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Times Reporter Makes a Round With One Oneof Oneofffie Oneof
of offfie the Five Agents Who WhoPrev Prevent Preventf Prev nt ntTorture ntTortuie
f Torture of fDlImb Dumb Animals Animalsin
in in Washington W shington
OW far farhaye have civilizedifmen ciiHzeih en and andwomen andwomen andwomen
HOW H women so caljodj called the th right to tochastise toc1astise tochastise
chastise dumb dum animals n iJ11als belong belonging be belongins ong onging
ing to them or Children hlldren whom whomthlY whomthoy
they have brought Into the world worldHow worldHow worldHow
How many manycitlzens citizens of Washingtonhap Washington Washingtonhave Washington1av
have 1av sufficient initiative or 01 kindness of ofhiart ofhla ofhearta
hiart hla hearta ta a combination of both is neces necessary necessaryto necessaryto ¬
sary saryto to correct a II wrong done to a help helpless he hetpless p p15s ¬
less animal or child childThese chUdThpseare
These Thpseare are questions whi which h a V hot day daywith daywith daywith
with tho Washington Humane Socret Socretsuggest Society Societysuggest SocIetysuggest
suggest They are arequestl questions questl ns by no nomeans nOmeans nofleans
means easy to answer The Tight 1ghtan Ight of ofan qf qfan
an irate parent td cause caUse his offspring offspringu
u preference for foi food off fC the mantel mantelpiece mantelpipcE mantelpkLf ¬
piece has beea bee argued nigu dby fby every eVery er debat debating debatIng debatIng ¬
ing society and an 4 4V V mother > club organized organizedsince organlze4sInce organizedsince
since the days of Adam and Eve who whowere whoWEre whowere
were probably the originators of all the thetrouble thetrouble thetrouble
trouble Many UindJiearted 1 1nd earted Jnen < hqld hqldthat hqldthM bldthat
that a t spanking in X tIme saves some something some something something ¬
thing worse later on The Intent of the thespanker thesp1nkcl theSpinkor
spanker may ma be worthy WOlth of consideration considerationDoes considerationDoes considerationIoes
Does he spank to correct or 0 merely be because becausc beaUse ¬
cause aUse he is angry and wants to get geteven geteven geteven
even or gp gqtlechi1L it tha chllg Qne better betterTheres bett t < VV = V VTheres
Theres not l10tthe the slightest slig test doubt do ht btn in n theworld the theworld theworld
world that tha lnthe ft J11e e latter is ithe jJleJrue jJleJruecause tlve true truecause truecause
cause of tliBbStlsrthe tlree bMttnr the mafn man mt or wom woman woman wornall ¬
an wno does dO S thebeatlng tho thobe be Ung deserves dcservcstQbe dcservcstQbelcduced to be bereduced bereduced
reduced to the consistency cV sIstency of whipped whippedcream whipp whippedream d dreanl
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But how many man persons in Washington Washlngtoneven Washingtoneven washingtoneven
even when they see with their own own eyes eyesacts eyesncts eyesacts
acts of cruelty cruel will raise a hand to stop stopthorn stopthem stopthem
them The old old warning Dont Dontmeddle Dontmeldle Dontmetjdle
meddle In other peoples business businesshangs businesshangs businessV
hangs over them like a bugaboo or orelse orelse orelse V
else they shelter shelt r themselves behind It ItIts ItIts V Vlt
Its lt s very vel convenient cOi hinienti V id tO oh have ve such a ashelter ashelter V Vshelter
shelter at times timesNo
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No Corner on Milk of Human Kindness KindnessBecause KindnessBecause KindnessBecause
Because of this very reluctance on onthe onthe onthe
the part or the average citizen to take takea
a hand in seeing Jruelty < ruelty stopped and andbecause an anbEcause <
because it Is after atterall all necessary to tohave tohae tohave
have the law or at least the arm of ofthe oftl
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the tl law on OllY onyOur your Ul side in i ir matters of to today today ¬ V
day the Humane Society was organ organized organiZf organjzd ¬
ized iZf > d by b a few f w of the men and women womenwho womenwho V
who Vho were wining to take the initia initiative Inittattn ¬
tive to mingle in other peoples busi business busil1CSS bustfloss ¬ V
ness when they th y thought It necessary necessa necessaBpcause
Because the society c1o does s meddle with withother withother withother
other peoples IJeoplesbusIness business there will al always always
ways be a a number of persons to cry cryIt cryIt cryIt V
It down usually because they are areafraid are1fmld areafraid
afraid that at some future time it may mayLave mayb
Lave b ve n i a look at their own particular particularbusiness particularbusiness particularbusiness
business businessIf
If there Is a lingering suspicion in inyour Inour iiiour
your our mind that there is really no need needfor n ed edfot L Lnv
for nv the existence of the Humane HumaneSociety HumancSodpty Humano1ty
Society o1ty In Washington that after all allthe alltho a ath
the th Capital of the Nation has liasa a corner cornervn corneron corneron
on the milk of human kindness spend spenda
a day with the five agents who patrol patrolthe patrolthe I Ithe
the streets from early In the morning morninguntil morning111ttl mornln mornlntutu
until tutu late at night This is the time of ofyrur a aar 01 01yar
yrur ar above aH others when their vig vigilance vIgilance vigIlanee ¬
ilance is most needed both because of ofUK ofthe ol olt
UK t ie strain on horses and mules due to tointense tointense U Ulr8tense
intense heat and because be use drivers tem tempers tempers ternpers ¬
pers are worn to a shred by this same sameIuut samela saimhcat
Iuut la < Lt Anybody knows that It is jga jgawhole a awhole t twhole
whole lot easier to be good natured on onu or orIL n niL
iL cool day than on a day when the thethermometer thetllennometerrect th ththermometer
thermometer tllennometerrect registers ters 95 > > 5 In the shade shadei shade shadepnll shad shadtntl
i pnll nd not a mint julep In sight or even evena eena I Ia
a mug of suds
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148 Horses H rses Dead in a Day DayA DayA Daylittle
A little more than a week ago In a ashort ashort 1 1Siort
short twentyfour hours 148 horses horsesdied horse S Sdied
died from heat l ai prostration in this city cityIt cityIt cityit
It wasnt wasnf that they th y w wer ra r called upon uponl ri rit
l 1 > do more work than that they were we1e ac accustomed aclIstomed aecustomed ¬
customed merely met iy the extraordinary extraordinaryi xt1tl xtrardinar xtrardinarI rdInar rdInarltlltiomJ
i V4 < mentions which lcIt put them down and andi andlollt tp l lnit
i lollt nit nt And lld It i ia largely largeJ for just such suchconditions suchodttionsthat sue ti tithat
conditions odttionsthat that the agent of the theHumane theHuman U a
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Humane 11 nine Socley must be constantly COt tntl on ontiii ontb 0 n
tiii tb t lookout hkout1Ie lie must warn the r
iHtd nd the owner of the danger to their theirjjiiimaj theirtlll thol tholntimrJ r
jjiiimaj tlll m f If the warning Is not ob observed obsITfod ol ¬
served rrcI h he must IUUat arrest If the matte
has tan ii trone one top too far and the horse a
mule Hs on the tb soft ott hot hotpaement pavement he herjust hetnfo 11 11r e
rjust tnfo r t give the first ftr t aid to the Injured Injuredfj d dI
fj I the i l last lastAs lastAs la5tAs
As soon as ts th thagent agent has disposed disPD5 < d C CieS
fii thc cases ieS which he brought to coui
ii < day aybetorehe before befOr h he climbs clmb into his cov cover covfd co coC r
er C > fd d 1 carriage frrIagp rrla1 and anddrlvC8lJlowly drives driVelOw1y slowly
iii tl district 18tricteach each a otent nt has a fifth
Ui j j t y > asfgn sEgn > < d l to him him about tu tuI
I Ii pv Ptettnct inet He 1IettUS CLiIk5 enrerull enrerulljuaciite
t 1 > horoe nr f team that he passes Lon
juaciite l1 I < dite L has hwimadeit made It possible for hi
to if toll at n glance gI98c Jnce whether or no a
hl 1 > c > rs is lame tani has hR a a sore back or I Ivul1ing
pulling a load beyond his hI strength
i his hi I bu bulneiJ1o uare Ines ta t nottee nQU nt t such things thingsami tIlinesnnd thin a
ami the lh novle novtee f fo Ia astonished QftfJhed sometimesa ornUim
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hop out of his carriage carriageV carriageto to examine examinewhat examInewhat examinewhat
what appears to be a healthy V team teamThe teaml1le V
The work of thai Humane Society Socle has hasbecome hasbec hasbeOmo
1 become bec me so so well known throughout the thecity thecity tb tbcity
city that the driver of a lame horse is issuspicious issU issupIeIous
suspicious sU pIeous of every man who scans his hisanimal histtUmalcloseh hisanimal
animal ttUmalcloseh closely In fact the mere knowl knowledge Jmowledge knowledgeof ¬
edge edgeof of the existence of ofthl ofthls this agency for forthe forthe forthe
the prevention of cruelty to animals animalsprobably animalsprobably animalsprObably
probably prevent far more cases of ofcruelty ofcrue1t ofcrnelty
cruelty crue1t than the agents agents actually investi investigated hivpstfgate Investigate ¬
gated gatedComing gate gateComJ
Coming ComJ lg along the street stre V t is iaa a rickety ricketywv
coveredWa coveredwagonof on of thetypee the epre wv stor hlr
type The TheVVhorse horse that draws Jt it limps limpspainfully limpspainful1
painfully p painful1 InfuU Ontthe Onthe box of
V lhewagon the wagon wilgon are arca re reaColor
a aColor Jcolorld coIorddriyerand d driver drJyer and his hisWifewho wife vrho cratfe
their necks anxiously anxioushWh ahxiousI Wh1 whefif C the agent
leans out Ou tof of his buggy to look at at the thC
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Hold on a minute mlll te calls caIi Il the agent
Obediently the wagon cornea come to i a halt
The drivers have bavelearnedthat learned that the best
thing thhgforthem for them ito to do 10 is to stop when ben
an agent agento V of the Humane Society Sod ty fj gives
the theV theword word And though the theagel1ts agents do
not wear a uniform but
are aremerely ar merely
special policemen In plain clothes cloth the th
man who Is driving
a lame horse can
make a pretty swift at
guess at who is
speaking to him himYour hImYour V VYour
Your horse is lame says the agent
who has by this time turned his car ¬
riage and caught up with the wagon in
question questionLame questionLame questionLame
Lame The surprise innocence In ¬
credulity credulit expressed in that one word
would convict a saint saintYes saIntYes
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Yes lame Dont you know what
that is isWhere isV isWhere
Where V here says the driver driv r looking
carefully at the horses left ear earIn earIn
In her right foreleg foreleghes forelegshes
Shes hes just sprung in the knees sah
Deed she is I i done had her ever since sinceshe sinceshe sinceshe
she was a little thing an she was al always always ¬
ways jest like that thatThere thatThere
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mare was sprung In the knees They Theyresembled Theyresembled Theyresembled
resembled a golf club rather than a
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Walk Valle her up a a bit and let me see
how she goes said the agent agentSlle agentSUe agentSIte
SUe may be sprung but shes lame lametoo lametoo
too and in the th shoulder as well as the theknees tholmees theknees
knees Dont let me catch you joiI driving drivlnsthat drivingthat
that horse about the streets stre t again until untilshe unUlshe untilshe
she Is all right Hear HearThe HcarThe HearThe
The negro drives away awa tickled to todeath to todeath todeath
death that he has gotten gotte off of this time timewith timewith timewith
with nothing worse than a warning warnlng
This warning s typical of perhaps a adozen adozen adozen
dozen more which the agent will make makeduring makeduring makeduring
during the day And it Is those warnInes warnlngs warn warnings ¬
ings which do so much good go d and pre prevent prevent ¬
vent many bad cases of driving lame lameanimals lameanimals
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Making an Arrest ArrestA ArrestA
A little farther on onblsroutVbe his routethe agent agentmeets agentmeets agentmeets
meets a horse which winces perceptibly perceptiblywhen p perceptiblywhen rceptibly rceptiblywhen
when the harness draws tight across acrosshis acrosshis acrosshis
his back There is no reason reason for this thison thison thisonthe
on onthe the surface surfacebut but the agent gets down downand downand downand
and pulls back the saddle and finds a alarge alarge alarge
large raw sore The swarm of flies fliesthat fUesthnt fliesthat
that hover over the thiehorses horses back gave gavehim gavehim gavehim
him an inkling where to look for the thetrouble thetrouble thetrouble
trouble It is such a flagant case of ofcruelty orcruelty ofcruelty
cruelty that the agent makes an ar arrest arrest arrest
rest Immediately When hen the driver driverlands drIvcrlands driverlands
lands at the police station he deposits depositsor
j si 5 or 10 collateral The chances are arethat arethat arethatliewiiI
that thatliewiiI he h will never appear4lo appear 10 defend the thecnse thecase thecase
case Sometimes but comparatively comparativelyrarely compnrat1vchraroly comparativelyrarely
rarely the man who ho hasbeen has ben arrested arrestedforx arrestedfor arrestedror
forx forxcruelty for cruelty to animals will demand a ajury ajur a ajury
jury jur trial If the collateral is large largewhjch largewhJch largewNeh
whjch he has been compelled to leave leaveat leav leavatflte leavePolice
at atflte ihe Police Court ourt he Is more likely lJelyto likelyto
to mako mako a request for trial In the hopo hopoof J1opoat iiopoof
of getting gottlngback gottin back the money moneyEvery moneyEvery moneyEvery
Every driver rlYcr of a a brick wagon carries carrieswith carrieswith carrieswith
with hiriva hlm card showing Just how many
bricks he has In his load When Vhen the theagent then theagent
agent n ent sees a a pair of horses hors s or mules mulessinking mule mulesinking I Isinking
sinking their feet into the soft asphalt asphaltand asphaltand asphaltand
and making little headway headwa ho ll holds up up upthe u uthe
the wagon and demands the th drivers driverscard rldtrscard 4irver 1 1card
card If the load Is excessive he warns warnsthe warnsthe warmthe
the driver and as soon as he can get getto getto getto
to a telephone he talks to the themanlger themanlgerat manager managerof mnnageof
of the brick company and tells him in inno inno Ir I IV
V no uncertain tones that the cltlzuns of ofWashington otVn 01 01Vasllgoi
Washington Vn hlngou will not stand s and for his hlsuvc hlsuvcloading over overloading OVOZloadilig ¬
loading his teams and that hu hi had bet better bettar bettar ¬
tar ace to it it that the matter is not notbrought nOtbrought ro robrought
brought to court If the brlckman brlckmandoes brlckmandoes brlckmardoes
does does not comply compl with the suggestion 8ugges lon to toput toI U
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THE T E WORK OF THE HUMANE HUMANESOCIETY HUMANESOCIETY HUMANESOCIETY
SOCIETY SUMMARIZED SVM1VlARIZED FOR A YEAR YEARNumber YEARi
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Number urnber of animals examined examined 4497 I 497 4478 4 ITS 4454 4 44 4101 4 161 3000 3000Bemedied 3 600 21190 21190Remedied 21 190 190Bemedled
Remedied without prosecution prose utIon 42G1 4203 4240 3871 38 l 3381 3381Prosecuted 199 19O5 19O5Prosecuted G GProsecuted
Prosecuted 236 G 2 2Convicted 275 211 V DO 9 211 9 9Convicted 1 H HConvIcted
Convicted ConvictedAcquitted 226 j iJl211 V fl 286 219 219Acquitted 123 123Acqultted
Acquitted > 1 j 3 t tCases 4 11 11Cases 11Cases
Cases of animals unfit to work 212 270 2 177 287 219 r rAnimals ltJ ltJAnimals 1t 1tAnimals
Animals abandoned to die Ii < T v > 3 > 3 1 1 1Animals 10 10Animals JOAnimals
Animals killed by agents agentsw 7 > 53 < 69 13 9 9 ri riCases 171 171Cases 71 71Cases
Cases of beating or whipping lu l 1ft It 23 3 31 14 r rCases > 70 70Cases 79Cases
Cases of overloading 11 13 11 2 15 15Cases 52 52Cases 52eases
Cases of overdriving V C 2 U 1 1Driving 11 11Driving 11Driving
Driving when galled 33 V33 38 4S 4 87 41 41Driving 4 4Driving 215 215Drhing
Driving when lame 152 V 197 129 ISO 142 142Lack 800 800Lack 800Lack
Lack of food od or shelter 18 1 1Setting 1 7 > 4 31 31Setting i iSetting
Setting dog on chickens chickensAmt 2 2 2Amt 2Amt
Amt collected in Police Court 11SC67 124500 1245 OO 85400 112200 103300 3 3Fines 544067 544067Flncs 544067Fines
Fines uncollected 40237 7100 100 5200 27800 27SOOPersonal S0337 S0337Personal 80337Personal
Personal bonds i V 10 IP i 14 j4V 13 20 3 GO
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ings of the Humane Society Soclet as aslt it does doesin doesIn doesin
in every other business today To the thecentral thecentral thecentral
central office ol o the society in the War Warder Warder Varder ¬
der building pn on Ninth street scores of ofmessages atmessages ofmessages
messages come come every day from citizens citizenswho citizenswho citizenswho
who do care whether children chfidren or oranimals oranimals oranimals
animals are treated cruelly cruell The sec secretary sccretnryo seeretnry ¬
retary retnryo of the society is kept on the end endof endof endof
of the wire a good part of the time he heis heis heis
is in his ofllce One drawback however howeverto
to these communications which come comefrom cometrom comefrom
from outside either through the mail or orover orove orover
over ove the wire lies lIez in the fact that they theyare theyare theyare
are anonymous The informants are areafraid arcafraid areafraid
afraid that they will be hauled into intocourt intocourt intocourt
court should there be be a prosecution proseeulon and andthough ancIthough andthough
though they the would rather see the dumb dumbanimals dumbanimals dumbanimals
animals treated as they should be they theyalso the thealso theyalso
also do not want to be mixed up in inother Inother Inother
other peoples affairs This attitude attitudeiH i iis
is a mistake and does oes much harm mere merely melely merely ¬
ly because it keeps the officers of the thesociety thesoclet thesociety
society soclet frequently from getting at the thereal thereal thereal
real facts of the case caseThe c1tsel caseTime
The l he agents are required to report reporttime from fromtime from fromtlmn
time to time tlm during the day to the cen central central central ¬
tral office In order that the secretary secretarymay secretarymay secretarymay
may know where they are and give givethem g1vethem givethem
them word of the cases which have been beenreported beenreported beenreported
reported to him In this way a sys systematic s systematic s stematic ¬
tematic watch wat h is kept on the whole city cityIt clt cltIt cityIt
It is customary customar for the agents to report reportwhen r reportwhen pott pottwhen
when they are in the vicinity Icln1t of one of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the police precincts precinctsIt
It was close to 11 i oclock when the theagent theagent tireagent
agent phoned into the central office A Ahorse Ahorse Ahorse
horse was down and could not get et up in inBrown inBrown inBrown
Brown court an alley near Fifth street streetand streetnnd streetiilid
and New York avenue northwest northwestt northwestdtHets
t II i iHes I IRes
dtHets Hes Awful Bad BadWhen BadVIHm BadWilen
When the agent arrived on lh this scene sceneof sceneor sceneof
of action there was no horse to be seen seenA seenflatfooted seenA
A A flatfooted colored woman mriu jf < r probably
102 02 years ars of f age ag slowly toddled from a ashanty aah ahant
shanty ah hant lnt and 11 uvl CIW whop hen tihE 4hI he graapedthe gr graspedthteugents graspedthteugentst9 Sr edtheug agents ntH ntHmea
mea 1in tl t9 tL Leiice fll
Hes in thar sah an hes awful a ful bad badHe badHe badHe
He was awful bad The old woman womanhad womanha womanhad
had ha not made any mistake mistakein In her diag diagnosis diagnosis diagnosis ¬
nosis of the case Lying In the mud un under under under ¬
der a tumbledown board shed was the thesickest theslcltcst thesickest
sickest looking horse met that day
Hundreds of t flies swarmed about him himand bimand himand
and he moved movedThlj his head hi id fitfully in an ef effort effort effort ¬
fort to shake them thexnoif off He was too weak weakto weakto weakto
to get up out o t of the mud and too strong strongto
to die dieat at least for the next few hours hoursThe hoursThe hoursThe
The agent discovered that the th horse horsebelonged borsebelonged Jorsebelonged
belonged to t an ice company which own owned own owned ownCdl ¬
ed the th adjoining a jolnlng stable and also the th shed shedThe shedThe shedThe
The horse ho had ha < l been foundered a few fewdays fewdays fewdays
days before and had been left to standIn stand standin standin
in the homemade marsh under the shed shedNow shedNo shedNow
Now No to stand in in a marsh is a good thing thinefor thin thinfor thingfor
for a a horse that has been foundered but butto butto butto
to lie in it is another proposition I > For Forhours Forhours Forhours
hours this thlshor1e hor hone e had lain there thereThere thereTherewaS thereTherewas There Therewas
was waS not a soul about the stable The Thehorse Thehorse
horse had grown weaker and weake as asthe astho asthe
the hot hours h urs went by How long he hewould hewou1d hewould
would have been allowed to lie there had hadnot Imdnot hadnot
not the Humane Society Societ taken a hand handin handIn handIn
in the game it is impossible to say but butIt butit butit
It is not improbable that he would have havestayed havetayed havestayed
stayed there In the mud until he died diedWhen diedYhen diedWhen
When the man in charge of the ice icecompanies Icacompanies Icecompanies
companies horses had been found ho hodeclared 110declared hodeclared
declared that it was not his fault fault and andgetting andgetting andgetting
getting his men he had the horse picked pickedout pickedout pickedout
out of the mud hole and washed The Theanimal T Theanimal a aanimal
animal was too weak even to eat It Itmay Itmay itmay
may have 11a vo been beenundoubtedly undoubtedly was w wastrue wastruethat strue struethat true truethat
that the horse was sick The cruelty crueltycame crueltycame crueltycame
came in allowing him to lie in the con condition conditloir ¬
dition in which he was found by the thejgent theZgent
jgent gent of the Humane Society Some Someone Someo Someone
one o e was responsible for it and some someone someone someone I
one should suffer for it and what Is to tothe tothe tothe
the point some one did didA didA < 11dA
A careful watch is kept l ept by the society societywherever societ societwherever societywherever
wherever large contract work calling callingfor calUngfor callingfor
for much hauling goes on At the thefiltration thefiltration thefiltration
filtration plant the Union station the
Lost His Nerve on Aerial Wire I j
His nerve taken by an overpowering oorpowerinfenr
fear that clutched at him and almost almostdragged almostdragged almostdragged
dragged him from the slender wire on onwhich onwhich onwhich
which he performed almost 200 feet feetabove feetabove feetabove
above the crowds Will vm Hill refused to togo toSO togo
go on yesterday cstcr < lay and last night said saidLuna saidLuna saidLuna
Luna Park must get along without him himuntil himuntIl himuntil
until he recovered his nerves of steel steelSo steelSo steelSo
So instead of balancing In the lime limelight limelight limelight ¬
light at dizzy height Hill sat in his hiscottage hiscottage hi hicottage
cottage in Neptune avenue and crooned croonedover croonedovcr croonedover
over his baby bab and said he would fool foolthem footthem
them all yet fool them all allHis allHis allHis
His physician Dr E W Yo Y Lee who whoi whocalled whocalled
i called others into consultation Isnt Isntquite i5fltquite
quite so SC sure the tightrope walker is isright isright isright
right about ever fooling them all again againIn againIn againIn
In fact the physicians say they have haverun haerun haverun
run against a not unusual psychical psychicalproblem psychicalproblem psychicalproblem
problem In a man who never before beforeknew heforeknew beforeknew
knew fear being beIn so o overpowered with withit withit withIt
it that he could not walk the floor floorlet floorlet floorlet
let alone the th thetightropo tightropo without his legs legstrembling legstr3mbllng legstrembling
trembling tremblingThe tr3mbllngThe tremblingThe
The heat the nervous tension and andmany andmany andmany
many anxious hours at the bedside of ofhlH
hlH 1 Ii Hick child have combined to break breakdown breaktlown breakhewn
down one of the th most marvelous of ofaerial oraerial ofaerial
aerial performers pClfornH IS Something like lll > e that thathappens thathappens thatlmppens
happens to the bravest of men In the thedark theark thedark
dark ark who merely imagine something somethinghas somethinghaR somethingbus
has brushed by b Or it hits hit great finan financiers financiers firianciers ¬
ciers whoso norves nr s suddenly relax and andthey nndthe andthey
they the find themselves shaking on tho thovergo thovergo thoverge
vergo of a n big deal when all I their theirlICIQ6 theiriserves heirliervqg
liervqg and wits must be about thorn thornnnd thornnd themnd
nnd nd at t quick command omman Then they th y
abandon all and fly to Europe or else elsewhere elsewhere ¬
where for rest restThe restThe restrho
The peculiarity of Hills mental atti attitude attitude attitude ¬
tude is that he does not fear for him himself himself ¬
self but is possessed of an awful dread dreadof dreadof
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of what would become of his wife and andonly andonly
only babe if something happened to him himThis himlhis himThis
This mood first came on him on Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday ¬
day night when the great crowd below belowsaw belowsaw belowsaw
saw the athlete totter and almost fall fallto fallo fallto
to certnn death from the wire e so high highabove 111gbflboVe
1Io 1Iost st IsV6f IsV6flhe
above o the towers s it was almost ei invisible invisibleThe i invisibleThe
The performance was cut short and andHill anllHill andHill
Hill all shaking was taken home in a acarriage aen
carriage carriageFor en rnase rnaseFor rriageFor II
For the first time in all my perform performances performances performances ¬
ances said the balancer in explaining i
It I saw the earth below where before beforethat leforethat beforethat
that I was unconscious unco scious of everything ex except oxcept ¬ 1 1cept
cept the wire But I not only saw the theearth theearth
earth plainly plainl and the people but In the thecrowd thecrowd thecrowd
crowd I saw sa w my m wife with our sick baby
in her arms I knew it was a mental mentalinstead mentalInstead mentalInstead
instead of optical impression as my mywife mywife mywife
wife never attends my performances performancesshe
she cant bear to see me up there thereBut thereBut thereBut
But the impression grew until finally
I could see my wife and baby only the thecrowd thecrowd thecrowd
crowd having faded away They were
directly beneath me and both looking lookingi
i up though I knew Jt xt tho same time m mlJUb my
I baby lJUb was at home sick and my wife wifewatching wifewatching wifewatching
watching at the bedside be sldl11hen Then I bagan baganto bagtinto bsganto
to wonder what would become of them thetaIf
If 11 I fell and I lost my nerve But Ill Illfool Illfool illfool
fool them yet yetHill yetHill yet1Jill
Hill attempted his usual suttl wire walking
feat yesterday morning but only onI got gotten gotten
ten feet out on Oh the wire when he began beganto beSanto beganto
to cry with the fear that hud come upon
him him He fairly f < lirI crawled back to the JJig big
tower and wus W WlL sent cut home acuin ucainNow Now Nowlork i
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new Times building and a a score score of ofother otother ofother
other places where large buildings are aregoing aregoing aregoing
going up the agents entg spend a agQod good bit of oftheir ottheir oftheir
their time each day seeing that the theanimals theanimals theanimals
animals are not overworked overwolked or beaten beatenunmercifully beatenunmercifully beatenunmercifully
unmercifully unmercifullyA
A small crowd of laborers had gather gatherj gathered gathered
j ed about an anobject object lying on the ground groundat groundat
at one of these thes places place It was a horse horseThe horseThe
I The heat had done It said the driver driverand driverand driverand
and there was wasnodoubt no doubt about the truth truthof truthof truthof
of his assertion as far as it went The Theagent Theagent lheagent
agent advised advn d the men what to do for forthe forthe
the animals relief and they the worked workedover worke workeover ivorkedover V
over him for for some time The borse horse was wastoo was wastoo wastoo
too far farg gone ne however how v r It was was clear that thathe thathe thathe V
he would never be of value again even evenif evenIr evenif
if he lived a few days longer The agent agenttold agenttold V Vtold
told the owner of the horse htnd md nd advised advisedhim advisedhim advisedhim
him to tohaye have the horsj hors killed killedThere killedThere V
There is just one spot in a horses horseshead hoseshead horseshead
head In which to shoot shoothim him and andkiII kill him himinstantly hImInst himinstantly
instantly Inst ntIy It Is about the size ize of a aquarter aquarter a aquarter
quarter of a dollar Unless this spot spotis spotis V Vis
is reached it may be benecessalJ necessary to shoot shootthe shootthe
the horse several times before he final finally finally flnally ¬ V
ly dies The Th agents of the Humane HumaneSociety HumaneSociety HumaneSociety
Society have all been trained to pick pickthis pickthis pickthis
this exact spot 51 > Ot Invariably when there thereis thereis thereis
is a horse to kill the police J > oUce call cal upon uponthem uponthem uponthem
them to do it So in this case the owner ownerof ownerof ownerof
of the thehorse horse asked the agent to end the thesufferings thesufferings thesufferings
sufferings of the horse horse and he did didAct1ve didV didActive i iActive
V
Active Cruelty Cru lty More Striking StrikingThe StnkingThe StrikingThe
The cases of overdriving overdrivin arid severe severebeatings severebeatings severebeatings
beatings while no more cruel than other othercases othercases othercases
cases which are due to neglect rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthait
than to active cruelty strike home to tothe tothe tothe
the public mind more forcibly Not long longago longago
ago 30 two negroes hired two horses from froma from froma ronz ronza
a livery stable and taking two girls girlswith girlswith girlswith
with them went for a drive It was a astifflingl asUrningI astimiigl
stifflingl hot night But the th men raced racedthese racedthese I ItJes
these tJes horses from one end of the town townto townto townto
to the other and far out into the coun country countn country ¬
try When they got back to Scott cir circle cirdc jr jrcle ¬
cle dc one of the horses dropped and died diedin diedirihls dIedin
in irihls his tracks The other reached the thestable th thstable thestable
stable but had to be killed later Such Suchcases Suchcases Suchcases
cases are not as infrequent as might ba baimagined bgimagined bsImagined
imagined imaginedSometimes imaginedometi ImaginedilomeUnies
Sometimes ometi ucs not often a driver who
f
JJe JJeto e111I2 rnaJidi7ig ndIn dr drier fver1 card cardto caja cajadjc
to4r divCovernumheJor divCovernumheJorbri djc vernbejof vernbejoficj3
bri 4r icj3 lcvinl 121OcZZ oad
has been beating beaUn his horse or who know knowthat knoWISihat knOws knOwsthat
that he is driving dr vIng a very lame animal anl animalwill al alwill 1 1will
will try to escape the agent if he Ie sees seeshim see seehim seeshim
him coming Rarely however will ho hotry hotry uo uotry
try to escape in the wagon or carriage carriageHe cnrdageHe carriageHe
He throws the reins over the dashboard dashboard dash dashboard ¬
board and makes for cover cove cover1 as fast as ashis nshIs ashis
his legs will carry him and he does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not have to be whipped to make good goodtime soodtime goodtime
time either ither As 4s the agenfwas ag ntwas walking walkinghome walkinghome walkirt walkirthome
home at the end of a a hot days work workhe workhe workhe
he saw a driver ddverhe he knew for he had hadhad haJhad hadbad
had him up before for cruelty cruelt to his hisfhorse hishorse hidiforse
horse walking his horse toward him himThe himThe himThe
The old horse could hardly hobble and andlooked andlooked andlooked
looked as though he h had been driven driveawithin drivenwithin drivenwithin
within an inch of his life lifeu lIfeTrying lifeTrying
J u i iTrying 4 =
Trying to Escape an Agent AgentThe AgelltThe AgentThe
The agent called calI 11 out to the the driver to tostop tostop 7 7slop
stop But the driver recognized him himand himand himand
and and instead of stopping laid the whip whipI whipaeioss J Jacross
I across the homes back as thomrh newere ne howere
were beating the dust out of ofa a carpet carpetTo carpefTo carpetTo
To the astonishment of the agent the thaold theold theold r
old horse lit out at a gallop Some boys boyswho boyswho boyswho
who were playing In the street offered offeredto oeretlto offeredto
to catch UD with the wagon and the theagent theagent theagent
agent told toIdthem them to go ahead and andto to let lethim lethIm lethim
him know when wh n they had found It ItWhen ItWhen t
When the agent finally came up with withthat withthat withthat
that wagon he found the horse un unhitched unhItched ¬ 1 1hitched
hitched its harness off and tied to one oneof oneof oneof
of the rear wheels No driver in sight sightThe sightI sightThe
The Thehors horse was gasping spingfor for breath and andcovered andcoxered andcovered
I covered with welts from f rom the whipping whippingAfter WhIPP whippingAfter Ing I IAtter V
After he had seen the horse wateredand wateredand watered wateredand
and made as comfortable as possible possiblethe possiblethe
I the agent left He knew where whereto to find findhis flndhis fIndhis
his man During the night the driver driverreturned driverreturned driverreturned
returned and took away his horse and andwagon andwagon andwagon
wagon But unfortunately the matter matterd matterdId matterl1d
dId d not end there for him himWhile himWhUe himWhile
While the work of the society has todo to todo todo
do largely with horses horsesandmtle and mules 4t 4talso It Italso Italso
also keeps watch over the other dumb dumbanimals dpmbanlrii dumbanimitis
animals anlrii 1s of the District Dogs D g < cats and andchickens andchIckens andall
chickens all have ve their share of protec protection protecUon protection ¬
tion There is 1S a special agent to care carefor carefor
for these small animals He is called calledupon cnUedUPClI1 calledupon
upon many times timcsa a day to take away awaystray awaystray j jstray
stray cats and dogs especially especIallyV V the theformer thetormer thefOrmer
V
former The society has a plant pl nt in inThirtysecond n nThirtysccond nV nstreet V
Thirtysecond street where wheret1tese thfse these am ammals ant an anmals j jmals
mals are killed if the society s ilety finds fl d it itimpossible Itimpossible Itimpossible
impossible impossible to get homes for them theiriCruelty thein theinCruelb themCruelty
Cruelty to chickens strIkeslbe strikes the un uninitiated uninitiatecJ uninitiated ¬
initiated as assoniethlng something strange and un unheard unh unheard
heard h ard of How is it possible possibJetQ to be becruel b bcruel becruel
cruel to a a chicken Stoning them t e n set setting setting setting ¬
ting dogs on them and chasing chasing them thefflare themare theeare
are a few of the ways was not not to men mention mention mention ¬
tion fighting them One man man ma ± i was wascaught wascaught wascaught
caught and fined not long ago who Bad Badtrained 11adtraIned hadtrained
trained his dog not only on to chase chick chickens chickens chickens ¬
ens ens but to kill them and bring them to tohim tohim tohim
him This was a lucrative business businessChicken businessChicken businessChicken
Chicken fights are uncommon uncommon today in inthe Inthe Inthe
the District Whenever chicken fan fanciers fanciers ¬
J
ciers arrange a fight they tbe make plans plansto plansto plansto
to go into Maryland where they will willnot willnot i inot
not be arrested even if an officer of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the law is standing by unless a warrant warrantis
is first sworn out They h y count count upon upongetting upongetUngback upongetting
getting getUngback back to the District line before beforeone beforeone beforeone
one can be procured procuredCases procuredCnses procuredCases
Cases of f cruelty to children are in investigated investigated Investigated ¬
vestigated by j an agent agent especially as assigned assigned assigned ¬
signed to that work Each year he in investigates investigates investigates ¬
vestigates upwar upward l of 300 cases which whichhave whIchhave whichhave
have been reported to the society societyWorking socIetyWorking societyWorking
Working with the Board of Childrens ChildrensGuardians Cl ChtldrengGuardians 1drens f fGuudians
Guardians he finds them homes or ormakes or ormtikes r rmaltes
makes their lot at home easier by bythreatening byt bytireatCning
threatening t the parents with the law if ifthey ifthey Ifthey
they do not cease maltreating their theirchildren theIrchIldren theirchildren
children > I
Saahalienlhe Sajha1ientheIs1and Island of Despair DesnairContinued
Continued ContipuedFroin Prom Fifth Page Pagepressed amine letter
every package or tele telegram telepressed telepressed ¬
gram coming or going The inspection inspectionis
pressed on him that whatever happened happenedhe
is reserved for odd times and
rainy days daysIn dayswindow dayswindow
he must in no
case whatever open the thewindow
In I
one corner of Dr Howards room roomwas roomnight roomnight
window and with a cheerful Good Goodnight C d
was a heap of letters
opened and con condemned conllections conflections ¬
night left the visitor to his
own re reflections ¬
flections demned never to be delivered And as ashe asII asV
V II I he says sas if any novelist In want w nt of a asubject asubject aT asubject
subject or plot could get hold of ot such sucha
Were h T ere All Murderers MuraerersEarly a pile of exiles letters let rs he would woutd find findmaterial findEarly F FEarly
Early in the morning a a male domestic domesticcame material to last him llm a a1ifetime lifetime But Butthink Butcamo Butcame
came into the room without knocking Uocking think thI k of the troubl troubljind and thought It had hadtaken 11adand hadand
and with a great deal of unnecessary unnecessaiyclatter taken to get anyone any one of those letters letterswritten lettersclatter lettersclatter
clatter and bang opened the heavily written the anxious hopes which by byday bybarred bybarred
barred shutters He was a murderer murdererA day and by night nighthad had followed them on ontheir onA onA
A little later a repulsivelooking woman womancrept their way A skeleton skol on in that corner cornerwith cornercrept cornercrept
crept stealthily to the bedside bringing with its always ama s cynical nical grin would wq11ld have havebeen havethe havethe
the usual cup of tea and slid shidout out again againShe been a cheerful object compared with withthis WIUtShe withShe
She was a murdeiess The men who whorowed this heap of dead hopes with its con constant oonrowed eonrowed ¬
rowed the governors barge and drove drovetho stant and andl1n pathetic et1c suggesUveness suggesUvenessSuch suggostvenesstho
tho governors horses were ifturdcrers ifturdcrersthe urderers Such Is i life on this island of ofSaghaUen ofSaghaUenthe Saghalien Saghaliennot ghalien ghalienthe
the women who did the housework cook cooked ¬ not without its redeeming redeemln features for forthose forcd fored
ed the meals In the kitchen and served servedthem serv < l those who are willing to accept Its Itslimitations Itsthem Itsthem
them in the dining room roomwere were all mur murderers ¬ limitations a audoont9rm and d oonfgrm to its regula regulations reguladcrers regniadeiers ¬
derers derersIn tions tlonsund and at least as a bad for the keep keepers keepIn keepIn ¬
In the general reception room was a alarge ers as for the kejJt J eptft lf the kept will willabide willlarge willlarge
large exquisitely inlaid desk apparent apparently ¬ I abide nbldeb by its laws I lwLj W8 A dreary desolately desolate desolateplace desolately
ly in ill constant use which with other otherequally place it is pecftliarly isolated not so by byits I Iequall Iequally
equally equall elegant articles of furniture furniturecontrasted its it distance from the mainland for it Is Isnot Jgcontrasted iscontrasted
contrasted curiously curlousl with the bare board boardwalls not so very er distant dl ttnt as a by the trencher treaeherous treacherwalls trencherwalls
walls and rough floor of the big room roomThey ous currents that swe sweep p around it the therocks theThey theThey
They had been made by skilled work workmen worl ¬ rocks that lurk just under the water dei the theshoals thomen themen
men in the cabinetmaking department departmentof shoals that thateJ thatiBrn1 Cerm nh and reform In UlYfr UlYfrof ever evershifting everof
of the prison opposite oppositeAfter shifting shiotin menace meiace ne llce around iU it Not ot entirely entirelya enUriIyAfter entirelyAfter
After breakfast an official approached approachedthe a bad place but one from which there thereis therethe therethe
the governor with a military salute saluteApart is I no escape one whose prisoners must mustindeed mustApart mustApart
Apart from the salute he did not give givethe indeed In dead accept the th fact that they theyare are our oucof ou outhe ourthe
the Impression of being an officer But Buthe of the world and nndmustnot must rnustnot not hope hop to t re return rehe r rhe ¬
he was a terrible personage exceedingly exceedinglyforbidding turn when once nce they reach Sakhalin SakhalinOstiov Sakh Sakhiil1forbidding Hn Hnforbidding
forbidding of aspect He enhanced the theeffect I OSho Ostiov Proklyatuiek ProklyatuickThe The Isle of the theLost theef1 theeffect
effect ef1 ct by a < formidable revolver r conspic conspicuously ¬ Lost l Loetuously o1Jtu o1Jtuuously
uously worn in his belt and an a huge hugeshorthandled InIgoshorthun V Vshortha
shorthandled shorthun udlecl led Ironknobbed whip which whichhe NATURAL SUPPOSITION SUPPOSITIONTeacher SUPPOSITIONhe
he carried ca rled in his hand He was closely closelyattended Teacher TeacherYhat What is velocity velocityPupil voloeityattencied t tattenaed
attended by a II tremendously large and andsavagelooking tndl tndlsavagelooking
Pupil PupllPr Profanity ProfanityTeacher fal1lty fal1ltysaagelooking
savagelooking dog an animal some something sOtn ¬ 6 6l
Teacher Te9cl1erW TeAcherWhere Where ere did you Y you aue get t that thatiilea that118h
thing l lIng between a boarhound and an anEng anEnglish Eng English J nSil1 ¬ iilea iileaPupil V
lish mastiff He certainly certalnl looked the thepart thepait Pupil Uu p i Well Yell when W l fl Jones J Jpart ones bulldog bit bitpa bitI bitplay
part to perfection and probably could couldplay 7T
pa a last Instl1lrht night ma said he came citmeIntO citmeIntOIt un into intothe 1 1P
play P I ay it 1 t w well v H on occasion occasionIt the U1 house hQ 1Q1eWth 1e with witt1r remarkable marl lble velOcity
It Is the governors a business to ex e ¬ Aria AnkI l thought th jg lt lCeytl Cleveland Ce eland l1U < Wd Leader LeaderI r
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