the fitful north breezes, which occar i
sionally bring the temperature down
to 50 or 60. Most of the time the I
temperature stays about 70,- and for a
few days before the recent rain it was
between 80 and 90.
Troop trains which came through
Texas were queer-looking arrange­ Great Objection to More Genera.! Use o f Devices Seems to Be
Their L ia b ility o f B low ing Over—
ments. There were cattle cars for
the horses, box cars for the artillery
M aterials to be Used.
and equipage and Pullman cars for
the men.
The three kinds were
grouped in many of the trains. One
The great objection to the more gen­ ferent, and it would weigh 40 pounds
serious mistake of the Spanish-Amer- eral use of sheep hurdles seems to be more.
ican war was repeated. The caissons their liability to blowing over. I sub­
As to manufacture, I should say, as
of the artillery companies were mit illustrations of some that offer has already been suggested, that pret­
packed in one section of a train and less resistance or are better fortified ty close to where they are to be used
the guns in another. Hence, when against the effects of the wind, writes would be the best place to make them,
the first section arrived the contents Richard H. Mitchell in the Country as one freight on the material would
might be unloaded, but couldn’t be Gentleman.
be saved. Machinery does not enter
moved off until the second section
Fig. 1, while not strictly a movable very largely into their construction;
came in. In some instances har­ hurdle, is, nevertheless, considered as so nothing could be saved in that
ness was packed in the cars of one such, and is the one in most com­ way. It ought not to require any
section, while the horses were in an­ mon use. I can only give measure­ great skill to saw up boards and nail
other. But, on the whole, the move­ ments from memory, but should say them together, and also stretch wire
ment has been successful. It is espe­ that they were 10 feet long and 5
cially notable that all of the trains feet high when set up. The figure
have been handled from various parts shown is made of sawed stuff, but
of the United States with great speed they are more often made of split
They have received the right of way saplings; the construction, however,
over everything else, and not an acci is precisely the same. Holes are made
dent has occurred.
with a bar, and they are set end to
A little city has been built up end and pinned together at the top.
h fU
r/tr ç/rr or 7&Y7&
around Fort Sam Houston. Saloons These, like those supported on the A
(Special Correspondence.)
not. The amount of dust thousands of dance halls, billiard rooms have crutch, form a perfectly straight fence, on them, if that form was desired.
AN ANTONIO, Tex.—When yovi
marching men and hundreds of vehi­ sprung up over night. Property has which is not so proof against the force
In drawing these hurdles, I have
take into consideration that
cles pulled by from four to eight advanced about 1000 per cent in value of the wind as one built zig-zag or allowed the center uprights to come
gray-haired men still remember
mules can raise is beyond the under­
down as far as the others; in prac­
that Fort Sam Houston was not standing of those who have not tried and what would have bought the land worm fashion.
In Fig. 2 I have shown two panels tice, it might be found better to make
a show place, but a useful in­ to breathe in it. The dust was sim­ a few weeks ago will not now pay
that are intended to be set up in this them shorter, especially if they were
stitution to protect the pioneer set­ ply stifling. But Jt is settled now, rent for a year on It.
to be set up on uneven ground. The
The police were prepared to pre
tlers from depredations of roving In­ much to the delight of the men.
diagonals in Fig. 4, being on opposite
vent trouble in the city, as the sol
dians and organized cattle thieves, the
An amusing feature of this mobiliza­ diers were inclined to have a good
sides of inch uprights, will of course
warlike enthusiasm of San Antonians
tion is the fear it aroused in winter time. There was a tendency toward
be an inch apart where they cross. I
can readily be understood. The peo­
tourists. The mobilization is certainly animosity between them and Mexican
should not fill this in, but draw them
ple were as much aroused by the mob­
not an unmixed blessing for San An­ residents. This was particularly re­
together in nailing, as it will make the
ilization of troops as they would be if
tonio, because at least 2,000 tourists grettable because thousands o f the
frame all the stronger. Hemlock is
the United States had entered upon
went home. They feared trouble of “ Mexicans" were born in this city
probably the best material for making
the greatest war of its history. Tex­
some vague nature and they did not and have never been across the line,
these, and it would undoubtedly last
ans are ready to fight the Japanese or
want to be near it.
They scurried them do not speak Spanish.
enough longer to pay to have it dress­
the Mexicans or anything they can
away from San Antonio like ducks
ed.
If ordered in carload lots, enough
By
no
means
an
unimportant
part
find to fight.
after the hunter had fired his first
would be saved In freight to pay for
When the troop trains rolled into shot. The ignorance of the average of arranging for the troops was to in­
the dressing. If the ends of the up­
San Antonio hundreds of citizens wel­ tourist is a matter of much amuse­ crease the post office facilities. Clerks
rights that stand on the ground were
comed the soldiers and cheered. Texas ment everywhere, but it is particular­ and inspectors were rushed from
dipped in hot coal tar, they would
every
part
of
this
department,
the
lo­
wants to fight. It doesn’t make any ly amusing in Texas because visitors
probably last as long as the rest of
cal office was spread out into tern
' î t ’ï i l
difference who is to be fought, so long do not understand- Texas distances.
the panel.
porary
quarters,
and
the
mail
was
as some powder smoke follows all this
The ride by railway from San An­ handled without delay.
Fig. 6 shows an iron that I think
manner. The left-hand end of panel
war-like display. Beyond a doubt, if
tonio to Laredo, the nearest point on
would
be a great help in clinching
b
slips
in
the
right-hand
end
of
panel
Pontoon
bridges
and
engineering
every terrible prediction of Richmond
the border, consumes an entire night, impedimenta remained on the cars a, and a section of the fence is shown the nails. A slot is cut in the end
Pearson Hobson as to the intentions
but the tourists, even after a residence ready for quick movement. Hundreds in Fig. 3. These panels are supposed of a flat piece of iron, so that it will
of the Japanese were to be realized
of several weeks in San Antonio, were of the cars brought here were not to be 10 feet long and 4 feet high, slip easily on the nail, and it is bev­
tomorrow Texas would simply mob Fort
still of the impression that a stray taken away. Many of the bids accept­ and the lumber 1 by 5-inqh stu"', but eled from the slot to either edge. By
Sam Houston to enlist and start for
bullet from across the line might ed by the quartermaster’s department these dimensions can be varied to suit slipping this on the nail, the end can
the front.
strike one of the local hotels. Troops
be bent over at more than a right
Certainly, It was an interesting sight coming from St. Louis and bound for called for the delivery of goods on the idea of the user. With these di­
mensions,
however,
the
distance
be­
board
trains,
and
not
at
Fort
Sam
to see the trains come in, one after El Paso are only one-fourth of the
another, and the soldiers come forth way to their destination when they Houston. That meant that the sup­ tween the end uprights on panel ought
plies were ready for shipment to the to be 11 inches. On panel a the end
and organize with the speed erf auto­ reach the Texas line.
soldiers who were being rushed to uprights ought to be 15 inches from
matons and march away. If they ar­
Visitors are coming from every town
rived at night, their tents had al­ and city in the state to see the big border points. This army of 20,000 either end. This ought to make the
ready-been prepared for them by the camp. Many of them are discharged men has been divided. Ten thousand fence worm about 4 feet. As can be
comrades who arrived before. If they soldiers. One of the favorite occupa­ men remained in San Antonio and readily understood, more or less worm
arrived in the daytime they marched tions of these veterans in this city is 10,000 went to th? border and formed will be given to the fence by moving
the second upright from either end in
to the place marked out for them and that of street car conductor or motor- a wall from El t*aso to Brownsville
angle. The iron is then slipped back,
Troops did not arrive as rapidly panel a.
pitched their own tents. Everything man. They are also scattered about
as shown in the illustration, and the
A
panel
using
wire
instead
of
lum­
as
scheduled,
in
spite
of
the
well-laid
proceeded as if this mobilization had as waiters, cooks, bartenders and Ice-
plans in the office of the war depart­ ber seems desirable, and in Fig. 4 I nail bent over and driven into the
been planned months ahead.
One wagon drivers.
Meeting on street
For
would never think it was set in mo­ comers, they discuss among them­ ment in Washington. Military men have shown one that seems to me the wood, as shown to the right.
tion by telegrams flashed over the selves the possibilities of the troops say this movement again demon most desirable, as combining the great- fencing stacks and turning corners,
both ends of the panels would have
strates the fallacy of scattering the
country in a single night.
going Into Mexico. Many of these old
to be alike, instead of reversing, as
The telegram which set Fort Sam campaigners are worried lest by not troops In small posts throughout the
shown in the cut. If this fence should
country.
The
prospect
for
trouble,
un­
Houston in motion was received at reenlisting they have lost an oppor-,
prove reasonably wind-proof, it ought
certain as it is, has caused enlistments
one o’clock in the morning. An hour tunity to get under fire.
to increase enormously, and scores o
to solve a large problem in fence econ­
after dawn officers were surveying the
If the parade grounds on which the newly-recruited troops have .come
omy, as very much less fence would
parade ground of 800 acres and mark­ troops are now encamped are not
with the veterans.
be needed if the fence could be
ing it off for tents. Two hundred men large enough the maneuver grounds at
easily moved from place to place as
It is an interesting group of men
began work shortly thereafter to lay Leon Springs, about twenty miles
gathered in San Antonio. There ar
occasion
demanded.
water mains. They worked night and from this city, will be used.
This
It would be absolutely wind-proof
day until their task was completed. mobilization has impressed upon the soldiers who have seen service in the
Philippines, Cuba, China and Alaska,
around a stack if locked with the slid­
Bids for supplies for 10,000 men for officers and the war department the
and won distinction for bravery, and
ing-bar, and would have the advantage
four months were asked. The con­ urgent need for having larger accom­
there are men here who fought Indi
of being movable when the ground
tracts are still being let All this was modations for the troops at this point.
ans in Texas a quarter of a centur
Fig. 2.-
was frozen.
carried through according to the Already arrangements have
been ago.
letter of the law. One firm which made for the construction of addition­
est strength with the least surface,
Choking on Oats.
came in five minutes late with a bid al barracks and further arrangements
and with the surface low. The panel,
Some
horses
eat so greedily that
for several thousand of dollars’ worth of a similar nature will be made soon.
Merciful Man.
as there shown, can be used on the
of supplies was denied permission to San Antonio looms up as the strategic
Humane—My husband Is so gentl A crutch. Fig. 5 shows jt modified, to they become choked on oats. We have
submit its proposition.
meet the requirements of a worm one that troubled us in that way, so
point of greatest importance for the and considerate. “In what way
Every precaution known to physi­ mobilization of American troops in the “Why, he wouldn’t let me get
fence. By substituting a post in the we often had to send for a veterina­
vacuum
cleaner
because
it
employed
cians and engineers has been taken to event of trouble anywhere in Latin
place of the end uprights, you have rian, who inserted a tube down her
throat to dislodge the grain, says a
keep the camps absolutely sanitary, America, and it must for all time In exhausted air.”—Boston Herald.
the Fig. 1 forms.
and as an extra measure the soldiers the future be possible to mass the en­
In Fig. 5 you will notice that I am writer in an exchange. Later he told
are invited to take anti-typhoid serum tire strength of the United States
not
satisfied with cleats, but have us how to avoid the trouble in this
No Need to Worry.
way: He advised us to place a dozen
and thousands of them are taking the army here. That, at least, is the opin­
“ Mrs. Plankett always has a serene introduced a bar sliding in a slot on or more smooth stones, the size of a
injections.
the
front
side
of
the
end
upright
and
ion of many army men.
look on her face.”
small hen’s egg, in the feed box, tak­
Of late the camp has been a sea
The troops from along the Canadian
“No wonder. Mr. Plankett’s ste­ on the back side of the second up­
of mud. The mud, however, is bear­ border astounded native San An­ nographer is the homeliest woman in right. This makes a complete lock, ing care to have them well distributed
and seems to me quite essential on through the oats. This compels the
able. The dust which preceded it was tonians by their utter disregard for town.”
that style of fence. I should also rec horse to eat less greedily, as he must
omend the-same device on the board eat carefully to avoid biting on the
stones. We had no further trouble as
The Absurdity of Overwork.
MERELY OBEYING ORDERS captain discovered that he was shy
one gendarme. Investigation discov­
long as we owned the horse.
Dr. C. Hutchinson Eely, the brain ex­
Policemen of Mexico City Take Every ered the gendarme asleep in the ma­ pert of Duluth, was discussing the new
chine, where he had camped out ever tuberculin cure for progressive paraly­
Care of Hogs.
Instruction In a Literal
since charged with its care. And it sis, a malady common to brain work­
Don’t make the mistake of allow­
Sense.
is very cold up on this Mexican pla­ ers.
ing the young boars to run with the
teau at night, as Mexico City is more
“ Tuberculin has cured a third of the W Q
gilts until they are three or four
Mexico City is possibly the best po­ than a mile above sea level.
11*
UL iffE
cases it has been tried on,” he said.
months old.
liced metropolis in the world, but Its
“ Hence it may be called a pretty good
Feed a large variety of food, but
officers, while vigilant, take every in­
cure. But a better cure for the diseases
Fig a.
avoid sudden changes. That is, do
struction given them in a literal sense.
Active Frenchmen.
due to overwork is rest.”
They will arrest anybody or anything
panels, as on uneven ground one end not change the whole ration at any
A study of the activities of the
Dr. Hutchinson Eely thumped the ta­ might spring up and allow the panels one time.
that violates a city ordinance.
French population based on the last ble vigorously.
To produce the full development of
to separate.
A short time ago, says a New York­ census hae just been published. It
“When a professional man tells me
Of course on this skeleton any kind bone the work must be commenced
er, who recently spent some time in shows that 20,720,879 persons, Includ­
he Is too busy to take a rest,” he cried,
before the animal is born by feeding *
that city, there was a collision be­ ing the army, are engaged in active
of wire can be used. Personally,
“I tell him he is like a workman who
tween two automobiles, one of the pursuits. The figure represents 53.3
would not use barbed-wire of any sort the dam plentlfuly with bone-produc­
machines being so badly damaged per cent, of the population; it in­ is too busy to sharpen his tools.”
as a gift. The illustration is intend ing foods while she is pregnant.
The development of the bone in a
that it had to be left at the place cludes 13,027,000 men, 68 per cènt. of
ed to show a two-strand twisted wire
where the accident occurred. The the male population, and 7,693,000
placed six inches apart, which is much pig carries with it the development
Origin of Horrid Styles.
persons occupying the machine were women, or 39 per cent, of the females.
A Chicago physician, a woman, has closer than it is used on longer of the vital organs and a large in­
promptly bundled into the auto which
Agriculture still employs 43 per found a new reason for the prevail­ stretches, but that number of wires crease In the amount of lean meat in
was able to proceed and the entire cent, of all the inhabitants of the ing atrocities in feminine wear, such seems to me about right for a good the carcass.
party went to the police station.
country, and more than 50 per cent, as big hats and high heels. It is, she Job. They might be placed closer at
But that did not excuse the broken in 59 departments. In 16 departments says, because women haven’t time to the bottom and wider at the top, per­
Succulent Feed for Cows .
car. It was formally arrested on the the population engaged in industrial think about clothes and allow shoe­ haps. That hurdle (Fig. 4) made with
One of the most practical ways of
spot and an officer detailed to see that pursuits ranged from 40 to 64 per makers, dressmakers and milliners to 4-foot uprights and 14 feet from end supplying succulent feed for cows,
it did not get up and limp back to its cent., and in 12 from 30 to 40 per cent do their thinking for them. That’s it to end of upright, would weigh about when one has only a small herd and
garage. By some chance the broken
Automobile construction occupied exactly. They talk so much about 65 pounds, and cost about as many does not have ensilage, is by raising
automobile was forgotten for two days, 22,000 persons, and electrical ma­ these things that they have no time cents for material. The cost of the roots such as mangels, rutabagas or
at the end of which time the police chinery 20,000.
to think about them.
all-board one would not be much dif- stock carrots.
MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING
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PRACTICAL SHEEP HURDLES
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