FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fare for Calves.
Several years experience has given me
a successful system of procedure In calf -raising,
writes a farmer in the New York
Tribune. They are taken from the cows
at two days of age, and never before, be
cause it is nature for them to draw the
first milk to cleanse the system of con
genital waste matter. If taken from e
cow as soon as dropped they do" not get
the benefit of this wise provision of Na
ture, for it requires a day or more to
teach them to drink. 'They are given
about 2 qts. freshly drawn milktwice.a
' day for ten days,' and then for a week
fresh milk once a day and skim milk once.
After that the ration twice a day is2qts.
sweet skim milk and 1 qt. of a strong
decoction of clover hay added, given
, -warm, a month, aod then the ration is
gradually cooled; meantime they have a
few oats once a day and hay constantly. .
They can be gradually weaned from the
milk at three months of age if they have
fresh grass, but -will do the better the
longer the milk-feeding is continued.
"Wheat bran should never be given, for it
tends to produce scours. If they have
access to pure drinking water only and
what hay and salt they will eat besides
their grass feed, they never will be trou
bled with unnatural looseness of the
bowels. When first turned out, it should
ibe in a small enclosure, with much shade,
for they are liable to run too much and
to get sunstruck. Those who avail
themselves of this opportunity to halter
break the juvenile bo vines will accom
plish a good purpose.
Robbery Among Bees.
Of all things connected with the apiary,
robbing is the most perplexing, and often
Tery disastrous. The primary cause is
carelessness on the part Qf the apiarist.
A colony of bees in proper condition is
proof against robbers, and colonies that
fall victims to robbers will nearly, always
ie found to be defective in some particu
lar. A colony that becomes queenless,
(without the necessary brood to rear
another queen, seldom escapes being
robbed if left long in such condition.
Again, a colony may have a defective
queen, and on the colony becoming dis
couraged will allow themselves to be
plundered and destroyed. In such cases,
and they are the worst of any, the
apiarist is certainly responsible, and it is
in his power to remedy such defects.
"A colony having a good, fertile queen
may be so weak or few in number that
jthey are unable to repel robbers. In such
cases the apiarist can strengthen them
fry uniting with other colonies, or draw
- from others to add to their force, and
thus save them. Keep colonies strong
at all times and furnished with good
ifertile queens. Carelessly leaving honey
about where bees can get access to it often )
uses trouble, as this will incite robbing
and the weak and defective colonies will
" at once fall victims. Where robbing
Jttgins it is difficult to deal with. The
, colony being robbed should be allowed to
remain where it is. Changing it from one
position to another in the same vicinity
does more injury than good; it should oe
Temoved a mile or more from ths
neighborhood. If the bees show any
disposition to protect themselves, rob
bing may be checked by simply contract
ing the entrance. But if the inmates
make no resistance whatever, a large
sheet or covering oLlight cloth may be
thrown over the entire hive. The bee
tent, now much used by apiarists to repel
robbers, is the best for this purpose.
This is made to the hive, allowing room
for the apiarist to work inside. Light
muslin or musquito netting, drawn over
'a light frame, -may be used for the
1 purpose. American Agriculturist.
Farm and Garden Xotes.
Succulent food makes succulent milk.
The horse-stable should be cleaned
(daily.
: Butter unfit for table use can hardly
;ie regarded as fit for cooking.
' Remember that milk for young pigs
and calves should be fed warm.
: Don't undertake to till more acres
than you can cultivate thoroughly,
j Good corn-stalks, well cured, are
about equal to hay for milch cows.
In a wet season all hay is comparitively
innutritious, even when it is not still
further injured in curing. Hay on land
sul-8oiled ana drained is richer than that
grown on soil where the roots of grass
find stagnant water a foot below the
surface.
i Taken one year with another, broom
corn is a profitable crop on rich land,
and where there is a good market for
the product Four to six hundred
pounds of the brush can be grown per
acre, and besides this the seed has some
value for food. It is grown in drills,
planted twice as thickly as corn, in order
to make a finer brush.
Cuttings of grapevines should be made
with two buds--one about half an inch
from the lower end and the other an
inch or so from tho top. The cut tigs
are planted in good mellow soil, in rows
-twelve inches apart, in a sloping direc
tion, with the lower bud five inches
under 'he surface. The roots grow from
the lower bud. When a year old the
plants may te set out in their permanent
place.
Heaves is more often caused by indi
gestion than any other ailment. It has
bee'n cured effectually by giving moist
food, of which cut turnips or potatoes
form a part. Two quarts of potatoes cut
and sprinkled with corn and oatmeal
may be given, three times a day, and the
hay should be sprinkled with salt water.
But the best method is to give moistened
cut hay or straw with ground feed in
moderate rations.
Hon&oId Hints.
A Clean Kitchen A clean kitchen
was George Eliot's favorite room.
To Restore Color Hartshorn will usu
ally restore colors that have been taken
out by acid.
To " Remove Ink To take out ink or
iron mould stains, wet them with milk
and cover with salt.
Stove Polish Mix a little sugar with
stove blacking and it will give a better
polish and not burn off so quickly.
Coke Fires -Burning coke in the
kitchen and laundry stoves, saves many
a big bill and makes a better fire for
such purposes.
Fried Tripe Roll the boiled tripe,
cut in squares, in egg, then in cracker
crumbs', and fry to a nice brown. Serve
with catsup.
Casters Casters made of leather is a
new invention, sure to prove useful. A
sound leather caster will save many a
rug or carpet.
Ventilation The rooms of a house
need ventilation in the daytime, as well
as in the night ; in the winter as well as
in the summer.
To Wash Blankets A little ammonia
and borkx in the water when washing
blankets keeps the flannel soft and pre
vents shrinking.
Plants in the Kitchen The kitchen
window is the best of all windows for
plants; the steam from boilers and kettles
keeps the air moist.
Graham Pudding Two cups of
graham flour, one cup of molasses, one
cup of sweet milk, one cup of chopped
raisins, two teaspoonfuls soda. Steam
f M
three hours.
To Clean Windows Windows and
mirrors can be made to shine without
long polishing, if after being washed in
hot soap suds they are rubbed dry with
a newspaper.
Broiled Tripe When the tr ipe is well
boil 2d ct in pieces that can be accomo
dated upon the gridiron and broil
quickly. Season with plenty of butter,
salt and pepper to taste. ,
To Wash Stockings Colored and
black stockings if washed before wear
ing at all, and a little beef's gall put in
the water, will never fade nor change
color either with wearing or washing.
An Insecticide A Belgian gardener
contends that after trying the various
special manufactured insecticides, he is
convinced that tobacco juice in its dif
ferent forma is still the best remedy.
To Remove Paint To take spots of
paint from wood, lay a thick coating of
lime and soda mixed over it,, letting it
stay twenty-four hours, then wash off
with warm water and the spots will dis
appear. Ilealt h and Home.
Queer Book Titles.
At Marseilles was published "The
Little Dog of the Gospel Barking at the
Errors of Luther.' It must have sold
well, for it was followed by "The Little
Pocket Pistol which Fires at Heretics."
An enemy wrote a criticism on Sir
Humphrey Lind, entitled "A Pair of
Spectacles for Sir Humphrey Lind."
The stern old Puritan had a vein of
humor in him, for the reply was aptly
called, "A Cover for the Spectacles for
Sir Humphrey Lind." That must have
been a rotund, well-fed priest who en
titled a religious work: "The Sweet
Marrow and Tasty Sauce of the Savory
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was ai ixixics jiuiuuascu lur a uuuk uoott,
but it was no more inapt than another,
inveighing against the pope, entitled.
"A Hunt after the Stag of Stages:" In
fact, this last was catalogued in an Eng-
lish library as a work on hunting. "A
Bullet Shot into the Devil's Camp by the
Cannon of the Covenant," was extremely
attractive, but a work issued about the
same time called "A Spiritual Pillow,
Necessary to: Extirpate Vice and to
Plant Virtue," was rather hard to un
derstand. "The Spiritual Syringe for
Souls Steeped in Devotion," was cer
tainly an unique title, while "Button
and Button Holes for Believers'
Breeches," is simply delicious, though
"The Little Razor' of Worldly Orna
ments, "and "Spiritual Snuff-box," rank
very high. "High-heeled Shoes for
those who are Dwarfs in Sanctity," and
"Crumbs of Consolation for the Chickenf
of the Covenant," must have htd a great
sale. That was an oddly-named book
written by an imprisoned Quaker : "A
Sigh for the Sinners in Zion, Coming
from a Hole in thq Wall, by an Earthern
Vessel,, known among them under tho
name of Samuel Fish." Here is volu
minousness combined with rare modesty."
Drake's Magazine. "
The Massachusetts Cattle Commission
ers, after three years' investigation, are
convinced that hog cholera in their State
is spread by feeding swill containing
germs of the disease brought from the
West in fresh pork, and that in no case
does it spread from pen to pen, unless
infected animals come in -contact with
healthy ones.
THE VIGILANTES.
HOW THEY QUEIjIjED LAWLESS
NESS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
An Array of Determined Men Who
Took the Law Into Their Own
Hands in California's
Gold Fever Days.
General Frank E. Pinto, of Brooklyn,
was a member of the United Vigilance
Committee of San Francisco in 1856. In
the Brooklyn Eagle General Pinto says:
"The reign of lawlessness in San
Francisco at various distinct periods,
beginning with the discovery of gold in
1849, is familiar to all. One of these
periods was in 1856 when a group of
desperadoes murdered, plundered and
stuffed ballot boxes and then relied upon
those whom they helped to put into
office to shield them from punishment.
At a municipal election held at this time
a number of these desperadoes, includ
ing Yankee Sullivan, James P. Casey and
others, took possession of the precinct
Presidio, on the outskirts of San Fran
cisco, and made up their minds to return
whomsoever they chose. It was said that
a certain man had agreed to pay the
gang a good sum of money to
return him as supervisor, but not
coming to time with the cash it
was decided to return Casey, and this
was accordingly done. Casey was a
notorious rough and the respectable por
tion of the iuhabi tants of San Francisco
were very much exasperated that he
should be put in a position of trust. Mr.
James King of William (so called be
cause tnere was another James .King in
San Francisco) editor of the Evening
Bulletin, took pains to look up Casey's
record and found that he had been a con
vict in Sing Sing. He obtained affidavits
from the court officers where Casey was
tried and convicted, and jof the keeper
at Sing Sing who had him in charge,
and these were published in the Evening
Bulletin. Casey and the gang to which
he belonged drew lots as to who should
shoot King and the lot fell to Casey. On
May 14, 1856, he met Mr. King at the
corner of Washington and Montgomery
streets and, drawing a revolver, inflicted
a mortal wound. This event still further
augmented the popular excitement.
Casey was hurried to the jail, but the im
pression seemed to prevail that he
would escape punishment for the
brutal murder of which he had
been' guilty. This condition of things
led to a revival of the Vigilance Com
mittee formerly in service, with greatly
augmented members. Drilling com
menced at once, and in a short time so
much efficiency had been acquired that
the Vigilantes decided to demand the
surrender of Casey and another desperado
named Cora from the civil authorities.
One of the daily papers of San Eranciscd
contained the following graphic de-1
scription of this event: 'Sunday, Jfay
18, 1856, will long be remembered as a
day on which emphatically the people
arose and as one man in sentiment and
feeling, in defiance of the officers of the
government, aided as these were by in
numerable gamblers, shoulder strikers
and Tuffians of every description, struck
, a blow that it is hoped will rid our com-
munity of all the pests of society which
. have disgraced the community for the
I past few years. Early in the morning,
I parties of armed men were seen in every
1 direction, each marching to their dis
tinct rendezvous appointed by the
Vigilance Committee. At 11 o'clock,
everything being in readiness, the com
mittee commenced forming in the streets
and soon after began their march. There
were twenty -four companies of 100 men
each, the great majority, being armed
with rifles or muskets and bayonets and
I . . .
revolvers, a large brass cannon was
j placed in the street, pointing to the door
of the jail. The gun was loaded and
ready to do execution at a moment's
I
notice. . The jail was surrounded, and
armed riflemen were placed on the roofs
of the neighboring houses. A commit
tee of leading citizens entered the jail
and requested the surrender of Casey and
Cora, which was granted. The former
drew a knife and made a show of
resistance, but soon saw the folly of
such a course. Both men were taken
to the headquarters of the committee
and closely guarded. On May 22d these
two men were hanged after having been
accorded a fair trial. Casey was con
victed of having killed James King of
William, and Cora of having killed
General William H. Richardson, , a
United States Marshal. Beams were run
out of two of the windows of the Vigil
ance Committee's rooms, with platforms,
and upon these the execution took place.
Along the streets for a considerable dis
tance on each side of the place of execu
tion wesfe-Tanged the committee more
than $
ousand in number-some on
foot, with muskets, and others on horse
back, with sabers. . The houses, in the
vicinity were covered with spectators,
and in the streets were collected not less
than ten thousand persons."
"Yankee Sullivan had also been taken
in charge by the "Vigilance Committee
and was in custody at the headquarters
of the committee. As he has made some
considerab'e stir in the world it may not
be out of place to here refer tq his career
before he came to San Francisco : Yankee
Sullivan was born in Ireland; the prefix
of "Yankee" to his name came from his
apteerth
f 1 A T Ann nVimif Vid
nUVlUg WOII1 UU AUICI lau nag u,muav "'u
waist in one of his prize fights in Eng
land. He escaped from Sydney, where
he had been transported for a felony, and
arrived at Sag Harbor, L. I., -in the ship
Hamilton during 1839. He came to San
Francisco ' in leoU, soon alter
his notorious prize fight with Tom
Hyer. The immediate cause of his arrest
by the Vigilance Committee was- his
complicity in ballot box stuffing. Gene
ral Pinto has in his possession illustrations
of the ballot boxes used on this occasion,
which consisted of movable sides, which
were hollow, thus concealing a large
number of ballots placed there before the
voting commenced. Sullivan was in the
custody of the committee for six days,
during which time Casey was executed
by the committee. It was no doubt the
fear of sharing the same fate that led
Sullivan to make the confession which
he did make and to finally take his own
life in the following manner: One morn
ing he awoke about 6 o'clock and asked
for a drink of water. He said that he
had just had a bad dream. ; He thought
that he was to die, that all the
preliminaries preparatory to hanging
him had beea gone through
with, even to the noose being placed
around his neck and he had stepped
upon the fatal platform, when he awoke.
The guard told him that the committee
did not intend to hang him, but to send
him out of the country. The guard
then left and returning about two hours
afterward with the prisoner's breakfast,
found him a corpse. He had severed
the main artery of his arm above the
elbow, and had bled to death. The
wound was- inflicted with a common cae
kDife which he used iu cutting his food.
Such is the history of the man who,
more than thirty years afterward, i3
represented as a martyr to the vengeance
af the Vigilance Committee."
Why Do Our Teeth Decay So Fast?
To this question Dr. Julius Pohlman
answers, because we do not use them
enough showing that as a rule "those
people who ore least acquainted with the
so-called hygiene of the teeth are the
happy possessors of the soundest denti
tion" like the negroes who chew sugar
cane, the German peasants, who are
famous for their brilliant "Schwartbrot
Zahne," or "rye-meal -bread teeth,"
polished but not worn out by daily
mastication of dry, hard, black loaves,
and the few old people left among us
who persist in eating bread-crusts. Our
weaK and effeminate- teeth are not
used to hard work, and, like other
organs that are not exercised, tend to
atrophy. "The foundation for bad
teeth," says this author, "is generally
laid in early childhood; for numberless
mothers and nurses very carefully soften
the food or remove the crust from the
bread before giving it to the little folks,
because it may otherwise 'hurt their
teeth,1 and so the child grows up with a
set of unused organs in its mouth; and
when we have finally succeeded by the
creation of artificial conditions in pro
ducing weak organs, then we wonder
why the poor child has such bad teeth,
and .why it is so often suffering with
toothache, and why the dentist's bill is
so high. Teeth are organs specialized
to perform the work of mastication ; they
are subject to the same laws that govern
other organs, and their strength is de
termined by their, use. Understanding
this, we are obliged to admit th&t, if we
ever become a toothless race, it will be
our own fault." Popular Science Month
hi. Old-Fashioned Liquor Sellers.
In colonial times only widows and
decrepit old men of good character were
entitled to receive a license for the sale
f liquor; the oath required was some
what characteristic of the times, and i3
as follows:
"The applicant for a license promises
to exert his or her influence, as becom
ing a good Christian, to preserve order
and discourage profanity and further
promises that his bar-room door shall be
closed on Sunday."
jn the above oath, the Sunday closing
merely refers to '.'bar-raom door." This
was certainly somewhat ambiguous, and
at the pretent day I have no aouot
would lead to misunderstanding and pos
sible complications with evasions of the
law. But as no one outside of professing
Christians were in those days supposed
to apply for or obtain a license, it is
hoped the recorded oath was respected j
in both the letter and spirit of its read
ing. Philadelphia News.
The Cultivator says that "in reply to
everal communications asking present
position of the driven-well litigation, we
would state that the denial by the United
States Supreme Court of the application
for a review of the case of Andrews vs.
Hovey has finally strangled this impu-
dent and fraudulent patent claim. Far
mers using driven-wells or about to make
such need pay no attention to agents or
speculators making attempts to collect
driven-well royalties."
In an article on American oysters, the
New York Sun says: "The natural
oyster-beds in this country are rapidly
becoming extinct. The famous Saddle
Rock beds were dredged for seventy-five
yards some time ago, with the following
result : A roller-skate, ' bottles, ashes,'
pasteboard, refuse, eight large oysters,
and a peck of small seed.'
THE LATE KAISER.
ANECDOTES ABOUT EMPEROR
WILLIAM'S GOOD NATURE.
Tfee Emperor and the Excursion
istsA Fall Backward Hairs
That Were Prized Rulers
Whom William I. Outlived.
At Babelsburg, his favorite country
house, he used frequently to permit
parties of excursionists to be conducted
through the principal appartments, even
when he was actually staying in the
Schloss. It happened once that he was
engaged in the library with one of his
secretaries, when the castellan, all un
conci3Us of his revered master's presence
in a part of the house seldom utilized
for official interviws, ushered a "sec
tion" of the sightslers from . Berlin into
-.5 -
an adjoining drawfng-room. The Privy
Councillor "in waiting" was for
promptly closing the door of communi
cation, in order to keep out the unwit
ting intruders; but his Majesty would
not allow his holiday making subjects
to be balked of their amusement. Upon
opening a door in the oaken paneling
he said gaily: ''I will go in here and
wait until they have been passed on into
the. other apartments; then I can come
out, and we can resume our conversation."
With no more ado, he squeezed himself
into a narrow room, like a cupboard
used by the servants for storing away
old china, glass, and other superfluities :
a repository, moreover, of housemaids'
brushes and dusters. There he patiently
remained, in. the dark for five or six
minutes, whilst the Berliners were hand
ling, the knick-knacks on his writing
table, peering at his pictures and read
ing the titles of his books. The con
fiternation of the attendants may be im
agined whtn, as the last excursionists
passed out of the library, his Majesty
emerged from the china-closet and called
back one of the footmen, saying, under
his breath : "Fetch me a clothes brush,
for my coat has got very dusty whilst I
was in prison."
In the spring of 1878 the Emperor was
dressing one morning, when his servant,
a man who had been attached to his per
son in the capacity of valet for more
than thirty years, thinking that the
"Hohe Herr" had completed his toilet,
removed the chair (fronting the round
swing looking-glass) upon which His
Majesty was want to sit while being
shaved and brushed. Not noticing the
absence of the chair from its accustomed
place, the Emporer sat down en Pair and
fell heavily upon the floor a perilous
mishap for a tall and stoutly built man
in his eighty-second year. After helping
the Kaiser to his feet, the half distracted
old servant burst into tears and fell upon
his knees, sobbing out entreaties for for
giveness, and fears Jest His Majesty
should have suffered some grievous hurt.
"Do not be alarmed," said the good old
Emperor, smiling kindly upon him, and
motioning him to rise. "Stand up; it is
nothing,
but only
You were not to blame at all,
my own carelessness in not
looking behind me before
I sat down."
The. same attendant use to tell how,
early one morning a very great lady had
asked to see the King's bed-room and
dressing-room, just after His Majesty
had left them. "She had a written per
mission, and one of the Royal aides-decamp
came with her to tell us that der
hohe Herr wished everything to be
shown to her. I brought her in, and
she looked at His Majesty's toilet things
just as you are looking at them now. I
had been combing my master's hair, and
had not had time to set everything to
rights; so there was still a few gray hairs
left between the teeth of the comb.
Would you believe it, before I could
stretch out my hand to stop her she had
picked up the comb, disengaged the
stray hairs from it, and hidden them
away in her dress. And she a Princess,
too ! I exclaimed : 'Highness, that won't
do; nobody must take my King's hair
without his permission.' But the aide-de-camp
said : 'Let be ; Majesty will be
flattered; I esides, you know that he
never refuses anything to ladies. When
I told the hohe Herr he only laughed,
and said : 'Thou art like thy old master;
thou can'st not say NoT" St. James's
Gautte.
RULERS WHOM WILLIAM I. OUTLIVED.
The deceased Emperor of Germany,
William I., witnessed during his life the
removal from their seats of power of six
Popes, nine Emperors, fifty Kings, six
Sultans and twenty one Presidents of the
United States. Of these rulers five are
still alive Amadeo, ex-King of Spain;
Isabella, ex -Queen of , Spain ; Francesco
IL, ex-King of Naples, and the ex
Sultan Mouhrad V. They run as fol
lows: Six Popes Pio VI., Pio Vll., Leo
XII., Gregorio XVI., and Pio IX,
Two'Emperoi s of Austria
Francis L
and Ferdinand L
Two Emperors of France Napoleons
I. and III.
One Emperor of Mexico Maximilian.
t Four Emperors of Russia Paul L,
Alexander I., Nicholas L, and Alexan
der IL
Five Sultans Selem IIL, Mustapha
IV., Mahmoud II. , Abdul Medjid and
Abdul Asiz.
Five Kings of Sardinia and Italv
Charles Emanuel, Victor Emanuel I.,
Charles Albert aad Victof
Emanuel II.
Four Kings of Naples-Ferdinand T :
Joachim Murat, Francis I. and II
Three Kings of Portugal-Pedro Tv ,
Pedro V., Luis I. N
Three Kings of Prussia Fred Pw u
William II., III. and IV.
Four Kings of Bavaria Maximiiai
Joseph I., Louis I., Maximilian I
Louis II. :
Two Kings of Wurtemberg ErederVTr'
I. and William L CS
One King of Westphalia Jerome.
One King of Belgium Leopold I.
One King of Greece Otto L
Three Kings ofHolland Louis. Will
iam I. and II. t
Three Kings of Great Britain Georgj
III. , G eorge IV. and William IV.
Three Kings of France Louis XVHL i
Charles X. and Lonis Philippe. V
Five Kings of Sweden Gustave IV j
Charles XIII., Charles XIV. (Bernal
dotte), Oscar I. and Charle3 XV.
Three Kings of Denmark Christian
VII., Frederick VI., Christian VIH.
Four Kings of Spain Charles TV :
Ferdinand VII., Joseph and Alfonso XT
New Tori Sun, '
Hospital for Invalid Pet Dogs and Cats.
On Bergen street, near Court, i
Brooklyn, there is a peculiar hospital.'
It is devoted to dogs and cats, and is the,
only one of its kind in the city. Th
building is large and roomy and patients
are numerous. Well-to-do people own
ing ailing pets are its principal patrons.'
Each floor of the edifice is divided into
wards, and the dumb creatures under
the doctor's care receive every possible
attention. Clean beds of straw or husks
are provided for each animal. While the
reporter, guided by the expert veterinary
snrgeon who conducts the establishmenti
was strolling through the retreat
stylishly attired lady entered with a dog.'
It was in the arms of a colored maid.
From the depths of a crimson blanket
a wrinkled and ugly face, ending with a
black nose, peeped out. The dog was
a pug and his right fore paw wa
broken. In a few moments the whining
animal was in the hands of the doctor
who, with a dexterous movement, set
the fractured bone, The leg was firmlyj
bound with strip3 of cloth, liniments
were applied and the patient 44put t
bed." ;
While the doctor was laying the little
pet down the animal gratefully licked
his hand, and at one time almost seemed
to laugh in the excess of his joy.
"When shall I be able to take 'Lion
away !" inquired the lady in anxioui
tones.
"You may call for him in ten days,
madam."
"Oh, but I must see him before that
"No trouble about that, madam; c&
and see him any day betweea ten a, m,
and five p. m." '
With a murmured "thank you, sir,'
the lady departed.
At the time of the reporter's visit there
were fifty-three dogs and probably half
as many cats under treatment. Some of,
the dogs
were suffering
with diseases
peculiar to dogs ; some had been badly
gnawed in street fights with other curs;
two or three had fractured tails, a'ndone
big fellow, evidently in the last stages of
decrepitude, was, to all appearances,
dying by inches. ' .
; "Yes," said the prof essor, "he is dying
of old age. He is a full blooded New
foundland and is owned by a gentleman
connected with Martin's Stores. Whca
he was placed in my hands six montha
ago he was nothing but skin and bones.
Oh, yes, he has picked up flesh, but I
can't save his life, and he will probably
die inside of a fortnight."
"What do you charge for board and
treatment ?,?
"Ordinarily about $4 a week, but in
cases where the animal is valuable and
requires unusual care we sometimes get
double that amount." "
One section of the building, the sunny
side, is reserved as the lying-in ward,"
which at the time of the reporter's visit
was inhabited by five canine mothers,
each of a different species bull dog,
mastiff, pointer, setter and greyhound.
The patients in that ward receive extra
attention, for which an extra price ifl
charged. Feline sufferers were found ia
another part of the building and those
that were able were partaking of their
evening meal. The hospital throughout
is as neat as wax. New York Telegram.
. The last census of the population of
Moscow and St. Petersburg has yielded
some interesting results as to the compar
ative nationality and religion of the two
Russian cap'taLi. Moscow is clearly the
more national of the two; according to
creed it is more orthodox and according
to language it is more Russian than St.
Petersburg. Thus ninety-two per cent,
of its inhab:tant belong to the orthodox
Eastern Church, while the number in St.
Petersburg U only eighty-five percent
In Moscow ninetv-four per cent., butuv
St. Petersburg on y eighty-four percent,
speak the Russmn languge as their
mother tongue. In St. Petersburg tea
per ent. of the i habitants are Protest
ants, but in ios:ow only two per tent
r . . i-.t ..!. . nmourKnt over thre
per cent, of the i? habitants are foreign
ers. wheiea in Moscow the proportion
j
a utile u er oe per cent.
Charles Felix.