THE OMAHA DAILY Til rilfiPAY, TlTLY 20, 1000.
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"THE PARVARTED BACHELOR." S
now Roln' to put t'na to the final t at
whether or not she llkrs you to ter nor yjii
By SEl'MAS MACMAMS ".MAC",
Author of "Through tho Turf Smoke, "Twaj In Dhroll Donegal," etc
(Copyrlgtitc.l, 1M0, by fluma. Mm Mantis)
Corncy Illgarty, tho pensioner, was nn
lnvctorato old bachelor- -or, BtlU woreo, a
tnleoyntst- himself and hal many sarcastic
things to say nt tho women's expense.
When tho nolGhborn gathered around tho
tiro In his llttlo cabin or winter iiIrIKs, and
Toalna Unllnghcr led oil u general assault
upon old bachclom, Corncy'a biting wit
flowod freely In return. Hut when his as
tallante, by dint of their number and per
sistence, drove him back from cover to
cover, Corney eventually fell back upon hl
cruud and unassallablo ioaItlnn and made
an effcctlvo Htand upon his story of tho
"rarvartcd Bachelor."
In them days, or thereabouts, when tnj
Kran'father'R Kreat gran'fathcr was n
younststcr, thcro was a chap lived In the
neighborhood In Dublin nnmcd Itody, that
tho neighbor!) called Itody tho Hachclor. be
kasc, llko mcself, ho had small gradh for
the women, an' peoplo thought he'd no moro
marry than ho would glvo his head for a
football.
Itody was warm nn' well-to-do, with a
nugfarm an' ti turlg house, milk cows an'
dhrjT cattle, goleor. Ho was as happy as a
bodgo sparra to all Boemln', an' lived In also
an' contentment with himself an' tho wholo
wurrl'. Then, when at a wako or a weddln',
or some other sort lv a spirti, the neigh
bor got nt Itody nbout why ho didn't
marry an' tnko a wlfo till himself, Ilody
always laid down bis docthrlno to them.
"I'm as happy," ho used to say, "as tho
I-ord (thanks bo to Him!) can mako me. I
have palce, grace an' content, an' what
moro docs a man need? Them takes a
woman takes throublu, an' them marries
makes worry for themstlvcn. Vw often
enough say, ycraclves, 'No cow, no caro,'
on' I say 'N'o woman, no woo.' If I got the
best woman In the wurrl' sho couldn't like
ua better nor I llko mcoclf. So, nil thlngn
conildhercd, It seems to mo that it's I am
tho wisest man iv tho lot iv yo to keep
tnoself happy when 1 feci mcaclf bo," An
that was, tlmo an' again, tho burden lv
Ilody tho Bachelor's tong.
Hut, sirs, wondhcrs '111 never cenfie. There
was a slip lv a black-eyed glroach (girl)
wan lv the neighbor's daughters, como to
milk tho cows mornln' an' ovcnln' for Hody
wan .time his hand tuk bad with the whit
tlo an' ho couldn't milk himself. An' Una
Bho waa named Una ebo used to alng. "An
callln dhcas crulto no m-bo," "Tho l'urty
Olrl Mllkln' tho Cow," to keep tho cow
quate whllo she milked her; an' Ilody would
bo standln' bo tho cow's head scratchln'
Brawny' neck to ketrp her quate likewise.
Dut bo tho tlmo Hody'fl hand was better lv
tho whittle, he- -persuaded Una to continue
comln to milk bokaBO that the cows milked
better, ho found, to a woman; an' Una,
without much persuasion, consented. An
tho neighbors hcy all sayed, "Ay, Ay,"
whon they heerd this. So for tho length
lv a long summer Una sho milked away
on' sung away, whllo Itody tho Bachelor
was gcttln' moro silent an' thoughtful, an
less light-hearted day bo day, till at length
It wan plain to bo seen ns tho hill iv Hlnban
that an callln dhcan crulto na m-bo was
Blngln' away tho heart out lv him. So, It
didn t by no menns como llko a thunder
clap when tho news went roun' that Itody
linu discovered bin cows wouldn't glvo the
milk till any wan but Una, since sho had
made on them so, an' that bo decided he'd
havo to marry her, so ho'd have her to milk
always,
An' married they wor, too, nn' had a
mortlal great weddln' entirely, at which
poor Hody had to stand his own share in
Bconcln' about his suddlnt chango, him that
waa so sore again' all womenklnd. An' in
right good part Ilody tuk it all. Ho sayed
thcro never was no rulo slnco tho wurrl
begun that hadn't an exception, an' hl.i
Una was a'mcst tho only wan exception to
tho doctbrincs ho used to lay down.
Father Pat wus wan of them that used to
havo the greatest pafeagca with Hody nbout
not marryln', an' he was now helpin', as
nurd ns ho could, the nlgbbors to salt Mm
fo rbls suddlnt change.
"An" Is It your belief," says Father rat
"that Una'll go aa far as you used to think
a woman should nforo sho'd bo worth takln'
that sho likes nn' will like yo better nor
you do yoursolf?"
"My Una," says Hody, "sartlnly goes that
inr. That's why I tuk her.
"Whew-ow-cw!" says Father Pat, that
way.
"Father Pat looked hard at Ilody for a
minute, to sco was ho rallly so far gono en
tirely as to bollovo that. "An", nody," says
he, "do yo rallly bellevo it?"
"May I nlvcr alt tho broad In corn If I
nmn't sartln lv what I say," says Hody.
"Vo'ro a dalo foollshor man than I thought
ye," says Father Pat. "Would yo mind
puttln' n little bait (hot) on it that ye'II bo
In tho samo opinion this day twol'month?"
"I'll bait yo," says Hody, "my spotted
springer ngaln' your oul' gray maro an"
that's long odds that mo opinion isn't al
thored this day twol'month."
"Done," tiayn Father Pnt. "An yous,
boys, nru all witnesses Iv this,"
Hody promised Father Pat faithfully to
keep tho thransactlon a deep salcret from
Una. An' so ho did. Hody was In tho hlght
lv good humor over It, for that ho felt so
nartlri iv Una'H lovo for him, an' bo eartln.
too, that It would last, as It wun not for wan
twol'month or llftrcn, hut for flfty-rlvo
twel'mouth If God 'ud only uparo them that
long.
An' Buro enough, tho second month they
wor married Una sartlnly seemed to bo
fonder iv Hody than sho was tho first; an'
tho month after sho was fonder Iv him than
tho other two put together. An' bo It went
on month after month, Una seomlngly got
tin' fonder lv Hody nn' Hody prouder lv
Una every new day that como An' uvcry
tlmo Hody 'ud meet Father Pat ho'd hnve a
hearty laugh at tho priest; an' "Father
Pat," ho'd say, "I hope )o'ro glvln' my gray
maro all tho attention yo Hhnuld." "Och,
nlvcr mind nlver mind, Hody." Father Pat
'ud eny. "tho year Isn't up yet. It's yerself
had better tnko good caro lv my spotted
springer; mind. I'm warnln' ye." Hut, neh!
Itody would break his hearty laugh In at
the foo'lshnesa Iv the prlet.
Well, the twel-mnnth seemed long passln'
to Hody till ho'd humiliate Father Pnt. Hut
tho longest lv times 'II pass fomo time, ns
the longest lv stories 'II sometime have an
end. An' Hody's year, too, woro round
at I ant till it came to thn lnet dny iv It.
An' on thnt very evenln' Hody met Father
Pnt nt a neighbor's funeral.
"Well?" says Hody.
"Well?" cays Father Pat.
"What tlmo will 1 bo sendln' n pn'sun
over for the maro tho ninrrn?" sajs Holy.
"Ah-ha!" says tho priest. "I mo li's al
ways 'too sure, too loose,' with y.u, Ho'y.
-It Isn't 13 o'clock tho morra )ot."
"(lod look to sour wit. your roverrtu"!"
m- Hody. "Vo're tho dhrowndln' m u
cntchln" ut a very thin sthnw."
"Hody Mctiltui," says Father Pat, "there
was a glntleman kilt another man In anger
some days ago kilt him dead. An that gin
tlrmnn Is now u miner sentence lv death to
bo hung ouulde Dublin Ja'l thn mom
niornlu' at brekwunt time.
"Well?" bnya Hody.
"Well," fays tho prlrst. "this Is a great
Klntleman entirely nn' he hns adv'nrtut all
over the counthry that he'll glvo five hun
dred poun' to any man that '111 act na sub-
tltuto for him un' get hung In his place
"Well!" says Hody.
"Very well," eay Father Tat, "we're
not to mention at all. at all. the farm and
farm etc. k on t go long till she gels a bran'
new man "
"Och -och! och, och. och!" says poor
Rcdy. says he, broken hearted entirely
An' at this very point who ahouM lift the
latch an' walk In but Father Pat himself.
"Eh? eh?" says ho, "what arc ye och
ochln" about Hody?"
"Ycr reverence." says Hody. says he,
"plaise step out here with mo tilt I lowno
(loose) yo out the spotted springer."
.n oo Corney Illgarty would say An'
llko ycrsnlf. You're to proro o to get hung so- boys, for a warnln' I always keep nfore
in this gentleman's place, su ai to pet the
J.DOO ror Una an then wo II seo what we 11
see."
"Ha! ha! ha!" laughed Roily. ''Yo poor,
feolis Father Pat, ye! No, nor If It w:a lllty
times five hundred (he would g by It.
Una wouldn't listen for wan minute to tue.i
a rurpcsal."
"Never mind never mind," tay Father
Pat, says he, smllln' such a confident smll?
ns angered Hody cut an' out. ' Never nilad,"
tnys he, ")ou do as ye'ro bid an' we'll seo
wl.at wo'Il see."
"I'll make tho purpefal," says Hody, "an'
ycr roveroncc 'II bo te-spo stbo If Ura fai.ita
or dlrs lv heart dla'ase,"
"I'll bo responsible," says Father Pat; eay.i
he, laughln', "If Una faints or dies iv heart
disease; an' I'll put over her a monument
higher nor the church stceplo an' I'll In
scrlbo It, 'Hero lies the strangest woman
over lived a woman who loved her man
better nor ho loves himself.' "
That night as Hody an' Una sat across tho
flro atther their supper. Rody smokln' an'
Una sowin' a patch on an owl coat iv his,
Hody Bays:
"Una, thero's n gentleman to be hung tho
morra mornln' for klllln' nnothcr."
"Poor dlvll," says Una, "may tho Lord
havo marcy on 'Iml"
"An" ho's nd-vart-lst that he'll glvo five
hundhrcd poun' to any man that offers him
self to get bung In his stead," says Hody.
"Lord look to bis wit, tho poor amadan,"
Una says, "doesn't ho know In his heart If
he has a partlclo lv sense at nil, at all, that
ho'll get no suchnn n fool In all Irelan' as
'III offer to do tho likes lv that, If ho was
given nil tho wurl' for a farm-stcadtn, an'
Coravolgh for kitchen garden."
"Una," said Hody, "1 havo been thlnkln'
that flvo hundhrcd poun would mnko a
mighty nice windfall for you," and Hody
was ready for tho spring If he saw any signs
lv Una goln' to dhrop.
"A mighty nlco windfall, Indeed," Bays
Una with a smile, "but how could tho likes
lv mo como by It?"
"If," snys Hody, brcakln' It gently still,
"I glvo mesclf to bo hung In his place."
Una dhropped tho needle from her fingers
an sat up with a Btart. "What!" says sho.
It was goln' to bo tho dlvll's own corn
thrlal upon poor Una's narves, but Rody had
to go through with It.
"Una," Bays he, "five hundhred poun' 'ud
mano so much to you that I'vo been thlnkln'
what a mortlat naco present It 'ud bo to
mako to ye, an' consequently I'm goln to
offer mcself to bo hung In tho Jlntlemau's
place."
"Arrab," snys Unn, gettln' up an' throwln'
her arms around his neck. "Arrali, Rody,
Hody, mo own dnrlln' Rody! it's the jewel lv
a man yo arc! I loved yo with all the vcans
in mo nenrt nrorc, nut now i love yo ten
times more. Rody," snys she, "havo ye sent
In yrr offer yet?"
Rody Bayed "no."
"Then. Hody, pulso lv me heart," snys
she, "get Into yer coat nn' don't lot the
grasi grow undhor ycr heels till ye'ro at tho
Jail. Here yo arc," Bays she, lifting hl
coat from tho peg an' shovln' It on him
"Una, Una," says Rody, an 'tho poor fella
near cryln' "Una," says he, "It's dark an'
It's damp an' It'll bo time enough to give In
mo offer bo tho mornln'."
"Time enough," says she, shovln' him out
lv the door; "tlmo enough lost the tconc.
If yo wait till mornln' somo other man '11
havo the foreway In yo. God bleu ye, now,"
says she," ''an' run n If there were ten
dlvlls after ye."
Whon Rody got back she had a fine wa'm
suppor for him. "An' ye must go to yer
bed as soon as yo alt It, Rody," says she,
"so that ye'II be fit to rise In good time.
It 'ud bo n downey poor thing entirely If I
was to loso five hundred poun' by yer
sleepln' n few minutes longer nor ye should
in the mornln'."
"I have been thlnkln'," says Rcdy, "as I
como back, thlnkln' that, afther all, I'm
afcerd that I can't get hung tho morra."
"For why? Hody McGinn," sayn Una,
amazed.
"Just," says Rody, "bekase I haven't tuch
n thing ns a linen shirt. An' I wouldn't take
all tho land ye could seo from tho top lv
Carnaween an' go nforo tho audience Ml bo
gathered there from far an' near an' got
hung in an oul' woo'en shirt llko this. Nono
lv mo family ever got hung In a woolen shirt
nn' It'll not bo upcast to mo that I was the
first to disgrace mo family."
Unn waited to say nlver a word, only
mvow mo snawn about ner ntaii an run
out. Sho was back In short tlmo an' threw
a lino wlto linen shirt upon tbo table.
"Rody," Hays she, "nlvcr fear me. I'll .not
seo yo .bait."
"For thu lovo lv heaven," says he, ' Una,
7, hero did yo git that?"
"On tho priest's hedge," Bays rie; "It's a
case lv ncodceslty an' the dlvll a sin It Is,
cen If ho Is tho priest. Rody," says sho;
"trust mo to sco yo through th'.s huslneis
with credit."
Poor Hody shook his hend 6idly. Hut an
other bright thought sthruck him.
"I'm rcmlmberln' cow," eays ho, "I owe
twelve nn' sixpence to Tom Hognn. an' I
couldn't go out lv the wurrul' with that cn
mo sowl."
"Horrow it off wan lv tho neighbors an
pay him," snys Unn,
"Pcuts, woman!" sayB Hody, "yo might
as well climb nn npplo tree to gather wall
flowers. Tho neighbors hasn't, a penny."
"Walt a bit," says Unu, an' cut bho c'a hed
again with the shawl on hor thoulders an'
was back In small time. An' from under Yer
shawl, when she came back, she produce 1 a
box an "tumbled Its contents, which was
coppers, out on the table an' counted It.
'The, Lord's good till us, Holy," says ihe
"then, "there's thirteen ehlllln's an' th.eo
ha'pence In It."
Poor Rody picked up the empty tnx, w'ulrh
she had cast Intll tho fire, an' looked nt It.
It war, the poor box from thn nlthar stnjs
I'cor Rody shook his head again nn' went
off to bed
Hut ho sayed tlfl himself, "Una '11 repant
yet when she thinks v herself."
An' If ho wont to bed atself It's little he
slept that night. An' It's silll'lcss he'd get
latve to bIp In tho mornln', for, afore ths
screok I' day me bravo Una was dlnln' intll
his era that It was tlmo to get up or ho'd
ho late an' throw her out Iv her Ave bun
dhred poun".
"Una." ho says, when he got up an'
dhreanod himself nn' sat down "Una, I'vo
been thlnkln'."
"What have yo been thlnkln' now?" sava
she.
"I have been thlnkln'," says he "that
If I'd only not be In too big hsste, an' not
mind gcttln' hung this time, may ha there d
be another glntleman gettln' hung aforo long
who'd effer a thousand poun' for a substl
tuto."
"Them that breakwusts nn hopes '111 often
go to bed hungry." says Una. "an' n bird In
tho han' Is worth thirteen In the hedge,'
says she, "hurry yourself up."
"An' moreover." says Hody, says he,
"here's another great debar. If I go there
'111 be dlvll a cowl to do a band's turn about
tho house or the farm, an' all '111 go to the
doji."
"Rody, darlln'," says she, "if that's all
alls ye, make yer ml" atsy. A winsome
young widda (though It !s meself says It),
with five uuudred pounds in dhry money,
me eyes the story lv Rody McGlynn, the
parvarted bachelor.
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Himv the
in-: vi:st.
Turil
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Mil Hi lli-uliiii-iit
I'lulit I n il I ii ii .
The Ninth regiment, which has fought so
gallantly In China, simply maintains Its tra
ditions after all.
Captain K. H. Robertson, of the present
Ninth Infantry, has written a record of the
regiment's doings. Captain Robertson Is too
modest by half. Some of the gallant ieeiei
of the command nre barely mentioned. In
the year 1S36, a small contingent of the
regiment, 100 men all told, were surrounded
by 1,000 Indians near Fort Walla Walla.
Tho soldiers fought oil dny tong. At night
It was found that their ammunition, barring
thrco rounds a man, was exhausted. The
regulars cut their way through the savages
and began a retreat that is one of the most
famous in nrmy history. The little band
with Its Blender supply of powder and ball
held off tho surging savages and retreated
In perfect order a distance of seventy-tire
miles In less than twenty-four hours, and
during the retreat lost neither a man nor
a horse. In 1S5S tho outfit fought and sub
dued the Spokane Indians. Klght years later
It was pitted against tho Indians In Oregon
and Northern California. At one tlmo a
contingent was sent to Alaska, and it was
said of the regiment that between tho years
1S6A and 18G9 It had garrisoned every post
from Sitka, Alaska to Mojave, Arizona.
Tho Ninth fought under Crook during the
Dig Horn and Yellowstone expeditions. It
was In tho hottest of tho fighting at Slim
Huttes, Tonguo river and tho Rosebud. In
September of tho year In which Custer met
his fato tho Ninth regiment waa cut oft for
n Ions tlmo from Its supply base, and the
olllcers and men lived for weeks on mulo
meat, with an occasional bit of horseflesh
as n delicacy.
Tho regiment, now serving in China, is
credited with having given tho final blow
which broke tho back of tho Sioux uprising
Sitting Hull hud barely put tho white feather
In his hair before tbo fighting Ninth was
ordered to Chicago to help quell the riots of
1ST". They aided In restoring order In this
city nnd performed gunrd duty for somo
time, being then ordered back to tho west
ern prairies. There was no rest for tho In
defatlgablo Ninth. It hnd no sooner reached
tho buffalo country again than a part of It
waH ordered into tho saddlo as mounted In
fantry and sent in pursuit of the Cheyenncs,
who, llko a red whirlwind, were raiding
and devastating tho country along tho lino
of a warpath which led from tho Indian ter
ritory to tbo Hed Cloud agency In Dakota.
In was In the beat of tho summer, and for
thirty-six consccutlvo hourB tho pursuing
troopers were without ono drop of water.
Tho men at the first symptom of suffering
on tho part of tbo horses save to the ani
mals that which nature craved for them
selves.
Slnco thnt Cheyenne uprising the Ninth
has fought tho Utes, tho Cheyenncs once
more, and Anally tho Apaches. Tho com
mand will meet no moro savago foo In
China than they fought yoara ago on tho
sun-baked Arizona deserts.
Tho first colonel of tho famous Ninth was
Joslah Carvlllo Hall, un aristocratic old
Marylander. It was the disappointment of
Colonel Joslah's life that he couldn't lead
his regiment Into active servleo. That
honor first fell to Colonel Simon learned of
Massachusetts, who commanded the reel
mont In tho hot fighting with the Dritlsh
troops nround Niagara Falls. In tho courso
of tlmo Colonel Learned was succeeded by
uoionei Trueman U. Ransom, "a fire-eater
and a gentleman, by tho Lord Harry," as
touching him wont tho paraphrnso n? n moro
celebrated description.
Colonel Ransom was killed whllo leading
bis men In that chargo which for gallantry
has but few peers tho attacking and the
Htormlng of the citadel nt Chapultepec. Tho
.Mntn lost many a gallant soul on that day,
ana ns tho result of its fighting Major Gen
eral Pillow, aftorward of confederate fame
named sixteen olllcers and eleven enlisted
men for conspicuous bravery, a list that In
length Ib without parallel whero a single
regiment nnd a single engagement are con
cerned. The old organization saw other
fighting at Snn Antonio, Churubusco and
Mollno del Doy. After tho capture of tho
City of Mexico there was but little rest for
this battle-tried command. It was literally
Jumped to northern California and to Oro
gon, whero It entored upon Indian cam
paigning of a trying kind.
STORIES OF IJ.VI'TI.H.
Ainerlrnn Stirm-on lu the Crimen
Toil'tt Squirrel lluiitera
"I would like to know," said tho doctor
to a Chicago Inter Ocean man, "how many
of tho young American surgeons who went
to tho Crimea In 1S34 are nllvo. I don't
count myself an old man, but I remember
woll when, on thu Invitation of tho Russian
government, fifty or moro young surgeons
who had Just received their diplomas went
across tho ocean to take service In the Rus
sian hospitals. Th'.s was at a tlmo when
tho attention of tho world was concentrated
on tho horrors of tho hospital servleo In
I-rench and English armies.
"Floreuco Nlghtlngalo nnd others had
nyido such strong nppeaM In bchnlf of tho
sun'orlnR EngllBh nnd French soldiers that
help nnd supplies went to them from this
nnd other countries. lint there was no ono
to mako appeal for Russian soldiers. There
were a fow Americans in Russia, a few on
transports that visited Hinslan ports, but
there wern no correspondents to tell the
story of Russian heroism and suffering. Ilut
In somo way It rnrao nbout that fifty young
1S62, when Governor Tod of Ohio raised
40.C00 men In two days. That was when
Klrby Smith wns threatening finclnnntl nnd
Genernl Hracg wns marching on Louisville.
Tod Issued a proclnmatlon through the dally
nowspapcrs nsklng nil men In Ohio who
possessed rifles, powder nnd lend to meet at
their county towns, organize In compnnles
and proceed at once to Cincinnati. Ho Btated
that tho city was In great peril, nnd that
ho nppenlod to tho older men who owned
squirrel rifles nnd knew how to shoot, be
cnuso he felt thnt they could make Imme
diate responso nnd could go into service
ready to shoot.
'Tho response was a surprise to even the
most cangulne. Old men nnd young men
gathered by the thousand, each bringing his
squirrel rlfio, his haversack loaded with
home provisions, nnd his blanket or comfort
or quilt. These men wero transported In
extrn trnlns to Cincinnati, went at once
across tho river to the Intrenchments nnd
remained until Klrby Smith retreated. Not
many of them hnd a chanre to shoot, but
those who did shot nt confedcrntes ns they
would nt squirrels nnd deer, nnd It was be
lieved that tho presenco of these unlooked
for 40,000 men wl'h squirrel rifles, nil good
shots, bad Influence in determining the
courso of General Klrby Smith. At all
events, ho retreated and tho squirrel hunt
ers returned home."
HAM) AM) MACIIIM: I.AIIOIt.
Sonic ItraultH of Invention .Slinuii li-
l.nlior CninnilNHlmier AVrlulit.
At tho closo of tho last century, says tho
Chicago Trlbifne, Malthus evolved tho the
ory that tho world's population was increas
ing more rnpldly than the means of subsist
ence, and that nil nations would soon bo
starving if tho birth rato wns not held In
check. How completely this prophecy hns
been falsified, and why, is shown lu an ar
ticle In Guuton's magazine written by Car
roll D. Wright, United States commissioner
of labor. Tho uso of machinery has wrought
tho change. A few years ago congress au
thorized n commission to Investigate tho
relative productlvo power of hand and ma
chine labor, and upon a recent report of
this commission Mr. Wright has bnscd somo
of his calculations.
A thousand paper bags could formerly bo
mado in six hours and thirty minutes by
hand; they nre now made In forty minutes
with tho aid of a machine. To rule ten
reams of paper on both sides by hnnd re
quired 4,800 hours; with a ruling machine
tho work Is dono In two hours nnd thirty
minutes of ono man's time. In shelling
corn by band, slxty-slx hours nnd forty
imuuics wouiu no required to shell n quan
tity which can bo handled by n machlno In
thirty-six minutes. A mowing machlno cuts
sevon times ns much grass per hour as ono
man enn cut with a scythe. Thcso examples
might bo extended Indefinitely, but a more
forceful illustration la found by considering
tho totnl horse power npplled to machines
In this country and calculating how many
men It would require to do tho same work.
For such calculations tho census figures of
ism must no used.
-i . i .
uno uuiHt-powcr is oqulva ent to thn
power of six men. Thus, if the work nr
63,481 men In the flour mills of tho United
Slates is supplemented with tho uso of
io.,oa uorso-power, the power la equlvn
urn io mo worn ol 4.014,190 addltlonul
men. jn otner words, tho power does eev
enly-ono times nu much work n tho m.
ployes. Tho ratio differs radically In differ
ent tuuustries. Mr. Wright finds that
xno total horsc-powcr used lu tho Unltmi
States in 1800 was about 6,000,000, equiva
lent to tiio work of 36,000.000 men. while
only 4,476,884 persons wero employed, tho
two Ktnus of power having a rutlo of 8
to 1. A forco of 36,000,000 men represents
a population of 180,000,000, so that, if tho
products of tho manufacturing establish
tuents wero all made by hand, it would
require a population of that size to do it
with none left- for agriculture, trade,
transportation, mining, forestry, tho pro
fesslons, or any other occupations.
A still more striking Illustration Is found
in our transportation system. In 1890 thcro
were over 30,000 locomotives In this coun
try. It would take 67,940,320 horses to do
tholr work, or 347,425,920 men. In countries
llko China nearly -all tbo work of trans
portation Is actually dono by man power
and no further explanation of tho differ
enco botween America and Asia Is required.
Dy tho uso of steam we nre evoking aid
from tho stored-up heat In our coal bHla
equivalent to the population of the whole
earth, whllo tho Chlnamun lets his coal
He underground, packs bis load on his
back nnd doos his manufacturing largely
by hand.
Mr. Mulhall, tho Dritlsh statistician, cal
culated In 1895 that tho use of steam
power had Increased fivefold In tho United
States in thirty flvo years, thus moro
than trebling tbo coltectlvo working power
of tho population. He also remarks that
tho working energy of one American is
moro than double that of ono European.
Thus the civilized world, with the United
Stater, leading, Is yearly doing n greater
amount of useful work, while Asia does
no more than It dl 1,000 years ago. This
fact nlono will explain the demnnd for the
"open door" und tho increasing world
domination of tho raacblno-uslng nations
MAN'S .MOST SIJ.NSITIVI': I'OI.Vr.
When Hie Tip if thr Toiikup In
Toik-Iii-iI tliu Whole llo.l)- Tin-Ill
The tip of tbo tongue possesses the most
perfect sense of touch, says tho Cincinnati
Enquirer. Tho finest hair Is felt upon Its
surface, and even when fingers fall to as
certain tho qualities of certain bodies, con
tact with the tonguo Immediately recognizes
them. Tho relative sensibility of various
parts of tbo body Is best measured by means
of a pair of compumcs, the points of which
are tipped with cork. Tho tip of tho tonguo
can distinguish two dliilnct Impressions
when tho compass points aro only half a
line, or the twelfth of an Inch, apart, the
tip nt tho finger when they are one line
apart. Other spots vary still moro widely;
this distance at tbo lips i.-i two lines; tho
tip of the hobo, thrco lines; the check, five
lines; palm of the hand, five lines; forehead
f An 11nPB Viri M. nt thn Ytnml m,ti 1 1 r, n,
Americans carried their professional rn- Li,.t iin. v,o,v ',i .i.ii, ,i.i..'.
- .Me. u,ui,u,,i iiii-iiiuim imo j lines.
uiissinn nospunis.
"Tho whole story seems like n dream now,
but If there are any survivors of that com
pnny they will tell you thnt tho experience
was tho most extrnordlnnry of tholr lives.
Their practlco nnd tholr nssoclntlnn with
older army surgeons gnvo many of them
high standing In our own nrmy hospitals a
few years later. They wero received in
Hussia with open arms. They woro treated
with raro courtOBy nnd appreciation, nnd
when their servleo hnd been ended they
wero shown about tho empire nnd sent home
after each had had a personal Interview
with '.ho czar.
"It Is Bald that the Russian army hospital
sorvlco Is now far In advance of that of
either Franco or England; that In her six
largo nnd 300 smnll hospltnls connected with
thn nrmy thero nre nil the appliances cf
modern Burgery. liberal provision of every
thing calculated to nsslst the most ndvanced
work and Investigation. I have wondered
If this result Is not In pnrt the outeomo of
the visit of tho American surgeons to Rus
sia In 1854. Tho latter certainly carried
with them tho spirit of advanced American
surgery, nnd If their Influence stnrted Rus
sia In the right direction they should not
bo forgotten uow."
"I notice." said the major, "that somo
nrltlsh oinccr snys thb war enthusiasm Is
o great In cities llko Liverpool and Edln
burg that ho could raise a regiment of mon
In two weeks. Here In Chicago, where wo
raUed eight regiments In ono week, this
sounds a little queer, but I remember in
If. however, this experiment Is repeated
with a pair of compaspes capablo by slight
pressure of pricking. It will bn found that
thero Is no corresponding difference between
tho parts In their sensibility to pain On
tho contrary. In places where tho senso of
touch Is most keen, the sense of pain tf In
tho firtt Instance at least deadened and tho
parts most callous In discriminating the
double touching points aro by no means tho
lenst nllvo to the seneatlon excited by their
pressure. The tip of tho tonguo has fifty
times tho tactile discrimination of the arm
but the arm Is moro sensitive to a sharp
point, npplled with moderate prcssuro to
the skin, than either tho tongue or the
finger, nnd Is at leant ns nllvo to tho pres
ence of a very light body, a hair, or feather
druwn along the surface. Curiously enough
thn right hand, which Is more sensitive to
touch than the loft. Is less sensitive to tern
perature. If ho two hands nro dlppol In
two basins of water nt the same tempera
turo tho left hand will feel the greattpt sen
sation of hent.
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