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DAINTY FANCIES.
B TALKS of the dress of the gen.
TLER SEX.
,llar and Muff, and YY'hat Tliey Mi nn to a Costume—Where
ff"! '* f " a !m>hs. Jabots and Ibices Hell*—The Feather Aigrette After
,he French Fashion—How to Properly Care for the
Tu r„.ioise, YVbich Is as Delicate as the Pearl.
, vw York, Jan. M.-How pretty the
I look nowadays! A couple of years
( . o uar. or a fur muff, meant that
'‘'° J ” e ]i e . But now! Now the fur
~i nOi.2*** , ,
.-jr has its beauty enhanced by
l,;i foi ni'l>ou. jabots of lace, or most
| V " • ,nt jeweled or enameled clasps ;
muff, well, no brown ribbon is
i’ n !‘\ n ,,n tt by which to swing it about
!Treck of beauty, but, instead, there is
j )d chain lor this purpose, and oftener
“la z’l,l chain threaded with pearls, or
'■‘'raid--, or sapphires, or, best of all. dia
fV i ; ,n the muff itself is lined, not
B ", a d U n, dark satin, that means de
"tnjctlon to dainty white gloves, but in
l a , e of that there is a lining of a rich,
L t brocade, while about the sides are
full frills of line lace; on top is a many
poped bow of ribbon, and, sometimes, the
bead of a silver fox, sometimes a mink's
tad, sometimes a few sable tails, or
whatever is in harmony with the fifr Itself,
a nd forms the greatest contrast to the
other garnitures. People talk about the
long chains for muffs, and for the half of
hundred other things for which they may
he used - the watch, the purse, the
vinaigrette or the lorgnette -as
heln new. but, if anybody will
take the trouble to look at some of
the photographs of Titian's ladies, it win
he seen that about their necks are these
very long chains. Then, too, the Italian
ladies have worn them for centuries, it be
ing counted a great virtue to have ones
’Chain made after some famous design fan
cied by a Venetian beauty of long ago.
Dressing was never more beautiful than
non, and there never was a time when
greater thought was given to the small be
longings that really go to make or mar a
toilette. Brooches are utilized in every
wjv. A rich enamelled one fastens a knot
of ribbon on a bonnet; two, set with sap
phires, are arranged like buttons on the
front of a bodice; while another, a tur
quoise framed in diamonds, fastens the
feather aigrette, that after the French
fashion, is placed pertly at the back of the
head.
Next to the great advantage of possess
ing beautiful jewels comes the ability to
utilize them with originality Nobody
years anything as it was originally in
tended it should be worn. Consequently, I
was not surprised the other day at seeing,
clasped around the simple knot of hair
that is Yvette Guiibert's favorite coiffure,
e heavy chain of gold, set about with tur
quoise hearts. I knew it to be a bracelet,
lut the clever French woman had found
an original way to dispose of her ornament;
and one that was a thousand times more
effective than the mere wearing of it on
the wrist. Never before were there so
many turquoises worn. I think It is be
cause ail womankind i3 indulging in her
love for color, and these gems are so in
tense in the beautiful tints. However,
when you go to buy a turquoise, be careful,
for the inferior quality, which looks well
at first, and would deceive anybody but
|the expert seller and some equally expert
■buyer, will in time fade and grow to have
jsi dirty look, a look that is absolutely
greasy, while its color will be spotty.
By-the-bye. the turquoise, like the pearl,
reduces great care. Be careful that no
perfume falls upon it. Be careful that no
cosmetic touones it. Be careful thatjio oily
f-'-tat. ’ is near it, and never attempt to
pan it with water. It is rather interest
ing to know that while some of the best of
the tea mful blue gems are found in Per
sia. quite a number of those recently put
fil’On the market come from Egypt, and
furmcl the framings of the - gold masks
lira; invariably cover the faces
F those mummies who were
W royal blood. Pearls are,
bf c0,..s ■. the stones of perfect purity and
innO'cnce, but alas! good pearls were
fie'’." ire,re expensive than they are now,
ind consequently it may be concluded that
Pore than three-quarters of those worn
ere munition. Still, they are so well iinl
,j: "u 'hat one linds an excuse for their
nisteni e, and that is a wise woman who
wears the pearls given her with happiness
tnd without question.
Everything intended for feminine wear
“ r 10 1,01(1 feminine belongings is not only
jhithy but rich. When Mademoiselle
Pebutante went to the opera for the first
c ' - ' llil£ season site carried on her arm a
n ' pouch-like bag, swung by a wide
(ahn ribbon tied in a big bow. This bag
i 1,1 of tlie same magnificent bro
i ' ’- ' ’i' used for her opera cloak,
h "as lined throughout with satin of a
■fie.f tint that harmonized with the bro
iWc. but it was not stiffened, as the bro
***•:< was rich enough, as It is pro
’loia ly to stand alone. The top of
r , !j v * finished with a band of fur
, 11 ■ came a wide frill of lace.
' ',' n u ' i. cloak, the lovely gown, this
Wj’W.i, ■ dainty touch needed, and one
not tic. | to possess second sight to
! ihai in it was a tiny fan of great
£*' ar: 'ideally, a bonbonnicre set with
L. , IR ' l upon Its lid the minia
iv of t-'imt neauiy of long age, a vinai
u tar sapphire framed In dia
l. 1 , 1 r top, a t,ny lace handkerchief,
and a„ the pretty trilies that women
" m russifies. These bags, some*
■ s i.y. more than anything else that
L orn ’ bugs that were carried by
: "i cat-grandmothers, and no
tan..that, packed away In
an old chest, are quaint old bags
, fcj , 1( , 1 j'l-’t such pretty trifles and in
’ 'it slipped many a time and
(t ‘d a !l " ' will bo to-day, perhaps, a bit*
L. JUX ’, ''bat the opera bag )vus a fu-
t-'liristmaa time la easily un
i_cjud, ,t:t.i that it was appreciated
■j! ,/ lu cl to be tohl.
' ft'ty went to Russia last sum-
L : I >' t.v's jewel box gained there
in i,,'!, 1 lv 'lacs one see clanps, brooches
ftir '. " f •tnsslan enamel, but there
umbrella handles rich with
EL ~l: - I'.id heavy with uncut aemt-
L ? ' ' s °f the kind that the Rus
[Y. ' '■ 1 1,1 J' weis knows so well how
1 to'i'f. '■ "rite trifle is a box Intend
► . 111 ' " ax matches, and this may
■ n to the most conventional
'"'■men, since n is meant itot to
ls for cigarettes, hut to be laid
p'f’i. ' 'lose or the writing desk,
it 0 „ ; ." '"'k from the chatelaine when
lr; v 1 ' onteniplated, a tohogßiinliig
Siri "■ un<l matc|t might he ro
fc[u i d I'ropoH of chatelaines, those
re vcriainly artistic ornaments
llm. .! digue, hut as the silver ehatv
h* t ' "i f reeded by the gold one, so
’ft!: * M uow counted us bizarre,
' r one, mounted In gold, tatto*
tom onb*r uchrd with gold, nnd
’ ; chain* that terminate
ki. , V‘'' se °f mbcr, mounted, as. ia
rfi '' c 'J, another, a whistle,
Jto!. . ,hen w mirror, then n glove
"ifi a , •' "uite no artistic as this has
' "’any a long day, unless, In
deed, it should be the funniest of small be
longings for the breakfast table, and that
is a honey pot. It Is in the form of a
large bee of ruby glass, and he is mounted
in silver; he stands on his four legs, with
his wings upraised, his body holding the
honey, and the whole effect of the little
bibelot is to suggest that it is as sweet as
sugar. I wonder if you are like me? If
you really care to hear about beauti
fu Ibelongings? If you have learned the
wisdom of life—that Is, the being able to
admire that which you cannot possess? If
so, then you will look with delight, as I
did, on a writing basket; lt is a square
basket with silver-gilt handles, lined with
red leather. Slipped through the proper
receptacle on the inside of the lid are the
silver-gilt penholder, pencil case, clipping
scissors, knife and paper knife. The lock
is silver-gilt and the little key so dainty
that it could be swung on a chatelaine,
but so good! and by good I mean secure,
that once turned in Us lock and taken out
without reversing, even the most expert of
curious maid-servants could not force the
lock to open, even with that most valuable
of picks—a common hairpin. Fancy how
useful such a basket would be to a woman
who went away from home often, and,
who, during her absence received import
ant letters, which she did not wish to put
either among her gowns, or In the dress
ing table.
The amateur photographer has been
wishing for a long time that she could
combine pleasure and an increase to her
income. Everybody was willing to let her
take a picture, but nobody seemed anxious
to pay for such photographs. One girl has
been clever enough to make her fad pay.
She devoted ail her time to photographing
interiors, and now her friends are Inform
ed that she will come and photograph a
dining room just as it looks when it is pre
pared for a dainty luncheon, or an elabo
rate dinner; that she will photograph a
boudoir, a drawing room, or a nursery,
and do iat a reasonable price. What
woman is there, away from her mother,
who doesn’t long to send home a picture
of "how our dinner table looked the night
we entertained the Marquis of Carabas?”
Or what loving mother doesn't want to
have a picture to go to a doting grand
mother, or an effectionate aunt, that
shows “just how the nursery is when
nurse is going to give Jack his bath?”
And what girl in love doesn’t long to send
to her sweetheart "a picture of my boudoir
with your dear, dear photograph on the
table with my religious books and flowers
that I always put before it every morn
ing?” Properly managed this special
amateur photographer will make money,
and if the people in New York are not w’ise
enough to appreciate her, I can only give
to her, though I do not know her at all,
the advice that the Duchess gave to Alice
in Wonderland: “If you don't succeed in
St. Petersburg, go to Timbuctoo."
By-the-bye, if the button of a bodice is
lost, hunting it becomes not only a mat
ter of importance, but finding it results In
a certain reward. Beautiful porcelain but
tons, with miniatures upon them, framed
in brilliants, are the ones that my lady
likes on her evening gowns. She can get
them for $7 a button, and she requires
four. Sometimes the face on one button
is a Watteau study; sometimes it is the
head of Marie Antoinette or Madame Re
eaimer; and sometimes Raphael’s cherubs
look out at you from a button as if to say,
“It's all vanity.” But they are pretty,
these dainty buttons, and so are those
others of Delft ware, framed in silver; but
these are meant for a less elaborate bodice,
than that one on which miniature buttons
appear. For a cloth gown, or a fur coat
there are tortoise shell buttons, framed In
a narrow rim of gold. The button bag of
the future will hold treasures. Fancy
your great-granddaughter looking
through it! Will she appreciate these ar
tistic buttons as you do? Or will she call
them queer and out-of-date, and laugh at
the idea of ladies wearing them? Who can
say what the future will hold for any
thing ? And yet the future only copies the
past. Bah! 1 began with talking about
trifles, and I am drifting into moralizing ;
that’s the way with everything—we begin
with a song and end with a sermon.
Which do you like best—the song or the
sermon? I think lt depends on how well
you can sing, or how badly you preach.
Well, there is one consolation, whether we
have to listen to songs or to sermons, we
can always make the best of everything—
even of a poor bargain. Though I assure
you I shouldn’t thank anybody for writ
ing: “This is a poor bargain” opposite
the name of Bab.
DUEL OVER FAIR AMERICAN.
Husband and Lover Wound Each
Other With Bullet*.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Berlin, Jan. 7.—Another American wo
man figures prominently before the Euro
pean public, and as the cahse of the fa
mous duel between Baron von Wangen
heim and Lieut. Count Waldemar-Uexkcll
of Gyllenband.
It is altogether a very common-place
family drama. The baron, who is now 37
years old, was married on April 29, IBS6,
to Lucie Ahrenfeldt, a daughter of Charles
Ahrenfeldt and Helene Minlos, a wealthy
American family then and still living ln
Dresden. Lucie's dowry was R.000.P00.
Two children were born to them. Wan
genheim, who was In the diplomatic ser
vice, was transferred from the Danish cap
ital to the embassy at Madrid and thence
in the autumn of 1895 to Stuttgart.
For some time he apd his wife have
not lived happily together and the finish
ing touch came in Stuttgart, where they
made Count Uexkell’s acquaintance. The
young lieutenant, who was only 29 years
old, soon became Wangenheim's intimate
friend and was daily at his home. The
Baroness Lucie soon took a strong fancy
to him nnd asked her husband to con
sent to a divorce, but he refused.
She left for Paris four months ago, all
Ihe while keeping up a lively correspond
ence with the lieutenant and eventually
they agreed on a rendezvous at Dresden,
where she often went to visit her family,
in order to discuss plans for their future.
YVangt nheim. however, was Informed, and
when ITcxkell left for Dresden, he fol
lowed him and succeeded In surprising the
couple together. A duel was the conse
quence and Its conditions were pitiless
A military jury fixed the distance at flf
tcon paces with permission to advance to
five and exchange, ttirec shots.
FexkeH's lift la still in danger from the
bulltl wound In his forehead, but Wan
gonheiin has almost recovered from the
Injury to the lower part of his body.
The rumor was that the latter-will light
a second due! because his wife has had
another love affair, Is antrue. Hut It
seems true (hnt lie will no* oven now eon
sonl to t divorce, the supposed motive
being Ills wife's large fortune. The
baroness has disappeared front Stuttgart.
--According to a Parisian newspaper In
terview, Madame Adelina Patti Is anxious
to secure llie decoration of the Legion of
Honor
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, J AND AAY 17, ISO 7.
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A DOG DIES FROM DIPHTHERIA.
The Animal Contend* the Disease
From III* Little Ml*tre*.
From the Baltimore American.
Nutley. Jan. 12.—About six weeks ago
Miss Grace Klngsland. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas H. Kingsland of Bloom
field avenue, Franklin, was attacked with
virulent diphtheria. Every precaution was
taken, to prevent the other Children of tho
family from catching tho malady, and It
was supposed that they had escaped con
tagion.
About a week ago, however, two of the
younger children were taken ill with it.
About the same time a pet dog belonging
to tho family began to act strangely, and
it was said, Jokingly: “Ponto’a got the
diphtheria, too." Finally, the symptoms
became so marked that Dr. Philhower,
who was attending the sick children, was
told about Hie actions of the dog. The
doctor examined the dog's throat, and dis
covered that the animal was really suf-
fering from the disease in a malignant
form. He gave orders to have the dog
isolated, and sent word to Health Inspec
tor Ernest E. Faith to have the animal
killed and the body properly disposed of.
Mr. Kingsland did not watt for the In
spector, but dispatched the dog at once
and buried the body several feet deep in
a field.
it was a mystery as to how the dog con
tracted the disease, until It was ascer
tained that while Miss Grace was 111 the
dog had sneaked Into her room unknown
to the family and had eaten some food
from a plate that had been left by Miss
Kingsland. No one was aware of the fact
at the time, and the dog was allowed to
run with the other dogs In the neighbor
hood. lt Is now a question as to whether
some of these dogs have not been Infected.
The owners of dogs in Bloomfield avenue
will keep their pets Isolated for a few
weeks and watch for symptoms of the dis
ease.
—Laura (showing her album to a friend)
—^"isn’t It strange that our oldest pict
ures always make 113 seem the youngest!”
—FUegende Blatter.
RICE TELLS CIRCUS SECRETS.
TI4E IRISH STRONG MAN AND HIS
CANNON HALLS OF INFLATED
Rt'RRER.
The Fake Hear That Drank—Shows
Are Troubled YVTth Hoodoos—V
Ited-Hcaded Girl In the Company
Always Hrings Lurk, However.
From the Philadelphia Times.
There are tricks in all trades, and I
suppose the circus business is included in
the category, said Dan Rice, the veteran
clown and showman. In all my career I
guarded against Impostures and fraud of
all kinds, well knowing that I had a rep
utation to maintain, but in spite of all
my strenuous efforts, my agents would
occasionally trick me and succeed ln clev
erly humbugging the American public
which, as all showmen know, loves to be
humbugged. One Instance of the kind in
particular occurs to my mind.
It was while playing the eastern states
in the early 50s that I picked up Bill Tur
ner, who, I am safe in saying, was the
shrewdest showman 1 ever saw, but he
was unscrupulous and as ingenious as he
was unscrupulous. Bill was a likely
looking young Yankee, smart and active,
and quickly rose from one position to an
other until he became assistant manager
of my circus. At Newburyport, Mass.,
Signor Gustivo, the Italian Samson, other
wise Bill Smith of Bennett's Mills, New
Jersey, who had been astonishing circus
goers by his prodigious feats of strength,
got angry at something and deserted the
show.
That put me ln a serious predicament,
for he had been widely advertised, and T
had no one to take his place. It was at
that juncture that Bill Turner appeared
and sought an interview with me at my
hotel, which ended in my engaging at $101)
a week Don Sebastian, the Spanish man
of iron, whose specialty was toying with
large cannon halls.
Turner was engaged at a moderate sal
ary as attendant upon Don Sebastian,
who was as bright a looking Irishman as
I ever saw. The engagement began at an
afternoon performance, when it took four
men to carry Sebastian's chest, contain
ing four cannon balls, Into the ring. The
ringmaster announced the performance
of a few feats of strength and endurance
by the strongest man in the world, who
handled cannon balls of 200 pounds
weight as easily as a lady could handle
balls of yarn. Sebastian picked up the
balls from the chest and laid them with
a deep, dull thud upon the platform.
Then he placed a ball upon each shoul
der, where he balanced lt, while he light
ly tossed a third to the top of the tent
and gracefully caught it in its descent.
The audience went wild- over his per
formance, and manifested their enthusi
astic appreciation in a tremendous out
burst of applause as he ran lightly from
the ring. I was more than satisfied with
his success.
Don Sebastian proved to be one of the
strong drawing cards of my circus for
several weeks, when to my surprise I
one day noticed that when he laid the
balls upon the platform the sound of
their fall did not ring out until a sus
piciously long time afterwards. I at once
realized that there was fraud concealed
in the strong man's pe,rfoimance; the
therefore unrivaled reputation of my cir
cus was at stake, and so at once quietly
began an investigation, with the result
that the Spanish Iron man was satisfac
torily proven to be a rank fraud.
The cannon balls proved to be made of
rubber and were inflated with air like
foot balls. The dull, deep thud which re
sounded when the balls touched the plat
form were made with a heavy hammer
in the hands of an accomplice behind the
curtain. I felt outraged at the deception
and sorry for the duped public, and haul
ed Turner vigorously over the coals,
while Don Sebastian was reduced in
rank and made a candy butcher.
Had I known that Turner was a party
to the deception, said the old showman,
earnestly, I would have immediately dis
charged him. ln view of subsequent
events I concluded that Turner was the
leader ln the Iron man fraud. Upon enter
ing a JCentucky town, after a few days’
absence from the show. I found one of
our most extensively advertised attrac
tions to be the ”Great Hooded Python of
the Amazon, thirty-eight feet In length.
The only specimen ever in captivity.” It
was further represented that so powerful
and venomous was this reptile, lt was
necessary to keep the monster constantly
under the Influence of opiates. Upon en
tering the circus I found a great crowd of
people viewing the python, which was
coiled in apparently deep slumber ln a
glass enclosed cage. It was a great, loath
some reptile, eight inches through. Tur
ner satisfactorily accounted for Its pres
ence and it drew crowds until I accident
ally discovered that it was cleverly made
of lln'sey woolsey and stuffed with saw
dust.
In calmly looking back now over the
years I can plainly see that Bill Turner
lacked conscientious scruples, said the
veteran clown, with a smile. There was
the Inebriate bear, for instance. That
was his contrivance. It was somewhere
ln the south that I learned such a crea
ture was exhibited in Dan Rice's show
and lavishly advertised as "A great ani
mated temperance lecture, approved by
pulpit and press.” I saw the attraction.
It was a Black bear that at every per
formance waddled Into the ring and drank
whisky until thoroughly Intoxicated,
when lt would ludicrously stagger back
to Its cage. One day I was horrified to hear
the drunken bear burst out with a tor
rent of profanity, which was followed by
the maudlin singing of "Landlord, Fill
the Flowing Bowl,” while the disgusting
creature was led to a cage behind the cur
tain 1 humbly apologized to the audience
and said that there was no accounting for
the work of whisky.
Without delay I went behind the cur
tain, stripped the bearskin from the In
sulting drunkard and gave Ben Dole, a
canvasman, the worst licking of his life
for his part In the most outrageous fraud
ever perpetrated upon an unsuspecting
and gullible public. And the matter didn’t
end there, for tire newspapers got hold of
the uffalr and vigorously denounced me,
and that was the first stain ever cast upon
my character as a moral showman.
How did you settle with Bill Turner?
Col. Rice was asked.
Discharged him at once, was the reply.
He wandered to the west and became a
missionary or something or other among
the Indians. It took me some time to re
cover from the 111-effects of the inebriate
bear episode, which was one of the best
paying attractions I ever had on the road.
It was a pity that to me was attached the
blame of foxy Bill Turner's Imposture.
But 1 got a lot of free advertising from It,
whether profitable or unprofitable.
You may not know It, but there are hoo
doos In the circus business, as well as In
other lines of trade, said the voluble jes
ter. The only difficulty is to be able to
know what the hoodoo is and to get rid
of It. I remember once John Robinson's
circus constantly lost money on the cen
tral states circuit, where two aeasons be
fore It bad made an unusually successful
tour. Old man John couldn't understand
lt, but finally concluded that he had a
hoodoo somewhere ln his company. He
knew lt could not be among the members
of his staff, neither was It one of the per
formers, for every one on that side of the
circus had been with him the season be
fore, which was one of unequaled prosper
ity. In perplexity he began reorganize
the other part of hi* concern, and new
hands wero discharged by the wholesale.
At last he discovered the hoodoo. It was
a side show lecturer, who always wore an
alarmingly red necktie. As soon as the
lecturer was discharged the circus pros
pered.
Phlneas T. Barntim one season had a
hoodoo that stayed with him until his
employer was well nigh ruined before he
was discovered and discharged. In that
instance the Jonah was a very clever
plate spinner. The trouble with the
hoodo Is that he does not imagine the
111 effects of his mere presence In the
circus. Adam Forepaugh's worst hoodoo
was a cross-eyed candy butcher, and his
great circus had very bad luck until the
vender of sweetmeats was discharged.
John O’Brien's hoodoo was a sweet-faced,
soft-spoken lady performer, who brought
him mighty bad luck until lie released
her. Old Van Am burg made barrels of
money and prospered traveling through
the country with Scriptural mottoes
painted upon the animal wagons, but all
that changed as soon as he employed a
peg-legged colored cook. His ticket wagon
receipts at once fell off amazingly,
there was bad luck in the ring, constant
desertions from his company and several
valuable animals died.
Is not the hoodoo sometimes qn animal?
Take, for instance, old Romeo? the show
man was asked.
No, sir, not to the best of my knowl
edge. was the positive reply. I am per
fectly familiar with the history of the
noted deathdealing elephant Romeo, who
killed three keepers before being, brought
to this country, where he succeeded in
killing four more. No, Romeo was never
anything else than a money maker and
a devil on four logs. In his day he was
the greatest drawing card a circus or
traveling menagerie could possibly have.
Why, the first clergyman I ever saw visit
a circus went solely for ttv purpose of
seeing the notorious man-slayer. Nearly
every circus proprietor in the country was
eager to get possession of that elephant
and anxiously endeavored to buy him, for
his value as an advertisement was some
thing enormous. I opened my dicker for
him at $25,000, but others raised it un
til the animal was finally sold for $47,500.
Now, a red-haired girl or lady in the
company Is always said to bring luck to
a circus, the old showman interestingly
continued. Call It auburn hair, if you pre
fer. but the redder her hair, especially If
she be a performer, the better the luck the
little lurid locks wdll bring. I liavo had
them more than once In my circus, and so
know whereof I speak. I recall one in
particular. Mile. Germaine do Greville,
otherwise Eliza Butcher of Ohio. When
she joined my company business at once
began to boom and continued to boom
throughout the several seasons she was
In my employ. I presented her with a
magnificent, well-trained white horse, and
her hair was so dangerously red that
when performing upon her snowy charger
she looked like a rocket flashing around
the ring. My success while she was with
my circus was really wonderful and mysti
fied the most experienced circus propri
etors of the country. I knew one of the
secrets of that success, but kept silent.
Liza, or Mile. Greville, if you prefer,
knew that she was appreciated by her
employer, and, upon completing her turn
in the ring, was often presented with a
magnificent bouquet of flowers, That took
well with the audience, and kept her con
tented with her position. But. despite my
thoughtfulness, I at last lose 'Llze. She
went and got married, and to the home
liest man that ever drew breath. When
her boy twins were born she split my
name ln two and gave each one half.
D(7gBTaNII t AHRIAGES.
An Affinity Between Ilog* nnd tlie
Affair* of tle Stable.
From the London Spectator.
A London coachman, who for years had
charge of a large and beautiful stable of
superb carriage horses, told the wrltet
that a carriage dog owned by hto master
Invariably ran beneath the pole chains
the moment the carriage started, and
would make the circuit of the park several
times without moving more than a few
Inches from his place, the three animals
—two horses and the dog—moving like a
machine. Curiously enough, the dog chose
his particular horse to live and sleop with
In the stable; when traveling and in Inn
stables, lt mounted guard over this horse’s
box, and would allow no strange hostler
or groom to approach lt.
Greyhounds also learn to run with traps.
It was the custom for sporting farmers
In East Anglia to drive to market with a
pair of these dogs, either running with
their heads Just beneath the tail-board, or
one on either side of the cart. Their pace
was a trot, step for step with the horse.
The use of carts and carriages for loco
motion is much more readily learned by
dogs than the art of keeping safe among
traffic. Sporting dogs soon learn to like
being driven to the shooting ground. When
accustomed to this they will jump the mo
ment the tailboard is lowered and curl
up under the seat, and show great dis
content if not offered a place. But nearly
all are singularly dull at devising any
means for safe descent when the drive Is
over. They usually make a violent spring
to the ground, often when the cart has
scarcely stopped, and fractured forelegs
are a frequent result.
Trains present far leas difficulty to them.
Though occasionally afraid of the rush
and noise of the cars, they soon learn to
delight in traveling by rail—lf allowed to
accompany their masters. They rush in
the moment the door Is opened, and some
dogs notably those which are accustomed
to comfortable drawing rooms and soft
carpets, will always select a first-class
carriage In preference to a wooden-seated
"third." But though they have learned to
reckon with the speed of a carriage, and
become so fond of railway traveling that
“railway dogs,” who travel by choice, and
alone are quite common—there Is a “Ryde
to Portsmouth” dog, too, which travel by
boat, and begs pennies for buns—no dog,
and we believe, no domesticated animal,
has ever learned to Judge the speed of a
train. When once on the line, they seem,
ln this country, quite unconscious of dan
ger. If the train Is moving at the rate of
from live to twelve miles an hour, they
get out of the way; but a pack of hounds
on a railway line, even If they are not In
full cry, are always cut to pieces by the
first fast train, which overtakes them. The.
first thing which the driver does when he
sees them Is to shut off steam. This
makes the engine noiseless, but the whole
train rushes on, plainly visible, but with
absolutely no terror for hounds, who
seem to look on the swift silent thing as
perfectly harmless. If lt were a corn wa
gon or a puffing traction engine, they
would get out of the way.
When the short line of railway was
made across the neck of the Dobrudseha
ln Turkey, from Kustendt to the Danube,
the Turks were almost as stupid. They
seem unable to realise that the train
would not stop, and would drive their
sheep a.ong the line, and one man endea
vored to stop a runaway truck by put
ting his foot on the rail.
New Hind of Bicycle Race.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Anew kind of bicycle race was recent
ly tried in Paris, a so-called pursulng
match between the Englishman Barden
and lhe Belgian Jules Fischer. At this
race the object Is to overtake the oppo
nent, two participating In the race and
starting from two opposite points of a
track, whoever catches up with his an
tagonist and overtakes him 1* the victor.
In this inatance the Englishman won.
The race was a great success and bide
fair to be followed by many more.
MAD FOR BLOOD.
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A Diunken Western Cowboy Shoots
a Score ot Men.
Rides Down Woman and Babes.
A drunken cowboy recently terrorized a
Western town. Infuriated by liquor he
dashed through the streets of the village
shooting down men right and left, and
cruelly riding his broncho over women and
children. The frightened, inhabitants of
tho village fled to their homes and barri
caded the doors and windows. Few if any
were so reckless as to remain in (he
streets. Those who did, were ruthlessly
shot down. Nearly twenty people were
killed. The Infuriated brute knew no
mercy, and men and women alike fell the
victims to his death-dealing weapons.
Men and women fear and dread an open
foe like tlie drunken cowboy and at his ap
h,
proacli will flee to a place of safety.
There Is a more dangerous and more
deadly enemy that daily rides
the gstreets of every city, vil
lage and hamlet, and yet men and
women seem not to heed Its approach. Its
name Is consumption. Onc-seventh of all
the deaths in all the world are due to this
fell destroyer. Consumption knows
neither rank nor station, wealth nor power,
lt deals out death with an impartial han 1.
No city is too great, no hamlet is too
small, for Its terrible mission. All the
drunken cowboys of the West If turned
loose w ithout a hindrance In the most pop
ulous city could not kill In one year one
tenth of the human beings that consump
tion kills In a day. And yet, men and wo
men do not seem to fear this relentless
monster. They do not anticipate Its
coming. They appear to bn utterly heed
less of Its approach. They seem In the
majority of eases to count lts coming.
They do not flee, they do not even take
measures to protect themselves. The
tombstones of the victims of this utter dis
regard of death crowd the cemeteries of
every land.
Consumption like all wasting diseases
has its inceplion in a disordered digestion
and consequent imperfect nutrition. Un
like the blood-thirsty cowboy, its ap
proach is not heralded by menacing shouts
and a display of death-dealing weapons,
lt creeps upon Its victims softly, silently,
surely. It comes step by step. A little
over-work—a little disregard of the laws
of health—a few Irregularities of habit—a
little too much hurry and worry—Too lit
tle time given to eating and resting and
sleeping—a trifling disorder of the diges
tion; a slight falling off In the appetite;the
trouble is unimportant. The victim feels
that lt would be a waste of time to stop
for a minute In the headlong race of mod
ern life to remedy these little troubles. The
situation grows a bit worse. The appe
tite becomes less and less. The food that
is hurriedly eaten Is no longer properly
digested. The organs of secretion no lon
ger perform their proper functions. The
gastric Juices that aid digestion cease to
flow into the stomach and large intestines.
Assimilation of the Ufe-giving properties
of the food ceases. The blood is not prop
erly nourished, instead of the life-build
ing elements of nutrition, it takes up the
poisonous effusions of indigestion. These
are carried to and deposited In every tis
sue and organ of the body. The organ
that is Inherently weakest receives the
largest proportion. Disease like a skilled
pugilist always strikes at the weak point.
Most frequently the lungs are that point.
The tissues and the cell-walls of the lungs
do not receive the right amount of life
giving nutriment. Inert, half-dead tis
sues are not torn down and excreted and
replaced by new, Arm and healthy tissues.
The victim soon has a pair of lungs that
are made of Inert almost lifeless material
devoid of nervous or muscular activity.
The heedless and reckless victim has now
provided the proper soil ln his lungs for
the invasion and Infinite multiplication of
the deadly germs of consumption. The
microbes of consumption are scavengers
and feast and flourish upon Improperly
nourished tissues. The sufferer has un
knowingly provided for them a rich pas
ture land.
There is a sure, speedy, and safe cure
for consumption, and all conditions that
lead to it. This deadly disease has been
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It Is the great blood maker and flesh build
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