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DY GEO. V. HODART,
Dcnr Hunch: Hvory time I liop Into
ono of tliose roomy, comfortnblo Btrcot
cars In a city of tho second, third or
oven fourth class, I linmodlntoly con
trast It with the wood hoxos wo ubo In
Now York, nnd 1 And inyHolf growing
red In tho fnco nnd biting my nnllH.
Thoso squeezer enrs that prowl tho
streets of New York nro surely the
breathless limit, nron't thoy?"
Tho squoozor car la tho best gen
tool Imitation of a rough-houso that
has evor beon Invontod.
Tho nro called squeozorB becaimo
tho conductor Iiiih to lot tho panaon
gcrs out with a can-oponor.
Bravo and strong men climb Into a
Htreot car, and thoy aro full of hoalth
and lift- nnd vigor, but a few block
up tho road they fall out backward
and Inquire feebly for a sanitarium.
To rldo on a Broadway Htreot car,
for Instance, about eight o'clock of an
Leaves the Rebellious Standing on n
Corner,
evening, brings out nil that Is In a
man, Including a lot of loud words ho
didn't know ho had.
Tho last census shows us that tho
street cars of New York hnvo more
ways of producing norvous proatrutlou
and palpitation of tho brain to tho
oquaro Inch than tho combined popu
lation of Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Tlnkcrsdam and Qottordanunorung,
To got In somo of tho street cnrB
about six o'clock is a problem, and to
get out 'again Is an nssasuluatlon.
Ono evening I rodo from Forty-second
street to Fifty-ninth without onco
touching tho floor with my foot. (
Part of tho tlmo I used tho out
posts of a stout gentlemnn to como
between mo and tho ground, and dur
ing tho rest of tho occasion I hung
from a strap and swung out wild nnd
free, llko a Jnpnncso flag on a windy
day.
Somo of tho Now York Btrcot cars
lead u doublo life, becnuso thoy aro
used all winter to act tho part of a
refrigerator.
It Is a cold day when wo cannot
And It coldor in tho street cars.
In Uermnny wo And (lormnns In tho
cars, but in America wo llnd germs.
That is becauso this country Is
young nnd Impulsive.
Tho germs In tho street cars aro
extremely sociable, and will follow a
stranger nil tho way homo.
Often whllo riding In tho Now York
utrcot cars I have felt a germ rubbing
against my nnklo llko n kitten, but,
being a gentleman, I did not reach
down and kick It away boonuBo tho
law Bays wo niUBt not bo disrespectful
jo tho dumb brutes of tho Hold.
Many of thoso street cars nro built
on tho snmo gonornl plan as a can of
condensed milk.
Tho only difference Is that tho
street enrs hnvo a aour tnsto, llko n
lemon-squeezer.
Wlion you got out you cannot got
in, and when you got la you cannot
The Germs Will Follow a Stranger All
the Way Home.
get out, becnuso you hato to disturb
tho strango gentleman thut Is using
your knoo to loan over.
Between tho seats there is a space
of two feet, but In thnt space you will
always llnd four foot, and their oWn
era, unless ono of thorn happens to
liavo a woodon leg.
Undor ordinary circumstances four
into two won't go, but tho Bquoczor
cars defy tho laws of gravitation,
A squeezer conductor can put 2G
Into nine and still have four to carry.
Tho ladles of Now York havo start
ed n rebellion against tho squeezer
cars, but ovcry tlmo thoy start It tho
conductor pulls tho boll, mid leaves
tho rebellious standing on tho corner,
Wo nro very norvous and cnreloss
people In Now York. To prove how
cureless wo nro, I will clto tho fact
tfcnt Manhattan Island is called nftor a
cocktail.
ilk
This uorvousness Is our undoing
rosier '
RAPID
TRANSIT
("HUGH M'HUGH.")
bocausc we aro always In Biich a hurry
to get Komewhero that wo would
rather take tho first ear and got
squeezed Into broathlcfisncsfl than wait
for tho next, which would likely
squeeze us Into Insensibility.
Ureathlesnuess can bo cured, but
Insensibility Is dangerous without nn
alarm-clock.
For a man with a small dining-room,
tho squeozor enr lins Its advantage,
but when a stout man rides In them,
he duds himself supporting a lot of
strangers ho never met beforo.
Ono evening I Jumped on one of
those squeozors feeling Just llko u
two-year-old, full of hoalth and happi
ness. Tho thought of It makes mo feel
inlto Tennysnnsquo!
From Cortland street ho proudly
strode nt suppertlmo that day to take
tho elevated road which goes up Har
lem way. Ho shook and shivered llko
tho douco, and then he sndly Blghed,
becauso tho path was long and loose
which led to Mornlugaldo.
Ho kissed tho down-town girl ho
niched, and said: "I know you'll
miss me! but don't start weeping if
I'm crushed; Just klBS mo, sweet
heart; kiss mo! 'Tin miles to go,
long miles to go to whore 1 do reside,
and booglo men nro In tho cars that
run to Mornlngsldo!"
Her oyoB wero llko two start) that
shluo and sparkle through tho rain;
sho Bobbed; "Oood-by, uwcothoart of
minor' ho kissed his lovo again.
And should I not roturn somo day to
claim my blushing bride, you'll llnd mo
on tho right of way twlxt lioro and
Morulng8idol
"Oh, Phyllis, I must pull up stakes
this awful trip to mnko hark! do you
hoar tho broken brakes refuse to mako
a brake? Good-by, my lovo; good-by,
my dovo! on this I do dccldo; when
nlrshlps como In use I'll tnko you up
to Mornlngsldo."
IIo found ft enr well loaded down
with 50 bouIs or moro to take tho
pathway through tho town ho'd taken
oft beforo. Tho guard unto his volco
gavo vent: "Ooftgooftenooftonvldol"
then closed tho gntcs nnd oIT thoy
wont, bound for Momlngsldc.
Fat men sat down In ladles' laps
thoy'd nover met beforo; nnd snd nnd
solemn-looking chaps exploded boiuo
Genteel Imitation of a Rough-House.
nnd aworo. Somo used tho nlr to Btand
upon, tho lloor was occuplod by 27,000
feet bound out for Mornlngsldo.
"I wnnt my lint!" u Binall man cried
In accents full of heat; nnd when to
i each for It ho tried, somebody swiped
his seat. Ten thousand souls hung
onto straps nnd did tho slldu-lho-slide;
tho human laundry which at
night hangs out for Mornlngsldo.
Heuenth tho car tho third rail simps
nnd harks and tries to blto whllo
thoso who hang around on straps turn
over than turn white It sighs for
tlioso and cries for thoso who In the
coaches rldo, nnd makes them wish
thoy did not llvo far out nt Mornlng
sldo. Whoro does tho fnt director rldo
who owns tho Iron rond? With human
snrdlues doos ho hldo whllo homeward
he Is towed? Not on your life! it
squeeze llko that would surely hurt
his pride; ho takes tho bonzlno buggy
when ho goes to Mornlngsldo,
Tho cars will crowded bo tonight:
thoroll bo another crush; for hunger
waits on appetite nnd nil must home
ward rush, and stand llko men to pay
the debt monopolies provldo on any
rond, on every road Including Morn
lugsldo! How about It!
(Copyright, 1908, by a. W. Dllllnshnin Co.)
It Is "O. K."
"O. K." was not long nno nassod
upon by a court In Illinois, and haB
received judicial sanction.
Two prominent manufacturlni: con
cuius had become Involved In a dls
agreomont which threatened legal
complications. Their lawyers induced
them to couinromlBo their dlfforoncuH
and to append their slgnnturo to an
agreement that was made mutually
satisfactory and leimlly blndlmr. in
nUc-ftatUm of the facts In tho case,
tho attorneys merely used tho hitter
O. 1C, thinking tho matter happily sot
tied. Suddenly, bowuvor. mm nf tin
contestants Drought Bint to havo tho
agrooment annulled, on tho ground
tbat O. K. was a moro slumr nbrnao.
mid hence not lcuullv bliullni lint
tho court ruled that It undoubtedly
imvo that which Is the universal run
caption nnd understanding, and was
theroforo corroci. vaiui and logally
liliulliii: unon tho imrtlos ooiimirnnii
In brief. It wau O. K. lllustrrtud
Sunday MapazlnQ.'
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Su
PROPOSED TRIP OF LITTLE CRAFT TO THE
ri m i riri frcr o atoMm iwwhi,ibi 1 1 i imi rTTim iim win II jhwihiiiiiict
pin ii rii iniM
MX
The recent announcement that tho
navy department contemplates sending
tho submarines now at Buzzards Bay,
Mass., to tho far east on their own
bottoms attracted a gront deal of at
tention. That such a trip Is practical
Is not for a moment doubted; Indeed,
It Is pointed out that for a vory con
Bklorablo portion of such a trip tho
vossols could opornto under their own
power, resorting to tho towllno only
In vory bad weather or In tho event of
an engine becoming dlsnbled.
With a well equipped parent ship
no tho Castlne will bo when the work
now being done nt Portsmouth Is com
plotod, such a trip would offer few
moro dnngers than tho trip from New
York to Norfolk last winter, when for
days olllcors nnd men went without
rest and with no food savo cold mcnt
and bread nnd n fow frankfurter sau
sages nnd coffeo it wnB posslblo to
cook on tho tiny electric stovo each
boat Is oqulppod with.
That trip onded with nil bunds
nearly exhausted but reudy to repeat
tho tank after 24 hours' rost.
"I novor really appreciated Joslo
Sadler's deslro for 'a decent sloop.' "
said ono of tho ofllcers who mado tho
trip, "until It was over."
On thnt trip what Uttlo sloop tho
men had was in cramped quarters,
whoro tho baro deck, and not much of
that, wnB nil that was available, and
tho cold mado uleoplng difficult, tho
lnck of heating apparatus of any sort
In tho boats making tho tompornturo
about thnt of tho wator. Ono feature
of that trip was a heavy snowstorm,
and It Is not thought probnblo much
moro sovero weather would bo met on
tho longer Journey.
On tho longor trip it would usunlly,
nt least, bo posslblo for tho men to
bo fed from nnd sleep on tenders when
tho bonts wero running undor their
own powor. The tondorB could nlso
caro for thoso who may bo mado sick
by tho gases from tho gusollno cnglno.
Thoso fumes, or carbon monoxide, nro
deadly In their effect, nnd In short
runs partially BubmorgOd when tlio
gusollno motor Is used It la not uncom
mon ror men to no rondered uncon
scious for porlods of 20 to HO minutes.
Whon consciousness does roturn tho
victim suffors nu iuteuso hcadacho and
pains In tho stomach.
Interest In submarines has not been
confined to thoso who work bontB
elthor for profit or pleasure. But fow
persons outsldo tho navy havo beon
privileged to Inspect ono of thoso deep
sea divers as tho Bervlco regulntlons
forbid nllowlng visitors on them.
Work on Hiobo bontB begins early
In tho morning. Usunlly beforo soven
o'clock nil tho "mon havo had tholr
breakfasts on tho tendor and gono
over tho side to the smaller boats to
rollevo tho ono man of the 12 or II
assigned to each who has remained on
watch on bonrd nil night. With them
goos nftor commanding officer. Tho
anchor, of iniishroom design, which
swings from a chain run through tho
center of tho bont, Is belated and tloop
water Is headed for.
Tho boat Is now almost awash, that
Is to say, only n fow foot or her sides,
the tiny deck and conning towor aro
out of wator. Bolow tho men uro at
their stntlons, caring for tho onglnoB
or looking over valves. To tho layniun
It BeeniB ns though there wero almost
ns many valves as rivots. Thoy aro
ovorywhoro. Whoro thoro aro not
valves there Is machinery or piping,
and an occasional tool box.
Forward, undor tho dock, nro tho
hugo gasollno tunks, holding 3,000 gal
Ions of this highly uxploslvo fuol
Amidships and undor foot are tho great
storntio battorluB. Aft Is tho propelling
machtnory, tho oloctrlc motors for
driving tho scrow whllo submorgod
nnd Bteorlng, tho Blx-cyllndor gnsollno
motor of GOO-horso powor, used in op
oruiiag when on thu surfaco; tho dy
VOYAGB pop.
MARINES ff
,tu.jju-j-mmiuwnjwiw
T0RPZIJO BOAT
nnmos for chnrglng tho batteries and
the air compressor. All these wero nil
right when tho crow loft tho night bo
fore, but mnchlnery somotlmes does
strango things over night, nnd each
part la looked over carefully.
Meanwhllo, from tho conning towoi
or from tho deck, tho commanding of
ficer Ib directing tho boat's courso by
the nld of an Instrument about tho slzu
of n dollar wntch, which nt a dlBtanco
It much resombles. On it nro buttons
for signals to tho engines nnd two
moro to Bteer by. Pressure on one
sends tho boat to port, on tho other to
stnrboard. Whon neither Is pressed
tho vessel goos on n straight course.
This watchllko affair controls tho elec
tric motor which operates tho steering
goar, and a long llexlblo cable makes
It posslblo to steer from any part of
tho boat.
Whon tho point at which It Is de
cided to submorgo Is reached wator Is
gradually admitted to tho tanks In tho
boat and she settles until she is awash.
Tho hatches havo provlouBly been
tightly closed, then tho conning tower
Is closed and mado tight and a sea
man takes tho oloctrlc steering clovlco,
whllo hla olllcor goes bolow to direct
tho work of subrherglng. In hla posi
tion nmldahip ho has hla periscope di
rectly In front of him. To his loft nro
gauges showing tho angle of tho diving
rudder ns well as tho wheel by which
It la operated und two largo dials
Bhowlng depth of wntor. Forward and
on either Bldo men nro stationed at
valves.
Tho first thing dono Is to trim tho
boat that Is to say, got her balanced
on nn oven keol, that alio may bo
handled properly. Water Is slowly ad
mitted to tho main tank, then to tho
trimming or bnlnnclng tanks. Some
times too much Is tnken in. Then tho
excess Is blown out by air undor 2,000
pounds pressure until tho exact bal
nnco is acquired.
To thoso In tho boat thcro Is a ro
markablo lack of movement, of vibra
tion there Is vory little. Ono feels that
ho Is In a room without windows, and
when tho "lights out" order cornea
tho sensation Is exactly tho same ns
when ono finds himself suddenly left
In darkness In a strango house. Tho
whining of tho ouglnes nlono gives
ovldonco of llfo about, and ono is glad
whon tho current Is turned on again.
It is cool In tho boat, too, so cool that
tho hull begins to sweat great drops of
water that landing on a nervous man's
neck mnkes him Bhlver.
After a fow mllcB under wator tho
ordors necossnry to rlso aro glvon
First water Is blown from ono tank,
then from nnothcr, till at last tho top
of tho porlscopo Is nbovo tho water.
Bolow, by Its nld, tho officer has a
clear view of all' about him.
Often these trips conaumo hours.
Tho Octopus, Lieut. Courtney, has
often remained submerged for half u
day, traveling from tho torpedo station
at Nowport In n channel always fro
qucntod by commerce to a point as far
away ns Bronton's reef nnd roturn
with only an occasional rise to uso tho
periscope. On thoso trips ho nover
hud nn accident, though at times tho
channel on tho aurfaco waB llllod with
sailing vessels.
The dip beneath tho surface, how
over, Is by no means tho end of tho
orow'B work for tho day. Thoy must
mnko ready for tho noxt dive, for ou
tho trip tho storage batteries havo bo
como nearly, if not quite, exhausted.
Tho air tlasks need refilling und thoro
Is auto to bo somo adjustment of ma
chlncry needed. Then tho gasollno
motor Is connected with tho dynamo
and tho slow work of charging bat
torles Ib begun. When Utoy nro full
the electric motor la atnrtcd and tho
air Husks aro filled. Then tho gasollno
engine again starts the dynamo up to
replace tho current taken from tho
battorloa In working tho compressor
Simple ns this seoina, It is a 12-hour
task, making, nsldo front tho tlmo
spent under water, a longer dny than
most men caro for. Ono hour undor
wator may mako necessary thla long
task,
Only picked mon and enthusiasts
could do tho work and Btand up under
It. All tho mon assigned to the boats
by tho bureau of navigation nro ma
chlnlBta, electricians or acumen gun
tiers, and It Is tho boast of tho ofllcers
thut tholr crows can do anything iu
tho lino of mechanics.
CEREBROSPINAL
A FATAL DISEASE OF HOTwJ-o
Probable Causes of tho Malady and Its Syrnptarns-ny tl.
J. Milks, D. V.
Corcbro-splnal meningitis In horses
is also known ns staggers, blind stag
gers, sleepy stnggers, bottom sickness,
etc., nnd scarcely any section of tho
country has escaped the ravages of
tho dlBoaso nt some tlmo or othor.
Numerous theories huve beon ad
vanced as to the causa of this disease.
It has been attributed to grazing upon
low, marshy places, honce tho name
bottom sickness. Tho cause nlso has
been laid to moldy corn or fodder,
poisonous plants, exposure to sun, Im
pure wnter, etc. Mayo, reporting a
cry similar disease, concludes It to be
io to a fungus, Aspergillus glnucus.
The spores outer the circulation, find
n'.'gmont in the organs nnd set up in
flammatory conditions. Tho cerebral
symptoms were duo to nn abscess of
the brnln. Ho hits also recovered the
abovo fungus from tho different or
gnns. Chester of tho Delawnro station hna
carried on a series of feeding oxporl-
Brain of horse. Note the
Kidney of horse showing degeneration
right and In the center show t
monts with negative results. Somo
oven point out tho Infectious nnturo of
tho disease.
In tho mild cases wo got dullness,
stupor, weakness, hanging of tho head,
paresis or Blight loss of control ovor
one or more limbs, a slight rlso In
temperature. 102 to 10'.! degrees Fahr
enheit, often difficulty In swallowing.
Tho vlslblo mucosno wero congested
and brownish yollow. In theso mild
ensos tho woakne3s novor beenmo so
great that tho animal could not stand
and usunlly it was ablo to take somo
nourlBlimont and witter.
Tho moro severe cases wero mani
fested by the snmo genorul symptoms,
often, however, tho respirations wero
much Increased and labored. In tho
sovero casos tho animals usually ro
fiiHOd food, but often Bhowed a deslro
for water, although unable to drink.
The dlgostlvo tract was almost com
pletely paralyzed. Purgatlvos Boomed
to do lit tlo good, no inntter what tho
doso. Tho hypodormlo uso of osorlno
or nrocolone did not produco purga
tion, but did exhibit othor physiolog
ical phenomena.
Tho dlBoaso generally runs n rapid
ly fatal course, lasting front u few
hours to four or five daya usually
not moro than throo or four daya.
Tho tlmo glvon by somo authorities,
eight to twolvo dnys. Is ontlroly too
long, or.copt In casus that survive.
MENINGITIS
M., Louisiana.
In thofe paoao that survived, tlie ti
entm attacked slowly, the an!mr.l itf.i
ally taking some nott:la'.r.n3nt ai.i
rhowed all the symptoms tf a mild at
tcck. '
The mortality w.t3 f.O per ir
more. Treatment availed Uttlo, vi z
started In tho flist f3W hcurs o. Hm
disease, ntid oven then pvocn-DS wai
unfavorable.
Although tho es.-ct can" of r.Pil.i
pltls In hoises and mu'.cs l:aJ no.-'r,
as yet, been atlifactorlly d? -.:o:i
strnted, el'hor In lltli cmtry ct
abroad, It has boon tho o?:n' );i rf Dr.
W. H. Dalryznp'.o t f tho Lciihln p a a
vlon, who has ctperlencod Dovcrnl ur"
vIoub outbreaks In that n'ato. dur
Ing both iho gptfnnt and sumni r
months, that the cause was, In sa-ii'
way. asncc'ttted with tho cc. t'.Ulcn c."
the feeding ma'crlals either glass cr
cured prcducls. ajtch as crrn, etc.
brought about by t'.;o ctlasli of nioldj
or fungi; an:l that whon n cor.i;.v' t3
I njectlon of the blood vessels.
of the tubules. The tubules to the
he condition to be especially good.
change to food thnt
sound was mndo, tho dlsoaso was
eitucr checked, or dlsappeated en
tirely. This, nlso, would seem to hnvo beon
tho experience of other investi
gators. Consequently, until tho
of tho agent producing monlngltls, ns
won ns a possiuio remedy, has beon
discovered, wo would urgently recom
mend to stock owners, that, as soon
as thoy observe the first symptoms of
socnlled "staggers," they at onco
mnko a chango front feeding mnterinls
that aro at all suspicious, to tlioso
that nro porfectly sound. Or us a
matter of prevention at all times that
thoy do not supply lo their animals
or permit them to consumo, food of
nny kind that la not absolutely sound
and free from molds or fungi.
Feed Llght.-Vory little should bo
fed to brood sows, ns It makes them
too fat. They should bo glvon plenty
of thin slop In which thoro Is ahvavs
valuable nutrlmont.
Cause of Slckncss.-Much slcknogs
uniong hoga Is duo to uncortnln mmr!
ters, wot pens and exposure.
Provide Clean Water.-Koop nlontv
of clean wator within reach of your
hogs at all tlnios, ' r
