The morning call., 1894-05-06

night. Truly pen 4 is great leveler.
The fifth pen is for females only, and the
fact is evidenced by the calm demeanor of
it's inhabitants.
Last we come to No. and at one CLAN ce
guess that it is the last abode OF its in
mates. What queer crowd it is Dog.
dog. dog; but, alas. dog and nothing more
No kind of apology for existence; no kind
OF suspicion of pedigree, no aDta biiity for
aught but 10 evade the weli-aimed rock
or steal scrap of waste meat from the
floor OF butcher-shop. But none the less
would suppose that they had attained the
one aim of dog life in thus coming to No.
o! Perhaps they have-anyway they were
never in better luck as far as creature
comfort is concerned. and for tomorrow
what are they going to lose?
Ii it is the hour for killing wait and see
the orerat;on. See what science and
humanity can do to eliminate from the
necessary destruction Of these lives every
attribute of horror.
Immediately across the yard from the
outer gate of No. q is room about ten by
twenty feet in size and furnished with a
tlle-llued tank on wheels. The tank is
fifteen feet long and five deep and wide
and runs on rails from its place in the
room TO the outer door of pen 5. This
room is known as the lethal chamber, and
it is here that every month between 400
and 500 dogs who are decreed to have no
right to live are sent.
Presently the doors of the lethal cham
Der are opened and the grim tank is rolled
uD to the door of the condemned pen.
Evidently the Arabs" regard this much
OF the performance as circus gotten up
for their special amusement. for they bark
more noisily than ever. and those who have
tails to wag wag them with electric vim.
But when 1t comes to entering that shiny
looking tank with its glass roof and general
air of mystery they are biz shy. AT last
one frowsy little brute more curious aud
careless than his mates leads the way, and
very soon the transfer is complete Pen
5 will KDow them no more.
The tank with its noisy freight is now
wheeled back to its place in the lethal
chamber. the pipes are adjusted-one for
the escape of air. the other for the intro
duction Of gas. Within minute the dogs
have ceased to bark or whine. and one and
all, as il overcome by fatigue, lie down
and sleep. That is all Within five minutes
of their entrance within the tank they have
passed without pain or even fright from
all the worries that baset their miserable
kind. Certainly Mr.. Partridge. who de-
signed this humane method of destruction,
is entitled to the congratulation Of all who
happens TO be ''only q dog" and who un-
fortunately survives puDpydom.
Before leaving the home and while ex-
amining the animals in the corral, the
veterinary department of the society will
be explained to the visitors by the super
in ntendent While this department. works
as part of the machine of the home, its
headquarters are for convenience located
at Central Place, Golden Gate avenue.
Here is stationed the ''animal ambulance"
which is the only one of Its kind existing
1t was constructed at cost Of $500 and is
so arranged that a wounded horse can be
raised into it by system of trolevs and
carried with the least possible amount of
joltng to the headquarters for treatment.
This wagon can be rung up from any call
box in the city aud is Immediately de-
spatchad to the scene OF accident in charge
OF veterinary surgeon.