Little Elephants.
How is that for an clcphantf' said
an artist to a Now York I'oit reporter,
taking a green cloth from a clay nio(Rj
of an elephant about 12 inched in
length. "Yes, it is small," ho eontin
ucil, "but that's jusi tho great point
in its favor. See this bone," ho con
tinued, taking up a small object from
tho table "tho real bono of tho ele
phant I am making a model of. It was
tho famous roeently discovered pigmy
elephant of Europe Some months
ago a party of French geologists, ram
bling through Italy, camo upon great
quantities of theso bones, and soon
ideutilied them as thoso of a rai'o of
elephants that wero pocket editions, so
to speak. Tho largest woro not as
large as our slieep, and smaller than
any of tho baby olephants that havo
been exhibitod in this country. Their
young in turn wero olephants in min
iature, being about as largo as a small
cat, and could oasily have been held
upon tho opon palm. Herds of theso
pigmies wero undoubtedly eapturod by
early man, and if tho circus was in ex
istence then wo can imagino a rare en
tertainmont. What a troupo of ele
phants could havo been marshaled in!
First would appear tho great mam
moth, with its long coat of hair; thou
tho dinothotium, with its curved
tiibks, tho gigantic Ganges i, from In
dia, with its small head and enormous
tusks extending fourteen foot in front,
and, finally, last but not least, tho pig
m cs and their young, arousing the en
thusiasm of tho throng of young cave
d wallers.
"Tho pigmies, so far as known, rep
resented two distinct species known
to science as clcphas mdittansis and E
falconeri, and their remains are lound
over a wide geographical area, show
ing that they had an extended range.
In tho second book of tlio vEnoid' Vir
gil notes a tradition to tho ell'oct that
Sicily was at one timo a part of tho
mainland, and it is now believed by
many that long ago lUily was con
nected with Africa by a neck of land,
and that Malta and other places, now
islands, woro a part of it. Over this
ancient bridgo tho pigmy elephants
are supposed to havo made their way
nto Europe, whnro thoir tracks can
bo traced in many loealitios. In Malta
most of tho skeletons havo ben found,
while others havo been discovered in
various parts of Italy and among other
lomainsin various parts of Europe
These wero real pigmies, whilo tho &o-
called dwarf elephants of to-day nro
merely olephants whoso growth has
been retarded in some natural or arti
ficial mannor.
"I ho pignii03, however, wero not
all elephants, as at this timo pigmy
horses roamed tho slopos and valleys
of North America. They were tho
anco-itors of our present horso, and
thoir remains havo been found to such
quantities that more than twenty
dilVerent kinds havo boon recognized.
Tho smallost of those pigmy horses
was about as largo as a fox, and Uiilor
ed considerably from our present
horse. It lived in what has been term
ed tho cocono time, and is called tho
eohippus.
"A few months ago a pigmy whalo
was washed ashore on tho New Jorso3'
coast, and was sent to tho National
Museum. In appearanco it resembled
tho enormous finback, but instead of
boing GO or 30 feet in length, and
weighing several tons, it measur
ed only nine foot in length,
was accompanied by a baby pigmy
that was littlo over a foot long. Tho
pigmy whalos propoily bolong in tho
Pacific Oooan, nnd aro often seen on
the Californian coast; but this speci
men probably strayed around the
llorn.
"Amoug tho birds thcro is a pigmy
quail a dolieato littlo creature, so
small that tho anciont Chinese used it
to warm their hands in cold woather,
carrying a bird in each closod palm.
Among tho quadrupods tho pigmy
deer is perhaps the most interesting,
and wheu scon it scorns a perfect anto
lopo in miniature.
"Quito as much of a pigmy is the"
sultana antolopo, fouud in tho hilly
.regions of Abyssinia. Its hoight at
,tho shoulder is onlyfourtcon inches;
tho horns aro extremely thin, and
about four inches long. Tho young of
these midgots of tho hoofed tribe aro
beaut. fill littlo creatures, thoso of tho
antolopo boing about eight inchos long
when born, and, with thoir soft color
ed fur, dolioato pipo-stom-liko limbs,
largo and oxpressivo oyos, they aro,
perhaps, tho most attractivo of any of
tho niiuuto animals."
Our Old Jlaids.
Wo havo forgotten tho typical old
maid. Sho has given place to a inoro
attractivo typo of womanhood. Tho
modern old maid is round anil jolly,
two dimples in her chcoka, and has a
laugh as musical a a bobolink's song.
Sho wears nicely-fitting dresses, and
becoming littlo ornaments about her
plump throat, and becoming knots
and bows. Sho goes to concorts, par
ties, suppers, lectures and matineos,
and sho doesn't go alone. Sho carries
a dainty parasol, and wears killing
bonnets, and has livo poets and phllos
ophora In hor train. In fact, tho
modern old maid Is as good as tho
modern young maid; sho has seusa
uud conversation, as well as dimples
and curves, and sho has a bank book
and dividend. And tho men like hor
Mid why not? Exchange.
"DROPPED DEAD."
The Vntc thnt OviTonme "Littlo Mac"
timl I'lvc OSIirr Governor.
Apropos of tho midden death ot Ocn.
Geo. 15. McClellnn, vo note that tho New
York Sun, points out the singular fact thnt
Gove nor DoWitt Clinton, Governor Silns
Wright, Governor William L. Mtircy, Gov
ernor nnd Chief Justice Sanford E. Church,
nnd Governor It. 13. Fenton, nil of Now
York stntc, dropped dead ot heart dlsense,
nnd under quite identical circumstnnccs
ench of them dying whilo reading n, letter
except Mnrcy, who was perusing Cowpor'a
poems!
Hold your hand ngainst tho ribs on your
left side, front, tho regular, steady bent
ing of this great "forco pump" of tho sys
tem, run by nn unknown nnd mysterious
engineer, is awful in its nnpresslvencss!
Vast persons liko to count their own
pulse-beats, nnd fewer persons still enjoy
marking tho "thub thub" of their own
heart.
"What if it should skip n, beatl"
As a tnntter of fact tho heart is tho least
susceptiblo to primary dlscaso of any of
our vital organs. It is, however, very
much injured by ccrtnin long-continued
congestions of tho vital organs, liko tho
kidneys, liver nnd stomnch. Moreover,
blood fdled with uric ncid produces a rheu
matic tendency, and is very injurious to
healthful heart action, it often proves
fatal, and, of course, tho uric acid comes
from impaired kidney action.
Roberts, tho great English authority, says
that heart discaso is chiefly secondary to
eomo more fntal malady in tho blood or
other vitnl organs. That is, it is not the
originnl source of tho fatal malady.
Tho work of tho heart is to forco blood
into every part of tho system. II tho or
gans aro sound it is an easy task. If they
aro at nil diseased, it is a very, very hard
tnsk. Tuko ns nn illustration: The kidneys
nro very subject to congestion and yet, be
ing deficient in tho nerves of sensation, this
congested condition is not indicated by
nnin. It mnv exist for years, unknown
oven to physicians, nnd if it docs not to-
suit in completodcstruction of tho kidneys
tho extra work which is forced upon the
honrt weakens it every year, nnd a "mys
terious" sudden death claims another vie
tim!
Thi3 is tho truo history of "honrt dis
ense," so called, which in reality is chiefly
a secondary elfect of Uright's diseaso of the
kidneys, and indicates tho universal need
of that renowned specific Warner'B safe
euro.
B. F. Lnrrnbeo, Fsq., of Boston, who was
by it so wonderfully cured of Bright's dis
easv, in 1871), says that with its disap
pcaranco wont the distressing heart disor
der, which ho then discovered was only
secondary to tho renal trouble.
Thero is a general impression that tho
medical profession is not at fault if it
frankly admits that heart diseaso is the
causo of death. In other words, a euro ol
henrt disease is not expected of thonil
Thero may bo no help for a broken down,
woro out, apoplectic heart, but thero i3 n
help for tho kidney disorder which in most
cases is responsible for tho heart trouble
nnd it its use put inonoy and fame into the
trensury of tho profession instead of into
tho tho hands of an independent investiga
tor, every graduated doctor in tho world
would exclaim ot it. as one, nobler and
less prejudiced than his fellows onco ex.
claimed: "It is God-send to humanity!"
"What therefore must bo tho public est!
mnto of that bigotry nnd want of frankness
which forbids in such cases (benuso for
sooth it is a proprietary article), tho uso
of tho ono effectivo remedial agency ot tho
npo.
"Heart disease," indeed! Why not call
such things by their right names?
Why not?
"Dead without a moment's warning."
This likewise is nn untruth! Warnings are
given by tho thousand. Pliysicinns are
"not surprised." They "expect it!" They
know what tho end will bo, but tho victim?
"oh, no, ho mustn't bo told, you know,
it would only frighten him, for thero is no
help, you know, for it!"
The fate that attended "Littlo Mac" and
tho fivo governors is not a roynl nnd exclu
sive one it thrcntons every ono who fails
to heed tho warnings of naturo as sot forth
above.
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How many tired heads, languid eyes, and
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Other Tales of Old Campaigns, by , AMOS MURRAY
XL W. LUOY.
JOSEPH HATTON.'
MRS. E. M. AMES. '
BRAM STOKER.
Lieut SOHWATKA.
3. L. HARBOUR,
Hon. S. S. COX.'
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