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u V fnnn....vnwiimm.rTrir .t.u ii innt nmt u n it k '.t Miiiiiiwiiimiiw y irfl WiMWt ,: ! Br- Jlbert 'Ternio.- and Tom r th. namea ef two of th eutet1tttl fellowa In I tha ' City Park : soo. " Thay ara ... : porcupines, not alwaya rary pleaaant to look upon but nevertheless two of tha most lnterestlag- animals In tna whole collection. Thay can also talk and aach baa an entertaining; story to tell, for .Frits came from away across tha sea, while Tom was found somewhere up In Washington and sent down to the boo. Thay wllr -not talk to anyone and everyone, (Ike Billy, tha elk, and some of tha other animals, but tha other, day I paid a visit to Frits and Tom In company; with' Herman, tha keapar of tna ammais, ana at -his reueat ootn f tbem rave ma qulta a : Ions inter view, telltnsT ma some very remarkable thlnars about how they lived before they cama to tha park, . what they do now and what they ilka. - - . Now of the two porcupines Frlti Is tha moat Interesting-, and my what a line fellow ba is, with his long quills, home of them longer than tha usual school ruler you use each day and all of these qullla are colored brown and white.. Tom, while not as handsome as far as qullla go,- I found a little more Interesting, for ha cama from tha coun try we know something about. He also can talk fn a way you understand. while Flits, from hla - associations In that far-off country, Korea, and then with German sailors of a ship, speaks a aort of jargon that only Herman and a few others know." Herman showed ma how to understand him, but even with that coaching I could not make out averythlnr Frits bad to say. One thing I did understand very well, and that was whsn ha said: "Now tha warm weather Is coming on and I am glad, for I expect In a few days wa will ba taken from this stuffy little house wbera wa hava been all winter, and placed in tha house tha other aide of the walk. That is our summer home and It haa a glasa roof, through which tha sun shines, making It ao com fortable. Wnen we get over there I hope all my little boy and girl friends will eoma out , to sea me. Qulta a number hava already been out here, but of course In a little box of a place like this winter borne, with only one win dow to- look in, they cannot always see me at my beet, and you know a porcu pine la almost as proud as a peacock. I hava such a Una set of qullla that I want everyone to sea and admire them." This was an invitation that Frits gave to his little frlenda to coma and aee him. He added, for ha Is quite a beg gar: "Winn you tell the boys and girls to ooma and sea ma tell them I am fond -of a whole lot ef things. I just dota on carrots or lettuce, while with applea I could spend day after day eating them. iMt fall I had finer applea than I ever enjoyed. Some friend sent .some down from Hood River and they were fine big fellowa . Tom - and I - had . a regular, feaat for several daya and I am only wishing now wa could have some. Until tha next apple' season rolls around -1 - guess we - will hava to - live largely off vegetables and get no fruit unless some of our little frlenda bring It to us. Tou can also tell tha boys and girls I Ilka peanuts." Frits did not want to appear as a beg gar, in fsct ha Is too proud to let on that ba really is, but if you go out there with something to eat you will find that ha la very ready to eat what ever you offer him. ' After ha onca got started on what ha likes to eat it was really a hard matter to stop htm talking about this dinner and that dinner he had enjoyed. . He did atop, however, for Her man went into the cage and Frits seemed to know right away what . to do. First ha bristled all up and tried to ruii' his sharp qullla . Into Herman until he found out who he was.- Then be lay down on hla back and rolled over History of Patrick Case - Front tha New Tork Sun. ON September tl. 100, William M. Rtoa died In hla apartment in this city under- circum stances - that resulted . in a . police Investigation of hla death. - In the course of .thla Investigation one of tha most extraordinary stories of crlms - ever written on the records of tha New Tork courts waa revealed. The princi pals Involved were , Rica, a man of wealth and eccentric habits; hts valet, Viamed Jones, and Albert T. Patrick, a lawyer, a man of "unusual perseverance, high Intelligence and wide experlenoe. Tha authoritlea sought to prove that Rice was tha victim of a plot in which Jones, under tha direction and guidance of Patrick, murdered his aged master, whose health was poor. An alleged forged will, under which Patrick would become heir to the estate of Rtce. fur ri letted! the motive for the alleged crime. Jonea, the valet made many contradic tory statements ta tha police and prose- A- . TUB OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL 'PORTLAND. -SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL' 15. 1S03. ' ' ;, , v . Tom, the American Porcupine. so he could hava his head and his throat scratched' Herman told ma that if there la ona thing that Frits likes bet ter than anything else, except a big red appler It la to- hava his head scratched. Tou know how your oat likes to have her back scratched. Well. Frits, - the porcupine, likes hla head scratched just as well as your cat likes to have hla or her back rubbed. i All tha time Herman waa eorttchlng Frits the porcupine kept, up a constant fflow of conversation. . 1 managed to put In a few questions, which Frits seamed to understand, but. as ha could only talk in tha Jargon h picked up- in his native land ana on board tha ship, I could not understand everything . ha aald. Tha story ha told me was aomethlng like thla: "I cama from a great distance. My old home was In Korea, away across tha ocean, NOw there was going to ba a war around there somewhere and I heard that . tha" Japanese' and 'Russian soldiers would be fighting all over where I used to live. I did not fear tha Japs ao much, but I did think of those Russlaha and waa pretty much soared, fearing they -might capture me.. I says to myself that I guess I ' would .ba captured anyway and so ona day I lay out Just where I could be cap tured. No sooner had I been spied than I waa put In a box an It was so small that I waa really sorry I had allowed myself to ba caught After a while I was put in a large box. Now while In those two boxes I was given pieces of potatoes and soma other vegetablea and I had ao much to eat that I began to feel glad I bad been captured. 'In time I heard ' aoma men talking about paying ao much for ma and evi dently they hit a bargain, for tha box with ma in It was. loaded on a wagon, taken down to the water and there I waa 'put upon a great big ocean ship. Tha people on the ship were different from those i .used ' to sea around my hornet I found out pretty soon they were all Germans and Jolly good fel lows they were. Tha cook OA that boat is just rina and my, now be did feed ma That ocean trip waa really the making of me. The' sea air waa so bracing, that Is what little I got that It gave ma a big appetite and I ate ao much that when Portland was reached I waa a big fat fellow. I was on shore only a few 'daya when' I was brought out hero to this pretty park and aver alnca I hava enjoyed life, for I get Iota of good things to eat There are pea nuts from tha , little boys and. girls. Herman gives ma carrots, lettuce and potatoes and then ; sometimes wa get applea . ' ' Here I aaw Frits was going off again to talk about eating and I suppose he would nave kept.lt up If I bad not In terrupted him by asking: "Fr!ts. you have had qulta an experlenoe in travel ing. I really think aoma of tha boys and girls would like to sea your pic ture. Let ma take It?" In an Instant Frits waa all alert for he Is very proud of his bright-colored quills and waa all In for having hla pic ture taken, when suddenly , I saw his Jaw drop down and ha looked very sad. I aatd: ''Come along. Frits. . Brace up and hava your picture taken." He looked at me and said: - wait until I polish up my quills. I can do. it by rolling around hero In tha straw." Ton look good enougn." I said. "No, T don't." said Frtta. "My qulllf need fixing and I won't have my pic ture taken unless you let - ma polish them." ' , . I told - Frltii I could not . watt and tried to snapshot-a picture of htm. but ha backed off In his corner and smoothed down all hla quills. It Just showed how vain ha waa, and I made up my mind that I would not encourage such vanity. " The idea of a porcupine wanting to polish hla qullla waa too absurd for anything and I let him know cutlng Officers, and . finally eonfeased that he bad killed Rice, using chloro form to asphyxiate him. Jonea con tended that ho waa but a. tool In the hands of Patrick, and tha authoritlea, bringing their evidence before tha grand jury, obtained , tha lawyer's Indictment for murder. . . . - .. ,. The trial on thla Indictment was ona of tha most bitterly contested In the history of tha courts of New Tork. Pat rick, himself an able criminal advocate, had the assistance in hla defense of capable attomeya, selected by himself with tha greatest care. Tha Jury was chosen from a body af talesman each of whom was subjected to tha moat searching examination. At each step in the progress of the trial' the defense fought shrewdly. Intelligently, tirelessly, In tha accuaed's behalf. In spite of the efforta made In hla behalf, Patrick was found guilty of murder In tha first degree by tha Jury, and on April I, 1101, be was sentenced to, pay the. penalty, prescribed by tha It and' told - him that I would not put his picture in tha paper. I became ao disgusted with the vanity of Frits in fact I think every one beoomea" disgust ed with vain people that I left him and went over to talk to Tom. , - When you want to talk with a good sensible porcupine Just talk to Tom. Ha Is an American and haa lota of good common . sense. . He may not ba aa In teresting to look upon, for hla quill are not long, but nevertheless ha Is not vain and I only had to suggest to him that ha let ma take his photograph and ha granted it j I told him I wanted a picture of Just how ba used to look out in tha woods and fields before ha came to tha park boo and he vary gladly posed for me ao tha little boys and girls could sea how ha looks. Tom s body la cov ered with long bristles, but under them ha haa qullla. These quills ara not as long as those that cover Frits, but ara just as sharp and can da conslderable damage. I asked Tom to tell ma some- thin tr about himself and ha aald: - wen, i cama rrom waamngron. x have qulta a number of brothers, living out In Eastern Oregon. They-call-alLl porcupines like ma tha Canadian porcu pine, but I want to tell you that I am a- full-fledged -American. I can anoui Juat as loud when tha old stars and stripes lira raised and If I was a ooy I would on the Fourth of July shoot off mora firecrackers than any ona also. I really don't know how I came to 'be here, except that ona day I found such a nice fine apple that I commenced to cbew on It Before I knew what hap pened aomethlng went 'bang,' and there I waa caught In a trap. From there I cama here, and while I sometimes wish I could get out and go roaming around again, I am pretty well contented. "I would like to come across a good truck patclu Now don't think I am not provided for here, for Herman Is very good to ma ana gives mi s 101 01 gooa things to eat but sometimes I Just wish I could, get out in a patch that was well filled with all kinds of good things. It certainly Is great fun to go In a patch, chaw Just what you like and then go .nosing off somewhere until tha farmer comes out aees how you hava chewed up things and then raises a great noise about what he will do if ha catches that tarnation porcupine.' " "Is It right Tom." I asked, "to go and take the farmer's truck?" "No, ,Jt ia not right I auppoaa It Is stealing, but then what Is a poor porcu pine to doT He can't live all tha time off acorns, roots of trees and other thlnga ha can grub out of tha ground, and If a good truck patch la' handy ha Just nat urally feels Ilka getting aoma of that truck, and do you know, I have been, and I guess all other porcupines ara the same, mighty particular about what I did eat when I found a good vegetable garden. Now potatoes ara pretty good, and I like turnlpa, but I can tell you when a porcupine finds a good .truck patch he la going to pass all those com mon vegetablea by and take only - the good things. Many times I hava passed right over good big potatoes which at other tlmea I would hava considered a dainty and tackled tha choice vegetables, particularly lettuce, carrots and cuoum bera 'My, when I think of some of tha big cucumber feasts I used to hava my mouth Just waters for a great big cu cumber," - . - -.5 " ' "Tom, did you aver hava any exciting experiences before you finally got caughtT I aakad him. "I remember one time that I got caught but I got away again after I had made it lively for a dog and a boy. Tou see, It la this way with a porcu pine. If ha finds he cannot run away ha will stop short back up and aet bis quills and try to run backward ao as to force them into whatever la attacking him. , Thla . talk about a .. porcupine law of the state for this crime ' Im mediately Patrick began tha wonderful fight for a retrial that has continued until the preaent time.' . In his struggle for Ufa ha has em ployed every weapon known to the shrewdest practitioners of the law. He has had tha benefit of tha advice and assistance of some of the ablest mem bers of our bar. . Of ' every possible ground for a reversal of tha Jury's ver dict advantage . has been taken. - In every court before which it was possi ble to bring the case It haa been taken, up to the court of appeals, and In every court Patrick haa been beaten, hla con viction haa been upheld, and tha legality of the verdict against him has been sus tained. , Patrick Is under aentenoa of death. He is now trying to carry his case to tha supreme court of tha United States, in the hope that there ha may obtain a reversal of tha state courts' decision against hint. . In the five years that hava elapsed since Rice waa murdered. Patrick's fight for life and liberty haa attracted wtda attention. - The spectacle of a con demned man. uniting In himself msny attractive and admirable qualities, fight tog skillfull and aggressively against throwing hi quills la a lot of tommy rot but I can readily understand how it originated. Now a porcupine does not throw qullla when ha la attacked, be cause ha can't throw them, but ha doea do thla. .Whan he is about to be at tacked ha pounds his tall on tha ground. Now there may ba aoma loose qullla, and when ha pounds his tall on - th ground soma of these loose qullla may fly out lust like feathers coma on a chicken sometimes when . she ahskea herself. : Now it waa the - loose quills flying that gave origin to the story that the porcupine throws his qullla" -"How about the time you got caught and then got awayT Tha time you made tha dog sorry," I asked Tom. "Aa I waa about to say when I got to telling you about qullla, I went out ona night to find aomethlng to eat met a fox going through tha woods and ha told ma there waa a fine truok patch down the road about a mile. I started for It but on my way down I amalled an apple and went to look for It found It hanging to a stick In what i thought was a little cave, but It was re al rr a bo trass-4 bad-not taken a gooa slsedt nibble at that apple ' before the trap sprang and there I was a prisoner. I tried every way to get out out tnera I was held fast and tight Boon after daylight a boy and a dog came along. Aa Boon as the boy saw tha trap sprung ha gave a cry of Joy and and dog ran up and after sniffing around the box commenced .to bark at a great ratal - I could hear the boy - say to tha dog 'Jack, wa got Mr. Forouptna thta time. That means I will get rour oits rrom the Chinaman and buy you a new col lar.' " "What 'did tha hoy mean,- Tom, by saying that ha would get four bits from the Chinaman "Why, don't you know that Chinamen Ilka porcupines to eat? Tea Indeed they do. They think there ara few things aa fine aa a good fat porcupine and they will pay 50 cents or four bits for a good one. - Now to ' get back to my story. When I heard tha box talk about selling me, I made up my mind that I never would figure In a Chinese dinner. Tha boy opened tha trap to put ma In another box. Aa ha did bo I mada a sudden rush, which caused htm to let go one corner and -the next-minute was sprawling out on tha ground. Tha dog commenced to bark and try to bite me, but I Just threw up my quills and before Mr. Dog knew what happened I had runthrea.jor four right I good slsed quills into his nose. I can tell you that I sank them In so deep that It 'made tha dog bowl and tha last I aaw of him waa ho was tearing acroas tha field aa If 40 porcupines were after him. Well, the boy started aa It to catoh me but thla time I pounded my tall on tha ground and out flew about a half dosen loose quills. Evidently that boy had tha foolish notion that I could throw my quills for ha ran away ajid then I ran off Into' tha woods and was safe." At this point Herman gava Tom sev eral peanuta and also a piece of potato. Tom got so busy with theee that con versation had to come to an end. As X went by Frtts's cage ha called to ma and begged me to take his picture and wlren I said I would not give In to hts vanity 'he yelled, "Well if you won't take my ploture tell my friends to come out and sea what a handsome fellow 1 am In all my new quills." I left the porcupine and went over to the bears and my what a jolly crowd they ara. Several of them cams out and let ma take their pictures and all of them talked or wanted to talk at onde. I managed to get soma very in teresting things from them and will tell about my Interview with tha bears next Sunday. ..".'. tha state, aroused at first Interest and then sympathy. Thla sympathy haa re sulted In the signing by a number of eminently respectable men' of a petition to tha governor asking- that clemency shall be extended by tha executive to the man who has been condemned by ail the state courts. . The petition In favor of clemency for Patrick la of particular Interest because of the-character of Its signers. . They ara not of the large class that delights to - sign every document that Am pre sented. They are men accustomed to make careful Inquiry Into the merits of a case before they give their support to a causa. They are not stampeded by sentiment or governed in their actlona by blind horror at the thought of execut-. Ing the extreme penalty of tha law on a criminal. On the contrary, they are men in whoso conservatism, good judg ment and calmness the public, to which they are known well by reputation, baa every confidence. That these msa ara willing to undertake the solemn re sponsibility of asking the executive to overrule and reverse the mature and regular - decisions of the Judlolary shows a lack of confidence In the State s legal system portentous and alarming. Tha appeal for clemency, differs from , 'in ' "i - .... , . . i mni urn v i - TKLSB LEGS FOR jwd cjms., . By Maynard Evans. OG8 with false teeth, and woodsn legs and cats with glass eyes -are tha latest things in, veter . lnary science. Modern medicine haa -lent Itself., especially: through Dr. Frederick' Hobday of London, to the treatment of animal suffering and every appliance that can add to tha pleasure a, subtract fxom tha cares, or mutlply tha comforts of animal life to put the caae arithmetically la now brought forward by tha veterinarian. For examnle. the X-ray machine la now uaed to locate swallowed pins and needlea In tha bodies of ailing kittens, while the Inventor's skill haa been called upon to manufac ture feeding bottles for nursing puppies. Dr. Hobday whose letters of F. R. C V. & and F. R. 8. B. stand tor tha most eminent degrees In veterinary practice accomplishes many marvels In hla methods of treating .animals. For Instance, with reference to supplying glaaa eyas to the animal world, ha has hsd soma extremely auocessful results. The removal of . tha eyes of animals with tha minimum of pain la accom plished by means of the usual anesthet ics applied as la human oases, while local applications of cocaine ara also utilised. After the eyea have been taken out proper glass ones, suiting tha kind of animals, ara Inserted and the animal goes about Its ordinary avocations with apparent comfort. .. . Aa a matter of fact tha insertion of a glaas aye in the orbit of an aiisto- cratio pug or Blenheim spaniel gives ratner aistingue enect almost mon ocular In Its Impresslveness. Doubtless, before many years. It will be consid ered quite the thing for dogs belonging to tha fashionable class to wear glass eyes merely for their decorative effect In supplying cats and dogs with glasa eyea. Dr. Hobday takes particular care to aea that the two eyes or the ani mals match In color,' slse " and other characteristics. Cats are given eyes that hava elongated pupils, while any amount jof variety Is obtained with ref erence to dogs, great and small. What is remarkable in this connection Is the fact that the animals manifest no dis comfort in using' 'these substitutes for vision; saving that they display great careful - In avoiding aangeftd The artificial organ. Use Anesthetics. In the Insertion of glass eyes Into the visages of his cat and dog friends the learned veterinarian employs anesthetics. of course. Jte has discovered that the ordinary means of" anesthesia work well with animals; but chloroform Is more suitable to dogs than to eats; though ths giving of chloroform to pug dogs is not many others mada to tha governor In that It Is based on tha allegation that Patrick has been treated unfairly by every court before which his case cama. It la not auegea tnat racts properly ex cluded from Judicial cognisance va-riti-gate hla offense. It Is not contended that he baa been unable through Igno rance, Inexperience of poverty to obtain all his righta and privilege It Is not argued - that ha has been dealt with hastily or with prejudice. It ts asked that his sentence be commuted because the courts admitted tha evidence of an Incompetent witness, and this Is asked after the competency of the testimony has been passed upon and upheld by the highest tribunals In ths Judicial system of the state. ... Tour famous Statues. From tha St Louis Globe-Democrat The' most famous statues in history are the Colossus of Rhodes, the Sphinx and tha -vocal -statue of Memnon at Thebes, . and of these tha last Is the moat remarkable, In consequence of Its property of emitting -Bounds when Its lips were touched by the rays of tha rising sun so that It seemed to greet the coming day. -. It was originally a por trait model xf King Amenophls III, and waa one of a pair of statues between (0 and 70 feet hlghr carved out of single blocks of sandstone, and transported from the quarries to Thebes, whereas the Sphinx waa carved from the living rock In the place where it now stands. Of statuea not bo well known the most remarkable la that of Buddha at Nara, near Kioto, In Japan, which waa erected A. IX 1100. It la made or bronse and la 61 feet Inches high and mora than II feet broad across the shoulders. On Its head are.. M0 curls, and tha Image la surrounded by a glory or halo 71 feat In diameter, -en which II images, each feet long, ara . cast Two smaller Imagea, each 25 feet high, stand In front of the larger . one. The total weight of metal In the main figure' Is about 460 tons, of whloU 101 pounds consists af gold. . OkiW . ' - - - -H0 ' so easy, owing to the blunted bhapa of the nose, A special cone-shaped muxxle, to which Is connected a vaporising tube. baa been designed by the- surgeon for administering animal anesthetics. The musale Is formed of leather and fine wire gauss, the vapor of choloroform or other Is pumped Into it, the animal thus being compelled to breathe It Doctor Hobday haa found that tha larger dogs suffer no ill effects from tha administration of chloroform, which Is safer than ether; but cats and young pupplea do not al ways survive the administration. For cata he uses a mixture of alcohol, chloro form and other. In giving chloroform to (-upwards of 1,100 dogs at the London Veterinary college. Dr. Hobday only had five fatalities during five years; while In giving the anesthetlo to cata . he had three deaths out of' 120 cases. Under such circumstances It would seem ad visable for. cats to give a wide berth to chloroform. In spite of their , nine-lived endowment . . Among the most Interesting operations performed by Dr. Hobday are those by which he supplies cats and dogs with artificial limbs and sets their dislocated tall a He haa been ao successful in amputating the legs of animals and sup plying them with new ones that before long' a wooden-legged dog will cease to be a novelty, while a glass-eyed cat will be a matter of course. Many pet dogs are-today going about In the sphere of the doctor's Influence whose animal companions evidently do not suspect that they possess" artificial limbs. A few years ago when a dog lost Its fore or hind legs, the natural course was to put It out of existence with the least possible pain. A revolution haa taken place In this treatment however, since Dr. Hob day came upon the scene. Ha has manu factured lega suitable to every kind of dog and cat With regard to cats, it haa been found that they do not "take" ao well to artificial limbs as do dogs. . Dogs Use Artificial Limbs. ' Fox terriers, spaniels, bulldogs and deerhounds hava become patlenta of tha doctor for various forms of artificial limbs and the doga soon learn to utilise theaa substitutes to advantage. Every lea manufactured Is made with the ut most- accuracy, and "just fits" each dog for whom It ia intended. Soma falsa lega consist of plain leather sockets while others ara of . silver. . rubber. chamois and vulcanite or a combination of all of 'them. "It la astonishing." saya Dr. Hobday, "to aee how soon an animal can reconcile Itself to the loss of a limb, and how soon It learns to walk about" - Most dogs If they survive tha orig inal accident or the amputating opera tion aeem very much pleaaed to find The PIvm Tree t t (Continued from preceding Page.) Ha waa angry through and through, not so much at my bluntnesa as at my having seen Into his plot to help him self at my expense for, not even when I ahowed It to blm. could he aee that It was to hla Interest to destroy Good rich. Moral coward that ha waa, the course of conciliation alwaya appealed to him, whether It was - wise or not, and the course of Courage always fright ened him. He bit his lip and dissembled his anger. Presently he began to pace up and down- the room, hla head bent hla--hands clasped behind htm. After perhapa five' minutes ha paused to Bay: "Tou Insist on taking the' place your self, HarveyT" - I stood before 'htm and looked" down at him. "Tour suspicion that I have also a personal reason Is well founded, James," said I. "I wouldn't put myself In a position where I should hava to ask as a favor what I now get aa a light. If I help you to the presidency, I must be master of tha national -machine of the party, able to use it-with all Its power and against any . one" here I looked him straight In the eye "who shall try to build himself up at my expenae. , Personally, wa are friends, and - It- haa ben a pleasure to me to help to elevate a man I liked. But there Is no friendship in affairs, except where friendship and Interest point the same way. It ia strange that, a man of your experlenoe should expect friend ship from ma at a ttma when you are showing that you haven't for ma even tha friendship of enlightened self-interest.' - "Tour practice la better than your theory, Harvey." aald he, putting on an Injured, forgiving look and using his cheat tones. ''A. better friend never lived than you. and I know no othei man who gets the absolute loyalty you bC ile looked at ma earnestly, "What themselves with artificial limbs. Fox i terriers take the greatest care of their "' "game legs" when the latter ara offl duty; and ona animal gifted with a limbri of the more expensive variety display tha greatest anxiety should any ona de- prlve - htm, "even momentarily, of th treasured member, even when repairs' ara In order. Dr. Hobday haa been very successful also-tn setting ; animal - fractures. It ' Is not at all an unusual sight, . when visiting his veterinary Infirmary, to see many doga and even cata with their -limbs "dona up" In plaster of Pari a Tha surgeon makes every effort to obtain . natural healing of these Injuries; only' resorting to amputatlon.and. tha supply ing of artificial limbs when all other sources have failed. The bones of most animals will heal quickly. If prop erly treated; even In- cases where both forelegs or hind legs ara fractured at tha same time. A curious form: - of accident- among -greyhounds 1b tha dislocation of tha tall, and Professor - Hobday haa been very successful in treating thla form ot. Injury. He usually subjects tha Cauda, appendage to an X-ray machine, locat ing definitely tha exact bona which mf. be out of place. Ho la thus enabled to quickly reduce the dislocation, which la) alwaya dona under an anesthetic That X-ray machine Is employed very exten sively for all cases of bona Injury andf with tha greatest success. . ; , One of the most Interesting sectional of Professor Hobday's work aside front1 ; supplying false eyes and limbs Is that raising of young animals by means oflj what ha calls "artificial mothers." Tbeaax consist of a series of bottles encased list a bag with Zur on the outside ream bllng tha supposed mother v anlmaL. Pupplea and klttena take to these con trivances remarkably well, and losa nos time In .."getting . down to business" when the foster mother Is put on tap It is a very interesting sight to sea half. a dosen little pupplea wniping anoy struggling ovsr a sham dog, evidently quite oblivious to tha fsct that they are not being supplied by tha "real thing.'; Another extremely interesting wortoi Inaugurated by thla surgeon ts tha In troduction of falsa teeth Into the mouth' of dogs needing them. Tha same rules for dog teeth ara applied aa those gov erning human beings. Qulta a number ' of dogs whoso teeth hava become worn) out through old age have received an- , tire new sets, and ana collie haa had Its two Incisors replaced with gold by American bridgework.- Numbers of doga -compelled to live on "soft diet" and gruel hava been put back on meat through new seta of teeth supplied bjrf Dr. Hobday. haa changed youT" he asked. "Why ara5 you so bitter and so ao unlike yous even-tempered self T' I waved hla question aside I had no mind to show htm my uncovered coffin with Its .tenant who, only., slwt., or. to expose to him the feelings which the erect and fearlesa figure of Scarborough had aet to stirring in me. "I'm careful to choose my friends - from among those who can serve me and whom I can, therefore serve," I said. "And that Is the sentlmentaltam of the wis. I wish Us to remain frlenda therefore, I -must be. able to be as ueeful to you, as you can ba useful to ma."- - "Goodrich shall go," waa tha. upshot of his thinking. "I'll telephone hint this afternoon. Is my old frlsnd satis fied V . - ' "Tou have dona '.what was best for yourself." said with wholly good-humored raillery. . And - we shook hands and I went r . I, waa glad to ba alone where I could give way to my weariness and disgust; for 1 had lost all tha Joy of tha eom bat - The arena of ambition had now become to me a ring where men ara devoured by - the beast-ln-man after hideous battles. I turned from It, heart sick. "If only I had less Intelligence, less Insight" I thought, "so' that I could cheat myself as Burbank cheats himself, Or. If 1 had tha relentlessnesa or the supreme egotism, -or whatever it la. that enables great men ta trample without a qualm, to destroy without pity,, to enjoy without remorse." , : (To Be Continued.) - r ' ' wieasaal Job. " , "Oh. Oearae. la glt ym've mm,- els toted the aweet girt, "ralboi la l(U4 and dletarbed. De sn4 talie kits." "Very wall." rt.Hl Mr. UntMI. "WS S the matter with fcir' . . . ' Why ef I Juat tola klaa yes wasted la aurry ae." - . - evtags Beaks la Swrtaanaad. Fifty years sgo. In Saltserlsnd, If. 000 depositors possessM llJ.OOOOTj 117 savings banks. There are t 1,400.000 depositors lmn f uiiiLOul ta mors tha Jul saving i t f
