RED CROSS DOGS. TRA1XKD TO ftKKK OUT WOC.lKI 80LIMF.RS. When They Kind a Wounded Soldier They Kneel So That He Van Help lllmsrIMo Medicine logs lraw Stretchers. "T I'CITF.XICIT, near Cologne. In I f the Khitieland, is the home of V Jean Unm-art, tho nnimal painter aud nniinnl lover, who is nt present enjned upon an inter inft experiment in iIor training. After success in training dogs for active nrmv duty, reconnoiterinff, sen try and messenger iorvioo success certillcd to liy Ihe German Govern ment Mr. Bitngnrtr, turned li in at tention to a new branch ot the work, and is the first to train dogs for boa ilnl mill ambulance service. First of till, when scarce six months old, the puppy mud lenrn to oliry, to nnswer ti the ordinary commands, "Come lure," "I'mvn," ".Speak," "Forward, mareh," niiil the like. Then he ih taught to wear his har ness. This l:t consists of fol iar, sailcloth rug tightly rolled, and two saddle hairs, each with two compartments, to carry dog biscuit, bandages, atutuuuition, etc. The whole I!ED CROSS PO(l AND RED CI!0 KNIGHT OX THK FIELD A FIT. P. BATTLE. is arranged to fit comfortably over back aud shoulder, and when the pockets are filled should not weigh over ten pounds. When accustomed to his hnrness and obedient to his master's look and word it takes several mout bs to reach this perfection the collie is ready for his professional training. Iteconnoitering in the firt in order, but for this it is quite necesary that the clog has learned to "halt" at the word. When his duties as scout are fully understood, then comes the sentry's training. Here the dog has to learn to take up his position at a given dis tance in front of his master, and to stand up and return at once when the enemy again the inevitable assUtant approaches in the darkness. The dog, once in position, is allowed at first several minutes, and then more and more time before the enemy ap proaches, that be way learn not to re lax his attention during the whole time of his watch. At first, of course, the trainer encourage.! him with "Look out I Keep watch !" One can easily see what an invalu able aid the dog'e sharper senses would seeking thr wocndrd. render him, when thus trained. Sen try and scout thns aidod and protected could not pobsibly be surprised. Then comes the "messenger" train ing. The dog is taught to run short distances between tniner and assis tant, back and forth, over all kinds of ground, until, when onoe the letter is inclosed in the little water-proof pock et on his collar, the four-footed "dis jiatoh" knows he is to run tlio direct ion indicated, and not to allow any obstacle, natural or human, to inter rupt or stop him until the goal is rcaohod. The Bungartz dogs are so perfectly traiuod, aud when reported "finished," by their master, they are not dependent upon him, but will take and carry out orders from any man of tho regiment into which they are en rolled. The reading of the words of command to the men, that they may not ooufuse the dogs with unnecessary talk, is all that is required. DOG AMBl'LANCE FOR TRANSPORTING WOUNDED FROM THE FIELD." "Seeking the wounded" was at first also a part ot the army dog's duty, bat recognizing the immense import ance of this work, and not wishing to overburden his pupils' brains, Bun gartz baa trained dogs for this purpose alone, and these are thesocalled "Hos pital or Bed Cross Dogs." for this duty eollies are used, as for the other, this rao having no equal in hirdihood, intelligence and fidelity. The Bed Cross dog wears the same harness as his lellow of tas regulars, with the addition of a large red cross on the saddle-bags, a lantern to be strapped on his back at night, ami ft small flag with red cross on white ground, which he carries when on ft message between the ranks of the hos pital columns. In the saddlebags he carries, besides his biscuit, everything necessary for the first bandaging, and even a well-protected flask of brandy. The dog must be trained with all his harness on, that hn may becomo ac customed to its weight and pressure, and may know it for a part of his duty. The professional training begins in the room in which the dog has had his preliminary lessons In obedience. His master holds him in leash, while the assistnut takes the dog's rug, and lies down on it in another corner of the room. The master leads the dog a little way in the opposite direction, then turns suddenly, and with the command, "Forward, march I Seek the wounded!" leads the pupil directly up to the prostrate man. The latter then gives the dog some favorite mor sel, but first I tie pupil must have obeyed the command to give tongue. Then the process is repeated again and again until on command, "Seek the wounded," Ihe dog, without leash, goes directly to the assistant and gives tongue at ouce. Then the lessons are continued out-of-doors, at llrst SI 4 in open couutry, where the distance is lengthened, aud finally the assistant hides himself in a bush or ditch, un til the dog learus to seek indepen dently. The last lessons and the terts of the finished pupils are held at uiglit, and Uuugnrtz tolls of remarkable work done by his dogs on nights so dark A UFD CROSS DOU. that the seeking party passed within five feet of the prostrate man on open ground, and but for the collie would not have found him. Bungartz's prize pupil, a female collie, not quite a year old, learned in two weeks to And the most carefully hidden man with per fect ease, and independent of auy help but tho command, "Seek the wounded I" Any war historian, or soldier who has seen battle, can tell how the death roll is swelled by those of the wounded who have crept away into ditch or hedge to escape the bu.-sting shell and rush of hoofs aud wheels, and then, not fouud by the overworked hospital column, are reported as "missing." Or found too late to recover from a hurt which, but for the delay, might not have been fatal. This is the noble duty for which Bungartz trains hia dogs. There is no thicket too close, no ditch too deep but that they can find the wounded man, and, onoe found, they do not leave him until help comes. The dogs are also taught to crouch beside the wounded man, it ho show signs of life, that he may open the bag aud find the reviving tlask. The little lantern, securely fastened to the back strap, enables the seekers to follow the dog on dark nights, and bnugs hope to the wounded when the fiiendiy light appears. The Bed Cross dog is taught to carry messages as does the army dog, and has his little white ttaa placed in a pocket on the saddlebag that all may know what errand he is on and lead him aright or not delay him uu neces sarily. Bungartz has also constructed a model dog ambulance for carrying the wounded from the field, whioh. will considerably lighten the work of the carriers, and the aooiety is to colleot nnds sufficient to supply the field hospital with these wagons. The dogs to draw these ambulanoes need no special breeding or training, any strong, sure-footed, dooile animal will do. - Poverty is pulverized prosperity. THE I'MIF.D STATES "" ' ". " ; f Ti hi if THE HEAUTIFFL PESN.VXT F An official Government flag is setn in this country noshere but iu the fort of New York, and on tho high seas only between that port and the cities of La Guayra, Venezuela, Ha vana, Cuba and Tuxpau, Mexico. It is the pennant of tho ocean mail ser vice, and flies upon the nmzenmast of twelve subsidized American vessels carryiug the United States mails by contract. It consists of a red field with a blue border, having the American eagle in blue and the words "United States Mails" in while letters. It meas ures fifteen feet long and has been in use a little over two years. Last year it was seou also iu San Francisco and BK VCI.E VFUSUS l'l DEsTKIAX. The Wheel Covers Sliieh More 4 iron nd 1 11 11 11 (lie Walker. The great distance covered by bicy clists with ease shows conclusively that the human walking apparatus, al though it may be the best possible contrivance for all the uses for which it was ilesiguud, is not to be compared with wheels, for the one purpose of getting over the ground. A single observation of n wheelman going nt moderate speed shows that, with an efi'ort which in walking would result iu two steps of say two feet each, or a total advance movement of four feet, with the wheel the advance movement would be two bicycle steps, or downward pressures of the feet, each resulting iu a forward movement of seven aud one-halt feet, or fifteeu feet for one entire revolution of the pedal shaft, and this with less exertion than is required to take two steps. In fact, it would be easier for the bicy clist to make the ilftecu feet on a level with one pressure of one foot than to take two steps. Now, iu view of these magnified steps made by the bicyclist, it would be interestiug to kuow what the na ture ot a iiiiiu must be, to make iu walking Ihe same distance made by the bicyclist, with the same number of movements of the feet. Clearly Ihe steps in this case must be seven and one-halt feet each, which, at the lowest estimate, represents three steps of an ordinary man. H would, perhaps, bo nearer the mark to say four steps, but to be on tho safe side wo call it three, aud have made an illustration showing the comparative size of a wheelman and a pedestrian built to keep step with him. Tho pedestrian must at least be eighteen feet high. The sian with the great stuturo would, after all, fall far short of making the A STEP IN WALKING AVD ON T9B WHBEU speed ot the bicycle. There is noth ing like rotary motion; the wheel would be the winuer iu any race. While tho bioyole has the advantage over the extremely tall pedestrian, it is obvious that the tall wheelman has no advantage over the short one. Soientiflo Atnerioau. Hmiudlnic the Y a nil 11 7. An amusing story is told of tho meeting of the Epworth League at Chattauooga, Tenn. One of the visit ing membets was entertained by a hospitable family, and at dinner was asked to carve the chiokeu. For his own convenience he transferred the bird from the platter to his own plate, whereupon the young hopeful ot the family, who had heard of the Meth odist fondness for chicken, and had been anxiously watohing the proceed ings, cried out to his mother, with tears in his voioe, "He's going to take it all" Explanations were made and tranquility reigned again. The poor boy had been left with a soaut portion of chicken upon some other occasion. New Orleans Pioayane. Circulation ol the Blood, In about twenty-two seoonds a drop ot blood goes the round of the body. In about every two minutes the entire blood in the body makes the round through the right side of the heart, the lnngs to the left side ot the heart, through the arteries, the veins, agaia to the heart. Popular Health Maga-line. Ol'EAX MAIL Fl.AU. LOVVX BY AMERICAN VESSELS, along the Pacific route to Panama and Hong Kong, but the contract with the steamship lines that bore it was dis continued. Shortly another vessel, the St. Louis, will be tested preparatory to) adding it to the list of subsidized con (raft BloamAra flviiitf 41m onenil mail J pennant, and in October following this ship, together with the ISew lork and the Paris, also of the Americau Line, and already carryiug tho mails, i but not under contract, will begiu ser vice iimier contract to noimiampion, Knsland. Lnter the St. Paul, ot the same line, will be added to the con- Ifmil liu, ti.nliitif in all ivluuli V1mmuI1 ........( . .... 1. - I Hying Uncle Sam's postal Hag. X. Little Heroine, To the heroism of Gertie Anderson, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anderson, of Until Ilapids, Minu., more than twenty peo ple owe their lives. The child was picking berries along; the Diiluth, Mississippi ami Northern ltoad, near Mahoning, when a special carrying Assistant Superintendent Ketchitui, of the South Shore Hold, ami some of the Diiluth, Mississippi and Northern otllcials pased. The traiu hud not gone thirty yards when feet of tint track over which it had passed sunk out of sight, nearly halt' of it being GECTIU ANOK1ISOS, HBVKN OM1. subsequently fonud m thirty-eight feet of water. Tho regular passenger was due in a shot t time, and the child, dropping her berries, darted down the track to a bend, around whioh the train would come. By standiug ou the track aud swinging her snnlionnet she caused the engineer to bring the train to a halt. Had he gone thirty rods farther the train would have goue into the underground lake aud not a person would have esoaped. Animal Humbug, In military stables horses are known to have pretended to be lame iu order to avoid going to a military exercise. A ohimpanzee had been fed on cake when siok ; after his recovery he often foigned coughing in order to procure dainties. The euckoo, as is well known, lays its eggs in another bird's nest, aud to make the dcoeption surer it takes away one of the other bird's eggs. Auimals are conscious of their deceit, as shown by the fact that they try to act secretly and noiselessly ; they show a senso ot guilt it detected ; they take precautions iu advance to avoid discovery; iu some cases they manifest regret aud repentance. Thus, bees which steal hesitato often bo lord and after their exploits, as if they feared punishment, A natiiraUt de scribes how his monkey committed theft ; while he pretended to sleep the animal regarded him with hesitation, and stopped every time his master moved or seemed ou the point ol awakening. Loudon Exchange.' He Bit T1iioii,'1i n ltiui-J. When Richard Johnson, colored, forty years old, of Fruukford, bit a piece off an inch board Monday, his friends concluded thut he had hydro phobia. The police were called in and they, too, were deceived. John sou was hurried to the Episcopal Hospital. Ou the way it taxed the strength of live polioemen to hold him down, and he bit through piles of rope and straps, which he got between his teeth. At the hospital the doctors said Johnson was sutlering from de lirium tremens. Philadelphia Press, Spider Venom 'ot Deadly, A recent article by an entomologi cal authority ooutaius the following: "The tarantula of the West and South, the red-bellied spider of New Zealand, the hepata ot Italy and several other apeoies of the spider family have the reputation ot being deadly veuoiu ous. "The faot is all spiders are more or less poisonous, but none of them are deadly, I doubt it there is an sutheu tie case on reoord of a healthy human being dying from a spider's bite."- New York Journal. 'L J) - 1 Scarcity of Lalmrers. It is an almost universal prsotico ol farmers to plant a much larger area nf land than they can possibly attend to until harvest time, and then there is a desperate struggle to save the crop. This is not only true with all crops like corn, potatoes, cotton and other kinds requiring attention during the growing season, but grain which is left to itself from the time of sowing until it is harvested. Sowing more than they can reap is one of those habits into whioh farmers fall, per haps without knowing why, but it is not confined to any country, race or clime. News comes to us from South America that along the River Plate, while the weather is fine, dry and very favorable for ripeuing corn, the gathering is retarded ly the scarcity ot labor for handling the great crop. The farmers planted n much larger acreage than they should have done, aud so rind themsolves crippled for want of held to gather the crop. New York Sun. The tlritrlc Age. A test lately made on the New York, New Haven nud Hartford llailroad in dicates that the substitution of elec tricity for steam upon the present tracks can be made without didlsulty or much expense. Electrio locomo tives will have to be built and put in place of the present steam oties. Inn ruu on the Nantasket branch of the road above mentioned, eighty miles an honr was mado without the least trouble. An electrio locomotive wai hitched to a load of 173 tous, equal to seveu loaded passenger cars, and showed that it could pull twenty c irs if necessary. The large roads will now substitute electricity for steam, and we shall be traveling 10 I miles an hour before the end of the century. By that tune a great tn iay people who now travel will wis'.i they co:il.l be staying at home. Picayuue. Why Bee Ar 11 MiiKrie?. Some time ago it was announce! that bee farming ha 1 beeu taken up at Genuevillers, one of the most lo ith some industrial sunurlisof Paris. This was treated as a joke, but the news is, unr correspondence says, nevertheless true, and the Prefect of the Seine has just received a petition from the in habitants to abate the nuisauoe. The bees live upou the sugar refineries of the neighborhood, clearing away all the dust on the roofs, and even land ing on the bare backs ol the work men. It has been stated by a sugar relluer that every hive in the neigh borhood carries away twenty shillings worth of sugar iu a year from the fac tories. He does not, however, com plain of this loss, but of the irritation the perpetual buzz indicts on the workmen. Loudon News. A Lucky Senator. At one time, about fifteen years ago, Senator Jones, of Nevada, was worth $3,000,000. A severe streak of bail luck followed, and in two years be was broke. Dnring his Mush period be presented his wife 810,0 JO worth of diamonds. Wheu he reached tho financial zero he asked his wife to lend him the diamonds. She did so. Ho sold them aud invested the proceeds in niiuiug stocks. The venture was lucky, aud in less than a year the S'JO.OIIO had beeu increased to $300, 000. He then returned the diamonds to his wife, iuoreased ' by twenty-live per cent. Jones is interested in miues in Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado. His wealth is now up in the millions again. Bioli or poor, Jones is always happy. He is a firm believer in his own luck. An Enormous Stone Dam. A new (tone dam is soon to be con structed to utilize the entire power of the Fulls of St. Anthony at Minne apolis. It will be H20 feet lou aud will be arranged to give the water a fall of twenty feet at the turbine. The power bouse will be equipped with forty turbine wheels of 250 horse power each. It is calculated that the plant will generate about 4000 borsu power wheu the water is at the lowest point and about 10,000 horse power under the most favorable conditions. It will require about two years to 00 iu plotu the dam. The power will be for sale in the form of electrioal energy, and will be used extensively for street railways aud in the large flour mills iu that suction. New York Sun. Borrowed Small Change lor Itcilber. It takes a woman's wit to get tho better of traiu robbers. Whilo the highwayman were taking up their lit tle collection ou the Oregon express the other day, au old lady at the rear end of the cur asked a gentlemau near ber to louu her a little change. Four dol lars were handed to her, which she gave the robbers when asked for her money. After the afiair was over, the old lady repaid the loan from the purse of gold she had "held up" by her adroit trick. Los Anzoles (Cal.) Herald. A Tomb Building Three Hundred Years, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, tht bloody Duke of Alva, who oppressed the Netherlands, when he was dying commanded his family to build him a splendid tomb. It has just been fin ished now, after 300 years, aud hit bones have been tranferred to it. New Orleans Picayune. 811k Worms Superseded. Dr. Lekner, of Zurioh, by ohomioal and meohauiosl meaus practically su persedes the silkworm and spins from raw material, as cotton waste, juts waste or wood pulp, a thread whioh even the expert eye oan hardly distin guish from that obtained from the natural 000000. ' Nevada has an assejsod valuation ol $29,291,451. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. A MATTER OF HONOR. Prospects of a Orand Welooms by tho City of Louisville. Thre Is every prosppet that th coming National encampment at Louisville will be ou ol the most oumoruusly attended la tho history of the onlor. Ia His flMt pises, Louisville Is a bsaatllul sad hosplta'ils elty, which will leave nothing undone to glvs the eotnrados a welcome that will be at least oonil to none they have ti CHlVfil elfewhere. The KDtucklaus !mjI that this Is a mailer thai closely touches thalr hoaor. Kuutticky Imspltnlity hat a worlil wlda lamu.and Dow It is to t put to the tost. It we mistake not, till Is the Drst time that Loulivlllo hss evur ennirtaluuil any great National bmly, and sh is ambitious to show that she Is ti'Jt I filial hnrothnr mors visited lstuts In her rat a iity to Inks caro of rupsOi who may irnttiHr within her gates from every part ol the Villi. n. Mho has the means lor the most Reunion hospitality, and the men who urn e,ig,.r to estomi it. This Is alt that is necessary. Hlie was sutIoiu to have the tlrauj Ar.uy come them that she might show tliti country what lie could do. .Next, thers are lew clues In th country so remlliy accessible to to largo a'ntimher ol tho old soidl,irs ns Louisvilln. Nearly every part ol Ihe reat soldier states ol Ohio, Imtinua, West Vlriclnls, Illinois, southern Michigan, and wei eru l'enii.ylvauia lies within an easy day's rl.le ot the city. They can iro to Louis viilo fully as easily 114 lliey 011 i-o auywhoro else. Widely-i'p;irateil comrades waut to go there to meet oue another once moro. and IhH alniM will lii-iira a k:c:i. attendance. 1 Le States vvitliiu a day touru-y ol Louis ville sent the I olluwiiig nuuitjer ot men to the (runt during tba war: West Virginia 32.118 Ohio HM.IH.t J.llnols im.S'.il inlmim SSO.O'.li Alichigua H7..IM MlMourl lO'.i.ltl K"Utneky 7,7i;. 'Jennesue Hl.O'iJ Titil I,l0l,0::u To this should bs si 1) I at lent I '111. 0)0 Irom western Peuusyivnuiii. (X the survivors of this lium-me host very many thousands returned to their homes aud still live thora. Many thousands immigrated to the West and tho National Lncamptneut at Louisville willgtvs thesn a chance to meet their old comrad'-s, and with their families visit their lormsr homes. T hen morn than oniv-balf of tho men who served west of the Alieganins, either wut, to the Iront by way of Louisville, or wero tbero at ono time or another during their servile. It was tho grand base for the Army of tn Cumberland during tne whole war, and fur the combined aimles of the Ohio, Cumber laud aud Tennessee during the Atlanta cam paign. To usw regiments and recruits It was the gateway to the portentous "presenes of the enemy": to the home oomlng veterans It was the bright portal of "(iod's oountry." All theso will bo glad to see It onoe more, whoa OoJ 4 country stnllos alike on all sides of It. Lastly reached from Louisville are many ot tbe must momentous fields of the war. Fort Donelson, Sbllob. Nashville, Porryvllle, I'rauklin, stoce lllver, ( hattanooga ami ( hlekamauga arn all readily sacesslMe, and doubtless excursions will ba tun to tlieso points at very reasonable rates. That to Cbattanooga.an 1 ti e dedication of thecbiek amauga National Park bas already been ar ranged, nud thousands will take advautago of it to be present at tho grand cersmonies. The brighter aspect of bunuess matters, the certainty of a glorious abundance of crops 'ffill tring lnouauds who for the past two years have felt too poor nod disaournged to leave home, even tor the pleasure of meet thelr comrades at the National Encamp ment. Let ut all go who possibly ess, And havo a gtorlomly good time ia the beautiful me tropolis of the Ulua Grass Stuto. National Tribune. Thetandny nowadays Is to show oft "Old Glory" upon the least provocation. It cau't be displayed (00 often. Acting Secretary Wiks issued imlrtictloas to all cuttodisns of t'nited Htates buildings under tbe control of lh Treasury department that tho flag of tbn United mates iball bs hoisted over all build ings under the control of the Treasury Ds- fartnvut during hours of business, and on b. 2i, May 30 and July 4 from sunrise to sunset, except when stormy weather prevents Its d.splsy. Whan either of tbe last three days falls on Munday the flag is to be displayed on the day that Is observed locally. On May 30 the dag tbotild bs placed at ball-mast. Tbe revenue Hag wl I be displayed over custom house as required by Article 1,513 ot tun Geo-ral Kemi.ationi and tbe Customs and Navigation Laws. It It thought that the meeting of 1806 will he in Ht. Paul, although Atlanta, Llacela, Nashville, and other oities are making strung claims for the houor, Baltimore seems to be) in the lead for 1HW. In tba opinion of De partment Commander Andsrsou tbe Cora-u.ander-ln-('hief fur tho coming year will bs Ivan N. Walker, of Indianapolis. Thrilling Stories or tbe Hea. Ono does not have to turn to Stanler J. YVelninn or Anthony Hope for thrill ing stories of adventure. The news paper accounts of the experiences of the survivors of the Collma satisfy the ordinary taste for romantic horror. One Mexican who reached a raft weut crazy from firltikini; salt wafer. Three men found themselves nflont on a part of tho cabin roof, ami ur.iiiat;ed to dra on It a keif of chiivt which drifted nour them. After I0111; effort the keg wan opened, and two of the shipwrecked men drank lrn nmti'iiu until they were brutally dniiiU. ' iik weut to sleep, but tho other quaiTi'leil and tinally fought with his sober companion. They strug gled there until the intoxicated man was knocked overboard. His antago nist pulled litin back to the rude raft. The combativeucH was knocked out of him by Ills cold pluuiro, but he con tinued to drink tho wine until ho fell Into the sea. This time there was no help for him, and he was drowned. When the other druuken man awoke ho heeded the warn tin; of the wretch's ex ample and drauk only sparingly. Tba two were at lust rescued. There la much tlctloa far loss exciting than thh narrative. ' Ancient I.tjf hthouaes. Lighthouses for the iruiduuce of mariners are very ancient. The earliest In England of a pcnimucnt chnructer were the North aud 8011th Foreland lights. They wore merely lath and plaster biilUUiu's. with a lljfht ou top of them lu a Khux luuteru. The Urat Edilystomt was erected about tbe mid dle of the Inst cepr"-v. "Well." said the moukey to the organ grluder as he sat on top of the organ, "I'm sluijilycarlyd away with the muslu.'V ' 1. 4t
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