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Show WHEELS DEBT DUE TO BRAZIL jjflfoi L ilt (MPBOVED X)F PET the SPEED TtfOM DOa Added Materially to f Movement. sma11 Misery, 5 d !ays the ff progress he has been closely an ancient dog answer-of Ginger. Ginger name the lar-- I L me ways cut out for a element too a profuse hut imal dachshunl filtering into his f Dtion be turned out in some U mall one. All his legs were Ybr his keel, so to speak, and L on the ground. He had, T-- little more speed in pursuit When he an oyster. it thanpostofflce to get the mall. !the Pjrnr -- eye on either wa y. side of their junks hair-raisin- g HAS CISTERN bows, vu trained to do. It took him ie ifternoon, whereas, If he had heard an account from natives of a few trees in the swamps on the banka to Mount Miserys normal dog of the Amazon, some sixty miles Writ, be could have got around away.1 He sent a native up the river ;ialf u hour or so at the outside, to get some of the fruit from the tree. dug on the partial disability of When the native returned the consul was delighted with the specimens and owing to his irregular build mafnsed type of architecture, the sent six of the shoots, carefully reached the conclusion that a packed in moss and clay, to the dei wheels attached to the animal partment of agriculture at Washingishlps might help it out in varl-nton. So, being of an Ingenious The trees did not excite much Inlie devised aa attachment of the terest at the department. Two, which md strapped the dog on It with were planted In the department happiest results. grounds, died for lack of care, and flt Camilla, scouring the plain, the others were forgotten for months. oer the unbending corn and Four cuttings were planted again in izing along the main, could not December of 1873 In southern Calit put In a higher record for speed fornia. One of the shoots died from e Ginger did la the ardor of his neglect; one was broken and chewed t experiments on running gear, by a cow. at pigeon wings and various geo-"tFive years passed and the two refigures all about the place, maining shoots came into bearing. n to pursuing dogs, which had These sixteen seedless oranges were it him quite easily before and tho first ever grown In the United ially chewed both of his ears States. The specimens were carried nearly off, he now left them about southern California and shown 3 down, " with what the side-shoto ranchmen and fruit growers. rtar would The second crop was awaited with designate as little or see." great curiosity, for t was feared that W celebrity speedily over-- in a few years the fruit would become the limits of the Mount Misery bard and tough. There were about tiborhood and presently the show- - a box of oranges In the second yield began to come to look him over and they were even better than the whether he was likely to first crop. The planting of groves of seedless J drawing card or not Some im thought he was and offered oranges propagated from the buds FOR HOME. SHE PREFERRED to STAND Where a San Francisco Man Has Street Car Strap Is Much Nicer Lived Since the Becent When One Has on New Clothes. i i yi al y The spirit of the cave dwellers Is not dead. This la shown by the temporary home of Maj. I. H. Tomlinson, who has lived since the recent unpleasantness In a cistern at the corner of Broadway and Jones street, San Francisco. lie cistern Is in the summit of a hill on the Demarest estate and Is reached through a short tunnel. A rough opening has been made In the wall, and in this primitive doorway the occupant may be seen smoking the pipe of contentment, as indifferent to earthquakes aa were his ancestors of ths stons age. A cat shares the subterranean apartment and pictures from the magazines have been pasted upon its walls. It had been the Intention of the owners of the property to make a curio room of the cistern, which is about ten feet across, and its walls had been covered with whitewash. The smoke of the conflagration, however, converted this to black. Maj. Tomlinson has found the solid bedrock In which his abode Is sunken LARGEST FRESH By the time the car reached Fortieth street there were no fewer than a dozen vacant seats, but the girl Ir the new gown refused t avail berself of their hospitality, n tailor-mad- e latea the New York Press. The mes senger boy pointed them ont to hei So did the woman In blue and tbs man with the red beard, but to all Invitations to make herself comfortable the tailored girl said: No, ? thank you. I get off soon," and con tlnued to lurch backward and for ward In the middle of the car. The conductor watched her grimly I could have told those folks It was no use to try to make that girl sit down," he said to a passenger on the She never does. ' I used platform. to try to get her to rest herself for s minute or two, Just for a change, but I never could do It She has been riding in my car pretty regularly for about a year, and no matter wbethei the passengers are many or few set dom have I seen her sit down. I used to wonder why she choose to stand up and flop around that way, but I WATER STEAMER. V I N I A national Instrument of Indl to which two empty gourd d represent two ajmbollca rwr a liberal rake-of- f of the or the Pflvilcge of ex- si lm- - But the deacon said tad brought Ginger up from 4 aad was not going to part now. Though there might It, he wan not to be made if and derogate from the dig-h-it birthright. So the animal ! J hee round his dazzling 71 natal neighborhood and bly the moat spectacular L 'k1 that modest hamlet has F fronted. . Jalco Worth t L w Watching. no preliminary blare Mexico, aftor an expon- - has opened an lino across tho w Tehuantepec and Is reach- "Idea for International L . r Allaeo the other day ad- on '!Li'rtPan ,0 kpP an Hn,l It certainly will be a anama canal, with the perhapa eight or too 4ft Now York Tribune. L 133.000,000, JJilroad i' bjj ,!vo,d the Apple. the Massachusetts Fruit !"Kla,lon t,l,! hlrd Tttes bo,, , tk u Sm rod of are tied. The ends of tho rod ar dove. figures, an elephant nnd a a consists of a single hollow 1 from the two original tree began la earnest In 1SS2. The following year the demand for buds was so large that a dozen buds sold frequently for $3 gnd some growers paid even as bleb as fl apiece for them. In 1889 the two Tlbbett trees furnished buds which sold for $15,000 and a tall fence was built around them to keep people from stealing the orbuds. A year or two later the propabeen had ange trees which to gated from the Tlbbett tree began furnished themselves bear and they tens of thousands of nnvel buds as trees. good as from the original Then the first navel orange trees that time began to bear fruit, and from wss asthe boom In navel oranges sured. New Yotk Iletald. Remembered Debt In Dresm. llldd, ford. Me., man had a dream remindthe Other night. In It he wax Ulddcford nnoiher owed ed that ho The loan had Loen made man $1. and Ion since years t weiil The dream both panics. by forgotten the memmind, to details recalled the refreshed was ory of the Other party and the debt paid. A lk,r has been formally set Worlds Smallest Municipality. Geix last to be devoted to the .1 One of Hie results of the IM th discovery wss ecn.u,wr theEngland staple fruit. man In the dli day win consist of the tiling of IksTbuech. m Hanover, has '' i m apple dump-f- c trit ..f Itm'Kdnrf. two males and l'leed apples nnd only four Inhabitants, Is therefore, the and fnr hcversge and two females, worIJ. to between mesls. unutl HOSE persons who have bad the privilege of seeing o that pet drama' of the A. M The Itaee for Bowery, TdOhw Life, will remember the struggle of the villain through three acts to dope glorious, the horse Upon which all the hopes of the hero for fame and fortune centred. That far more subtle methods of throwing a race are now employed than wero conceived of' in the days when Stevens wrote ills palpitating ptoy was shown by tho affidavit of the veterinary, in San FrnucWco, setting forth that he was ordered to give lxu beDillon helladomm for thumps tween the lieata of a race. No better way of lowering a horses speed without actually incapacitating him could be devised. The only mistake tbe owner of tbe racer made was tu Ids selection of a veterinary. He should have picked one wbo would have stuck tx tbe thumps diagnosis through thick and thin. As It was. the vet weakened under fire and admitted that he protested against administering a drug, as Lou Dillon showed only the usual manifestations following a hard race. There are training stables where honest doctors are highly regarded. As s rule, however, tho most popular with the professional racing men are those who are willing to temper skill with discretion and foM get all about it afterwards. AN INCIDENT OF OLD KENTUCKY RACING. In the annals of borse racing In Kentucky there is a well beloved anecdote of a gentlemens meeting between the horses of two of the most famous State. Years breeders of tho blue-grasIt was tlie trainer and ago, as not the owner, in only too many In stances, who decided whether a horse was to win or lose a race. In the present ease tbe two old colonels each believed In the powers of tlielr respective runners as they believed lu religion. Their trainers, though, bad ar ranged to do business," nnd while the owners were betting everything they had on their nags, tlielr trainers were tho race by negotiating to throw doping" one of the horses. A few minutes before tbe mounts were to leave tbe paddock on tlie day of the race, some one told tbe owner of the horse that was to be doctored what was np. He hurried to find his trainer, Strolling up to tbe darkey la a casual manner, he said: By the way, Sam, youve been with me a gient many years, havent you? Yass sub, sub, data so," tlie trainer replied. Ever known me to break my word? No, sub. Deed ah nevah did, Col tm WJMV .l.jlfc, X a s wv iw wr we vw wi iw iw The Maharajah Guekwar, the second greatest prince In India and the direct descendant of one of the maharatta generals who were the moguls or rulers of India when the East India company wrested control from them, Is now In this country on a visit, accompanied by bis wife, the maharanee, and his brother, Sampatras, who is acting as his secretary. He riles the state of Baroda, with Its 2.000.000 population and 8.000 square miles. He is s dapper little fellow, dresses in European clothes and is much interested in colleges, many of which he will visit while In America, !fetsi Sc' Doctor Days in Old Kentucky. - Chinese always paint an ttit the boats can see their :t- Horse Without Detection the Lou Dillon Case an Example of the Strict Scrutiny Accorded the Performances of Racers An Incident of Racing tfo Longer Easy to iw The THROWN. DODGES BY WHICH RACES ARE Call-forni- r Lrt, SOME TRICKS OF THE TURF CDUNTRY The Introduction of the seedle. naval orange has revolutionized the orange industry of the United States It has drawn 13,000 men from other pursuits and transformed vast areas of sunbaked land in California into orange groves. , It has been the prime factor In the growth of a dozen towns of 6,000 and 10,000 pesons in southern and has added directly more than 143,000,000 and Indirectly more to the taxable wealth of the state. The first seedless orange trees were apparently freaks of nature, and their counterparts have never been found Early in the 70s William Judson United States consul to Bahia, Brazil, out in a vener-2down to from a former gen-Mew York Tribune, "nrsey to Inhabited by who has come frnw AMERICA. . tam,et on a somewhere .rclivity IN Fruit That Has Added Milllsna of Dollar. to tho Wealth of the Country-H- ad Remarkable Vlcissltudeo- -u Freak of Nature. C.Arranflom.nt That J,v. PRINCE CAME FIRST SEEDLESS ORANGES, Dachshund Overeo nra Codld of THAT INDIAN An accurate Navttn idea of the general construction of the biggest steamboat above. It Is being built for tbe Detroit A Cleveland mjany. snd mark. th. highest art of the marine architect. have corns to the conclusion that she does it because her clothes fit so well I have seen lots of other peoplb with the same trick. When I find a woman who Insists upon standing In a ear where there are vacant senta I n Kansas cyclone. would withstand look at her clothes, and it turns out, nine times In ten, that she has a good Housecleanlng Horror. the of figure and a dress that woulsnt snow parls of dab plaster With a clean a wrinkle under a microscope. wife his man who was helping bad that a depression filled up house Height of Clouds. by the v,arP been made In the wall clouds are always r.e. i Lightning Itrame. corner of a picture tho ground, The; are seldom at dewt is Inside Ihst " b suld, Well Tribuna. greater height than 2,WiO feet. closed, snj how. Chicago aa admirable aelsmogrsph, and says 100 that he has detected more than earthquake. the tremblers since But neither Are nor eelsmatlc disturb which nnro has terrors In the cistern, rt land of mysticism. Tersla probably doesnt sore problem to tho know shes of nation. h ldf bfins t1 Her abah spatr of all missionaries. In barcnaconeed kin of Unim In bin tnat rsmblln tarle baric splendor Is, of fours, palace at Teheran by Russia alternately mipnft juggled of huge nbose both and Great Britain, of tM that upon aiuplrae Implnt . i shadow of God upon earth." A land of other days, lcralas glory h departed. Ilk that of the Merles ar.J and As Iarthlans, the Babylonian syrlana. Her cities ure crumbling to ruin; her laws are the whlma of grand vlziera; her court a mere hotbed o" harem Intrigue more strange than anv of found even In tbe gValur paz "The Arabics NI,iVu.'FoiirTnil' Niwa. s one! Well, Sam, If my horse loses this race, as I have reason to think ho may, you are going to die very suddenly." The Colonel walked away, leaving Sam with the sweat pouring down his face, too senred to think clearly. "Whats de matter wil you? the jockey asked as he came to mount yon look as If yon done bin hoodooed." Sain, too worried to try concealment, blurted out the truth. Jim Green an' I lowed to pull off a little easy money on de race. I doped Fancy jess a min nte ago an I ain't no moren got tbe yrlnge in mah pocket, when long -omes de Colonel, an says ef Fancy don win, Ahin a gone nigger. Good Lawd, the trainer cried hysterically, "only spare me dl time. 'Deed dat man'll toiler me to de end o' de worl." You onnery cuss," the Jockey yelled, Youh a leaping out of the saddle. nice one, yon la. Let a poab man lay out his good money on a phony race. Ah got all mah wagea for de nex Hx mouse laid out on dls yere boss. Hole on dot bit a minute." Tho jockey was gone a short time, ind returned Just an the hell calling lha horses to the post souuded. As dm racers left the paddock Fancy bounded from one side of the track to Ihe other, almost unseating her Jockey, one of the best rider In the South, Iler owner smiled Into bis deep linen collar. Evidently bis threat to the trainer bad been lu time. Sam hunted up the trainer or the other horse to warn biro so that they might cover their bets. Did yeh dope her?" the other train r asked. Yass, ab doped bcr." Sam replied, but somehow It dont seem to work. HOW A LIFE WA8 SAVED. Tbe two men hurried to the ring to hedge. Just as the flag fell for tho start. It Is not possible here to give the space to the description of that race which It really deserve. Fancy made all the runulng." to use a cant phrase of the sporting reporter, ami It was clear to every one on the field before the half mile was reached that the jockey had entirely lost control )f his mount. She won by a length and a half and her owner received an ovn (Ion as well as a lot of money from his wagers. One of the happiest men ou .lie Hold was Sam, the trainer. God bless you, honey; how did yuh do It? he asked the Jockey aa he lifted Ah neva'd a him off the saddle. dreamed the old mare was doped." She neva dreamed It her owusolf," Jess jockey said with a chuckle. hefor we lef, do paddock ah slipped a chestnut burr miner (be aaddlo an another miner do girth. She didnt have DO time V think about dope." le Tho ways of drugging a liorse ao that he will fall off In speed are legion, aiul as old ns the Institution of . In England the home of tbe sport In Its modem forms, the dishonesty of tho trainer and professional owner became so notorious early In the Inst century that drastic measures were necessary to rehabilitate the In stitntion with the public. Dcyng" In those days wa so common that bets vcre laid not on tlie past performances of the horses, but oil Information gleaned from all sorts of kouivck as to what entry wa to m allowed to taka the money. Even then cheating wua so rampant that no one vouhl bo sure that they were I f on the final arrange iiieut. It was this condition of affairq that led to the prceiit elaborate ys- tern under which the stewards of th English Jockey Club watch the pasl performances of racing horsca in con nectlon with their conduct In Intel events. When a liorse shows a marked falling off In form, which cannot b explained, the owner, , trainer, and ;ockey are disciplined promptly and with great severily. As a result, horse racing in England is cleaner than in the world, and, while cheating is undoubtedly occasionally practised over tlicre, it no longer exists aa a recognized part of turf life. Fifty years or ao ago. there were three methods of killing a liorse, as It was thou called, commonly pracdrenchtised. These were, balling, The use of many ing" and pulling. of tho subtler drug such as belladon- nn, cocaine, and codine, which accora pilsb as much as tbe others, but are less easy of detection, was not understood In those time, and preparations' of hemp, opium, and morphine were depended upon to stupefy a liorse. The drugs were mixed In a ball of brau about tbe size of a large walnut, and which was placed way buck la tbe racers throat, so that he was compelled to swallow it. English groom, full of the tradition of the past, ay e that so expert were ome of iltese trainers In balling a l.orse that,' during a friendly visit of Inspection to the stable of a rival they would' dose a mount against which one of their own animals wa to compete, without any one's having suspicion of what was going on. Drenching" consisted in giving a horse all the water lie would drink, just before the start of a race. Besides being very dnugerou to the health of tbe racer, it was also an uncertain way of accomplishing the desired result; as soino horses can take elmost a bars rel of water and be none the worse for it while the race is on. They are usually taken later, though, with a most violent colic, from the effects of I which they never entirely recover. horse-racing- . , , any-w'lie- old-tim- THE ART OF TULLINQ" rulling" a ror-- wa nnd the commonest way of e A I RACE to-da- y the betting public. Its success depends wholly upon the skill and Judgment of the jockey, and when the simplicity of tbe thing Is considered. It is a wonder that the steward have so few Instances of it to contend with. For pulling" a borse means merely bold lug him In, an that, while he gives every appearance of running bis best, he will uot pass under tbe wire ahead of the entry It U really desired to have win. While simple In theory. In practice the trick Is really not as easy as it looks. No one who has not tried would believe bow bard it Is to hold In a horse which to all lntente and purpose ie runulng away, without giving any evidence of It. A Jockey In the final heat of a race I supposed to lot a mount ran for all there Is lu him. Bo difficult Is this to simulate that some Jockeys have abandoned tbe practice of pulling" In favor of "running a horse out early In the rare. Till Is exactly the reverse of pulling. though It accomplishes the same thing In the end. Tbe horse, having bccu forced to his utmost speed, during the first quarter or half, and then checked, never rises to a final burst when railed upon In gotug to the wire. Kteeplcchaslng Is n branch of rarluy where dishonesty has a clear Odd. free from soy chance of detection. Bo iitirellublo are these races over here that persona who know anything about the sport never think of wager money on It. Jockeys aa general thing. It Is sad to relate, are honest only because It does not pay them to lie anything else. When there la an opportunity afforded them to make extra money dlshoneatly, without feur of detection, they pretty generally welcome ihe chance a a dispensation ol providence. lu a steeplechase there Is absolutely no way of "keeping tabs" oil the rider. Who Is to ay that a horse was checked and thrown In going over a hurdle or brought up short In taking a water Jump? Then, too, there Is always the opportunity a a Inst resort for the Jockey to lose hi scut. This Is quite a common subter fuge, and the jockey heroin so expert at It that they will take a fall with their horto going at top speed without receiving the slightest Injury. New York Iost. Ills Kspatlene. In my long career of arglfylng poll tics 1 hev learned .hi one thing." iih. Uncle Henry Butterworth, uevur to srgy with a man that Invent hit own Itatlslk'i.-Kinn- in City Tluict, , f |
