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SPRING PLACE JIMPLECUTE.
J. C. HEARTSELL, Ed. and Pub.
VOL XIII.
England has 30,590 medical prae
titioners enrolled in this year's medi<
eal register.
Over 900,000 pineapples were last
season shipped from Florida to New
York, not to mention those sent else
where.
The English spend every year $115,
000,000 for sugar to sweeten their
food; the people of this country
8100,000,000.
The returns of the farm census, the
first ever taken, show that three
fourths of all the farms in the United
States are free from all emcumbrance.
Daring the entire summer of 1894
the main exhibition buildings of the
World’s Fair will stand in Jackson
Park. The public will bo admitted
everywhere in the park free. Tho
work of beautifying the park will pro¬
gress steadily. All State and foreign
buildings will be out of the north end
of the grounds by May 1st. The com¬
missioners will at once begin the work
of restoring that end of the park to its
former appearance, and continue to
improve it. What may be done with
tbe buildings the following year can¬
not be said. The board will take no
action on that, matter for some time.
The Manchester (England) ship
canal, the great new water highway,
now practically completed, between
Liverpool and Manchester, a distance
of fifty miles, cost $75,000,000; This
ship canal is twenty-six feet deep, the
depth of the Suez canal, so tlu^t any
ship coming by tho latter roato from
India, China or Australia is able to
pass on without lightening her cargo
to the Manchester docks. The canal
extends to a width of 120 feet at the
bottom, this being forty-seven feet
more than the original width of the
Suez canal, which allows of two of the
largest ships passing each other wher¬
ever they may chance to meet.
The Austrian Government has ex¬
tended to the United States an invi¬
tation to take part in an international
exposition to be held in Vienna from
April 20 to June 10, 1894. The exhibits
are to include food products and proces¬
ses, life saving apparatus, means of
transportation and other things. This
exhibition is arranged by the Associ¬
ation for the Diffusion of Agricultural
Information in Vienna under the pro¬
tectorate of his imperial and royal
highness, Archduke Francis Ferdi¬
nand, of Austria. It is the wish of
the Austrian Government that as
large an exhibit as possible of the re¬
sources of the United States in this re¬
gard be made.
The experiment of running the
whalaback steamer in tho ocean pas¬
senger carrying trade is to be tried on
the Pacific coast, announces the Chi¬
cago Herald. One whalebaek, of 5000
tons capacity, to have accommodations
for 200 passengers, is now building,
and contracts have been placed for two
others. They will run between Port¬
end, Oregon, and San Francisco.
The steamers will be of the same gen¬
eral design as the big Christopher
Columbus, which plied between Chi¬
cago and the White City all summer,
and which looked like a big cigar, with
deckhouses, saloons and cabins perched
along its full length on pillars, the
waters having a clear breach under
them and over the body of the boat in
bad weather.
The New York Herald draws from
the recent experiences of France and
Spain the lesson that anarchistic agi¬
tation should not be tolerated in this
country. “Agitation,” it says, “is the
forerunner of action. Let anarchists
freely preach their infern il doctrines
and the next step will be to practice
them. Henee the most, if not the
only, effective way, to deal with the
danger is to nip it in the bud. If it does
not get a start it will not make any
headway. That has been the policy of
the police in this city, and- it should
be rigidiy adhered to. The right of
peaceable assembly and free speech is
the right of every citizen in this coun¬
try. That right is not to be denied
nor infringed. Bat there is no license
to preach bomb throwing and no
meetings for that purpose or speaking
to that effect are to bo permitted. Ex¬
perience has proved that the mouthing
oi such sentiments is dangerous am 1
aot to be tolerated with safety.”
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1894
A LVR1C '
VTlien winds blow high and frost Is white
And roads are stee], and trees are ice,
And window panes wear tracings light,
And all the world bears cold’s device i
Night tails and careful mothers pray
Jnsweeteontcnt.thoushstorm-windwhirls,
Beneath one roof, till break of day
Sleep safe the careless boys and girls l”
All safe and under one roof-tree,
All safe because the mother-heart
Is near them : soft and tenderly
It broods until the clouds depart,
The time will come wheu birds must go
From out the parent nest away,
When lonely, though no wild winds blow.
The mother-heart will sadly stay.
All, mother-heart, ah, mother-heart,
How lonely arc the hours that pass,
\\ hen sleet and bail from heaven dart.
Or when there's sunshine on tho *rass;
How often you wish hack the night
When the storm's fury seemed to fall,
How often strive to stay Time's flight.
And that drear winter backward call.
What matters storm? Ah. welcome rain
And the weird shrieking of tho wind
Rather than sunshine and the pain
Of loss that saddens heart and mind.
The dumberv lor the wandering 1
Come War without if peace within,
If love beneath the root-tree sing
What evil thing can enter in?
—Maurice Francis Egan.
‘‘Tom Raffles, Gunner.”
I)Y WIMilAM M. GBAYJDON.
1 HEN Tom Raffles
m George’s took in shilling Trafalgar the Barracks at Queen’s Square St.
f-ri i, and found himself
i duly enlisted for
Indian scrvi.ce he
jji'L '"VwS&T' believed that made, his
career was
"Vv4 A day Ho when pictured he would the
"
return to his na
five Norfolk village, wearing and of
Beer’s uniform and the Victoria cross.
This was a foolish dream, but the
twenty-nine years had been spent en
tirely in the country.
Tom was a genial fellow, with many
good traits, and the blind bravery
a Ghazi fanatic. Under different eir
cumstanees, all that was best in him
might have come to the front. But
he went to India in a time of peace,
1 he Burmese invasion was recently
over, and even tho turbulent hill
tribes were quiet. There seemed noth
ing to do but stagnate or take wlxat
offered in the way of recreation. The
former was impossible to a man of
Tom’s temperament. He fell among
bad companions, and became addicted
to drinking, gambling and a host of
minor evils. His popularity increased
among tho men in proportion to his
bad record among the officers.
At the end of a year Tom Raffles
was considered the worst scapegrace
in the regiment—in all India, some
diil not scruple to say. Half pf his
time was spent in the guardhouse, or
doing extra duty. More than once he
tried to reform, but failed. Then he
became reckless, and took life on the
fatalist theory.
In three years he served at as many
different military stations. Then the
heavy battery—for transferred Tom was a gunner
—was to Lahore, away up
in the Punjab. There were rumors of
a revolt among the black mountain
tribes, and the prospect of active ser¬
vice led Tom to make another resolu¬
tion of good behavior At first two
things wdl'f, in his favor, The canton¬
ments were three miles from the en¬
ticing city of Lahore, and the ap¬
proaches thereto were closely watched.
The officor under whose command
the battery now came was Colonel
Stratford, a rigid martinet, but withal
a just man. His affections were cen¬
tered upon his seventeen-year-old son
Bertie, who had recently eomo out
from England. Bertie was as hand¬
some and plucky a lad as one could
wish to see. He did pretty much as
he choose, and was idolized by officers
and men alike.
Bertie immediately struck up an ac¬
quaintance with Tom Raffles, and it
speedily ripened tp fast friendship.
Both they hailed had from Norfolkshire, reminiscent chat and
many a
about sailing and fishing on the famous
“Broads.”
Raffles believed that Bertie yas igno¬
rant of his bad reputation, as no allu¬
sion was ever made to the subject. He
would have been speedily undeceived
had he overheard some of the lectures
that the lad received from the Colonel.
However,for very shame that his young
friend should learn the truth, Baffles
behaved himself admirably for a whole
month. The Colonel yas secretly
pleased. He sometimes allowed Bert ie
to ride on • Raffles’s gun-carriage be¬
hind the two elephants.
But evil days were coming, Bertie
went north to Ramal Pindi on a visit,
and the next day it was reported offi¬
cially that the Black Mountain tribes
were not going to fight.
This double blow was too much for
Raffles. At first he became deepen
cent. Then he listened ofd to temptation,
and drifted back to his habits. He
plunged with a zest into all the evils
and dissipation of the Labors beggars,
and paid for his fun by reprimands,
confinement and guard duty.
Then came the crowning offense. In
“ TELL THE TRUTH ”
a freak of madness, induced by, ntoxf
nation, he surreptitiously borrowed an
officer s uniform and horse 01 s dark
night, and rode out to the c. nton
ments
Two dys later a squad of oi valry
f° , un d him at the palace of the Rajah
of Multon. He had just dined with
the native Prince, and was expatiating
ou the merits of his host’s costly cigars
and wine.
This meant court-martial, and Raffle.
resigned himself to the inevitable dur
ing the week that he lay in a dark cells
Then it chanced that the Governor
General and his staff came north cm a
tour of inspection. A grand review’
and manoeuvres were ordered at Lahore
cantonments.
Colonel Stratford was in a quandary.
He had no gunner whom he could trust
j to fill Raflles’s place on so important
j ! ar control i occasion. over the Raffles two had elephants even more than
their native drivers. Sultan, the leader,
was greatly attached to him. So,rather
than run the risk of spoiling the re
view, the Colonel decided to establish
a military precedent by granting Raffles
a short leave of absence from the
guardhouse.
At sunrise on the appointed day the
j j plain before the cantonments was a
scene of martial glory. Bodies of cav
I r .y and infantry moved to and fro
j amid a sparkle of arms and equip
ments. The heavy battery came last
—six polished guns mounted by six
proud artillerymen. Each gun
riage was drawn by two burly ele
phants, and on top of each elephant
was a turbaued Hindoo with a steel
prod in his hand.
Raffles gloomily surveyed tho scene
with folded arms. Under the circum
j'stances such a public exposure was not
I 1° l 1 ' 8 taste.
J i staff At arrived last the from Governor Lahore General and the and
I cer
emouies began. A certain order was
j s-dven to the heavy battery and just as
j they fell into motion Bertie Stratford
leaped upon Raffles’s gun carriage.
Raffles .fvished that he could sink
out of sight. His face turned red and
| purple, “I—I thought you were at
j Rawal Pindi, ” he stammered. “I
I came back last night,” replied Bertie,
J “I say. Whatever Raffles, I possessed am awfully sorry to—” for
| i? 011 “I’m - 1 afraid you’ll get in trouble you for
j ! this,” uot *° interrupted understand. Rnffles, “The Colonel pretending will
j carriage be furious at to such see an time. outsider Why, on a we’re gun
j a
right in the middle of the review.”
j “He don’t see mo yet,” said Bertie,
I “He’s too much taken with His Lord
! j ship. Anyway, I can’t jump off now. ”
This was true, since the battery was
! trundling along at a rapid gait. Raf
I i accepted the situation without
further comment,
j known “l,would’nt have gone away if I had
again,” you were going to break out
! Bertie resumed. “We all
thought you were reformed. Now
look where you are. Won’t you prom¬
ise, for my sake, to do better when
your punishment is over ?”
“Too late,” muttered Raffles. “I’m
in for a long term, and then I’ll be
dismissed front the service,” His
voice quavered pitifully.
“But suppose I can help you?” ex¬
claimed Bertie. “What if I persuade
father not to have you dismissed?”
“If you save me from that,” de¬
clared Raffles, earnestly, “and gain
me another chance, I’ll never break
a rule as long as I live.”
“It’s a bargain,” cried Bertie, and
that ended the conversation, for the
guns had now reached stony ground
and were making a prodigious clatter.
As they rode along Raffles reviewed
the slim chances of an appeal tq the
Colonel and the gleam of hope faded
from his facte. But he did not know
what the day was to bring forth.
The battery was performing a
circular movement which was to bring
it in triumph past the Governor
General and staff. It was now on the
opposite side of tho circle and close
to the tracks of the Peninsular Rail¬
way.
Just as the leading gun carriage
veered off to the left tho fast express
train from Peshawn came dashing
along with a loud jingle of bells and
hissing of steam.
It was a most unfortunate encounter.
Of the whole twelve elephants but twe
were unaccustomed to the railway.
Sultan aqj Nabob, who drew Raffles’*
gun carriage, both hated and feared
the steam cars. They geared and
plqnged f and trumpeted deaf shrilly.
Then, mad with terror and to the
exhortations and prodding of the
native mahosts, they broke out of
line and dashed up a rocky hillside,
straight away from the reviewing
staff and the rest of the force.
The disaster was instantly observed.
There was no lack of disciple. The
battery halted and its commanding of¬
ficer spurred after the fugitives order, on
horseback Then, by special
a troop pf cavalry clattered over the
play, The ambulance corps wisely
followed.
“This is serious, Stratford,” said j
the Governor General. “I know what j
mad elephants arc. The brutes will j
likely plunge over yonder bluff.”
Peering through his field glasses he
added : “There is someone on the
carriage beside the gunner.” panic-stricken
Meanwhile the huge,
elephants had actually gained on their
j pursuers as they strode recklessly up
the bill, over rocks, bushes, and
everything that came in their way.
Raffles realized the danger. He had
but one though—howto save Bertie.
The lad’s first impulse was to jump,
but Raffles caught and held him
“You'll break your neck if you try
that,” he cried. Trust to me.”
Side by side they clung to the nav
row seat. It was almost a mirale that
they were not pitched off. Finding
they could do nothing with tho mad
dened brutes, both drivers jumped at
the samo instant. One poor fellow
struck head first ou a rock and never
moves!. The other landed in some
j j bushes, but he was not far enough out
of t£e way. Ho uttered a piercing
j scream bis leg. as the heavy wheels rolled over
Bertie shivered and clung tighter to
his companion. The elephants dashed
on faster than ever. Just ahead was
the top of the hill. The other side
dropped down at a frightful angle for
several hundred feet. It sickened
Raffles to think of what would happen
when the maddened brutes should
roach the verge. In vain he shouted
to Sultan. He looked back at tbe pur
suing horsemen. No hope of aid
there.
Then Tom remembered that a road
led along the brow of the hill, and
finally turned down to the river Ravi
at a point where the slope was not n(>
precipitous. Like a flahh he formed a
desperate resolve. *
“Hold 1 tight, my lad,” he said.
“I’m going to leave you. If it comes
to the worst, jump off before we go
j over the bluff. Do you understand?”
Bertie nodded. There was a grim
and plucky expression ou his pallid
face. ”■
The next instant an agile spring
landed Rallies on Nabob’s back. By
flinging to the stout harness he worked
his way forward. A second spring
carried him over the gap between the
two elephants, and. he was quickly
perched on Sultan’s neck.
Fortunately the mahost had left the
prod sticking in the harness. With
this Raffles belabored the unruly brute
apd strove to turn him to one side.
He stormed and threatened and called
him by name. For a minute of keen
suspense the issue trembled in thebal
an :e. Then, when the dizzy precipice
was obeyed oply the a prod, few yards distant, Sultan
and swung to tho left
into the road. Raffles waved his hand
at Berth-.'
“Stick tight, lad,” he shouted,
But the danger was not yet over, nor
had the elephants recovered from their
fright. As madly as ever they dashed
along the rough road, at times swing¬
ing perilously near to the outer verge,
In vain Raffles coaxed and threatened
and plied tho prod,
Of their own accord the brutes took
the turn toward tho river, and swept
the heavy gun carriage down the hill
at a frightful speed. Bertie had all he
could do to keep his seat,
When the bottom of the hill was
reached Baffles vainly tried to turn
the elephants aside. They rushed
madly forward, and clattered out on
the pontoon bridge which spanned the
river. In midstream the frail strue
tare gave way, and elephants and guq
went through with a tremendous
splash.
A plank struck Bertie on tho head
with sneh force as to half stun him.
He floundered helplessly alongside the
struggling elephants, who were sub¬
merged to their necks, From this
place of peril ho was rescued by Raf¬
fles, who caught his collar and swam
with him for shore. The swift current
boro them down some distance, and
when Raffles finally landed with his
precious charge he was well-nigh ex¬
hausted. ‘
A score pf horsemen were quickly
on the spot—-among them Colonel
Stratford, who had been a witness of
the whole affair. As he clasped Bertie
in his arms he looked at Raffles, and
that look was a source of consolation
in the gloomy days that followed.
Of course the review was spoiled,
for it took the rest of the day to get
the elephants and the gun out of the
river.
That night, and for seven succeed¬
ing nights, Raffles slept in his old cell.
Then, instead of appearing before a
court-martial, he was reprimanded and
discharged.
He afterwards had a private inter?
view with the Colonel, and for a whole
year he was the best behaved soldier
in cantonments.
Then the savages of the Chataquay
Hills revolted and Raffles went eagerly
off to war. It was a little bit of a
war, but it was desperate enough for
him to earn a corporal’s stripes and
the Victoria cross—which had been
the ambition of his life.
Raffles attributes his good fortune
to Bertie, and he is not far wrong. —
St. Louis Republic.
Old Men As Government Clerks.
The Commission which is studying
the methods of doing lousiness ip the
departments at Washington has dis¬
covered that about one-third of the
clerks ore over fifty years old, and
fully half over forty, while about ten
per cent, are over sixty. There is one
clerk who is over ninety, six who have
almost reached that age, thirty-three
between eighty and eighty-five, and
sixty-six nearly eighty,
France and Italy raise 33,000 bush
els of chestnuts for home use and ex
port.
$1.00 a Year in Advance,
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Same little lions have a very big
roar.
The head is never regenerated be
fore the heart.
The longest way to a man’s heart is
through his head.
As a permanent investment nothing
pays like doing good.
Sin in its own clothes would never
find a place to stay all night.
When we are patient with some peo¬
ple it is only a successful pretense.
Character is something that other
people’s lives have brought out in us.
Human nature on the throne is no
better than human nature in the gut
ter.
People sometimes think they need
more grace, when all they need is more
rest,
Never shirk duty for pleasure. Do
your duty and pleasure will be the re¬
sult.
The best preparation for doing
great things is to be faithful in little
ones.
The greatest blockhead is the one
whose mistakes never teach him any¬
thing.
About the hottest furnace into which
a child can be cast is worldly pros¬
perity.
The man who champions every¬
i body’s cause has to wait until he dies
for liis pay.
The man who has the courage to
admit that ho has been in the wrong is
not a coward.
More mountains would be moved if
there were more people with a grain
of mustard seed faith.
It will not do to think that because
we have overcome great temptations,
it is not worth while to guard against
little ones.
Submarine Monster.
A singular marine monster that is
now attracting unusual attention as a
“what is it?” is to be seen at the Den¬
ver market, says tho Seattle Press
Times.
It was caught in the northern waters
of Queen Charlotte Sound, and the
scientists and others versed in such
matters who have seen it are unable
to classify it among aquatic specimens,
though a conchologist would probably
find it to be sni generis; but whatever
its scientific place may be, it is deeply
interesting to examine this raie and
mysterious monster of an unknown
species and age that so seldom leaves
its submarine regions to come within
the reach of man. Its length is fully
six feet and at a distance it presents
more tho appearance of a gigantic eel
or snake than a fisli. It is dark brown
in color and wedgesbaped in form,
tapering gradually from tho head to
the tail, which is fiat and evidently
very muscular. The head is short
and narrow, with widening jaws, on
the bulldog order.
It has long, sharp teeth or tusks in
the upper and lower front jaw, evi¬
dently used to tear with, and behind
these triple rows of molars or grinders
fixed, not on the sides of the jaws,
but in the middle of the upper and
lower jaws, indicating that the thing
evidently lived on skellfifih and
crunched shell and all between these
powerful looking molars,
It was caught by an Indian on a hali¬
but hook, and made such a vicious
fight that it broke the side of tho
canoe before the frightened Indian
succeeded in hammering it to death.
The oldest of the Indian fishermen
could give no idea of the nature of the
fish. None like it had ever been seen
or heard of by any of them, and its
capture aroused their superstitious
nature. Many were firm in the belief
that a submarine god had been sacri¬
ficed which would forever act as a hoo¬
doo on their future fishing operations.
The present specimen will bo seut to!,
some Eastern museum.
Human Organs Seen In Action.
Donald H. Farquahar, of St. Louis,
has invented a lamp by means of which
the human brain may be examined.
The construction of this powerful aid
to surgery is quite simple. A largo
globe contains an electric light of 800
candle power, and from Qne side of it
extends a sort of tube or nozzle,
stopped gt intervals with lenses, whose
character and order of arrangement
are technically described as follows:
Plano concave piano, convex, double
convex, double concave, doulilo con¬
vex, piano concave, and direct acting
lenses. The purpose of all these glasses
is to gather the light and concentrate
it in a direct horizontal stream, form¬
ing, as it were, a solid bar of light of
intense brilliancy. The end of the
said tube is arranged to accommodate
month pieces of various sizes with
pieces of non-refracting Bohemian
glass. Wheu the light is turned ou
and concentrated the desired mouth¬
piece is put on. If it is a brain troublo
the mouthpiece is clapped to the side
of the head and the workings of the
brain can be observed. The heart can
be revealed while pumping away at its
ceaseless task, and what the patient
had for dinner can be learned by put¬
ting a larger mouthpiece against the
region of the stomach,
American stoves are meeting with a
large demand in Amsterdam, Holland.
NO. 48.
THE BOV ABOUT THE PLACED
When you hear a fearful racket
Like a miniature cyclone,
With some sounds so strange that, surely
Their like was never known ;
While the mother listens calmy,
Even with a smiling face,
You may know that it Is nothing—
There’s a boy about the place.
When you And rough carved initials
On tho panels of the door.
When you llnd his shirts and neckties
Scattered all about the floor,
Well-worn shoes and battered headgear
In the parlor find a place,
Do not grumble—it is common
With a boy about the place.
When there’s famine in the cupboard
And the milk-pail, too, runs dry,
And you can’t keep pies or cookies.
No matter how you try:
When you vainly seek for apples
That have gone and loft no traee,
Hard times is not the trouble—
’Tis the boy about tho place.
When there are shavings on the carpet.
And chips upon the beds,
When the mats are tossed in corners.
And the chairs stand on their heads
While if a tool is needed, you
All ’round the house must race
You may know he’s making something
Is the hoy about tho place.
When the house is full of sunshine
On the darkest kind of day, .
And yon ha ve to smila at seeing
Some freak of boyish play ;
When tbe blue eyes, deep and loving,
Are raised to meet your face,
You will say, I think, “God bless him !”
Bless our boy about the place!
—A. H. Hutchinson, in Golden Days,
PITH AND POINT.
He who would see himself as others
see him, let him ran for office—Phila¬
delphia Record.
Love hath a million tender ways
For simples and for scholars,
And yet for love some have no praise
Without a million dollars.
—Detroit Free I’ress.
Young Mr. Gailey—“Doctor, do you
think you can advise mo how to get
rid of my insomnia?” Doctor—“Cer¬
tainly; go to bed more,”—Chicago
Record.
“Where is the danger eignal?” in,
quired an excited guest at a hotel.
“What do you want?” inquired the
landlord. “The beilbitoy?”—Detroit
Free Press.
“Did you ever use a phonograph?”
asked Willie Wibble’a friend. “No, I
nevah yet said anything that I cared
to give myself an encore on.*’—Wash¬
ington Star.
Clara—“Aren’t you engaged tc
Jack?” Prunella—“No. You see, I
wanted to be different in something
from all you other girls.”—Kate
Field’s Washington.
“Where is Vokes now ? The last time
I saw him he was contending that a
man should tell the truth in all cir¬
cumstances.” “He is in a hospital. ”
—New York Herald.
She has a jacket made of fur,
A boa made of feathers,
And now the sweetest boon to her
Is stormiest of weathers.
—New York Herald.
“Seems to me young Skorchei
grows an inch taller every day.”
“He’s merely straightening up. He
hasn’t had a chance to ride his bicy¬
cle since the snow fell.”—Chicago
Tribune.
“Dist’ing may be called de tender,”
mused Mr. Hungry Higgins as thB.
smoke and cinders sifted down hie
collar, “but I want ter say fer ridin’
purposes it’s dead tough. ’’—Indianap¬
olis Journal.
Mr. Lanks (the new boarder)—
“Please help me to another portion oi
the wild duck, Mrs. Flin.t” Mrs.
Flint (the landlady)—“I’m sorry, Mr.
Lanks, but there is a limit to this lit¬
tle game. ”—Brooklyn Life.
“Do you think it right,” queried
tho idiot, cheerfully, “do you think
it right to call a box at the opera a
music box?” “Hardly,” said the un¬
fortunate who was his friend; “I
should prefer to call it a chatter box.’ 1 .
—Chicago Record.
Albumenous Diet a Necessity.
Recent tests and experiments with
articles of food made by Studemuud,
Rosenheim and Munch have resulted
in some interesting knowledge. Stnde
mund employed a large number of re¬
cruits, by which he established the
fact that 113 grains of albumen are
necessary to maintain health and
strength in a person of ordinary ac¬
tivity, Rosenheim and Munch used
dogs in their experiments. They fed
them well, but on substances which
contained but small quantities of al¬
bumen. The dogs grew weak, lifeless
and exceedingly frail, as if they had
been starving for weeks. These ob¬
servations demonstrate the necessity
of meat diet, because, aside from leg¬
uminous plants, vegetables contain
but little albumen, Albumen is eon
tained in bread, fruits and potatoes,
and in largo quantities iu leguminous
plants. Roast beef contains thirty
four per cent, of albumen, lentils
twenty-five per e^nt., rye ami wheat
bread six to seven per cent., potatoes
1) per cent-., apples, pears and plums
one-half per cent—St. Louis Post-Dim
patch.