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THE JAPTRAFALGAR
TIIK ORE.tTKST SIvV FIGHT OF
MODKRN TIMES.
A Description of the Great Victory of
the .I.ipanese Over the Chinese
Fleet -China Lost Five of
Her Slen-of-War,
J AMES C REELM AN, thc special
war correspondent of the New
York World, who is now with
the belligerents in the East,
must now be ranked with thc war cor¬
respondents of the day. Mr. Creel
man’s latest letter is devoted to a de¬
scription of the great victory of the
Japanese over tho Chinese fleet off the
month of the Ynlu River, on Septem¬
ber 17.
Mr. Creeltnan was the first newspa¬
per man to interview Admiral Ito,
who commanded the Japanese fleet iu
what must bo considered as tho great¬
est sea fight of modern days, and se¬
cured his account of the fight from
the Admiral’s own lips. Mr. Creelman
says that the battle, in demonstrating
that swiftness is the most essential
quality iu a modern war ship, vindi¬
cates tho plan upon which the new
American navy is being built, aud
then going on he gives a short de¬
scription of Admiral Ito, after which
ho follows with his desc ription of tho
“Trafalgar of the East.”
“As the fleets drew closer together
their guns roared from ono end of the
great battlefield to the other. The
ocean shook with tho tremendous
shock, as tho iron storm swept
through the whirling smoke aud flame.
No men could ho seen on the upper
decks of the Chinese line. The crews
weru crowded below in true Mongol
style. Nor was there any traco of
boats in the davits of the Chinese
ships. I have heard since that tho
fleet left all its small boats behind to -
prevent tho men from deserting in tiie
face of the enemy.
“At first the Chinese gunnery was
fairly accurate, but tho wheeling
movement of tho Japanese on the
right and left flanks, combined with
the terrific effect of the rapid-fire
guns, seemed to throw tin? line into
disorder and demoralize the gunners.
When tho rear of tho Japanese squad¬
ron was turning tho loft of thoChiuese
the Hiyei was so close to tho enemy
that to avoid receiving their fire
broadside she left tho main squadron
and steamed straight at tho Chinese
line, passing between two largo iron¬
clads, ilio Tingyuen and Laiyuen, or
the Kiugyuen and Chingyuen. Right
through five fiery gap she went, with
Commander Sakurui on tho bridge
and all her guns at work, while her
heroic crow cheered as two torpedoes,
launched a hundred yards away, hissed
through tho waves and missed her.
Tho enormous batteries of tho two
ironclads thundered away, and the
Hiyei’s decks were strewn with dead
and dying men as she fled through the
.dense smoke between tho floating iron
{forts.
!• “She lmd t>as8#ul A'wY tl^ou^.V'
when , . shell way
a from ono of the battle¬
ships penetrated her side three feet
aliovo tho water line, shattered, the
mizzenmast, killed the paymaster,
two surgeons, all the medical attend¬
ants, spare helmsmen and machine
gun ammunition carriers aud de¬
stroyed the ward room. In a moment
the Hiyei was on fire, and as the ship
broke through the lino and passed to
the safety side of the Japanese main
squadron her daring captain signaled
that tho flames would compel him to
leave the regular formation. Admiral
Ito di*l not see the signal through the
billows of cannon smoke rolling over
the water, and made no reply, so when
the Hiyei had transferred her wounded
to the transport ship she extinguished
the fire and returned to her place in
the squadron. She was almost a
wreck, but managed to keep her guns
going till the end of the battle.
“The van squadron of the Japanese
fleet, after attacking the right of the
Chinese line, turned about and fought
its way back toward the northwest,
while the main squadron continued on
in a circle, the Chinese formation be¬
ing destroyed and the ships bunched
together in confusion, ‘^he two iron¬
clads stuck close together, fighting
with great spirit. Just as the flagship
Matsushima, at the head of the main
squadron, was abreast of the Chinese
ironclads a shell from one of the big
guns struck her mam deck, dismount¬
ing her heaviest gun and damaging the
whole port battery. The shell struck
the ammunition massed on the deck
and exploded rt. A sheet of fire
seemed to sweep up to the sky aud the
flagship rolled heavily as her riven
sides yielded to the terrific shock and
her plates were bout outward.
“Dead men were blown into the sea,
a part of the upper deck was blasted
and tho officers’ quarters were de¬
stroyed. A lieutenant,Ja sub-lieuten¬
ant, a midshipman aud twelve of the
crew were instantly killed. Wounded
men were scattered about in the
bloody wreckage. The ship was on
fire. Admiral Ito kept his course un¬
til ho found that the stiff wind on the
port bow was spreading the flames,
and to save the ship he turned about,
followed by the rest of the squadron.
From his place on the bridge the Ad¬
miral could see that one of the Chin¬
ese ironclads was also on fire, and he
decided to return to the attack, using
his star board battery while the fire
on the port side was being extin¬
guished.
“Meanwhile tho little Akagi and the
transport S&ikio Maru were separated
from the main squadron, being un¬
able to keep up with its swift move¬
ments. The Akagi was attacked on all
sides by the enemy, but fought
bravely. Her mainmast was shot
away and her captain, Commander
Sakamoto, was killed on the bridge.
The navigating officer then took com¬
mand, but a few moments later fell to
the deck wounded in the face and
arm. He was succeeded l>y tho third
lieutenant, who directed the fighting
until the navigating officer's wounds
were dressed aud returned to the
bridge. -
“As the Abaci’s mainmast
down over the side a lieutenant aud
guncrew iu the ligbtiur top were
killed. The Chinese poured volley
after volley into the battered ship,
bnt the wounded lieutenant kept his
place on the bridge and refused to
aurrender. After three hours of hard
lighting he succeeded in withdrawing
THE MONROE ADVERTISER. FORSYTH. GA •* TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 1894.-EIGHT PAGES.
from the battlefield and getting under
of the main squadron.
“Dot the Saikio Mara! Hemmed
by the Chinese ships, the transport
was a general target. Her upper
works were riddled by tho rapid tire
guns of the enemy, but she managed
to escape the shots of the heavier bat¬
teries. By this time the Chinese fleet
was disorganized and the gunnery was
wild. A torped# was launched at the
transport, but it exploded before
reachiug her. Another torpedo was
sent from a ship not fifty yards awav.
A thrill of terror ran through the
Saikio's crew as the huge projectile
plunged into the sea, headed straight
for the vessel. Bat the distance was
not great enough for the style of at
tack and before the torpedo could rise
to the surface it had parsed under tho
Saikio’s hull, and her astonished of
fleers and men saw it come up on the
other side and dart away toward the
horizon
"A sudden burst of speed carried
the transport to the shelter of the
main squadron. As tho Chinese
lines were doubled up, the van squad
ron, under Bear Admiral Tsu boi, at
tacked tho bewildered commanders,
who seemed to have lost all thought of
fleet formation aud were fighting at
random. The main Chinese force had
gradually drawn away from the pro
tection of the ironclads, and each ship
was acting on its own account,
“At about 3.30 o’clock in the after
noon tho Chihyuen began to sink, bow
first. As she went down the Japanese
guns pierced her again and again. Her
crew jumped into the sea aud her stern
rose in the air, the propeller wheel
going at full speed. For a few minutes
she was completely hidden by clouds
of smoke and steam. Just before she
disappeared her propeller reached the
water again, and she whirled around
in the sea with mighty swirls, drown
ing men engulfed at every quivering
sweep of the sinking ship. Then with
a final shudder and lurch she plunged
under the surface and was seen no
moro '
‘Two Chinese ships tried to with
drew from the action, but were pur
sued by tho van squadron. Tho
Laiyuen or tho King Yuen suddenly
keeled over on her port side ond went
down sideways. She was sunk by a
stern shot, although it is almost car
tain that she was seriously injured be
fore she attempted to brook awav. Tho
wind lulled and the ocean was wrapped
in smoko, through which shone the
dull glare of a ooiiHagration. The
Tshaovoug was in flames, and tho
Japanese batteries were eenoeutratiug
their tire upon her. Down went the
cruiser with her shrieking crew and a
great cloud hid tho spot where she
disappeared if in the distance, leaving a
trail dying men in the waves.
“By this time the two Japanese *
squadrons about , , a live miles .. apart, ,
were
with the y., Chinese . mam t force i, betweea
them. ,. mt The squadrons i were in peneefc c .
line, the main squadron advancing sqiad- on
the two ironclads and the van
ron chasing two or three fugitives
headod toward Port Arthur. It was
new a few minutes past 5 o'clock,
m.i*ilJf'?ifcsre',rtUoirthd two squad
rons might be separated iu the dark*
ness, and, not daring to risk a fight at
night with the ironclads aud tho Chi
nose torpedo jomlifm bo^H.i l rnii ll i^T- 8 gtro
van to and withdrew to west
ward of the Chinese.
“At tli© same time the Chinese fleet
reformed aud Bhaped its course south
east. The Japanese squadrons took a
parallel course, but kept at a sufli
eieut distance to avoid an attack by
torpedoes. The van squadron followed
Admiral Ito and reported that the
Chinese cruiser Yaugwai was on fire
and had started for Talu Island, prob
ably to beach herself.
“Ito was satisfied that the Chinese
fleet intended to take refuge behind
the forts of Weihaiwei. He felt con
lident that with the superior speed
and discipline of his squadrons he
could afford to renew the battle at
to" laybreak, and he proceed at fullspeed
the neighborhood of Weihaiwei.
But iu the morning there was no sign
of the enemy to be seen. The Chinese
had fled to Port Arthur. Ito steamed
straightway to Talu Island. As he ap¬
proached ho saw smoke in the dis¬
tance, but it vanished on the horizon
without a trace of its origin being dis¬
covered. The Japanese believe that
a fast torpedo boat was iu the vicin¬
ity.
“Tho van squadron discovered the
Yangwai aground aud abandoned on
the south shore of Talu Island. She
was promptly blown up with gun cot¬
ton. The Japanese fleet then returned
to tho new naval rendezvous at the
mouth of tho Tatong River aud the
Akagi, Matsushima, Hiyei and Saiko
Maru was sent to Japan for repairs,
Admiral Ito’s flag being transferred to
the Hashidate. While the fleet was
lying iu the Tatong inlet, the Naniwa
aud Akitsushima were eent across the
Yellow Sea by Admiral Ito, iu conse¬
quence of a report that one of the
Chinese warships had got agroun 1
while retreating from the battle. On
September 23 they discovered the
Kuangki ashore off Talienwhau Bay,
near Port Arthur. When the Japanese
meu-of-war drew near the stranded
ship they saw her blown to pieces by
her officers.
“This was the fifth war ship lost by
the Chinese since the opening of the
battle. Not a single Japanese ship
was lost. Twelve Japanese officers
and ninety-eight men were killed,
while thirteen officers and 170 men
were wounded. The Chinese loss I
am unable to give, but it must be
nearly two thousand. Probably the
exact figures will never be made pub¬
lic. I know from the accounts of a
dozen eye-witnesses that the sea was
full of drowning Chinamen, and that
few were saved during the fighting
for the reason that the Chinese had
no small boats.”
Electricity for Hay Fever.
It is now claimed that no victim of
the perennial “hay feyer” or “nose
| cold” tricity need does suffer the business no longer. Elec- time
> by killing every
j certain nerves located in
the nose. To think that a cold in tho
,
head is a matter of nerves, wretched
little nerves that submerge the human
! being in the most ignominious malady
known in physiology! Special mi
I crobsare ever on the watch for these
J susceptible is certainly organs, triumph and their of removal modern
, a
• science, though perhaps the microbes
will not view it in that light.—Boston
1 Herald,
MARTELS IN FLORA.
A PAGE FROM THE AVONOER
f.AM) OF NATURAL HISTORY.
Microscopic Plants and Giant Red¬
woods—Sumatra's Monster Flower
—The Man-Killing Lily—Most.
Extraordinary of Trees.
IT ________ f HE development , , ....... of plant life
JL I ^nd J 9 a P of ft f e natural from the history. wonder- At
the beginning of a line we
t have microscopic . plants that are diffi
cult to distinguish from animals; at
the A e nd mlgh f P lace red ‘
grove-trees ' VOOf!3 , °f the centuries co \ os<il of , old that ^afaveras tower
h !S h 111 ai * hundreds of feet above the
P ine8 ' and °^ hers tha t [°?* U P to
them as the giants of # plant 1 life.
I^all never forget the feeling I es
Ponced coast range when I entered m an the ancient California grove
of redwoods. The giants that prob
saw the sbl P 9 °. f Erabe * and P™'
8lbI tae travels of Cabullo . 1542
^ in
?' ere S° ue ' and burned; but
[ r ° m thc outer circle of the trunks
had f ow n a °[ Younger trees,
S n /. hnn < 1ied , feefc m 8 ° me cases -
] dld . the trunk of
measure spaces
the old trees but each mclosure
wo ? d ha ™ hL ; ld ? large house or two
or three hundred people could have
craw et in o l .
Ono of th «. mo f t remarkable discov
enes comes * Rational fro m ^^atra. in every Some particular, years
ap several 1 , botanists were traveling
through the country in search of new
m P lanfc llf e ’ wbeu * he
told them of a gigantic . flower, de¬
^nbing they at first it in did such not weird believe terms the that ac
- >u “ ono da Y Dr. Arnold, one
OI l he ? art /’ ca “ e “P°“ the wcmder ’
the Posing discoverer from the was bush confronted A to some trees, by a
gigantic flower, apparently growing
aloD! '- leaves or verdure, from
‘ he 8 roao<J ‘ l P“ ta I 8 ' ‘ Tu 1,1 ,mra ‘
t ‘ h . ck ODd
et ‘ 'T er8 ' S’ ««* on
lnoh '? " ess ‘ ' vh,le tko c « n ‘g
® PP ?T nl!6 °‘ ° kowl
* r om ^h.oh projected curious - spikes
Tke , 0IltIr8 fl ® w “ w ,“ fee ‘
acro88; eac >' P£‘?I weighed almost
»«? J 1 11 could have “ been d tbo , held e f, tlr0 up, flowo would f‘
ka y?. entnely concealed tho person
boUln * Tua ilo " e ' weighed in
■»■»« d8 .pwraen, 1, ttrenty-Bee lo ot thuty 80ula
P“ a “ ‘ “ f “ e
uotah and , , 1,0 ? twelve P'ots of water,
0 I1LW i ‘^coiery was s art rng in
w ^ 8 ‘ « was a flower without
! eav f 01 “*"“»* b '!‘ ‘ he
‘°, the comp etc pn^le-ond
it looked t like a grgantro toadstool that
bad taken the form of a flower. Tip
pmg one of „ the ,, flowers, a it ., was found r J
f, tbit it grew from a delicate leafless
stem . Dot lar * e f than ,, twb , fl „ ?= er8 ’ anJ .
wfl8 ‘ “ short ‘ 8 wonderful flower
P ar8S,te « rowI “8 and d ” mn S lt3 sns -
tenanee from the body , of a huge vine
wound about the trees of
the forestT
story of this flower — tTi^ received
incredulity, but it has siniS been
ceen by many, and then named after
Stamford Baffles, BaiflgBTff"™
Becan had heard rumors from the
natives of a flower higher than a man,
and certain times gave out an
odor that was fatal to man or beast,
Italian naturalist did not believe
the latter, and determined to make a
vigorous search for the man-killing
plant. Finally, deep in the forest, he
<-‘ ame npon it. It resembled a lilly,
Eut a giant, and from the center of
the flower rose a spadix that was six
fe et in height, or as tall as a large man.
stalked leaves were ten feet long,
the whole peculiar plant taking up an
area of about forty-five square feet,
diameter of the spathe was about
three feet, bell-shaped, with serrated
ed 8®s of a delicate green tint, while
upon the outside it was a rich purple
hue. The odor was not poisonous, but
was well calculated to keep both man
an d beast at a distance,
Travelers who visited or passed the
Cape country of Africa often heard
from the natives of a plant that was
part spider, and that growing threw
its legs about in continual struggles to
escape. It was the good fortune of
Dr. Welwitsch to discover the origin
of the legend. Strolling along through
a windswept table land country, he
came upon a plant that rested low
upon the ground, but two enormous
leaves that blew and twisted about in
the wind like serpents; in fact, it
looked, as the natives had said, like a
gigantic spider. Its stem was four
feet across and but one foot high. It
had but two leaves in reality, that
were six or eight feet long, and split
up by the wind so that they resembled
ribbons. This is probably the most
extraordinary tree known. It grows
for nearly, if not quite, a century, but
never upward beyond about a foot,
simply slowly expanding until it
reaches the diameter given, looking in
its adult state like a singular stool on
the plain from ten to eighteen feet in
circumference.
When the wind came rushing in
from the saa, lifting the curious rib¬
bon-like leaves, and tossing them
about, it almost seemed to the discov¬
erer that the strange plant had sud¬
denly become imbued with life and
was struggling to escape.
The giants of the grass tribe are the
bamboos, and they attain a height of
over 100 feet. The xattan that does
not grow very high mikes up in
length, attaining, according to Ram
phius, in some instances a length of
1200 feet. The ordinary cane of com¬
merce attains a length of 500 feet.
The bamboo must have been the bean
stalk of legend, as it has been known
to grow one foot in twenty-four hours
in a Glasgow hothouse, and in Chi
nese fVr umgles it often grows from two
to ind a half feet in this time,
thft f reatest increase being observed
in the night.
Some of the palms are giants, even
their leaves being enormous. A leaf
of the Raphia, a Brazilian palm, is
seventy feet long and forty in diame
ter. Another genus, Maximilians re
gia, has leaves fifty feet long, while a
single leaf of the Taliput palm of Cev
Ion is used as a tent, sometimes cover
ing fifteen people.
But of all the leaves that strike ns
as being remarkable, that of the Vie
toria regia is the most phenomenal.
On New Year, 1837, Sir Robert Sehom
burg was sailing up the Bexinee River
when he discovered the famous lily,
leaves six aa half feel across, I
ft rim five inches high, bright
above 3nd crimson beneath.
birds are often seen standing
them, and ono grown in a hot¬
served as a raft for a little child.
Orleans Picayune.
Habils ot the Pickerel,
Whatever may be said about pick¬
erel, thev have one commendable
trait of character. They go to bod
early and get up early. They get reg
ular hours of sleep. The habits of
many fish, notable of the bass family,
si • nocturnal. Those of the trout
family are at least crepuscular, and
some authorites say that they will
continue their search for food far in¬
to the night and long after the whip
poor-wills have gon9 to bed. The
writer is addicted to night fishing * or
black bass, but never by any accident
ha 3 caught a pickerel after dark, al
though fishing over the day haunts of
the long-nosed fresh water sharks.
Bas3 and other fish sleep all winter
and catch forty winks now and then
during , . tli9 , day , night ...... ot er sea
or iu
eons, but tho pickerel is on business
during the day-time throughout the
whole year. He bites at bait even
more eagerly in winter than in sum
mer, perhaps because other fish are
sleeping them, and consequently the
regular supply of food is scarce.
What of the merits aud demerits of
the pickerel? The rural angler holds
him in high esteem. Ho is a food
fish, easily caug it on any lure, aud
stupid enough until a wire
noose is passed\ over hia head and
tightened about his gills. Under fa¬
vorable conditions he grows to large
proportions, and makes a respectable
showing on the table. On the other
hand it may be said that the pickerel
is but poor eating at best, being soft
and full of small, sharp bones, which
are annoying. Then, again, he must
be arraigned as a terrible destroyer of
other aud more valuable fish. A pair
of healthy pickerel will depopulate and a
trout pound in a single season,
nothing but tho most hardy fish with
the sharpest spines can flourish where
the pickerel has gained entrance. A
pickerel with his stomach distended
with fish will attempt to swallow an
other almost as large as himself, and
will go around for days with the tail
of the other IDh protruding from his
jaws.—New York Dispatch.
An Old Deed of the Washington Family.
George IT. Rattenbury, for twenty
years a resident of Toledo, Ohio, but
recently removed to Detroit, has just
come into possession of some truly re¬
markable documents. Some years ago,
while on a visit to Kuaresboro, in
Yorkshire, England, he learned that
his brother-in-law, William Abbay,
was compiling matter for a history of
that district iu England, and that ho
had gathered some’ rare data for tho
volume. Abbay Jjjmd suddenly some
time thereafter, in a trunk in hia
possession was found, when Mr. Rat¬
tenbury went bsiek to England to
claim his property heir under tho
law, a number fiS9kira documents*
books and co ; •« pap®?*
is a deed. ihingtd ■
evidence of the AVashingtons back
nearly a hundred years beyond what
historians have been able to discover.
Another of the documents is dated
1553, under the reign of Edward VI.
It is a little larger than a quarto leaf,
with a scrolled top as if designed to
fit into a roll. It is a transfer of prop¬
erty from one Richard Earlwood. An¬
other document is dated 1546, and is
also a transfer of property from the
same person ; it was issued under the
reign of ^Henry VIII. To this are at¬
tached three seals and several tags.
The paper is strong and coarse. The
smallest document in the collection,
and according to the opinion of ex
perts the most valuable, is about 500
years old, but its exact import cannot
be determined. It is small and the
paper is yet firm. Besides these docu¬
ments Rattenbury has secured many
rare books and coins. Senator Cam
eron lias interested himself in the
Washington deed of transfer and de¬
sires the Smithsonian Institution to
secure it, Mr. Rattenbury resided at
No. 106 Elizabeth street, West De¬
troit, and is delighted to show his
relicts to those who are interested.—
Chicago Tribune,
Novel Use lor the Ferris Wheel.
The Ferris wheel has been a sort of
white elephant on the hands of the
owners ever since the World’s Fair.
It paid very well there, but since they
have not known what to do with it.
It is now proposed to take it to New
York and turn it into a sort of gigan
tic elevator to carry people to a roof
garden and skating rink, which will
be the highest in tlm world. The plan
is to erect the wheel as it stood in
Chicago. Outside of the wheel and
trellis work will be four steel col
umns. These columns will ran closer
together as they ascend until the top
is reached, 293 feet, where a steel
platform, 200 feet square, will be con
strueted. Ascending from four cor
ners of the platform will be four more
steel columns, running up forty feet
to a pyramid tower, protected by a
railing, which will serve as an obser
vatory. In summer the platform will
be open and used for a roof garden,
In winter it will be closed in with
giass and heated with steam. Mr.
Ferris believes the platform will be
sufficientiy large to allow room for a
stage and an orchestra when it is de
sired to use it as a roof garden.-—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Hypnotism iu Surgery.
Fifteen prominent physicians Veil of
Kankanee, UL engaged a known
hypnotist to demonstrate the value of
hypnotism in medical science. The
doctors secured a young man, a resi
dent of that citv, to consent to be the
professor’s subject. The professor
placed him in a hypnotized state upon
an operating table. The doctors ap
plied the most severe tests in the way
of liniments to the subject's stomach,
without any effect. They also ran
needles through the thick part of the
hau 1 without the subject experiencing
any pain. Upon being brought out of
that state he ■.lid not know what had
been done t > him. The doctor hyp
notized several other subjects and pat
them to severe test*. The doctors de
eidc-J that hypnotism could Le used in
surgery with great success,BnaFfAa
cisco Chronicle, "
WORDS OF WISDOM,
TVorkfast reaches rest first.
Time comes as fast as it goes.
It’s a cold day that can't get colder.
Cynicism is the salt of disappoint¬
ment.
It isn’t the long sermons that reach
to heaven.
Modern love is largely a commercial
commodity.
A ton of complaining won’t raise a
pound of relief,
The finest family trees do not grow
in auriferous soil.
5 A handful of sunshine can knock
out a cartload of clouds.
Very few 8 men can make dollars and
friends at the same time.
Pluck is the search warrant with
which to find opportunity.
A man would be surprised if he were
what a woman thinks he is.
Independence, like honor, is a
rocky island without a beach,
To reallv understand a _ man we
mus {; judge him in misfortune,
Wide thinking brings generous mo¬
tives and self-forgetful actiou.
A part of love is worship, aud re¬
quires worthiness to be perfect.
Neglect is an active principle of evil
—its results beyond calculation.
It is not always the speediest boat
that can sail closest to the wind.
It is the feeling of added strength
that makes the achievement easy.
Waited-for opportunities are usually
more or less frazzled at the edges.
The dawn seems the brighter for
the darkness that has gone before.
Take care of the consequences and
excuses will take care of themselves.
Sometimes nations, like invalids,
must be worse before they can be
better.
Most great ideas at the first are
tried by hardship. It is the test for
the gold.
A man doesn’t stand around with
his hands in his pockets if there’s
money in them.
If a man can see good in anything,
don’t try to show him that there may
be something else visible.
Future ot the Horse.
What will be the future of the horse
in America? asks a writer in the To¬
ronto Mail. But a few months ago wo
had fully ono thousand horses in the
several street car stables, and now
there are only a couple of score. A
month ago our city corporation em¬
ployed about two hundred horses in
the street watering departments, to¬
day much of the work is done by
sprinklers, operated and propelled by
electricity. A proposal is now under
discussion to convey our garbage out¬
side the city limits by electric cars,
and then more horses will be laid off
or sold.
The horse is not only being set aside
in America, but in the older world
especially in France, le
-
leum-heated a railroad station, road engines, have coifcu.^^tro- not Bply to
pull cart trucks with produce, but to
convey back manures, etc., to the
farm. The engine is in constant re¬
quisition to tug the ordinary
family carriage or omnibus to and
from the railway station. The engi¬
neer is the same who has charge of the
general farm machinery.
At one country railway station,
where the company has busses waiting
to transport the travelers some miles
inland to villages, a traction engine
has been employed as an experiment.
If successful a wagon will be attached
of a special construction, to transport
fruit, vegetables, butter, milk, etc.,
at very low rates. There is a compen¬
sation for the “noble animalits flesh
has never been in greater demand for
consumption; as a strength restorer
in the form of soup, it D now the
favorite with the debilitated French
people. Even on this continent horse
flesh is largely used as food, as recent
despatches from over the border in¬
formed us that horses were sent freely
to slaughter houses, and after the car¬
cass had passed through various pro
cesses, it finally reached the consumer
labelled “dried beef.” But what are
we going to do with our horses. The
question remains unanswered, and
there I leave it for others to meditate
on, just as I have done.
Impresses by the Czar’s Looks.
To demonstrate the Russian Czar’s
appreciation of kindness, the follow
ing incident was related bv a man who
heard it from Hallam Tennyson, in
London some time ago.
While on one of his ~dsits to Copen
hagen, the Czar and the King of Den
mark went hunting and became sep
arated from the rest of the hunting
party. They turned their horses
homeward and on the way stopped at
a peasant’s hut, where the King asked
the peasant woman for a drink for
himself and his companion. The wo
man looked at the big man and, smil
ing pleasantly, said to the King,
whom, of course, she did not know:
“He looks so good and kind, he shall
have a glass of the best we have.”
The Czar did not understand a word,
and when on their return the King
laughingly told him of the good im
pression he had made on the woman,
the Czar said seriously, almost mouru
fully: “What would I not give to
see such kindness among my people. ”
—New York Tribune.
Care lor a Blind Rat.
A touching story of a rat comes
from Riekmansworth. The hero is old
and blind. He lives with his family
oa a sewage farm, and since he lost
the use of his eyes he has taken his
dail v airin S with two of the younger
.
members of his family. To guard
against misadventures the three go
abreast with a piece of stick in their
mouths which the youngsters use as a
filler to steer the blind gentleman
wd £k ^* us fortified, . the afflicted rat is . en
ftij . led to take his walks ov^r his native
sewage farm, crossing planks and
eluding dogs as in the days oi his
Y° u tL and vigor. Even the lady who
cut off their tails with a carving knire
Lave Co chance against the olind
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