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SOME ROYAL DOGS. Nearly All tba Sow*4«n* as Buropa Ira Foad as Canin* Fata. - Nearly every one of the severe ;ns of Europe, it appears, hae one or r ore pet dogs. The collies of Queen Victoria, the fox terriers of Princess Beatrice, with Jock as prime favorite, are known at least by hearsay to everybody. The emperor of Russia is also a great lover of dogs. A London paper reports that he is always accompanied in his walks by a couple cf fine Danish hounds, whose strength and vigilance their master considers his best safe guard. The grave czar is often seen playing with these monster pets. He himself has tanght them their tricks, and they are nearly always about him. The king of Greece shares the czar’s taste for the Danish hounds, which are as intelligent as they are strong, and which, with hardly a bark to announce their intentions, will fly at the throat of any one whom their master may point out to them in case of need. When the empress of Austria goe* on her long walks or rides, several pet dogs always accompany her. But per haps the most widely known of all the “royal dogs” of the present day is Black, the pet dog of the Russian Grand Duke Alexis. * Black is a sportsman’s dog, of no very aristocratic breed. Indeed, if the - truth must be told, he is a member of the race of mongrels which the fisher men in the south of France take out to sea, employing them to recapture any wily fish that may fall through the meshes of their nets or slip suddenly back into its element after it has been once landed on board the barge. Black is still rejoicing in the days of his youth, but his record, not only as a common fisherman but as a ’ ’fisher of men, ” is already great, for he has saved nd fewer than six persons from a watery grave. Some three or four years ago the Grand Duke Alexis was staying at Biarritz. One stormy night he went out on the cliff to get a view of the angry sea. A boat was just being wrecked be low, and he saw a dog dashing with angry growls and barks into the water and bringing to land, one by one, three drowning men, while the crowd cheered the brave mongrel to the echo. The grand duke approached to caress the dog, and the animal’s master then offered Black to him, refusing to accept any payment.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. CURIOUS INSECT. ▲ Butterfly That Enjoys Only Five Hours of Life. It is in August that the naturalists observe the marvelous insect which is born, reproduces and dies in the period of a single night, on the banks of the Marne, of the Seine, and of the Rhine. It is the ephemere of which Sirammer dam has written and .which is spoken of in Aristotle. . The life of this insect does not last beyond four or five hours. It dies to ward IL o’clock in the evening, after taking the form of a butterfly about six hours after midday. It is true, how ever, that before taking this form it has lived three years in that of a worm, which keeps always near the border of water in the holes which it makes in the mud. The change of this worm in the water to an ephemere which flies is so sudden that one has not the time to see it. If one takes the worm in the water, the hand cannot be taken away before the change is made unless by pressing the worm slightly in the region of the chest. By this means it can be taken from the water before the change takes place. The ephemere, after leaving the water, seeks a place where it can divest itself of a fine membrane or veil, which entirely covers it This second change takes place in the air. The ephemere assists itself with the point of its little nails as firmly as it can. It makes a movement similar to that of a shiver, then the skin on the middle of the back breaks apart, the wings slip out of their sheath, as we sometimes take off our gloves by turn ing them Inside out After this strip ping the ephemere begins to fly. Some times it holds itself straight up on the surface of the water on the end of its tail, flapping its wings one against the other. It takes no nourishment in the five or six hours which are the limit of its life. It seems to have been formed but to multiply, for it does not leave its state of a worm until it is ready to deposit its eggs, and it dies as soon as they are deposited. In three days’ time one sees appear and die all species of ephemeres. They last sometimes until the fifth day, for the reason that some malady has affect ed some of them and prevents them from changing at the same time as the others. —Exchange. Gold and Silver Gospels. “The Gold and Silver Gospels” is the name of a very peculiar book now preserved in the Upsala library in Swe den. It is printed with metal type, on violet colored vellum, the letters being silver and the initials gold. When it was printed, by whom or what were the methods employed, are questipns which have great interest for the curi ous, but have never been answered. Maid and Widow. By the old Saxon law a maiden and a widow were of different value. The latter could be bought for one-half the sum which the guardian of the maid was entitled to demand. A man, there fore, who could not afford to buy a jaaiden might; perhaps, be able to pur chase a widow. The herd of European bisons protected by the czars of Russia in the forest of Bjelowski, Lithuania, numbered 1,900 in 1856, but is now reduced to 500 and shows no sign of increase. The dwin dling of the herd is ascribed to inbreed ing, due to the confined area of the rea ervation. ~ ’ IN WINTER QUARTERS. Care Taken to Protect Yachts From Cold and Storm*. The value of yacht property flouting in the waters of and adjacent to the shores of New England and the middle states is in itself an amount surprising to those who have given only a passing thought to the subject. When it can be safely estimated that invested in the luxurious pastime is a sum equal to the taxable basis of a city almost the size of Hartford, much of which is thoughtlessly exposed to climatic and other conditions which rapidly depreciate its worth, it will be realized what a largo amount of property is constantly placed at the hazard of unusual risks. This Is especially noticeable during the winter months, when the pleasure yachts are out of commission and arc Often left in charge of a single keeper, whose position is even more responsible than that of a captain in the summer season The latter, if any thing unusual occurs, has the entire crew at his command to avert the impending disaster. This is not so with the boat keeper, who is forced to cope with any emergency single handed. The principal basins wherein yachts are stored for the winter are interesting in the extreme to the enthusiastic yachtsman. With few exceptions the larger boats are stripped of their sails and running rigging and are moored in some sheltered spot that offers protection from the fierce storms of . the cold season. Their bright work is cov ered with tarpaulins. The wiso yacht owner takes the additional precaution to select a spot exempt from deleterious man ufactories that tend to pollute the waters Smaller yachts are hauled out of the wa ter, spars taken out and the shiping hulls entirely covered with canvas. They are not left in this state throughout the frosty weather, but whenever there is a bright, warm day storm covers are thrown off, hatches opened and the sunshine is allowed to stream in for a few hours. Fires are also kindled in both galley and cabin, so as to thoroughly dry the air. Sails require more carethan the layman would suppose. Not only does the clever yachtsman, who values his property cor rectly, store them in a perfectly dry place, but three or four times during the winter he will haul them out and give a chance to “old Sol’’ to dispel any tendency to mildew. Then, too, the luxurious fur nishings of many yachts of the present day, which are quite as elaborate and ex pensive as are to be found in the homes of their owners, require the same considerate care as the household effects of the man sion on shore. Unfavorable surroundings or unpropitious conditions create a ruin ous effect upon nice materials, bringing loss and damage with telling rapidity, the escape from which is the discreet thought of every careful yachtsman.—New York Sun. A Singular Case. A peculiar case was tried at Dixon re cently before Judge Givens, says thp Mad isonville (Ky.) Hustler. Rev. Jesse White is pastor of what is known as the Chaly beate church, in Webster county. One of the rules of the church was that the wom en should occupy one side of the house and the men the other. A transgression of this rule is what caused the trouble. A young man by the name of Crook, from Henderson oounty, was in the neigh borhood and took his sweetheart to church one night and sat down by her, as he had been accustomed to do at home. Rev. Mr. White called attention to the rule- of the church, requiring him to move to the men’s side. Crook refused, saying he had come with the lady, and he didn’t know of any law he was violating when he sat by her side. Rev. Mr. White called on some of the elders to arrest Crook. During this time quite a commotion arose. Finally Crook agreed, rather than be the cause of so much disturbance, to move over on the men’s side. Rev. Mr. White informed him it was too late, and ordered the elder to arrest him. The elder proceed ed to do so, and a disturbance resulted. The whole business was brought into court, and Rev. Mr. White pleaded his own case before the jury. The jury came to the conclusion that Rev. Mr. White was the principal cause of the disturbance and assessed a fine of 829 upon him. It is about the first case we ever heard of where a preacher was fined for disturbing his own V. orship. The Antiquity of Man. Is this not a case in which the imagina tion may be fairly invoked Ln aid of science? May we not from these data at tempt in some degree to build up and re construct the early history of the human family? There, in eastern Asia, in a trop ical elimate, with the means of subsistence readily at hand, may we not picture to ourselves our earliest ancestors gradually developing from a lowly origin, acquiring a taste for hunting, if not indeed being driven to protect themselves from the beasts around them and evolving the more complicated forms of tools or weapons from the simpler flakes which had pre viously served them as knives? May we not imagine that when once the stage of civilization denoted by these paleolithic implements had been reached the game for the hunter became scarcer and that his life in consequence assumed a more nomad character? Then, and possibly not till then,-may a series of migrations to “fresh woods and pastures new” not unnaturally have en sued, and these following the usual course of “westward toward the setting sun" might eventually lead to a paleolithic population finding its way to the extreme boarders of western Europe, where we find such numerous traces of its presence. How long a term of years may be involved in such a migration it is impossible to say, but that such a migration took place the phenomena seem to justify us in believ ing.—Sir John Evans in Popular Science Monthly. A Cooking Box of Wood. The various experiments made with solar engines by the French in Algeria, where the sun shines at all times and with great power, have been attended in some instances with marked success. The best apparatus is stated to be a simple arrange ment of boiler and concave mirror, the steam generated being condensed in a coiled tube surrounded by water, this be ing intended for distilling water merely. But in India an inventor named Adams has contrived some machines by which more varied results are accomplished. One of these is what is termed a cooking box, made of wood and lined with reflecting mirrors, at the bottom of the box being a small copper boiler, covered with glass to retain the heat of the rays concentrated by mirrors upon the boiler. In this contriv ance any sort of food may be quickly cooked, the result being a stew or boil if the steam is retained, or if allowed to escape it is a bake The heat with this device may be augmented indefinitely by fnerauJug the diameter of the box.—Phil adelphia Ledger. LET “WIFEY” SHOP FOR YOU She Always Has a Sharper Hom Far Ilef.l Bargain*. The sign which caught Mrs. Dawson’s eye read: “Suits sj>o. P< dtively the Last Week. Regular Price . 30. ” Mrs. Dawson had the womanly love 1 for a bargain. She had often spent 10 ! cents’ car fare to secure some lovely treasure that was marked down from |1 to 98 cents just tar that day. She was more than provoked that Dawson, who wds with her, did not grow enthu ' siastic. “You know you need a suit,” said Mrs. Dawson. “Why not order it now and save $lO. ” Dawson was certain the suits would be as cheap next week, but his wife re fused to move on and dragged the help less man into the store. The polite clerk assured them that it was the bar gain of the century and that this week was positively the last. With mental protests, but with out ward calm, Dawson, like day in the hands of the potter, allowed himself to be measured. Then he left a deposit He called in four days and took the suit away. “There,” exclaimed Mrs. Dawson, in triumph, when her husband appeared arrayed in his new suit “you never had a better fit nor a more becoming pattern. Just think how much money your wife saved for you by being on the lookout for a bargain!” Mr. Dawson preserved a dignified si lence and waited patiently for his bet ter half to get her hat on straight pre paratory to accompanying him to ths city. t Mrs. Dawson awaited with impa tience the passing of the store where she had saved money for her husband. She wanted to call his attention to the fact again that he might remain prop erly thankful. Withall the faith of a woman Mrs. Dawson was convinced that the sales man was telling the truth when he as sured her it was the last week of the S2O sale. She looked for the window, and her faith was rewarded. It had been the last week. The sign now read, “Any Suit In This Window sls. ” —Chicago Record. OLD BARBERS ARE SCARCE. After Reaching <0 They Usually Retire or Enter Another Occupation. “Did you ever notice,” said a veteran tonsorial artist, who had shaved New Haveners since 1873, to a New Haven Register man, “that you only see a few old barbers?” “Why is it?” “There are a good many reasons,” answered the veteran knight of the blade. “I suppose the chief one is that a barber’s hand becomes unsteady after he gets to be about 40 years old and he has to give up. A good many barbers drink hard, and that makes their nerves and hands unfit for service, and they retire before they cut their customers throats. Still, I will say that in all my experience of 87 years I never saw a man badly cut by a barber, not even by an accident for which the barber was not responsible. ” “What becomes of the barbers after they retire?” “Oh, some cf them go to the poor house, ’ ’ he replied, with a twinkle in his eye, “and some of them, who have saved their wages, buy little places and live on them, perhaps running a farm. Some of them, of course, go into other business, perhaps bookselling or else be come insurance agents. I have heard of barbers who gave up the business and became butchers. This isn’t such a wide difference from their former business (what are you laughing at?) as it might seem. No, I don’t mean that they learn to carve people or even to skin them in the barber business, but they learn how to handle a blade skillfully and they make first class meat cutters. ” Pipe Made of a Seal’s Tusk. A pipe made out of a seal’s tusk was seen at the Weare office recently. The stem is nearly a foot long and is quaintly illustrated with representa tions of life under the arctic circle. The artist was an Indian, and the ; little sketches in India ink show up very well against the ivory background.. There is a reindeer about to fall un der the arrow of an archer. There is a sledge drawn by dogs. Fir trees, tepees, a fishing scene, where the captives are being brought to shore in a net, are all true to life. Another ornament of the same char acter is a pair of walrus tusks, with de lineations of other Alaskan scenes, with the fox and the white polar bear in evi dence; also an Eskimo leveling a gun at the latter. It is said that to add to the terrors of overland travel in the long winter months the larger wild animals are of ten driven by hunger to attack the trails men, and packs of ferocious wolves will besiege a camp for days, attacking the horses and reindeer as well as the dogs. More than one caravan has been done to death in this manner, as the whitened bones strewn along the tracks show.— Chicago Inter Ocean. Usually Needs a Breadwinner. The young fellow who worries ex ceedingly in fear that he cannot find a wife, or rather a girl whom he wants to make his wife, who is a good cook, is usually the one who after the mar riage fails to provide the wife in the case with anything to cook.—Scranton Republican. A Frenchman was convicted of kill ing his mother-in-law. When asked if he had anything.to say for himself be fore taking sentence, he said, “Noth ing, excepting I lived with her 21 years and never did it before. ’’ The temperature of the cucumber is z degree below that of the surround ing atmosphere. It is, therefore, appar ent that the expression “cool as a cu cumber ’ is scientifically correct A RACE HORSE’S CAREER. Hl* tot, aa • Bal*, b Hard, For lire meat la Lacking oa tka Turt. The history of a tucer from the day he is foaled until his death has fre quently furni bed the topic for many thrilling stories from the pens of able writers. When the racer is foaled, u a rule he is watched from the hour of his birth until he reaches the market as a yearling. When he is sold, that ends the breeder’s interest in him, except that it is desired that he shMl be suc cessful on the turf, because his future brothers and sisters may fetch a higher market price than if he retiree a fail ure. Once the yearling reaches the racing stable he is broken, and his trials are’Watched with interest During his 2-year-old career the colt wins several stakes and in bis 8-year old form proves himself n breadwinner, but unfortunately strains a muscle or ruptures a tendon in a fierce struggle to win a purse and large wagers for his owner. When the thoroughbred is led limping back to his box, the owner does not exhibit an overabundance of sentiment On the other hand, he be wails the losses incurred by the break ing down of the colt This does not apply to poor owners. It applies to mil lionaires who race horses for the sport to be derived from it and the possibili ties of being extensivelyffidvertioed by the press, with a fair prospect of mak ing both ends meet by winning purses and stakes and a few wagers judicious ly placed. The patient thoroughbred, with his swollen tendon, is carefully examined. The aid of a veterinarian is called in, and many discussions are held as to ' whether the horse will recover or re main unsound. Then the “knackers” of the race track begin to hover around Jike buzzards who scent carrion afar off. The “knacker” is permitted to ex amine the ailing tendon and is told by the trainer that the horse can be pur chased for a nominal sum. As a rule, the “knacker” purchases, and the hone is put through a course of torture known as firing and blistering. When he next appears, it is in the role of a “selling plater,” in the colon of some hardened wretch who possesses no feel ing for either his jockeys or his hones, and when he is no longer of any use to the “knacker” he is shipped to the minor tracks known as the outlaw tracks, where he is starved and beaten until nothing remains but the frame and hide of what was once the idol of race goers.—Exchange. TIMELY TURF TIPS. W. Wood, 2:07, has been thrown out of training. Du Quoin, Illa, will have a trotting meeting Sept 14 to 15. Jimmie Dustin has had to give up driving owing to his health. American bred coach and carriage horses axe liked in Scotland. Horses are in demand in every coun- 1 try in Europe except Russia. Tocsin Gbimes, by Chimes, ' has been sold to Vienna horsemen. Passing Belle, i» the fastest new pacer of the, year. Sally Toler, comes next?. Oratorio will probably, be in good shape by the time the grand circuit horses reach Fleetwood. Parker John, died at Con cord, N. H., recently. Out of 26 races be had won money in 28. Bermuda Wilkes, a Day colt by Ber muda, trotted to a record of 2:25 at Portsmouth, 0., recently. Newton W, by Sour Mash, reduced the track record at Jackson, Mich., when he paced the mile in 2:155£. A race in which the horses were driven by women, “attired ia divided skirts,” was “enjoyed” at Pittsfield, Me. There are 11 variety performers whose trotting and pacing aver age better than 2:15. Jay Eye See, 2:10, trotting, 2:O6J£ pacing, average, heads the list. Will Creadon and McCoy Fight? ■ i It is announced on good authority that a syndicate of several well known business men of New York has offered a purse of $12,000 for “Kid” McCoy and Dan Creedon to do battle for. The fight is to take place in November, the place to be within 1,000 miles of New York city. The syndicate states that the loca tion of the fight will be made known to boxers two weeks before the battle. ’No names are mentioned, and altogether, just at present, it looks like a fish story. There is no place within a radius of 1,000 miles of New York where such a finish bout could be pulled off legiti mately, and it is not very likely that the men would meet in private.—Ex change. i '■ ——. Bits’* Trainer*. If Bob Fitzsimmons engages in an . other fight, he will have to employ a new set of trainers. Ernest Boeber and Dan Hickey, who faithfully trained him for his memorable victory over Cor bett and who recently left him, declare that they will not patch up the They alleged that the Coraishman ■bused his helpers and failed to live up to his financial agreements. The trouble is similar to that which sprang up be tween Corbett and Mike Donovan after the Corbett-Sullivan milL—New York Journal. ■ / ■«-' Clarke as the WlMwnrm The crack baaeball catcher, Bill Clarke, is not loved by fans outside of Baltimore. Perhaps it jg his grating, horse radish voice that does the busi ness. During one of the Baltimore- Chicago games at Chicago one indig nant female occupant of a box called out, “Oh, you mean thing. I’d like to run my hatpin right through your neck!” And all because the back stop called upon the pitcher to “get at him and make him hit the ball. York Telegram. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE. ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ as our trade mark. I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now every bear the facsimile signature qf : wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA," which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought on and has the signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. /) j March 8,1897. , Do Not Bo Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer yo” (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he does not know. ‘‘The Kind Yon Have Always. Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed lou. VMS CENTAUR CO*RANV. TV MURRAY STREET. 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