"THE! A ME. FN CAN.
THE DOG'S ORIGIN.
Ik liitrrMtlnf fan Almul Man'i
Mml ralthral rrlrnd.
Although (he recent (3iKCUMon of th
origin of th dog cannot t (a
hv urttlrd the long-oniilroverled
qufntlon, there tcrmi to I derliM
drift of opinion among nnturlit to
the theory that our nunn'roiu varieties
f domoilcated diK are denoendi'd not
from tingle acla, but from several
kinds of wild animal, aa, for Instance,
the wolf and the jackal. There are re-
corded example of tamed wolvea,
Which In gentleness, love for their maa
tera and Intelligence ahowed a truly
dog-like capacity. With regard to
tamed jackala, Darwin haa pointed out
that, when caressed, they jump about
for Joy, wag their talla. lower their
ears, lick their maater'a bands, crouch
flown, and even throw themselves on
the ground, feet upwards. When fright
ened they carry their tails between
Ihetr legs. On the other hand. It Is un
lerstood that, whatever animal we may
consider hla progenitor, the domestlca
tlon of the dog began at an epoch ex
ceedingly remote. The fossil remains
rf a large dog have been found In ter
tiary deposits, and thtre la no doubt
that the dog existed In a domesticated
atate during prehistoric times. Ills
hones are discovered In the shell-heaps
of Denmark and In the lake dwellings
Of Switzerland. Tha dog meets us In
the dawn of history, for such varieties
s the hound, greyhound and watchdog
Bre depleted on Egyptlnn monument!
live thousand years old. It la well
known that in Egypt the dog waa
Worshiped under the title of Anu
tils, and dog mummies have been
found. There la mastiff figured
on an Assyrian sculpture belong
ing to 640 D. C. The fact Is often
overlooked that dogs were used by the
Greeks and Ilomans not only In the
chase and for hunting down escaped
prisoner!, but for war, being armed
for that purpose not only with spiked
collars, but with a coat of mail. It Is
aid that Corinth waa on one occasion
aaved by fifty war-duga, which foiled
a night nitack of the enemy, fighting
until nil were killed but one, which
succeeded in arousing the garrison. It
Ii worth noting that, according to some
naturalists, (lie Newfoundland and St.
tlornard dogs form a group by them
pelves, derived neither from wolvea nor
jackals, but from a distinct species, of
progenitors. It is a disputed question
whether the Newfoundland dog Is In
digenous to North America or was in
troduced either by the Norwegians in
the year of 1000 or by Cabot in 1497.
Hearing on this question is tha inter
esting fact that the Norwegians have
dogs closely resembling the Newfound
land breed. The Dingo dog of Australia
does certainly seem to constitute a dis
tinct, indigenous species, since it ts
now found in both a wild and a domes
ticated state In that country, and Its
rossll remains are associated with those
of extinct mammals.
A ROMANCE IN ALASKA.
Count de Lanreau and 1 1 la IhtiiRliter,
Who May llvroma ail llelroaa.
Juneau, Alaska, has a Russian ro
mance, or what it fully expects will de
velop into a romance, and it is almost
as Interesting a subject for discussion
as the new gold fields. When Count de
Lanceau, a young Russian, visited
Juneau eight years ago, he was 22 years
old, and he followed the example of
other visitors before him. lie took an
Alaskan maiden as his housekeeper.
Bhe was attractive In features and af
fectionate in disposition. A girl, named
Lucy, was born to them, and the young
count was devoted to her. Ho was
patlsfled with his housekeeper and very
fond of his little daughter. He decided
to remain in Alaska nnd enjoy his new
possessions. The count conceived the
Idea of building a castle on Point Look
out, overlooking the town, and set men
at work felling trees and building the
foundation. A cyclone came along and
blew the men and the lumber off Point
Lookout, and the count changed hla
plans. He bought a lot of land In the
plateau valley below and set a gang of
men at work clearing It. After he had
epent several thousand dollars in this
preliminary work his father ordered
him to return to Rnssla. Before leav
ing he deeded over ten lots In Juneau,
three lots In Douglas City, and a can
nery site at Cape Faushaw to his
daughter Grace.
The count said good-by to his Alas
kan family, and left his daughter In the
care of Frank Starr of Juneau. Since
the count's return to Russia his father
has died, and he is now In possession
of large estates. Frank Starr Is now In
correspondence with him, and he be
lieves that the count will.provide gen
erously for his daughter. So it Is
emong the possibilities that this waif
In time may become an heiress and a
young woman of some importance in
Russia as well as in Alaska. St Paul
Pioneer Press.
Almost Killed tijr a Tooth.
Orviile Barker, a young man living
near Mansfield, 111., Is recovering from
a peculiar case of sickness. About two
months ago he noticed th&t he was
gradually weakening. This was ac
companied by a cough, and he began
doctoring for catarrh, thinking that
was the trouble. June 28th he had a
Tery bad hemorrhage of the lungs, fol
lowed by increased weakness. On the
following Sunday he was taken to bed
end gave every symptom of hasty con
eumptlon. A few days ago, during an
extra hard coughing fit, he coughed up
a small piece of hard substance, which
the doctor pronounced to be a portion
of a tooth. It was then remembered
that a short time before he began to
experience any weakness he had a
tooth pulled while under the influence
of an anaesthetic, and as the tooth was
ulcerated the dentist had some trouble
In extracting it. In twisting It a
email portion waa rasped off and is
upposed to have gone Into the lungs.
WOMANISH AND WOMANLY.
Tbr I Kvrlnaa Troahla la tha Vanity
Family aad Mmall ( fur It.
There l house, and home. In a city
suburb which haa become divided
against Itself.
And all beentia the mistress of It re
fused on one occasion to coddle her bus
hand' self love.
The facta are these:
Mr. Vanity, to heighten hi! enjoy
ment of au unselfish evening with his
family, asked bla wife mischievously
at dinner whether the wanted him to
stay at home with her Instead of going
to the club. The wife replied aweetly
that she wished It If be wanted to,
otherwise not
Mr. Vanity had calculated that she
would give him a love look, blush and
ay: -on, John!" or something of the
kind. Her reasonableness disappointed
blm. Indeed, It raised hti Ire and he
went about making her take It back.
"I should think you would want me to
stay, anyway, whether I wish to or
not," he protested. More sweetly than
before the assured him that while It
would give her pleasure to spend a
quiet evening at home with him the
hours would be robbed of all their Joya
if he did not remain because It was his
pleasure to do so. Ills wishes were
first.
"Won't you ask me to stay, then?"
"No, dear."
"Uy thunder, I'll leave the house and
I'll go now."
She smiled.
He put on hla hat and cont. ITe took
considerable time about It, too. When
they were nicely adjusted he returned
to the dining room and stated In a
subdued voice that Bhe had only to say
one word and be would take them oft.
To which she replied In a voice that
was almost angelic that she expected
him to set his own pleasure In that, as
In all matters. To which he answered
briskly that he "did not suppose he had
married that kind of a woman." Short
ly afterward the front door closed with
bang.
Mr. Vanity's wife spent the evening
with her sewing and her little ones.
Her husband returned about 11
o'clock, but he made no reference to
hla visit In town or the cause of It. De
fore the gas was turned out he asked
quite meekly whether she would not
like to Bee "Trilby" the next evening.
She said smilingly, but unenthusiastic
ally, that she would. He then sighed
deeply, as one who has become relieved
of a great burden.
But that did not patch up the trouble
and the man is out of confidence with
himself. Of course, the point Is that
she never answered him In such a way
before. And he wants to know whether
this blinketty blank newspaper new
woman nonsense Is getting into his
wife's head.
POINTER FOR THE CARELESS.
How Inuaed Railway Tlrkvt May He
Itailoeniod at Might Coat.
Some men with valuable unused rail
way tickets on their hands sell them
to scalpers, while others go to the rail
way company that Issued them and ob
tain their value in money, says the
New York Sun. Most men, however.
do neither, and accept the loss when
the ticket Is worth less than a dollar.
Indeed, many men do not realize that
railway companies stand ready to re
deem unused tickets, even of small
value, so that the companies must be
richer by many thousands of dollars
per year by reason of this neglect or
Ignorance. Every railway ticket bears
the name of the general passenger
agent of the road issuing the same. It
is a simple matter to inclose th tirW
with a letter directed to the general
passenger agent, asking him to refund
the money paid, and explaining the rea
son why the ticket is left unused in
the hands of the purchaser. It Is cour
teous to inclose a stamped envelope in
which the money may be returned.
When all these things have been done
the company usually acknowledges the
receipt of the ticket holder's communi
cation and promises to Investigate the
matter. The Investigation consists in
the proper identification of the ticket
and a little bookkeeping to set all right
in the accounts. Then the purchaser
receives from the company a check for
the amount due, along with a letter re
questing acknowledgment on the part
of the recipient. That closes the trans
action, and there is no material loss on
either side.
Education and Matrimony.
The higher education of women in
England appears to diminish their
prospects of marr'age, and the higher
the honors taken he less the conjugal
prospect becomes. Of the ex-students
of Girton, Newnham, Somerville Hall,
Holloway and Alexandra colleges to
he number of 1.4S6, whose post
graduate careers have been observed.
is found that 6S0 are engaged In
teaching, 11 are doctors or medical mis
sionaries, 2 are nurses, 8 or 9 are in
government employment, 1 is a book
binder, 1 a market gardener and 1 a
lawyer, while only 20S of the whole
number ' are registered as married
only about one-seventh of the aggre
gate, which is a poor showing on the
domestic side and in the bearing on
posterity. No similar tables have been
kept on this side of the water, but there
not much doubt that they would
show a like result, and it must be set
down as a fact that the higher a wom
an's learning the less use she has for
husband. It is discouraging to the
men and generally an educational and
sociological fact which Is depressing,
but it has to be reckoned with and can
not be put aside or ignored. New York
Tribune. 1
UK Mania Is Window Smashing.
John, the Window Smasher," aa
John B. Leonl is known, has "been ar
rested In Chicago. Within a year he
has broken 100 big plate-glass windows
valued at 15,000. He Is crazy.
A COSTLY MISTAKE.
ly I liif To Slaay Ullm lha TaU
graph (-aapany Waa Oat 3.SII.
The Insertion of the letter "r" in the
name of If. W. Baker promises to cost
the Western I'nion Telegraph Com
pany about f'l.OoO. In the suit brought
by Baker to recover $7,160, loss caused
by the delivery of a dispatch from Aus
tralia to Abram Barker, a Jury In the
United States Court the other day re
turned a verdict for the plaintiff for
15,841.61. after deliberating about an
hour. Judge Hanford Instructed the
jury that a telegraph company was
charged with the duty of exercising a
high degree of car as to promptness.
and that any neglect entitled the par
ties Injured to damages. Baker's meas
ure of damage. was the amount he
would have realized had he accepted
a cabled offer, less the amount he re
ceived, says the Seattle Post-In-telllgencer.
The defense moved for a
non-suit on the grnd that the terms"!
of the telegraph blank especially ex
empted the company from any dam
ages either for mistake or delay, and
also as the error was made In Aus
tralia by a connecting line, no respon
sibility could attach, particularly as
the cablegram was addressed "Barker,"
and was actually delivered to "Bark
er." Mr. Lewis, for Baker. Insisted
that conditions in a telcgraphio mes
sage exempting the company from
losses could only apply to a sender, not
to one receiving the cable; also that,
though the error was made In Aus
tralia the Western Union was liable,
aa It contracted with the Australia
company as Its agent, and that the
mere fact that the message was ad
dressed "Barker" could not excuse the
failure to deliver to Baker, where the
contents of the message could show It
was for the commission merchant. The
non-Butt was refused. The case will
probably be appealed.
s
Durlie.i of York on a nhnl,
Divided skirts and bloomers have
been dignified by the name of "ration-
als" in England, where the bicycle
craze seems to be raging now as fiercely
as it does here. The question of cos
tume has caused more commotion there
than In this country, for it was even
brought to the notice of parliament.
where the commissioner of nuhiin
works was Interrogate as to the rules
concerning bicycling In Hyde Park.
No special rules were made, however.
because the women who ride find a skirt
rather than bloomers the most conven
ient. Among the most graceful of the
cyclists is the Princess Maud of Wales.
She Is devoted to the exercise, and often
is seen out early in the morning mer
rily taking a spin. The Duchess of Fife
has taken up the fad, and it is whis
pered that the Duchess of York will be
won over before long.
The Agency of Mlrrohea,
Frofessor Wiley says that "one ot
the grandest discoveries of modern
Bcience" Is the agency of the microbes
In enabling plants to absorb from the
air the nitrogen which is the chief fac
tor of their growth. The theory was
first suggested by Pasteur, and It Is
thought to be fully confirmed by the
reseaches of Independent investigators.
If It does not deceive expectation It
will completely revolutionize agricul
ture. To increase the growth of plants
It will only be necessary to feed their
roots with water containing the proper
microbes.
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