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Show , ! JIULES DEMAND. IN SHIPPING THEM TO THE 80UTH AFR1CAN-'WA- R. the considered splendid, but this yeas loeaes are being held under Bear hrlik ee the that r-- A veterinary surgeon and about 100 muleteers accompany each Chip. The latter, besides feeding and watering the animala and cleaning their stalls Jlew OtImm la tkt CtaM Tra4t Om 1M.OM Aaloub RmI each day, are required to assist the In dosing the tick, binding the baa That Tart ee 60,00 Mara Ara doctor bruised and slinging up in canvas MeedeA hammocks passed under their bodies those that become too weary to stand (New Orleans Letter.) longer. Then they have to throw overThe shipment of horses End moles board the dead. The have tram New Orleans to South Africa by come to be known transports the among great the British has JubI passed the hun- fish sharks, etc. and they dred thousand mark and a requisition followporpoises, the ships for days, sure of at upon the remount station In this coun- least three good meals of mule flesh try has been received. The exporta- a day. tion of these animals is (he largest the The faster vessels make the trip to world has ever known, and as a miliCape Tqwn or Delagoa Bay in 28 and tary purchase by one country from an- 31 days, respectively. By this time other it ranks with the greatest of any many a dead head has had to be lifted kind. Texas has been practically out, and many others almost dead have drained, and Kansas, Missouri, Wyom- to be lifted ashore. The remainder' ing and other stock raising states of rapidly recuperate on landing and are the South and West have been so near- soon frolicsome, jumping, bucking and ly depleted that the $40 animals of kicking with Joy. But it is simply, 1889 bring $90 y. More mounts giving them another taste of life bethan men have gone to South Africa. fore the slaughter, tor the fever, inNew Orleans, though the main mountsects and bullets make short work of ing station, is only one of half a dozen. them. (From Austria, Australia, Portugal and The ships occasionally encounter panada animals have beeh drawn, but storms that cause the animals to be jawing to the facts that their cost in tossed about so that many of them lather countries is from SO to 100 per are maimed and bruised beyond re(cent higher than la this, and that the and many killed outright One covery, (American mounts are better fconsd-jtute- d vessel, the Corlntbla, foundered In a to withstand the fevers to which gale off Hayti. After five days work er every they are subjected In attempts to float her she was given that can be filled is placed here. up. There were more than 1,200 mules In the beginning only large lots were aboard. They were hoisted upon deck purchased, but now, of necessity, cor- so that they might see the land, about rals have to be maintained at all the a mile off, and then lowered overboard large centers in the mule raising sec- and headed for It About 400 swam tions Houston and Dallas, in Texas; the distance. The others were either Bt Louis and Kansas City, in Missouri unequal to the effort after being pent etc. To the sea even individual anior spent Jtbelr energy up so lon mals are now brought If they pass floundering about the boat In the v Inspection they, are purchased on the hope of being taken back on board. , spot When the collection at any of these corrals is large enough a stock THE DEADLY HANSOM. train Is chartered, and they are rushed to New Orleans. I dee We S labitltmM fee (he to-da- or-)d- Bow the AelaraW Are AasorteA The corrals at New1 Orleans are the most complete and among the largest In the country. They cover, including Stables, hospitals, exercise fields, etc., about 20 acres, and will accommodate 4,000 head. Upon arrival from the the animals are assorted. First as to fitness for transportation; those out of condition, sick, enfeebled . Sub-corr- -- r ' MULES ON THE UPPER DECKS. Or bruised in transit are consigned to the hospital, where they are treated and exercised Until fit to ship. Then they are assorted according to special qualifications. .Each animal is- - vac-LOADING Clnatd. .numbered ,on4hehoof - marked In different ways 'that and desig- nate the service for which the veterinary surgeons have decided he is beet fitted. A broad arrow consigns an heavy-artiller- -- I . Ob th Jr M ' ani- mal to the a narrow One to the light artillery, a double cross the cavalry and no mark to the - pack trained aside other unattractive . branch of the .servicft,.. . AIL. have . at least three days rest and light exercise after the railroad Journey to New Orleans before they are shipped. y, Transports. The fleet of transports engaged ia made up of transformed cotton carriers that used to ply between southern ports and Liverpool Cotton carriers are built as nearly air tignt as is possible, that when fire occurs it can pun for days before It becomes master. ' They are the best class of freighters and tbs largest, and, as regular cat-.t-ls ships could not b bad, a fine figure bad to be offered the owners to allow them to undergo the alterations necessary to make such vessels fit for stock to live in while crossing the equator. Sheets of steel were hacked out of their sides for ventilation above the waterline, and great canvas air sheets were erected to collect and force air through tubes into the lower compartments. The nail, saw, hammer and chisel had no more regard for the carved cabin woodwork than they bad for the rough pine of which the stalls were built from wheel to keeL The transports all fly the British flag. An 18 Is paid for each aniaverage of mal that Is loaded whether it reaches jts destination or dies en route. The freight exactly equals the average cost of the mules, and Is 814 less than that of the horses. The transports sail about once a weef, tarrying from 1,00 to 2,009 The wind sails face forward, head. and as It Is necessary to be under way to force the draughts, the ship has to he loaded as quickly as itossjble (it generaliy takes about 12 hours), and the boat Is got off Immediately there--' In rough weather the waves Bpon. often roll through the holes In the sides and douse the animals. But that fa a blessing. In thq long trip across the torrid xone the heat down in the hold becomes awful. The animals are slde-th- ere Is packed in side to room only." All last sum-m- ar "standing a losl of no mere than 10 per cent Vehicle The. Kills.' London Is sorely In need of a publle vehicle to supersede the hansom cab, The streets of the metropolis are more slippery and more crowded than those of any other city. Horses drawing hansom cabs are notoriously prone to stumble on the shiny surface of our thorough-fare- s. asphalted and wood-pave- d And when a hansom cab horse falls the passenger has little chance of escaping injury. He is generally flung head foremost over the curtain" on to the body of the horse, struggling frantically on the ground. If the window Is down, he is thrown through! that as, well; If the window is up, the sudden stoppage of the cab frequently brings it sliding downward with such force that the glass Is shivered into pieces and the sharp fragments lacerate his face and head. An authority who has spent year In studying the question of street passenger traffic mentioned several cases to a Dally Mail representative where hansom cab passengers known personally to himself have had glass extracted from he face, head and legs in consequence of the horses merely slipping. Another fruitful source of accident Is the kicking In of the footboard by a restive horsei The splinters are showered into the passengers face, as in the other cases he has no means of escape, for if he attempted to jump out he would probably be struck by the lunging hoofs of the horse. In fact, no matter what the nature of the accident, the hansom cab passenger is perfectly helpless. It matters little wbat type of carriage Is adopted so long as it 1 safer to ride In than the present hansom, which slays its score of people annually and injures many hundreds. London. Ma1U, Napoleon. T ,Sta.tie (Parts Letter.) The recent finding in the Seine river of the statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, which adorned the top of the Vendome column prevloue to its destruction in 1871, recalls the preceding century of political vicissitudes through which France passed and the tumultuous scenes of blood and riot of the Paris commune. The history - of the Vendome column is coincident with this period and shows the varying mood of the French people. Itvjs said that every change in the government of France has witnessed the raising or lowering of this historical monument So regular had become its destruction add subsequent upbuilding that some irreverent writers of the time suggested that it be put on a hinge, so that the performance could be gone through more easily and cheaply. The column was first built in the Place Vendome by Napoleon in 1806. It wes modeled after the column of Trajan in Rome and was 144 feet high. It was covered with spiral relief representing scenes from tb campaigns of the Corsican against the allied forces of Russia and Austria in 1805. LSOO Besslea aa Aaetriaa Caaeoa captured during the battles, were melted to afford material for the covering of the column. On the top stood a statue of Napoleon in Roman costume. In 1814 the statue wee thrown down by the royalists anil a white fiag substituted.. This act. wa In- - retaliation for an episode which occurred during the revolution, when - the , equestrian statu of Henry IV which for nearly two centuries had graced the Pont Neuf, was melted into cannon. It was the intention of Louis XVIIL to treat the figure of Bonaparte in the same manner, and to surmount the column with another statue of Henry IV. It seems, however, that he did not carry out hie design. e e a e e CAMPFIRESKETCIIES. e e e e e H fcewn Hae TKrown Vendome , luma. e ri lee raise Ike Chene ef i crUl. th ik T? Until Aa Arlaoia btsubsidedi dispersed. the pieces of the old col- th ground, dust covered n4 object of curiosity to visitors. Then tbej were collected and again placed in Nitlon and it waa believed the tue that of the Little Corporal, llL Ui place4 tob in 1863, nilbeei restored. .The recent in the Seine, finding however, proves that the Pfent figure is a substitute. The flgu has been intrusted to the Commissi a for Q,e Preservation of Historic Btlicg and wlR no doubt be an object H much care and curiosity, for everything connected with the great NPokn i now cherished by the French people and held la admiration by fcarlj el the people of the world. It ii probable that the column as it low stands will never again be torn "ffota or defaced by aa infuriated French populace. The base of the monument end the railing around it may Sgsla, Ja the Bear future, be bung with wreath of immortelle, aa they were revlou to 1870. Msny of the deeds tad acts of Napoleon may call for condemnation, but be brought glory to Franc which will forever fiv in history and was one of the great characters in bringing about ft governmental changes which Euroaa countries underwent during th nineteenth century. A1 though imperial in his ambition he was the gmtest menace to European royalty that ever appeared in political and military action. Republican France may now Justly honor hi memory. He builded his empire on th foundation of political freedom. I Tops as Woaua's Clothes, The Pop baa recently manifested a preference in regard to ladlea apparel over and abort the atrict regulation is I One. vu The crop bulletin of Manitoba how 1,000,000 acres have been sown with wheat The conditions are favorable. I that Be leers Neale eke Telle Wkel A Soldier A keel This Cell la Si. Leals. Learaied. Back from th strenuous wars he cornea to me. " He i my eon, grown brown with strange scarred hand; Th months of blood and death In alien land Are in hi face; hie boytah will to be won. I glow and weep to la four-fol- d Th trodden meadow blackened with the band Of bearded, marching men whom be command. With being rearranged be cornea email beside him, , try to utter prayers; I, honored for tbe laurels thst wears; God knows God knows I stand with empty bsnde. And lonesome heart no meed of praises warms. crash the Jsurel branch, Oh, God, I miss Tb baby I can never kiss! Zona Gal in Bookman. soft-mouth- tlert'st Tap (? Mis Soldi tbe name of the las bugle call in tbe soldier day. It la tb laat tribute to the dead, also, and Is held "Tap" Tke lUUniMel Lew. It is generally agreed by the best friends of the army that th law to me. should be modified to say 68 years at la the best, subserving both the interests of the government and the army. The theory of the retirement law is that at the age of 64 an officer haa largely if not wholly lost hia capacity for use- - fulness. Very few military euthorltlee . longer believe any such nonsense- - --It ostensible object la wholly negatived by tbe foregoing examples, and wbai la patent on every band, Tbe real oh-ela to expedite promotion. If Gen. Clous' services were needed and likely to be valuable why should he be put out of tbe way and another put in hi place? If there were etill critical duties which only he could successfully perform why eupersede him with another wbo could not perform them? So, la the case of Gen. Shatter and other retired officers whose active services are still required by the government Th law as it stands is in high favor with tbe young subalterns, and for very obvious reason. Its beautlei end utility grow more and more doubt-fu- l, however, as they near the 64 year milestone. When that fell day arrival they are to a man moat decidedly agti it" for reasons equally obvious. Then is an old story that the original act ol June SO, 1883, for compulsory retirement was conceived and englneeref through Congress by the late Benatoi John A, Lagan. The gossips had B that it was a shaft aimed at Wllllaa T. Gherman, (ben general of the army for whom Logan had a bitter antlpa thy, aa le well known, for displaclni him from the command of the army o! tbe Tennessee before Atlanta In I8G4. r New York Sun. ct peculiar "reverence end respect by all soldiers. When that call sounds all revelry cease, and when It half sacred tones are unnoticed by the turbulent aplrlt of a recruit, wbo has not yet learned that nameless feeling of the soldier for it, he is quickly taught Dura lesson which he never forget ing the greet strike In Bt Louie I first learned the charm of the music of taps" Strike duty le Intensely dlsa greeabl to th regular army, 8tern discipline makes the army most effective in quelling the riots attending i strike, but It not what I enlisted for," is common, comment of the sol dltr. Nevertheless the duty is sometimes before the soldier, and bis train lng ha taught him to fulfill it. 8o it waa with ns when we were Ordered from Fort Supply, I. T., to St Louis on strike duty. Many other commands were sent in from all over the great West All was turmoil and excitel noth Presets Aeswerad ment among th citizens, who more Gen. Joe Wheeler is good to th Instrik with the than half sympathized terviewer. He talks out without reere and made our work of the hardest as if speaking to a friend, lie la kind. W were quartered in a church, serve, In his manner, even deck-loo- k modest d old captbe best our jolly and certainly no one at first eight tain could procure for us The officer lng, t! would Imagine that this ynte ) . tM ll't-io- u kHiffT G tag rmm in our spacious domicile, Wa rlmmest batik a of modes n had a fearful day. and the men, dead bloodiest, O. O. Howard, wbo comtimes. Gen, tired, were lying around the pews and manded one of tbe ef Shermans ia every way trying to gather strength army on the famouswings to tbe sea, march for tomorrow trie's, which we knew Lees first shock at Getbore who and would be hhrd. A small kerosene lamp tysburg, Is another of precisely the upon the pulpit cast a weird glow over same No one could be simpler, th sleepers. Suddenly e crowd of kindertype. In fact, it seems or gentler. wbo five or six of them, yoqng officer, men with as with steel rule to the bt had been out having a gqpd time, came knocks prodace the that the hardest as not es the in and they were quiet nd best temper. Old army officers time and place would naturally sug- old ar apt ' to have a physicians of cavernous that depth gest The d charity and a hopeful, great church echoed their ribaldry. sunny love of their kind which is rare the of end on the went toward They elsewhere. They reverse the rule of church occupied by their companions, th witty French cynic: "The more fully intent on rousing out other fel- I know about men the better I like Sudit lows and making a ntght-o- f doge." The last time I Interviewed denly, out of nowhere in particular, Gen. Howard it was on the subject of came but apparently from somewhere, answers to prayer, and I thought I had th low, sweet plead'ng tremolo ef a him. In hia famous fight with Stonenever aa played pipe organ, playing, JaekBofi the Un.lon force were de Ere 'the- - first erata wall so I before feated, inquired of Gen. Howard: unan of had died away the turning . before "Yon that battle?" prayed easy, dreaming soldier was distinctly "Yes, be answered. And Jackson audible in the far comer of the sacred was a man. He prayed also?" praying room, and not another sound, save the Then how wa Yes, he answered, most angelic music, could be beard. it that he Did that tbe victory? gained aee Being on guard, I stole forward to was mean that the Union cans wbo was playing and came upon our old genthe good Very wrong?" gently hands upon the keys of th organ. At eral replied: "Both our prayers were last the faint notes died away and he answered. Jackson prayed for immesaw me. "Its all right, sergeant I diate victory and I for the ultimate tricould not sleep and thought L would of our cause. We both got what umph play a little," said he, which were the we prayed for." , last words spoken in thst church that night Russell Frances, in Kansas Loele An tm U. ,, K City Star.' - Some - one asked' CapL' Lucius Dl Creighton of Missouri in the ArlingGee. CraelTi Sake. ton lobby last night bow It felt to have Crook, the Indian fighter, waa a sol- an arm shot off. says the Washington emn men, but be loved a practical joke, Post CapL Creighton served during ay CoL Joseph Iler, who knew him th civil war between the United State well Back In the 70s, soon after he In a Confederate regiment, and bis left was made a brigadier general and sta- sleeve bang empty at his side. "It tioned at Omaha, Gen. Crook organized doesnt feel at all." th Confederate wildcat hunting party among a lot of veteran answered. "It Is chiefly in the ns, and one moonlight night we start- lack of feeling that you know you hav ed across th prairie from Omaha for been hit I lost my arm at Gettysburg the fort The plan was to sleep at the and when tb bullet struck me I could fort and at daylight start for the wild- not Imagine at first wbat bad hapcats. After we were all asleep Gen. pened. There wasnt the slightest Crook, cam down stairs without any pain, only a slight tickling Sensation, shoes on and took from our rides the which soon gave way to numbness In ball cartridges, replacing them with a few minutes my arm seemed to have blank.' On the way .to the woods the an enormous weight hanging to my general Indicated the order in which he shoulder, but It was not until after tbe wished nl to fire on the first wildcat amputation had been made that I sufin case we should tree tbe beast' We fered actual pain. Tbe after effects had hardly reached the woods before of losing an arm are not altogether Gen. Crook rose in hia saddle and said: pleasant, yon sort of come to miss it By thunder, boys, theres a cat right in time, but so far as suffering Is conIn tb crotch of that fir! Drop off your cerned I would much less rather n bee wagons and bag him!" We were on would sting me. the ground In a twinkling, and In less Vew Bepld-Flr- e Plitele. time than It takes to tell it we were The board of ordnance haa adopted n blazing away st a monstrous big wildest which was hugging the limb of th new magazine pistol which fires 111 hots per minute as against 40 fired by tree. The cat never stirred as the successive shots were fired, end the hunt- tbe best Colt revolver, which has been up to the present time the standard er looked at on another with astonishment We looked weapon of the army. The new pistol around for Gen. Crook and found him is also said to fire tar more accurately behind a stump laughing away to beat than the Colt It costs, however, flS tbe band. At once it flashed on bs that when bought In lots of 1,000. I broad-minde- U4 Takes Deelist at Petal It I Tees ed gray-heade- PEACE OFFICER. The youngest - peace officer in the United States lives at Congress, He is Richard Boscha, 14 years old, the son of Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, who has been a deputy sheriff under all administrations in Yavapai county for twenty years a fearless and efficient officer. Richard Boscha is small for a boy of 14. Ht ha black hair and eye and a look of great intelligence. He came to Phoenix recently, bringing the son of a county official who had become infatuated with the Coon-tow- n 400 and ran away with it Young Boscha was asked If the young man was glad to go back. No, bs said, he didnt want to come, hut there was no way out of it for him." Another boy, the stepson of a well-knoresident of Phoenix, also ran away with the show. He was with it at Congress, but has not been apprehended. The boys were to get 1 n day and board. Their part in the performance was assistants in the erection of the tent. The next stopping place after congress tbs boys understood to he was Denver.! There was to be five day of nothing to do bnt eat and draw salaries. In consequence, they desired to remain with the show a few days, anyhow. Young Mr. Boscha first came into prominence about a year ago by tht arrest of a Mexican for whom the officers had been looking for some time. He and another Mexican had fought a duel intended to be deadly, for the favor of a senorita. One of them wounde and the other left the country. , 8ome month afterward this little boy, then only 13 year old, fouad the duelist, and at the point of n gun took him Into camp. Arizona Republican. f grad-- -- YOUNGEST CfcOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. The general uat straightened up and waa begnnlnc to explain th joke, when tb driver, a hired man at the fort, pulled from under hi blanket in the wagon double-barrelshotgun, loaded with buck-sho- tThe general didn't aee him fire, hut he turned around juat In time to aee tufts of fur and hair fly from the wildcat aa It dropped from the tree. Off went the general into another tit of laughter. But this time the laugh wae on hlmaeelf, for the hired man had poured both charge of buckshot into a beautifully stuffed wildcat, completely ruining It, and the general subse- -' quently paid the saloonkeeper from whom he had borrowed it about III AQ that Crook said wae; Boys, it was worth 100 apiece to see five good marksmen miss a wildcat in broad daylight at 30 paces," w had been hoaxed. ; THE VENDOME COLUML (Aa it now appears ) When Louis Phillpppe ascended the throne be caused an effigy of the Little Corporal, in great coat and hat, to he substituted. This design could hot have been pleasing to th Napoleonic family, for when Napoleon IIL became emperor be caused it to be torn down in 1863 and substituted one designed by Dumont and which, closely resembled the first, showing the great general in the Roman drees. This remained until 1871. when th entire column was destroyed. y ke Very ef tke Coassiua. - At this time people would not believe that tbe Communist would dare to destroy tbe historical monument The threat to do so had been made, however, and there waa great excitement in Paris. - The day was appointed end crowds went to witness the proA vast multitude gathered ceeding. Sfld ropes were stretched to prevent the people getting too near the place where the column was to falL Soldier with gun on their shoulder patrolled the open space. - The Place Vendome, where the column stood end now stands is in one of the most fashthree-corner- ed t ionable, beautiful and popular sections of Parln Tbe proprietor of the Hotel dn Rhin sought to prevent the destruction of the monument He went to the leader of th mob And offered them 500,000 franca If they would forego their trended design. They refused to listen. A scaffolding was erected and men sawed and hacked through tbe column near tbe base. Ropes were attached to the shaft and by means of n windlass the great mass was toppled over. It fell with a crash and was broken into fragments. Its fall was greeted with wild cheering. At one time the excitement became so great regard to idles who are received by th holy f.ther at the Vatican. A niece of tht Pope wa about to be married, and her distinguished relative took so grat aa interest in her trousseau as to alpulat that the young lady should only have white, blue or black gowns, add.og that these were the three colon moat becoming to young Grty and broYn," remarked girls. His Hollneis, "are only suitable for old women, and I do not like any other colore. Possibly the Pope prescribed white because it is the symbol of purity, blue because it is the color dedicated to tbe Virgin Mary, and black because it is the time honored hue of dress for outdoor wear for Spain and Italy. Londo Pali Mall Gazette. Flews Oirls Is Vlases. The thirty lower girls who recently invaded the pper house of the Austrian richsratk to protest against tbe measures to he taken to suppress the trade of hawking flowers in th street Th represented a numerous class. flower trad of jehna nearly rivals that of Paris, and th large dealers felt that they sad cause tor complaint when a bouquet of rose was offered on the street for one-sixthe price asked in the shop Great quantities of lowers. It is said, have been brought to Vienng from Nieo and sold at an extremely low figuro to th hawkqrs, that they may undersell th regular florists. The tear and entreaties of the girl have secured postponement (J official action until the autumn, so that the flower seller, whose business i carried on In some families from one generation to another, will reap the benefit of their most profitable seanon. well-arrang- th B-tt- open-mouth- ed . |