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a Tvrr? -nrvTTXTTv I n A mij ruuim ti f< HOW NEW YORK TREATS ITS STRAY DOGS AND CATS. Humane Methods Prevail Now In Doing the Unclaimed Animals to Death?They Are Destroyed by Gas. "T~T was one year on May 1 since the J law "for the better protection of lost and strayed animals, and for 6* securing the rights of the owners thereof" went into efieot. This gave the Society for the Prevention of ] Cruelty to Animals the emoluments of the dog licenses, with the obligations and responsibilities of the old dog pound, which was a source of abuses and of disputes too numerous to ; count. President John P. Haines J says that in the first eight months that the society had charge of thi3 >" work, that is, up to January 1, 22,025 J } ?i. Kr ito UOgS till 11 Ctttii WUXU jL'HJJXCti u.?/ K/J **?? wagons and taken to the "shelter," at the foot of East 102il street, where .they were either destroyed or re- deemed. Of these animals 5111 were dogs, of which G32 were returned to p their owners. President Haines does d not think there will be anything like ai such a harvest this year, for several tl reasons. One is that as the thinning si out of stray dogs has been going on for b several years, their number has been tl largely diminished; auother is that T his agents, who are engaged on a sal- fr ary, have no thirty to fifty cents a ti head stimulus to make them grab ai pet dogs from women's arms. cf Three dollars, as formerly, is the e1 price one must pay to redeem his pet dog or cat from the New York shelter, d' FEEDING APPARATUS AND EN< with this difference, that there is now n . no chargo for licensed dogs when n claimed by their owners, nor for cats t< with collars on. All animals except a those consigned to the pound are kept v forty-eight hours, and are then placed v in a vault, where they are quickly and b painlessly put out of the way by gas. b A neatly painted long, low building, 1 bearing on its ridgepole tho sign n "Shelter for Lost and Strayed Ami- g mals," with a coo), refreshing back- K ground of the waters of the East River, tf is tne picture tnat greets tne anxious ci owner of a lost pet or the curious vis- d itor at East 102d street. Tho com* fi parison of aji Indian dugout to a a modern man-of-war illustrates no more ii striking a difference than the one be- t< tween the old dog-pound at the foot ii of East Sixteenth street, and the h present shelter. The former New g York City dog pound -was dirty, dis- ti iff: (>a^M III ! SOME FELINE PRISONERS. W t] gracefully brutal in all of its appoint- w mente, and was the scene of constant b recriminations and quarrels between s, the owners of capiured pets and the t] ruffians who had captured them, or c the officials in charge. b From the wide open door of the of- d fice at the entrance to the shelter ti everything beams with humanity. a The big wagons that go out after g dogs and cats are no longer grewsome a deathtraps for snatching up and tor- f] turing unhappy curs, but cheerful sj ambulances, painted in blue and gold, q often sent for to remove suffering ani- (] mals. The keeper, John Read, is a s; humanitarian, and the assistants hau ^ die the dogs and cats as if they loved s them. Tbe shelter is divided into 0 " 1 1,OD I tnree long ruus uu uue omc, u?s . g lcennels for the more valuable of t-lie I q dogs and cases for the cats on the j other side of the open space down the t middle, which enables visitors and t claimants to walk entirely through it, r viewing everything. It wouldn't be a true to say there is no noise here. There is lots of it. But the yelps and moans of pain and the long drawn out 'howls of agony are not heard. In two long pens are the dogs brought in that day and in a third those condemned c lor the day's killing. In the single and doable kennels are the more valu- s able of the condensed creatures, which L I * re being kept for possible reolamaion a little longer than the prescribed jrty-eight hours. i |||| |||^ THE DEATH CHAMBER. The sanitary arrangements of the lace are perfect. Floors, partitions, oors and windows are disinfected ad scrubbed. As one enters from le office the animals' quarters of the lelter, ho sees the engines and the ig iron boilers^Wiere the food for all lese four-footed guests is cooked, he dogs get heart, liver and waste om neighboring butcher shops three mes a day, with oatmeal, and now ad then dog biscuit to help out. The its get all the meat they can eat, and rery morning a ration of milk. ?n J. __ a. : ? 1 ?< ? All is exciiemeut ua mu um*ax ui ? owntown wagon or ambulance is an 3ine for warming food. ounced. It has been out since early lorning, has had half a dozen places 3 call at by request for dogs or cats, nd may have picked up others on its ounds. There may bo som3thing aluable in the way of dogflesh. The ig front doors fly open; the wagon acts in, and they swing to again, he wire gates at the back of the agon open, and the dogs are lifted ently out. All do not want to come. iOW and then a savage cur shows hia :eth and places himself eo well in a orner that it is ft little difficult to islodge him. But the keeper doesn't rst bent him into insensibility with long stick, and then kick his body lto the hands ot some brute waiting 5 throw it into the big run, perhaps icidentally breaking one or moro of is legs. No; one of the assistants ently lassoes him with a bit of rope, iking, perhaps, by way of precauion, an extra deft twist about the annal's nose, which is like putting a xuzzle on ; then they drag him to the oor, take him. by the back of the eck and, removing the rope, place im carefully in the run with the othrs. Each pussy is in a wicker basket erfectly safe from any posible anoyance on the part of the dogs, even : their barking and snapping do make er eyes glow, her tail swell, and her ack grow into an arch. It is a sight to see the placing of the aptured animals in their new uarters. They take to their new sur3undin<?s and to their ne^ neighbors inch as human beings would do under ke circumstances. Some are sulky, thers combative and 6omc?few? lake the best of circumstances and et on amazingly well. There is one it, a white female, that has been ere almost a year. She waj sent in > be disposed of, but her one gray ye and one blue eye, together with a abit she had of making friends with rerybody, won the hearts of the offi?rs and assistants, and an exception as made in her case. In the same carriage room, into hich the wagon containing the capives backs, is the death cell, in hich are placed the dogs and cats to e made away with. It is positively id for any lover of animals to watch bio proceedings, and yet they are meriful and quickly over. This cell is uilt of brick, with a trap or lifting oor in the top. Every day when the imc comes to dispose of the condemned nimals, this reservoir is filled with as. The cats are put in first. Cats re much more tenacious of life than ogs. One or two at a time the asistants place the animals in the cell. >ne can look through the glass win ows on the top and see tliem go tc leep. It isn't more than a minute or wo that an animal suffers, if it does utTer at all. There is no disturbance r noise in the death chamber; the as acts too promptly for that. The arcasses are tuken to Barren Island, n Paris there are economists who obain, from just what New-Yorken hrow away, skins for fine gloves and esidues that are of great value in the ,rts, IIow to Sign a Letter. To an acquaintance, Yours truly. To one to whom you wish to ehov leference, Yours respectfully. To one whom you would gladly lerve, Yours faithfdlly. To a friend, Yours lovingly A SUBURBAN HOME. Design for a Roomy and Comfortable Country Residence. (Copyright 1895.) The most significant feature of the shifting of population is found in i suburban development. The suburbs draw iheir population not from the country but from the heart of the cities. Almost every city in the land has shown astonishing growth during the past decade, but in large part this has been in the suburbs, while the slums have been stationary in point of population or have actually shown a decrease. Suburban growth is noted not alone in the great cities and in the manufacturing centers, but in the smaller cities as well. Before the perfection of the numerous methods of rapid transit suburban life was attended by "o many disadvantages that it could not attract those who were accustomed to the comforts and conveniences of the city. The wage earner had to be near to the place of employment, and even if he could make railroad connections from the suburbs he found transportation inadequate and ' the rates prohibitory. A SUBURBAN HOilE. There were other considerations that led to the preference for small nnd crowded city houses to the light, airy and roomy suburban homes. There were questions of artificial light and heat, water supply and drainage, schooling, police protection and everything that city residence stands for. But these are problems that have been met and conquered, and no longer serve as detriments. What wonder that those in moderate circumstances now find an irresistible allurement in the city suburb, with its almost metropolitan comforts, its healthy air spaces, and its freedom from restraint. Near any one of the large cities can be found building lots in attractive suburbs selling at reason. able prices. Costs in the building trades are lower than usual at present, and a more advantageous time for for the erection of a suburban home * could not be chosen. The design which illustrates this article might nrove of value as a surrcrestion. Its X - - - ww, size, while* convenient, roomy and comfortable,is still within a cost which can be afforded by the average. A brief description is as follows: General dimensions: Width, including veranda, 39 feet 6 inches; deptb, including veranda, 40 feet 6 inches. fStoop] tsj ( ' B ' " u. c [ "?'p | Pintrji I Kitchen ) '' C%, 10'*14' au'l?f'' p{y., j | Dining R, ; j? Llljat j I 3 '! Parlor f ,r l Hall 14 9Y17* I 6 X14' S Including bur 1 T Bl| veranoa ^ gi >'?Wide Eraser " iczrT"^ r^irst ri??^ Heights of stories: Cellar, 6 feet 6 inches; first story, 9 feet; second story, 8 feet 6 inches. Exterior materials: Foundations, brick; side walls, gables and roof, STILL ACTIYE 1 I GALUSHA A. GROW, PENNSYLVA i ? ?? > Congressman Ualusha A. Grow, who i was swept back into public life last > year by a plurality of over 18S,000 votes, and whose vigorous old age is a sublime example of what a good coni fctitution and sobriety can do for a I man, has been in the city on a visit, > says the New York Press of recent date. He began his wonderful political career when only twenty-one and has held nearly every office of dignity that a oitizen of the United States could aspire to. He refused to go to Russia f as Minister under the Hayes Administration, and declined other offices of r a public charaoter. He is seventy-two years old, and feels that he would be willing to wind ut> his political life as J shingles; roof over staircase bay, tin. Interior finish: Two coat plaster, hard white finish; soft wood flooring and trim; main stairs, ash; bathroom and kitchen, wainscotted; all interior woodwork finished with hard oil. JBedR. I ^ lY 66"* 10' gscms: I j| Bed R. % ft .11X17' 18, Dp - n ;* ICfl m Bed R; CO L^ll?A^yUJ "> - - Roof SecoiNcI rjoor Colors: All shingles on sido walls and gables to be left unfinished for weather stain; all roof shingling dipped and brush coated moss green stain; trim, sashes and blinds, ivorj white; veranda floor and ceiling, oiled. The principal rooms, their sizes, closets, etc., are shown by the floor plans. Cellar under wholo house with inside and outside entrances; bathroom with full plumbing in second story; open fireplaces in parlor and dining room; numerous and larg( closets. Cost, 32500, not including mantels, range and heater, the estimate being based on New York prices for ma terials and labor, though in many sec tions of the country the cost shoult be less. A laundry could be intro JAllv A TT?iIV* ofll 4-T-I V\ei of r UUUUU 1U IUO Lena; wim ocv vuuo ?u ? very small additional cost. Bathroon may be omitted on the second flooi and the space thrown into the rea] bedroom. (Jucen Victoria's Oldest Subject. "The oldest living subject of th< Queen" is the title which may be fair ly claimed by Mrs. McLaughlin who is now in her 111th year. A1 her long life has been spent at Lima tj^SsSF MRS. M'LADGHLIK. vady, the home of Thackeray's famou "Peg." Mrs. McLaughlin is tall (fiv< feet nine inches in height), well se up aDd dignified looking. She is abl< to see and hear well, and her mind ii quite clear. She has had eighteei children, fifteen of whom had died.? The Gentlewoman. Many Kinds of Bats. Tho kinds of bats known to naturalists are very numerous, for not less than four hundred have been described from all parts of the globe. They have their main distribution in the warmei parts of the world, but many are found I - /*a)/1 /llimofoa AKnnl ILL UUUi UUU C?tU tuiu tiiwnvuoi iawuui thirty different kinds are known in North America, and six or seven kinds are found in the District of Columbia. ?Washington Star. During the season which is closing South Australia had exported about six hundred tone of butter, worth about $250,000. N HIS OLD AWE. ' NIA'S CONGRESS MAN-AT-LARGE. Congressman-at-large. Fatherlebs at the ago of three, anil with a mother and five sisters and brothers to help take care of, his early days were not a bed of roses. He worked in summer on the farm and in winter went to school. How many men now in the frcnt rank of public life did the same? There is very little of it going on now. Mr. Grow would not 6ell his early reminiscences for the Presidency of the United States. He loves to dwell among the old familiar scenes of his youth. And who does not ? His life is almost a memory now, and yet he is still in the ring, as earnest and active as when he trudged merrily to school with his dinner pail oa his arm. | HATS AND HAIR ALMOST A REVOLUTION FASHIONABLE MILLINERY . Bonnets Have Shrunk to Nea Nothing?Black Hats in StyleFour Distinct Styles in Halrdresslng. Ill HE headgear of the fashi I j able fair, says the Ledger I just at the present mom ~q occupying more attent than almost any department of dr( While a few of the conservative st] have been retained with modificatio there is almost a revolution in gene models. The bonnet has been shrinking til there is little of it left. Som( the new chip bonnets are scarc | larger than one's hand. These narrow from front to back, and 1< from side to side, some of them be pointed and extending almost to f ears, Thej are set well back on head, and are covered with masse: flowers, foliage, crimped lisse, 1 trimmings of various sorts, ribl , bows, aigrets or ostrich-plun Bonnets with projecting sections the sides have a thick band of lea | over the front and back, and at I sides, and supported by the chip j tensions are very full bows tl stand out about three inches from sides of the head. > 1 ; | .-2 SUMMER : [ A small bonnet of chip is trimr irit.h oirJp-nln.it.prl nrflnfl lissfi. H . satin stripes running through edge. This lisse is made into loo rosettes and fluffy plaitings, and , through it are sprays of delicate fl< i ers, the forget-me-notq, heath email violets aud spirae being noti able for their beauty. There many pretty bonnets with jet edg also bonnets made entirely of jet w i trimming of ribbon-loops and jet t aigrets. These bead bonnets heavy, which is the only objection them,' as they are extremely sty] and becoming to almost every o There are bonnets with large, pi crowns with the edges of chip, alsc great deal of open-work braid m into plaitings, rosettes ' and coroni Some of the bonnets are aim enough trimmed to wear as they if one pins on a bit of flower and f age. Very few Neapolitans are~"seen 1 year, although those that are in market are very choice and expensi Black Neapolitan will be worn, ea cially in rather wide brimmed hi with ostrich plume trimming i plaited lace ruchings and rosettes, a similar trimming made of gauze i bon. A pretty fashion is a wide brimn Neapolitan, the brim lined w crimped ganze and caught up at back. The trimming is of the gau with heavy ostrich plumes. While there are very many bL hats in market, and black, is one the standard colors, hata of ev imaginable tint are much sought ter. The dainty chip that has co into fashion within the last couple years is dyed in every possible sha and can be selected to match aim every cloth in the market. For traveling wear the dress a hat match, and trimmings to cor spond are selected. 7,'1'he traveli suit of coffee-brown cloth is trimm with seal-brown and gold color. The 1 ia of coffee-brown, and the trimmi is of seal-brown tips, with a bro and yellow double-face.l satin riblj in loops and bows, and a roll acri the back. TIIE MODISH COIFFURE. There are two distinct styles of ha dressing in vogue at the moment a the modish woman must elect to o or the other, as she cannot afft both without an entire chungo of a cessories. With the little Dutch bo nets worn far back on the head, t hair should be parted and dra^ plainly back, in what may be term a severe Colonial style. To the worn which this style suits at all, it is vei becoming, but there are other worn who cannot stand it, and the pity it is thut such seem not to discover : trying qualities. Another, and tho French mode, the loose all-around pompadour. Ti is and is not a la Marie Autoinett there is no pad used beneath the ro tho eaoiioling puff being light a fluffy. In the last London raocew, ' "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith," now playing at the Garrick in the English IN city, this soft pompadour is worn by S un- THE ROLL COIFFURE. 5 0{ ? ;ely all the leading women characters. The are accomoanvinsr picture shows the vari jng ous eflects without a bonnet, with the ing little butterfly affair, and also with the the large picture hat. the French women are wearing this j of coiffure to the increasing suppression ace of all others. In Paris the parted son hair is just going out altogether, les. When the puff pompadour is used the at hair is drawn up and arranged quite ves flat on the head. This makes it a difthe ficult style for the woman who owns ox- a head of fine long heavy hair; such bat will not well take the roll back from the the face, dropping apart unbecomingly from its own weight, and it is also Ml I 1 HIWJJW'Li ! s ! i , - , . ...I . ? j DRES3 AND HAT. aed hard to coil the left-over thickness to 'ith the requisite degree of flatness. Saoh the Vomen must resort to tongs and curl >ps, papers to produce the holding fluffiall ness, and must mat the hair ver y close 5W- at the back. ler, Unquestionably that woman whose :ce- hair is short and thick 4ias the best are possibilities for a varying coiffure, [es, and if nature has kindly endowed her ith with curly locks she has achieved a ted blissful condition of independence in are regard to "doing her hair." i to [ish Jle. FASHIONS FOB THE LITTLE ONES. iffy The little ones have fashions all > a their own, and they are dainty and ade captivating enough to convert the sts. most ordinary little maid into a quaint tost and fascinating mortal. The charm are of the styles is their freedom from oli- conventionality and childlike look and the sheer lawns and nainsooks, organ ;nis dies ana exquisite aontea aimiues are the made np with fall skirts and blouses ve. or gaimpes, the eleevea rivaling those ipe- of their elders in quantity of materits, iai, but allowed to fall in puffs to elmd bow or wrist in graceful folds. For or ib no FOR A CHLL.U Or SIX. !Ct ?* very dressy occasions soft silks in ?" delict te shades are used, and for ordinary wear zephyrs will hold their ed owu" ^ an Hear Chases a Newsbov. rv en Georgs Beerley, while serving a of route of newspapers early in the mornits ing, was pursued by a bear ia the streets of Duluth, Minn. The ladrau is for a mile, and then attacked the bear lis with his penknife. A man driving a e; team came to the boy's rescue and the 11, bear soampered away.?New York ad Journal ' *> ' . . _ > -fvW.iw:' f . .... ... . - - . -f ' ;-4 ,v /. -:>M CURIOUS FACTS. The latest health fad is paper pil? lows. !'|j Carnations came from the Nether* lands. The most valuable pearls are perfectly round. Russian lovers send a daily present / to their fiancees. The weekly market day in Tenner see is known as horse-swapping day. The Providence (R. L) Zoo boasts of the only baby hyena in the United States. The coins of Siam are made of porcelain. Those of Japan are made principally of iron. The ancients knew how to cheat. Loaded dice have been found in the ruins of Herculaneum. Nothing in a restaurant pays like tea. A pound at sixty-five cents will bring a dear profit of $6.50. A Baltimore (Md.) man swallowed hit glass <*-%e by drinking a gobletfnlj of water in which it had been placed. I The British Museum, London, has no fewer than 700 theologioal books written concerning the creation of the world. It costs the United States $12,000 every time one of Uncle Sam's cruisers is docked, cleaned, painted and- c dried. | ~ The Yale "Literary Magazine" ia the oldest college periodical now be-| ing published. It began publication in 1837. A large number of counterfeit bank notes were reoently smuggled. from London to Russia inside of lead' pencils. ' 7 A resident of Hebron, Conn., holds a lease to thirty acres of land for 9999 years. This is the longest lease* on record, * * 1 !1 J TQ6 uerman nouse uunuore mwajo, contrive to leave a small flat place on the roof of each house for birds to rest' aud build on. Mrs. William Taylor, a museum curio, died at Peru, Ind.? the other day. She was three feet tall aud weighed 400 pounds. The Canary Islands have a Latin name, canis, "a dog." They were so named from the large And fierce mastiffs bred in the islands. , J v"! "Dan" Clark, of Farmington, Me., has a dog which knows enough to rub a frosty pane of glass with his pair when he wants to lo^k out. Q There is a monster tree growing , . npar Santa Maria de Tule, Mexico,1 which is less than 100 feet in height,! but is more than fifty feet in diameter. | Over 500 gold coins have been an?1 earthed at Beut, a Russian town near the Danube. They were coined by Philip of Macedon about 350 B. O., and are well preserved. " j Fifteen acres of land in Leprignamo, Italy, have become depressed through some mysterious voloanio action. A lake of sulphar water has formed on what was farm land a week1 ago. N Years ago a queer old fellow in Pow-' derly, Texas, borrowed an iron kettle of a neighbor. Soon after he died in his house. There were many searches for the kettle, which was at last found, with $3000 in it. j . V': * Duplicate Writing. A double writing apparatus hap been: constructed by Marquis Louis Fonti, at Borne, who was desirous of obtaining two hand-written copies, although doing the work but once. The idea of the invention originated with AlexI ondoi. Tinman whn Wfttltftd Stlflh ft double writer, and had a man by the- ? name of Levesque make a machine with which two identical copies coold be written. That apparatus was rather imperfect, as the lower sheet had to be folded after every two lines of writing, so that the writing ontheupper lines might be continued. Fonti has entirely solved this matter. The sheets of paper are no more above each other, but side by side,; and are held down by the heavy metal' base of the apparatus. This latter. consists mainly of three pairs of levever movable on a horizontal axis. The penholders are attached through the little tubes and movable on universal joints. At the base of the apparatus two inkstands are attached, in which the two pens are simultaneously dipped. With this apparatus each of the two pens does exactly the same work. The levers and movable parts being made of aluminum, it is not very inconvenient to handle the double writer.?Philadelphia Record. Chemical Heat Retainer. Chemical heat retainers have just appeared in London. They are filled with a chemical in a hermetically sealed tin, which is heated by immertion in boiling water until, on shaking the container, it can be perceived that the chemical is thoroughly dissolved. Immediately this point is ascertained the container must be lifted out of the water, wiped and used. It retains its heat for a number of hours, commensurate with the size of the container. For instance, a round bedwarmer, seven inches in diamater by one and a half inches, will retain its j heat for six hours if boiled for fifteen minutes, while tne large carriage warmer, ten inches by eight inches, and three and a half inches, when boiled for about thirty-five minutes, will keep its heat for sixteen hours.? New York Telegram. Ilow Mr. Vaux raid His Bills. Among the eccentricities of the late Richard Vaux was his strong aversion for the use of bank books or checks. The famous ex-Mayor had a bank account, of course. In fact, ho had i several of them, but he never drew upon tuem in the regular way, through the medium of checks. Whenever anyone came to him with a bill Mr. Vaux would pay it in a very unique way. The back ot an old envelope or a frasmeut of paper of any kind or size would serve for a check, and upon this be would scribble the amount of the bill, the name of the creditor and his own characteristic signature. He very frequently used a strip from the margin of a newspaper. The tellers at the banks all knew of Mr. Vaux'a strauge custom, and none of Mr. Vaux's home-made checks were ever turned down.?Philadelphia Record, V'Vri _ . . _i. ..... LLlin ? :