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r Twixt Life and Death or UNDER MEDICAL ADVICE, j A Strvrv of thp> Franco Prussian War. BY ROBERT BUCHANAN. CHAPTER VII. THE WATCH-DOG. As 6he approached the bedside she started and almost uttered a cry. The wounded man had turned upon hi; pillow, and with his eyes wide open was steadfastly regarding her. Hie expression was cold and strauge, yet not altogether without gentleness. With a low moan he < moved his hand as if to extend it toward her, but, faint with the effort, he sank back, sighing painfully. Trembling with agitation, she drew near and gently arranged the pillow beneath his head. As she did 60, he turned his eyes again upon her. "The Doctor thought I was insensible," he murmured; "but I?I was listening. Now that we are alone, accept my blessing mud mv thanks for your sweet charity." "Hash! compnsevourself," replied the ?*irl. "Do not excite yourself, monsieur. oar life perhaps depends on perfect rest." "May?may I kiss your hand?" "Without hesitation she placed her hand close to his lips and suffered him to tonch it with them. She could feel his warm tears and her own began to How again in sympathy. "Heaven bless you!" he said. "Yonder, beyond the Bhine, a maiden like yourself is waiting and watching for her brother? : a pretty maiden, with sunny golden hair? [. like yours, fraulein." "Do not weep," 6aid Blanche; "soon you will be well, and then?you will return to , her, monsieur." His eyes closed and his head fell back upon the pillow, muttering and murmuring to himself in his own tongue. Blanche aw that he was in much pain. Obeying ~lhe Doctor's instructions, Bhe carefully sponged the wounded arm, and veiy soon We young omoer ieu into a irttuquu Mccp. Meantime there was much excitement f and grumbling down below. Houzel stood . In the porch, leaning on his gun, and surrounded by his dogs, interviewing Hubert mad the other servants. There was but one opinion?that this entertainment ol one of the enemy was on ugly and an unlucky business. "There is but one way to Berve 6ucb canaille!" cried Hubert. "He should have been knocked on the head at once." "They should have left me to take care bim!" growled the keeper. "1 kno* "c_ bow to 6ettle vermin." He started and changed color; for his young mistress stood on the threshold, pale and indignant. feV."Silence, Houzel!" she cried. "If my iather were lj^re he would do as I have done. Hubert, go to the kitchen?go, alJ you." i Mattering amon>? themselves, the servants retired. Houzel kept his position, leaning against the porch, and looking black as thunder. As for you, Houzel, you should know gV better. Ton are better educated, and abould have more compassion." "I have no compassion for him!" returned the keeper. "He has no right to R- \ be in this house.n jy And shoaldering his fowling-piece, he xnaae a movement 10 leuvo iu? pm^o, then, turning ?uddenly and encountering , the eyes of his young mistress, he added, f- regretfully: t - Forgive me, mademoiselle. I know I fee have made you angry. But I shall be close at hnnd in case you need protection." And lifting his hat, the keeper moved from the door, followed by his dogs: The night was an exciting one to Blanche. She scarcely closed her eyes. Next morning Dr. Huet looked in, full of excitement. The wounded man sat propped up with pillows, wide-awake, and submitted quietly and without a murmur while the Dootor made his examination. "Come, it is not so bad as I thought." '! i muttered Huet. "I suppose I must consider myself a prisoner, proceeded the German. "Certainly; and that reminds me?the j commanding officer of the disl_.ct insists ?n removing you under guard unless you give your parole not to attempt to escape or to communicate with the enemy." Just so," returned the German, wearily. "You have my parole." Blanche followed tha Doctor to the door. "Your generosity was a little over the -Stark," he said, answering the question od her face. "That fellow will be 011 his lege in a day or two, and then you will be rid By' cl him, I hope." The Doctor's prediction turned out perft ' feetly correct. Within three days the Gorman roseJrom his. bed and descended the stairs. He looked pale and worn, and carried his left arm in a Fling, but othcririse a handsome fellow. Standing bareheaded at the porch, he quietly smoked his pipe and surveyed the country prospect around him. As he did o he becnme conscious of a powerful figure 6e:ited some fi'fty yards from the chateau, leaning oa a fowling-piece and regarding him intently. Descending the etepB, the German was approaching him, -when Houzel (for it wis be) sprang to his I feet and waved bim lack with an angry I - fffwtnra. ? "Wfiat is the matter, my friend?" asked B the officer, quietly, :n the French tongue. K Houzel's only reply was a scowl of cav& ?ge dislike; bat when the other made a B fresh movement toward him the keeper B again ordered him back. B, "I see," he mutteved in German. "I am * prisoner, after all, and this snrly dog is B any Cerberus." 9 Turning somewhat feebly toward the B chateau, he came face to face with Blanche, who was descending the terrace. B He saluted her with deep respect. She B bowed to him nervously and was passing H i>y, when his voice arrested her. B "Do not think me impertinent, fraulein; but may I speak to vou? If so. I should M like to thfink you for the great service you have done me." K "Do not speak of it, monsieur," she re -plied. "I have only done what my father i.i would have done had he been here." ?B father is from home, fraulein?" |G "les; fie is with the army." K "May God bring him back to vou safaHe should be a proud and happy Kg man to have so good and beautiful a daughter." M He glanced round as he spoke and met H the eyes of Houzel, who had reseated himself and was straining his ears to' catch the words of the conversation. H -1 am under guard, I perceive," snidthe German, with a quiet smile. "May I risk, OT is that gentleman a soldier? By his ? "That ia only Houzel," interrupted |K; Blanche. "He is my father's forester; 9J -and if he is guarding any one it is myra "Indeed! But that I fear to give you Hi ^affense, I should say that Herr Houzel is H oot very amiable." Si "He ?r faithful," replied Blanche, genfifi "A good dog's virtne." said the German, H ihrugging his shoulders. "But I do not wonder t< at he is faithful to you." Mm Houzt-1, who heard every word, shook I !ike a leaf, but made no other sign. BBS CHAPTER VIII. EjiS THE JOBESTEB. JK: In the edge of the woods of Grandpre, jB OOt far fiomtbe spot where Blanche de SB GaTiolles had first encountered the GerK anan officer, stood a one-storied cottage, Rfil -looking seaward toward the cliffs. In summer time wild roseB and creepers cov- 1118 ered the porch and overhung the windows, 016 but in late autumn the place looked deso- *ro late enough. The furniture within was tnr - - ~ ? j-.i " rude and simple, tne noors 01 coarse uem, . but in the recesses were larpe presses or ?D8 wardrobes of old oak which had been j? I there from time immemorial. In this "SI cottage had dwelt the Houzels, fathers eJe and sonB, for several generations, but now wa! the young keeper was its only tenant. Houzel regarded his office with abundant pride and guarded the preserves as tendeily as if they were treasures of gold. ,/ When he did catch a trespasser after game ~*8 he was sensible enough to take the law into his own hands instead of dragging the offender before the Chevalier, who co: would have dismissed him with a slight bu rebuke; so what the bad characters of the ^ neighborhood had to dread was not the ??]| law and a prison, but a severe thrashing from the forester and keeper, of whom, indeed, they were thoroughly afraid. "ai The night after the meeting between Bu Blanche and the German, Houzel watched ?b< the chateau till he fouud that every one had retired to rest and then, with a face " as black as thunder, strode down to the wa cottage. Entering, he threw aside his gun and Bat down by the fire, where the On old man, his assistant, was already sit- tal ting, cleaning a ru6ty fowling-piece. no "Well, muster, what news?" asked the sio old man, after a long silence. "Yon look bli as if yon had seen a ghost." "I have seen the German," returned sb< Houzel, with an imprecation. "He ie still ott there at the chateau; and, look yon, ' Mademoiselle Blanche treats him as if he me were one of ourselves?a Frenchman!" wo "Ah! that is bad, very bad!" wo "Bad?it is infamous! I have a mind, bai Bome of these days, to eerve him as he Ad served mademoiselle's hound?to put a wh bullet through his heart? What think you th< he said in my hearing, Andreas! That nei mine was a dog's vocation. Well, he shall J find that the dog can bite. nit "These Germans are the devil, master," wo said Andreas, servilely. "They are eat- en ing us up alive?locusts. And as soon us j one is slain there comes a thousand; and cei every day it is growing worse." ofli Instead of replying Hauzel rose and began pacing to and fro the glowing cham- chi ber. ] "No word from the Chevalier?" asked fro Andreas presently. am Houzel'shook his head gloomily, while cri the other added: " - 1 * "? Ten- T>1?I nni xi ne nas iaiicu, luanei, jiuc. jjhwvue ? "will be an orphan. That will be bad, very ] bad." "Yes, you are right. She has only her *E father." tui "Let me see," muttered Andreas, glanc- | ing slyly at the other as he spoke. "How ma old is'my young lady?" w0 "She is eighteen in January. The fifth gj, is her fete day. Yes, nearly eighteen wi years old." j01 "Old enough to marry, master," sug- wj, gested Andreas. "You are a fool!" said the young man in ^ a tone so savage that the old man almost started from his seat. " Who talks of mar. ] rying? Mile. Blanche is a child. Per- aQ( haps she will never marry. ma Yet, as you say, should anything hap- Btc pen to the old Chevalier she will be alone." "Bad, very bad!" murmured Andreas, in his pet phrase. "She will have no one to protect her." "She will have me!" returned Houzel, Be, in the former savage way. "No harm will t^. come to her while I am near." "Perfectly; Dut that is different." i "You mean that I am not her eqnal?" demanded the young man; adding, while > the other coughed apologetically, "Well, ^ you are right; I am her father's servant and here. For the rest, she hag no equal . . in the world." , The conversation ended, and a sullen silence followed, which was not broken p till the old man rose, bade Houzel "good- , night," and shuffled off to bed. Houzel , remained seated by the fire, staring gloomily into the burning wood. The flame fell ? upon him, suffusing his sunburnt face and ca neck with a deeper red. "The German was right." he mut- ?? tared. "It is a dog's service, after all. What am I better than her hound, that would run after her, obey her bidding, and lick her hand? Well, that alone would content me; I ask no move. Yet when she f?1 speaks to him, our enemy, she is changed; p her face is different, and I think sometimes Pshaw! I am a fool for my f?1 pains. I at lease am a Frenchman; he, H.? one of the accursed vermin who are deso- iv luting France." AVhen day broke Houzel was at his post S1' watching the chateau. Before the sun was visible in the heavens Blanche came forth and found him leaning against a " tree, his eyes upon the terrace. She smiled gentlv as he saluted her, and said: "Here again, Houzel! You are like 8? my shadow, and wherever I turn I find you." B1 "Your pardon, mademoiselle," he re- de plied. 1 am watcning tne Lrerman pns- ne oner." yo "Surely that does not concern you. Besides, he"has given his parole." "I do not trust him," was the gruff reply. *u "You are a true Frenchman." she said, ?e' laughing. "You hate the poor gentleman fa 6 imply because he is a stranger and a Ger- Pr ?an." flr "Me finds his prison pleasant, mademoiselle," returned the keeper, significantly. 7? "I do not think he would care to leave it u even if his countrymen came to take him away." Something in the tone, more than in the words, made Blanche flu^h angrily. She t was about to reply when she snw the subject of their conversation approaching from . the house. He saluted her respectfully, and then glanced curiously at Houzel. y"Our friend is still on guard," he 6aid. "Must I ask his permission to wander a al few 6teps further from my cnge?" a? The eyes of the two men met for a mo- 0j ment; then, while Houzel turned his head iway and looked sullenly at vacancy, the . German again addressed Blanche. c' "You are my jailer, fraulein," he said, sa smiling. "May I ask you how far my lib- hi jrty extends?" ct "You have given your word of honor, re monsieur," she answered, "and surely that aI is enough. I have told Houzel that you w will not try to escape." ~ "On my honor, no," said the German, ^ lightly. "I am well contented to remain al in so fair a prison." p! He walked slowly toward the avenue, d Houzel seized his gun and made a movement as if to follow him and turn him t back, bat at a look from his mistress he refrained. Then, after a moment's hesi- Cl tot/on, Blanche followed the Gorman. rc who turned quickly on hearing her toot- te 6tep behind nim. ft "Donot go far, monsieur," she said. )0l "The woods are dangerous, and, perhaps " cc "Perhaps I have reason to dread a stray 7' shot from some over-zealous Frenchman? Well, I will take care. But it is very good c? of you to take such interest in one who cc is, by the fate of war, your enemy; and 1 ic thank you with all my heart." hi He paused. looking into her face with ill-concealed admiration. Never had the lady of Grandpre looked brighter and prettier. A soft rosy flush lay upon her w cheek, and her eyes were full of gentle m light. m "May I ask, monsieur" tc "Ask anything, fraulein," he broke in, gallantly, as she hesitated, "and be sure that I will answer yo:i." "It is your name that I would ask, mon- w ?ienr." m "Heinrich von Hartmann. I am a cap- te tain in the Uhl.in cavalry. I see you have 6C heard of us Uhlans?we have a bad name t? here in France; and 6ome of us, I grant you, ate uglv fellows. For example, he who shot your poor hound." They walked slowly on, side by side. Glancing back over his shoulder* Hart- tt maun saw the keener 6lowlyfo.lo wing, gun i e' in hand. jt "The watch-dog follows," he said, laugh- jt ing. e: How bii^ht and manly he seemed with & olear. iranK eves and finely cat reats. How different, Blanche thonght. rn . i _ 1 mine ierocious -teutons sue nau pited in her dreams. I have been writing a letter this morn- , be said, after 6ome moments. "It )ossible that I am returned among our ; of dead, and If 80 there will be wet is iu the little Gerinau town where I ^ 5 born. Do you think, fraulein, that letter could be 6ent across the lines?" I cannot tell," answered Blanche; "I 1 speak to Dr. Huet." Lnd as she spoke she glanced np into face again and saw, to her surprise, X his eves were quite moist and dim. e remembered then his former words t iceininc the "little sister." waitine for i n in Germany. And this was one of ) ) ferocious Teutons whom she and her j mtrvmen had been taught to hate. It is not for myself I care, fraulein," ctmtinued, smiling gently upon her; ' id, indeed. I have beeu very fortunate. ' ,t my mother and sister, poor 60uls, i juld not suffer unnecessarily. I should i e to set their hearts at rest." 1 'Perhaps," said Blanche timidly, "the ] r will soon be over, and then " 'The war is only beginning, fraulein, ir armies will not halt until Paris is J :en. They are close upon the city even * w. You see, it was a foregone conclu- ' >n from the first Your Emperor was \ nd or he might have known. 1 "It is dreadful!" cried the girl. "Why ould your people and mine hate each lereomuch?" ' 'They are like children,"returnedHart- J >??? "on/1 .In BE iVinu urn tnnirM.. Tf man 1 OUV4 uv VMWJ ,"*w ~~0"" "* ? ? I uld only think for themselves there j old be no more war. Bad rnlers and , d teachers poison the air we breathe, j d, after all, what is war? A game in lich no one gains, bnt all suffer alike? 5 poor above all. It is a horrible busi- < ss at best." # 1 How strange it seemed to Blanche! In < ich the same way, in almost the very ] irds, her father had spoken to her again , d again. it this moment Honzel strode np un- 3 emoniously and addressed the German icer. Come back. You are wanted at the ?tean." Sartmann tnrned, looking back. In nt of Grandpre stood a file of soldiers i an officer. While he hesitated Honzel ed, savagely: Comeback! Are yon listening? At ce!" rlartmann's pale face flushed angrily. 'Yon are not polite, mv friend," he said. -j xi T owever, since uiey waui uie, ? win ? n." Saluting Blanche respectfully, Hart.nn moved as rapidly as his strength uld permit him back to the chateau, anche followed, trembling violently, tien they drew near, the soldiers stepped ward and surrounded the German, lile a grizzled French officer, full of element and importance, stood and gave ) word of command: 'Forward with your prisoner!" Behind the officer Btood a Lieutenant, d, close by, Huet, the doctor. Hart- j inn saluted in military fashion and tod waiting to be questioned. 'Your name?" 'Heinrich von Hartmann, Captain of ) Nineteenth Uhlans. 'You were wounded and taken prisoner reral davs ago while reconnoitring near ie placed" Hartmann bowed. 'How are we to know that you are not e ot the enemy's spies? On your nor, have you held any communication ice your capture?" 'None. I nave only just risen from my d, and, asvousee, I am still an invalid." "Very well," said the officer, with % >wl; "you will have to accompai.) us to cumD. "On foot, monsieur?" "On foot! The devil! Yon look strong ongh. Yes, on foot. Do you want a rriage and pair?" Here Blanche interfered, and pleaded well with the officer, who knew and sated her with great respect, that he conDted to let the German remain at randpre for another twenty-foar hours; ter which, if he was still too weak to arch to Fecamp, he Rhould be taken ither in some kind of a conveyance, srhaps the officer would not have connted quite ro readily had Dr. Huet not en present; but a few words from the >ctor convinced him that to remove artmann summarily would be an act of eat brutality. The soldiers departed, accompanied by r. Huet, and once more Hurtmann and anche were left together. "I have once more" to thank you," said e German. "Really, you seem to be my od angel." "Please do not speak of it," replied lanche, drooping her eyes,before the arnt look of gratitude which he bent upon r face. "You are welcome hero until in are strong er.ongn to go away." Before she knew what he was doing, he joped and kis6ed her hand?60 reepectlly, and yet so ardently, that 6he blushed 3 as crimson. Then, as she turned her ce away, she became conscious of the eeencti of Houzel, the keeper. Hi* eyes were averted, but hi? face was ished and burning, and the great blsck ins stood out upon his temples, while s hands spasmodically gripped his gun. [TO BE CONTINUED.] A School for the Insane. The pupils range in age from fourteen > seventy-seven. Preference, however, given to the younger one3 who desire > attend, more than half being undei >rty, nearly one-third under thirty, and Dout one-eighth under twenty years of ?e. They suffer from the various formi f mental trouble, but here again prefer.' ice is given to those wno Have meianlolia and the more acute forms of inmitv. Chronic cases are not excluded, Dwever, and among those who can reiive no benefit save the two hours' daily ilief from the monotony of asylum lifa e two Virgin Marys, one queen of the orld, one daughter of eil-President leveland who is Dearly seventy years of je, two who imagine that they have issed from the scenes of earth and well among the dead, and one who has le curious delusion that people are conantly walking upon her fingers. As irable cases, and those most likely to cover, are the ones who geueally atind the school, the direct curative inaences can not be accurately estimated; tit, as might be expected, the most enjuraging results are met with in the jung and in those whose insanity has sen of compnratively short duration. I in recall two cases where tlie patient >uld not read or write before becoming isane, but became fairly proficient in ath before returning home. Three :hers also occur to me who appeared ?be in the depths of dementia, but ere, after several days of patient trial, ade to feel an interest in a "puzzle ap," and each went on uninterruptedly > recovery and home. Another patient the terror of the warci, in which sho ays until ten o'clock in the morning, hen she goes quietly to school and reains for two hours one of the must inTested of them all. After leaving the :hool she again becomes ugly and irriible, and it is only the fear of being ept away from it that makes her at all jntrollable. Surely these scattered inances show results sufficient to justify le efforts made; but I am sure that, ren where the results are not so marked, le school is at least an important adinct to employment, gumes, out-of-door cercise, and amusements.?Popular cicnct Jfantfilj/. i "ROITINF, PATIENTS. 12 ti LMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL FOR C SICK HORSES IN NEW YORK- c a c Inimals With Broken Less or Other ^ Ailments Picked Up and Cared v For by Mr. Bergh's Society? il Dental Treatment. h Time was when a horse prostrated on 8 he street from sunstroke or exhaustion 4 ffas either shot at once, or if the owner F lad a hope of saving the animal it was 6 eft to sutler in agony on the pavement. ^ Now an ambulance is called for a sick 8 )r injured horse in about the same way ^ ;hat one would be summoned for a hu- ^ nan being. The first policeman to ar- 1 rive on the scene goes to the nearest tele- 8 phone and calls up the Society for the c Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.' He * jails for a horse ambulance in a hurry. I In electric button is pressed, the gong 1 ?ounds in the ambulance house on East T rwenty-second street, horses dash out of ^ their stalls and take their places beneath c the suspended harness, and in a few sec- * onds the big red ambulance is rattling ? 3own the street to the relief of the dis- * ibled animal. e If the horse is prostrated by the heat md cannot walk to the stable, he is placed in the ambulance and carried there in the most approved fashion. The method of inducing the horse to inter his coach is interesting. The ambulance is built very low, and the rear end is hinged so that when open it forms a pint form, over which the horse walks into the ambulance. If the animal is able to walk there is little difficulty in A HORSE IN THE 8L1NG. inducing him to enter. When be ie not able to walk, the platform, which occupies the bottom of the ambulance is pulled out until it rests upon the pavement, half a dozen men lift the horse upon the platform, whore he is made comfortable with hay pillows beneath his head. Then ropes are run out from the windlass in the ambulance, and plat- 1 form, horse and all are drawn into the 1 vehicle. The horse is then driven to the 1 hospital in West Twenty-fifth street and carefully deposited in a box stall well 1 littered with clean straw. Veternarians 1 then get to work on him, and his chances 1 of recovery are very good indeed. The horse ambulance service of this city is still peformed by what is still ' known as Mr. Bergh's Society, although 1 Mr. John Jf. names is now ine rresident. The ambulance house is nearly 1 opposite the headquarters of the society, at Twenty-second street and Fourth ave- ] nue. There are two horse ambulances, one ambulance for dogs, cats and other small animals and a patrol wagon. All these are well housed, and quarters are provided for a dozen horses on the ground floor. Upstairs are kennels for dogs j captured at dog fights or found injured in the streec and smaller cages far cats. The ambulances go out in charge ot a driver and an officer of the society, both in uniform. The patrol wagon is a sort of traveling drug store. It carries appliances, medicines and surgical instruments j? t,co 1>a npnvinpfi rcaujr iui iiuuiuuuw v. ? that of first aid to the injured. An incident that happened recently will illustrate its usefulness. A truck horse was taken with what is commonly called 4 'bliBd staggers." An old Irishman who was passing said he knew what to do, and pulling out a blunt knife was about to bleed the animal. Ju9t at this moment the patrol wagon drove up. The officers prevented the suffering brute from being stabbed, and taking a sponge saturated with ammonia held it to the horse's nostrils. In au instant the horse recovered, much to the surprise of the bystanders. A remarkable change in the character and in the treatment of the horses of this city has taken place in the last ten years. Where broken down, lame and crippled horses were to be seen attached to street GIVING A BALL. cars and trucks, only sound, active animals in the pink of condition are now to be found. The medical and surgical treatment has also shown astonishing developments. In old times it was considered impossible to save a horse with a broken bone, but with modern appliances it is an easy matter to treat a horse with a broken leg. He is suspended in a sling, so that the weight is taken off the injured leg. The bone is set, the limb is spliced, bandaged and" cast in plaster.. There are several big truck horses in town that have had bones broken and mended, aud they do their work now as well as ever. Injuries from falls are more frequent in winter when there is ice and snow on the pavements. Our pavements make hoot troubles very common. In fact the "organs of locomotion," as the "vets" call the legs and feet of horses, furnish a majority of the cases that reach the hospitals. The car tracks wrench horses' hoefs and the 6alting of the tracks in winter rots the hoof. Blockades like those on Broadway during the last few days are responsible for many injuries ?o horses. The subway excavations have caused the deaths of many horses that were driven too near the openings, or in a jam of vehicles were pushed into a trench. In some cases the horse has been hoisted^ut and has recovered from the shock. S 1 During the spring months lung di^p are most common. While the hv-man race was suffering from the grip epidemic the horse population of this city had a mild influenza, very similar in many re pects to the grip. The horse hospital* rere overcrowded with patients for the ime and veterinary surgeons were busy. >ccasionally cases of horses affected with ontagious diseases are discovered. They re dispatched at once. On Tuesday a ase of glanders was found, and the Kx?lnnfn or? flvnroaomdn iUIOU) wuiuu i/v(vii^vv4 vvr uu wyuwwu.i .-as killed within two hours of the time t was reported. Hot weather is the most trying for torses, and the number of cases of suntrokes, prostrations and exhaustion keeps he ambulance busy. The animals are >icked up and taken either to their own tables or to the establishment of the /ity Veterinarian in West Twenty-fifth treet. At the latter place horses picked ip by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are treated. It is inder the direction of Dr. S. K. Johnon, who is also veterinarian to the Board if Health. There are accommodations or about thirty horses. Box stalls are irovided for some of the patients, and he other stalls are furnishod with slings, vhich are used to lift a horse off bis feet vhen an operation is to be performed, ir to lighten the weight on his hoofs if hey are affected. Several cases of sur ical instruments for use on horses line he walls of one of the rooms of the :9tablishment. Forceps of enormous size or extracting teeth, oddly shaped tools or operations on the hoofs and aDoli t mm mces for distending the jaws and othervise annoying the brute for his ultimate rood are to be seen. When a horse is first placed in a sling here is apt to be trouble, unless the prejaution is taken to hobble him. This is tccomplished by clasping leather straps iround his feet and chaining; them tojether. The same appliance is employed 0 throw a horse, for there is no such ;hing as coaxing an equine to lie down, rhe horse at all times objects to surgical ind medical treatment. When he is given 1 pill or a dose of liquid medicine his lead is held high in air until he swalowb in spite of himself. He is humaney treated, however, and after he has seen in the hospital a few days he subnits more readily to treatment. There are a dozen private horse hospitals in town, where horses are boarded and doctored for a consideration. The FILING THE TEETH. city has nc free hospital for horsestprobatly for the reasoa that it would be abused; but horses whose owners are too poor to pay for treatment are attended to it Dr. Johnston's place, and also on two days of the week at the hospital connected with the American Veterinary College in West Fifty-fourth street. At the latter establishment over three thousand horses were treated last year, with a mortality of less than one per cent. Operations are performed before a large class Df students, and the college, by teaching the proper treatment of the horse, is doing noble work in behalf of man's best friend. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has a project on foot for the esiablishment of a home for abandoned animals of all kind3. Horses that are turned into the streets to die would be cared for, or, if they were beyond cure, they would be put out of their misery in 'the most merciful manner. Stray cats and dogs would also be sheltered, and, if necessary, the dog pound could also be incorporated with the home and its objetionable features done away with. Thesociety proposes to build the home from private subscriptions enti rely, ana no appropriation will be asked from' the city.?Neio Yorlc Recorder. Stonewall Jackson's Nerre. Since the unveiling of Stonewall JackBon's statue this story about the Confederate General has come to light: On one rainy day, while advancing on Bull Run, he started out to reconnoiter in person, and got caught on the wrong side of a kt-i/^crn miarHpfl hv a field niecc and M6w a - > ~ ? some Federal artilleryman. When he discovered this Jackson did not hesitate a moment. Galloping up behind the men he shouted out to the officer iu command: uWho directed you to put that gun on the road? Take it away and mount it in the woods on the hill yonder. I never saw such a piece of folly. Here in the open ground your men will be shot down from the brush on the otHerside." On he went as though in a terrible passion, berating the officer, who colored, saluted, apologized and hastily gave the order for removing the gun. Jackson, until liia staff nt his heels. calloDed oft to the left, as though to pass down the Etream, made a sudden turn, thundered across the bridge and escaped. The befuddled officer in command of the gun had not gone far when he suspected something wrong, but he did not discover who the stranger was until next day.? Chicago Pott. A Peculiarity of Boys. u*LU!lX ?\ / * f gfi They like water? But not in small quantities with soap. ?Argosy. Cartons Plants Common to Dry Place Few plants are more curious than cei tain species of the genus Geaster, c earth star, which are common in dr places throughout the greater part ( North America, Europe and Asia. Sicce the earth stars tre leafless an destitute of the green coloring matter < foliage, they belong to the great grou of fungi, which includes mushroom pufi-ball, molds and innumerable mien scopic sorts. All plants from which th coloring matter is absent depend for the nutriment upon a supply of organ material, and it is therefore a puzzle i the first sight to know how the sant loving earth stars can obtain such foe in the localities they frequent. THE EARTH STAK IN DRY WEATHER. What we see above ground, howevt is not the whole of the plant, but on the fruit, which is developed from mass of delicate subterranean fibers co stituting the plant's vegetative apparati By carefully scraping away the earth the base of a young Geaster these fii white threads may be discovered ramif in all directions. We must assume th decaying pieces of roots from neighbc ing grass plants and shrubs, along wi the remains of dead leaves and anim debris which become buried in the san supply all the food necessary. The first sign of the fruit is an eg shaped nodule of compact hyphae. comparatively short time this enlarges the size of a robin's egg, and then is d veloped a thick outer wall inclosii rather soft contents. In the process ripening the pulpy interior becoir transformed into an immense number exceedingly minute spores, each of whi may give rise to a new plant like t parent. TOE EARTH 6TAB IN WET WEATHEB. The essential difference between t earth stars and the true puff bails is regard to the rind of the ripe fruit, the 'puff !balls this is comparativ thin, and consists of an outer anft inner layer, which remain permanen united. The rind of the earth stars co prises likewise an outer and an ini division, but the formei, which is co parativeiy thick?splits into segmen and these ultimately separate from 1 delicate inner rind, exposing what loo like a little puff ball. During a period of dryness the eai star is contracted into a ball (Fig. and is blown about over the sand, soon as the rains bring enough moisti for the geimination of its spores, 1 plant becomes anchored by the ezpansi of its protecting arms. At the sa: time this exposes the thin-walled sp< case" and uncovers the mouth, so tl every gust of wind will carry aw hundreds of its tiny offspring. Soi of these are now sure to find a resti; place where there is food and moisti enough for them to thrive and grow ii a mass of hyphae. Seeds Sixteen- Centuries Old. It has been claimed that the s?e taken from ancient Egyptian tombs i I caDable of trrowth. but proof of the cla ?( e , . is lacking. It has been demonstrate however, that seeds of a great age t capable of development. Raspberri have been raised from seed taken frc the stomach of a man who died durii the time of the Emperor Hadrian, wl reigned in the second century of o era. Think of it, a seed springing in new life after lying dormant sixteen c< turies.?Timet-Democrat. ubticial secrecy Has no place li popular government. In a despc country, where the sovereign is 1 state, his majesty's oounsel is nec earily reserved to himself and cabinet. Under the rule of an ai tocraoy the purposes of the rulers shrouded in darkness, and the blowi the Senate of Rome or the Council Venice were accustomed to fall wi Dut warning. But, under a syBt founded upon the intelligence ? choice of the whole people, it monstrous, it is intolerable, that i act of any publio servant should kept from general knowledge a shielded from investigation. Espec: ly is this the case when the state ercises its authority to take the li f< any man, though the very humbl member of the community. The 1 of the State of New York, so far a.< enjoins or allows the putting to dei of criminals in secret, or in the pr ence only of a few witnesses pledf to secrecy, is capable of abuse, < cordant with our institutions, iviolat of private rights, restrictive of a f press, and unworthy of this ooun and this age. It must be amend The people must have light. T] must know what the publio serva are doing. They must know whet] cruelty and torture are perpetrat The four men who died at Sing S were executed by command of sovereign people of the State of K York. And the people want to ku in what manner it was done. In a signed editorial in a New Y< newspaper the venerable but vagn B. Peters Hutchiuson tells of C eago's glory, and declares that \ town is still young. Thus does heap coals of fire on the head of a c which dubbed him "Old Hutoh." Th? Eedpath Lyceum Bureau is i oldest Iccture agency in the country, was established by the lato James R< path in 1869. With hardly a single ( ception it has made engagements every lectuier of considerable note w! has appeared in this country for twei Tears. v Chinch bugs have caused seri< damage in many counties in i southeast and central portions of Yi cousin. 'v Till lHlilHHHHilWliJffl"Ba ' :. '' ? 3. SONa When we hare southward joarbeyBd'loof ^ i To pluck the fruits of love aud wealthy : To pluck the fruits of rosy health, As comes the night we cease our song*. < I d We sing not in the darksome wood,. >f | We sing not when, our paths athwart*. y ine snauowu crwp, crwp iu utu uoui^. 9, Ajid owl boots chill the blood. |8 Wben Pain is our abiding guest, jr j When we have lost what we have bought^ jc When we're outworn by studious thought*,! lt We ting not, but we fain would rest. 1- We sing not, when with passion filled; id , Thro* deepest channels soundless flow Pale Hate and ever-brooding Woe, While shallow brooks cannot be stilled. But Hope, when like a sun she throwsBright rainbows in our dewdrop hearts, Such radiance to our lives imparts^ That song our willing lips o'erflows. ?W. T. Duuuu, in Atlantu Constitution ' PITH AND POINT. J I It is better to be right than to be left, j ?Dallas 2fews. it, Tired all round?The wasron wheeL?i ly Baltimore American. a When the mice are away the cat nfflr] n" play.?Boston Iranscript. The girl of the period?The lady contQe positor.?Boston Transcript. j. The riding habit is not a bad habit if j at it fits well.?Pittiburrj Dispatch. >r- ! Money which is "coming to you1*! th does not always arrive.?PtWiiuro Chmilal icle. . $ 1 Jack Frost will call around promptly to settle the mosquitoes' bill.?Richmond 8* Rtcorder. *n Speaking about deformities, every po,e? liceman has a club-hand.? Binghamton Republican. 0f A friend in need is a friend who ,es generally strikes you for a quarter.? Z Taa.mjUns,'- . , ch ' The dishonest butcher is always willbo ing to meat his customers half-weigh.? Texas Si/tings. i ! The hand-shaker is one of the biggest; ^ trials that prominence- encounters.?) " Washington Star. I ' many young nearts nave Deen oes go. ? fire this summer by tennis matches.? Binghamton Republican. i These are the days when the tramp, and- the pumpkiu are both getting very seedy.?Baltimore American. i In the game of life the men strive to v, he make points and the girls are all after 3 in the counts.?Elmira Gazette. a' ;i T i . "ps\ . I We have noticed that the boys who y are great to "cut up" are always invited ^ when tbere is a party.?Atchison Globe. m. | The thermometer is a thing of whicb ,er everybody has a low estimate when it m. takes a high stand.?Boston Transcript.^ to, I A contemporary has the effrontery to; he ask: Is the horse race dying out? No,' >ks but it's going fast.?Philadelphia Timet, t : A sailor who can't swim is about as - J badly off as a soldier who can't run.j 1) We should always be prepared for emer-1 ^fl gencies.?Puck. J? . Fortune's roads are like those in the ' B park3. If we would like to take a short. 0Q * *- .(CoorJ cut) nc OIC OUlo VKA nuu? j^vv^r me Off the Grass!"?Puck. | >re J 3at ; "The shades of night are falling fast," ay sang Mr. Mitts as he went to pull down: De the blind and jerked it off the roller.?! Qg Binghamton Republican. ire ! If one-half of the world knew as much, ito about how it lires as the other half knows, some great reforms would bo1 speedily effected.?Puck. I Properly speaking, it is in the fall of & the year that good resolutions should be: ire made, as it is then that the leaves begin j to turn.?Baltimore American. * ! The difference between realism and idealism is just the difference between a 63 girl's opinion of her lover ind the young ,m man himself.?Somei'viUe Journal. a g b0 I "Do not put your light under a bushur el;" but this does not mean that yon tto shall spend all your life marching in a jh. screaming torchlight procession.?BaUa$ News. I Arabella?"Why is Miss Passe? so j g proud?" Isabella?""Well, there are two >tio hundred million engagement rings in the world, and she has one of them."? The Jeweler?' Circular. 63! "That little fellow deserves great! ^ credit to work as hatd as he does to support his mother." "Perhaps he ar? does, but then you can't very well give i ?* credit to a cash boy."?Baltimore Ameri-\ can. I " ! Mother (horrified)?"What did yoo let that young Snipki&s kiss you fort"; . Daughter (meekly)?"For only two " 19 minutes, mamma, and then I told him lny it was time to stop."?Detroit Frea be Pros. !n? i A correspondent asks how he shall. la*" salute a lady if he chances to meet her ex* on the street and doe3 not have his hat ' oi on. I don't know of anything he can est do except to tip his kneecap.?Buffalo aw Express. ' ^ | Watts?"I don't approve of this idea, ath of burying every eminent citizen with a es- brass band." Potts?"It would not be fed so bad, though, if they'd b.iry a brass lis- band with each eminent citizen."?In,ive dianapolui Journal. ree ; Miss Bulner?"I should think it try would be mortifying to Miss Ward to ed. lose her temper so often." Mr. DeLoud? hey "I should think it would give her connts siderable satisfaction if she ould lose [jer it once and not recover it."?Lowell ed. Citizen. ing 1 Mis3 Seven figures?"Oh,Mr. Gilthunt, this sudden proposal surprises me?I -ew am embarrassed?" Mr. Gilthunt? l0W "Embarrassed 1 Then I take it all back. I thought your fortune was as secure as the Bank of Eng)rfc land."?Kate Field's Washington. int A man who was preparing a series of hi- recipes for a cook-book, engaged the the services of a celebrated chef as critic and' he reviser of his work. One day he subjity mitted to the chef a recips for lemon pic, which ended with the direction, "Then sit on the sto7C and stir con-1 stantly. The chef twirled his thumbs and said: "It strikes rae that's rather a It useless direction, for if you sit on a stove id- you're bound to stir."?Argonaut. :x* It happened once that a faithful *?r Moslem married, but, when he saw his 0 wife, she proved to be very unprepos1v sessing. Some days after the marriage his wife said to him: "My dove, a9 you have many relatives, I wish you would 3Ug let me know before whom I may unveil.'* the "My gazelle," he replied, "if thou wilt 'ig. only hide thy face from me, I care not to whom thou showest it."?Argvmut, ,