Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1895 — Page 8

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. H. BLACKBURN, . - - Pmtroui. We do not want the metropolis to be called York.—New York Sun. Don’t worry; It will be called Chicago. George Vanderbilt has paid $60,000 for a tennis court near his country house at Baltimore. Just fancy raising a racquet over such a thing as that! A year's delay to a criminal is better than an alibi. It dulls public Interest, and when that Is dulled the machinery of courts is almost sure to work stiffly and listlessly. . I - L- . g Dr. Paul Brisson, of Paris, claims he has discovered that old age is due to a microbe, and says he knows how to exterminate it Paul seems to have stumbled on to the ballet girl’s secret. An East Aurora (N. Y.) husband has sued his wife “because she likes her bicycle better than she does him.” The bicycle co-respondent adds a new and picturesque complication to the latest fad. And now they say that young Chauncey M. Depew is in love and going to marry an $8,000,000 heiress. It was popularly supposed that Mr. Depew was only in love with humanity in general. Shovels sold for $3 apiece in the Oklahoma gold fields when the excitement was at its height, and it seems that a few of the luckier miners washed out enough of the metal to pay for their shovels. In the Punjab district of India, where there are no Keeley cures, 1,037 persons died of snakebite last year. The paragraphers will not overlook this opportunity to take a Punjab or two at this item. A morning paper has taken pains to secure an expression from each member of the Chicago high school graduates this year concerning aims and plans for the future. If it will take the trouble to repeat the inquiry five years hence it will find that the present aims have produced some most remarkable markmanship. The young lady at Duluth, Minn., who eloped with her father’s hired man, must not be criticised too harshly. It is true the colleges are turning out a great many educated idlers, but if the new woman prefers a man of industry instead of supporting a polished sprig of more or less ornate usefulness she should be permitted to indulge in the luxury. There has been much excitement in the neighborhood of Smithton, Pa., on account of the reported discovery of a spring of pure old rye whisky. The liquor bubbles slowly from the side of a hill, and is supposed to come from a number of barrels of whisky burled many years ago. Business in that region has practically suspended and many strong men are digging for that whisky, determined to find it or perish in the attempt England, in the Nicaragua case, establishes the principle that she will arbitrate only with nations of her own size. Her autocratand precipitate course in the Nicaragua trouble is unworthy of a great civilized country. The time will probably come when swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks and nations shall learn war no more, but England’s conduct in the Nicaragua difficulty of 1895 will not hasten that day’s The killing of C. B. Birch in Chicago the other day by a burglar who sought to rob the concern in whose service Mr. Birch was employed raises the question if the sacrifice of life is really warranted to defending property from thieves. While the fidelity and bravely of Mr. Birch are in the highest degree commendable, there does not seem to have been any real virtue on his part in sacrificing his life and depriving his of their natural protector and’stay of support merely to save a few hundred dollars to the corporation by whom he was employed. The consumption of tea grown in India and Ceylon is growing steadily and rapidly. It increased from 13,400,000 pounds in 1890 to 28,400,000 pounds last year, or more than double. Nearly half of the total for last year was taken by Australia, which country has become -a most important market for the produce. The quantity taken by the United States increased about one-third last year, and Russia, Canada and Turkey Q also are pugment.ing their consumption. Seeing that the coming crop is estimated at 140,000 000 pounds for India and 91,000,000 for Ceylon there evidently is room for a much greater expansion of the trade in these teas for the future. America against the world! The latest American product to take front rank is the cornstalk. In the construction of modern war ships there has been placed between the outer and inner skins of the vessel a substance called cellulose, whose business, when a shot has passed through, is to swell at contact with the inrushing water and.close the hole. The cellulose in use Is an English product made of cocoa. An American has been experimenting with the pith of cornstalks, and June 10 a test of the two was made at Indian Head. The conditions were precisely similar, an eight and a six inch shot being fired through each. The cocoa eellulcwe permitted a slight trickling of water/to get through, while the cornI

stalk, or American, cellulose was an absolute water stopper. The test was intended to decide which product to use in future construction of war ships, and the result eliminates, practically, the last foreign element from our cruisers and battle ships. There have been in England recently two examples of the recovery of lost wills found in Bibles. One was made more than thirty years ago, and leaves £16,000 to certain missionary societies. It was an illustrated Bible, which attracted the attention of a little girl; if there had been no pictures, it is sad to reflect that nobody would have looked into that Bible. It Is curious how the old custom of looking into Bibles—-not indeed for wills, but for bank-notes—-has gone out. It used to be the way of religious folks to give the sacred volume to their god-children, Interleaved in this excellent fashion. In Capt Marryat’s novels, the first act of a young midshipman upon receiving this present used to be to go through it very carefully from Genesis to Revelations. A few weeks ago a Gardner, Maine, young man bought a pair of socks containing a note saying the writer was an employe of the Kenosha, Wis., knitting works and wanted a good husband. She gave her name and requested the buyer, if an unmarried man, to write with a view to matrimony. The young man who found the note considered the matter in all its phases, and decided to write to the girl. He did. Awaiting the answer with considerable anxiety, he was at last rewarded with a curt letter stating that the girl was now the mother of two children, and had been married four years, and the letter he had answered had been written ever so long ago. It was a “sock” dollager, and the young man hunted for a solution. He found it The merchant of whom he bought the socks doesn’t advertise. “Weather and Crops,” issued by the Illinois State Weather Service, notes a few points in regard to atmospheric movements, attention to which will enable the careful observer to make an intelligent forecast of the_ weather in many cases if not in all. When the temperature falls suddenly a storm is ■forming to the south of the observer. When it rises suddenly the storm is rising to the north. The wind usually blows from a region of fair weather to one in which a storm is forming. Cirrus clouds (which are fine upper clouds) always move from a region where a storm is in progress towards a region of fair weather. Cumulus clouds (which are lower rounded masses) always move from a region of fair weather towards one in which a storm is forming. When cirrus clouds are moving rapidly from the north or northeast there usually will be rain, inside of twenty-four hours, no matter how cold it is, and if they are moving rapidly from the south or southeast there will be a cold rain storm on the morrow if it be summer or a snow storm if it be winter. The wind never blows except as the result of some difference of barometric pressure, and it flows from a heavier to a lighter pressure. It always blows in a circle or ellipse around a storm center or area of low pressure. 1 In the northern hemisphere if the wind blows from the north the heaviest rain is east of the observer, if from the ' south the heaviest rain is west of him, 1 if from the east the heaviest rain is 1 south the heaviest rain is west of him, : rain is north or northeast from the place of the observer. Politics In an Emergency. Col. William Nave’s chivalry and politeness are household words out West, says the Omaha Bee. One day the Colt onel was a passenger on a Western train held up by train robbers. While the robbers were going through the passengers, it was whispered around ’ that the leader was none other than the notorious Jese James? When It came to Col. Nave’s turn to empty his pockets, he said to the leader: “Am I correctly informed, sir, that 1 have the honor of being robbed by ths celebrated Jesse James?” “That’s my name, sir," was the reply j *‘Tfien, sir, I tender you my regrets and apologies,” said Col. Nave. “I am mortified to say that I have only three I dollars and eighty cents in my clothes. If I had anticipated this distinguished privilege, I assuse you that I would have been better supplied with currency. However, I happen to have a I blank check, and if you will allow me, ( I will take a great pleasure in filling It out, payable to your order.” I “Well, I’ll be if you’re not a cuckoo on ice,” said the robber chief. , “But -— me if you shall outdo me in . politeness. You can keep your three . dollars and eighty cents, and your : check, too.” ' “But I insist, sir!” “Oh, you be hanged!” said James, and ■ he went on and lifted the next passenI ger’s watch. i — ■ Capital in Electrical Business. The amount of capital engaged in the electrical business, not including telegraphy, is estimated as follows: England, $100,000,060; France, $150,000,000; Germany, $200,000,000; Australia, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, $50,000,000; Canada and other American countries, $50,000,000, making a total of about $680,000,000 in Europe and $500,000,000 in America. She (poutingly)—Before we were married you used to bring me candy every time you came. He (briskly)—Yes, my dear, and it cost a great deal less than the meat and potatoes 1 bring you now. —New York Weekly. There are a good many disastrous love affairs that never reach the telegraph. .

TUEJ VTNQ. i - 1 Daily, hourly, we » uav □ nnd weave, And whether we sing, or sit and grieve, The weaving goes on without delay, t Shaping our robe for the judgment day. [ Our smiles and our tears In blenddd sheen, ; All through the woof of the fabric gleaifi; ’ And tbe garment glitters with threads of i gold Wrought in by a patience manifold. ; The kindness that won an erring soul Strengthens the strands and brightens the ' whole; While the deed we deemed not worth a place ‘ In the finished web with joy weirace. 1 Our very thoughts in the pattern fair, . Now light’ned with love, now dark’ned 1 with care, The weaver’s mystical shuttle throws, , Till into the robe their likeness grows. 1 The tangled threads, the knots and the ends, All into the woof the Master blends; And with a touch of His skillful hand Brings into Its place each straying strand • •«««• O beautiful garment, thou sheen of pure gold, Reflecting God’s glory from seam and from fold! Environ my soul with thy beauty and light, That, approved, I may stand in Heaven’s clear light. 8. S. Eddy. fl Glittering Temptation. When Leander Clarke married Mabel Thorpe, he had no expectation of ever being a rich man, but as his affairs appear at the present time be is on the broad highway to future wealth. It all arose from the fact that be took time by the forelock, the only way poor mortals have of ever getting even with him of the scythe and hour glass. But it is this very thing that is causing him such a lot of mental anguish now, making his nights sleepless and threatening to undermine bis domestic peace. Mabel Thorpe laid no claims to social distinction when Leander met her first at some entertainment, where she rendered ' selections of classic music in such a masterly manner that be, being a lover of 1 music, was instantly attracted to her side, and staid there during the evening. For the rest she wore glasses, being nearsighted, and having been graduated from an Eastern college, was rather stiff and pedantic in her manner—a grateful change from the ordinary frisky young creatures with whom Leander bad been associated. It takes all kind of people to make a world—more’s the pity—and love goes where it is sent. Mabel had expected to become one of that noble army of martyrs, teachers, but when Leander proposed she reconsidered tbe matter, and thought she heard the voice of duty bidding her answer “yes,” and without more ado she accepted hinv Now Mabel Thorpe did not expect her hero to swim the Hellespont of life, with , all bis armor on, but she did demand from him-as she had a right to do-a high moral standard, for she had not married him unti) she had seen, as she believed, his whole 1 past life open before her like a book. There is no time when a man is as weekly sentimental and religious as when he is trying to live up to the standard of a pure young girl’s ideal, and Leander became almost an angel. There are very few of us capable of making human angels of ourselves. Good and i evil are as persistently present in our moral nature as light and darkness are in our , atmosphere, and one serves as the complement of the other. To banish night we use the light of science, to counteract wrong we invoke divine help; but so largely is our worldly nature in excess of our spiritual powers, that we are constantly in danger of erring to be forgiven, in other words, sinning and repenting. i Mabel Thorpe believed in an inflexible i uprightness. The command to do evil i that good may come was her perverted text. She was not aware that there are sins of omission, as Well as of commission, and that her uprighteous condemnation of sinners, and her severe judgements, were in themselves of a sinful nature. The selfrighteous are too often harder to live with than the sinner. Leander Clarke had been a good son, and lie intended to be a good husband. He was both proud and fond of his wife, but certainly regretted that he could not give her all the luxuries that she could appreciate, not even the grand piano that her musical talent deserved. But he went to work with a will to make her happy, and hoped in a few years to be able to add all other needful things. Among the wedding presents of the young couple was one that far outshown all the rest—a superb set of diamonds sent by an uncle of Leander’s who was near to death, and gave tbe residue of a large estate in this extravagant present. Leander himself was genuinely sorry that such an undesirable gift had been made, but he argued that his wife was a sensible woman, and would turn them into something more suitable to their condition in life—a piano, for instance, which was a necessity rather than a luxury. What was his surprise when his bride said: , “I never was so pleased in my life. Diamonds represent to me the crystallization of everything beautiful in art and nature. I never dreamed that I should possess such magnificence.” ‘ ‘But these have no associations,” said her husband, -‘they are not heirlooms.” ‘VTbey will be; all diamonds were new at some time. And are they not associated with the dear old man who gave them ?” The dear old man had been a terror in the family, and had only given the diamonds to Leander’s wife because he hated that nephew a little less than the others, whom he hoped to make horribly jealous and angry and—bad succeeded. When Leander asked his wife to keep her aamouds in the bank, she promptly declined“But you surely will not wear them dear ?” he suggested. “Why not ?” she asked. “It would injure our prospects, and not be consistent with our position.” ■

“They wore a gift to me; surely I have the right to do as I please with my own.” ' 'The right —yes; but I thought my wife had more dheretiou. I did not know you cared fpf gew-gaws, Mabel.” So the first cloud came on the horizon of their love, but Leander was good-tem- { pared, and Mabel satisfied and it disappeared. The truth was that Leander had 'expected a handsome sum of money from this very uncle, who was a bachelor, and 1 very old. But age had not mellowed an ugly disposition to thwart his relatives, arid after raising the young man’s hopes Ire took a malicious pleasure in disappointing them. 8 The young couple began life in a pretty furnished cottage on the modern plan of a k chafing dish and hand-painted china, and it worked like a charm. Mabel presided over the dainty cuisine, the butler’s pantr/T the parlor and really did wonders. Leander , fell in love with her over and over again. But for the diamonds they would have been as happy as larks. Did they hear a sound at night—it was a burglar after those precieus gems. They were afraid to leave the house alone lest thieves break in and steal, and one or the other of the two was compelled to be the hiding place of the jewels, when they went out together. Mabel did not care to adorn 1 herself with diamonds when she went to market or to church, but she could not e listen to a sermon in peace if the gems were not about her. And somehow it did i annoy her to carry concealed wealth, like a brigand or a smuggler. j But when Leander had a chance to buy shares in the “Little Catawba” Lumber Company, and to make as much in three months as he would in a year by bls clerkship, Mabel would not listen to tbe suggestion that the bank would advance enough on tbe diamonds to enable him to make the investment. Then Leander discovered that his wife could be a very obstinate woman. It was in vain that be laid before her the benefit 1 that would result from a transient disposal r of the gems. She replied, not without r logic on ber side, that the ‘ ‘Little Catawba” - might be a failure, and then her precious 1 securities would be forfeited. Leander, ■ man fashion, grew -ngry, and after some r hot words reached the penultimate of pas--1 sion. “I wish,” be said, in tones of invective, > “that burglars would get the hateful > stones. They might at least be of some ■ use to them!” It is said that curses, like chickens, come I home to roost. After Leander bad asked 1 forgiveness for his rudeness and Mabel had 1 sweetly extended the olive branch of con- ■ ciliation, he suggested that she be doubly f careful of her cherished possessions. “The town is full of burglars, and they r know the people who have fine diamonds, ■ and if they once set out to get them they’ll 1 succeed.” I Mabel did not sleep with the diamonds ! in the same room. Womanlike, she 1 thought if she secreted them in some place where they would never be detected, they 1 would be safe. Neither the ash,barrel nor 1 the rag bag entered into her calculaliohs, • but places just as inconsistent did. > One night there was a crash in the room 3 below. Mabel shook her sleeping husband 3 and whispered in his ear: r “Burglars! Get your revolver and go I down stairs. The diamonds are in the bottom of the clock.” r Leander was startled and confused, but 1 as the noise continued, he hurried on his 1 clothes, and taking his revolver ran softly I down the stairs. Mabel remained where • she was, shivering with fear. 3 There was a fearful commotion below, 3 tbe noise of falling furniture, opening and ■ closing of windows and the rapid firing of ? the revolver after some flying robber. I Then regard for her husband’s life com--1 pelled Mabel to hurry to his assistance. She found him lying on the floor grasping - his revolver. 1 She did not faint or shriek, but kneeling 1 beside him bathed his face and besought r him to speak to her. ■ “Where am I?” he asked feebly, as he 3 tried to raise himself. “Are the diamonds 1 safe?" - “Never mind tbe diamonds," said his r wife. “Are you mortally wounded any--1 where ?” r “I don’t know," answered Leander feebly, and, to her credit, be it recorded, e Mrs. Leander assisted her husband to a •1 couch and sent off, or rather called for as--1 sistance, before she even thought of her 3 diamonds. > Then the open door of the clock told the f whole story. The diamonds were gone, B root and branch I And they were the only - things stolen. 1 If Leander had been surprised at the manner of his wife on receiving the jewels, > he was astonished at the calm indifference ! with which she parted from them. She t allowed the usual course to be taken to re--3 cover the thief, or thieves, to justice, but • when no results followed, she said she was r glad of it, that the gems had been like an 3 evil eye to them, and for her part she never 1 wanted to hear of them again. 1 “I wonder,” she said, “that I did not see it in that light before. I will never 3 keep anything in my house again to tempt 1 the cupidity of the wicked or unfortunate, t To that extent am Imy brother’s keeper.” > But the effect upon her husband was en- ■ tirely different. Either he caught cold on r that night of the burglary, or his nervous 1 system received a shock, for he was almost ■ ill from the effects of his tussle with the > burglar. And he could not endure to have 3 the subject mentioned before him. Not > even the success of tbe “Little Catawba,” r in which a friend bad invested for him, 1 gave him the peace and rest he craved. A little incident that happened at that • time did, however, help to restore him to 1 his normal condition. His wife received a small package, accompanied by a soiled 1 and dilapidated note, which, upon being opened, read: I ‘ ‘honord madem: “ i gets no sleap sence I stoal yure di- ' mons i no yure laidy an 1 am a retch if i • giu them up pra fur me. 3 “an unnone frend." And in the package Mabel found her 1 diamonds, exactly as she had last seen ■ them. I She was pleased—where is the woman > who would not have been?—and she at 1 once showed her confidence in her husband by placing the gems in his hands for safe ’ keeping in the bank. ' “I wish I had taken your advice earlier,” she said gracefully; “it would have saved 1 us so much trouble.” Leander murmered something about all being well that ends well, and at noon 1 brought her a certificate of deposit. There we leave them, on tbe way to for.

i tune and happ.ness if —if—Leander's con. science does not upset the whole scheme. > He would give a great deal to know, what i no clairvoyant could tell him, how much or how little Mabel has discovered- My f own opinion is that she saw through it from tbe first, and holds herself equally guilty ■ as accessory after the crime, and witn that I sweet fickleness widcli even an upright woman employs she will make herself a I loving accomplice. For It is a foregone i conclusion that Leander Clarke was his , own burglar—Detroit Free Press. I ■—- UACRED BEETLE. ’ An Insect That Invested’ the Wearei I With Rare Powers. [ The Egyptian scarabaeus is the most dis- • tlnguished insect in history, just as the ' American Eagle is tbe most distinguished bird. , According to Mr. Isaac Myer the scarabaeus was the symbol of an elevated re- , llgious idea embracing that of a future life , of tbe human soal, a resurrection of it t from the dead, and, most likely, of a re- , ward or punishment to it in the future 5 life, based on its conduct in the terrestrial t life. Mr. Myer has just written a work on ( this subject, which is published by Edwin > W. Dayton, in this city. t Three thousand six hundred years before , the birth of Christ, he says, the Egyptians I believed in Osiris, an eternal, living God, k as is proved by the tomb of Men-Kau-Ra, king of tbe fourth or Memphite dynasty, r builder of the third pyramid at Gizeth. f The Egyptians believed the heart to be , the seat of intellect and source of life and . when it was removed in the process of , mummification a model of tbe scarabacus , was put in its place. ( The scarabaeus is a beetle of which there are many varieties. The insect coms monly represented by the ancient Egypti ians is the ateuebus sacer. It had thirty t toes representing the thirty days of tbe I month, and the movement of tbe ball, t which it constructed and id which it de- > posited its eggs, symbolized, among other j things, the action of Ra, the Egyptian sun i diety, at midday. The soldier wore the , beetle as a charm to increase bravery, and , tbe women to promote fertility. It was supposed that the scarabaeus was exclusively of the male sex, but this was a de- [ lusion. In this capacity it represented the j creator of the world—self-begotten and conceived by no female. j It was often portrayed as a passenger in 1 a boat holding the sun in its plaws, rep--1 resenting the sun god. The other deities . prayed to it. A great many other powers were symbolized by it, including Ptah, the creative power. It was also used as a seal for the receptacles of valuable things, so that [ they could not be removed without destroying tbe sacred emblem. i The models of the scarabaeus used by i the Egyptians were commonly made of i such stones as green basalt, granite, lapis lazuli, jasper, cornelian, amethyit, sar1 donyx, agate and onyx. Many of them were very artistic. Pharaoh took his signet ring, in which was probably set a scarab, and put it on the hand of'Joseph to confer authority on him. i The stone scarabaeus was variously a rei ligious symbol, a charm, a medal struck in honor of sorqe event and a coin. . The Egyptians were troubled with no coinage i question, for a sacred image on any piece of stone made it money. Small scarabs are usually found on the breasts of mummies suspended by a wire of gold or worn on the forefinger of the left hand. Mirrors of Thought. Men will forget what we suffer but not : what we do. To struggle again and again to renew the conflict, this is life’s inheritance. The rainbow—see how fair a thing God hath built up from tears. 1 The woof of life is dark,- but it is shot with a warp of gold. A wide, rich heaven hangs above you, but it hangs high; a wide, rough world is arouud yau, and it lies very low. Goodness has slowly proved itself in the ' world —is every day proving itself—like a light broadening in darkness. In every sphere of life the post of honor i is tbe post of duty. If there is a virture in the world w* should aim at its cheerfulness. > Cheerfulness creates hope, which is the foundation of faith, and faith is more than : life, because it reaches into the beyond. ’ The world is shadowed or brightened by our own heart rather than by anything it- ' self. Our joy makes the cloudiest day 1 glad, and our grief finds night in the suu- ; set sky. The truly noble heart bears no resentment. Many a man who now lacks shoe leather would wear golden spurs if knighthood were the reward of worth. Towels, but No Soap. - i —— A recent and noteworthy manifestation of the newspaper enterprise and liberality | toward subscribers in the matter of prem- ■ iums is to be recorded to the credit of our esteemed contemporary, the Journal, of Beaver Springs, Penn. It'says; TURKISH TOWKLS FREE. i We are making every honest effort to secure new subscribers to tbe Journal, and now offer to send the Journal one year together with a beautiful brown Turkish towel, size 12x22 inches, two ply goods, fancy color, for only 15 cents. Send this amount in stamps to tbe Journal, Beaver I Springs, Penn., and receive the towel at once and Journal.regularly every month for a year, all postpaid. This is a great offef and is open to new subscribers only. Surely a great opportunity for the people of Pennsylvania, but why the Journal don’t ! throw in a cake of soap is more than we ■ can understand. i ■ i Raise a Crop of Pickles. A great proportion of the cucumber 1 pickles used in the East are grown in one Main County. Over 160 acres are given I up to pickle growing in the vicinity of the i town of Camden. Tbe crop is a profitable one, usually yielding <4’ income o| . SIOO to |l5O an a *• . t&ar;. :

ANIMALS nr WAR. BRUTESAND BIRDS TO BECOME MAN'S AID IN BATTLE. Naw Uses for Swallows, Storks, Faloons and Dopa by Ingenious European Military Experts. When the next European wa* comes it is more than probable that it will have a novel and picturesque point of military interest about it in the employment of animals, which will play quite as important a part in the campaigns in their way as the Generals and sdldlers. Ever si the earliest days of war—from very beginning of things, that is—horses have, of course, been military aids of the greatest value. Now it is planned—indeed, several of that, I European powers are actively making I experiments—to draft other animals I into the service, with the expectation I that they will be of great help. I France, during the times of ths I Franco-German conflict, brought the I science of carrier pigeons up to al high standard of efficiency. Then I it was thought that no superior to I this lithe little bird could be found I as a carrier of dispatches. But the I French military authorities are be- | ginning to think differently now. I Experiments have been made with I the swallow, and he has proved to be I swifter, surer and altogether morel satisfactory. There is the greatest! probability, therefore, that swallows! will be part of the army equipment! for the next campaign. I A new Idea has sprung up in French! military circles, nevertheless, that! after all it is rather imprudent for a! great army to intrust its messages,! frequently of great moment, to such! small birds, so subject to attacks from the great birds of prey that are! continually on the outlook for such! as they. It has been proposed that! storks be trained for dispatch service,! the theory being that the “nest in-fl stinct” in these birds, their swiftfl certain flight, their tremendous winfl and leg power and their strength t<fl meet any attack whatsoever in thfl air would render them ideal messenfl gers of war. fl The stork certainly could combafl successfully any hawk and almosM any eagle. Beside his strength would make it possible a great bundle of dispatches, of weight and size that a dozen pigeons or swallows would be unablM to convey, to be sent at once one cover. In Russia a theory a good deal this has already been put into tice, and a number of falcons havfl| this past year, been put into ing for the Russian army dispatcM service and have proved satisfactory. The falcon himself a most warlike bird, and ardently sists every attack made upon Warsaw and Brest-Litewski, on western frontier, have been the seafl|| of these experiments. As to animals pure and the elephant cannon-drawers in uM| in the British Army in India are familiar, and, from the days of tH| earliest British possession theflg have done magnificent service. 9! fact, they were indispensable in tfl! Sepoy campaigns. The camels £B| the East are also valuable ad junfll in the battles and forced around desert regions, because their tremendous powers of endfl! But it has been reserved for Gflg many to bring forward dogs as animals. An exhibition of “vMB dogs” has recently been Dresden, and some splendid mens of canine warriors shown. an attacking column these dogs show a formidable front against flfl soldiery of any other nation, :mdH!| discouragers of hesitancy during S||| retreat of an enemy they will prfl!| invaluable to the regiment possflfl ing them. Brigades of dragoons hussars will doubtless be superseßan by dog platoons. The only difficißSß that the German officers teaching the dogs to keep raHJgg until the order “Chargel” is Internal dissensions over bones JHb rations are also to be feared.,, /fl® at all events, there will be no--(«|£ culty in getting the new-fanflS 1 . warriors to advance upon the enfl. in spite of shot and shell. fl!fl Even that traditionally stupid flg|L mal, the goose, stupid in spitflfe£ the fact that she is reported to fly saved Rome at one time —lias a pfl bility of military glory underflg?: new ideas. There is an incident of a Bavarian light hussars, stationed at Ingolsfl. Germany, who adopted a young gB?, during their stay there and through kindness, become so fljj?; that it was quite the pet of the I ment. It showed its gratitudifl;* assuming the responsibility of duty and remaining vicinity of the sentry-box from sunrise to sunset. ]!■ There was no need whateveHfl the sentry to keep careful miar.!!j|k even to walk up and down, fi>!Ks‘, goose (this is a historic inciflfl! kept her eye open, and when!fl one approached would set umWfl; mendous squawking. The slflfl| could go to sleep if he pleasedH>B| indeed, many of them did). K -7 strange to say, no sentry duriiJfl, fl| goose’s sojourn in the caught napping or found wiWfl In fact, the soldiers used to sajU ■ the goose did the best duty iH ■ regiment. Such are animal ■ ■ bilities of the near future at mil W outposts. ■ Didn’t Want That Klud.l K." B' She went into a store to buy «mi! <l- - and while tbe clerk was expt! ■ on its merits, about made up her mßz'l purchase, but when be stated “ Itl keep off chaps,” she said she didn’! that kind. ■ I ■ ■