Georgia Historic Newspapers

    EMPEROR WILLIAM.
EMPEROR FREDERICK-“UNSER
FRITZ”—IS DEAD.
AFFECTING SCENE AT THE DEATH BED —
AUTOPSY DECIDES HE DIED FROM CAN
CER—THE NEW RULER'S POLICY.
WILLIAM 11.
The Jteichrammger , the official paper
of Berlin, publishes the following an
nouncement: “The royal sufferer has
ended his earthly career. By God’s de
cree the emperor king, our most gracious
master, passed to his eternal rest shortly
after 11 o’clock this morning, which was
borne with admirable fortitude and sub
mission to God’s will. The royal house
and the German people have been twice
bereaved in a short time. They deeply
mourn the all too early decease of our
much beloved ruler.
Minister of State.”
The Bundesrath met at noon. Bis
marck formally announced the death of
Emperor Frederick and the accession to
the throne of William, who takes the
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nue ui y* 11 mini 11.
The death scene was most pathetic. At
the foot of the bed knelt the emperor’s
daughters, Prince Henry and the two
daughters-in-law. The chaplain softly
murmured the litany. Princess Freder
ick Charles, who had strewn the coverlet
with white roses, stood with the rest of
the family. At some distance were mem
bers of the household; servants were
crowded about the doors with bowed
heads and bated breath, and from time to
time the litany was interrupted by half re
strained sobs, the most heart-rending be
ing those of old Wenderlin, who had
been the emperor’s trusted servant since
his youth. He is quite prostrated, and
it is not likely that he will survive the
emperor Every five minutes the
doctors felt the pulse. The expression
on Dr. Mackenzie’s face showed 'that it
was weakening. At times the pulse was
suspended, and the doctor was obliged
to place his ear close to the emperor’s
lips to detect his breathing. At 11
o’clock Dr. Mackenzie made a sign to
the empress who fervently kissed the
hand of the emperor. At twelve min
utes past eleven the doctor drew his watch
and declared all was over.
When, at the last moment, Dr. Macken
zie, amid profound silence, said * impres
sively: “He is quite dead now 7 ,” the
empress gave a heartrending sob and
loud crying was heard in the room. All
pressed around the bed. From the eyes
of the new Emperor William tears fell
thick and fast. After the first agonized
spasm the empress arose and took Dr.
Mackenzie’s hand, saying: “The first
words I shall speak shall be to express
my thanks to you for having lengthened
my beloved husband’s life.” When the
younger members of the family had left
the room, the empress begged Dr. Mac
kenzie to tie a ’kerchief around the em
peror’s throat, in order to hide the
canula. Her majesty also directed the
laying out of the body, she herself ar
ranging the hands on the sword so as to
give the appearance of a firm grasp. The
head was placed a little sideways, giv
ing a perfect illusion of sleep. The em
press added to the Woerth wreath two
roses which she had cut on the previous
evening, and which the emperor had
held during the night. The empress
Victoria had arranged every detail of the
funeral service. The behavior of the new
emperor is that of a dutiful and loving
son. He does not allow many hours to
pass without inquiring for his mother,
and her manner toward him is most
motherly and affectionate. Her majesty
has not decided yet as to where she will
?o from Pottsdam. There is some talk
of her going to Switzerland. Dr. Mac
kenzie, in his report on the Emperor
Frederick’s case, says: “In my opinion
the disease from which the emperor
died was cancer.”
The effect of the emperor’s death in
Berlin was instantaneons. In a couple
of hours the bright summer look on the
streets was changed. Womeif appeared
clad in black and men with bands of crape
tied about their arms. Newspapers were
sold at exhorbitant prices, but the buy
ers were disappointed because no details
of the emperor’s last hours were given
until evening.
The first full declaration of the new
emperor’s policy is now understood as
taking the form of an address to the
Prussian people, which is expected to be
issued soon. The secretary will be sum
moned to meet to receive the
message, and shortly afterwards the em
peror will formally take the oath of con
stitution before the Landtag. The re
mains of Emperor Frederick were placed
in a coffin and then carried to the cata
faloue, which had been erected in .Tasner
i j t x
gallery. The coffin i 6 identical with the
one in which Emperor William was bur
ied. Profs. Nirchow, Wildeyer and
Bergmaun went to Fredrich'-kon place at
the request of Emperor William and re
mained for two hours. Their presence
gave rise to an accurate report that Em
peror William had ordered a post mortem
examination made, although dowager
Empress Victoria was adverse to it. Pub
lic feeling in Berlin distinctly favored
the holding of such an examination and
the supposed abandonment of the plan
caused a revival of excitement against
Dr. Mackenzie, who was charged with
omitting an autopsy in order that he
might prevent a final authoritative report
as to the true malady from which the
emperor died. Besides the doctors w t lio
conducted the autop-y, Count Von Stol
berg Wernigerode, Count Chamberlain,
remained during the examination, which
proved the existence of cancer.
The funeral service was read in Jasper
gallery by Chaplain Koegel, at the head
of the bier. A black baldachin has been
erected, while around the catafalque were
numerous footstools. All members of
the imperial family were present at the
service. Sir Edward Malet, British am
bassador, handed Count Herbert Bis
marck a letter from Lord Salisbury, ex
pressing the profound grief felt by Queen
Victoria w 7 hen she received the news of
the death of the emperor, who she so
dearly loved. The queen commends
Lord Salisbury to express to the German
people in the name of the British nation,
her heartfelt sympathy in the heavy loss
sustained in the premature death of the
emperor, whom they rightly loved so ar
dently.
Under cover of assumed confidence,
the death of Emperor Frederick has
caused a feeling in Paris very much like
dismay. It was impossible not to notice
the silent agitation which pervaded the
Chamber of Deputies, when his decease
was announced. It is worthy of remark
that not a single journal published an ex
aggerated statement or premature account
of the death of Emperor Frederick. He
was respected as a lover of peace, and
mingled with the expressions of sorrow
at his death are dismal speculations as
to the political consequences. Rightly
or wrongly the new 7 emperor is regarded
as being animated by bitter hatred of
France and a desire to render his reign
memorable by fresh laurels culled upon
the battle field at the expense of his
hereditary foe.
The funeral ceremonies at the Castle
Fredericliskron began with the perform
ance of Bach's “Bald Rufst Du Mich zu
hoehren foieden.” Then the chorale
“Jesus meine zuveisicht” was sung, and
Chaplain Koegel offered prayer and
blessed the remains. After the singing
of the chorale “Wenn Ich Einmal Soli
; Scheiden,” the coffin was carried out to
I the castle. During th« removal of the
body the chorale “I know that my Re
deemer liveth,” was sung. The serv
ice in the cathedral on Sunday was at
tended by Dr. Von Gosster, minister of
ecclesiastical affairs, and many other high
officials. The service opened w 7 ith the
6inging of the fifty-fourth Psalm. The
litany was read by Chaplain Schroder,
who also preached the sermon. The
public was readmitted to the Jasper gal
lery after the imperial party had left.
Correggio’s painting, “Saint Veronica’s
Veil,” was suspended at the head of the
catafalque, on the right of which laurel
trees had been placed. The coffin was
removed from the catafalque by twelve
officers of the body guard and borne to
the funeral car, preceded by the court
chamberlain. The ministers of state,
bearing the insignia of royalty, joined
the procession, and stood opposite the
coffin during the seivice in the church,
Gen. Blumenthal, with the standard,
standing at the head of the coffin. The
order of the procession from the castle
to the Friedrichskirche was as follows:
The line headed by a detachment of in
fantry, followed by the officers of the
imperial household, the officiating clergy,
the late emperor's physicians, the court
chamberlains, ministers of state, bearing
the imperial insignia, and court officials.
Then catne the funeral car. The pall
bearers, all Knights of the Black Eagle,
Generals Von Der Goltz, Von Tresknow,
Von Obernitz and Von Pape. The can
opy was borne by twelve generals, the
lieutenant generals marching on either
side of the car. Twelv^ J superior
officers of the Prussian, and
Saxon body guards marched
immediately behind the coffin.
They were followed by General Von
Blumenthal, bearing the royaLstandard,
supported by two adjutantfrgenerals.
Then followed Emperor William, the
king of Saxony, Prince Henry, and other
mourners of the imperial family, and the
foreign royalties, followed by the adju
tant generals, the Russian military at
tache, the suites of the imperial family
and visititing royalties, the younger
princess of reigning houses, the imperial
chancellor, field marshals, Knights of the
Black Eagle, princes residing in Ger
many, the generals of the army, the pres
idents of the bundersrath, reichstag and
landtag, the officers of the army and
civil service, officials and municipal au
thorities of Berlin, Potsdam and Char
lottenburg. Two squadrons of infantry
brought up the rear of the procession.
Large crowds went from Berlin to Pots
dam to view the emperor’s remains.
SOLDIER REMEMBERED.
Two monuments, commemorative of
the late War, were dedicated near Rich
mond—one in Emanuel church cemetery,
on the Brooks turnpike, over the remains
of seventy-three Confederate dead, the
other in the spot where the Confederate
cavalry leader, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, fell.
The mounted military from Richmond
and the surrounding country, the R. E.
Lee camp of Confederate Veterans and
old soldiers generally, and a large num
ber of citizens, including mauy ladies,
were present at both the ceremonies.
The exercises at the cemetery were
opened by prayer by Rev. J. N. Newton,
o* Richmond. Va. He was followed by
R. \ H. M. Jackson, also of Richmond,
ana by Rev. Cornelius Walker, of Alex
andria. A march was then made to a
point in the telegraph road three miles
distiint, where stands Stewart's monu
ment, on the front of which is inscribed :
“Upon this field, Major-General J. E. B.
Stewart, Commander of the Confederate
Cavalry, A. N. V., received his mortal
wound May 11, 18G4.”
STANLEY IS DEAD.
I Advices from Zanzibar to the Paris
I Journal Dasbats says: “There is little
: doubt but that Stanley is dead. The
j families of persons who accompanied the
j expedition have worn mourning for sev-
I oral weeks. It is believed that Tipped
Til) lias taken revenge for Stanley’s hav
ing thwarted him in his efforts to continue
the slave traffic.”
WHO WON THE PRiZES.
Gener d Carnahan received the report
of the awards of prizes to the Knights
of Pythias in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Mon
day as follows: Hastings, Mich., first;
Kokomo, [id., second; Terre Haute,
Ind., third; Fort Dearborn, Chicago,
fourth; Lociiiel, Elgin, Ills., fifth; Mi
ami, of Toledo, Oh o, sixth.
LIVELY TIME.
national republican con
vention MEET AT CHICAGO.
A MAGNIFICENT HALL BEAUTIFULLY
DECORATED FRED DOUGLASS MAKES
A SPEECH —INTERESTING GOSSIP.
Before the Convention assembled, im
mense crowds visited the grand hall in.
which the National Republican Conven
tion were to meet to choose a presiden
tial candidate. At the apex in front of
the chairman’s desk was a gilded
American eagle, and beneath it a por
trait of Washington, On the right of
the chairman’s desk was a plaster bust of
Gen. John A. Logan, in heroic size,
draped with an American flag. Hang
ing from one of the boxes at the right
was a large painting of Logan's charge
at the battle of Atlanta. On the face of
the north and south wails of the auaito
tium, framed in festoons of large Amer
ican flags and surrounded by a circle of
electric stars, w r ere portraits of Lincoln
and Grant, the designs being mammoth
in proportion, and form two of the most
striking details of the decorations.
Flashing its parti-colored brilliancy
full into the face of the
audience and delegates, was
pended an American shield, formed of
different colored electric lamps. This
shield, its horizon of stars, its stripes of
the Union, are all pictured out and put
in a basso relievo of light by flashing jets
through red, white and blue globes. At
points of exit and entrance to the hall,
which dip like great wells into the audi
torium, are the nation’s standards,
planted at either side and draped so as
to hide the rough boards which form the
staircases of these avenues to the con
vention, of which there are sufficient to
empty the place in case of accident, in
three minutes.
The Boston club planted its magnifi
cent banner, five feet long, just behind
the stage and it proudly floated, bearing
in letters of gold upon a field of blue,
the sentiments which appear to be upper
most in the minds of the delegates. The
banner is inscribed: “Home Market Club
of Boston. American ways for American
workingmen. American markets for the
American people. Protection for Ameri
can homes.” This banner is marked by
the delegates as they come into the hall,
and by spectators as they gather in the
galleries and balconies. It was cheered
time after time.
The arrangement of delegates’ seats
was made in alphabetical order, begin
ning with Alabama, on the extreme right
aisle, through the two big states of New
York and Pennsylvania together on the
front, facing Washington’s portrait on a
panel of the chairman’s platform. The
Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ala
bama, Arizona and Dakota delegations
had front seats. The Ohio delegation
was directly back of the New York
seats, while Missouri, lowa and and Illi
nois are on the mam isle near the center
of the space reserved for the delegates.
The space reserved for the District
Columbia delegation, was designated by
a white banner, marked in black letters.
This is a conspicuous departure from the
general plan of voting delegations, the
situation of all others being designated
by a blue silk banner, lettered in gold.
A significant view was the open space of
empty seats in the Virginia delegation.
The doors were not opened until all of
the interior arrrangements were complet
ed and the crow 7 d was kept waiting un
til two large bouquets of cut flowers and
a floral shield were being nailed upon the
chairman's d§§k, which bears in Greek
letters this l^bription: “James A. Gar
field was nominated from thi3 desk in
1880 and James G. Blaine was nominated
from this desk in 1884.”
Chairman Jones, of the national com
mittee, came upon the platform just be
fore the convention was called to order
and brought with him two handsome
oak gavels, one merely polished and in
tended for hard pounding. The other is
a more pretentious affair, intended as a
gift to the temporary chairman, is richly
chased in gold, and has engraved upon
its several gold bands the names of
Washington, Lafayette, Grant, Lincoln,
Garfield and Logan. Precisely at 12.30,
on Tuesday, the gavel of Chairman
Jones, of the National Republican Com
mittee, sounded sharpiy upon the ma
hogany desk, and the Republican Con
vention of 1888 was formally opened.
The hum of conversation ceased
throughout the vast auditorium, and the
buzz of expectation gave place to the
impressive silence as the chairman intro
duced Rev. Frank W. Gunsauler, of
Plymouth Congregational Church ot
Chicago, who opened the proceedings
with prayer. At the conclusion of the
prayer, Chairman Jones announced that
the secretary, Mr. Fessenden, of the na
tional committee, would read the call
for the convention issued by the national
committee.
Mr. Jones made an address, and Mr.
Thurston, the temporary chairman, then
announced a long list of secretaries, as
sistantant secretaries, sergeants-at-arms,
etc., tor temporary organization. After
the reading of the list of officers was com
pleted, the bands struck up a medley of
national airs, which was warmly received
by the audience, and as the air turned
into “Marching Through Georgia,” the
assemblage caught up the refrain and the
chorus of many voices resounding
throughout the hall. Gen. Fremont was
presented to the convention, Fred Doug
lass made a speech, bouquets were pre
sented to Miss Rachel Sherman, daugh
ter of the Gen. Sherman, and Mrs. Thurs
ton, the wife of the temporary chairman
of the Convention.
Virginia presented a contesting dele
gation, and at one time it looked as
though Gen. Mahone and Capt. Wise
would blows.
SENSIBLE.
A committee of the French Chamber
of Deputies passed a resolution, on mo
tion of Frederick Passy, to enter into a
perpetual treaty with the United States
for the settlement, by arbitration, of
disputes that may arbe between that
country and France. Passy is president
of the International League of Peace.
The Queen Regent of Spain has given f 10-
000 to the poor of Barcelona. Her Majesty
also gives ffc-OJ to each boy and ?ID.» to each
] girl born on the opening day of the Spanish
I exhibition.
THE Will ROOM.
!
•AN INTERESTING CORNER IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Where the Rills of Congress are
Copied—A Bill's Course While
on Its Passage—lm
portant Errors.
A Washington letter to the New York
Sun says: Just to the left of the en
trance of the old hall of the House of
j Representatives, or statuary Ilall, as it
| is now called, is a suite of rooms almost
j as rich in historical associations as the
old hall itself. They are peculiar rooms,
architecturally speaking, clinging to the
outer walls of the rotunda like swallows’
nests around the circumference of a great
factory chimney. Here are born a fair
share of the laws of the United States.
-Most people know that Congress makes
the laws of the country, but few, per
haps, are aware of the processes through
which they pass from the time they
I first make their appearance in the shape
; of a bill introduced by Representative
Blank until they appear in the Revised
| Statutes and take their places in the li
braries of courts and attorneys. The
process, in brief, is as follows:
After being introduced in either house
the bill is read by title and referred to
an appropriate committee. If the com
mittee thinks well of it, it reports the
bill to the House with a recommendation
that it pass. It takes its place at the
foot of the calendar, or list of bills and
resolutions awaiting action, and if there
is a real need of such legislation the
House or Senate, as the case may be, will
pass it. Supposing the bill to have
originated in the House (and the process
iD the Senate is exa tly similar), the bill
comes out to the clerks in the room al
ready described. Up to this time it is
usually in the handwriting of the mem
ber who introduced it, or in that of his
clerk or the constituent who requested
him to present it to Congress. And very
queer shapes some of the bills do take.
While a fair share of them are written in
a good legible hand, on good foolscap,
others are the most wretched scrawls, on
greasy scraps of paper, blotched and un
healthy in appearance.
Printed forms are supplied by the clerk
to such members as care 10 use them, but
comparatively few do so. Many are too
careless to take the trouble to apply for
them; others delight in exhibiting their
originality in their bills, and for others
again the printed form is not sufiiciently
imposing in appearance. Perry Bel
mont’s bills excite the admiration of the
clerks. They are always gotten up with
the greatest neatness, on the whitest
paper, beautifully written, backed with
tinted paper and laced with dainty blue
silk ribbons.
Good, bad, and indifferent, the bills,
after being passed by the House, are
brought out to the clerks to be engrossed.
The engrossment consists in copying the
bills, with amendments, if any, on sheets
of stiff paper about twelve inches by
eighteen in size. Next they are signed
by the Speaker and the Clerk of the
House, and by the last-named officer de
livered in person in open session to the
Sen'ate, with the announcement that the
House has passed them, and request that
the Senate concur in that action.
Supposing that the Senate sees fit to
do so, wilich is not always the case,
however, back comes the bill to the
House for enrollment. While at first
glance this appears to be a simple dupli
cation of whut has been already done in
the engrossment, the enrolling process
is distinguished from the other in the
very much greater care and regard for
absolute accuracy with which it is con
ducted. Patriotic Americans may not
be pleased to learn that our statutes are
spread upon English parchment, and
written in part at least with English
ink. But this seems to be a necessary
pocketing of the national pride. The
parchment, in sheets about twenty-four
inches in length by sixteen in width, is
of a peculiar quality, thin and flawless,
and made from the skin of a lamb. The
proper quality is not made in this
country. Before it is in fit condition to
take the ink the natural grea=e must be
removed from the surface of the skin.
This is a tedious job, which is effected
by rubbing over the entire surface with
the cuttle bone commonly used in bird
cages. The ink which gives the most
satisfaction in the matters of durability,
blackness, and fluidity, is made by com
bining an English with a domestic
brand. Ordinarily two clerks manage to
keep abreast of the current work in the
House wing, but toward the end of a
session, when many bills are rushed
through with little ceremony, the labor
becomes so great that the entire clerical
force of the clerk’s office is called into
requisition, and even the pages who show
fitness for the work are pressed into ser
vice. With sufficient time to properly
enroll and compare the bills, a high de
gree of accuracy is maintained. But in
the closing days of a Congress, with the
avalanche of bills pouring into the office,
with untrained assistants, with the force
working day and night almost contin
uously, and with the ever present fact
that the slightest delay in enrollment
may result in the failure of important
legislation, mistakes are unavoidable.
Some are serious and some are comical.
A misplaced comma in a tariff bill, just
a little dot of ink that a fly might have
made, once transferred flowers of sulphur
to the free list and placed a pretty steep
duty on flour of sulphur, when it was the
intention of Congress to axactly reverse
the facts.
An error was discovered in an appro
priation bill just in season to prevent the
then Vice-President of the United States,
Mr. Wheeler, from receiving a salary of
SBO,OOO a year instead of the SB,OOO de
signed by Congress. One cipher too
many put in in committee did it, but an
enrolling clerk discovered the error.
But to return to the history of the
bill; its future course lies in smoother
water, and is soon described. The en
grossed House bill, when returned with
the Senatorial approval and transcribed,
is, at the end of the session, bound up
with others into large volumes and
stored away in the basement of the Capi
tol. The entire walls of a great crypt
like room are covered with shelves tilled
with them.
The transcribed or enrolled bills are
carefully compared with the originals
by the Committee on Enrolled Bills and
♦akeu to the President. If he approves
hem, he so notifies the House and. send?
them over to the State Department,
where copies are again made for the use
of the printers, who set up the statutes
at large, and the enrolled and approved
bills—now known as acts of Congress—
take their places in the files along with
those passe 1 at the first Congress of the
United States.
English Football Accidents.
Serious accidents at football again
cast reflections upon that game as played
in «i tain districts. We reported yester
day the death of a young man at Man
chester from the violence of a collision
between him and another player. The
game was played on Saturday under the
Rugby rules, and the victim suffered such
injury to the spine that he died on Sun
day morning. We reported in the same
paragraph another collision between Cov
entry players at Rugby, resulting in a
case of “concussion of the brain and
other serious in uries.” In addition to
these cases we have now to note that at
Hexham a schoolmaster who took part in
one of Saturday’s matches is lying dan
gerously ill in consequence of injuries
received in a manner which one shudders
to read of in the local accounts of the
game. He had got the ball and he was
“seized by two of the Hexham Star
players aud thrown into the air. He fell
heavily on the back part of his head and
neck.” He was taken away in a state of
acute suffering. Paralysis of the lower
part of his body resulted, and his condi
tion is described as critical in the ex
treme. As thus played, football is not
so much a lively as a deadly game.—
London News. *
Not Sucli a Hard Bargain.
Not long since a party of young men
went from Boston to a country town
in Maine for a few day’s fishing. They
had a full outfit of “tackle” and “gear,”
and- upon arrival at their destination
stood in need of but one thing—bait.
After consulting their local adviser they
secured the services of an ancient resi
dent, who started out to dig the needed
worms. He was gone three or four hours,
but to good purpose, for when he re
turned he had a water bucket even full
of a wriggling mass of earthworms.
Now this was more than the boys had
bargained for, and thoughts what such
an unheard-of wealth of bait would cost
began to trouble them. To end their
susj ense they appointed one of their
number spokesman, with plenary powers,
but with instructions to make the best
bargain possible. “How much do we
owe you?” he asked, approaching the
venerable bait digger and taking out his
wallet. “Well, I don’t rightly know, ”
rejoined the old man; “the ground is
kinder solid and the worms is fur down,
and its been hard on my back to dig 'em.
But I’ve half a notion to gofishin’ myself
to-morrow, and if you'll give me half the
bait we’ll call it square.”— Boston Heruld
A Siamese Cremation.
“From Siam,” says the Pall Mall
Gazette , “we learn that the cremation of
the two sons of the King was a cere
mony eclipsing in magnificence even
that of the King’s uncle, whose body
was cremated last year. For fifteen
days Bangkok was given up to revelry.
No work was done, and such amusements
as fireworks, illuminations, and inter
minable dramatic performances were pro
vided nightly and kept up till two or
three o’clock a. m. The building in
w’ ich the cremation was effected had
been erected at a cost £50,000; a fact
which, as it is now being demolished, as
having seived its purpose, shows muni
ficence, if not extravagance. External
ly this ‘premane’ presented the appear
ance of a palace of gold, so gorgeous was
its ornamentation; and internally its
chief feature was the electric light with
which it was illumined throughout.
There were two separate cremation days
during the fortnight, and the final pro
cession for each was so long that it oc
cupied over an hour in passing a fixed
point. Siamese funerals may be expen
sive ceremonies, but at least they cannot
be called lugubrious.”
Raising Frogs.
Says a writer in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat “Any man who has a pond on
his farm can try the experiment of rais
ing his own frogs. First, let him buy,
say, six pairs of fine New Jersey breed
ers and dump them into the water. With
these for a starter you may select a quan
tity of domestic bactracean, and then
yon will have the nucleus of a fortune,
Don’t interfere with your water invest
ment for a year any more than to keep
your growing stock well supplied with
food. They require an abundance, but
as they are not very dainty in their taste
the expense account will be light. For*a
young farm two barrels a day of hotel
table scraps witl keep the frogs in splen
did shape, so that at the end of twelve
months you can begin marketing all you
can fi-h out at the same price as spring
chickens. Give me the time and facili
ties, and I will wager at the end of two
years I will be living on an income of
.>SOOO and my frogs will pay all expen
ses.”
The Costliest Bean.
The vanilla bean is the costliest bean
on earth. It flourishes in Mexico, chiefly
in Papantla and Misantla. It grows
wild, and is gathered and marketed by
the natives. Just as they come from the
forest the beans sell at $lO or sl2 per
thousand. After the beans are dried
and cured they are worth from $7 to sl2
per pound, according to quality. Last
year, the vicinity of Papantla alone ex
ported sixty million beans. They are
used by druggists and confectioner*, and
are an important article of commerce.
At Mrs. Snaverick’s Musioale.—Prof.
Von Hulow of the Beilin Academy)—
“Berhabs Herr, your esdimaple fader,
vould der seiegtion maig for mine blay
ing, madam. Hee vas haf vat you gall
der museek-look.'’ Snaverick, senior
(ex-captain of the brig Susan) —“Ham-
mer out ‘Hull's Victory,’ with th’hard
pedal on, professor.”— Till-Bits.
“Zalediscoffokenonischi” is the name
of a Schuylkill miner. After barb-wire
fenciDg his half acre lot with his name,
he still has enough left to climb in and
out of the mine on, when he can't wait
for the bucket, but the mine is only 800
feet deep.— DansrHie Breeze.
Nightcaps as articles of dress, except
in antiquated farces and amateur the
atricals, have gone out of fashion.
VETERINARIANS. '
remarkable progress in
VETERINARY SCIENCE.
A Horse’s Leg in Slings—Animal
Dentistry—Horses Subject to
Diseases Incident to
Human Beings.
Great improvement has been made,
says the New 1 ork Mai' and Express, ii»
the medical aud surgical treatment of
the horse in the past few years. The
sick or injured horse gets nearly as care
ful and minute treatment as the sick or
injured man. Fractured bones are often
reset and even amputation has been per-
for special purposes. Let the
horse injure its leg or foot, and the mem
ber is done up in a sling as tenderly and
carefully as though it belonged to a hu
man being. Here is a case in point, re
ported by Dr. L. C. Wakefield: A bay
mare that had been used in horse power,
while working in the machine caught
her right, hind foot in one of the logs
with such force as to stop the machine
and seriously in jure the foot. In a short
time the animal could hardly put her
foot to the ground, and when the doc
tor was called in she was suffering in
tense pain. An operation was performed
aud the injured leg as well as the ani
mal herselt was put in slings and for
‘lays the foot was dressed daily. Just
two months from the date of the opera
tion the wound was entirely closed.
“Fill horses’ teeth? Yes, why not?
It can be done,” said a surgeon in the
American \ eterinary College the other
day.
“A horse is a good deal like a man,”
he went on, “and horses suffer from de
cayed teeth, exposed nerves and tooth
ache just the same as a man or woman.
How can we tell? Why, by examining
their jaws, of course, and after we have
located the seat of the trouble we quickly
try tf> alleviate the suffering. Even dogs
have toothache. Many a lady’s pet dog
suffers pain from cold and exposed
nerves, and pines away and refuses to eat
because they are suffering with their
teeth. Juno, a l.averick setter of excel
lent pedigree, owned by Dr. A. N. Rous
sel, a Brooklyn dentist, now rejoices in a
gold-filled tooth. Dr. Roussel noticed a
defective tooth in the dog's head and de
termined to fill it. Juno was persuaded
to take a seat in the chair while the
doctor drilled out the cavity and filled in
the gold. The dog stood it like a major
and looked up gratefully when the work
was finished. Oh, yes, it was a hard
job, I suppose, and the dog fussed and
fumed for a time, but he’s all right now. ”
Horses in these days must have their
quinine as well as human beings. Dr.
W. H. Pendry tells of the biggest dose
of quinine ever given to a horse. It was 1
a case of pneumonia. He prescribed
the ordinary dose, one drachm. By mis
take an ounce of the drug was added to
this and given to the animal at 10 a. xr.
At 7 p. >f., when the doctor called, the
horse was perspiring freely, had a full
jpulse, and its temperature had fallen
from 104 to 101 degrees. The same dose
jwas ordered given, and wa9 carried out
before the mistake was discovered. The
doctor, in telling the experience, added: .
“I visited the horse about 9 o’clock the
following morning and was met by a
whinnying welcome, to which I at once
responded by giving a small feed of
oats, which was soon put out of the way.
I found the pulse not so full, body quite
dry, but the temperature was back tot
104 degrees. Here was a case where
two ounces of quinine had been given
inside of nine hours without any re
markable result.”
A fact not generally known is that
electricity is coming into extensive use
in the medical treatment of horses. It
is found of value in nervous affections
and especially in diseases of the throat
and larynx. Sometimes regular shocks
are given two or three times a day,
and the horse submits to the galvanic
current very readily.
The veterinary surgeon of these days
finds that the horse is subject to con
sumption, rheumatism, sciatica and, in
fact, nearly all diseases incident to hu
man beings, even hydrophobia. An in
teresting case of the latter is on the
veterinary records. A ten-year-old
mare, ordinarily of kind disposition,
was found one morning in an entirely
opposite state of feeling. She had
kicked at her mate several times during
the night. She was placed alone and
firmly secured. She took food and
drank readily, but during ihe evening
her ill-temper and perverse actions in
creased and she tried to attack the man
who had charge of her. The next day
she became still more violent and dan
gerous, kicking and biting everyone
who approached. The doctor who saw
her says: “Her eyes were widely dis
tended and her looks threatening, her
countenance having a peculiar contract- i
ing appearance, re-embling a kind of
sardonic smile. When suddenly ex
cited she wo Id kick with both hind r ,
feet, but at times with one fore foot '
only. Unable to bite others, she turned
upon herself, biting her own chest and
forearm. She ground her teeth and
tossed her head up and down, and her
jaws were seized with convulsive move- -
meats. She 1a 1 been bitten bv a dog
that had been killed three weeks before
on account of hydrophobia. Two shots
in the region of her heart put an end to
her sufferings.”
The Age of the World.
Profe-sor I’lestwick, in the seond
volume of his geology, just issued from
the Oxford University press. England,
says that the calculations on which the
Glacial Epoch was put back 240,090
years are very defective, as they are
based on the rate which the puny
glaciers of the Alps move. But, basing
his calculations on the rate at which the
Greenland glaciers move, lie thinks that
the time occupied by the great American
ice slide need not lia . e been more than
from 15,000 to 25,01)0 years. And, by
means of similar observations and calcu
lations, he limits the time for the forma
tions of the valleys, which followed, to
8000 or 10,000 years. Hence the begin
ning of the Glacial Period may not havd|
been more than 110,000 years ago instead
of 240,000, and the close of the period
not more than 10,000 years. This makes
m mraense shrinkage in the antiquity
which some of the geologists have
claimed for the human race. The
in all these calculations is that it is not
known how fast the ice moved in glacial
times.