NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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competition, domestic buyers having waked up and gone after the 
kind that the foreigners are taking. It is a fact that New York 
for the first time in years is obliged to take a back seat in the 
buying. It is no longer profitable to purchase on this market 
for reselling in the East, as prices here are too high. Foreigners 
took the bulk of the best offerings at both the special sales 
mentioned. 
Feeding Horse Meat to Poeiticians. —The versatile 
veterinarian, William H. Pendry, who is as much of a military 
man as he is a veterinarian, and as clever a politician as he is a 
military man and veterinarian, is nothing if not original. He 
recently entertained the members of his Brooklyn political club 
at* a beefsteak supper, and after all had eaten heartily, the in¬ 
formation got abroad that the repast had consisted of a lame 
but healthy gelding, which the doctor had secured from one of 
his clients for the occasion. Most of the guests took the decep¬ 
tion good-naturedly, and those who found objection are said to 
have been the most hearty eaters of what was pronounced ex¬ 
cellent beefsteak. 
Tuberculosis Not Hereditary. —As a result of tests 
made with a herd of tuberculous cattle, beginning two years 
ago. Professor Russell, of the Wisconsin Experiment Station, 
asserts that tuberculosis is not hereditary in cattle and that 
under proper isolation infected cows may be used for breeding 
purposes. Further experiments will be made in this line. The 
herd was tested two years ago last month and more than half 
was found diseased. The infected cattle were isolated and no 
further cases have been developed in those which were not dis¬ 
eased at the time of the test. The calves from the tuberculous 
cows are free from the disease. We are glad that scientists are 
coming to take a saner view of this matter. Heretofore about 
all that we have heard on the subject has been “ kill, kill,” when¬ 
ever the animal reacted to a “ dose ” of tuberculin. The day 
of the extremists with the tuberculin test is passing. There is 
such a thing as protection to public health—and all favor it. 
There is also such a thing as wanton destruction of property 
that is the result of years of skillful breeding and that cannot 
be replaced as one replenishes a stock of lumber or pig-iron— 
and sensible men are now joining in protest against it. It is 
well that the scientists are finally getting on this side of the 
fence.— {^Breeder's Gazette^ 
Concerning Essential Oils and Some of Their Uses. 
—We read recently in a book by Dr. Gordon Stables, entitled 
