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T 3 I ikj r 1 THE JOTJUJ-L. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. Zstuci at tieTtttoSci, Cefcsta, Sit., u fsctal ' elm suttcr. ME 7L0GZ (W TBE BROW. ..She sky Buy be clear And the landscape look bright. And fall of cood cheer In tho Knn'K crnMnn lltrfct ien oVer the scene comet an ominous cloud e prospect Eerene. la deeo darkness to shroud. - - But the clouds that appear , 'On the world outrof-doors. "V - ThoWh the storm be severe ."' And a tempest down pours, Twill do us less harm, every heart will allow. - 'Andtcause' less alarm' than a- cloud on tad brow. A cloud on the face Of a friend that wo love Will hideevery trace i yialP BUUOU1UV AtAtf Of Fill the heart -with its gloom, "and the atmos phere chill. -Like a shadow of doom, tho f orobodinff of ill. The Infant-will smile J In the fond nurse's arsis, , Who strives to beguile -And to soothe its alarms, But soon III at ease,"lts'dlstresst will avow n Whenever It sees there's a cloud on her brow. Ah, many will roam, SeeMnjr places more fair, When the gardens at hoese J "" Need their culture and care; AAnd many bright flowers a brief race have V run Because for long hours kept out of the sun. Let the sunshine come in! -It will do us all good; Its way let It win Where the shadows now brood ! And once in tho heart, it will manage some- ' how To dispel with weird art every cloud from tke brow. Josephine PbUard, to JV. T. Ledger. - THE BLOOD AND ITS VESSELS. ? The blood is the principal source of '"vitality. It is composed of a thin, watery fluid filled with little red and ; white cells called corpuscles. These corpuscles range in size from . one-twenty-live-hundredth to one-four-thousandth of an inch in diameter, and 'there are more than fifty billions of them in the human body. The total 'amount of blood in the whole system is i equal" to about one-eighth the weight of . the body. The red corpuscles are com posed largely of oxygen, which is es- . sential to the life of all parts of the tbody. '" The blood is distributed throughout lihe body by a system of closed tubes. Beginning with one great branch at the 'heart, this is. gradually divided and subdivided -into smaller branches, until they terminate in a fine meshwork of tubes called capillaries. These capil laries are so numerous that it is impos sible to prick any part of the body with the "finest needle with out wounding some of them. The blood which is sent from the heart through tiiese tubes (arteries) is ladened with oxygen, and is termed arterial blood. As soon as it gets into the capillaries their walls are so thin as to allow the constituents of the blood . to pass through them and mingle with the sur rounding tissues. Jn so doing certain chemical changes take place in which the oxygen of tho blood is consumed and carbonic acid produced. Blood which has lost its oxygen is no longer fit for the nourishment of the body, and it must be sent back to the heart and lungs, where it gives up part of its carbonic acid, and gets a new supply of oxygen. To carry the blood back to the heart, another system of tubes (veins) is necessary. These begin with the capillaries and gradually grow larger and larger until they terminate in two largo trunks which empty into the heart. The blood thus returned is called venous blood, and differs from arterial blood in its dark red appear ance. The arterial blood is bright red, and inasmuch as it is sent directly from the heart, it gushes out in spurts if any of the arteries are Avounded. As the blood is so essential to life and health, any accident which occasions its loss to a great extent must be re garded as more or less serious. ,IIow to prevent excessivo bleeding in case of injury is something which every one should know. For a person might bleed to death before medical aid could be procured. BLEEDING FEO.U THE XOSE. This is the niot common and the least dangerous of accidents to blood vessels, but some tiraos the bleeding is Sersistent, and needs to be checked, 'he best way of doing this is to apply cold water to the neck and face. Hold a sponge saturated with cold water to the nostrils, or if this does not succeed, dissolve a little alum in n basin of water and inject or sniff some of this up the nostrils. Hold the head back and do not attempt to blow the nose. . BLEEDIXG FROM INJUUV TO THE LIMBS OK BODY. In case of a wound where there is considerable bleedingnse cold applica tions freely. Small pieces of ice wrapped in a handkerchief are excel lent. Before and after such applica tions can be obtained rely upon pres sure immediately over the parts wound ed. If in the baud or arm hold it above the head in a vertical position. If in the foot or leg lie upon the back and elevate it above the body. In both cases you will lessen the flow of blood through tho wound. If the" bleeding still continues vou must try and discover its unmeiiste source and check it. If the blood is bright red in coior, and flows, in jets, you may know that an artery" has been injured. In this case you must endeavor to stop the flow by exerting pressure upon the artery be tween the wound and the heart. No thing is better for this purpose than the pressure which can be applied by ban daging. If you have an elastic cord, or pair of clastic suspenders, wind these tight ly around the limb, one layer above the other, so that the bandage will press the artery firmly. If you have no elas tic, use common cloth, but put one lay er above the other for several thick nesses, and when you have carefully secured them, pour cold water on the bandage to shrink it. If you can locate the 'artery, a stone tied in a handker chief or a hard knot placed over it, and firmly tied, will sometimes relieve the hemorrhage. But unless you know ex actly where the wounded artery is, pressure applied in this way will some times do more harm than good. Now a few words :is to the location of some of the important arteries likely to be tributary to a wound. BLEEDING FROM THE II AND OR ARM. If the finger or thumb is injured, pressure on the sides of. each will usu ally cover the, arteries of those parts. Profuse bleeding from a wound in the hand, may sometimes be checked by pressure over the artery on the thumb side of the wrist, where the pulse is usually felt. If not, then pressure exerted on the inner side of the upper arm by gripping the muscles so that the" fingers will cover the artery, pressure by a tight bandage, or by "a block, of wood or a stick placed under, the arm will tend to stop the flow of blood to all parts below the "elbow. a . BLEEDING FROM THE FOOT OR LEG. Dangerous hemorrhage from injuries io the foot or leg may be checked by pressure over the large artery on the dinner side of the thigh'. - This may be applied by tha fingers or thumbs, -but 'as their strength would soon be exhausted, it is better to rely upoa the bandage. To get this tight enough out a stick or case sMr.tM MBOage, a twut it BUEEODrO FKOK THE BEAD OR FACE. Bleeding from s wound in the bead or lace may be arrested by pressure ap plied over the artery at the front side mad base of the neck just shore the collar-bone. If the injured person faint either from the loss of blood, or from sight of it, or from emotional disturbance caused by witnessing tho excitement of others, put ULUl iU ICUUUIUIC UU31UUU, TT1U1 iu newa low ana ino exireijiiues bi.uut elevated. As a general rule, do Bbt"id.-V minister spirits of ammonia, brandy or other stimulants, as they excite the action of the-heart andmay increase the hemorrhage. - Do not attempt to dress the 'wound 1 1 J ' - - -... -m. .-.- as these substances interfere with the "" TO"5i " "--si 3-J "i natural, healing process. Continued'oressure is the best means of stopping the bleeding; the dressing kad better.be Jeft for tke doctor to at lend to. A clean pocket-handkerchief, or a piece of linen or cotton moistened with cold water, may be placed over the injury to protect it from the air, and a pad of the same material may be used withadvantage under the -bandage to keep the edges of the wound together and help arrest the flow of blood. It must be remembered that a yery little blood mingled with water will "cause considerable coloration, and lead one to think that more blood is being lost than really is. You must not allow yourself to be deceived by false appear ances, and thus lose your self-possession. You must show no sign of excite ment, but work quickly, and with a clear knowledge of .what you want to do. Dr. D. A. Sargent, in Wide Avalck. m Hew Cigar Boxes Are Made. Tke reporter climbed up five flight of stairs in one of the largest blocks in the manufacturing district of the city where the largest.cigar-box factory is located. Apart-of the large -floor was occupied by the strips of wood cut into the re quisite thickness, one dimension for the bottom, sides and cover and'another for the ends. The strips of wood are run through a rip-saw, sawed in long strips. and. cut into the required lengths by a second machine. The ends are then planed as smooth as the sides, and -the Eieces are ready to be made into boxes, ids and sides have to pass through printing presses, of the same. pattern as used in ordinary job rooms, but much heavier to have the brand, trade-mark, etc., printed upon them with indelible ink. Then the pieces go to the nailer, who uses a machine for his work. The nailing machines are somewhat similar in appearance to type-setting machines, and require but little experience to be quite dexterously handled. The nails are fed into a hopper on the top, pass ing through small brass pipes into little tubes at the proper distances for the parts to be nailed together. By the pressure of the foot on the foot-board of the maohine the operator forces the nails out of the Cubes into the wood, and accomplishes with the aid of the ma chine six times 'as much work as' the most experienced workman could do with hand and hammer; besides, the work is of necessity done far more ac curately. The 'first operation is the nailing together of an end and head piece which are placed in large piles, and then two of these pieces are nailed together, forming the sides of the box. Boys nail on the bottoms and girls tack on the cover temporarily, while other girls paste on the cloth hinges. The half-completed boxes are then piled up until they are perfectly dry. An experienced nailer averages about 850 boxes per day, receiving 25 cents for 100 boxes, while the boys and girls are paid by the waek.earning from 4 to $10 per week. After the boxes are dry they are brought under a rap idly revolving planer which removes all overhanging woodwork, while whirling sand wheels smooth off the edges. A large force of girls is employed m put ting on the finishing touches, which means to paste on the edgings, inside labels, linings and flaps. For this work the girls are paid 80 cents a hundred, and they earn from 5 to 9 per week. The lumber used in the manufacture of cigar boxes is, with few exceptions, either basswood or red cedar. Bass wood grows in almost unlimited quanti ties in Michigan, Minnesota and the northern part of Wisconsin. It is shipped to this city in rough boards, which are recur, planed and stained by a peculiar process, so that it closely re sembles cedar-wood, from which "it is different in color and lacking in that sharp, pungent odor which is deemed of particular value for the packing of cigars. Basswood boxes are used for the ordinary quality of cigars. The red cedar grows in Mexico, Cuba and Cen tral America, and forms an important article in the exports of these coun tries. Cedar costs in Chicago in the sand lineal feet of the ordinary lumber dimensions. An important item in the manufact ure of cigar boxes is the label, which costs from sixty cents to six dollars a thousand. The larger box factories have a printing-room attached to their establishments, and print the ordinary quality of labels themselves, while the more elaborate qualities of more or less artistic design, and printed in from three to a dozen colors, are made by the large lithographic establishments, where designers for this particular branch ol work are kept steadily at work. It is a noticeable fact that in a great many cases one may judge of th( quality of cigars by the kind ol label attached to the box. The loud" label with flaming colors, present ing all kinds of impossible birds am! flowers, or females more or less decol lete, do not, as a rule, speak favorably for the qusdit- of the cigars. The ha bitual smoker knows hislabel, although some of the favorite brands of "three-for-a-quarter," or "straight ten,1' suoh as "Corona," "Professor Morse." "Mark Twain," "La Rosa," "Henry Clay," and others, are sold in numer ous imitations. The better quality ol cigars, like the better quality of men. do not "show off" in a very elaborate style; they have a well designed and Ar tistically executed label in unobtrusive colors, and some of the very best cigars have very plain packing. Cigars for Erivate sales are generally packed in oxes which are fastened with bras3 clasps instead of the old-fashioned Uk ribbons. Chicago Herald. m m CesmisM. A few weeks ago a man refused to take, an oath as a witness in one of the London police courts on the ground that he was a "Cosmist" I have seen a programme of this latest of the relig ious and semi-religious bodies that are so numerous in this country, and I re produce its principal points for the ben lit of any who are socking for a new re ligion. The motto of the Cosmists is "Deeds, not creeds;" the principle, the serv.ee of humanity is the supreme duty. The design of Cosmism is to join all men and women into one family, in which the principle of equality, together with that of brotherly love (that is, love of the hu man heart) is the predominate one, and the moral and material welfare of all the sole aim and purpose." The Cos mists arc enjoined to act as follows: To give one another encouragement and aid, both material and moral To cul tivate all their faculties. To contem plate all mankind as brethren. To be courteous and forbearing to each and VTo Practice charity without pub licity or ostentation. There is nothing very new in these ideas, bet they shew1 howtlissatisfied ataey are with or bang civilization; aad as such they may be recorded as assets; a cmriow Fright ! a Street Car. Uncle Tom Podgers bought for hi pet nieces a couple of rubber dolls that emit a tiny squeak by pressure, and, started for home on a bob-tail car Suspended by a strap with one hand,! and holding the little package in tbe other, he .accidently squeezed the dolls,' and forth came a squeak which seemed to startle a lady comfortably seated iff a f ur-hned cloak, wlio looked right and . -m? .9 '?'? M.L.1&-. "" ' , leu, eviuenwyj inue siaxiueu. "Uncle Tomislismischlevous as he was fifty years ago, and presently there was another squeak, when the lady again looked inquiringly and intensely; at her neighbors. A gentleman at her j side deserted" the car just then and Un- wo xuiu uiu,-j.- .w .. v a.-. With the oackasre in the voluminous folds of the fur-lined cloak there was soon another saueak and the ladv cried ! out:- - - - - -H)l there's a mouse in the carl" "I thought 1-heard something," said i portly gentleman wearing a bald head and a diamond Din. I did hear something," said a posi tive lady In a camel's hair sack. ' ' I "So did I, ' came forth timidly from under a tangled jungle of blonde bangs, j surmounted with the plunder of several ! ostriches. - j "Me. also. I haave meeself to hear someting" added 'an old Frenchman over a big basset between bis legs. Uncle Tom leaned forward to look for the mouse, and the backage somehow got under bis leg. There was another squeak. 'He's under the seat,1 shrieked the fur-lined lady as she' jumped to her feet. Instantly 'the starboard side was de nuded of passengers. Ladies held their skirts closely around their ankles and gentlemen stamped to insure the ihvio-' lability of their pantaloons. Larboard side people bowed forward -to catch pos sible glimpses of the mouse under the opposite seat. . Suddenly the car lurched heavily as she "broached to" rounding Crosby Street point. Cargo shifted immedi-' ately. Starboard watched strangefyi mixed up with tho larboard. Boots and' gaiters knocking each other in the hold,; shins and knees twisted together fur ther aloft. A seal-skin muff flie3 from its gaskets and carries away a Derby hat. Small child loses her reckoning and lands in the Frenchman's basket. Episcopalian's mutter ejaculations that are not "prayers to be used at sea." "Sacree," shouted the Frenchman. "O, my," cries the fur-lined lady. "It's outrageous," declares the posi tive camel's hair. "Its abominable," rolls up a deep tone from the bottom of the portly man's breakfast, and a voice like a gentle brooklet murmurs from the jungle of tangled bangs: "Its just too awful for anything!" Sharp boy down on the floor calls out: "I see him! I see him!" "Take my cane," says a tall pair of specs in a silk hat and brown kids. Each vigorous drive of the cane vas followed by a corresponding squeak, until thelast terrible stroke when all was still! The sharp boy. reached cautiously under the seat and pulled out the butt of a cigar, terribly lacer ated. "What the deuce's the matter" aks a smart, dapper young gentleman who had just boarded the car. 'They say there's a mouse under the seat," gravely replied Uncle Tom, :i3 he pinched the dolls near his coat-tails. "He's behind those boxes; I heard him!" says the smart youth. Umbrellas and cane's joined in a rataplan on the wooden boxe3 that cover the car-wheels. A rosy-cheeked German girl pulled the strap. There was a merry twinkle iu her eve as she looked at Uncle Tom. It was his turn to be alarmed. Had she discovered the mouse? Disclosure meant lynching in that excited com muuity ! He made for the door. "I think dot mouze, dot vas you!" said the rosy maiden, as they reached the sidowalk. Uncle Tom showed her the mouse, and explained. She laughed so heartily that the policeman on the corner t&ought the couple had just heard of the death of their mother-in-law. They walked the next block merrily together, and Uncle Tom believes that he has cemented a life-long friendship with that German girl if he ever chances to meet her again. N. Y. World. A Great Slaughter er Rabbits. Rabbits are numerous this year, as are also the hunters thereof. Last Sat urday four gentlemen, one of whom is connected with a large dry goods house, another a newspaper man, the third a member of a large manufacturing con cern and the fourth an attorney, and all prominent in their respective call ings, decided to go forth and garner some of the countless hundreds which are daily being slaughtered. Three of the gentlemen are fathers of well grown boys, who are themselves en thusiastic, though somewhat inexperi enced, Nitnrods, and the boys accom panied their parents to attack the un tamed rabbit in his lair. The party of seven moved out Euclid Avenue in an imposing procession. They were ar ranged in three conveyances, in which were also disposed six' guns, with car tridges, belts, game-bag-; and other ne cessary accouterments. Under the carriages trotted three as fine dogs as ever graced a bench show, and an in ventory of the outfit would convince the most skeptical that the. day boded ill for the game. Early In the forenoon the hunters reached South Euclid, about ten miles from Cleveland, and rented stable rocinJor the horses of a farmer. Then the fun began, but the boys and the dogs seemed to enjoy it the best af ter the firstrthree-or four hours. It is amusing for a time to fall over logs, scramble through brier patches, climb rail fences and fall into creeks, carry ing the while twelve pounds of gun and forty pounds of "fixings," but it grows wearisome and palls on the fancy after a half day or so. The rabbits did not seem to be flying in very large flocks, and it slowly forced itself upon one of the gentlemen that the game had heard of the expedition and left Euclid. So he went back to the farm-house to look after the horses. He was found later by the remainder of the party by the kitchen fire, reading a newspaper. Bui of the other six and the dogs. They put in good solid work hunting untd three r clock, when weary and worn thoy started for the house. The' were not weighed down with game, however, and when one of the number fell over a- brush heap and startled a rabbit from his slumbers all were in a condition to give chase. The rabbit took refuge under a stump, and one of the hunters started for a house to borrow a shovel, while the others and the dogs stood over the hole, ready to do battle with the rabbit if he showed up. The em bassador returned with a shovel, and the hunters "spelled" each other until an excavation as if for a main sewer bad been made. Then the rabbit ap peared, and being small and making tout little-resistance, he was easily killed with the shovel. It was a proud but tired procession that moved back to town, for in addition 'to the four- men, three boys and guns in the carriages, under which three sad-eyed dogs trav eled, there was also distributed among them the remains of a two-pound rab bit.CUvelml Herald. m m m Near El Paso, Tex., is the abrupt edge of a mountain grange, which is fmllv believed to be" reolete with ero-d. Mining operadosis intnatvicinagenave USCU KU? iw mjiuo UIUB , uu those who kave invested their time and BBoney tn very saagaine of success. A Big Snake Harrest. Charles McCarty, of No. 168 Chelten Avenue, nas in his posssession a large barrel fnll of live snakes which were dug up a few days ago in the very heart of Germantown. There are about 100 in Mr. McCarty's collection, which, how ever, represents less than one-sixth of tho entire number caught. The sur prising fact in connection with this wholesale capture of reptiles in the cen ter of a populous settlement 13 that they were concealed within a space less than 100 feet square, and no one knows how many more there may be left in the neighborhood. The lot at Adams and Tulpehocken streets; where -the 600 snakes were taken, is owned by Thomas Shoemaker. It has passed through several hands ' during the past twenty-five yearsVbnt -has never been graded or prepared for building.purposes, having always been the object of speculation. Mr. Shoe maker recently determined to have the lot, which is-a very large one surround-ed-by- numerous handsome and costly dwellings, put in such shape as would attract a purchaser. Topley & Win field, landscape gardeners, were given the contract, and had a dozen men- at . work on the place when the snakes were discovered. The lot was plowed up and the men put to work carting, o3 a large "pile of dirt, about 100 teel square and several feet high, to various Earts of the lot This .dirt had been auled from a swamp twenty-five years ago, and was intended for top-soiling. .As one of the diggers worked at the pile he discovered two small garter snakes in a semi-torpid condition, which he killed. Upon throwing out another shovelful of dirt an immense nest 'of the reptiles was disclosed. In all there were fifty-two. .Most of them were in a torpid state, but the largest about a yard long retained sufficient vitality to wind itself around the leg of one of the cartmen. greatly to his horror. When found the reptiles were tan gled up almost in the shape of a ball, and looked like a quantity of small, dirty rubber pipes, twisted together in a faqtastic manner. Most of them were killed, but Mr. Topley put a number in a large tin "pan, with a cover. He placed this panin the sun, and when he . returned to it to take his prize away he found that the snakes bad been revived by the warmth and had squirmed about so vigorously as to push off the cover and escape. However, he had no occasion, to mourn his loss, for before the day was over there were new snake discoveries, and four or live other nests yielded over 300 of them, in size from three inches to three feet, all more or less tor pid. The next da' there were more dug out, and the men began to suspect that all the reptiles which St. Patrick drove out of Ireland had found their way to Gerraantown. At the close of the sec ond day 450 snakes had been taken out, all of which were killed. Mr. McCarty, hearing of this whole sale slaughter, came down on the third day and took away his barrel full, which he exhibits with much pride at his house to all who care to see them. In all there were about 650 snakes taken out of the dirt pile, none of them being found at a greater depth than two feet. They were pronounced to be all garter snake. Many of them were a yard long and an inch and a half in diameter. No snake3 were found in any part of the lot except where the old swamp dirt had been deposited, and it is the prevailing opinion that the swarms have been breeding and in creasing for a quarter of a century. As the men were not digging for snakes especially, they did not dig be low the graded level, and Mr. Topley says that it is hot at all improbable that there may be six hundred more reptiles yet in the ground. Philadel phia Record. Symptoms of Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia, like other ailments, may bo either mild or severe. When chron ic, having had an imperceptible begin ning, it may go on until the simplest food ceases to nourish and causes great distress, and the ailment itself is no longer influenced by medicine. Some persons inherit a weak digestion, yet by constant care get along with but little discomfort; and through this very care escape more dangerous diseases and enjoy a comfortable old age. Others, inheriting "a powerful digestion, are reckless and intemperate in their use pf food becoming at length wretched victims to dyspepsia, and die an early and sudden death. The following statements will give an idea of the more characteristic symp toms of dyspepsia and explain their nature. Food if not digested whether from its quantity or its quality, or from a weakened condition oi tne stomaon--ferments and undergoes other chemical changes, whereby gases and various acids are developed. These gases, if in the stomach, dis tend it, impede its action, and press it up against the lungs, hindering theii expansion. If the gases gather in the intestines, they cause distress, and often severe colic The acids irritate the nerves which terminate in the digestive tract, giving rise to a peculiar uneasiness, or, per haps, to positive pains. Moreover this whole tract becomes more or less in flamed, the tendency of which is to .check the digestive secretions. H the gastric juice is lessened, the power to digest meat is lessened. H the bile is diminished, the power to di gest fat is equally diminished, and the movement of the bowels is rendered slow and constipating. If the pancreate fluid is checked, the starchy foods are so far left to ferment and to irritate, instead of digesting and nourishing. Further, through that wonderful class of nerves which bind all parts of the system in mutual sympathy, disturo ance at any point of the digestive tract may give rise, especially in very sus ceptible persons, to severe and incom prehensible pains at the most remote points, and even to violent spasms. The brain, in particular, is exposed to suffering, not only from aches,. some times dull, yet constant, sometimes tfor briefer periods, yet exbruci ating, but with a depression that makes the sufferer disagreeable to himself and to others. YouWt Companion. mm Lime-Kiln Clab Mottoes. The following mottoes and greetings are printed on cloth and hung on the .walls of Paradise Hall: "Credit am an enemy to entice you to buy what you doan' want." "Dar am no danger of de well cavin' in if you keep on top." "H life had no sorrows we should grow tired of hearin each odder laugh." "Gray hairs should respect demselves if dey want to be respected by odders." "While color has nuffin' pertickler to do wid treein' de coon, doan' pay too much for a yaller dog." "He who judges the character of a pusson by his clothes am buyin' a mule by de sound of his bray." "De pusson who has no .temptations am one of de biggest sin ners in de crowd." "Kind words cost nuffin! Dat's de reason so many of us am willin' to throw away sich a' heap of 'em." "While honesty am de ber policy, doan' be too fast to express your candid opinyun of your naybur." "Bumps on a man's head may express bis traits of character, but you kin find out all you want to know about him by goin' on one excursion in his company. "What we do tb-day am dun fur to morrer. What we intend to do to morrer won't buy meat fur dinner' Detroit Free Press. Florida is utilizing convicts o setise farsss. --' FARM AND FIRESIDE. Do not pa'jk-seVeral varieties of apples in the "same 'barrel for market Use the odds and ends at home, and make as salable packages as. possible for shipping. Chicutgo Times. For burns and scald nothing is more soothing than tho white of an eg which may be poured -over tho wound. It is softer as a varnish for a burn than collodion. It is also more cooling than sweet oil aud cotton in allaying the smarting pain. Troy Times. One-half the corn required to fatten hogs in the falL. if fed to them during the summer, will give a better result. r and, of course, greatly increased profit. Most farmers miscalculate and iait. to have corn on'hand wlsanit will do -the greatest amount ot.good Detroit Post. The shabby old harness or travel ing satchel may have the 'color restored by an application- of good blacking, a subsequent brushing, a very slight oil ing, ami an after dressing of gum iragacanth.-;.Jt Ls surprising what an effectfhistfeatment Has unon old and J shabby-looking' leather: Boston iJlobe. All animate cannot digest alike .One ox caneat and -digest more than his . m.ate? one jiig more than another, and one -sheep more than another, .although they may be of the same age. Whsn.leeJinganimal3 these differences should be observed, and the animals fed accordingly. The same quantity 'all' arouud won't, do. It may make some sick,- - and some will not get enough. -Excliange. A great convenience in the kitchen afcnoluers made thu3: Cuta pie'oe of ordinary crash toweling fourteen inches Jong and tea inches wide, double it and baste in three or four thicknesses of soft 'bld'musUn; turn in the edges and run it around on the machine; run diagonals, quilting -all together.- Sew on a loop and hang it up over or behind the stove. N. T. Tribune. The egg is considered one of the best of remedies for dysentery. Beaten 'up "slightly, with or without sugar, anil s wallowed at agulp, it tends by its emollient qualities to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and, by forming a transient coaling ou these orgaiis, to enable na ture to resume her healthful sway over a disease'd "b"bdj ' Two" or at the most throe'eggs-per-day would be all that- is required in ordinary cases. N. Y. Post. To destroy Canada thistle the Qranae County (N. i.) farmer says: J ' "We 'know of no better remedy than a brood sow. Take the ring out of her nose and leave her to root and work on the field all winter in open weather aad only sparingly fed, and our word for'it, by spring she will have the job finished. If the seeding is extensive, then employ one or more orood sows and it will be found to be one of the cheapest and most effective remedies for ridding a farm of this pe3t that could be desired, forwe have tried it to our entire satis faction on several occasions." Stufied Beefsteak: Take a cutting of round steak, pound it well, season with salt and pepper, then spread over it nice dressing of bread crumbs, sea soned with thyme and parsley, sage and ,and pepper, roll up' and tie closely, put in a kettle with auartof boiling water and boil slowly anhour; then put it in the dripping pan with the water in which it was boiled and bake it till it is a nice brown, basting it frequently. Make gravy of the drippings. An in ferior piece of meat cooked after this method may be made very savory and palatable. . Y. Tribune. Abont Yeast. Dry yeast is made by mixing corn .meal with ordinary hop yeast until the whole is of sufficient stiffness to bo jmolded into cakes. These cakes are then dried at an even, moderate tem 'perature, and when quite dry and hard can be kept for many month's, if put in a place awav from dampness and the extremes of heat and cold. This was ;the favorite yeast of our grandmothers, j who gave it the name of"emptins," a wordoriginally derived from "empty ings," which was applied to the lees of ibeer. But why it should be given to 'yeast which was made from the frothy iferment of the malt liquor it is hard to iguess. Dry yeast has of late years be come an important article of commerce, and now that it can be procured of every grocer, -many housekeepers do not take the trouble to make it for themselves. Others prefer to do so, 'since by so doing 'they can be better as sured of its freshness. This yeast loses rits virtue if it becomes old, especially if jt has been kept in a warm place. Ex posure to the air also robs it of its yeasty tqualities. In making bread of dry yeast it is necessary to allow' some time longer for it to rise than is necessary with the moist preparation of hops, and the "older it is pro viding that it retains any fermenting virtue at all the longer it requires. What is known as brewer's yeast is made of malt and hops, and is a most .excellent and reliable ferment. In ;cities it is usually supplied daily by the brewers to tne grocers, who una a 'ready sale for it with their housekeep ing customers. Still another yeast is 'procurable in cities, which is even more generally preferred. It is a paste of ops, or malt and hops made so stiff ithat it can be cut with a knife into little ;squarcs. These squares are each folded in tin foil to keep them from the air, ibut even with this protection wfll not 'keep their yeastiness more than two .days. The makers of this yeast usually bring it daily to the grocery stores. Potato yeast is an especial favorite with expert bread makers. This is made simply by mixing the potatoes with the hop tea before it is set to rise. This yeast is excellent, but will keep ;weet a few days only. - For this reason most persons prefer to add the potatoes, which are used to increase the sweet ness of the "bread, to the sponge when it is first taixed. Cor.' Prairie Farmer. JCilk for Pigs. The Wisconsin Experiment Station has been making a series of interesting experiments to ascertain the value of sweet milk for feeding pigs. Two lots of pigs were fed separately, one lot upon corn meal, the other lot upon milk, the latter being given all they would take. After twenty-five days the milk-fed pigs had gained fifty and one-half pounds, against forty and three-quarters made by the meal-fed lot. The lots were then reversed, the milk-fed pigs being put on meal, and the meal-fed lot being given- milk for twenty-five more days, at the end of which time the milk-fed had made a gain of seventy-nine pounds, and the meal fed 'only sixty-one and a half pounds. The weight of both lots of food were recorded, and showed that 500 pounds of corn meal made a pound of pork, and that 1900 pounds of milk 'made the same quantity of pork, live weight, so that when live hogs are worth five cents per pound, milk is worth about half a cent per pound. Other experiments in feeding meal and milk together showed -very much more value m the milk, ranging from forty cents to ninety cents per 100 pounds. 'At the latter rate the value per quart -would be one and three- fourths cents. This is surely a pretty strong showing in favor, of butter or cheese making, instead of sending milk off to the cities at only two cents per quart," the price at which much has been sold within the past few years. New England Farmer, - 'm m m There are mountains ol solid iron ore. in Northern Sweden less tfcan a' hundred miles from tie Atlantic Ocean. CMeagp Journal. . . CemaanliM in Mattackaseits. The "Adonai Shomo," the well known communistic society located just beyond the Athol line ou the route to Peteislmm, are rejoicing over two re- , cent accessions to thi'ir number. Since,. the fall of 1876 their ranks have been decimated by death and desertion, and ! they hail tho netv arrivals as marking 1 the beginning of better days. The so- j ciery was . orgamzea oy one nowiana "neaVly" thirty eara ago. Howland and the late Austin Ellinwood were almost rival leaders of the numerous local Mil lerites, and finally Howland claimedto l.e'ft prophet and started the commun ist society. After living for some years in the house of one of the members on Pleasant Street, Athol, they bought.the two hundred acre-farm owned by 'the community. -' One of the peculiar tenets of the new faith was that the members of theLso I'iety would never die, andthough their faith in lhisnvas 'somewhat 'shaken by the death of llowlaud himself, they1 -lung to the bcliectill Filler.the suc cessor of the lUnt prophet, was taken away. He was followed by one or two ptliijr leading, characters. They now only say that tlioy "hope to live." In consequence of 'the accumulation of property following their thrifty habits, and of the means brought by new ad herents, they applied for' a charter under the name of the "Adottsi Khomo," meaniug "Tho Lord's There?-' . nnd were incorporated in 187G, and soon afterward their "great trial" began. Hearing of the extensive property of the community one woman is said to have brought 360.000 two adventurers, named John Howe and Alfred Gussler, got into the fold and gained great in fluence over Fuller and the leading women, tiowe pretending to oe Jesus Christ Howe led them into all sorts of extravagances, causing them -to abandon their abstemious diet of grains .and fruits, and raising such confusion tliat the law was invoked by the town authorities and Howe imprisoned. ' The Fullerites returned to their old ways, but the taste of the world which they had received under Howe led them to get rid of their old-fashioned house furniture and antiquated clothing, and to refit both building and persons ac cording to modern notions. The work is just being completed with the fur nishing of the new parlor. A new chapel with stained floor has been built, nnd some twenty-five new "chamber bets, including fine carpets, have beea put in. The large dining-room, with beautifully tintea walls and fine silver service, make the visitor forget that he is not in the dining-hall of some quiet hotel, while the toothsome baked beans, the delicate bread, and the dessert of pie, fruit and sauce, would cause one to regret the absence of beef and porkjbut little. A new furnace and bath-room are just being arranged, and it will be indeed strange if there is not plenty of people without homes who would be glad to find a resting-place with the "Adonai Shomo," even though rumors of internal quarrels and scratching should reach their ears through the neighbors. "The "Lord," says Presi dent Richards, "told us to gefthe house ready, and now we expect to' see it tilled." Any persons who wisEto come are accepted, the sole condition being the putting of the new-comer's proper ty, if any he has, into the common stock. All the business operations are carried on in an economical and thrifty Way, and a casual observer is favorably impressed with tho management. Sprinqjield (Mass.) Republican. Zealous Men the Successful Oaes. As far as natural endowments deter mine, the zealous men are par eminence the successful ones. Bnt they have a besetting sin which, being intrinsic, is therefore, perhaps, not quite a sin bigotry. Except in the case of great creative minds, it is necessary to' be somewhat partial in order to succeed in affairs. Broad culture is seldom efficient in any immediate way; narrow, intense purpose accomplishes the hard enterprises of the world, and is every where at a premium among those who are interested in getting things done. I have a respect for bigots and parti sans, and believe that the world owes a great debt to intolerant, one-sided men. ft must have them; it could not push its reforms, or get its rough, unpleasant work done else. Narrow men are edged men, men of single and deter mined purposes; and in their purposes they are apt to succeed. The liberal, the spirits of insight, really rule all, .though they are not always seen to do ,so; they create the thoughts that direct the world's forces. But they turn over their thoughts to armies of stirring par tisans, who adjust by force of arms the claims of opposing truths. The philos opher would prefer to wait for evolution, and to let things settle themselves Juietly; but the reformers cannot' wait or this. So they organize boards, wage religious wars, and piously burn the witches. There is a sad waste of force in these proceedings; but men promise to become wiser in course of time, and meanwhile the machine creaks slowly along, and some progress is made. Titus Munson Coan, M. D. Bow to Disappoint a Balky Hone. A Leominster farmer recently broke his horse of a "balky" freak in a very quiet and, as he claims, not a cruel manner. Jlis norse is in excellent flesh and shows no signs of neglect on the part of his master. He drove him. attached to a rack-wagon, to the wood lot for a small load of wood. The ani mal would not pull a pound. He did not beat him with a club, but tied 'him to a tree and "let him stand." He went to the lot at sunset and asked him to draw, but he would not straighten a tug. "I made up my mind," said the farmer, "when that horse went to the barn he would take that load of wood. The night was not cold. I went to the barn, got blankets and covered the horse warm, and he stood until morn ing. Then he refused to draw. At noon I went dawn and be was probably hungry and lonesome. He drew that loaa of wood the first time I asked him. I returned and got another load before I fed him. I then rewarded him with a good dinner, which he eagerly de voured. I have drawn several loads since. Once he refused to draw, but as soon as be saw me start for the house he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome and discon tented when left alone, as much so as a person, and I claim this method, if rightly used, is far less cruel and is better for both horse and man than to beat the animal with a club." F itch burg (Mass.) Sentinel. m At a meeting of blind men in San Francisco the Chairman said that the late Legislature paid no heed to the petition of the two hundred blind per sons in California for an institution in which they may earn a livelihood, in stead of begging in the streets. There is, he said, an asylum for the blind in the State, but only persons under twenty-one years of age. natives of the State, are admitted. Deaf mutes are taken care of, and so are inebriates, but the blind man's only refuge is the hos pital. San Francisco CalL m m During the late great Java earth quake it was discovered that it was ut terly impossible to use the'telephone at Singapore in consequence of the effect of the phenomenon on the wires. 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