The morning call., 1893-07-03

out Of OLD people themselves the kind OF
youth they were, how they talked and
acted and how they developed into what
they are in grabbed age. This would be a
veritaDle procession of the seven ages.
But the possibility outside shOwmansnip
Is dubious.
A writer in the Inter Ocean describes
the fate of the. last great berd Of bison in
1883. Its numbers were from 10000 TO
$4,000. He affirms that the buffalo had
such horror of railroads that it would
die rather than cross them-an antipathy
which seems to be shared by some bipeds
in this generation who are prone to bow
down to the powers that be. The herd got
between two transcontinental railroad
tracks and had the life crushed out of it
IN consequence, an agricultural process
which was inevitable. That is only ten
years ago. and never again will the plains
be black with the hump-shouldered stock.
1t Is no great matter. Much better bovine
breeds have taken the bison's place, and
capable OF giving just as good sport, if the
shooting OF fast-stampedng cows and bulls
is sport. AS to the meat here Is no COM
parison favorable 10 the bison. But the
present herds of dome sticated cattle are
descendants of very poor breeds, and so
cross with domestic stock and develop
species superior TO Jerseys or Holsteins.
The opponents of pensions to men who
fought and bled for their country are in
ecstacies over the discovery that Allen G.
Peck of the First Rhode Island Light Ar
tillery appears to be drawing 81 a month
for 90 other reason than that he shed hair
in the service. The record is: Loss of
hair; result of typhoid fever" Peck got
his pension in 1891, and became entitled
to 1864 OF arrears. A little discovery of
TINS nature does NOT warrant, wholesale
denunciation OF the pension list. The
greater mum her of recipients deserve more
than they receive. But the opportunity to
indulge in giDeS is not lost. The bald
headed are encouraged to hope for finan-
clal scalp-plasters TO console them for
depilatory ravages from any cause, such as
CONT bling with three-legged stool or too
much volubllty in politics. A league of
Dald-headed taxpayers is suggested, but,
having nothing in common but grief, it
would hardly hold together. Besides.
other peoples hair can be worn in wigs.
Hard as money Is to borrow there seems
to be plenty of it for old pictures. espe-
cialy when they can be sold again a an ap.
preciated value. This is not comfort to
the modern artist, who never can hope to
be old enough to find his work struggled
for as antique. A HObbema recently
fetched So, 900. and seems to have been
considered cheap. This Dutch landscapst
is now in the front rank as an old master,
beating even Ruysdael in the auction
room. Yet moderns who paint nature
with truer eye and more sympathy, and
are masters OF more skill with the brush
than the whole Netherlands school could
exemplify in landscape, ara passed by with
scorn. The fight for livelihood is becom-
ing very serious, and but for The openings
in Journal illustration would be much
worse. The equities are n OF mended by the
eXtravagant sums paid to certain painters
who have made name and amassed for
tune.
George L. Kilmer. war veteran, sug-
gests that soldiers should be taught
how to nurse the sick, so that they
may care for one another on the
battlefield and in campaigns. The
sugge ston is by no means far fetched
1t is a case Of sef-help. 1t does not follow
that men should drop out Of the ranks 20
minister to one. another. There are times
when regiments are halted and a d can be
given without treDchlng on other duties.
The field hospitals are often overwatched,
and soldiers themselves could do much in
stanching wounds or giving relief to
those who have fever, dysentery or other
ailments. Soldiers should know how 10
nurse as well as cook. Many battles may
be won that WY, for according to the
adage. armies march on their st0m achs.