THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
BOMBAY'S OUT HOSPITAL
In fnr oft Bombay, on the shores of
the Arabian sea, is the most elaborate
hospltil for animals In tho world. This
hosplttl has Its in-pntlents and Its out
patients, nnd Is as comprehensive In
Us plan of work ns any hospital for
tho relief of distressed hitman beings.
Cattle, horses and dogs are taken as
ln-patlents, nnd among tho out-patients
almost every living thing Is
treated except man. Over 2,000 ani
mals aro taken Into the hospital for
treatment every year, and about 700
arc treated ns out-patients.
Thoro nro about forty bulldlngs.largo
&nd small, within the hospital grounds.
Thero are flvo cattlo wards, two horse
wards and ono dog ward, besides an
isolation ward where tho animals suf
fering from contagious diseases arc
taken for treatment. Then there is n
dissecting room, a patho-bacteriologl-cal
laboratory and a veterinary college
connected with tho hospital.
This elaborate Institution was found-
m i
THE CATTLE WARD.
ed by a natlvo Indian, Sir Dlnshaw
Manockjeo Petit, a Pursee merchant,
who, for his good deeds, was mado a
Laronet. It is called the Dal Sakar
bal Dlnshaw Petit hospital for anlmnls,
and for Its support tho merchants of
Bombay have organized a system of
voluntary taxation on the export and
import of grain and seeds and the sale
of cotton to the local spinning and
weaving mills.
If It seems Btrange to hear of a great
hospital for animals In Bombay and of
a full-blooded Parsco who Is a fttll
fledgd baronet through a great white
marble gateway of England, so
also it seems hard to realize that
round about Bombay there nro
cotton mills whose spindles nro
whirling ns merrily nnd whose shut
tles are flying as gayly as those of the
New England manufacturing districts.
Tho Parsee baronet, Sir Dlnshaw, Is a
wealthy cotton mill owner, and mndo
tho money to found the great hospltnl
out of the manufacture of cotton cloth.
Besides the $20,000 collected by tho
merchants among themselves for tho
yearly support of tho hospital tho in
stitution is heavily endowed, nnd when
nny member of Sir Dlnshaw's family
dies tho hospital Is pretty sure to get
some fresh endowment in his memory.
The entrance to tho hospital grounds
Is elaborately carved, and in tho
middle of tho grounds, under the
rustling palm trees, is n great
carved stono fountain. An animal Is
tills hospital receives all tho attention
and medicnl care that a man would re
ceive in Bellcvuo or tho New York hos
pltnl. There aro attendants, nurses
and doctors, nil organized after tho
manner of tho best hospitals, nnd in
tho wards the animals are surrounded
jjy nil the comforts which ingenuity
can suggest. Tho medical staff of tho
hospital, from study and experience,
has become most expert In tho treat
ment of animal diseases. Of the 358
horse3 treated in the Institution In
1897 only twenty-four died; of tho 7C3
bullocks only 41 died, and of the 27C
dogs treated 90 died.
If any sort of an animal or bird Is
sick In Bombay, or its neighborhood,
THE FOUNTAIN.
the first thing that Is done Is to Bock
treatment for it from tho hospital.
Therefore tho list of out-patients is a
curious list. Last year no less than
twenty parrots demanded medical at-
New Veraloii of nn Ancient .Story.
y. A welcomo variant on an ancient,
ancient story comes fioir. Atchison,
Kan. To n young man, who stood
smoking a cigar on tho corner of n
street in that city, thero approached
tho elderly and impertinent reformer
of immemorial legend. "How many
cigars a day do you smoko?'' asked tho
licensed meddler In other people's af
fairs. "Three," replied tho youth, as
patKTntly as ho could. Then the In
quisition continued, "How much do
4 you pay for them?" "Teu cents each,"
tendnnce, whllo only one hen was sick
enough to hnvo the doctor. Flvo cats
were under medical treatment nnd ono
canary bird. Tho monkeys seem to
hnvo been in pretty good health, for
tho "Banderlog" people had to send
for tho doctor only twice. Ono swan
and one cookntoo fell sick, but were
saved by prompt medical attendance
from the hospltnl. Tho turkey fam
ily seems to have been but poorly
through the season, no less than seven
of them being reported ns out-patients.
Most of the out-pntlents, of course, nro
dogs, bullocks and horses, not sick
enough to bo ndmlttcd to tho hospital,
but yet In need of the doctor's minis
trations.
In connection with the hospltnl thero
Is n society for tho prevention of cruel
ty to animals, nnd Its agents last year
mado over 3,000 arrests. So Bombay
nnd tho region round about is rapidly
getting to be a veritable paradise for
birds and animals. Not only domes
tic birds and ani
mals, but any wild
denlzcu In the Jun
gle, It It Is found
Buffering from
wounds or disease,
is taken enre of
and nursed back to
health again by
tho Bat Sakarbal
Dlnshnw Petit hos
pital staff.
The Hindoos nic,
of all races, tho
most regardful of
animal life. They
will turn aside to
avoid stepping on
a worm.would not kill a bird and have
the greatest reverence for a cow. The
Hindoos of Bombay arc liberal In their
contributions to tho Animal Hospital,
and when Sir Dlnshaw endowed tho
laboratory ho expressly stipulated that
no vivisection should bo practiced In
It, "for the reason that tho same will
wound tho feelings of Hindoos, from
whom material support Is obtained for
the hospltnl, and If they come to know
of this they will at once discontinue
their Biipport, and tho hospital will
thereby suffer In this respect." Thero
Is something particularly frank and
childlike In this, the third section of
THE ISOLA
the legal document by which Sir Dln
ahawcreated the trust for tho labora
tory, f A. man of tho western world
would probably have been content to
hnvo simply prohibited vivlsectlon.but
Dlnshaw Manockjeo Petit frankly
spreads his reasons on tho minutes.
Tho Hindoos themselves have in
Bombay nn institution for tho nmelior
atlon of tho condition of nnlmals. It
Is In tho form of nn asylum for aged
nnd Indigent cows, nnd Is called "Pln
Jrapole." Yet tho people of Bombay
are uy no means
satisfied with what
has been done In
their city for the
care of dumb ani
mals, and Mr. Man
ekji KavasJI Patel,
In a lecture before
tho local socloty
for" the prevention
of cruelty to ani
mals, called for an
Increase In tho so
ciety's member
ship, bo that It
shall number 50,
000. Ho also called
upon tho people to
"write mercy In
tho woods whore
the wild deer runs,
and In the nlr
where our birds fly,
and all along tho
pathB where our
children and our
youths pass to nnd fro."
Sir Dlnshaw's hospital Is the prldo
of Bombay, and every now and then
tho theaters give performances for Its
benefit. It Is recorded In tho report of
confessed the 'young man. "Don't you
know, sir," continued tho sage, "that
If you would save that mony by tho
tlmo you aro as old as I am ou would
own that big building on tho corner?"
"Do you own It?" inquired the smoker.
"No," replied tho old man. "Well, I
do," said tho young man. New York
Times.
A cynical bachelor says that "ideas
nro like beards; men never havo them
until they grow vp, and women don't
havo tlrem at all
7
FOR ANIMALS,
tho hospltnl that $300 was received
from Mr. Cursctjeo Merwnnjco Dnll
wala, the proprietor of the Novelty
theater, who gavo for the benefit of tho
hospltnl a performance of "Harlschan
dra' In the lllndostnnl tongue. Tho
hospital has Inspired the local poets,
too, and that child of the muses, Dady
Eduljcc Tarnporcwala, has brought out
tinder tho nttsplccs of the socie
ty nnd the hospltnl, a book
of fifty-seven poems, written In
tho Oujcrntl dlnlect, and Intended to
Inculcate kindness to animals among
children. They also havo nn Illustrated
magazine on tho same lines ns tho
poems. It Is printed In Oujcrntl, nnd
Is conducted by tho eminent editor,
Mnncckjl Nesserwnnjl Seervnl, "broth-
JA ' PBtJlfwVirBHBJgi ""Hff T-"riTPBlMfjtZA
nSSjggr
PETIT GATEWAY.
crof the late lamented Income tax col
lector." Among the contributors to'Slr Dln
shaw's hospital appears tho namo of
another nntlve baronet, Sir Jamsetjce
Jejeebhoy, who Is, like Sir Dlnshnw, a
Parsec of great wealth. These two
East Intllnn bnronets havo their arms
and their lineage's put down In tho
books of tho peerage and baronotngo
in the same manner as docs the Duke
ot Norfolk, and they both came to
TION WARD.
their titles by reason of liberal cms
to tho poor and the creation of such
Institutions ns the hospltnl for ani
mals. IN NESTS.
The lluflliiiivn of Aimtrnllii f.lvo I.lko
llenitK.
You know that, of cotirho, hut nests
and ncst-bulldlng birds and animals
aro so Intimately associated with eggs
In some Indeilnnble way that in speak
ing of men who build nests to live in,
it may not be out of placo to emphn
slzo tho absence of eggs. Travelers
who have returned
from tho heart of
Africa and the
Australian conti
nent, tell wonder
ful stories of nest
building people
who Inhabit tho
wllda ' of those
countries. In tho
bushmen of Aus
tralia, wo find, prr
haps, the lowcU
order of men tint
aro known. They
aro to primltliu
that they do not
know enough to
build oven the sim
plest forms of huts
for shelter. T)i
nearest that thoi
could approach to
It Is to gather
:
lot of twigs and
graES, and talc
ng them Into n
thicket or Jungle,
they build a nest for a home, much as
does a uiru. Tno n
st is usually built
largo enough for tin
family, and it the
Funny "lltitl"hr tlio Miier.
From tho Cornhll Magazine: Occa
slonally tho "liner' produces n gem of
unconscious humor. "Tho murderer."
wrote ono "liner,"
was evidently In
quest ot money, but
luckily, Mr. Dun-
can had deposited n
I his funds In the
bank the day befotp, so that ho lost
nothing but his life.
Another "liner"
describing a stroe
accident, wrote:
"Tho unfortunato v -ttm wns taken to
Guy's hospital, wh re ho now lies,
progressing favoral y, although he lu
sedulously attended, by Dr. J. R, Rob-
latter be very numerous then the nesti
nro of a ory large slzo. Into thin
plnce they all turn nnd snuggle and
curl up together Ilka so many kittens.
Sometimes the follngo will grow to
gether nnd form n sort of nntural cov
ering, but there Is never any attempt
at constructing n ptotectlou from tho
rain nnd storms, nnd It Is a marvel
how they endure them. When thero
is a particularly good piece of Jungle
for homo sites It will bn quickly np
proprlated for tho purpose, and some
times hundreds of theso nests will bo
found together In tho bush, ns It Is
called. But though tho bushmen of
our Australian colonics nro tho cry
lowest In the scnlo of Ignorance, they
possess a rare Instinct, that equals
that of many anlmnls, nnd Is In Its
wny as wonderful ns man's reason. It
Is almost lmposslblo for them to bo
lost. Even if they be led away from
their homo blindfolded, for mlles.when
released they will unerringly turn In
tho right direction nnd mnkc their wny
..gVgWMfr aao
to their nest home, nnd though thost
are all very similar, they never inaku
a mistake.
BERNHARDT AS A QIRL.
The IMvlnc Hnrnh n Womter Kvcn Is
ller Youth.
Just thirty years ago, says tho Now
York Mall and Express, Octavo Foul
let, In a letter to his wlfo, drew tho fol
lowing pen picture of Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt, then at tho beginning ol
be career:
"A queer gltl, indeed, is Sarah. 1J
is the first tlmo in my iong career that
I hove met with n genuine actress, a
comedienne of the eighteenth century,
elegant, eccentric, Insolent nnd bold.
"Contrary to tho habit of all other
actresses she comes to tho rehearsals
In full dress, or nt least In a toilet ar
ranged after her own fnshion. She al
ways wears a velvet a velvet drss,
a velvet hat, a scarf of black laco over
her shoulders and a little ruffled collar.
In this way, with her hair like that
of a poodlo dog, and with somo frcsl'
(lowers In her hand, she repeats he.
part with care and somber gravity, and
occasionally with attitudes a la Ra
chel. "At tho close of the act she prances
nbout like n ballet girl, skips upon one
foot nnd then sits down nt the piano to
accompany herself whllo singing, n
queer negro nlr. She lins a vcryy sweet
voice. Then Bhc gets up and begins to
walk about with long strides, like n
clown, laughing In everybody's face
and chewing chocolate candy, with
which she always has her pockets
filled, At times she takes out n little
case In which thero was a small brush,
which sho runs over her lips to give
them a ruby color, nfter which she
laughs, shows her white teeth and
recommences to munch her choco
lates." flutter Job Tlinn n Judge'i.
It seems hardly credible that a de
signer of dresses should bo receiving
bigger salary than ono of Queen Vie.
THE DOO WARD.
torla's Judges. It Is stated, however,
on good authority that a fashionable
dress designer In tho west end of Lon
don makes on nn nvcrago between
125,000 and $30,000 a year.
ortson, tho resident surgeon, and somi
of tho leading members of tho medical
staff." In a report In a Glasgow news,
paper of a shipwreck off tho coast oi
Ayr this appeared: "Tho captain swam
ashore, and Bucccotfed also In saving
the life of his wife. Sho was Insured
hi the Northern Marino InRiiranco
company for 5,000, nnd carried a fuM
cargo of cement."
Pretending to know tho things you
should know, but don't, occasionally
answers the same purpose
HON. THOMAS H HEED.
HIB CAREER AS LAWYER AND
STATESMAN.
tVfti St Trnn In Conifrem Itrtlrr In
the rritcttra of I.nw wit It 11 New York
Driit A mil red mi litinrinmii Income
from lilt I.nxr l'rui'tlca.
Speaker Thomas Brackctt Heed's
resignation fiom tho cougross of tho
United States created a furor In nn
tlonnl political cltclcs. Ills long sen
lco In congress mnde him n figure of
promlnenco In polltlcnl history. When
21 yenrs of ngc ho graduated from
Ilowdoln College. Ono year aftcrwaid
ho became n law student. In 1801 ho
was appointed acting nsslAtant pay
master of the United States navy, and
In 1SG5, having been admitted to tho
bar, began tho practice of Inw. llo
wnB a member of tho Mnlno leglslnluro
In 1808, 18G9, nnd 1870, nnd In 1872 was
mndo nttomey general. For tho four
years following ho wns city prosecutor
of Portland. At this tlmo ho aspired
to congicsH, nnd In 1878 was sent to
Washington, where ho has remnluni
through almost each successive session
of eongieaa.
THOMAS B. REED.
He has now becomo tho head of tho
law firm of Simpson, Brackctt & Bnr
num of New York. Tho speaker Is said
to havo been assured nn Incomo of
at lenst $50,000 a year, an emolument
equal to that ot the president of the
United States, from Insurnnco compa
nies alone. Ho will ronllnuo to act as
refcreo for tho Bovcrnl Insurnnco cor
porations for which ho has been re
cently nctlng, nnd friends say that his
Incomo may jet amount to $100,000 an
nually. SYNTHESIS ALMOST CREATIVE
UcrcU of the Living Lnuorntorloi In
Animal nml Vegotnlilo Cell.
The newB that Wohlcr had obtained
In 1828 out ot Inorganic stuffs a cer
tain substance, urea, which occurs In
nature as a distinct product of vital ac
tivity In nnlmals, upsot current Ideas,
says Prlnco Kropotkln In the Nine
teenth Century. Thon, Inter on, Lloblg
in Germnny nnd Franklin In UiIb coun
try made soveral Important syntheses,
and In 18C0 Berthclot published his
epoch-mnklng work, "Organic Chemis
try, Bnscd Upon Synthesis," In which
ho proved thnt tho synthosls of organic
bodies must bo puisucd nnd may bo
achieved In a qulto Bystemntlc wny, go
ing step by stop over tho wholo scries
of organic compounds, At tho pres
ent tlmo nbout 180 different acids, aro
matic oils, fats, coloring matters nnd
so on, which -are only found In naturo
as productB of vital activity, havo al
ready been prcpnrcd In our laboratories
out of Inorganic matter. Somo of
Uiom nro already fabricated In this way
for trade. Every year brings somo now
achievement in tho same direction; so
that tho main Interest now lies not no
much In adding a now product to tho
already long list of chcmlcnlly pre
pared organic substances ns In catch
ing tho secrots of tho tiny living
laboratories in tho vegetable and ani
mal cells.
Ren Water for Htreet Hnrlnkllng.
Tho Merchants' Association of San
Francisco, says tho Popular Sclenco
Monthly, hns been trying tho experi
ment of sprinkling a street with sen
water, and finds thnt such water binds
tho dirt together between the paving
stones, so thnt when It is dry no loose
dust Is formed to bo raised by tho
wind; thnt sea water does not dry so
quickly as fresh water, so that It has
been claimed when salt water has been
used ono load of It Is equal to threo
loads ot fresh water. Tho salt water
which Is deposited on tho street ab
sorbs molsturo from tho air during tho
night, whereby tho street Is thoroughly
moist during tho early morning nnd
has tho appearanco of having been
freshly sprinkled.
A llrltUli futile.
Plans nro far advanced for tho con
struction of n Pacific cablo by Great
Britain and her colonies. Tho pro
jected route, with tho landing stations
ull on BrltlBh territory, Is from" Van
couver by Fanning Island and FIJI
to Norfolk island, and thenco to
Queensland and New Zealand. Tho
estimated cost is from $7,500,000 to
$9,000,000. Tho four Australasian col
onies concerned havo volunteered to
become responsible for four-ninths of
tho cost, nnd tho remaining five-ninths
will bo divided equnlly between Great
Britain and Canada.
Swift Cloud 1'rereile Colli Wnroi.
Observations nt Blue Hill observa
tory showed that for several days be-
.ii Mm trrfint rnlit iviiva nt Pnlipiini
last, the high cirrus clouds, which at
. tain an elevation of about nlno miles,
moved with unusual velocity. On one
day theso clouds wero flying nt tho
rato of 1GG miles per hour. It Is
thought that measures of cloud mo
tions will play an Important part In
weather predictions hereafter.
AN ANCIENT DWELLINO.
Buld to lie the Ol.tmt Htnue Home la
Now Knnlnnil.
The ancient dwelling hoitso In tho
town of Guilford, known as tho "Old
Stone House," Is tho oldest house In
this stnte, and It In nlso said to bo the
oldest stono house In New England. A
hill Is pending In the legislature pro
viding for tho purehnso of tho houso
by tho stnte from Its present owner,
Mrs, Sarah B. Cone of Stockbrldge,
Mass., a lineal descendant ot Rev.
Henry Whitfield, tho builder and orlg
Innl owner. It Is proposed to presorvo
the old Inndmnrk and convert It Into
n historical museum. Tho following
description of the houso Is taken from
Smith's "History of Guilford":
"This houso was erected by Rev.
Henry Whitfield, both for tho nccom
modntlon of his family and ns n forti
fication against Indians. It Is tho old
est stono dwelling houso now standing
lu Now England. This houso wns
kept In Its original form until 1803,
when It underwent such a renovation
ns to chnngo to homo extent Its In
terior nrrangement.although tho north
wall and largo stono chimney nro sub
stantially the same as thoy havo been
for over two centmlcs. It Is snld that
tho first Guilford nmrrlngo wns celo
brutcd In It, tho wedding table being
garnished with pork anil pease. Ac
cording to tradition, tho stono of
which this houso was built was
brought by tho Indlnns on hnndbar
rows across tho swamp from Grlswold
rock, a ledgo about 80 rods east of
tho houso. It consisted of two stories
nnd an attic. At tho southeast comor
of tho second floor thero wns a singu
lar ombniBuro commanding tho up
proach from tho south nnd west, nnd
evidently mndo for defensive purposes.
In tho nttlc wero two rccosBcs, evi
dently Intended ns plnccs ot conceal
ment." Hnrtford Courant.
INTERVIEW WITH STRAUSS.
Tho wnltz king, Johnnn Strauss, has
been Interviewed by n woman. Ho
who lends tho world In composing nnd
playing waltz music has yielded to tho
persuasion of nn ardent muslclnn ami
admirer. Ilka Harovltz Barnny.
Sho wont to sco him at tho town of
iBPhl, and when Rime. Barnny nskod
him for nn Interview ho said: "Why.
certainly, madnme, what do you wish?
What shall I tell you? Thero Is noth
ing Interesting nbout mo nbsolutely
nothing. Tho most rcmnrlublo thing
nbout mo Is thnt I am n Bllpjior-horo.'
And he stretched" his hand out lov
ingly to his wlfo, as If for protection.
Strauss was enthusiastic when ho
spoko of Vlonnn. So Identified Is ho
with that city that It has been said
"Strauss is unthinkable without Vlon-'
nn, and Vienna is unthinkable without
Strnuss."
As tho convcrsntlon drlftod to Wag
ner, Strauss said: "I bcllevo that I
am tho very oldest Wagnerlto now liv
ing, nnd was ono of tho first. I Intro
duced his music In Vienna In tho over
ture to 'Tnnnhnuser.' Fifty years ago
tho full scoro was sent to me, ns It was
to all ot tho other musical directors,
and I looked It over. DIHlcult, It
secmod to mo devilish difficult, bo I nt
flrst nrrnnged for a detailed rehearsal.
Then I had tho orchestra to como to
my houso nnd put them Into two rooms
there. After several nttempts wo played
tho overture through.
"My mother, who loved music, but
did not understand very much about
It sho could only piny tho guitar a
little came Into tho room suddciily
nnd said: 'Well, Jcany, what was that
you played Just now 7 It waB reranrk
nble music; It stirred mo strangely?
Thnt was tho flrst Vlenncso criticism
on Wngnerlnn music.
When nt tho next concert in tho
Volksgarten wo played tho ovorturo to
'Tannhauscr' for tho flrst tlmo, Its ef
fect was wonderful, for wo had to re
peat it no less than threo times." As
ho said this tho wnltz king's brown
eyes shono brightly, nnd ho tossed his
luxuriant locks. Stnndlng straight and
strong, ho looked hardly 50 years old.
JOHANN STRAUSS.
Then ho added: "But I am becoming
n 'moss-back.' I am growing crabbed.
It Is old ago; yes, old ago!"
A Turning Headlight.
Among recent inventions Is a loco
motlvo headlight which, when tho
train Is rounding a curve, turns lu
such a manner as to keep its projected
shaft ot light continually upon tho
rails, Instead of pointing off to one
side, as occurs with a stationary head
light. The motlou ot tho headlight la
controlled by means of an air cyllu
der, connected with tho air brako sys
tem of tho train and rogulated by a
valvo In tho cab. When the locomo
tive strikes a straight section of track
tho headlight automatically ro turns to
Its proper position.
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