affection
stowed away under the hide of a snake.
Trainer know how to avail thoinselve
of this fact and iu that way get results
out these reptiles that could not other
wise be obtained. Hut snakes, too,
mutter ttvh n tub hatty. famtlv.
are never thoroughly brought under
subjection to the human will and their
voracity and their ugly temper have
been the cause of many tragedy that
the press never icard of. When am
ply fed, however, and treated with uni
form kindness a snake may be taught
many thing which one would hardly
suspect. It is similar with alligators,
with panthorn, leopards, pumas,
jaguars, tbe cinnamon and grizzly
beam, and with many other animals
that are hardly suspected of a fair
amount of brain.
Even the ostrich, though provoking
ly stupid and intractable, may bo edu
cated into something vastly different
' from the wild bird of the desert.
Once consignment of twenty-six os
triches that had been caught for Mr.
j Hngeubeck in northern Africa, during
ono of his long expeditions in that
continent for the purpose of collecting
large numbers of wild beasts for his
huge Hamburg menagerie, escaped in
Suez, just before being loaded on
board of steamer that was to convey
them to Trieste. The whole herd of
huge birds escaped direct into the Nu
bian desert and it looked as if they
were a dead loss. The big collection
of wild beasts of which these twenty
six ostriches had formed part had been
slowly gathered and then driven by
native servants distance of COO
miles. During that time these ani
mals had become acquainted with
each other and made friends to some
extent. There were camels and ante
lopes and lions, elephants and
Abyssinian goats iu the collection, and
Mr. Hagenbeck relied on . the friend
ship and on the gregariousness of
those escaped ostriches in his little
scheme to recapture them. And he
bad correotly sized them up. He had
band of Nubian servants drive the
floats and antelopes some distanoe into
the desert, all in a heap, and sure
enough, one by one, the fleet ostriches
returned to the fold, every one of
them.
PnntTiAP Anil lennanla ata th mnaf
! treacherous and the most difficult to
handle, they and the hyenas. Their
hostility aud natural antipathy to the
dogs are never overoome, and they will
seize every opportunity to attack dogs,
even when sure to get the worst of it
in fight and knowing full well that
they will be whipped by the trainer
besides. They sre always treacherous
, and much more dangerous to handle
i than their larger and more powerful
relations, the lions, Bengal tigers or
jaguars. They are cowardly and greatly
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. them the next instant.
I However, with ail these differences
. and with the further great diversity
and individual disposition sad char so-
tnrtntleft, it is kindness anil patience in
the man that accomplishes the wonder
ful result in training that the publio
see ocularly demonstrated in the Ilagen
beck arena every day. All these brnlen,
whether quite tamed or only partially
so, are amenable to kindness, and
gratitude forms the principal lever by
which they are moved to do a required.
Another element necessary for tho sue
oennfnl trainer of wild animals is ab
sence of fear, an equable temperament
and instinctive liking for him on the
part of the animal. For these beasts
have thnir likes and dislike, their
loves and their hatreds as well. Mr.
Hngenheck attributes his success with
all sort of savage beast and deadly
reptiles largely to the fact that he love
all creature and in many canes feeln a
genuine affection for his wards and
pupils. Home attendants can never
win the confidence and good will of
certnin wild beasts, and whenever that
fact has become apparent it is in
jurious to the business to retain
their services. Ono particular lion
ens, for instance, could not be ban
died by anybody in the Ilngenbnck es
tablishment. Hhe proved wholly in
tractable, and it had been already in
tended to sell the mimal at a low price
to a circus in Onrmany when Mr. Hag
enbeek himself took her in hand. Then
sho readily and instantly yielded to
the sympathetic influence her master
exercised over her. A young lion that
had provod quite unmanageable, and
that for four weeks had not learned a
thng, was recently in the solo charge
of l'hilndulphia, oue of Mr. Ilagen
beck's bent trainers. I'hilndelphia
went into the lion's cage, and when the
lion disobeyed him, he went for him
single handed with a pitchfork, reduc
ing him into complete subjection in
side of five minutes. The lion since
fears, respects and love his trainer
who, on his part, has not been forced
to resort to punishment once since
that time.
It may sound odd, but it in, never
theless, a fact, tbnt flattery, encour
agement and commendation-are among
tho most effective educational methods
employed at the Hageuheck establish
ment A lion that has learned his lesson
in immediately rewarded by a bit of
juicy steak, and tho bear gets such
dainties as fruit, sugar, candy and
bread for a recompense. Ihey are ap
provingly stroked or slapped on the
back just a human would be tinder
the name circumstances and the big
felines, lions and tigers have enough of
the cat nature iu them to be fond of
being scratched on the head and neck.
After tho animal has been thoroughly
trained for which purpose it needs
not only the services of an expert
trainer, but also the almos constant
attendance olsoine particular assistant
it is punished with rattan or with
tough rawhide whip only when tho
offense has been flagrant one. The
punishment in, in such case, quickly
and immediately administered, and
soon after the same animal will be
shown that it is forgiven by reoeiving
some lilt of dainty food or a caress.
One of the greatest difficulties iuthe
laborious process of training is to wean
the wild beasts of their inherited an'
tipathies for other animals, especially
those lielonging to a radically different
species. As in tho whole business of
traiuing it ia patience, lots of patience,
that is needed to overcome these feel
ings of aversion. For tho recipe for
training wild beasts is nine parts of
patience and but one part of all the
rest. The same thing, no matter how
simple, must be impressed hundreds
and hundreds of times on tho brains of
the animal in order to be thoroughly
learned. Once acquired, however, it
is hardly ever forgotten again.
But to get them first to live together
nd to perform side by aide in the
same arena, to dwell peaceably in the
same cage, is great difficulty. But
ainoe it is an indispensable prerequisite
for everything that is to follow the
animals must be taught harmony and
neighborly relations. Of oourse it is
only possible to teaoh youug animals
to forego their inherited hatreds
adults are past redemption. Young
beasts the younger the better are
chained and placed in the same cage
(of eonrse out of harm's way one from
the other) with other young animals of
different kinds. Thus they accustom
themselves to the sight, the odor and
the peculiarities' of each other and
begin to apprehend the faet that they
belong together and must, therefore,
get along with each other somehow.
By and by the tamer animals are al
lowed to circulate freely among the
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chained and half tamed pS?' "
last the point is reached Jfw "u '
may be left to themselves, irtntWmo'l
ably together. During their frJ", ?
J day and recreation this syste:'
orming happy, though incog.1"
family groups, is seen at its greatest
triumph. To watch a linn playing tag
with a polar bear, and to see an ele
phant and a tiger gamboling like merry
boys at school makes one dream - that
thq millennium cannot be far distant.
Perhaps the most distinctively motley
group that Mr. Hagenbeck ever gath
ered tinder the roof of one cage in the
one that may now be seen, composed
of six Javanese and Huinntrese bears,
diminutive but very comical fellows,
one striped hyens-(one of the most in
tractable beasts), three codoraonthys,
one pig, one African hunting dog and
several monkeys. And curiously
enough, it is the monkeys that are the
police force thn guardian of peace
and order in this motley throng.
STBPPINO TO THIS HTOAINS OF A WAfW.
Like that superior animal, mnn, these
besntn are also subject to all sorts of
disease. Iu fact, tho mortality among
them in mucji higher than it is among
the human race. For this fact, of
course, the inclemencies of climnto are
largely responsible The influenza
rages among them to thn name extent
that it did in tho ranks of thn human
bipeds. I'noumonis, consumption,
dysentery, fevers, stomach complaint,
etc, are a frequent scourge among
them, and Mr. Hagenbeck feeln still
very sore over the fact that he ha lost
a large number of hi most valuable
animal and among them some of his
bent trained and rarest onen, nuch as
couple of highly educated black pan
thers, some gorillas and mandrils,
several chimpanzees, half a dozen
lionn, tigers, etc. since he expatriated
hi big quadruped colony from Ham
burg. All told, some 120 of his
trained beast hnvo succumbed to
various diseases since hn began training
for the World's Fair. Monkeysin thia
climate are especially liable to lung
diseases, and consumption is carrying
off a number of them at present, but
some of them, too, were killed by hi
own panther and leopards.
Huch mishaps, besides, are of frequent
occurrence iu the life of a large dealer
in aud tra-.nnr of wild beasts liko Mr,
Hagenbeck. it may be interesting to
know that this man has, up to a year
ago, alone carried out of Africa UftO
elephants, 870 giraffes, 200 antelopen,
180 panthers, 78 lions aud 94 ostriches,
beside 1850 snakes and crocodiles.
That of this large number, now and
then, there were some fugitives may
easily be believed. Thus, twelve
elephant that be brought with him
from Africa a part of a large consign
ment escaped, while in transit, in
Vienna. Mr. Hagenbeck. however,
got them all back and by using the
following simple but original strata
gem : He recaptured thn youngest and
smallest elephant of the herd, and
then he pinched the ears of his baby
elephant so persistently and vigorously
as to make the animal yell and roar
and trumpet with pain, thus inducing
all the other fugitives to return to the
spot, driven book by curiosity and
sympathy.
Another time, just on the point ot
loading his wild animals on board a
steamer In Huez, Mr. Hagenbeck was
leading a giraffe, having a rope slung
tightly around his right wrist. Sud
denly the animal took fright and ran
off with that haste and speed for which
giraffes are so famous. More from
necessity than from ohoioe Mr. Hagen
beck, unable to disengage himself from
the rope, was obliged to share the
flight of his giraffe. More dead than
alive he was finally rescued some dis
tance from town, after having been
dragged along for several miles by the
panicky animal at a six-mile-per-hour
gait. Another time an enraged and
entirely untamed elephant made a
thrust at him with bis two immense
tusks. As luck would have it they
were so far apart as to just take his
body in between them, bis sides being
but slightly grazed.
A Type ot the Busy, Successful Man,
It is said that an East Buffalo (N. Y.)
auctioneer, who lately broke the record
by selling 315 horses in one day from
one auction-block, reoeives $7500 a
year for two days' work in each week
at East Buffalo, This is $150 a week,
or $75 day. The same man receives
$5000 year for two days' work each
week in Philadelphia, and because he
can not stand any more travel, he has
refused $8000 a year to add to his
labors one day in the week at Chioago.
Thursdays he has to himself ; and on
that day he runs a horse auction of
his own in Richmond, Va. He aeems
to be a type of the busy and success
man. Argonaut.
- Here are 129,000,000 hens in this
country whioh lay every year 6,000,
030,000 eggs.
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KEYSTONE STATE CUILINGS.
A if ri.itl attttr.n.
VoxoxiMtuM Citt Monongalia hst J
ootff ti nt will f shi snylhliR and ry.
hlay. it I thi- properly of William WHS
U.itn. II attacked Mr. Wilkinson's 2 ysnr
old dnfshief Annie, kn crklni hrr down
and pecking seversl boles In her head.
SoTAxrvr ArrorsTfe.
H.Mirfxnrnn I'nf. Hotlips-k of Vst
Virginia, was Appointed botanist, snd Colo
nel Tyon, IteuUliis, engineer, of Ihs Kormi
try Commission, crestrd If recent set of
th Legislature.
mi.is sidKn Attn vniorn.
II asiiisi',im. Tlie governor ulitned the
fnllnwins tillls: Iti-lnMng to liiishstwl nml
wife, enlsreini hrr rapacity to nrnnirs snd
rlispoM- of iriiny, in sue nml Imi sum), niiiI
to make slrM will, sad eniilillng tliatu In
trVify nsnlnst each nllirr In rrrlnin m;
tlilh ir r.inn the courts of common pleas to
direct Ihs IIIIiik of bmuU to the common
wealth by rsilroa'ls ami rnnal com ntiles lo
rnirn payment of rlutnnxei for Inking Isml
anil ciinlnriitl In esses where tliore Is n dl
puled, ilouhlful or ilnfectivn til If, or where
any parly interettnd I nhtent, unknown,
covert, not of fm I nac, of nn-oiinil iiilml. or
from any enuse cjtiuot hn bnrgiiiiied with
or rveil with nujr lioili e or have s bond
tendnml to them, and npKiut cuanlians
ml Hlnm ut trustees fin- sin h i"mon. Iteg
lllullnn lo thn sntlsfsetiou. exniiKUieliiiieiit
rr discharge nf dnwers, Icxaclr, or other
I'hnrgei upon I mil.
The (lovcrnor lis i vctid the folios ing
memurrs: To p'aco a cpy of Hmull's
handbook In every public school library
the governor reitardt all efTrirli to make the
rommonweslih s distributor of such booki
ss III ailvl-eil: to provide for th piihlicatlon
of l)lra(.'l ol charters and ilnotiineiit rela
tive to corporation liled with th secretary
of the commonwealth (he wiblii-alion
would entsll enormous work snd large ex
petite to the Hiale. for which no provision
lis beei miiile: relating to debts not of rec
ord of decedent a bill embracing the pro
vision! of this bill ha already bi-en approv
ed, lUI.IS AFMOVKII AM! VKTor.n.
If asiii-iu iiii. (iovertior I'atiisnn approv
ed I." bills on Moinlsy. Among Ihetii the
following: To provide for thn punishment
of persona wilfully procuring the publica
tion of false stntemnts; relating lo th Til
ing by trustees, etc.. of statements showing
the manner of Investments; making appro
priation lo I he Slate College; to rrgnlnto thn
employment nnd provide for the safety of
women and rhlldren in insniils' luriiig and
otht r establishment; to proviile for costs of
trials In lliinlingilon county of those who
violate the law while iniiintesof th ftefor
History; to authorize the relentl in of clerk
In the Adjutant (ieneral's llepiirtment to
copy muster bill; making appropriation to
ay for eiiense of compiling and puhlish
ng of laws of the Province of Pennsylvan
ia; relating to the boumlary line between
cities and borough and townships; tiling
compensation of accounting oflicer of
boards of chailties; lo apply the Isoth sec
tion of the pennl law ot March 31st, 1KVI, to
sll penal laws; making appropriation lor a
bronze tablet to represent the soldier of
the Pennsylvania ( ontiiienlal line on the
battle monument being erected at Trenton;
providing for the inrporntiou of compan
ies for th manufacture of iilverwars and
ewelry.
Among the bills vetoed wer these: Kl
ein pi in g Fayette county from tbe provi
sion nfthe net relating lo payment of a
premium for the destruction of luxes: to
prevent the prosecution in this Htate of no
tions wnicn, at ine limn oi commencing ins
same, are hatred by the laws of the Htaie or
county in which the cause thereof sroie.
rr.NNYi.vAxiA'i iiKsoiinrr.
Piiil.AiiKi.CHiA t'euniylvanla'i resources
will be shown at the f 'liicngo World's Kait
in an illunrated form on four large maps.to
be exhibited in the Pennsylvania Htate
building. These maps huve been made by
I or In lllodgett, at the request of th
World' Kair Commission of this Htate.
Pennsylvania'! minerals, agricultural, man
ufacturing and railroad and commercial
Interest are presented. Mr. Illmlgett has
estimated that the agricultural Interests In
IHiri equaled s capitalization of tl.'riO.UOO,.
ViO.it product being valued at 4mi.000,l0O.
Mineral capital is placed nt $!.Vi.ioo,0iO,
with prixlucts wortn tMjO.OOO.OUii. The coal
output's value In 10 year is dated to be 11.
SAO.iJiO.QOM, for 4.V!,(w,XiO lone. Iron hows
bin little advance.and there wa s alight de
crease in natural ga. The supply of
petroleum remain about tbe same, About
manufactures, Mr. Ulodgetl' map any that
rlJ.Vi.OuO.Ooo are Invested, and that (100.
60O.OOO more than this capital were earned
last year. Itailroadi snd commerce, In their
I'hnrt, have interests credited which ars
tnlued at tl.a5o.un0.0u0, with net annual
arsinss for 1802 of 1 140.000.000.
Wnsoit ltnsixsoN, a farmer of Kdenhurg.
Clarion county, was driving s vicious bona
in company with several more Into a barn
the other day. lie struck It with a whip,
and tbe Here brute at once attacked him
kicking him with both feet. Hews hurl
ed several feet sway snd ss he arose ws
attacked again, receiving a kick that fractur
ed his Jaw. The animal seemed content
with this, snd Mr. itoninson staggered to
ward hi house. He bail nearly reached it
when the horse rushed at him again and
kicked him through th kitchen door into
the kitchen, fracturing hi skull, He will
probably die. The horse wai shot.
Ix his charge totb Fayette county grand
In ry st I'nloiitown 011 Monday Judge
;'ing said it wa the duty of township
iiipervisors to put up Angerboards st all
crossroads, designating tbs placet 10 which
the different road lead snd the distance
thereto. He directed th supervisor to
comply with tbe law in this regard snd (aid
that if they failed lo do so he would direct
the township constable to report them to
him. in which cast he would Impose a fins
of tlO for etch failure.
Dr. 9. E.Wxbxr, who hat been Invettigs
Ing the ties or loute plagus in the northern
part of I-anrnHter county, has been sum
moned to Washington for a conference with
PecreUry of Agriculture Morton and Prof.
Itiley, of the Entomological bureau. There
is no doubt that th plague ia spreading and
is growing in seriousness. At St Felertburg
the lniectt htve been discovered in s tobac
co warehouse, and s number of people have
been deprived of work in contequence. Dr.
Weber has been advised of their presence
in two mors house in East Etrl.
Tas Standard plate glass work of Butler
are closed snd just how long tbe suspension
will continue cannot be stated now. Th
company bat a large stock of glass on hand,
tbe trsde being very dull st present, on ac
count of cessation of building operations,
the representatives of lb company saying
that th building trad i practically at
(laiidttill in moat nf th large cities.
A itn In Irs Fnlkerton't grocery store at
New Castle was blown open by Burglar.
Dynamite was used, and the safe door wu
blown clear scroti Iht store, carrying with
it s pocket book containing ttOO, which tb
robbers, who were frightened away, failed
to Bud.
A Ki'Masa of Shamokin capitalist have
sunk shaft end are digging for gold in
Penn township, near Center Hall. Parties
who pretend to know say that ths qusrtt
found there will yield ti in silver snd f l.ttt
In gold to ths ton.
Thomas Alixaxdib of Butler 'count' re
cently found a pheasant's neat containing II
eggs. H put the egg under a bantam hen
aud in time nins little pheasants appeared.
It It the reporter who allows hit
Imagination to run riot who U oon
Uaually getting Into a row.-
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
ITTIW TIIB TLklS.
THIS ain't Jo Drowm
It Is? Why, Joel
You're bent, nd
gray, 'nd go so
low
thought 'twit some
old man. Bat
here
Furgot I'd been
wsy ten year! .
I had to corns, Joe. Hnd to com
for on mors Thirtieth o' Msy,
To tee the boy, 'nd belp 'em so i.e
In keeping Decoration Day.
ftur whsr v bound fur this limn, Jos? '
To set th flags? We'll both on ' go
'Nd murk ths end of ths march, that's tone,
Nd call the roll o' th boy that' gone,
rlny, Joe. yon 'n in hv com so near
The still place where
They're catned, tbnt we can almost hear
'Km answer their name from Over There!
Ther'e Jest ten graves. I r'member 'em all
Ten men that't answered Detail Call.
Five flaga fur me, 'nd five fur you.
What's nil th rest lur? Ten'll dot
'Nd whar's the rest o' th. boy to-day?
Ther' should be twelve on 's, counting yoo.
I hope they ain't took to stsyln' away.'
That ain't th way they useter dol
'Taitit right! They all bsd nrter coral
To mni'k th grsves for 'Morlal Day,
No matter 'f work is pushing some
Why Joe! You're crytn'l What silt ys. Joel
What's that! flood Ird! That can't b sot
All dead but us? Why, Joe-Hut thar,
That couldn't be, outside o'wsr.
Did fs I In battle? Ye you're right.
We'vs sll been in a long, hsrd fight.
They fell in battle. Yes, that so!
'Nd that' 1 tbe wny wo've got to go.
An', Joe, I'll bet
Not one o' them boy ever let
The color outen 'ia light!
Well Joe. W've got these flat to set,
Here' ten fur me 'nd ten you keep,
Ther' two of as I wskin' yet.
To tnn guard over them th at !eti!
Hut wbich of ui to, Je d I o-e
Will set the flag fur th next lhat goes?
Jam V. I'urdy, in lKanfn(ftoi.
Chlcktmsuga.
Ths ferrlflc natitr of the great st'iiggl st
Chicksmauva msy he 11 nutated by th r
nord of the 21st Ohio. In the course of th
baltle that regiment tln-d 4.1.A.V) round of
fixed ammunition, ami fougnt till it last
thot wa exiiended. It sulTered a lo of on
officer and fifty mmi killed, three officer
snd ninety-eight men wounded, and twelve
officer and one hundred and four men
captured, yet even such magnificent bravery
as it men exhibited could not u(llce to give
victory to th 1'tilon arm.
The to'al number of troops engaged on
either aide in the battle ha never been sat
isfactorily determined. Th total strength
of the army of Itosecrant was from oft.OOO
to o,0o0 effective men, and quite likely was
not far from ttie flrat-unined figure. Hragg't
force hn been variously estimated at having
been from lens than ftO.OOO to fully 70,000.
The probabilities are that the two armies
in number were very evenly matched.
The losses of Itosecrsnt. in killed wound
ed, and missing, were over 10,i 00. Ths loss
es of flrsgg seem to have been at least s
hesvy, for ther was terrific laughter dur
ing hi desperate attempt to drive Thomas
from Horseshoe Kidg. Were w to consid
er as accurate th federal est I mat of th
Conferata loss, and th Confederate estimate
of th Federal lo, the figure would be
very greatly increased. ' Ths Battle field
t Chicksmsugs." Bi.us axdQbat, Phil
adelphia, 1'.
"Maryland, Mr Maryland."
1 nn tlory of how th potra "Maryland,
my Maryland" wa set to mntio snd sdopt
d as s .Southern war song forma a roman
tic and Interesting incident of ths Civil Wat
The music at first rho-eti wo Frederic
Herat "Ma Normniulie,"but that was soon
"wept svrav." 10 use Mr. Kandall's own
Innguag. when the lovely Uerman lync,
'Tunnenhnnm, O Taiineubaum"' was se
lected n a more spirited air. Hhortly after
(he battle of Munaesus, General Beauregard
Invited several Maryland ladies who wr
living in Virginia, to viait his headquarters,
near Fairfax Court House. Th ladies and
their escort camped th first night at Man
assas, were they were serenaded by tbe
famous Washington Infantry of New Or
leant. Tb boys in gray, at th end of the
ssrenad, called for s song from th Isdies,
snd Miss Jennie Cary. standing st the doot
of the tent sang "My Maryland" Ths
refrsin was quickly csught up by the
soldier, snd the camp rsng with the word
"Maryland, My Maryland." As th last
notes died away, the wild Confederate yell
was given, with "three cheer and a tlgei
for Maryland." A iptctaior of the scan
relate that there wo not dry eye in tbe
ladiet' tent and not a cap with a rim on it
in camp. This is how "My Maryland"
cam to be adopted as a national war-song
of th Sontb, 'Tb snthor of 'Maryland!
My Maryland' " B1.01 acd Goat, Phila
delphia, Ps. -
ttign Mimf Spt 1.
Westlnghouse, the Inventor and
electrician says: "There Is no ques
tion atiout tho development of a much,
higher rate of speed than that which
even the fastest service on the rail
roads of to-day maintain 1 presume
lhat a speed of from ninety to one
hundred miles an hout could be se
cured with modern locomotives which
aro sure to come. Hut I am inclined
to think that other influences may
operate to prevent in the next cen
tury the running of railway trains at
tucb a speed 1 have seen mentioned
in some of tho newspapers. It is not a
question of attaining speed, but a ques
tion of tho control of the train after
ereat speed has been secured. I am in
clined to think that tho development
of railway travel In tbe next century
along- tbe present line will be not ad
much great speed at uniform speed.
The ideal speed. I think, will be
about forty mile an hour and steadily
maintained from tbe time of leaving
one terminal to the arrlvul at desti
nation. That will give most satis
factory result. .1 am also satisfied
tbat tbe Immense cost of furnishing
power for electric railways, whlcb
some persons scorn to thinic can se
cure and maintain a speed of 100
tulles an hour or more, will make tucb
a development commercially unprofit
able, althouKb there I no doubt tbat
electricity as a motive power for pas
senger traffic wilt be extensively uaeit
In tba next century."
Tun taste of pie doea not depend
upon the tlze or shape of the piece.
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