The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-10-12

horses to large ones as draft animals
in the field Of hostilities. The small
beasts can go longer without food, it
is said, can do just as much work,
and make a smaller target for the
enemy.
Many French medical men are
abandoning the use Of tobacco,
owing largely to the government
monopoly Of that commodity. Ac-
cording to the physicians the cigars
Of the Reggie Chose made at the
government factories) are so uni
formly bad and the tax on all other
brands is 50 prohibitive that the only
sensible thing to do is not to smoke
at all.
The kia lie, or the household fox,
is a favorite pet Of the Chinese
women, who are also extremely fond
Of variety of the Angora cat. The
ordinary cat Of Southern China is,
like the Manx, tailless. 1t is occa-
sionally used for food, but is not so
popular as horse and dog flesh. When
raised for the table it is fed on rice
and vegetables.
"There ought to be about fifty
women police on the New York city
force, said Mrs Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. "They ought to be Of dis
Greet age, and a principal part Of
their duties should be the looking
out for young girls coming to the
city as strangers. And some Of
them ought to. patrol the streets at
night, to look after women going
home from work or the theaters."
In order to prevent a mixing up
OF the newly born in the obstetrical
wards, the physicians Of Johns Hop
kins hospital, Baltimore, apply be-
tween the baby's shoulder blades a
square Of waterproof adhesive plas-
ter, on which is written the little
ones name This remains secure
until the baby and its mother leave
the hospital, when it is pulled off
without giving the infant pain.
The United States produces more
honey than any other nation. AS
long as thirty years ago the product
was 100000 pounds annually.
Twenty years ago it had risen to 49,
100000 pounds, and ten years ago
it was 65,0O0,0O0 pounds. At the
present time Iowa produces 9,OOO,-
600 pounds Of honey annually, and
many states, including California,
produce from 100000 to 100000
pounds year,
A Russian chemist has found that
copper is dissolved by an alkaline
solution Of gelatin, the copper going
into solution as colloidal copper.
The old rule that the metals are in
soluble in water is being widely dis
proved solutions Of metallic gold,
mercury and silver, and now Of cop
per, having been prepared quite re-
Gently. In all these the metals are
in very fine condition, but are true
metallic solutions.
Movable targets Of a new sort
have been invented for the use Of
the German army. These targets
are propelled toward the marksmen
at full speed, to represent a cavalry
charge, being run on rollers, the mo
tive power being supplied by horses
which are started at a gallop after
being attached to the target ropes.
The soldiers thus learn to gauge dis
lance and its variations with great
accuracy.
In tearing down the Atlantic Mu-
tual Insurance Company building in
New York city a secret method Of
protection against bank burglars has
been revealed in the form Of cannon
balls loosely imbedded in the walls
surrounding the money vault. The
idea was to Illustrate attempts to
pick the wall apart by opposing the
rounded surfaces and freely revolv-
ing bulk Of the cannon balls to the
burglars tools.