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The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
FIRE BRIGADE HORSES.
They Are Well Treated and Trained 40.
cording to u system.

They Are wen treated ana Trained 40
cording to II system.
A horse just entering the service oil
the Metropolitan fire brigade. accord
ing to the Yankee Blade, receives nc
special training. lie is paired with q
horse which has been at the station for
some considerable time, and under.
stands its duty thoroughly, and horses
being quick ut learning. the stranger
soon gets into the swing
An alarm is sounded once in every
twcnty-four hours. and the men do not
know II II is fire or only case OF
drill until they are on their engines
and ready to start.
After day or two the newcomer
knows what he has to do, and before
he has been there long becomes quite
excited at the sound of the bell, and
instantly places himself alongside the
pole.
The alarm bell rings for Just sixty
seconds, by the end of which time the
horses are supposed to be harnessed
and the engines ready TO turn out.
One thing in particular generally
strikes visitors at a fire station, and
that is the very good behavior and
friendliness of the horses Firemen,
drivers, and, in fact, all engaged about
the place, make it point to treat the
horses we'll, and get them accustomed
to them
They are most literally fed and
carefully looked after. horse which
showed any signs of viciousness would
not be kept in the service. 1t would
be too dangerous.
Horses are never taken into the serv.
ice under four years of age. The
work which they have to preform is
very hard, and as they never have a
days rest, unless i'll, It will not be
wondered ut that they do not last
long; four or five years Is about the
average.
The journey for home" calls is any
thing within two miles Of the station,
and the speed is about eighteen miles
an hour. In instances OF big fires,
when all available engines have to be
summoned to the place, the distance
may be nearer ten miles than two, and
as speed is SO necessary at this time
the horses must possess a considerable
amount Of staying power to accom-
plish what is required of them in long.
distance runs. Horses which fiji these
requirements cost money, as horse-deal-
ers know, and the contract price all
round is about 1870.
At the central station one pair OF
horses is always harnessed up ready
night and day but in ordinary stations
this rule Is not enforced, although q
pair of horses must be left in readiness
ut night
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
oAK-LEAF DOLLY.

necessary where you wish an extra
sized dolly is to allow ample space for
the center, when the leaf placed near
the edges will guide you In making
an outline. Whitewash embroidery
silk finishes stem and leaves prettily.
This is worked about the edges In
buttonhole stitch. A tiny Japanese
gold thread is carried along as you
work the edges Of each leaf, the but
ton=hole stitch catching the gold
thread down and holding 1t in place
directly upon the edge. Wash tinsel
or gold thread, very fine in quality, is
employed to vein the center Of the
leaf. Satin damask or any one of tho
nrt fabrics in white may be used In
fashioning set of oak-leaf doilies.
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
AN OAk-lEAF DOLLY.

A Piece of Handiworl Suitable for Q
Christmas Gift.
The oak-leaf dolly is one of many
unique varieties sucing for favor.
This piece of handiwork is easily
fashioned, and when finished has do
cidedly holiday mir. Heavy white
satin is the foundation goods. First
secure gracefully-shaped leaf as a
pattern. You can have an oak leaf
stamped upon square of the material,
and then cut out the edges, or you may
draw off, using q big leaf as guide,
your pattern upon paper. ALI that Il
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
QUEER NESTING PLACE.
Robins Build Their Homo on Top of .
Fnctory Bell

Fnctory Bell
The nest shown In the picture was
built by a pair of robins at Upper
Woodstock, N. b., in the belfry Of q
factory one Sunday last spring The
factory bell rings morning. noon and
night, and at six o'clock on Saturday
afternoon 1t had rung for the last time
In the week The bell hung idly oil
day on Sundays, and the robins seem
to have noticed it. So they began their
work almost before the last sound had
died away and worked until the dark
ness OF night overlook them. The
robins in that village have been mo-
Tested SO often by nest-robbing boys
and cruel cats that for many years
they have left the orchards and the
trees, where they dearly love to build,
and have sought more sheltered situa-
tions in buildings and sheds. This &C.
counts for the choice of such nesting
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
PLUCK REWARDED.
How Brave Puppy Won tho FrIendsh
OF q Tigrcss.

OF u hlErCS8.
During Capt. Whites travels in
Cochin, China, the then viceroy gave
him a magnificent tigress, five feet
long and three feet high.
On reaching Saigon, where he found
dogs dirt cheap, he used to give his
pet one Of these animals every day.
The dog was thrown alive into her
cage. She would play with it awhile,
as cat plays With mouse. Then her
eyes would begin to glisten, and her
tail to CULVER; she seized her prey by
the scruff of the neck, and In a minute
or two it was all up with poor show
wow"
One day, however, puppy, seeming
ly in no way different from the com.
mon herd Of puppies, instead of tame
ly submitting to Its fate, showed fight.
1t snapped at the tigress' nose, and bit
It till the blood came. The tigress, far
from resenting the attack, seemed to
treat it as a joke; and when the spir.
tied little dog got tired Of the fun, the
tigress pattcd it as II it had been i
cub OF her own. Then the two lay
down, side by side, and had comfort
able nap
Thenceforth they were the best OF
friends; and, to humor this queer
friendship, Capt. White had small
hole cut in the tigress' cage, that tha
puppy might come and go as it pleased
1t often took trot abroad, but it al.
ways returned to its dog-devourina
friend.
To test the extent of the tigress' a.
lection, strange dog was offered V
it one day at dinner time, and was Their
hastily snatched from its hungry jaws
and the puppy friend thrown into the
cage. But, strange to tell, friendship
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
Appet,s,nr Cold slaw.

Put two benten eggs into q tin cup,
add to these four tablespoonfuls Of
vinegar, an even teaspoonful OF
mustard, two tablespoonful of salad
oil and one of sugar. Stir this mixture
over the fire until it becomes a smooth,
slightly-thickencd sauce. Pour 0,is
over shredded cabbage. and place CD
tho Ice to cool.
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
He Liked Recess Best.

Friead-Well, Tommy, now that
you've started to school. what do you
like best?
Tommy Recess
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13

Bell, Bellman, Bellerman came
from the name Of the former town
crier, as also do CryeN Creyer and
Crayerman
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13

triumphed over the pangs Of hunger
and that. not on this occasion only, but
whenever the captains crew thought
At to repeat the experiment
The Van Buren press., 1894-01-13
WOMAN AND HOME.
NOVELTIES IN SHOPS.

Japanese "Nests" Are Growing In Popu.
lar Favor-How Large Company Can
lie Served In Small Dining -Room-A
Charming Tea Kettle from the Orient.
Tho lessons wc have leurned from
the Japanese have for long time
done good service; but the fashion of
arranging tables in ''nests" is only
now being copied by makers nearer
home. In our small rooms and in the
apartments that yearly grow in favor
any device for economizing space is
important. These tables are in nests
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09
An1a IN FLORIDA.
m Anybody Doubts Their Industry, Lot
Him Try a. Raise Garden Truck.

m Anybody Doubts Their Industry. Lot
Him Try O. Raise Garden Truck.
There arr more ants 20 the square mile
in Florida than IN any other country IN
the world. There are ants which viii
measure more than half an inch Ia length,
and then there are ants 80 small that they
can scarcely be- Ecen 10 move with the I'M
aided eye. There aro red ants aud black
ants aud troublesome ants But NJ had
~ they ara | have never heard 81 them
eating ont the seat Of a mans Trousers. as
a missionary the Rev. Mr. Wilson, once
told the writer be saw the army ants do ia
India while the man was sitting on the
earth for few minutes beside him
But the Florida ants will take out the
lettuce and other minute seeds from the
soil In which they IRE planted and actual
~ destroy the bed. They will suck the
life out Of acres Of young cucumbcrs and
melon plants, uproot strawberry plants,
or cover the buds with earth 10 such an
extent as to kill them. They viii get into
pie, pickle, sauce, strip, sugar, ON meat,
In hash, VIII riddle n cake or on loaf ~
bakers bread tin e is worthless.
All remedies failing, took 10 batting
them near their nests with slices Of meat,
bones, apple and pear parings, and when
! had from 50, 900 10 100, 900 out turned
Kettle Of boiling water on them IL IL very
curious and instructive 10 see how Prompt
ly ants which oncape the scalding 10 10
work taking out the dead, and, after pull
ing them outside FIRST. then 90 70 eKcavnt-
ing again aud rebuilding their cells and
runways. This being done very quickly,
the next work on hand Is the laying in II
n supply Of food, by hauling the dead bod
lea Of the hot water victims into their
stOrehouses.
You may see a small black ant hauling
and tugging at the carcass of a red ant 20
times it's own weight, and he always sue
ceeds In the end in hauling 10 into the
warehouse ~ the colony. Next you may
see sort Of ambulance corps searching
for the disabled. These are taken TO the
underground house, where tho surgeons
and nurses arc ia waiting Then, too, you
may see the timekoeper- and bosses direct
ing this one or turning another back on
some errand or to some other duty.
There In not moments delay, no halt
ing feet. no idle hands, but all move as IL
II was their last day on earth and this was
the only hour left in which TO redeem a
misspent life. For lessons in industry and
perfect government go Co the ants.-Sa-
vannah News.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09
THE ecoNomlzea.

The long ends of the tails Of cattle are
sold % mattress makers
The undieested food in the cattle atom-
aohs ia pressed and used for fuel.
Many Of the large white hoofs go 10
China, where they are made into iewclry.
The intestines aro used for sausage ems
ings The hladdcrs urc used 20 pack putty
An Of the scrap from rendering opera
lions Is carefully preserved and dried aud
sold for fertilizers.
The horns and hoofs nre carefully pre-
served aud sold To the manufactures OF
combs, buttons. etc
The stomachs Of hogs, instead Of being
sent TO The rendering tanks, are now used
for The manufacture 81 pepain.
Pigs feet. cattle feet. hide clippings and
the pith Of horns. ~ we'll as SOME Of the
bones, are used for the manufacture Of
glue
Aliof the blood Is carefully preserved co
ngulated by cooking with steam, then
pressed and dried and sold 10 fertilizer man
ufacturcs.
The choioer parts Of the fat from cattle
are utilized for the manufacture Of oleo oil,
which is a constituent Of butterine, and
for steariue.
Large quantities Of the best Of the leaf
lard are also used FOR the manufacture Of
what h known As neutral. also a constit-
uent Of butterinc.
Bones are dried and either ground Into
bonemeal or used for the manufacture Of
bone charcoal, which is afterward utilized
for refining sugar, and in some other REIN
ing processes. Chicago Fncts aud Figures.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

The next time you ars ia a melaneholy
mood. ~ yoL are almost certain to be II you
become billions or dyspetic. picture 10 your
self the condition of poor man. who. with
GOT rotouTees and with a family on his
hands, finds himself on sick bed. Gloom
obscuFes his narrow horizon la ovoFy dirsc-
ton. Unable 90 do any work, without
rneana o. friends capable of assisting him.
with the possible prospect Of continual ~
health; with rent, perhaps. unpaid aud IN
payable. the outlook fOt him 10
gloomy indeed. How short sighted,
then, IL the man OF humble
means who psrosiVinR that his health and
strength are failing. takes no preeaution to
avert the oncominR evil. Hostettet'a
Stomach BittsIa is q reliable. profession J.
" recommended rsato alive OF health and
viRO aud a sure means Of preventing the
many disabling complaints which exposure,
owe work. neglect and insufficient food
pToduc'. hslaris. rheumatism, kinney
and liver eomp!niHt. dyspspsis anu nervous
disease always yield 90 IT,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09
See tho world. T.ir for Fln..n Cents.

See tho Worlds Bair for Fifteen Cents.
Upon receipt of your address aud fifteen
cents in postage STAMPS We will mail you
prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio Of the
Woild's Columbian Exposition. The regu-
lar TTios is City osntG but as ws want you
20 have one We make the price nominal.
You will End il a work OF art aud a thing
10 be priced. IL contains full-pAgs views OF
the great buildings. with descriptions OF
same. and ia executed In highest style %
art IL not satisfied with Is aftof you get il
We will refund the stamps and let you keep
the book. Address IL. l.. Buekion d CO.,
Chicago, Ill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

One color is monotonous in a room s fur
nishing and appointments Even two col
ors ars apt to be rather fiat. White and
gold, for example, do look a little like a
poached egg, and apple green with old rose
like tomato salad Have "A few contrasts
not glaring, nor, as the French say,
swearing at each other" but 20 add
touch and tone 20 the whole cffect.-Deco-
rator and Furiisher.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

That is a strange story about the late
baronet, Sir Edward Poore, who, dropping
his title, was known in Australia rs Ned,
the Pile Driver" lie was hotel keeper
and mine prospector and seems to have
been fairly successful. There are men yet
alive who served with Sir Edward in the
Scots Fusilier guards from 1914 TO 1916.
London Vanity Fair
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

When Baby was sick. We gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

A cop of Parks Tea at night moves the
bowels in she morning without pain or dis
comfort. Sold by Parohen- ID Aohsul Dfu q
Co.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

IL Is not what We say. but what Hoods Ssrsa-
pArilla does. that tells the story. Hoods Cures.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-09

Intending Puoha"rsn i
o Weocpy mo yF Immense
tire block from Jackson MAN Ora
m h Tor
consignment We make
an hgoigd sos prom o "
o every Very Nlun,
The evening world., 1894-02-13
REAL BLIZZARD IN BOSTON.
Eleven Inches Of snow III the Level
---Nind sixty Miles nm Hour.

nv Associated Prsssl
BOSTON, Feb. l3.-1he blizzard. whose
approach was made on time yesterday
afternoon. Ia still raging in a milder
dissipation of It's force.
At 2 o'clock this morning It was at Its
height. The wind was blowing from the
northeast at the rate of sixty miles per
hour. and the thermometer was 90 above
zero. From that time the wind abated
considerably. and Mt 2 o'clock this morn
ing was blowing at twenty-sIx miles per
hour.
Boston hns not seen such a severe
storm for years. Eleven inchca Of snow
have fnlicn on the level. Tho streets
are I'm q terrible condition. or every
line the cars are blocked. and many
telephone and telegraph wires arc down.
buildings are white With the snow that
was blow against them. Many OF the
schools are closed General traffic will
he simply impossible to-day.
The railroads from the south and east
are terri bly, blocked. All business along
the water front Is at n standstill. Many
%schooners are out and III reports OF them
are looked for
The Observations o. the Weather Blu
reau show that the storm was severest
along the coast and In Southern New
England. In Northern Vermont only three
inches of snow have fallen. while at
E%n"tport. Me-. only a high wine has
touched.
The evening world., 1894-02-13

the unemployed did show up. but went
away soon afterwards.
An Evening World reporter found
Mr.. Fenton at the Arsenal just as he
was starting out again" as he ex-
pressed It. He vas then apparently at
peace with the world.
Perhaps he would not have been so
scic-satlsted had he known that at that
v'ry moment the Central Labor Union
Committee was cunning for him.
lie told the reporter yesterday that he
had nothing whatever to do with APP
pointing laborers, yet n few minutes
later he wrote TO the Board Of Walking
Delegates Of Building Constructors that
n. would do all IN his power ito assist
union men In being employed in tn. i'm
provements under the care Of the Park
Department"
The letter was read at the meeting OF
Walking Delegate held yesterday after.
noon and fle1. The statement pub.
lishcd in "Tha Evening World' that il
was next to Impossible for men 10 pro-
cure employment on the park improve.
ments without a letter from n Tam.
many District leader, was reiterated by
Secretary Cooper. He had investigated
tn, story a.1 found 1t to be correct
That Is why the Committee is after Mr.
FentGn to-day.
The evening world., 1894-02-13
AURBACH'S SUDDEN DEATH.
Thought to Have Taken Poison
While DespoudeDt.

julius Aurbach. a ~bookkeeper, twenty
six years old, Of cl53 Second avenue,
died early this morning under circum-
stances that led the Harlem Hospital
authorities to believe that he commit
ted suicide by taking some kind of
poison.
Aurbach had a room with Mrs. Mary
Rodder, an elderly widow. and took
his meals with his sister, Mrs. John
Wertsheimer, who lived at 2S7 East One
Hundred and Twenty-iirst street.
Aurbach wen to his room at about
$50 o'clock last night. Soon after mid
night Mrs. Rodder was awakened by
groans coming from A%urbach's room.
She found him in great pain and vom-
ting some yellow substance. After APP
plying some home remedies without eff
feet, she sent for a physician. Failing
To arouse any of the ~neighboring ply
siCians, Policeman Mcfarland, Of the
East one Hundred and Fourth street
station, sent In an ambulance Call.
When the ambulance, with Surgeon Os-
wald, arrived. Aurbach was dead.
Mrs. Wertsheimer says she knows of
no motive for her brothers. suicide eX-
cept, perhaps, ill-health and continued
failure to find employment at his calling.
His last work was as a messenger in a
Fulton street house at 81 a week.
Mrs. WertSheimer said that when her
brother left the house last evening he
seemed in the best OF spirits. An aI-
topsv will be held some time this after
noon,
The evening world., 1894-02-13
TO SPEND $75O,0OO.
Board of Estimate Authorizes
Further Public Work.
Park Department Can Put SeveraI
Hundred Men to Work.
Half n Million for Commissioner
Michael T. DAILY to Use.

Under the million dollar act the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionment to-day
approved additional plans for park I'M
provcmsnts to cost about $3.50, 900. which
can b. expended at once. and which will
furnish employment to about 80 more
mon within "a f-w days. making 500 in
all that will be employed in the parks.
The work Includes Improvement OF the
drainage and walks In Manhattan
Square, between One Hundred and
Twenty fourth streetsfand Manhattan
and IT. Nicholas avenues, $4,000 to be
expended at once and work for NIFTY la
borers. Total cost. $1,000.
Laying out n new walk at entrance to
Central Park. Eighty-ifth street and
FIfth avenue; $4,000 to be expended i'm
medlately and work for fifteen laborers.
Improvement Of Riverside Park, from
NInety-sixth to one Hundred and Twen-
ty-ninth street. continuation of the work
from E~ighty-iirst to Nirety-sixth street,
authorized AT. q former meeting, *l5o.oco
car he expended Ut once and work given
to ~scventy-five men.
Macadamlaing the old Boston road In
Bronx Park, ON the northerly side of
Kingsbridge road: cost 5000. and EN-
ploymert for thirty mon for ninety days.
M~acadum!zing the roadway, OF the East
and work for thirty men.
merchandising Pelham avenue, from
Southern boulevard to Lorillari avenue;
cost sln.Cm and work for thirty men.
Improvement of roadway In Mosholu
Park. work for fifty men; no estimate of
cost given.
cutting down decaying trees in diff
ferent parks In Annexed District; cost,
$40. $50: work for 100 men.
A plan for extending tn. bride path
from one Hundred and First to one
Hundred and Tenth street. and the i'm
provement of the northeastern end of
the park at n cost Of $4,000 was re-
jected because II contemplated the cross
Ing Of the driveway by the bride path.
During the discussion the Park De
partment was severely criticised by the
Mayor because its work was done In a
slip-slop manne President Happen. Of
fered an explanation. but was ignored by
the Board. Engineer Kellogg was rec
ognlzed as spokesman for the Park De-
partment. ,
he Mayor said II the work authorized
under the 81 900. 100 bill was not properly
lone It would be the fault OF the Park
Department.
Commissioned DAILY got authority to
spend a alance of 10000 of the special
appropriation Tor new pavements for
street pdving.
The Rapid Transit Commissions bill
for $4,000 for salaries and expenses was
ordered paid.
The evening world., 1894-02-13
MUCH SMOW--LlTTLE DAMAGE
No Wrecks Reported from the Jcr-
scy Cont.

SANDY HOOK. n. j., Feb, l3.-Up to 3
o'clock this morning the heavy e~asterly
snowstorm continued. The patrolmen ok
the life-saviug service are tired out.
They have. however. no disasters to re-
port. From Sandy look to Sea Glrt the
coast Is clear of wrecks, and the life-sav-
crs are happy their services were not,
otherwise required.
Another snowstorm commenced shortly
after I o'clock this morning, and Is still
raging. The foghorn here IL kept going
al the time, warning vessels OF the near
ness of the land.
ASBuRY PARK, Feb. l3.-Snow CON
tinues to fall, and with the heavy wind
blowing makes 1t almost binding. 1raf-
tic is nearly at a standstill. The electric
cars are all tied up. Along the coast there
Is but little damage done. In places the
high surf washed over the walks, but
carried away little wreckage. North OF
Long Branch the life-saving crews are
still doing extra duty and are on the
l~ooliOut. for all passing vessels. The wind
Is blowing at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, and its velocity IL increasing,
NEWARK. Feb. l3.-The storm uproot-
ed some small trees and blew down some
telephone and telegraph wires In the
meadow district OF the city. In the
townships some of the roads are i'm
pRssable, owing to the drifting Of the
snow. Trolley cars have been blocked,
This morning the city gave employment
to quite a large number Of men to clean
the streets.