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ICeady Reference.
1. When chicks droop, and appear
sick without cause, especially in Bum
mer, look for lice, not the little red
.mites, but the large gray body lice on
the heads and necks.
2. If you find them, use a few drops
of grease of any kind. A tcaspoonful
of pennyroyal to a cup of lard is excel
lent. 3. Look under the wings for tho red
lice, but use only a few drops of tho
lard.
4. Never grease the bodies of chicks
unless lightly, as grease will often kill
them.
5. Never use kerosene on chicks, un
less it be a tcaspoonful of kerosene to
a teacup of lard, as it Ls irritating.
G. Crude petroleum is always excol
lent, and serves as a liniment, but mix!
it with twice its quantity of lard.
7. Keep the dust bath always ready.
Use dry dirt or sifted coal ashes. Add
carbolate of lime, Persian insect pow
der, or oil of pennyroyal to tho dirt.
8. To rid the bouse of lice, sprinkle
coal oil everywhere floor, walls,
roosts, yards, roof, inside, outside and
repeat often.
y. Dust insect owdcr in tho feath
ers, and be sure it is fresh and good.
10. Put insect powder and tobacco
'dust into the nests. Never pour grease
in the nests. Clean them out every
week.
11. Even when no lice may be pres
ent use the sprinkler of kerosene at
least once a week; and keep the roots
always saturated.
12. No matter how clean things may
appear, look for the large lice on the
heads, throats and vents.
13. Lice abound both in winter and
summer, but mora especially in sum
mer. 14. One-half the chicks and young
turkeys die from lice. Chicks or Mr
keys with hen or turkey hens always
hsive lice (either the mites or large
lice). Remember that.
Id. Carbolate of lime is the cheapest
powder to use for dusting over tho
floors and walls.
1G. Always aim to get the solutions
or powdersinto thecracksand crevices.
17. The easiest and best way to
whitewash is with a force pump. They
are now made to force water from a
bucket.
18. When your chicks have bowel
disease, look for the big lice.
19. No mites need be present where
plenty of coal oil and carbolic acid are
used.
20. Lice means work. Repeat these
precautions and remedies frequently.
Poultry Keeper.
BUSINESS. MAXIMS.
.Souad Adricfo rroiiacWea Abeat to Ea-
- Action isVjreally tho lifo of business.
"Jse every means to hold on to your
home trade.
Great bargains can only be secured
in any market by being on the spot.
Always keep; your designs and busi
ness from the knowledge of others.
It is easy to. sell goods if they are
well suited to your trade and bought
right. f- '.
Be courageous: drop your best friend
if he shows lack of honesty and in
tegrity. Avoid litigation as much as possible,
for laTVcrs and costs cat up the prin
cipal. Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in your
pocket.
The man 'who borrows money and
then borrows trouble is in sheol sure
enough.
Difficulties, like thieves, often disap
pear at a glance; therefore, always face
a difficulty. .
Punctuality in money matters leads
to prosperity and confidence and the
basis of credit.
The man who minds his own business
-and constantly attends to it has all his
time employed.
In buying, study carefully the wants
of your trade, and buy with that ond
always in view.
Adhere strictly to your business.
LThere may be difficulties to overcome.
it you will surmount them.
jusands of merchants fail, not from
tirikage of values, but from
kunwisely and too much.
prompt, decisive, civil and
all your customers and see
'clerks do likewise.
le courage to accept small
be content; large ones in
risk and loss certainty of
rare two sorts of people that
le oy traae, sucn as Duy wnai
Lnot want, and such as sell only
ty.
secures the approbation of
Id. for as the wise man says:
I praise thee when thou doest
'thyself."
ly the history of current events.
sful comparisons or the fluc-
tn demand and in
to guide your own
ins these tacts
A BEAUTIFUL MOUTH.
Some Suggestions to readies Abeat tha
Care of Teeth and Lips.
A woman with every other natural
charm is not beautiful without a mouth
that adds a new suggestiveness to hot
loveliness. She ceases to be even
pretty if, when she speaks, her breath
is hot and feverish, or, worse still, is
absolutely tainted.
Naturally, she does not know this,
and it is only proper that somebody bo
ionging to her should tell hen. If it
comes from her teeth it is something
quickly remedied. If is comes from her
digestion then it is her doctor's busi
ness to get her in good order; but often
in this country of invalid women it
comes from the use of strong medicines.
Physicians advise for this the use of
lemons, claiming that they are the
most purifying of all fruits, and the
aromatic odor produced by lemons
rubbed on the teeth, gums and lips lasts
longer than any other. For a feverish
breath that results from the stomach a
few drops of lime water used as a gar
gle, or, better still, a half teaspoonful
of bicarbonate of soda in a little water,
will have the desired effect
Half tho badly-shaped mouths that
are the sorrows of the young women of
to-day result from their being permit
ted when they were children to suck
their fingers; one of the prettiest
women in town has coarse, thick lips
that came from having been allowed,
when she was going to sleep, to put
her thumb in her mouth; while another,
whose lips protrude in the center, and
whose mouth is large, blames her
mother for allowing her to find
consolation in her two forefingers.
If persuasion will not break a
child of habit, then stronger means
should be resorted to, and, if
necessary, its hands should be tied to
gether. Another unfortunate habit
among school-girls, and one which re
sults in thickening the lips and making
them super-sensitive, is the continual
biting of tho lower lip. Tho entire
shape of the face is spoiled in this way,
for when nature molded it there was
not the intention that the lower lip
should be larger and a coarse look
given to the face.
Red lips are the announcement of
good health, and good health is the
fashion; women who have very deter
mined wills frequently get into the bad
habit of drawing their lips together in
a way they think expresses determina
tion; the lips are pliable and naturally
assume the position which is oftenest
given to them, so she who feels on
pleasant terms with the world at large,
who makes it a point only to say pleas
ant things, will have about her mouth
that something that the French call
riante the look that tells of a laugh
without the sound and a smile that is
not a smirk. With all his gallantry it
took a Frenchman to say this: "To' be
beautiful a woman must not talk' much
or she will contract her mouth in an
unbecoming manner.'' X. Y. Graphic.
ATTACKED BY RABIES.
How a
Herd of Kagllsh Deer Weat
Wild
With the Malady.
The annual report of the Agricultural
Department furnishes a history of the
curious outbreak of rabies among the
deer in Richmond Park. The first token
of the evil was the discovery by the
keepers one day toward the end of
September, 1866, of a doe staggering
about in tho herd near the entrance gate
at East Sheen. The animal was killed,
but some days later other deer of the
same herd were observed to behave in
"a very erratic manner," as rubbing
their heads violently against the stems
of troos, biting the skin about their
bodies and at times charging at the
other deer. They usually died within
two or three days of being attacked,
some becoming very violent before
death. A scientific examination of the
contents of the stomach led to the dis
covery of pieces of stick and other
things which at ordinary times they
would have refused to cat, but no trace
was found of any poisonous food. The
outbreak still extending, a diseased
buck and fawn were forwarded to the
Royal veterinary college. The fawn
died four hours after admission, and
with a portion of the spinal marrow of
this animal rabbits were inoculated by
Prof. Horsley at the Brown Institute,
with results which left no further doubt
of the nature of the complaint, for the
rabbits were attacked with rabies and
died. The buck also died, after becom
ing so wild and violent that the per
sons in charge were unable to enter the
loose box in which he was kept, and
with tho marrow of this animal, as well
as with that of others, the experiment
was repeated with the same conse
quences. A dog who was thereupon
inoculated also exhibited the usual
signs of rabies, and died. The next
feature in connection with the outbreak
was the appearance of the disease in
the month of June in the herd which
had been grazing in the park next to
the infected herd. As soon as the mis
chief was detected the whole of the
animals were driven into small lots.
The deer in 'this herd suffered in a
larger proportion -than the previous
herd, and the disease continued with
more or less virulence until Septem
ber, by which time 257 animals had suc
cumbed to the disease. Since that date
no further cases have been reported.
Ihe earliest symptoms observed in
nost coses is that of throwing the
heads back on the shoulders and keep
ing the noses pointed to tho sky; the
animals are then seen to moke sudden
starts and gallop away from the rest of
the herd. The first deer attacked was,
as we have already noted, a doe. She
happened to be suckling a fawn, and,
as it is well knows that a doe under
the circumstances will attack a dog, it
is conjectured that she was bitten by
some stray rabid dog that had found
its way into the paris. mmw mmuj
.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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Florida promises to become a large
producer of opium. Sixteen plants
will produce an ounce; and an acre of
poppies will yield $1,000 worth of
opium.
A New York art dealer has in
vented a novel picture frame. It is of
broad oak, with real bars half an inch
thick, colored to look like iron, set
across it from side to side. Imitation
hinges on one side and a very real-
looking padlock on the other increases
the resemblance to the barred door of
a cage. With the picture of the head
of a lion or other beast behind it the
effect is very startling, if not strictly
artistic.
It would be a mistake to suppose
that meteorological eccentricity is pe
culiar to this day and generation. Tho
weather wsis just as erratic long before
the Signal Service was dreamed of. In
the Buffalo Weekly Itepub'ican of June
24. 1841. appears this paragraph: "Tho
night beforo last we stood by a good
fire and it was comfortable. Yesterday
we stood by a good thermometer and it
was decidedly uncomfortable, being at
V9.uugaio vourter.
A Berlin merchant who advertised
for a wife lately reoeived 277 answers.
Of these, 87 were widows varying in
age from twenty-five to fifty-two; 42 of
them had no children, and 21 possessed
fortunes entirely under their own con
trol of from $.'00 to $20,000. Four Indies
who had been separated from their
husbands also wrote to express a desire
to try their luck at marriage for a
second time one of them for a third
time. Of the remaining 186 only 2
gave their age as over thirty; 18 of
them professed to be just turned six
teen. Seventy-one photographs were
inclosed, and 31 of them are said to
represent remarkably pretty girls.
Ugliness or repelling habits are
generally no bar to a lady's feeling
when her pet animal is concerned.
Some have been known to share their
bed with an iguana, which is the most
repulsive-looking reptile in Brazil. It
is well known that Byron, among the
pets who accompanied him in his
travels, possessed a bear; and Edmund
Keene kept a South American lion as
his constant companion. More extra
ordinary pets might be quoted, such as
young wolves, leopards, jackals and
snakes. Even frogs, lizards and hedge
hogs have been petted by men of re
pute. Wolsey bestowed his affection
on a familiar old carp. Cowper on
hares, and Sir John Lubbock wooed
the savor of a Syrian wasp.
LIFE IN JAMAICA.
Something Aboat the Manner aad Cos
tuns of Its People.
The climate of Jamaica surprised me,
for though very hot in the sun, it is so
tempered by the land and sea breezethatL.onsi,jeK1tion. to the
in the nouses' the thermometer rarely
rises above ninct3'-five. degrees; some
times in the winter season sinking as
low as sixty-five. It much resembles
the .'summer climate of Virginia, though
much damper, to which fact is due a
great deal of the malaria and the terri
ble rheumatic fever which prevails. In
the rainy season the dampness pours in
through the "jealousies," of which the
sides of the rooms are principally
built, and which rarely close tightly.
The books on the tables mould, one's
shoes become covered with mildew.
and kid gloves are soon too spotted to
wear, unless kept in a closely stoppered
bottle.
The houses are without means of be
ing warmed in any way, as they are
built without chimneys or fire-places.
This is a general rule, though I believe
in the parish of St. Anne's on tho north
side of the Island, where there is a
good deal of rainfall, some few houses
are built with a chimney, and one room
has a fire-place. The kitchen, which
is always an outside cabin, is also
minus a chimney; an elevated sort of
range or hob is built out into the floor,
on which the cooking is done, some
times by means of charcoal, but ofteuer
with brushwood and smaller sticks, the
smoke escaping through a hole in the
roof.
There is generally an old-fashioned
brick oven outside for baking bread,
but it is seldom used, as few families
now bake their own broad. They buy
it if near or in a village from a baker's
cart which makes its rounds in the
country from the nearest store where
it can bo procured fresh twico a week.
Many households do without the article
altogether, or only get enough, to serve
with "early morning coffee," a small
bit of toast being put with each cup.
They use in its place some of the sub
stitutes which are classed under the
one generic term, "bread kind." These
consist of boiled or baked yam, roasted
breadfruit, potatoes, rice, cooked un
ripe plantains, "bammee" and "cas
sava cakes," both of which are breads
made from the grated manioc root'
from which tapioca is also prepared. .
Wheat is not raised in Jamaica, and
the price of the imported flour of a
very ordinary grade is fourteen dollars
per barrel. Owing to tho ravages of
insects and mould it keeps badly. The'
meals are arranged as in France, early
coffee in your bedroom at six; at eleven
a. m., "second breakfast," a meal like
their "dejeuner a la fourchctte," much
resembling lunch, and at which there
is no tea or coffee, consisting prin
cipally of "curries" and "devils." with
fruit, vegetables and bread kind.
Dinner is the next meal, at six o'clock.
This is a meal of several courses,
usually beginning with the inevitable
Jamaica "pepper-pot," or turtle soup,
and winding up with delicious pine
apples, oranges or mangoes. Aftei
dinner, coffee is served in the drawing
room, and some few English families
keep up the custom of afternoon tea.
N. T. Observer.
A
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ft.VA.vil ' . tfMXli.
IahaMtantt of Salonika Who Are Jews at
Heart. Hut Turks to the World.
In these days it is somewhat difficult
to find anywhere peculiar people who
are not public property; about the Mor
mons of America and the savages of
Central Africa we know as much, if
not more, than we know about our
selves; so that it was with considerable
satisfaction that I camo across a pe
culiar people who, in many respects,
out-Mormon Mormons, and have cus
toms as quaint as any to be found in
Central Africa. Moreover, they live
in Europe, in the ancient city of Salon
ika, and come of the most ancient stock
in tho world, namely, tho Hebrew; they
are bound together by ties that none
dare break; they are si double-faced
race, a race with two distinct religions,
a race which leads two distinct lives.
professing openly to be followers of
Mahomed, while in private they "pro
fess a religiou of their own, accepting
the old Hebrew traditions, yet believ
ing in the first advent of their own
Messiah, and living in daily expecta
tion of His second coming.
The Turks call them "Dunmehs." or
"renegades," their Jewish brethren
call them "hypocrites," while they call
themselves Maimeenim, or "true be
lievers." For the sake of simplicity
wo will call them Dunmehs, and we
may take it for granted that they are
disliked by both their would-be co-religionists
and in consequence they have
been compelled to exercise ;i secrecy
in their acts and deeds, a fact which
hsis rendered them a mysterious people'
in the midst of a busy mercantile world.
During si recent stay at Salonika I set
myself tho task of investigating this
people.
Salonika may be termed a New Je
rusalem, as there are no less than 70.
000 of the seed of Abraham within its
walls; silmost all the business of the
place is carried on by them; the quays
sire gay with them in their quaint cos
tumes, the men with their long robes
lined with fur over a tunic of striped
cotton or silk, while the 'women aro
decked in the gayest color possible, and
adorn their heads with caps of green or
red, closely bound over their foreheads,
and Imaging down behind in a thick
trail embroidered with gold thread and
terminating in a fringe of gold, while
around their necks hangstrings of pearls
and other jewels. These Jews of Salon
ika sire perhaps the most fervid sidher
ents of the quaint rabbinical doctrine
to be found anywhere nowadays.
During the days before the Psissover
you may sec Jewish women at the
tombs outside the walls in their long
red cloaks and white mantles round
their shoulders, wailing over their
dead; turbaned rabbis stand at the gate
of Karamilia to conduct families, for a
graves of their
relatives, there to excite them to
frenzy by reading portions of Scripture,
and finally to drive them home again
like sheep when the ceremony is over,
with lacerated arms and faces, uttering
bitter wails. There cemetery the Jews
call "the house of the living;" for the
dead they look upon as alive, and pass
ing the first eleven months after their
departure in Gehenna, where they can
J intercede for the living; consequently
during this period the death wails are
continued, which are in point of fact in
many csises more intercessory than the
outcome of genuine grief.
If a rabbi of distinction dies, you see
Jewish women rush forward to thrust
letters into his hand for delivery to de
parted friends as he is carried on the
bier "to the house of the living."
On the Sabbath day no Jew of Salon
ika may carry any burden in his pocket
no money, no tobacco, no scrip so
that si Jew with a cold has to wear a
handkerchief around his waist. At a
spot where the walls have been pulled
down, of late years the rabbis have
stretched a wire, so that the idea of
the city being surrounded by walls may
be kept up, and the computation of a
Sabbath day's journey not interfered
with. Such are among tho doctrines
of the orthodox Jews; from these their
renegade brethren are happily exempt;
and. though despising them as they do,
an orthodox Jew will not scruple to
make use of the Dunmeh, who may eat
such portions of flesh as his own law
forbids, who may come in and light
his fire for him on the Sabbath and
cook his food, for it is unlawful for a
right-minded Jew even so much as to
light a brazier to warm himself withal
if the weather be cold on a Sabbath
day. Longman's Magazine.
An Ancient Powder-Horn.
There has been presented to the Jef
ferson County Historical Society a
powder-horn which, from the devices
engraved upon it, was evidently car
ried in the campaigns of the old French
and Indian war. It was presented to
the lateNorrisM. Shepardson. of Belle
ville, by his uncle. Darius Shepardson,
who traded powder-horns with a soldier
in the war of 1812 and obtained this
one. It has been presented to the His
torical Society by Eunice, daughter of
Norris Shepardson, through his execu
tor, F. Williams. The most prominent
object engraved on this powder-horn is
the coat-of-arms of Great Britain, tho
lion and unicorn, and within the circle
of the motto of the order of the Garter
is inscribed: "William Spornnein
1752 His Horn." The other engraving
represents the Hudson river, the
forts, and places where battles were
fought. Some of the engravings may
have been added afterward, as the old
powder-horn has evidently been
through three of the great wars of
early American history the first or
French war, the revolution, and the
war of 1812. It is an interesting relio.
Wateriovn (N. .) Timet.
How to Kerp Them In (ioodCoadilloasaa
all Seanoas of the Tear.
There are few- articles'- of household
furniture more ornamental and useful
than tho mirror. In rao3t well-regulated
homes one holds a conspicuous
i place in each room., Most women like
to have their furniture as well cared
for as possible, and the 'mirrors are no'
exception to the'rule: 'There are few
things that look worse than an ill-kept
mirror, for no matter how tidy the. rest
of the room may be, a dim, dusty look
ing-glass takes off much of the appear
ance of neatness. It need not be of such
f a lino qiiality bf glass, as the poorest
kind well cared for is much more at
tractive than the finest illy kept. Few
women willfully neglect the mirrors,
but clean them sis often :is the rest of
the furniture, but the care usually con
sists in dusting them over and then
wsishing with a damp cloth, afterward
wiping dry with a dry cloth. It isn't
very difficult to keep them in good con
dition providing they are given tho
right kind of care.
The position tho mirror occupies is
of the utmost importance. It should
never, if it can be avoided. lie hung on
a damp or outside wall, as the damp
ness is sure to injure it. and it will be
there but a short while before it will
be utterly unfit for use or ornament.
If it must bo suspended from a wall
such as this, bits of cork should bo
fastened to the inside of the fraino
where it comes in contact with tho
wall. This prevents the dampness in
juring the glass. Never have a mirror
in such a position that the sun shines
directly ou it, or it will soon have a
blurred, mottled appearance, and con
sequently be ruined. Do not hang it
over a stove or have a gas jet or lamp
close to it, as the heat from any of
these will ruin it in a short while.
When moving be sure that the person
carrying the mirror does not exposo
the glsiss to the sun. as is usually done.
It is much better where a mirror is to
be trusted to any one when moving that
the face of it be covered, and there will
be no danger of the sun harming it. A
covering of unbleached cotton, made
large enough to cover the face of tho
glass, the right side of the frame, and
fastened securely at each corner at tho
back of the frame, should be used.
For washing the face of the mirror
have a basin of warm water, into which
put a few drops of household ammonia.
Out of this water wring a sponge of
soft cloth quite dry and go over tho
face of the glass. With another cloth
wipe dry1, then polish with tissue paper
or chamois skin. Alcohol is used by
many for washing the glass, but wo
prefer the ammonia water, sis it givos
the glass a nice polish. Many use
newspaper for polishing mirrors, but
as most newspaper contains straw, it
is not to be recommended, sis it is very
apt to scratch the glass. These scratches
will not be noticed at first, but tho
constant use of straw paper will in a
short while cover the surface of the
glass with tine scratches, that will
spoil si mirror as far as appearances
are concerned. If the frames are var
nished, or of any dark colored wood,
rub them over with a small quantity of
warm linseed oil on a flannel cloth,
afterward polishing with a soft, drv
silk cloth. If the frames are gilded
and show signs of wear by the gilding
being worn off, regild with gold paint.
Plush frames can be brushed with a
velvet brush, and csire should be taken
when washing the glass that the plush
is not dampened. When hanging si
mirror, be sure that the screw eyes sire
fastened in firmly, the cord strong, and
.the nail or hook from which it is sus
pended embedded firmly in a beam.
Boston Budget.
MAN'S TRUE CHARACTER.
It Is Frequently Called Forth Only by
Momentous Emergencies.
Great emergencies call forth tho
great soul. War in the twinkling of
an eye turns village drunkards and
pettifogging lawyers into Generals and
statesmen. Love transforms Cymon
from a brute into a man. Necessity
makes Shakespeare a dramatist; acci
dent reveals to Scott his true powers.
The most commonplace men and women
have passed through the fool's para
dise of love, when they were divine be
ings worshiping divinity, and in that
fool's paradise, they for a brief moment
found their true selves, saw deep into
the soul of their consort. That flitting
dream was in truth an awakening, the
brief opening of the spiritual eye.
When the world of facts has passed
away, our dreams may remain. The
man of common sense asks for
realities, the poet knows that only
illusions are true. Look you, the man
whom you hate are there not women
who worship him. children who look
up to him? Who sees the true man
you who hate him. or they who love
him? Love is a divine delight; it
reaches out over and around its object
into the illimitable; it is a part of the
Over-Soul, of the Infinite, of God.
Hatred is painful. It strains and racks
the body, it blinds the vision, it makes
man conscious of his mortal limitations.
Love sees the virtues that ore of tho
soul; hatred only tho diseases of the
skin." "All men have their faults,
and stealing was Bill's," said a weeping
widow over the corpse of a desperado,
shot in attempted burglary. And
grotesque, ludicrous as the expression
may seem, she was right. She knew
that not in the robber, the law-breaker,
the outcast, did the real man shino
forth, but in those rarer moods of kind
liness and generosity when he was the
true friend and husband. Perhaps
when two enemies, who have refused
to see any good is each other on this
earth, meet hereafter in another world
free from the muddy vesture of decay
which clogs their vision here, the first
thought of each win be: "Is this tho
beautiful seal that I maligned aad
hatodP' Li&incvtCs Magazine,
o?actCNCE AtWIWDU3TRV; -
Six or eight tons of cast iron can
be made into steel in twenty minutes
by'one operation.
The woman who can control her
own 'tongue is greater than he who '
ruleth a city. She is also scarcer. X.
l.$tar.
It hsis been estimated that" sifters
.lapse of ten million yesirs tho sun esm
not give out sufficient heat to support
life on earth.
The fabric known sis Chinese grass
cloth Is made from the fiber of nettles.
The clotli is peculiarly glossy and trans
parent, and sis belting for machinery
has double the strength of lesither.
Two substitutes for the high priced
gum sirabic one from flax-seed and tho
other from starch are expected to
serve all purposes for which the genu
ine gum is used.
Without tsiking into account the
small variations due to refraction, etc.,
the days smd nights sire always of equsil
leugth at sill points on the equator,
without regard to tho position of the
ecliptic.
Steel is iron with from one-half to
two per cent of carbon. It wsis former
ly prepsired by heatiug wrought iron
with carbon till it took up the proper
quantity. It is now made on a large scale
by the Bessemer process of burning
out tho carbon and silicon of cast-iron
by forcing a blast of air through tho
molten metal.
Additional experiments have been
made, sind with good success, with the
new French method of coating pipes
with cork. A Isiyer of cork is first em
ployed, asbestos coming next, and
finally another layer of cork. The tem
perature inside the pipes was some
400 Cent., and after 360 hours the
temperature of the outer surface of the
coating was found to have onlv risen to
35 .
Dr. Julius Pohlman thinks the
reason why our teeth decsiy so fsist is
because we do not use them enough,
and, like other organs that are not ex
ercised, they tend to atrophy. Our
teeth become weak because unused to
hard work. The author warns mothers
smd nurses not to give children soft
food if they would have them have
good teeth; in other words, make them
eat their crusts.
A French experimenter, utilizing
the power generated simply by the
heat of the sun. has succeeded in rais
ing 2,500 quarts of water in an hour
from a depth of twenty feet. Extrava
gant hopes have been entertained that
in the future the energy from this
source may. be so brought under con
trol that many of the present methods
of obtaining power may bo done away
with. ..
A recent writer makes a strong
plea for simplicity in the torminolfr
of science. The Isite eminent chemist.
M. Munias, is reported to have said
that the complexity and uncouthncss of
modern chemical nomemclature were
something gigantic, and that he found
it impossible to keep pace with all the
new theories and verbal alterations
that were flooding his favorite science.
An interesting development in
photography is in the use of clockwork
in printing from negatives. By this
means a continuous web of sensitized
paper is drawn at suitable intervals ,
under a negative exposed to a source
of light. After printing the paper is
drawn, still by the mechanism, through
"washer," "toner" and "fixer" succes
sively; and appears finally as a series
of finished pictures ready for mount
ing, and all alike in exposure, color
and tone.
EARLY INSTRUCTION.
Why Childrea Should Be Made to Do
Work Suitable for Their Age.
If possible, parents, teach your chil
dren to do work suitable and proper
for their age. If a mistake is made.
do not reprove them sternly. Kindly
point it out. if unnoticed, and sillow
them to undo or correct it. if it is in
their power. Mothers are often so
hurried and worried with work and the
csire of children, that they feel or think
they have no time to teach them to
cut out simple articles, or to do sew
ing, knitting, etc. The oldest daughter
is usually taught those useful arts as
early sis her sixth year. There seems to
be time to instruct her. sis the wants of
those younger do not yet need atten
tion in that way. The oldest son. too.
is early called to help sibout work.
Younger sisters wait on the little
ones, and often spend the rest of
their time in play. Recreation is neces
sary, but if kept up too long, fatigue
is the result. Boys and girls, whoso
home is on a farm have peculiar ad
vantages for learning to do work suited
to their capacity. The well-kept dis
trict schools of the country are pleas
ant places in which to gain knowledge.
The long walks to and from school.
with fields of grain and orchards bor
dering on the road, have charms for
healthy, happy children. After sup
per, when the evening work is done,
the lamps ore lighted, and lessons
studied. Reading and play have a
share of their attention also. With
all these, time can be taken for need
ful instruction in needlework, etc.. for
girls. Be determined in this matter ,1 ,
dear mothers. See to it that everylf
piece of work assigned to each is fin-
ished by herself, and within a reason
able time. Never allow a child to say:
O, it's no matter when I finish this,"
or, "Any time will do." These are
dangerous expressions for young or old
to use. as they help to form the habit
of putting off until to-morrow the work
of to-day.
Strive to inspire your children with
elf-respect by your sensible example
and advice, aad they will sespect and
honor you ia retuxa. .fturaJ Kern
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