Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-15

stood between Kellogg, Aadc;s2n ~ .cyacIf.
The programme was to keep tic c2!orcd fepI1-
licans from voting Each man haG Il program
me CT his OVID. l. was thought best &c exclude
the colorcd republican voIc &c that The reiurnn'
ing board could throw uttha T7hcia d"mocraIc
vote of the parish il IIc:ssary. The :opuG!!can
party was demoraiz:d there AID would have
been beaten. Anderson went G-cl to EaS:
Felciana aud peaceablc eectl0a vas Ecld.-
Anderson told me he did rot mean to rake
any protest Until he found cut "whore the land
lay" Kellogg urged mc to DO what could to
get Anderson to make protest. The attcn-
ton Of the whole country vas being conccutra
ted on Louisiana aod Kellogg said it was high
~ Important to get protest cut ct Art!ctsCs
before some Of I'i'dcu's cGissaIjes arrived
there and brought him W. | advised An
dcrsoo not to make Any protest at all. Amber
sou and | agreed that the Ropu Dcan party
was defeated, and we we're sorry Tor Hayes
but glad Packard vas bac:cn. We agreec'
however, that though beaten the EcpuoiicAh'
would get 10. 10 an ia;cruicW with AeAoEs
he said that no matter what Anuefso''
would d., he would count the State 10 ioI
Hayes;we agreed to kellogg $ plan TO count -
the visiting statesmen had CONC down taclG u
steal the State. | knew they were alter AldeT
sons protest, 50 that after committing hlm5'H
he could not 20 over 10 the democrats Wlthuu:
neriuripg himself. There %a5 glorious proc
nect for Anderson aud | knew that be could
ret anv thing be demanded for his protest yGh!c!:
would cause the vote Of East EcIicl1a or Til
den to be thrown cut. ! think that even vita
out Anderson's protest they would have tEroa,
out the vote. Kellogg wanted nc to maaG!!.:
tute afidarts.
FRIEND u HORSES NJ. Fch:n.al:!!. {.
German. has recen.ly invented 81 appstsi"2
which he calls "PierIrschonor.' |. Is ntoaA'
| cd to diminish the fatigue Of horses ii drawing
| vehicles and also to avoid The chencaa OF break
| ing the shafts and tIaces. !. consists q mum
Der Of India rubber rings, separated t!om cscI
other by iron handles, contained in cylicd1lcs
case, with q metallic rod fixed TO tbs lat fuioio
and passing through the whole. When me
animal pulls, lhat ROD conpresSes tho cAoI'
chouc, snd the weight comes gradually on "a"
horses shoulders. The length of the appArh';.
is about one foot, and two are required Tor csch
horse. They arc interposod between the !!%c'=
and tho trace hooks, thus forming Sn classic i's'
between the animal and the weight 70 De ora ~.
In commencing to pull, horses do not make n
gradually increasing effort, but Ct onco proc
pitstc themselves On their coisr4 WIN = suuteh
Jerk, wasting their strength and probably ~l;c:
doing themselves injury: The apparatus ~
question remedies that difficulty by tae gF.d5>'
compression Ct the lndls rubber HE&2 ~
Of S! sucient ti mpof:snce to ordsr ito be tetz1
by official experiments. The result shows th,t
with the apparatus, the Initial effort Was OIL
one-thi.d of that without it, and thst sttc Tsri.
the strain Cd the horse wss reduced b, come
fifteen per cent. In trotling, the Initial 2EoFl
was reduced By one.hslG and the subsequent re-
lief nearly rs much as in the former case.