The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1896, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896 l | SEARCHING FOR WOOTTON'S B0y, Guided by the Spirit Control of an Oakland Medium at Fresno. INSPIRED BY LITTLE KITTIE. Mystery of the Unhallowed Grave Still Unsolved—Uncle Billy’s | Will at Visalia. ~ | | FRESNO, CAL., May 16.—The spiritual- | ists have made their search; the body of | Wootton remains hidden from those not | gifted with the faculty of clairvoyance. Very quietly and unostentatiously the search was made. There were no blaring trumpets. None of the detectives and officials previously employved on the case knew of the search. Even the keen- scented local reporters knew nothing of the search, who the searchers were or | when the search was made. | It is several days old now, yet this is the | first public announcement that probably the very last search bas been made for the body of William Wootton; made and failed. And yet all Fresno, all Fresno County and the northern half of Tulare County have been waiting, interestedly, a fort- night or more for that search to pe made. They have been waiting ever since the Oakland test medium came down here, rented quarters in the Pleasant View House, went into a trance and, under the guidance of the spirit of Little Kitty, drew amap of the Wootton ranch that aston- ished the experts for its accurateness, and | pointed out the location of the body with | a decisiveness that was indeed quite mar- velous. No one can vy that the body does not | lie at the spot indicated by the medium, | Mrs. R. Cowell. The search proved noth- | ing. Four men dug for two hours at the spot marked on the map and found noth- ing. They might have dug for a week at the same spot and still, finding nothing, yet be unable to swear that old Uncle Billy Wootlon’s bones did not repose be- neath the soil of that patch of mud de- scribed with such particularity by the ! youthful visitant from the netber world | through the accommodating mediumship | of Mrs. R. Cowell of Oakland. For the spot described is a very large one—when you go at it spade in hand; and Uncle Billy’s grave may be very, very | deep. And Mrs. Cowell did not accom- | pany the searchers. She might have gone | into a trance on the spot, if she had, sum- moned Little Kitty to her aid—or why not the spirit of Urcle Billy himself ?—and | then and there pointed cut the exact loca- | tion of that unhallowed grave. But Mrs. Cowell leit Fresno for Oakland the very | day the search was made, and could pot, therefdre, accompany the searching party. | She might have delayed her returnan- | other day and enjoyed a pleasant drive to | the Weotton ranch, She might—but I | snall need all my space to teil whatdid | happen. It was this: Two men rode down from Fresno one day last week and reached the Wootton ranch at noon. These were B. F. Kite and A.7. Btevens. They neglected to notify the Coroner, though they felt quite sure that their errand would not prove fruit- less. What strengthened their faith not a little was what happened to Mr. Kite the evening before when he visited the Oakland medium. Mrs. Cowell became again possessed of the spirit of Little Kitty. “Can vou tell me where I am going to- morrow ?”’ asked Kite. *You is going to the Wootton ranch,” replied Little Kitty, whose grammar, it appears, has in no wise improved during her residence in the spirit world. “You is going to search for the body of that poor old man what was murdered,’”’ said Little Kitty, and then she wenton and described the rig in which the journey would be made, the exact number of dig- ging implements that would be carried, namine one short and one long spade, and describing quite accurately, as Mr. Kite himself afterward related it, the three other members of the searching varty. And all this time Mr. Kite himself was ignorant of most of these particulars, having entrusted their arrangement to his friend, Mr. Stevens. And sure enough when they set forth in the morning Kite found that everything had been arranged just as Littte Kitty nad predicted. Surely ere was good augury of success. At the Wootton ranch Kite and Stevens found Robert Simpson, proprietor of the Reedley Hotel, and myself awaiting them, as had been agreed upon. Is it needful to state that both Mr. kite and Mr. Stevens are firm believers in the phenomenal pow- ers of Mrs. Cowell and the truthfulness of Little Kitty? Mr. Simpson, be it re- corded, is a devout unbeliever. But he is a courteous gentleman, quite willing that | San Francisco medium, | could | greatly. others should differ with him in matters of the other world so long as they pay their score at Reealey. My own fait lack of it, is a matter between Little Kitty and myself alone. But the two that rode from Reedley had traveled over tie ground many times before in search of the bones—the one prompted by his kindly regard for the poor old man so cruelly robbed and murdered, the other bent on solving the last mysterious feature of the most remarkable tragedy that hes ever occurred in California. One day. a few weeks ago, an old man named Mitchell came into Fresno from his home at Fowler. He brought a small package with him. He took this package to Anna R. Peckham, one of the most suc- cessful mediums of Fresno, and asked her to tell him what the package contained: Miss Peckham went into a trance at once, held the package to ner brow and then answered-the question of the man from Fowler in a w that set all Fresno County again talking about the mystery cf Wootton. “That package contains the spectacles worn by Uncle Billy Wootton,” said the medium. And then she went on to tell how Wootton was murdered, how he was doubled up in his grave, and how the grave was on the Wootton ranch, under a clump of oak trees, where the land was marshy and had been trampled upon by cattle. Of course the Fresno papers printed all this, with possibly a reportorial embel- lishment or two, and again there was great interest revived and much talk of organizing searching parties to go down to the ranch and dig up the bones. But the ranch is more than twenty-five miles to the southeast of Wootton, and the nearest | railway stavion is Reedley, fifteen miles distant from the ranch. Then Dr. Louis Schlessinger, the famous came down to Fresno and had a trance. He, also, saw Wootton’s body in about the same condi- tion and in the same general location as that described by the young woman, who recognize Wootton’s spectacles through several thicknesses of opaque Wrapping paper. more searching parties, but no search was instituted. = Public interest was kept alive, however, by these clairvoyant phenomena. There are many spiritualists in Fresno Couunty and there are many others whose experi- ences in the world have been too broad to enable them to scoff at even the much- deridea and often quite fraudulent “spirit- ualistic manifestation.” So the time was ripe for the advent of Mrs. Cowell, the Oakiand test medium. She is a generously built lady, of pleasing face and manner. She came to Fresno to enjoy the mild dry climate and a needed rest. She took quarters at the Pleasant View House, where Anna R. Peckham re- sided. i, The local spiritualists visited her and asked for seances. Circles were formed. Many came. Little Kitty was the ‘“con- trol.” Her performances created much interest. The fame of Mrs. Cowell spread. One evening a young man joined thecircle who was unknown to the others present. (Of course, I am giving all this second hand, for I was not present at any of the seances. But many reputable men of Fresno pledge their word that no one in the room knew that this stranger was Stanton Abbott, brother of the man whose name appeared in the forged Wootton deeds. The Abbotts and Sanders were very friendly, had _secrets in common and were suspected alike for a long time.) Mrs, Cowell, in her trance state, began to act peculiarly. She seemed to suffer The stranger was asked to leave the room. He departed, but still the medium suffered. After a while she grew calm. Then she—or rather Little Kitty, speaking through her—told the astonished | listeners that the man who had left the room knew a greatdeal about the Wootton murder, knew where the body was buried, had helped to bury it. Mrs. Cowell’s hand seized pencil and paper and drew a map of the Wootton ranch. This map I have seen. It is nearly accurate. In one place the main road bends a little in the wrong | direction, but the location of the cabin, | the barn, the wheatfield, the corral and all | the important features of the bif ranch | are marked precizely as they are located. | To the south and alittle back of the cabin | is a small ravine or drain for a spring that | is almost extinct now. At the head of this ravine, near the spring, is a clump of trees { and a patch of moist ground. Singularly enough this is about the only | spot on the entire ranch that was not | searched about two years ago, and what is more singular still is the fact that this spot could have been overlooked by the search- ers for it affords exceptional facilities for the crime. At this spot the pencil in the hand of the medium swx‘riped and began to make small circles. ere, here,’ said Little Kitty with the voice of Mrs. Cowell. ““Here isthe grave; it’s been tramped, tramped, trumPed by the cattle. The body is doubled up.’ Mr. Kite was present at this seance. He secured the diagram and resolved to make a search of the place indicated. A day or two later Stanton Abbott again appeared ata seance of Mrs. Cowell’s. Again the medium suffered. “I suffered ago- nies,”” she told me, “and I will never have anything more 1o do with the Wootion case. 1t causes me too much pain.” But it is told now how she called Ab- bott by his name and under terror of the uncanny phenomena extracted from him what is said to have been an admission that he knew the whereabouts of Woot- ton’s burial, that he helped Sanders dig the grave, thrust the body into it, and re- fill the hole. A further refuted admission goes to the effect that Stanton Abbott slept in the clump of trees near the grave two niihls after the murder, either fear- ing to be seen leaving the ranch or in or- der to remain and destroy all evidences of the ground having been freshly broken. Some of these things found their way into the local papers, and there was con- siderable excitement revived for the time being. Still, for seversl days the much- There was more talk of | talked about searching parties did not ma- terialize. The authorities, as well as others, feared public ridicule in case the body should not be found. Finally two men, having the full strength of their convictions, being bolder then the others and keeping their inten- tions a secret from all but those who were to participate in the search, went forthand dug boldly for two hours and found noth- ing. Digging is hard work and acts as a dis- eller of what the world calls illusions. he party returned to Rcedlel); with a good deal less enthusiasm than when it started out. J.H. G VISALIA, Can., May 16.—It is not gen- erally known that William Wootton left a will. Indeed, the fact has just been dis- covered, though months have elapsed since the final distribution of the estate by the Probate Court of Fresno County. In the adjudication of the property after Wootton was declared legally dead and the forged deeds to Sanders annulled no will was found and no mention was made of a will. Yet there was a will. Did Sanders find it and destroy 1t while he had possession of the old man’s property and access to many of his private papers? This is not considered probable, and the whereabouts of that will promises to become as great a mystery as the whereabouts of the body of the man whose estate it was designed to bequeath. The will was drawn up at Visalia, and Tipton Lindsey and E. M. Bentiy of city were named in it as administrators. Julius Levy, notary public, drew up and witnessed the will, and himself, with Max Bravaman, all of this city, signed the doc- ument as witnesses. All these men named were Odd Fellows and members of the same lodge at Visalia with William Wootton. This is known as Visalia Lodge No. 94. Both of the admin- istrators and executors named in the will have died since the disappearance of Wootton, and it is thought quite likely that the will was in the possession of one of these. Wootton was quite an enthusi- astic Odd Fellow. He took a great inter- est in his lodge, and rarely missed any of its meetings, though he had to travel many miles to attend them and remain at Visalia over night. Wootton was well known in this city and in Tulare County, where he had many friends. was missing the Odd Fellows of Visalia took the initial steps toward searching for him, and later on it was through their efforts a great deal that Sanders was finally arrested and brought to trial. Not a great deal of credence is placed in the reported visions of the spiritualists at Fresno, except by those of course who believe in what is called spiritualism. Yet Visalia is deeply interested in the search and lives in the hope that one day the great mystery will be cleared and Woot- ton’s last resting place disclosed. Julius Levy, the notary public who exe- cuted William Wootton’s will, says he does not know what disposition was made of the document. Wootton took it away with him after it had been duly attested, and no one can be found now who knows what was done with it. According to Mr. Levy’s best recollec- tion the will left the bulk of the estate to the testator’s brotherin England. There may have been some smaller bequests, but there is no one living now who can re- member to whom they were made. Should the will be discovered its presence would probably not effect the status of the es- tate, since the owner of the property is at present the chief legatee named in the will. BOARD OF HEALTH. The Graud Jury Begins an Investiga- tion of That Department. The Grand Jury Friday began some sort of a Board of Heaith investigation. Among the witnesses called were Mayor Sutro, Acting Mayor C. L. Taylor, Drs. Morse, Williamson, Hart and Fitzgibbon of the Board of Health, and Dr. Stable superintendent, and George Robertson steward, of the City and County Hospital. S0 much time was occupied in hearing the first witnesses called that Drs. Williamson and Fitzgibbon were notified shortly before 7 o'clock that they would be excused for the day. They had danced attendance for three hours and were then sent away without a hearing. Mayor Sutro was first heard, and Supervisor Taylor came next. Then Dr.Morse was ad- mitted, and finally Dr. Hart, Dr. Stahle and Mr. Roberson got in. Tae grand jurors them- selves were not in the best of humor whea the adjournment was reached. The closing hours of the session were de- voted chicfly to the consideration of hospital management. Mayor Butro and Supervisor Taylor expressed their opinions freely con- cerning the political administration of the Board of Health. When it was first known that he | ‘BUST OF THE LATE The Sculptor Otto Dobbertin Has Just Finished a Lifelike Model. Hopes to Produce one of the Finest Pieces of Sculpture Ever Szen Here. Otto Dobbertin, the sculptor, has for over a month past been at work on a bust of the late James Brown, son of Cashier Thomas Brown of the Bank of Calitornia, | and son-in-law of Irving M. Scott. Mrs. Brown has taken great interest in having a bust completed that should exactly rep- resent her husband, and ail those who have seen the work think Mr. Dobbertin has succeeded in a most admirable way. ‘The mod-1 Las been completed. It is of life size and was made from masks taken after Mr. Brown's death, and by the aid of late photographs combined with numerous suggestions from Mrs. Brown. The lady as well as all the family of Mr, Scott and of Mr. Brown's father are understood to be very much pleased with it. Some who never knew Mr. Brown by name, but on seeing the model remem- bered having known him by sight, com- plimented the sculptor on his work as being signally true to life. Mr. Dobbertin will now proceed to chisel the bust from Carrara marble, using the clay model as a pattern. For this purpose a magnificent block of the finest Italian marble has been obtained. It is clear white, and from all appearances the bust when finally completed will be one of the finest specimens oYsculm.ure that hasever been seen on the Pacific Coast. the work. He has put a great dea! of | thought on it and has tried to make it as | near hie-like as possible. It will take about two months to chisel JAVES BROWN, AN IDEAL SUBJECT, HE SAYS.| Mr. Dobbertin is sparing no pains with | out the bust. Mr. Brown was quick in movement, signally kind to everybody and liked pets Iike horses and dogs. His eyes were large and from an artist’s stand- point melancholy, and the shape of his head showed great i?e‘alism. Mr. Dobber- tin is treasuring wp all these traits and is endeavoring to bring them to bear in a lifelike way in the marble. He thinks he never saw a finer nose, and altogether he hopes to make of his effort a masterpiece. he mask which he took was the fil- teenth of the kind. He has had great suc- cess with all his masks. He took this one alone, somethingz he never did before, and ‘was very successful in it. Eeme el EPWORTH LEAGUE PLANS The Organization to Hold a Gen- eral State Convention in the Fall. Probably Ten Thcusand People Wi'l Attend—First Observance of Its Kind on the Coast. The Epworth League held a quarterly executive meeting night before last at the Heme of the Deaconesses of the Methodist Church on Castro street. At that meeting the first step was taken toward holding a grand State convention of the organfzation during the ensuing fall in this City. It was stated that this convention will equal in magnitude the counvention now being held by the Endeav- orers at San Jose. There are some ten thousand odd mem- bers of the Epworth League in this State, one thousand of whom belong to the al- liances of San Francisco. This will be the first general State con- vention ever held by the league. The league is officered as follows: A. C. Stevens, president; Mrs. H. H. Benson, O. L. Langstrum and Mrs. O. S. Davidson, vice-presidents; Miss Mary E. Speakman, recording secretary; H. F. Perry, final- cial secretary; Miss Anna Hammond, or- ganist; H. E.'Snook, chairman of street committee; and E. M. Emerson, chair- man of Ijau committee. The alliance is raising funds to build a gospel wagon, which will be constructed on the plan of wagons of a similar kind now being used in the East. 1t will be built with side openings and a canopy high enough to permit a person to stand beneath it and address an sudience on the street. The wagon will be painted in the colors of the league, red and white. _ The proposition is to take the wagon into the alleys of the City and such parts where the people never think of attendin divine service. By this means the Gospel | will be carried to them. Tt was reported that the funds for the | wagon had already been raised. It was | decided to assess their members for a | small amount each month in order to | carry on this missionary work. The alliance has decided to give a grand | social at Simpson Memorial Church in the | near future, and a committee has been | appointed to arrange for this event. It was decided to hold the next qnarterly meeting of the alliance at the Chester- street Church, Oakiand. The union prayer meetings of the alliance will be held here- after regularly ou the first Monday of each month. Ppworth League Anniversary. The seventh anniversary of the Ep- | worth League, connected with Simpson Memorial Metuodist Episcopal Church of this City, will be celebrated with appro- priate exercises in the anditorium of the church, corner of Hayes and Buchanan streets, this evening at 7:30 .o’clock. Ad- dresses will be delivered by Rev. Jobn Stephens, the pastor, W. H. Hammon, the president, and C. B. Perkins, the first president of the league. Special music will be rendered by the choir for the occa- sion, which promises to be of great in- terest. The public is invited to attend. THEY WANT TIME. Moran & Co. Failed, but Wil Eventually Pay Up. J. M. Moran & Co., the dry-goods mer- chants on Market street, near Sixth, have been attached by the Board of Trade for $6496. Mr. Moran claims to owe $15,000, all told, here and in the East, and he values his stock at $25,000. The attorney, Mr. Kirk, of the Board of Trade, who entered suit, is causing an inventory of Lhe stock to be taken, after which it is provable the firm will be given time in which to | pay up. J. M. . o 014 Ladies’ Home. The board of lady managers of the Protest- ant Episcopal 01d Ladies’ Home, eiected at the annual meeting, comprise the following-named ladies: Mrs. P. J. Asbury, Mrs. Astredo, M: B. E. Babcock, Mrs. A. B. Clarke, Mrs. A. G. Deal, Mrs. Detrick, Mrs. W. A. Douglass, Mrs. L. S. Foster, Mrs. C. E. Gibbs, Miss M. J. Jones, Mrs. E. J. Lion, Mrs. J. J. Macmanus, Miss McLeod, Mrs. R. Morrison, Mrs. J. Newlan Mrs. A. M. Prindle, Mrs. A. H. Phelps, Mr. J. Sabin, Mrs. R. B. Sanchez, Mrs. F. L. Southac 2rs. L. Steller, Mrs. H. W. Thorp and Mrs. D. Wilson. The officers chosen were: President, Mrs. R. B, Sanchez; vice-president, Mrs. C. E. Gibbs; sec- retary, Mrs. H. W. Thorp; treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Gibbe The lady managers wish to publicly thank the members of the Harmony Choral Club for the very successful concert given by them on April 13, in the Y. M. C. A. Hall, for the benefit of the home, from which the home | realized the sum of $100. | [Sketched by a S N aaaan N Y N N MR X R N N N NSRS RN N N The Bust of the Late James Brown, as Finished by Sculptor Otto Dobbertin. “Call” artist.] N N A\ NN | three—can best be studied. | usually about the hock, and we may look EQUINE LAMENESS AND UNSOUNDNESS. MISS RUSSELL TELLS HOW TO LOCATE THE LIMP. There are a good many ailments to] which horses are subject that, while to | the uninitiatea they may appear very serious, do not render a horse unsound. On the other hand there are defects which the amateur horseman often fails to de- tect which do coastitute legal unsound- | ness, although unscrupulous dealers will | not hesitate to guarantee the animai sub- | ject to them as sound in every respect. These the would-be purchaser of a horse | should understand about, for while they | render a horse unsound they do not make him returnable if detected after purchase. | Kicking, biting, cribbing and running | away are difficulties that, unless the pur- chaser has been notified of them, do render an animal legally returnable, but with the | exception of cribbing, these are vices | rather than defects in the animal. A | horse who gnaws his manger or the hitch- ing-rail where he may be tied is often | called a ‘‘cribber,” but this habit, while | it may tend to produce the disease, is not | cribbing. This is a trouble produced, usnally, by indigestion. The horse takes the edge of\| the mangerin his teeth, straichtens his neck, sucks wind into his stomach and ejects gas. The trouble can be cured if | taken in time, but, neglected, usually | proves fatal. Itis a trick that is usually | only detected by seeing the animal in his | stall, and no one should ever buy a horse | without first seeing him in the stable. But lameness, in one or other of its | various forms, is the usnal form of un- | soundness in a horse, and, curious as jt may seem, lameness is a.very difficult | thing for the inexperiened fo detect. Un- | less it is so marked that no one who hoped | to find a purchaser would think of offer- | ing the animal for sale, the average ob- | server will usually not notice it. And if he does he will not be able to locate it, and can usually be misled by the sclier’ assurance that it isonly a touch of st ness that'll pass off by the time he's traveled a mile. | Now, despite assurance to the contrary, | well horse ought not to be stiff on | | b coming out of a stable. If he is, depend upon it there is good reason for it, either in past trouble or in oncoming lameness. A horse will give evidence of lameness in a zood many ways, and it is by a study of these ways that we locate the trouble. Lameness is rarely manifestea in tne walking gait, but may often be detected | when the animal is in his stall. There he is at his ease and undisturbed and will be sure to take the position that is most com- fortable to him. It is in the stall that the | indication known as “pointing”—that is, easing a foof while standing on the other | A horse in | stable will often rest one or the otber hind ! leg by flexing the ankle and throwing his | weight off that foot, but unless he points | been | 8s soon as work is resumed. heated, or from stahding in a draught when warm. The name founder is also generally used to designate any rheumatic trouble forward, whether in chest, feet or tendons. When in the muscles of the breast, however, it is calied chest-founder. Wherever it is located it is incurable and constitutes serious unsoundness. Na cular disease is an ulceration of the nav cular jointin the hoof. It is incurable, | but can be relieved by the operation of “nerving,”’ that is, cutting the nerve on each side of the pastern. The disease goes on, just the same, but the nerves being severed the animal feels no pain and is, therefore, not lame. s “nerved” is tolerably Kknee-sprurg in a very few year _ Ringbone is an excessive growth of hone just above the coronet, or on the upper pastern joint. [t is common in horses with long, and consequently weak, past- erns and also in those with very short pasterns, where there is always great con- assion in traveling. There is stiffness of the joint, the lameness is quite painful and treatment produces only temporary relief, the trouble appearing again almost Ringbone is ;\)ure common in the hind than in the fore eet. “‘Bog,” “blood” and “bone’’ spavins are swellings on the inuner side of the hock joint. The first is an exudation of the synovial fluid from the joint. Blood spavin 1s an aneurism, or sac of arterial blood. Each of these is a result of bad treatment, excessive work, or inju is incurable. Bone spavin is a bor ing more toward the front, on the inside of the joint. It issometimes curable, and is the most frequent form of spavin. Thoroughpin is a sac of synovial fluid formed between the bones of the hock, going throush from side to side. Curb is & soft, painful swelling on the back of the hind leg, below the hock. Our heavy horses in San Francisco are very subject toa trouble known as *'side- bones.”” " This is an ossification of the elas- tic cartilages that form the lateral “wings’ of the bone of the foot. It is a result of | inflammation in the cartilages, causing them to become absorbed and replaced by bone. The result is a stiffness of step not usually amounting to actual lameness, but the elasticity of the tread is destroyed. In many cases, however, the horses do go very lame on the hard pavements. The trouble is easily detected by feeling the wings of the bone of the foot. They shou!d be yielding and elastic, but if ossi- fication has taken place they will be hard and immovable. he high calks used on the heels of the shoes these horses wear is the most frequent cause of sidebones. These calks prevent the heel from coming to the ground, depriving it of motion, so that the joints become solidified and stiff, and also set up inflammation by undue ressure and increased concussion at the ack of the foot. It is possible that to the uninitiated the foregoing may seem perplexing and com- ! plicated, but a very little observation and THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN LAMENESS, a hind foot in such a manner as to give plain evidence of pain when his weight is borne on it the fact has usually no signifi- cance. In like manner a very tired horse will often rest the fore and hind feet of the opposite sides, as the right hind foot and the left fore foot, or vice versa, but when he points a fore foot the circum- stance may always be regarded with sus- picion, as he will neyer do this unless | there is some weakness in one or the other | fore foot. The greater part of a horse's weight in standing comes on the fore legs and he always carries it equally upon the two, unless one is weak. As we noted last week a horse with a contracted hoof will stand with that foot | in advance of the other, with the toe rest- ing on the ground. This relieves the heel of pressure. If, on the contrary, he points the foot in such a way as to raise the toe and bring the weight on the heel, vou may suspect laminitis (founder), or incipient ringbone. In navicular disease a horse raises the heel and points the toe. Some- times, in this disease, he will seem to stand firmiy uvon both fore feet, but if one pas- tern is held a little straighter than the other you may be sure he is easing that foot of his weight. In lameness of the hind feet the animal will oiten lift the af- fected foot entirely from the ground. You can tell whether he is only resting a hind foot. or pointing it, in earnest, by giving | him a auick push, and noticing whether he shifts the weight on one hind foot more quickly than on the other. The hind feet are not often the seat of lameness. When lameness does appear in a hind leg itis there for spavin, thoroughpin or curb. A horse lame behind will usually “hitch” the quarter of the same side, so that it comes a little higher than its fellow, as the animal travels. Some badly gaited horses hitch a little in traveling fast, but the lame horse usually “ducks’’ his head as well. Thus, a horse lame in the right hind leg will lower his head when ihe left fore foot is brought to the grouid. A horse that is lame in one fore foot will lower the head when stepping on the sound fore foot. If lame in both fore feet he will probably carry his head as usual. but will step short and quickly, and in standing will keep up a constant shifting of his feet. Such a horse should be trotted first upon | bard, then upon soft ground, and watched for improvements in the latter case. If he goes better in the soft ground you may be sure he islame in both fore feet. der lameness the toe on the injured side In shoul- | study of the feet and legs of a horse will reveal the study to be a very simple one. So simple indeed is it and so ample are the opportunities for observation at every curb along our streets, that it is a matter for wonder that there should be so great ignorance on the subject. Even our artists do not seem able really to see a horse, as witness the caricatures each and all who essayed them gave us of the noble animal at the spring exhibition. Yet, despite our ignorance, often willful, there is scarcely one of us but deems himself quite compe- tent to assume control of the creatures, when that control may mean suffering to them and discomfort and loss to ourseives, through our neglect to inform ourselves of the essentials to their welfare. G e [Cnney Camera Club Exhibition. The Camera Club gave its seventy-second il- lustrated exhibition Friday night at Metropoli- tan Temple, “Childhood in Artand Literature” being intelligently dissected by Harr Wagner, the lecturer of the evening. The stereoptican views began with subjects taken from Amer- iea, the lecturer explaining each ploture with an’ accurateness which evidenced thorough knowledge of the subject. In rapid succession followed views from France, Italy, Germany and China,with some few illustrations irom the lesser civilized countries. Every seat i Met- ropolitan Temple was occupied, the audience cv?denclm: their appreciation of the subjects presented by frequent applause. | yill be dragged a little in bringing the foot S S =) forward. In standing the foot will be held pack of its fellow, the knee bent and_the smart Broadway, New whole limb relaxed, swinging loose. When the seat of trouble is the elbow the fore- arm js extended, the knee bentand the ioot, resting upon its toe beside or a little back of the other. 2 A horse with laminitis will walk on his heels, and will go aown hill more easily than up. On the other hand, the lame- ness of incipient navicular disease will be more noticeable when the animal is going down hill. A good deal may be learned from a study of the way the shoes are worn. In navicular disease the toe of tue shoe wears first; in laminitis and ring- bone, the heels. ' This of the front feet. If a horse is lame behind, and wears the toe of the shoe, the cause is probably spavin. The lameness from all these, except la:_m;(:- nitis, usuaily disappears upon exercise. If it persists it is probably the result of some other canse, as_sprain, corns, or in- juries to bone or ligaments. Laminitis, or founder, is a disease of the feet, caused by hard roads, by eating or drinking when \ York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling. Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most populer along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that.