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* ^ ' s* ? - 1 ... 'j H l. m. grist & sons, Publishers. } % <J[amiljj gteirspaper: |jor the promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the people. established!855^ YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899. NUMBER 52. ? . - ? - - i 7? By JAMES RAY * _ Copyright, lS9i?, by tlie Author. 1 CHAPTER II. At the breakfast table the following ] * "" *- -3 1 -4.. jPTiaay morning uie meuicui sbKui-uta were discussing a disappearance. "I can't imagine what has become of Damon," said Eon Rice. "His friends haven't seen or heard anything of him 6ince Wednesday night. It looks to me like foul play. Damon was a man of steady habits and the last fellow yon would expect to drop out of sight this way. I don't believe he has done it intentionally. " Professor Gilman was eating break. , fast over at his table. He happened to be alone at the table, and the students 6poke loud enough for him to hear what was said. Just then Mrs. Maxwell and her daughter came in to breakfast, and Rice, after saying good morning to them, asked, "Miss Maxwell, did you hear about Luther Damon's mysterious disappearance t" . The girl turned quickly and faced * 4tXT?. " pV?? oni/l "Toll tno oK/vnt IV1UC. 11U? OUO OCblU. AVM urvv/M? it" "Why, he hasn't been seen at college j nor at his boarding house since last Wednesday night. He boarded just around the corner, at 826 Wallace street. , you know. The servant there says that about 9 o'clock Wednesday night a | fcnan called at the door and asked for , ^ Mr. Dauion. She says he stood in the j shadow while he was talking and that he can't describe his appearance. She < wouldn't know him if she saw him again. She called Mr. Damon, who was up in his room, the man waiting for ( him outside meanwhile. Damon put on ( his hat and went out. and that is tho ] last that any one has seen of him. The , ^ police have been notified and are search- i ing for him, but have found no trace of him so far." i Rice, who had finished his breakfast, j now came over and sat down in one of ] the vacant chairs at the other table. i "What gives an ugly look to the busi- j ness, "he continued, "is the fact that the day before Damon disappeared he i quarreled with a student named Nntt, 1 - ?? who boarded at the same pjace ana i whose room was next to Damon's. Just ] what the quarrel was about isn't clear. 1 but high words between them were overheard by Nutt's roommate, who ] was in the next room. He says he heard 1 one of them say: 'Take care! Don't go j too far or you'll be sorry for it!' But he 1 ^ can't tell which one it was. "The next night Nutt left the house i directly after dinner and didn't return 1 till 12 o'clock. One of the other board- < ers who came home about the same i time saw him and thought he looked as i if he had been drinking. The servant < who saw the unknown man about 0 j o'clock is quite sure it was not Nutt, j whose face and voice she is perfectly \ familiar with, though 6he denies that ' she should know the man if she saw ] him again. The police have no idea the 1 man was Nutt, but what they want to i find out now is who was the man. They believe Nutt knows, and that he and ] the unknown man can tell what became 1 of Damon. 1 * "Nutt is popular among the stu- 1 dents, and we don't any of us like to i think he has done anything criminal, < but circumstances make it look rather ] black for him.'' < Josephine Maxwell had listened intently. and when Rice paused she said, "Why. isn't it awful! Luther Damon ! was such a nice young man too." j "Yes." said Rice. "He was a very ! bright fellow. Of course we all hope he ] will turn up again safe, but there is ap- i parently no reason for his absenting j himself from college, and. altogether, i it is very puzzling." i Professor Gilman had listened to all 1 that Rice said, and now he asked: 1 "Where does this Mr. Nutt claim to have spent Wednesday evening?the * time that he was absent from his board- < ing place?" i "He says that when he left the house after dinner he went to the Lincoln ho- 1 tel. where a friend of his was staying, i and spent the whole evening with him i in room 43. This friend, a man named 1 Mason, was in the city for only a short time, and he left for Mexico the follow- 1 ing morning. He told Nutt the name of the place he was going to, but Nutt i says it was some difficult Mexican name, ; and he can't remember what it was. ' That makes it impossible to communi- i cate with him. 1 "The hotel register shows that a man < bamed Matthew Mason, who registered 1 from New York, occupied room 43 that ; night. and that Thursday morning he 1 was taken in one of the hotel carriages < to the station of a railroad that has ' connection with a road running to Mexico. Nothing further is known of : this man Mason at the Lincoln hotcL ? He had never been there before, so far : as the hotel people know. The clerk de- i scribes him as a young man with smooth face, blue eyes and brown, curly hair, of medium height, and says he wore a " brown check suit and brown derby hat. No one at the hotel remembers seeing Nutt there that night, but Nutt explains that he knew the location of No. 43 and went right up to the room without speaking to any one. "Nutt admits that he drank a little that night. He says Mason had a flask < in his room and that he drank from it Kffi 0! IMC# MOND PEItltY. tiiroo timpij r?nrinsr tITe evenlnsr. He says it was about half past 11 when he left the hotel, and that the hotel clerk was talking to two or three people when he passed out through the office and appeared to take no notice of him. From the hotel he claims he went straight home. He pretends to be in as complete ignorance of Damon's whereabouts as anybody. "Now the question is. Was Mason the man that called for Damon about 9 o'clock 1 The servant at Damon's boarding place is sure of only one fact?that is, that the man who called was considerably above the medium height. The clerk thinks Mason was little if any above medium height." "The sen-ant might be mistaken? or the clerk, for that matter," said the professor. "The fact that they disagree as to the man's height does not prove the man was not Mason. The professor had become interested, and they talked for some time about the singular disappearance. After Rice left the dining room Josephine asked. "What is your opinion, Professor Gilman?do you think Mr. Damon has been murdered?" "This young man," said the profess or, "gave little inrormauou upuu which to base an opinion. There are suspicious circumstances certainly, but disappearances are not infrequent, and it seems to me not improbable that this Mr. Damon may return safe and sound, with some good excuse for his absence. You knew the young man well?" "Yes: we were quite good friends," said the girl "I have met him often since Mr. Rice and Mr. Sexton came here to board. They wore great friends, and Mr. Damon has been here to see them very often." That evening Ben Rice brought startling news to the boarding house in Somerset street. "They've found Damon's body,'' he said. ' 'The poor fellow was murdered. There's no doubt about it" And then he proceeded to tell how the police had that day found in the basement of a vacant house in Taylor street, less than a stone's throw from Rusk college, the headless body of the unfortunate young man. "Nutt has been arrested." continued Rice. "A student named Wyman has been found who states that he saw Nutt ind Damon going up the steps of the iracant house together about half past 9 Wednesday night. He knows both Nutt ind Damon well, and is positive that they were the ones he saw. Wyman was called out of town yesterday morning, and did not return till this afternoon. He then learned for the first time Df Damon's disappearance, and at once informed the police of what ho had seen Wednesday night. Acting upon this information, the police searched the vacant house in Taylor street, and found the body lying behind some old barrels and other rubbish in the baseaient. "And now they've learned that Nutt possessed a key to this house. It seems that an uncle of his is the owner and that he gave his nephew a key some time ago. Ho sometimes referred house renters to his nephew. The house being ilose to the college, Nutt could let people in and show them the house without much trouble. "I'm 6orry for Nutt," concluded Rice. "It looks pretty bad for him. I'm afraid he'll have a hard job clearing himself. I can't believe he killed Damon, though. Charlie Nutt is the last fellow 1 should ever suspect of premeditating a murder, but this one looks as if it was premeditated, and if it was really Nutt that Wyman saw with Damon that night it certainly looks as if be must have some guilty knowledge of the murder, if nothing more." Josephine Maxwell had shuddered a little at the tale of the grewsome discov?ry the police had made that day. It seemed impossible to think of Luther Damon dead, the young man whom she bad seen around the house so often during the last few months. He was such a bright, gay young fellow. Everybody bad seemed to like him, and to think that any one could have it in his heart to murder him seemed monstrous. "Professor Oilman," said Rice, "the students at our college are hoping that rou will undertake to clear up this mystery. There are not half a dozen fellows in the whole college who are willing to believe that Nutt is responsible for this rrime. In snite of the black look things bavo they think there must bo some mistake. They believe there is a mystery too deep for them to fathom?too deep for the police to fathom. In fact, they fear that if it is left to the police they will cook up a case of some sort against Nntt and convict him, whether or no. They believe that yon can unravel the mystery if anybody can. and several with whom I have talked asked me to urge you to undertake the work Will youY" "My dear young sir. it is quite impossible." said Professor Oilman. "I already have more than I can attend to during my limited time here. To undertake new duties is not to be thought of." "Well, at least you may bo able to give some advice. We will report new developments as they occur, and you can tell us their probable import" To this the professor only shook his head. But later, when Josephine Maxwell told him she wished he con Id find it possible to devote some time to the case ?that she very much wished the true criminal, the real mnrderer of Lather Damon, shonld be discovered and punished?the matter took on a somewhat different look. "If she didn't look so nmch like Bessie." he said to himself, "I shouldn't think of doing it. But she desires it. and somehow in pleasing her it seems as if I were pleasing Bessie." And thns once more was Professor Gilman, most relnctant of detectives, made to undertake the solution of a mysterious crime. CHAPTER III. At luncheon the next day Professor Gilman said: "I find I have a little leisure this afternoon?Professor Loomis has been called out of town, and our work requires his presence as well as mine?so if you young men care to guide me round to the vacant house in Taylor street I will take a look at the place where Damon's body was found." "We shall be very glad to." replied Rice, and an hour later he and Sam Sexton, a fellow student, accompanied by Professor Gilman. ascended the steps to the house in Taylor street. Professor Gilman went down into the basement and had Rice point out to him the place where Damon's body had been found. He looked about him somewhat curiously, but did not remain there long. Returning to the floor above, he remarked, "We might just take a look through the house." and followed by the medical students ho passed from ono room to another till he had entered every room in the building. The rooms were for tho most part vacant and dusty, but in some of them were found odd pieces of old and worthless furniture and other rubbish?articles left by the former occupants of the house. "Do you know how long the house has been unoccupied?" inquired the professor. "Nutt told me the tenants moved out the 1st of May?four months ago." answered Sexton. Professor Gilinan did not explain his motive in examining the" rooms so thoroughly. Perhaps he had none. "Now. suppose we walk around and take a glance at the body." he said. "I understand you to 6ay the remains are lying at un undertaker's establishment near here." "Yes," 6aid Rice. "It's not more than a five minutes' walk." "Had Mr. Damon relatives in the city?" the professor asked as they were walking to the undertaker's. "No. His father and mother are both dead. I've heard him speak of an uncle living in Arizona, but I don't know his address, and none of the people at the college knows it." "So he has not been communicated with, of course. There are no near friends in the city, persons especially interested in him?" "Not that I know of. He had many friends among the students, but none that I know of outside our college cir ele." By this time they were at the undertaker's. Entering, they were shown into the room where the headless body lay upon a marble slab. It was covered over with a sheet. As it happened, a police detective named Simon Hopper was there when they arrived. He was one of the two men who had found the body in the basement at 430 Taylor 6treet. The clothes in which the (lead man bad been dressed had been removed. and the detective was about to do them up in a bundle preparatory to taking them to police headquarters for uso as an exhibit at the trial should there be one. Professor Gilman was introduced to Simon Hopper by Rico as the detective who was to represent the friends of Damon in the case. Hopper had heard of Professor Gilman and looked upon him now with some awe. The professor took no notice of that, however, but said: "If yon don't mind. I should like to examine those articles. "You saw this suit upon the dead man, did you?" he inquired, peering over his spectacles at Hopper. "Yes. sir: this is the suit the murdered man had on. sir." replied the detective. "Ah, you've already settled in your mind that the man was murdered, have you V" inquired the professor. "I should say there was small doubt of that, sir." replied Hopper, with a little laugh. Professor Gilman held up one article of clothing after another and looked them over with critical eyes. They were purts of a brown suit. "You recognize this suit as one worn by Mr. Damon, do you?" ho asked of Rice. "Yes; I've seen him in it dozens of times." Hopper took up the vest and, turning the buckle strap inside out, silently held it up for the professor's inspection. There, where the tailor had written the purchaser's name, the professor read "M. L. Damon" and tho name and address of tho tailor. "AhI" said the professor. "That mark is important. It identifies the clothing very welL "And this ring." he said, holding np an intaglio ring, graven with the initial "D" in old English?"do you recognize this as one worn by Damon?" "Yes." said Rice. The professor was examining the inside of the ring. "Oh, here are the initials, " ho said. " *M. L. D.' That stands for M. Luther Damon. Well, there seems to be pretty good evidence that this ring belonged to Damon. It was on the hand of the body when you found it, was it?" he asked of Hopper. "Yes, sir, on the third finger," said the detective. "And this cardcase, " continued the professor, picking up one more article? "this was in the vest pocket, was it?" The detective replied affirmatively. "Mr. Martin Luther Damon,"read the professor, drawing forth one of the cards. There were a half dozen others in the case, and the professor glanced at each. "And were these the only articles found in the pockets?" Professor Gilman inquired. "Yes; nothing else was found." replied Hopper. "No watch, keys, pocketbook, pocketknife, money?" queried he. "No." "No pocket handkerchief?" "No." The professor laid down the cardcase - and turned toward the silent object ly- 1 ing under the white sheet. The sheet < outlined a human form, all save the j head. That was missing. "Would you like to take a look at it. ' sir?" asked the undertaker. ( The professor was silent a moment. 1 "No. I think not." he said and turn- i ed toward the door. In the street outside Rice and Sexton said they had an errand at the college 1 buildings and parted from the pro* ] fessor. That gentleman walked for a j full square toward the boarding house ( in Somerset street and then, deliberate I "And this ring?" he said, holding up an 1 intaglio ring. ly, as if it had been his intention from : the first, tnrned and retraced his steps. : He re-entered the undertaker's estab- i lishment, and it was fully 15 minutes i before he came forth once more. Tlrs ' time he walked directly toward his boarding place. When he reached the house, he started to ascend the steps. Then he paused | and glanced at his watch. It was only : a little past 4. Turning away, he walked to the next corner. A few steps 1 more brought him to 8C0 Wallace street. A pretty servant girl answered his ' ring. Professor Oilman looked benignly < at her through his spectacles. ] "I am Professor Gilman," he said, "and am interested in knowing all that | I can learn about the disappearance of the unfortunate young man who boarded here." J "Yes. sir," said the young woman. Her lips trembled a little as 6he spoke. ; and she looked trouoieo. rne proressor did not seem to notice it, but said ] pleasantly: "lam told that a young ! woman employed here answered a ring i at the door last Wednesday night and < saw a man who asked for Mr. Damon ' Perhaps you are the person. " i "Yes, sir," repeated the girl. < "Well, my informant explained to < me that yon found it very difficult to ' describe the man's appearance owing i to the fact that the evening was dark and that ho seemed to seek to remain j in shadow as much as possible." 1 "Yes. sir." the girl said again. i "I am told that you feel certain of 1 only one thing, and that is that the caller was quite tall?considerably above the average." "Ye-es. sir." tho girl said hesitatingly. shifting her weight from one foot to * the other as she leaned a little against * the half open door. "Am I right in understanding that s while you could not feel certain about * it it is nevertheless your impression 1 that the man had a smooth face and ( that from his appearance you should ) judge him to be not over 21 or 22 years 1 old?" 1 "I?I think so, sir," stammered the 1 girl, and then added in confusion ' "No. sir?that is, I can't tell, sir. It was dark, and tho man stood back out of the light." i "Exactly.'' said the professor, as cool- t ly as if ho had not just surprised her c into giving a much more accurate de- i scription of the mysterious caller than c the police had got from her. < "I must beg your pardon for keeping I you at the door to answer so many \ questions," he continued, with a polite- t ness that was pleasing to the girL "Is c your?is the lady of the house?her t name has slipped me for the moment. " f "Mrs. Mayer," interposed the girl. a "Ah, yes. Mrs. Mayer! Is she inY' "No. sir; she has gone down town this afternoon." ' "Do you think there would be any r objection to my going up to Mr. Da- 1 mon's room for a few moments?" J Professor Gilman was not at all the 1 sort of man to awaken distrust, and ! ' the girl answered quite promptly, evi- ? dently relieved that the talk had drifted ' away from the caller: "I don't think. < so. sir. I will show you up to the f room." e They entered, and the nrofessonwalk- ? ;d over To a door tliat seemed" to lead tc i closet. "Please remain near enough bo see that I don't take anything," he laid, with one of his wintry smiles, as .16 opened the door and peered into the lloset. The girl watched him wonderingly, a little doubtful whether this mild manacred elderly gentleman was in quite ais right mind. "There seems to be only one suit of ilothes here. " said the professor, "and bhis is a heavy winter suit. Do you remember whether Mr. Damon has worn more than one kind of suit recently?" "Yes. sir; sometimes he wore a Drown suit, and sometimes a black coat ind vest ar.d gray pants." - ." 1 1-2-V .-4. "Ion (loll t Know WUICU HUlli lie imu in when ho left the house Wednesday aight, do you?" "No, sir; I didn't see him when hf {vent out. I came up to the room and told him Mr.?I told him a man wanted to see him down at the door, ind then I went hack into the kitchen." "Well, neither the brown nor the Mack suit appears to be hanging in his ;loset. Yon don't know of one having been removed by any one since the dis' appearance of the young man, do you?" "No, sir." "It may easily enough be explained, though, said the professor. He may bave sent one of the suits to his tailor's for pressing and cleaning. That woulc account for its absence." The professor was silent for a mo nient and surveyed the room curiously, Then he said: "A moment ago you saic that you came up here that night t< tell Mr. Damon that Mr. Somebody wanted to see him. You stopped befor< speaking the name. Do you mind tell ing me what name you were about tc utter?" The girl's face grew red and thei whitened, but she made no answer. "You might have fancied the callei resembled some person that you knew,' said the professor reassuringly, "anc inadvertently have been about to men L~ ? fA r* Tloninn Qnr?V HUIl 111S ilctiiiu tu AUi. A^UiXiUM. vwvx things sometimes happen, you know.' The professor's tone was encouraging and his manner such as to inspire confidence. The poor girl looked sorely puzzled, but remained silent. "For instance," said the professor, "in the dim light this tall young mar with smooth face and smiling moutl might have reminded you strongly ol some one?of Mr. Rice, say?whom yor have often seen with Mr. Damon anc whom you would in all likelihood recog nize even in a shadow. He might hav< reminded you of him, and your impres sion that it was he might have been sc strong that when you came up her< that night you may have said to Mr. Damon, 'Mr. Rice is down at the dooi waiting for you.' " A frightened look had come into th( girl's face, and she took hold of a chaii near her. "As a matter of fact," continued Professor Gilman, "isn't that preciselj what you did do? Your impressior then was and still is that the man whc called for Mr. Damon that night was his friend Benjamin Rice." The mild manner of the professor hac given place to sternness, and the gir.' began to sob. "It was Mr. Rice who called, was il not ?'' Professor Gilman persisted. "Yes, sir." said the girl and 6obbec pet louder. "There, my girl, there," said the professor soothingly. "Don't feel bad. Mr. Rice told you not to tell any one, 1 suppose. But don't feel concerned because you have told me. I give you mj word that I believe Mr. Rice will gel into no serious trouble through youi confession. Do not tell him, nor anj cne, that you have told me it was lie who called. It is just as well to keep il i cnr>ri>e fur nwhilo lonsrer. " And with that the professor departed, md as he walked back toward the boarding house in Somerset street lu smiled more than once at something that pleased him hugely. TO BE CONTINUED. The Camel. Before starting on a journey across he desert the Egyptians take care that ;ho humps of their camels are in good sondition. This is the camel's reserve lupply of fat, which helps to sustain the inimal if in case of emergency it is ;emporarily debarred from food. The :amel can stow about 1 gallons of vater in its capacious stomach, and it s satisfied if it can replenish this every ;hird day. Between these intervals it vill carry a load of about 400 pounds a listance of 80 or 90 miles. Doc Must Look Out For Himself. Columbia State, Saturday : Followjig the decision of a few days ago on he rights of the dog the supreme :ourt has handed down another deeison relating thereto. This time the iourt takes the position that when a log gets on a railroad track it is the msiuess of the dog to get out of the vay of the train and uot of the train o iret out of the way of the dog. In >ther words if a dog is killed by a rain the railroad company is not liible for damages as in the case ol lock. General King on the Filipinos. irigadier General Charles King who eturned from the Philippines a short ime ago, in a letter to the Milwaukee rournal published recently, states that he capability of the Filipinos for selfgovernment cannot be doubted and if :iven a fair start, they could look out or themselves infinitely better than iur people imagine. He says they rank nr higher than the Cubans, or the uneducated Negroes to whom the United >tates has given the right of suffrage. ; jtttfceUMKOU!* ; THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE. It Is Constantly Growing In Popularity , and Practicability. The automobile, or horseless car1 riage, is a fixture. That fact is gener> ally settled, for today there are one million of dollars invested in their manufacture, i The idea of the horseless carriage is probably as old as the steam engine; i but it has only been within the past ; few years that practicable road machines have come into general use. I The French people have made more headway than anybody else along this line. Until a short time ago, they had pretty nearly the whole field to tbem1 selves ; but within the past six months, 1 or such a matter, the American inventors have made strides that indicate the leadership of the world, in anoth! er six months, of the same kind of ? work. ? Throughout France, the country ' roads are almost uniformly as good as are the streets in the more progressive American cities, aud furnish ideal 1 tracks for the automobiles. Races between the machines of different mak3 ers are quite common, and 12 miles an ' hour for a disiance of 100 miles, or more, is not at all unusual. Up to the present time Mr. Charron, a Frenchman, enjoys the distinction of being * the leading automobile manufacturer of 3 the world. His machines range in : price from $1,200 to about $12,000. 3 The motive power for the automobiles is generated in different ways. 3 Electricity aud compressed air have both proved quite satisfactory ; but the 1 ordinary steam engine, with petrolium for fuel, seems to give the best results. [ Electricity and compressed air are kept in storage reservoirs capable of holding enough power to run the machine from 6 to 12 hours on a stretch. There \ is little for the driver to do, except to regulate speed by keeping bis hand constantly on the throttle. The petrolium machines are also pretty nearly automatic, and generally more convenient and desirable, for the reason that fuel and water are more easily obtainable at out of the way places. Hundreds of automobiles are to be p seen daily on the streets of New York and other northern cities. several . large companies have recently been organized to manufacture them, and 4 companies have also been chartered for the purpose of operating them as common carriers in most of the leading cities of the country. It is expected that where the roads are at all , suitable, the automobiles will soon do away with horse vehicles, especially } for carrying passengers. The most improved automobiles are equal to the task of climbing almost I, any hill that is practicable for horses r and vehicles. They can travel, too, , over pretty rough roads; but they are , liable to stick in the mud almost auyj where. They require good roads, or it is no go. I Thomas A. Edison has lately turned [ his entire attention to the automobile. When he gives time to anything of the ; kind, surprising results usually follow. He is reported to have said last week [ that he would be heard from after a few weeks more with some inventions . that would come fully up to expectations. He would not give any intima[ lion as to the nature of promised iu. veutions; but he did say that to be of oructical value, an automobile must be I r.-- ? J ; noiseless, easy running, capable of go ing at least 150 miles without being re-charged, and simple eifough to be > operated by a child. It is safe to as; sume that it is a machine of this kind that Sir. Edisou proposes to produce. There has been no automobiles down i in this corner of the country yet. It ) will he a long time, too, before they ; put in their appearance. The roads, generally, are too bad. At any rate the people who live to the west, on the Howell's Ferry road, or to the east beyond Waters' Hill, need not be in any hurry to dispose of their draft horses aud mules lor the present. Birds as Breeders of Consumption.?Dr. A. Tucker Wise, an English pbysicologist, records the case of more than thirty persons who became attacked by tuberculosis apparently through association with caged birds. That canaries, parrots, etc., are commouly subjected to tuberculosis, Dr. Wise considers to be au established fact, and warns owners of birds of the danger of avian infection. The prac tice of allowing birds to place tbeir , l>eaks in contact with the lips is a risky and dangerous proceeding as regards liability to receive bacilli in this way if the bird is not healthy. Flies | can also convey filth, and with it | disease germs, from the cage to human food, or the dust of dried excrement and mucks may pollute the air of any room in which birds are kept. Feeding and nursing sick birds (including parrots) and blowing the dust and husk from the seed and cleaning the cage are not without danger. The canary or any other bird kept in the kitchen, is a positive peril to the I L-u --- L.. a,,..?: i nousenoiu, as uy nunciiug uuu nuioniug the dust from its cage or mucuc from its beak the food of a whole family can be contaminated. It is not ' surprising, he observes, taking into consideration the unnatural and unhealthy life to which man subjects the domestic animals, especially birds confined in small cages, that these captives should become diseased, and pollute the air with pathogenic germs.