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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
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as these substances interfere with the
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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.
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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.
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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
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, 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. ' '
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"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.
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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
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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,
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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. The
instruments produced sounds like those
of a distant waterfall. On one' part of
the'line, part of which consists of a
cable. 'detonations like what might be
calledpistol-shots were heard.--GWtfev
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