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ifawNriMiw*? HTB iwmsHana* fWlf9!WW*«|lOT hmsph wmmmi ..... a**!*®*!***!*• *s"* v®*2-!*;*®*2*®*J-®*2*®*2* ®*2‘®*2*®*2*®*2*®*r®'2-®*i'®'l , ®*2*®*2*0*I*®•S'®*?* ®*5*®'!*®*5*®’l*®*r'®'2*C*i*® * •" • ’'' • * * v * • 4. “Buffalo Bill” Answers Call of Primeval Wild Baring His Vacation Months f cc« •- o 0 4. a 4. • •;• • 4* • * -> • • -I- • o *2- ® *2- • *2- • -2' • '2- • v - • *2* • *2” • *2- • •'* • v 8 v a -’.-a -'.-O'v o-;- e .;-o-i- ® ••• • * v b •'■ o *>-2-o-;* 0-1-0-•••40-;-o-;-o 040 v c a t • -r o v o # F the thousands of people to whom the name of Colo nel William F. Cody (Buf falo Bill) is familiar, very few are aware how this idol of the Amerlean small boy spends his time out of the show season. Only Colonel Cody's inti mate friends are aware that the happiest months of the famous scout’s life are those which he spends in the wilderness near the thriving town of Cody. Colonel Cody has two splendid stock ranches on tho beautiful Shoshone, or Stinking: Water river. One of them, 15 miles from Cody, is a horse ranch of some 10,000 acres, on which the colonel raises many broncos for use in his great show, or for tho purpose of supplying the steady demand for good western horses. This ranch is named for Carter moun tain, under whose shadow it is situated, and Colonel Cody, as soon as his Wild West show has closed its season. Imme diately heads for his Carter ranch to prepare for hi s annual hunting trip. Sev eral miles up the south fork of the Sho shone i3 another Cody ranch—tho T. E.— named for the brand which is put on the cattle of that outfit. Both ranches are Ideal retreats. There are several sub stantial outbuildings and corrals, all built of logs, as are the long, low, rambling houses. With the giant fireplaces in the Carter or T. E. ranch house filled with blazing logs, and with Colonel Cody dis pensing hospitality to the guests who are always to bo found at his right hand and his left, these Wyoming strongholds of the famous scout and Indian fighter are. Indeed pla'ces of good cheer. From them Colonel Cody always leads a happy hunting party every fall, and tho silver- haired host is always happiest of the lot—glad as a school boy at the oppor tunity of again hunting big game in his beloved Wyoming mountains. GUEST IS PRIVILEGED. To go with Colonel Cody on one of these hunting trips is indeed a privilege. Not only is one sure to get big game, but ho is also certain to hear a vast fund of entertaining stories of Buffalo Bill's scouting days—days in whichTie traversed tile Big' Horn mountains and scouted un der tho shadow of the Tetons, when there were hostile Indians on every side end when Untile Sam’s soldiers had hard ly begun to play their desperate game of war with the fierce northern tribes. It is historic ground which Colonel Cody hunts over. In Jackson’s Hole, not 50 miles from the T. E. ranch, one of Lewis and Clark’s side expeditions was attacked by Blackfoot and slain in the early part of the nineteenth century. Since that time tlie blood of many a white man has red* dened the soil In northern Wyoming, while a comparatively few miles away, over the Montana lines, are to be found tlie clustered white monuments of the Little Big Horn battle field, where Gen era] Custer and his soldiers met the death of brave men. But if it were for no other reason than the opportunities offered for killing big game, a hunting trip with Colonel Ccdy Would be something out of the ordinary. A Great Discovery DROPSY CURED with veg etable remedies; en tirely harmless; re moves all symptoms of dropsy In 8 to 10 days; SO to CO days effects permanent cure. Trial treat ment furnished free to ► every sufferer; noth- fine fairer. For clr- fculars, testimonials. etc., apply to “Dr. H. H. Green's Sobs. Box X. Atlanta, Oa. A Good Shot. A Hunting Party, with Pack Horses, Fording a River in Jackson’s Hole. in the Winter Time the Elk Come to the Very Doors of the Ranches. to see that the state lawsjre not vio lated. All this has result* ;n making Wyoming a paradise for th oik hunter. The animals have been -illed off in great numbers, it is true, b: they have not been slaughtered indiserninately, as in Colorado, which state is suffered more than any other on acmnt of in sufficient game laws and ix adminis tration of those which are 1 effect. In winter it is possible to go.ul in the Yellowstone forest reserve, )r jn the Jackson’s Hole- district, andount hun dreds of elk standing out likeiark spots against the white snow. IVUn-g partic ularly cold and snowy wiijrs it is nothing for the elk to comyown out I ofi the heights to the very doors of ranches, fairly begging for food. In Yellowstone park the government actu ally feeds large bands of elk in this way, raising alfalfa for no other purpose. Sometimes the ranchers of Wyoming feed , the elk that thus come to their doors, although as a rule the Wyoming farm- ; er seldom has more than enough alfalfa ; to feed Ills own cattle through a hard winter. | Where elk are in such abundance, there the hunter can find happiness, and the visitor to Wyoming seldom enter?! a | cabin in which there is not at least one rifle and in front of which there is | not a collection of elk horns. Hunters ' from all parts of the country are at tracted to Wyoming during the elk sea son, and it is estimated that, with tho present license continuing in effect, the state will, In the next few years, derive an enormous revenue from this source 'alone. At the same time, the elk are so l well protected by government employees and by state officials that the animals . are in no danger of extermination. Wy oming will thus rank with Maine in the wise application of its game laws. Maine has not only derived a large income from the big game in its woods, but it ■has managed to keep the moose con stantly increasing instead of decreasing , —an example which Wyoming has not ] been slow to follow. j Colonel Cody has entertained many men who have hunted all kinds of bis game in all parts of the world, but they unite in declaring that northern Wyom- ! ing, with its wealth of forests, and of mountains peopled with antlered game, is the ideal retreat for the follower of the rifle. Tne preservation of such a haunt of big game is something which is naturally of more than local interest. Colonel Cody and other true sportsmen who have been instrumental in bringing about the present ideal hunting condi tions in Wyoming, are to be congratu lated for the part they have played in bequeathing this stronghold of the elk . to posterity. 0 *1*# *1*• *1*® *1* • *1*•*J*B*i*B*2* ©**■•►• *!*••»*• •** • ®*2*®*2*®4®v®*2*®v®*2*®*2*®*2*®*2*®*2*®*2*®"2* ®-2- o v® vv *1* 3 •'* #*’* 0 -1*o -1* 0 *2* 0 4* ® *2* ® *2* ® ■ 1- • -|* 0 -I*© -J- 0•*©-1- • v• 0 *1* ® 4* ® *2* ® -1- a *1* e*|* 0 * o 4 Col. W. F. Cody and Col. D. Frank Powell, in Carrm the Big Horn Mountain. 0 4*04-®4©*2-e*2-®*2*o4*4®4’®*54*04*04.0 •2*®*5*®4®*2*©*2'’®4®*2*®*2*®*2*®'2*®'2*®4®v® •*2'®%*®4®4®*2' , ®v®"2*®'2*®'i*®4*®*2*®*2*®'2* ®’2*®*2*®*f*®4®*5*®4®*2*®*2*®*2*®4®*[ The famous scout is a keen sportsman and his familiarity with every part of northern Wyoming gives him an advan tage! over most of the professional guides of”that regian. A few miles to tho west of Colonel Cody's ranclte is the enormous Yellowstone forest reserve in whose vast stretches of timber can be found thou sands of elk, bear, mountain lions, moun tain, sheep and other big game. To the southwest is Jackson’?* Hole, In which it is claimed the largest herd of elk in the world makes its headquarters. Usually, when starting out on on,-* of his hunting expeditions. Colonel Cody travels by pack train. To the “tender foot" it is a revelation to see one of these pack trains ready. From the skill ed employees of his two ranches, Colo nel Cody will select two or three cowboys Who are especially adept in the art of packing a bronco. For that this is an art no one can deny after seeing a train ed master of the pack build his pyramid of camp implements and bedding on the back of a half broken bronco, anil then deftly secure the. formidable looking pile by what is known as the diamond hitch. The pack saddle, -which is cinched to the horse’s back, is merely an affair of wood, shaped not unlike an ordinary “saw- buck." Over the projecting horns of this saddle are hung panniers of canvas in which are kept the cooking utensils, can ned goods, and other heavy and easily packed -wares. Over the ’broad founda tion thus formed, is thrown the bedding and mayhap a few boxes, until one is as tounded at the size of the pack on the horse's back. Then a long rope is thrown under and across and back again, and with a few tugs here and there the whole" pack is so securely fastened to the horse's back that neither bucking nor kicking can loosen it. Horses have even fallen from the trail and have rolled hun dreds of feet into a canyon, yet the pack has remained solidly strapped in position -But when it is desired to loosen the pack, such is the arrangement of the loops and twists that a single tug at the lujfjt will suffice. With ten or a dozer, of these horses heavily loaded, and with as many s-add.e animals carrying a cavalcid, ot hunters, the start of onu of Colonel Cody s hunt ing expeditions is a remarkable sight and one that is never forgotten by any person luclcv enough to be included in the narty. Usually Colonel Cody takes tlie lead and it is not long until he has for saken the! main road and is leading his party along some obscure trail, which is as faintly marked as in the days of ’the Indians who first made it. Once in the wilderness there is nothing to do but hunt, fish and tell stories in the ruddy glow of th, .oamp fire, and sleep sr.u* and warm under the tarpaulin beds of the cowboys, for Colonel Cody always sees to it that the drudgery of oamp work is done by experts hired for that pur- nose. Recently, in order to better protect its big game from the ravages of thousands of hunters, and at the same time to de- ! rive an income, the state of Wyoming has made it necessary for outside hun ters to pay a tax of S40 apiece. The elk I season opens September 15. at whien j time the animals are well up in the mountains. The government plays its part in protecting the big game by hiring 'forest rangers, part of whose duty it is CaKsaaAHsad Odd Artillery E are told that ithe ac tion of Red Idol r g e the Thibetans used abt twen ty cannon and ji«is. The fact would be simply amusing if sevei hun dred of the poor -etches had uot been sh down with magazine rt, an d Gatlings and t in tain guns. That spoils e f un of the annour m e n t. Though our gener and soldiers are biame^, to the public it seems almost as cq as the- massacre of unarmed men. -ither guns at best take rank with bo and arrows—so we are apt to think these days of scientific weapons. But tl d e - trivance would be useful. A cannon of 1 as ic*. It has been used, nevertheless, [forty tons of these miscellaneous projeo- leather, strongly bound with iron, could be turned out any dimensions required in a couple of days and it would bear at least fifty discharges. Accordingly Gus- tavus made great use of them. Provid ing an extra supplv before the battle of Leipsic, he silenced Tilly's artillery and I t hough not exactly for warlike purposes, j Some fifty years ago a number of terra I cotta guns, with a store of terra cotta [balls, were found in a tomb upon the island of Cliimal, in southern Mexico. Yhey were good imitations of Spanish won the day. Scotch soldiers returning ; pieces in the time of the conquest, nearly home, when the religious troubles began, did not forget this useful invention. A son of the earl of Haddington set up a foundrv of leather guns for the equip ment of the covenanting array in 1639. At Newtownford they proved their value. The works raised by Charles to protect his passage of the river crumbled before them, art! the English soldiers, delighted with the- excuse, quietly walked away in different directions. But John Everlvn re cord a a tradition that Henry VIII used “greate leatherne guns” at the siege of Boulogne; i n fact, the things themselves were shown at the tower in his time. pends on the-manufacture and t use j Everlyn a^ds: "Lord Herbert in his his- 1 ° _ 14 , trtrv ^/-inVi+c* »* T Rprhprt writing made of them. As regards the me r point, we have no information y«tj U t the Thibetans contrived to maint, n “continuous fire” for no small sps c f time apparently. They began n»>on as theWroops came in sight and ; se _ vered through a snow storm that t ec j an hour. If the balls had hit they Slid have done their work as effectiv®'. as the best rifled ordinance. But “a.l'. 10 missiles fell short.” That was no| e _ essarilv because the guns were mat,f leather. One of the most import battles in historv or the world wajjk. cided by such artillery and the strijj^ between king and parliament In ji s country might have assumed an|. form hut for leather guns. The credit of the invention Is to Robert Scot, a scion of the housi Beautrie, who levied 200 men for f; service of Gustavus Adolphus. That soldier always welcomed novelties Scot speedily convinced him that hi® tory doubts.” But if Lord Herbert, writing early in the seventeenth century, refers to leather guns whether used by Henry VIII or another, it is clear enougir that Scot was not the first inventor. The strangest material ever used for ar tillery is no doubt ice. but wo arc assured by the most serious historians that four guns and two mortars so constructed were fired six times without bursting. It was at the marriage of Prince Galitzin, one of the brutal jests which amused the Em press, Annes of Austria. The prince, an amiable and Intelligent veteran, was her favorite butt; as a crowning stroke of hunior she married him to a poor woman tiles in a shower, covering a space of 200 or 300 yards. The crew of the stoutest ironclad would be very uncomfortable when that shower of bowlders descended from the sky like a volcanic eruption, even if the vessel were not seriously damaged. But tlie contrivance was never tested apparently. M e recall the invention of Napier of Merehiston. which was guaranteed to elesir an area of 4 miles circumference, annihilating all objects thereon above 12 inches high. Sir Thomas Urquhart says that it was rashly tried on a large plain, when "many sheep and cattle were blown into space." But it is not made clear that Urquhart saw the wonder with his own eyes. whi®h is pretty strong evidence feet long. It Is suggested that the Indians made them after Cortez had pass ed through the country hoping, perhaps, that when they had cannon like bis ap pearance by some mystic power the things would "go off” and e:., --:e. Of fjoldcn artillery there are several examples. The Gaekv.-ar or Baroda has two. which would not' be ineffective prob ably for they ora lined with steel, but the casings of turd are substantial enough to be valued at £10,000 each. Devout Mahrattas travel far to "do poojah” be- ’ be did not. fore these precious engines. We never . According to Napier’s own description, heard of wooden guns, excepting "dam- • , 7*j as a "shot which ranged abroad mies,” such as the Chinese government W ,, n tbri f PPOinted space, not de mounted on the walls of Pekir. But Car- , n ®’ * OI d b Bll it had executed its ly.ie mentions a protect for manufacturimr , , i .,?. trer V rth bjr destroying those that them,.submitted to the committee de salut r" b< V lacis said P ,ace ” public: “One citizen has wrought out discoverer of logarithms was a most the scheme of s w™ Qt , ? U J? responsible peisonage, whose assertions France shall exclusive]!- nront jT' bl f b aTyi not to be lightly dismissed, but we lirst nstanoe l l K th “ r " a,h ' cannot accept this. Another in- by the cooaersio.' ( lc ?mde of staves [yention was a mirror like that of Arch- ber but uncertain boundless call- j imedes. but “improved to reflect artifi- The Knights of Malt *? sfr< ? n 5 tb - -cial fire.” A third was a closed and for- Of ar«ll P rv^i? f th | U invented a species tified carriage to bring arquebusiers into '^ le aI , 1 * helr own- We have a 1 the midst of the enemy. Yet another 1 i nt - de£ t r ^ of 11 in “ Br ydone’s was “a device for sailng under water.” J/aveis, a book deservedly renowned in [ ht *t perhaps he did not complete this, its day, not yet universally forgotten. Ha which is numbered among the “strata- saw Malta when the rule of the knights Ferns of harming th I - „ enemy which, by was just coming to an end, and very | the grace of God and the work of expert curious are his observations. Upon the craftsmen. I hope to perform.” On his top of the cliff, wherever an enemy might deathbed, however. Merehiston refused land, the engineers sank holes in the 1 . to te " tbp s,,crp t of these machines, sav- wiiich must have been uncommonly enmy, 1 living rock—gigantic mortars as it were th<,t " m “"* r -»*>*'•'— bride and groom were undressed and laid i In some eases the diameter was as upon a nuptial bed of ice. while the four ! much as 6 feet and the smallest held a guns and two mortars outside, also of barrel of gun powder. Upon the charg'e ice, discharged salvoes. So they remained shut in till morning. The jest proven killing to both. But terra cotta, as a ma terial for cannon. Is almost as strange lay a wooden cover, exactly fitting, on which were placed stones, cannon balls ■ ing that "too many devices for the ruin and oB-erthrow of man have been framed already.” This was the last year of the sixteenth ! century. Two of the inventions descrlb- j ed are actually in use how—armor-plated carriages and submarine boats—but wa J M . . , — . _ 1 "UW MIU11 yJLa the whole ram- flare not conclude, unfortunately, that med tight The biggest would discharge iKapleg forestalled science 300 yean ago* - AUGUSTU, 190*. WE SUNNY SOUTH. FIFTH <PAGE Quaint and Curious and Truthful Illustrated Tales from Everywhere ^ I ..►0*0-.-0*0*0*0*0*0*0*,*,* | * f< , |4 , f , !i|<t ^ #< “Teddy” Roosevelt, Jr., Who Has Just Sixteen-Year-Oid World Become a Teacher of Sunday School Champion Under-Water Class of One Dozen Little Ones. Swimmer, T. M. Smctzer. TEDDY ROOSEVELT, JR., TEACHES BIBLE CLASS. NE of the most interesting Sunday school classes in t'ne United States is that taught by Theodore Roose velt, Jr., the 17-year-old son of President Roosevelt, located at Oyster Bay, New York. The member ship of this class is com posed of twelve little lads, who are devotedly at tached to tlieir young teacher, who never fails j to be on time regularly every Sundgy to greet and instruct the juvenile class in Biblical history. The latter generally occupy a corner In the chapel of the Episcopal church of Oyster Bny, with the young teacher in the center. Tho boys in his class are all about eight or nine years of age, and they are K.'l rugged and sunburnt. The most of •them are sons of men who make their living in Oyster Bay. Two are the sons of caretakers of the homes of summer residents -out near the president’s place. One is the son of a clerk in a grocery. ■•■.••■•••••••••••.»0«.0...0. e . S . > .0. c . 9 . 9 . v .,. 9 . o .0.^ 9 .,.0.,. 9 . ( .0. > .O.,.0..0^.0...0«.'-0^.0. b 0.^0 4 .0.»0^.0.^0 4 ,0^.0 4 .0 4 . v ^.0^.0.^0^.0^,0^.0^. a ^. a4 . ( ] land again 1n the autumn to try for the / I under-water 'swimming record tot the world. CANINE WINS FAME CARRYING DAILY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO DEPOSIT IN BANK. “Rags" is the name of a littlo mon grel dog, not .prepossessing In appear- ! arret?, owned by Mrs. John H. Morrison, ; whose husband is a bookkeeper In a tannery at Middletown, N. Yr, where | the canine spends much of his time, but, i ; nevertheless, this dog, owing to his re- I i markable intelligence. Is highly prized by ! ! his mistress. i j “Rags” makes a dally practice of visit- ! ing tliu local bank where he deposits I 1 the money of tlie firm where Mb. Morri son is engaged. He has developed an instinct almost human. He will not al- . low any one to handle the deposit book j after once taking it In his mouth, save i the bank officialls and his master at j tlie tannery. Rolls of bills 1n ”Rag3’ ” I mouth are much safer by far than in | hands of many men, who would be trust- ! I ed with this important errand. j j Another pnstimo of this remarkable [ dog s to visit a pond near by his home, ! : and with pole in mouth swims out to I [ middle of stream and tiiere fish for speck i ments of finny tribe. Superintendent Harry M. Hayes, of the itanneery, was walking past (he pond re- I cenlly. when he thought to have a little I sport with “Rags’’ by pretending to hurl [ something into (he pond for the dog to j go after. The dog jump? d in and, savim- i mlng to tlie center of the pond, was seen | i to plunge about for a minute and then start to swim back. Tho action of the dog excited Mr. i Haynes’ curiosity. ITe- came to the con- [ elusion that. “Rags” had suddenly be- ! come ill and was upon the point of go- I ing to the rescue when in the mouth of ! the dog he save a long pole from which a. line was trolling. Now and then there I was a violent jerking of the pole and line which almost pulled the, dog from sight, ! but the plucky little fellow finally reach- I ed the bank in an exhausted condition. I In its mouth was a 15-foot pole and a ! line, on the end of which was a large ! catfish. *0«-04®«.«*t«0*0* • .»■ 0®.«.® .*■ 0 .«.0.».0.».0.«.0.».0.«.0v».0.«• 0.».0.«.0.«.00.*.fl ••Rags” on His Way to Ban! The father of two of them are Oysier j Bay storekeepers, and two are tlie sons j of men who work on Long Island rail- [ road trains. 1 Young Theodore lias made it his prac- . tice. during the short time that ho has had the class, to give the boys a talk 1 each Sunday on some of the noted [ Biblical characters. Tills is entirely | aside from the regular lesson. A few Sundays ago he talked to them | about David and Saul. Tho lesson was j about the arrest of Si. Paul. The boys were told how St. Paul got permission J from the captain of the Roman soldiers to speak to the people from tbs castle ! stairs; bow they listened to him patiently | at first and then attemnted o mob him. . and how he was saved by being brought into the castle and then scourged. Al! j the boys listened to what the teacher j had to say with close attention. LAD HOLDS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR UNDER-WATER SWIMMING. Sixteen-year-old Thomas M. Smutzer. | of Denver, Col., has startled the swim ming world by bis remarkable perform ances In swimming great distances under 1 water, remaining submerged for nearly j four minutes in a recent sensational feat performed in London, England, he j was able, by reason of his extraordinary lung power, to swim the distance of 112 yards 5 inches, In tlie remarkable time of two minutes, three and one-half seconds, thus giving him tiltlc of world’s amateur championship. The management of baths in London, where this wonderful feat took place, considered i.t presumptions on payt of such a youngster to aspire to break world’s professional record held br Pro fessor Finney, who swam under water a distance cf 113 yards and 1 inch, hut as he was a stranger they agreed to allow him to test his abilities. Ho desired that the lyntcr should he regulated at a temperature of 75 degrees. Plunging in he did M2 yards 5 inches. ;fo the amazement of the att< ndants and others who came, from other parts of tlie building to see k m. He boat Finney’s records for time this .dist,nice. s also worthy of notice that while Smultzer had the water at a temperature of 75 degrees. Finney’s record was made at SO degrees, which is considered among swimmers as of great advantage to the latter Jt is.*also pointed out that it tho Denver lad had essayed the task from the deep, instead of the shallow end of tlie bath, he would have beaten the world's record. Young Smultzer is going over to Eng- Oidett Bell in America, Recently Acquired by Govern or Otero. Oldest Existent Pharmacy in the World. ' ■* ANCIENT CHURCH BELL DISCOV ERED BY GOVERNOR M. A. OTE RO. OF NEW MEXICO. The oldest bell in the United States has just been acquired by Governor Miguel A. Otero, of New Mexico, it hav- j ing arrived recently at Santa Fo from i Algondenos. This bell was cast, accord ing to inscription, in 1355, and is there- : fore 549 years old, antedating discovery of America by one hundred and thlrty- 1 seven years. It contains much gold and silver, ns it was the custom of olden j times for devout persons to cast their personal adornments >f gold and silver I into bell-metal melting pots. The ancient belj was brought over i from Spain by one of the first expedi tions to Mexico. As the centuries wont by, it was hung successively in a mis- 1 sion church in one of the seven cities ! of Cibola, next at Gran Quivers and ! finally In the church at Algondenes, I where it has rested until now'. {oldest EXISTENT PHARMACY IN WORLD, ESTABLISHED 1720. j The oldest existent pharmacy in the I world, the fact of its priority never hav- ; ing been disputed, is the quaint and con spicuous building located in the old town jof Knaresborough. on the Nidd river, i Yorkshire, England, which pharmacy was established in 1720. At the date named, it was in possession of James Beckwith, since which time it has been occupied by six other chemists in succession, the pres ent owner and occupant being William Pierpont Lawrence. How much older the business conducted in this apothecary shop is, cannot defi nitely (be determined by the present phar macist. but after careful investigation he has discovered that the shop is undoubt edly four or five centuries old. This ancient pharmacy, which fronts the market place, is as old as the cas tle of Ivnaresbow itself, which was built after the Norman conquest. Other buildings in the town were erected a short time after the Scots had burnt down tlie town and the church in the year I3I9. The earlier structures would date back to Saxon and Roman times, coins [ of those periods being found when un- ! earthing the old foundations, j The quaint building is remarkable for [the curious character of its architee- I ture and for its old-fashioned square- | paned windows, which project over the I pavement, being supported by oak .pillars | beneath. The framework of the house is .of massive oak. The ceiling has oak beams 12 and 14 inches by 3 to 4 inches j exposed. These are kept -well varnished, | and are as sound today as when they j were erected centuries ago. Some of the j beams bear evidence of having been used jin former structures by having holes and | sockets not necessary in their present po— j sitions. j Tho old building possesses numerous professional relics in the shape of old j herbals, bottles, mortars and phials, j which have been handed down from or.a 1 proprietor to another as sacred heirlooms. ! These ‘have been exhibited at the Royal I College of Physician on the Thames em- j bankment. One tnc of the most interesting of these | relics, now on exhibit in the old phar- ! macy, and which is at present in almost daily use, is a marble mortar. The pestle, j up to some sixty years ago, was forked I by turnspit dogs, in a manner much as a spirrel turns its cage. Formerly dogs were used to turn meat [ spits and to draw the carts of green ; grocer, costers, milkmen, catsmeat men I and any light vehicle, such as children's i earts. This custom was very common ia 1 London seventy-five years ago. The work ' tho dogs did in the old pharmacy shop in those days was principally to make unquentum hydrargyri, which was after- ! ward diluted and largely used as an ap plication to sheep before the invention of sheep dips.