Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. JULY 95, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 17 TAGS -_——_ DOG If Not the Poundmaster Will Capture Canine. — Your FATE OF UNLICENSED ANIMALS Some of the Blue Bloods Among the Dog Residents. ARE eee ALL HE BLUE BOOK of Washington's dog population ts now be- Hun- dreds of dogs of low and high degree are ing compiled. the coffers of riched. | When the Ist of) July, comes around | Within the District to pay a license tax of $2 for each and! every dog he owns. This fee entitles the owner to a nice blue tinted receipt and german the lie silver medal with nse stamped thereon. With ik the catcher reeis with impunity. has no claim upon him. and rugged death as the read xoal, to travel, life. At the present time there is a blue coat census gvitg on. Not a cénsus to det mine the population of the D searching inqut peace of all suspected residences, to deter- mine the presence of dogs. When t are found the owner is asked if he has a li- cense for them. Jf he replies in the af- Ready for Busines: firmative all is well. But if no been obtained he is notified to District building and procure a lie eali at ter. or dire consequences may befall him. | ‘The police keep up this round of notitica- | th atil the end of July. If by that time dog owners have not procured a they are subjected to arrest. Everything in His Net. license, Nothing !s done to impound the dogs during this month. Poundmaster Samuel Bartholo- mew Einstein, the official dog catcher of the District, is doing a waiting part. He gets his cue Friday night, the 31st of July, and then he steals forth with wagon and nets, nd scoops up every dog found running at jarge without a tag. The poundmaster Is @ sort of Pooh Bah in his business. Not only is he the official dog catcher, but also a goat catcher, a horse catcher, a cow and calf catcher and a goose scoope: Sam's specialty is geese. He can run a gvose to a point of exhaustion quicker than any one in the business, and then have strength enough to fight with the owner. But Sam shines most when he dors long coat and assumes the ¢: ean tioneer. When horses ers impounded, cows, goats ar are taken in and not oleime®, (ey are sold at auction. ss mounts his improvised stand in front of the pound, and in a solemn voice reads the advertisement, which sets forth that a hor: such and such description, had been caught running at large in the public streets, and that the same having been duly advertised, he would, by order of the Commissioners of the District ot Columbia, sell the same and money into the District treasury. ne begins. led forth. Usually he ts a oor, spa 4, broken-down remnant of jorseflesh, which some owner, unable to sell feed, had turned out to become a public charity. Sam always tells a story when Sa horse. He saye he had spered that this same horse had one day been a valu gove glect and good prove. Then some one fn the little crowd bids 32, nt property, and that through ne- run down. With a little rest ceding it and Sam looks grieved. “It would bring | m than that dead,” he exclaims. Then j some one raises the bid 25 cents, and this | show of competition puts the auctioneer | in bet anoth or, for he braces up and tells The limit has been reached, The Chase. however, and the horse is turned over to some poor fellow, who will, likely as not, be arrested before he gets home by an agent of the Humane Society. These saies are not very well attended, and Sam tells, when fn @ reminiscent mood, how good, Bonest horses have been sold by him for a fong. The average price brought by a horse is $4. Cows range from $3 to $6.50. Goats usually bring $2, and geese sell for anythin The Dog Catcher's Season. When the first of August rolls around FOR ALL RECORDED being registered every day at the Dis- trict building, and the! District are being en- every owner of a dog | of Columbia is required | a ie camber of} this badge of honor about its neck, a dog may The dog ‘Those dogs that are not so favored have a long with certain unless Its master col- Iecis the necessary pound fee and saves its rict, but a| by the guardians of the nse has the ; tag instan- or » or cow or goat or goose, of able piece of would be sure to im-/ | Structure, | There | tween master and dog, and then the former the dog catchers are active. The neces- sary apparatus consists of a good, strong ‘wagon with a wire grating in front and back, two big, strong nets mounted on long poles, two dog catchers and a driver. One catcher sits in front with the driver, while the other is mounted on a platform in the rear of the wagon. ‘Through the streets and alleys the wagon wends its way. The lookout on front of the wagon spies a dog and immediately gives the sig- nal to the man behind. When the wagon has nearly reached the dog the man be- hind drops off with his big net and waits for the wagon to stop. It comes to a halt a short distance beyond the dog, and then the other catcher gets down and takes the other net. The dog is then between them, and grad- ually it dawns upon hie canineship that there is something wrong. Nearer and nearer the dog catchers approach. The big nets are now held high in the air. One of the men makes a cast and the net falls over the dog. Should he miss the mark the other net Is ready, and it is rare in- deed that a dog escapes. Once inside the the dog struggles and snaps to get but the net is made of heavy twine ithstands his struggle for liberty. One of the catchers then approaches cau- ly and grabs the dog back of the neck. This places him hors de combat, and it is a simple matter to transfer the animal to the improvised cage in the wagon. And so the hunt continues all day until darkness itles over the ¢ Then the wagon hur- ries to the pound. As it goes‘ through the streets the little captives look through the cage door and excite any amount of pity. They seem to realize that they are in dis- Location of the Pound. At length the pound is reached. It is situate’ back of the old observatory and is not to be classed as one of the public bulldings of the city. It is a rude frame consisting of an office and a court yard surrounded by a high fence and partially covered. Inside the big gates everything is kept scrupulously clean, and the brick pavement is worn away with con- stant washing. Under the shed are three large iron cages, and here are confined the stray dogs that are caught. ‘The first cage is known as the receiving cage. Here are deposited the dogs taken up Guring the day. The next day they are transferred to cage number two, and, after remaining there another day, they are ex- ecuted. The law provides that stray dogs shell be kept two days. The poundmaster scmetimes keeps them longer, and when an unusually fine dog is caught he is kept in- Gefinitely. If the owner does not material- ize in a reasonable length of time, the dog is sold te the first one who is willing to ex- erd $2 for him. Everything is dune on a strictly cash basis. No trust is a maxim as old as the peung. Not infrequently pathetic scenes are enacted within the confines of the pound. Some peor owner after losing his trusty companion locates him at the pound is an affectionate recognition be: goes to the poundmaster and begs for the release of his dog. He tells of his many fine qualities, but to no avail. He must pay or lose his dog. Oftentimes the poor old | fellow will offer all the money he has, but there are no cut rates. It’s $2 or good-bye dog. The poundmaster is a kind-hearted man, and when he is appealed to he will | keep the dog while the owner collects the requisite ameunt. The Day of Execution. Death releases a large majority of the dogs captured. The end is as humane as possible. The day of the execution the poundmaster notifies the collector of dead animals to call around and see him that af- ternoon. The unfortunate dogs are led out e by one to meet their doom. During the ution a heavy curtain is drawn over cages, and the other dogs are spared sight. When all is ready the dog is brought out ard a collar placed about his neck. The lit- tle fellow wags his appreciation at being cut of the cage. Over in one corner of the yard is the execu P The dog is tied to this and the string drawn taut until his head ts close to the post. The executioner then steps forward, and leveling a pistol sends a 32-caliber bullet crashing through its skull. The hfe blood is washed away irto the open sink, over which the dog stands, and the next one’s turn 1s ready. And so it keeps up until all are disposed of, and the wagon hauls the bodies away. How different the case with the dog of high degree. He is petted and fed and li- censed. Yet, withal, he is no more faith- ful than the poor “ok yaller dog’ whose owner shares his meals with him like Rip Van Winkle, but who cannot afford to pay @ license to be allowed to keep him. Where the Jogs Are Tagged. The office where dog tags and licenses are issued is an interesting place these days. And a very busy one, too. All day long there ts a stream of citizens crowding and pushing to receive the little metal tag that rendere the dog exempt from the dog catcher and the owner from a fine in the Police Court. All classes come for dog tags, and the genial Dr. Clark, who has presided over the office for years, seems to take a Mvely énterest in everybody's dog. He has become so familar with the own- ers who apply year after year that. he is enabled to hold quite a lengthy converna- tion upon Jack or Carlo or Dandy. Often- times the owner brings the dog along, an then his good points are discussed unti! another fellow comes along and interrupts the seance with a request for a dog tag. The doctor has a fund of anecdotes. All of them are good dog stortes. Some so re- markable that one would be inclined te doubt if Dr. Clark didn't te them. Long before the new tags are ready for distribu- tion applications ere received for low num- bers. The tags are numbered consecutive- ly, and there Is always a scramble for the first few issued. There are several regular customers of the doctor's, however, and the first six or eight tags are spoken for all the time. One gentleman has held teg number 1 for six years. A record fe kept of all tags issued, to- gether with the number thereof, the kind of dog, his description and the owner’s name and address. This has been found necessary to trace stolen tags amd supply duplicates. There is set Of people who make a business of otealing Ge tege. All that is necessary is to catch a Ucensed dos and twist off the tag with a pair of pinch- ers. The tag is then either sold or applied to some poor dog whose master is not able to expend $2 upon him, Last year over four hundred tags were lost or stolen. At least that is the number of duplicates is- sued. The practice is to issue a duplicate tag for 25 cents, which sum must be ac- companied by an affidavit to the effect that the tag has really been lost. The Canine Population. There ure in Washington about 8,000 dogs that are annually licensed, and about 6,000. more that are not. The blue book kept by Dr. Clark gives the name and address of every licensed dog. The book contains all manner of names. There are any number of Grovers, and the majority of them are big New- foundland dogs. There are several Frankies, and they are for the most: part dainty fox terriers or toy spaniels. Then there are Jim Blaines, Garfields, Bill McKinleys and Grants. They belong almost entirely to the poorer classes, and the dogs are mostly “yaller.” Among some of the finer dogs may be mentioned Admiral Selfridge’s fox terrier McHenry; Mrs. R. R. Perry has a magnifi- cent St. Bernard in ector, Prof Fanciulll owns Pasquele,a blue skye terrier, and Fal- staff, a greyhound; Senator McMillan has a real sporty dog in Piper, a white bull ter- rier. He also pays a license on Peter a skye terrier John Adams owns Major, and he is regarded as one of the best Newfound- lands in the city. Mr. R. A. Johnson owns a handsome bull terrier, Prince, while Wm. Ramsay nas Clyde, a thoroughbred Collie. Miss Gertrude Lawson thinks the world of her black pug Ubi, and T. N. Page is the owner of Bonnie, a collie, and Darby, a fox terrier. H. N. Spofford owns Beauty, a fox ter- rier, and R. B. Lewis has a fine. setter in Lee. H. A. Vale prizes Cedric, his collie, and Mrs. Metzerott has a fine collie named Mike. Chris. Heurich owns a Great Dane named Tyrus, and Snoodles is the name of a fox terrier the property of Mrs. F. B. Stockbridge, that lives at the Arlington. J. M. Green Js the owner of Dorrit, a fine set- ter, and Rev. Dr. Hamlin has Fan, a fox terrier. Mrs. N. Y. Acosta has a fine York- shire, and W. S. Andrews pays a lcense cn Ginger and Coquette, a pair of fine fox terriers. These Are Favorites. Carle, a real King Charles, is the prop- erty of Mrs. H. G. White, and N. Tilford owns Toughy, a brindle and white bull terrier. The legation of Sweden and Nor- way receives a tag gratis for its setter with an unpronouncable name. Philip H. Sheridan owns Jinks, and Senator Matt. Quay has a choice black poodle named Dandy, and a fox terrier named Teddy (presumed to be named for Teddy Roose- velt); R. D. Dalzell owns a fine collie in Rob, and Wm. McAdoo has Rex, a first- class setter. John Lee Carroll owns Roddie and Tom, a brace of fine setters, and S. S. Howland has a fox terrier named Lady Cupid, and a dachshund named Tiny. Senator Hawley owns a fox terrier named Dandy. Robert B. Bowler owns Brownie, a fine spanicl. John A. Vanderpool puts his faith in fox terriers, and owns a fine one in Teddy. The Russian ambassador has a gray dog nemed Drong. Senator Chandler owns a At Public Sale. fine Irish setter named Leo. Mrs. M. E. Webster owns Fluff, a genuine ulmaux dog. George B. McClellan owns Sambo, a fox terrier. Col. Chas. Bird owns Bruce, a brown spaniel, and Rey. Dr. McK. Smith owns Stump, a brown terrier. Gen. Nelson A. Miles owns Judge, a fox terrier, and the secretary of the Russian legation has a pe- culiar dog, the species not known, which he calls Binia. H. G. Davis owns Nit and Noier, two fox terriers. One of the finest dogs in the city is owned by the Russian ambassador. It is a brown Esquimaux dog named Saba. The Spanish legation has a dog named Billy. It is a fox terrier. The legation also owns Nick and Nancy of the same breed. Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard owns a hand- some dog in Trip. Dr. Toner has a hand- some mastiff named Carlo. The Pennsyl- vania railroad pays a license tax on a set- ter named Waif. Perry Carson has re- cently purchased a big yellow dog which he calls “Gold Bug.” Mr. B. V. Bennett owns Toby, one of the best fox terriers in in the city. Mrs. D. C. Forney owns a skye terrier named Trilby. Two stray dogs picked up during the advent of the com- monweal army are named Coxey and Carl Browne; they belong to James Allen. Sister Beatrice of Providence "zspitai owns Bruno, a big orange a:4 white dog. James P. Willett ows & fox terrier nam- ed Vixen and Dr. J. Ford Thompson al- ways has Grippe, his prize fox terrier. Dr. 8. 5. Adams has a sprightly fox terrier in Bob, and Mr. John R. McLean owns Tot and Prince, fox terriers, and Fluffy, a skye terrier. The English embassy owns Don, a collie, and Bounce, a fox terrier. Admiral Walker owns Glen Gary, a full- blooded collie, and Senator Gorman owns a handsome black setter named Parthney. Dr. J. S. Billings is the owner of a dainty skye terrier named Dynamite, andthe Children’s Hospital has a fox terrter. Maj. Moore is prompt in the payment of his license on his skye terrier Fritz. These are only a few of the blue-blooded dogs of the city. There are fully 500 more. ae TENNYSON'S TALK. His Judgments on Some of His Con- temporaries. Mr. Wilfrid Ward in the New Keview. His companion had been reading Brown- ing and had found Sordello somewhal difti- cult. This confession amused Tennyson. When Sordello came out,” he remarked, “Douglas Jerrold said to me: ‘What has come to me? Has my mind gone? Here is a poem of which I can’t understand a single line?’ “Browning,” he added, “has a genius for a sort of dramatic composition and for anaiyzing the human mind. And he has a great imagination. But a poet's writing should be sweet to the mouth and ear, which Browning's is not. There should be a ‘glory of words’ as well as deep thought. This he has not got. In his last work he makes ‘impulse’ rhyme with ‘dim pulse.’ ” He spoke of Browning’s love of London society: “I once told him that he would die in a white tie, and he rather liked it.”” This _Ied to a discussion of Goethe's say- ing, “Esbildet cin talent sich in der stille.” Some poets seem, he said, to find solitude necessary. I remarked that Arthur Clough in his Oxford days shrank from general society. “I knew- him well in later life,” Tennyson eaid. ‘‘He once traveled with us in France. He was a delightful companion, but was rather wanting in the sense of humor. He had great poetic feeling. He read me his ‘In Mari Magno,’ and cried like a child as he read it.” I spoke of Clovgh’s friendship with some of the Ox- ford Tractarians, and of their separation owing fo Clough’s movement toward re- Hgious negation. This led Tennyson to tell me of a talk he had with George Eliot on the subject of her negative religious views: “How difficult it is to repeat a thing as it really happened. George Eliot had this conversation with me at Aldworth, and the account of it which got into print was that I disputed with her till I was red in the face, and then roared: “Go away, you and your molecules.’ The real fact was that our conversation was ‘sweet as sum- mer,’ and at parting I shook her hand, and eaid very gently: ‘I hope you are happy with your molecules.’ He spoke of admiration of George Eliot's genius and insight into human character, but main- tained that she was not quite so truthful as Shakespeare or Miss Austen: ‘The char- acter of Adam Bede 1s not quite true to human nature. It is idealized. I am re- ported to have safd that Jane Austen was equal to Shakespeare. What I really said Was that in the narrow sphere of life which she delineated shé‘pictured human charac- ter as truthfully as eapeare. But Aus- te to Shakespeare“as asteroid to sun. usten’s novels are perfect works 0: @ smail seale—beantifyl bits of stippling. J told him of Jowett’s account of a talk with Macaulay; that it was as though Macaulay were delivering a jecture to an audience of one person, This led to a com- parison of Macaulay's fnonologue with Car- yle’s. Of Carlyle\he sald: “He was at once the most reverent and. the most ir- reverent man I have known. I admire his estimate of Boswell and hate Macaulay's. Mrs. Carlyle was 3 charming, witty converser, but often Sarcastic. She never spoke before her hus! id, who absorbed the conversation." I asked: “Did he not listen to you when you talked?’ “In a way,” he replied, “but he hardly took in what one sald. Carlyle was at his best rollicking at the Ashburton’s house—the Grange. He and Lady Ashburton were the life of the party. Those parties were very interest- ing, and Lady Ashburton was a woman of reat Drilliancy. She liked Carlyle, but I think at that time, if she had a favorite, it was George Verables. Carlyle had a great feeling that we needed a strong man in England. ‘Our Cromwell {s being born somewhere,’ he used to say.” This led us to speak of our modern Statesmen. He seemed disposed to agree with Carlyle, and would not accord io any the title of a really great ruler. Speaking of one eminent statesman he said: “You cannot rule, as he thinks he can, with a silk glove. You must have an iron gaunt- let; though you need not always make peo- ple feel the iron.” He went on to contrast Gladstone and Disraeli, doing full justice to the gifts of the former as orator, and to the latter's “diplomatic craft:” “The Breat fault of Disraell’s character was that he was scornful. Gladstone is genial and kindly.” He was very grand on contempt- uousness. It was, he said, a sure sign of intellectual littleness. Simply to despise nearly always meant not to understand. Pride and coniempt were specially char- acteristic of barbarians. Real civilization taught human beings to understand each other better, and must therefore lessen contempt. It is a little cr immature or un- educated mind which readily despises. One who has lived only in a coterie despises readily. One who has traveled and knows the world im its length and breadth re- spects far more views and standpoints other than fis own. He uuoted this of Wordsworth’s with strong admiration: ranger, hencef rth be warned and know d in its own majesty, that he who fecis contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy. DOINGS OF A TAME GROUSE. He Comes W m Called and Rather Likes the Report of a Gun, From Land and Water, A tame grouse, the result of an interest- ing experiment in natural history, can be seen at Tulllemet, in Perthshire. Four years ago Mr. Young, the keeper there, reared some grouse, and, being a student of natural history, he took special interest in a young cock, with the view of making it a pet. It became quite tame, flying up and sitting on his knee without the slight- est fear. “Jock,” as he is called, strutted about the kennels like a barn-door fow eating maize trom people's hands. Im pelled by natural instirct, he secured a mate in the spring. Repairing a short distance to some detached clumps of heath- er, a nest was formed and eggs laid in it, and in due course the hen entered upon the process of hatching. “Jock” watched care- fully near the piace where his mate was sitting, never falling in his attempt to drive off eny intruder. Going near the place one day Mr. Young was surprised to discover that former friendship had disappeared, as “Jock”, flew in his face and succeeded in drawing blood from his cheek. After suc- cessfully rearing the covey “Jock” returned in the autumn and again cultivated the friendship ef Mr. Young, who had him photographed sitting on his knee. For the third time, he is at present engaged in keeping guard over the hest where his mate i tting, and is greatly annoyed when any one ventures te intrude upon elther of them. On a recnt visit to Tulliemet we accom- panied the keeper to the place where “Jock” was faithfully guarding his sitting mate. On the keeper calling out, “Are you there, ‘Jock? he readily responded from a dis ce ef about a couple of hun- dred yards. “Go back, go back, go back,” saluted us, and Immediately we observed the bird flying toward us. Alighting about twenty yards distence, he approached us, his tail spread out, his comb bright and extended to an unusual sige. We stretched cut our hand toward him, when in an in- stant he flew at it, striking a blow simul taneously with his wings and beak. Not caring to expose our bare hands to his attacks, we held out our cap, when, seizing it with his beak, he allowed himself to be lifted, striking with both wings and feet In watching his movements {t was interes! ing to note how he occasiocally- raised his head and scanned the horizon all round, in accordance with the habits of grousi Prior to the nesting season he was ob- served.one day flying in an excited manner toward the kennel, and, wondering what was the cause of alarm, the keeper, on lcoking toward the summit, discovered an engle in the distance hunting for his prey. The report of a gun has no terrors for “Jock’—in fact, he seems rather to en: it. Near his home on the moor is a ms; tain tarn, and butts are piaceG near it, in which sportsmen conceal themselves in erder to shcgt ducks driven over the On the 6ecasion of a duck drive “Joc {a certain to be in one of the butts, as if he enjoyed the sport. Even in confinement under cover we have known a brood of grouse successfully reared. In this case there were nine eggs, which produced nine young birds. Three of theee—we presume because of their being reared as domestic pets, and in such unnatural circumstances —exhibited swelling at the joints of their legs, to which they ultimately succumbed. The others grew up strong, splendid birds, tame as domestic fowls, and in the frosty autumn mornings interested the neighbor- hood by their calls, which were as hearty and unrestrained as if they nad been on the hillside among the natural heath. Our friend by whom they were reared parted with them all, save one pair, which he kept in a well-lighted and airy loft for his own study and amusement. He, of course, sup- plied them regularly with fresh heather, and was delighted to find them one morn- ing in the month of April making « nest. The hen laid seven eggs, and there was every appearance of the young birds being safely hatched. Unfortunately, he was at this time compelled to remove from the premises, and, though he did his very best to transplant the grouse hen with her eggs to an equally suitable place, she declined to become a party to the transaction. Thus the result of a most interesting experiment in natural history was frustrated. n- The Regiments Slept on Poison Ivy. From the Chicago Tribune. - There was an unexpected development Wednesday from the march and bivouac of the 7th and 2a Regiments on Mon- day night and, .Tugsday morning in Springfield, I. The haspitals of the two regiments are crowded avith men suffering from inflammation «from: poison ivy. Some of the men were severély burned, and the surgeors were kept Wusy treating them. When they reached:cantp on Monday morn- irg they pulled the ivy from trees and fence stakes, and in some cases used it for a bed. There were: over 300 cases of the poisoning, fully three-fourths of the men who came in contact with the vine being afflicted more or ‘less ‘seriously. Ht is ex- pected a large number cf the Ist Regiment and 9th Battalion will be similarly poisoned before they can be warned. ———__+ 0 ¢ —__— No Cy#ie Rarade. From the Cleveland Leader. ‘The Minister—"And you, Henry Montmo- rency Benedict, do you take this woman to be your wedded wife—to cherish and pro- tect her in sickness and in health, in weal or in w—" ‘The Groom (interrupting) is no cycling tournament.” Ss Changed His Mind. From the Texas Sifter. “You were never married, I believe?” “No, I was never married.” hats singular, isn’t it?” “No, not at all. You see, the first time I fell in love I said to myself, ‘I'll marry her or none.’ ” “Why didn’t you marry her, then?” “Well, you see, after I had become better acquainted with her, I said to myself, ‘I'll marry none rather than her.’ Since that I've got along very well with none.” —“‘Hold on, this THE NERVES IN SUMMER. Tired Men and Women Are Made Well Again by - Paine’s Celery Compound. Everything ont of doors, from grass to sks, urges tired men and women to think of health. The listless, worked-out system naturally looks to days like these to undo the mischief done to ‘the nerves and brain by the long grind of the year past. Thousands of tired eres brighten at the thought of rest and recuperation. But any thinklug person must feel how power- less @ few days’ outing or a paltry, short vacation is against the steady drain on strength and vi- tality that has been going on so long. Only a positive, downright tnvigorator and purl- fler can arouse the body out of its bad habit of poor health. Paine’s celery compound will do what a vacation is powerless to do. Jt will build up the exhausted, nervous organt- zation, give tone to the entire digestive system, and assist It to fill the body with fresh life-boud, abundant and rich. Paine’s celery compound confidently cures nerv- ous diseases by overcoming the faulty nutrition of these over-exerted parts. It attacks rheumatism, neuralgia and blood Smpnrities in the same pro: found manner; rouses the excretory organs to sweep out the annoying bad humors, and thorougtly rids the body of the last trace of Impurity. ‘This extraordinary remedy is the one means ac- ccunted suffictently effective by physicians of wide ter Was Not Pretty, but Practical. From the Chicago News. The typewriter was alone. ‘There was a good deal of novelty in the situation, for it was seldom that the /neffa~ ble sweetness of solitude crept into the hurly burly of her work-a-day life. From 8 in the morning till 5:30 at night there was the office, with its fluctuating but ever present population of men, men, men, and from 5:30 at night tll 8 in the morning there was the boarding ho where even the blessed privilege of In- trenching one’s self behind closed doors and calling one’s room one’s castle was de- nied her, for a roommate claimed protec ticn behind the same barricade, and grad- ually the few square feet of space which should have been hers in which to com- mune and meditate as she willed :ad been seized upon as rendezvous by people of @ festive turn of mind from every quarter of the house. So that day when a few diamond minutes, brushed clear of the dust and stime of ¢ rious eyes and ears and idle tongues, were mercifully set down in the rim of the tar- | rished day, she seized upon them eagerly, and resolved to make the most of them. ‘the machine, with {ts half-finished stencil, was pushed back into its recepracle, end the typewriter rested her head on her tired arms and commenced to think. Through an open window came a dull, composite niurmur of sounds from the city’s high- ways and byways; the clamor of waraing bells and gongs; the rumble of cars and coaches; the echo of many voices, and the whirring and buzzing of machinery in the type foundry across the alley, all tempered with the heavy, intense heat of che prema- ture summer day, and all assimilating with her vague, wavering thoughts and directing them into a well-defined channel. She was not an Ideal typewriter. She was not young, nelther was she pretty, and the occupants of every office in which she stepped her substantial foot did not fall victims to her charms, which were a minus quantity. But she had her romance for all that, and somehow the confused rumble from the street and the alley brought it before her very clearly. it lid rot take rcot in the turmoil that reigned below, but had its growth in trim farm lands, where the nearest railroad was two miles and a half away, and the singing of the birds, the humming of the bees and the myriad voices of insects that populaie field and rove formed the melody that was cubsti tuted for the city’s rattle and roar. The model of the picture she painted was far that the hedges of lil and snowballs, and the g: ponds where the white, golden-hearted Ilies would soon open wide,were ali for her if she only cared to say the word that woald give them to her forever. But the typewriter was an eminently practical person, and she hesitated, even in her reverle, to con mit herself irretriev- ably. She loved the city with all its smoke and grim and stifling atmosphere. There had been a time when she had= declared that every lump of mud on Chicago's pave- ments was dear to her, and she bad not outgrown her affection for the great me- tropolls. ‘oreover, she Jnew that the throats of sometimes gave out, and that as night replaces the day, so is their singing succe2ded by the mournful croak- ing of bullfrogs, the buzzing of mosquitoes which cannot be outwitted by any netting or screen that was ever Invented, and tho hooting of owls that have a nigh* ‘ime lease on every tree in the woes and util- ize them as concert halle from twilight till cawn. She kne», ico, that cocking for a dozen hwngry men and overseeing the hexsehold department of a farm that gives them employment would soon dull the keen sense of beauty that vibrates exultantly with the occasional contact with the glo- ries of nature, and she shrank from the monotonous existence. But, on the other hand, what had she? The click clack of the machine day in and day out; the hurried voice of her employer commancing her to “do this" or “do tha that never ceasing struggle for a mere p! tance that would buy a new dress now and then, pay for three meals a day and settle with the wash woman. And what would it all amount to? Nothing. What would be the end? A blank wall in which all prog- all mental development which she ‘ed so much were swallowed into noth- ingness, and which formed a fitting monu- ment for a life which drew its sustenance from dead hopes and dead loves. The typewriter suddered and raised her head. Her employer stood beside her. ve you finished?” he asked. * she stammered; “I'll be through in “No, a _minute.” Last night she sent a letter to the pretty farm, a and therein was a mono: t import. It was spelled * SSeS - Sheep Jumping Hedgen. From Chembers’ Journal. Anent sheep jumping hedges, IT may ven- ture here to tell a tale of a certain old rogue who went by the name of Tup-Har- ry. This is how he got his nickname: Har- ry was a small farmer, and he had a neigh- bor with better means and a better farm than his own. -One very dry season Harry had come to the end of his grass for a flock of sheep he possessed. His neighbor had, however, got a fine field of mangel-wurzel. Harry looked over the hedge—a hedge fur- nished with outstanding slats—and greatly longed fer those mangela for his sheep, but he did not relish the risk of being caught taking them. So he went in the evening into his field that was bare of grass, put his head against the hedge, bent his back, and called: “Tup! Tup! Tup!” whereupon up ran his old ram, jumped on his back, went on to the hedge, and over into the mangel field, and all the flock in Indian file scampcred after him over the back of Harry. ‘ Very early in the morning the rogue went into the devastated mangel field, put his head against the hedge, bent his back, called “Tup! Tup! Tup!” and up came the ram, ran over his back and on to the hedge, and returned to the barren quarter again, followed in Indian file by all the flock. That was done several times, and no sign appeared anywhere of the hedge be- ing broken through, or of a padlock gate being opened. At last the farmer who was being robbed hid himself one night and saw the whole proceeding. Tup-Harry did not try that trick on again. —7ee A Louisiana View of Dust Screens. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail- road is the only one ehtering New Orleans on which Pullman cars are run that are fitted with mosquito bars. The winged pests are not very troublesome on the cars, and bars are not much needed. It may be that they are worse along the line of the ¥azoo and Mississippi Valley than along the other lines, but certain it is that the road in question is the only one that has so far provided for the comfort of its pa- trons in this respect. ’ couple of hundred miles or so yllable of | LL. D., of the Dartmouth Medical § practice to be relied on in cases of debility, aris- ing from whatever cause. It is the only remedy prepared under the eyes Uf the medical profession and in strict accordance with the directions of a physician of acknowledged ability. Paine’s celery compound was first used and pre scribed by no less emincnt a man than America’s greatest physician, Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., ool. No ordinary help, no well-meaning but unpro- fessional concoction, sarsrparilla or blood purifier could do what Paine’s celery compound 1s able to accomplish: cure men and women of such #41 diseases as kidney troubles, liver complaint, dys- pepsta, or permanently drive away—and there's the point that no sufferer should lose elght of—perman. ently drive out of the system, rheumatism, newral- gia and all skin affections. Nerves “and brain can be worked out. This ts the condition of thousands of exbausted nervous systems that bave been almost worked to death tn schools, counting rooms, factories and stores. Shaky nerves, flabby muecles, muddy complexions, and the general appearance of weariness and pain tell the story of exhaustion, Persistent headaches go with nervous debility. That terrible throbbing of the heart comes from a wretched condition of the nervous system. Muscular rheumatism, those S$ HALF CENTURY. rs and Stripes. From the San Francisco Chronicle. When the American flag was raised at Monterey on the 7th of July, 1846, Califor- nia gave no promise of becoming either a populous or a wealthy part of the Union. Though greater in area than the combined states of Connecticut, Vermont, New Jer- sey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massa- chusetts, Maine, Ohio and New York, it produced nothing for export beyond hides, tallow and a very small quantity of wine. In the opinion of those who had visited it, the country could not afford support to already had. Ship captains and travelers, wapderirg trapp: tnd explorers, agreed that the greater part of the tert tory was a desert. As late as INs3 the gov- ernment engineers reported that the San Joaquin valley was irreciaimable. The t was thought for California, when t Ss and stripes were planted over it, was that it had a certain strategic Value egainst both Mexico and Great britain, a that its position on the Pacific might long process of time, become of commercii advantage to the country at large. But th benefits seemed so remote and problematl cal that many statesmen, among them of California as a fantastic adventure which was unbecoming to the dignity and discreditable to the thrift of the United States government. It took but 2 little more than two years after Commodore Sloat's achievement at Monterey to give the people of the east, and, indeed, of the whole world, a very dif- ferent opinion. The discovery of gold put California in a new light and drew to it the enterprising and adventurous spirits of Europe and America. The which in 1846 had been confined to Yerba, Los Angeles and San Diego—mere adobe hamlets—and to the cattle ranches of the ee expanded so greatly that by 1830 Calif ing 18!8 to the value of $5,000,000. In 1S49, the output was $24,000,000, in IS53 it had in- creased to $65,000,000, and during the four years of the war about $200,000,000 was sent to the eastern states to maintain the tot- tering credit of the nation. Up to the pre- sent year California has added to the world’s supply of the yellow metal over $1,250,000,000, which is more than one-half world. Long after California had proved itself a reasury of precious metals, howey the beef thet it was a state of no other re- sources, with the sole exception of cattle, continued to prevail. Few were so daring in the face of the jong, dry seasous as to credit the land with agricultural poss bilities; fewer still were knowing enough to foresee what irrigation might do to make the desert blossom. Yet the time Was soon to come when California would draw the husbandman as it had the miner, and become a greater contributor to the national wealth through the tillage and ocevpation of the soil than it had been through the production of auriferous rock. The vacant dust-swept land which Com: modore Sloat had seen from his ouarter- dcck as he sailed along the csest to Mon- fifty years ago hes reund itself pos- ed of 40,000: arable or susceptible acres. It now tanks twenty-s the states in population, iz increased from 5,397 in 1850 to 1,2 130 in 189), Between 1580 and population had gained in the ratio of 40 per cent, while that of the remainder of the country had increased but 25 per cent In 1893 California ranked fifteenth in rail. road mileage, and it has increased in tha regard between 1880 and 1890 by the sum of 114 per cent, as against 9 per cont for the United States as a whole. The v ty went up from $22,161,8: 83,627 forty years later. its growth hay- much more than the scanty population it | Daniel Webster, sneered at the acquisition | population, | Buena, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, | la was ready to assume the dignity | of staiehood. Gold had been produced dur- | the total supply of available gold in the | id among | 180 the | d.. 3 : | Any maxi objectity to our form of | government after six day the head mean failing vigor. The sure way body and brain is nerves by means of Paine’s ce ated blood. It Used-up parts by new, vi organs—the kidneys, expert tem. Nothing so quickly try shows the women compound wh. the in we reliance that the body Strength recruiting. M this great remedy Paine's celery able ry getting the ted syst wealth. During the peric sus California added S41 output of manufactures. | the nation wes 74 per | were Dut farms; in [52806. Seventy per increase in the valu. au er of sheep | " { value of fari builds up tm as this great Invigorator and nerve + Me opinton in the large cities thr: ent ery comp butids up the strength; prous tissues; the heart's action, and finally arouses the excretory Is, upon whose activity depends the bealth aud purity of the sys a t compound accomplishes ulis because {1 works tntelili definite atm always in Right of purifying the blood, nga’ rc ful have come to place upon Pal ntly : nourished the vital organs working with ease and regularity. of the nt dizzy tpells, and that sense of weight on top of fet back to perfect health of 0 regulat mand, @ searching cure for all diseases that Indicate viti- replaces re vig system or. Pat jt needs building up and cn An official positions rly every department of the public servtee have gone out of their way to send and allowed their names and letters to vouch for ers of thanks: remark- with a and last c to her The showing for t. In NW Utere 189) repre of live stock the last decade, and the state horses rank: ‘aliforni during a mM producis, t jin the quantity “f wheat produce, first in |the production of barley, fourt t jof hay, third in t 2 per ‘cent of the p of the beans raised and the total value yard products is oy jthan double that of it }of gold. Furthermore jduces 69 per cent of of n wine and | In produc ks first. is but yp of the s years. The mc and ethic ment of the commonwealth, churches | substitution initiative in the punishm all these are as remark. with which results have thing that appears in terial progress. d sch ++ House Paint | From the New Yo: A novei scene w | son lying pr | heads, Time Boulevard and the City, yesterday. ‘one on the rhoulfers and h from the stree a long pole, to in the f its or $30,000,000, the ols and of law and ore 1 «= Eatrao ‘oof of a ho arms man Was ar d of which w Unit 1 entire per on of e a © fe of w in th ollowed the 1 Ber Three we prowth. ersities of f love r private isdee effort .s of ma- S Witnessed at t i with s alllxed, at right angles, a paint brush. With this | he was busily painting the side of the | house. | The solution was furnishea Burmiey, who lives in the next | sent for police, and demaa¢ | neighbor, Edward H. Martin, stopped from painting the side s from the roof down. He said that Martin was en-roaching on his premises. | Mr. M neighbor months ago. Then thi were warn. i to let the and even ¢ of hanging a platf. je of the hous: over his lot, and 1 premises, not until yester tin was able to hit upon | j j {an artistic bit of pair | circumstances un@er & vee The Yale The London | at the list of ru Yale si ies for t Chronicle be hned dence in England will b | Any j | clares, on his re | American tailors are no’ | be fined.......... | figuring up his The queen's night. tin and Mr. Burmley friends painters ent t ing the side of ho The work is about half finis' coms tomorrow | Icoked at the work 1s Crew's Fin s drawn up by an ten sults of clothes and urn, n money when he c pust hand over.... is muc fined. man Whe purchases. more de- in > trou- ‘ount in being close until a few | failing out, | and finally failed to re: each other | when they met. 1 t week Mr. Martin undertook to paint | his house. He painted three sides of it without difficult but when he 1 to paint the sid. ‘acing M; a halt was called by that “<< roof will be 9 $4.50 -f1 38. 64,