The County paper., January 21, 1881, Image 6

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IN TIIK DAItK.
CAI10I.1NK I.E9I.1K.
-Chrlitlin I'nlon.
Midnight brooded weird nnd tone;
Nothing broke the wintry gloom
Save tho drowsymonotone
Of the clock, as, one by one,
From IU steady hindl the minutes fell
my silent room.
Closo beside the laiger bed
Stood tho cradle lu Its place;
Mid IU blankets, softly spread,
Into
Lay the habj ' golden head,
And his light breath, coming, going,
gently
fanned against my face.
Something In the darkness stirred,
Warmly nestling at my side
Like a little shepy bird,
"Mamma, I" very law the word,
Hush and darkness male tic narrow
space
between us seem so wide.
Then I murmured, as he lay,
"Mamma's eloo beside you, dear;
Poon the night will go away,
Uy-and-by It will be day;
In themorrlnewhcn mybiby wakens mam
ma will be here."
Wandering Angers toward mc crept;
"Mammu. let me hold your hand."
Clasping It he hushed und slept;
Clasnlnc his I could hare went.
Humbled by that perfect trust which needed
no; 10 understand.
Years have piicd me by since then;
Long the little bed has stood
Empty, silent; yet again,
Thrlllntr deeper than mr rain.
Comes tho tender voice to baulth every bitter
uouuung inoou.
Through tho olccless hush of dthea ,
Through life's midnight dark and dl in,
Turning unto Christ, who saltu
To each nsklntr soul. "Have faith."
Heavenward I reach my longing, groping hu
man nanus 10 mm.
Does he take them! Ay, he does '.
All the chasm deep and wide
Spanning by Ills love that (lows
Freely for all human woes.
I shall wake In heaven's bright morning with
my baby by my si 1c.
A CULOltiUU STOKY.
r;iiuj( irhu weekir t'rci.
How strango it nil scorned to llttlo
Winfrod! Ono year ago, or, as sho rook'
onccl it, ono snow-tlrao and ono flower
limo ago, sho was living in Boston nnd
now sho wns in Colorado. It was a
great chango this going lrom comfort
and luxury to a placo whoro comlort
was hard to And and luxury not to bo
thought of; whore thoy had a log-hut
instead of a house, and a pig in place of,
n poodle But, on tho whole, sho on
joyed it. Her fathor was bolter, and
that was what thnycamo for, because
tho doctor had said Colorado air would
euro him. And, though mother oitcn
looked tirod nnd troubled, sho certainly
novor used to brenk forth into happy
bits of song when fathor was sijk in bod,
ns she did now that ho was nblo to cut
down trees in tho forest. Besides who
ever saw such beautiful blue flowers and
such flaming blossoms in Boston? And
what was tho frog pond compared with
these stroams that now, in tho spring
time, camo rushing through tho woods
silently somoumos, somotimcs so
noisy that ifit wore not for their sparkle
when thoy passed tho sunny places and
tho laughing way thoy had oi running
into every chink along tho banks ono
would think thoy woro nngry. Yes, on
tho wbolo, Winfrod llkod Colorado; and
so did her little brothor Nat; if you had
told him Boston was just around tho
corner, ho would have started to run
there without putting on his cap.
Such a little mltn of a follow Nat was,
and so lull of sunshinol Only ono thing
-could troublo him, and that was to bo
awav from mothor ovon for half-an-hour,
'Thcro was something in tho mother's
'way of singing, mothor's way of kissing
lhurt little boad and fingers, mother a
'way of putting sugar on bread, and
mothor's way of rooking tired llttlo
boys, that Nat approvod of most hoar-
tllv. Ho lorod bis fathor, too, and
thought him the most poworlul wood'
cutter that ovor swung an nxo, though
really tho poor man had to rest at every
stroke
See those two children now trudging
to tho little stream near by quito re
solved in having a lino rocking lu thoir
father's canoe. This queer boat, mado
oi bark and sharp at both ends, wns
tied to a stake Now that tho stream
was swollon and so fast, it was fine fun
to sit ono in each end nnd get "bounced
about," as Winnie said.
'You gut In first, becauso you'ro tho
littlest," holding hor dross tightly away
from tho splashing water with ono hand
nnd pulling tho boat closo to trio shoro
with thoothor.
"No, you pet in first," 'causo you'ro
a, girl," said Nat. "I don't need no
holpin'. I'm going to tako off my toos
nnd tockies first, 'causo mammy said I
might."
Nat could say shoes and stockings
quite plainly whon ho choso, but ovory
body said "toos and tockies" to him,
so ho looked upon theso words and many
other crookod ones as a sort ot language
of Nat, which all tho world would spoak
if they know how.
In nt lust, both oi them, and a lino
rocking thoy had. Tho bushes andtreos
throw cool shadows ovor tho canoo, nnd
tho birds omit, nnd tho bluo sky pooped
down nt them through llttlo openings
ovorhoad, nnd, nltogothor, with tho
splashing water and pleasant murmur
of insoots, It was almost llko mothor's
rooking and singing.
At first thoy tnlkod and laughed
softly. Thon thoy listened. Then thoy
talked very little. Thon llstenod again
lying on tho rushor In tho bottom of tho
ennoo. Thon thoy coasod talking and
watched tho branches waving ovorhoad,
nnd at last thoy botli fell sound asleep,
This was oarly In tho morning. Moth
er was very busy in tho cabin cloaring
away the breakfast dishes, swooping tho
ihn mom. makinir beds, mixing broad
iinatlnsr the ovon. and a dozen othor
thincrs. At last sho took a plato of
orumbs and scraps and went outto food
ho chlokons.
"Wlnnlo Natl" sho oallod, as sho
od out upon tho rough door-stone
Como feed tho chickens!" Thou she
added, In a surprised way, to horsolf:
Why, whore In tho world can thi'So
chtldron boP Thoy ruust havo stopped
at tho now cloaring losoo their fathor."
At dlnncr-tlmo sho blew tho big tin
horn that hung by tho door, and soon
hor husband camo homo hungry and
tired. "Oh, you llttlo witches!" laughed
tho niotlior, without looking up from
hor task of bread-cutting. "How could
you stay away so long from mamma
tlrod, Frank?"
"Yes, very. But what do you moan?
Whcro nro tho youngsters?"
Sho looked up now, and Instantly ex
claimed, In a frightened voloo, ns sho
ran past hor husband;
"Oh, Frank! I've not seen thom lor
two or threo hours! I thought to be
sure thoy woro with you. Thoy surely
wouldn't havo stayed nil this timo in
tho boat!"
Ho followed her nnd thoy both. ran to
tho slrenm. In nn Instant tho mothor
hastoncd on nhcad through tho bushes,
screaming back: '
O. Frank! Frank! Tho boat is
goncl"
All tint day, tho next, nnd tho next
thoy searched. Thoy followed tho
stream nnd nt last they found tho boat
but It whs empty ! In vain tho father
and mother nnd thoir only nenr neigh
bor wandered through the forest in every
direction, calling: "Winnlol Wlnnlo!
Nat! Nat!" In vain'.tho neighbors took
tho boat nnd explored tho stream lor
miles; no trnco could bo found of tho
poor llttlo cronturcs, who, full of lifo
and joy, had so lately jumped into lath
or's canoo to "havo a rock."
Whoro woro thoyP Alas! they did
not themselves know. Thoy only know
that thoy had been wakened by n great
thump, nnd that when thoy had jumped
out of the ennoo nnd started to go home
ovorything was different. Thoro was
no foot-path, no clearing whcro trees
had bcon cut down, no sound of father's
ux near by, nor of mother's song and
tho stream wns rushing on vory angrily
over its rooky bed. Tho canoo, whioh
had broken looso, nnd, borno on by tho
current, floated ?.wny with thom miles
nnd miles from the stake, was wedged
botween two great stones when thoy
jumped out of it, but now it was gone
tho wntor had taken it away. Aftor
a while, in their distracted wanderings,
thoy could not oven find tho stream,
though it seemed to bo roaring in ovcry
direction nround thom.
Now thoy woro In tho depths of tho
forest, wandering about, tired, hungry,
and frightenod. For two nights they
cried themselves to sleep in each other's
arms undor tho black trees, nnd, as tho
wind moaned through tho branchos,
Winnio had prayed God to savo thom
from tho wolvos and Indians, and llttlo
Nat had screamed, "Papal Mammal"
sobllng as if his heart would nrcak. All
they had found to cat was a few sweet
red berries that grow closo to tho ground.
fcvory hour tho poor children grow
fainter and fulntcr, and nt lost Nat
couldn't walk at all.
"I'm too tired and sick," ho said,
"and my foots all tut. My toos nnd
tocklos is in tho boat. O Winnio, Wln
nlo!" ho would cry, with a groat sob,
"Why don't mamma and papa como?
Oh, if mnmma'd only como and bring
mo somo broad!"
"Don't cry, dear, don't cry," Win
nio would say again and again. "I'll
find somo more red berries soon, nnd
God will show us tho way homo. 1 know
Ho woll. Only don't cry, Nat, becauso
it takes away all my courage."
"AH your what? ' asked Nat, looking
wildly at her as if ho thought courago
was something ho could oat.
"Ill my courago, Nat." And thon aftor
searching in vain for more red berries,
sho would throw herself upon herknoos
and moan:
"Dear Father In Heaven: I can't find
anything more for Nat to cat. Oh!
plonso show us tho way homo!"
What was that quick sound coming
towards them? Tho undorbrush was so
thick Wlnnlo could not soo what caused
It, but sho hold her breath, thinking of
wolves nnd Indians, lor thoro wero
plenty of both, sho know, lurking about
in thoso great forests.
Tho sound ceased for a moment.
Seizing Nat in her arms, sho mado ono
move frantic cflort to find tho stream;
thon, scolug a strango look in tho poor
llttlo faco when sho put him down to
tako a bottor hold, sho screamed:
"Nat! Nat! don't look so! kins Wln
nlo!"
"Hello thoro!" shouted a voico
through tho undorbrush, andjn another
instant a great stout man camo stamp'
fng and breaking his way through tho
bushos.
"Hello, thcrol what on alrth's up
now? Et old Joo ha'nt como upon queer
gamo this tlmo. Two sick youngsters
starving, too, by Josh! Hero you
uns, eat somo uv this 'ero and givo nn
account uv yourselves."
With theso words ho drow from somo
Whoro among tho coavy folds ofhla
hunting dress a couplo of biscuits.
The children grabbed at them frantl
cally.
"Hold up! Not so sharp!" ho snld.
"You must havo a llttlo nt a tlmo for an
hour yet. Hero, sis, glvo.mo tho baby;
I'll feed him. And us for you, just soo
that you don't inoro'n nibble."
"Oh! give mo a drlnkl" oiled Wlnnlo,
swallowing tho orackor In two bitos and
for an instant forgetting Nat.
Tho man pulled a cantoon or flat tin
flask from his belt and gave her a swal
low of water; then ho hastonod to moist
on Nat's Hps and fed htm crumb aftor
crumb ot tho brokon biscuit.
"Anothor hour," ho muttered to him
self, as he gently fod tho boy and smooth'
od baok tho tangled yellow hair from
tho palo llttlo faco, "anothor hour and
ho'if a bin psst niondlug."
Winnio looked up quickly.
"Is ho going to dior" sho nskod.
"Not ho," said tho man, "ho'U como
through right end up yet. Ho's got n
fovcr on him, but we'll Soon knock tlmt
under. How'd you got hore, llttlo
Ba.l?.V
winnio told ncr story, mi tho wniio
feeling n glad certainty nt hor henrt that
hor troubles woro ovor. Tao strango
man carried a gun, und ho hnd a pistol
nnd an axo nnd knlfo in his bell. Ho
looked very tlcrco, too, yet sho know ho
would not harm her. Sho had scon
many a trapper before slnco sho camo
to mo West, and though tins man look
cd very grand nnd woio a wonderful
hunting dross all cmbroldorcd nnd fring
ed nnd n big hat and yellow legglns,
she felt suro'ho was tho vory trapper
who had been nt horiuthors cabin alow
weeks boforo nnd taken supper and
warmed himself boforo tho tiro, while
ho told stories about tho Indians and
furs, nnd about having many a time had
"flftv mllo o' trans out on ono stretch."
Sho remembered, too, that hor fathor
had told her tho next dav that trappers
lived by catching with traps nil sorts ol
wild animals, and selling their furs to
tho traders, and that this particular
trapper hnd bcon very succcsslul, nnd
had great Inlluonco nmong thu Indians
ono oi mo big men oi uoiorauo, as no
said.
These thoughts running through her
minu now as sno toiu now may una oocn
lost for threo wholodays and two nights,
nnd tho sight of Mat falling peacefully
asleep on tho trapper's shoulder, mado
nor loci so nappy mat sue suddenly
Iroko lorth with, 0, Mr. Trnppor! I
can run now. Let mo go right homo!"
The stars camo out ono by ono that
night and winked and blinked at a
strnngo llguro stalking through tho for-
ost. Ho had n sleeping child under each
arm, and carried his gun ready to tiro
nt nn instant s notice, xruugingon, no
muttered to himsclis
"Well, old Joo, you'vo bagged all
sorts of gamo in this 'ero lorest and
trapped most ovory tiling ngoin', uut you
ain't novor had such a raro bit o' luck
ns this. No wondor I st'od thcro on tho
edgo of tho timber-land listening to I
didn't know what. llccKcn hero's a
couplo of skins now'U bo putty popular
nt ono market 't any rate: letcli most
any price ycu could name; but I'll lot
'cm go cheap; nil tho pay I wnnt for
theso hero critters is just to hear the
kisses of thom poor frightonod hollol
Hi oro' s n liglitl What, ahoy I .Neigh
hor, hollo! hello!"
"Got 'cm both!" ho shouted ns three
figures, two men nnd a woman, camo
in sight through tho starlight, "All
right! got 'cm both."
The children nro uwnko now. What
sobs, what laughter, what broken words
of lovo and joy fall upon tho midnight
air! And through nil, Winnio, wonder
ing nnd thrilled with strango happiness,
is saying to horsolf: "1 know God
would show us tho way homo!'
Berlht.
Tho incrooso ot tho population of tho
city of Berlin is nltogothor unparallod
in tho history of capitals. In 18G0 its
population was 628,900, while, accord
ing to tho consus taken tho other day,
it now contains 1,118,630, nn incrense
of moro than twofold in twenty years
iiiero nro towns, indeed, wnion m n
similar tlmo havo sprung from ton in
habitants to a hundred thousand, but
not ono which has grown from half a
million to a million. The incrcaso in
tho aha of Berlin is tho moro singular
inasmuch as Berlin possesses no natural
advantages whatever. It is not a port,
or a groat contor ot trado, or a groat
manufacturing city. It lies Ih a flat,
ugly country, nnd Its river is only a
stream of tho third class. Berlin owos
Its increnso to tho immense, though
temporary, prosperity induced by a plo-
thora of monoy aftor the wave of con
quest on tho crest ot whloh tho Germans
swept through France. Fcoplo llookod
thoro from tho provinces after tho war,
bocauso thoy believed as tho people in
rural districts onco believed of London
that tho strcots woro Almost paved
with gold. For a timo all went woll;
speculation of every kind was rampant;
building operations aflbrdod employ
ment to immenso hosts ot laborers
factories sprang up and emigrants
flocked in. Tho re-action camo in duo
tlmo, and it is probablo that lor years
past tho position of tho average work'
Ingman at Berlin has boon worso than
that of his fellow in any othor capital
in Europe, with tho exception of St,
Petersburg.
Sleep.
Thcro is no fact moro clearly estab
lished in tho physiology of man than
this, that tho brain oxponds its onorgies
and itsolf during tho hours oi wakolul
uess, and that thoso aro roouperutcd
during sleep; if tho recuperatidn does
not equal tho expenditure, tho brain
wlthors; this Is insanity. Thus it is that
in early English history persons who
woro condomncd to death by being pro
vented from sleoping always died raving
maniacs; thus it is also thoso who starve
od to doath bocomo Insane; tho bralu is
not nourished and thoy cannot sloop,
Tho practical inferences aro throo:
Thoso who think moat, who do most
bruin work, require most sloop.
'iho tlmo "saved" lrom nocessarv
sleep Is infallibly destructive to mind,
body and estate.
uivo yourself, your children, your
servants, givo all who nro undor you
tho fullest amount of sloop they will
tako by compelling them to go to bed at
some rogulnr, oarly hour, and to riso
tho morning tho moment thoy uwnko ot
themselves, and within a fortnight nu
turo, with almost tho regularity oi tho
rising sun, will unloose the bonds
tho moment enough roposo has boon
secured for tho wants ot tho system,
This is tho only safe and sufficient rulo,
and as to tho question how much sic op
any ono requlros, each must bo a rulo
for htmsolf; groat nature will nover fall
to writo it out to tho obsorver, undor
tho regulations just given.
On a pleasant fall day some persons will
vuougnuessiy expose inemseivea as m sum
mer. and take a severe cold. For such. Im
mediate relief offers Itself In Dr. Hull's Cough
oyrup. vo cenw a uowe.
FARM, UAItDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Onre of 11 g.
To grow pigs succcsslully and profit
ably requlros that thoy shojild havo a
good nppotlto, good digestion nnd Jtiung
assimilating powors, which cannot bo
tound in tiny breed without vigorous
health. If n pig is kept for a consider
ablo tlmo in a cold, wot, dirty pen, on
bad food nnd short allowance, until tho
character and quality ofscctctlons nro
changed, nnd tho general growth of tho
pig is checked, that pig will not mako a
good brocdor. By subsequent good caro
this pig may grow to bo u llno-looklng
hog, nnd, as a breeder, may not show
tho chock It has received, but abuso will
bo protty suro to crop out In its offspring
causing lato maturity, dollcloncy lu sl.o
or fattening qualities.
VrniiulitN on IIorNCH.
Horses aro qulto scnsitlvo to chilling
draughts of nlr blowing upon thom,
especially upon their hads; hence, In
tho construction of stables this should
bo borno in mind. Many stables havo
tho horses fnco tho nlloy nlong tho sides
of which tho doors, or a laigo spneo, Is
fnft entlroly open, tho horses stand In n
chilling draught, from which thoy can
not escape. Horses, llko many pooplo,
can stand much wind in nn open Hold,
but will catch cold while in a draught
only a short tlmo. With propor ventila
tion, tho doors of tho stablo should bo
kept closed In cold weather, that no
draught may occur.
I.iirly I.iuiiliH.
Now Is tho tlmo to speak for early
iambs-. It is qulto probablo that tho
prlco of early lambs noxt summer will
bo higher than It was tho past summer.
Many who raised thom tho past season
did not rcalizo ns high prices ns thoy
expected, nnd part of them will not
tako tho troublo to raise thom tho
coming year, so that thcro will bo all
tho botlor chanco for thoso who do.
Lot tho lambs como early, feed tho
sheep liberally with roots and grain,
and givo tho lambs all thoy can cat, and
good prices will bo obtained for thom.
Halslng lambs for ton cents n pound will
pay, but when twenty or twcnty-llvo
cents can bo obtained, as is sometimes
tho case, tho profits nro such ns nro
highly pleasing to tho farmer who has
plenty of good fat lambs to sell.
I j ho tlib.lllml.
N. E, Farmcor.
It you aro a dairyman.lt may bo your
stock Is not what it should be, or your
iuofllclont, or careless ot your intorosts.
Porhnps you do not put tho brains into
your work that your moro successfu
noighbor puts into his, und now is just
tho timo to bring brains into service
Tho field work is not pressing, and it
should not tako nil your timo to feed
and tend tho stock. So when you havo
looked over and stralghtenod out your
own accounts, you should look into tho
town or vlllago library, if you havo ono,
and selecting a few books on finance,
or political cconmy, road and study
them till you can at least understand
tho idoas ot tho writers, oven though
your own opinions may not bo fully fix
ed.
Farmers should not only havo a prot
ty cloar idoa as to their own porsonal
standing, but thoy should also know
somothlng of tho financial condition of
tho country, nnd ot the porsonal char
actor of tho men whom their votes havo
holpcd to mako prominent.
A farmor's lifo should not bo wrapped
up wholly in fields and animals, in
sprouting seeds and growing crops, but
ho should so cultivate his mind that ho
will bo ablo, at least, to count one in
tho groat multitude that makos up tho
nation.
CaHCH ofHorne Colic.
Prof. Ji. Law, In New York Trlbnna .
Tho horso's stomach is too small to
contain a good feed and tho gas oxtri
catcd from such matorials, when diges
tion i prevented by immediate severe
work after eating, or otherwise, and
whoro fermentation has set in. Evon
a cow will dlo in half an hour from a
suddon extrication of gases in tho
paunch, which is capablo of holding
about 250 quarts. How much moro,
then, may tho horso, whoso stomach
will hold but from 1G to 20 quarts. Tho
cow can sometimes relieve horsolf by
eructation or vomiting, or may bo
promptly curod by puncturing tho loft
Hank and lotting out the gas. But tho
nvorago hoalthy horso can nolthcr belch
gas'uor vomit, and to puncturo his
stomach you must first transfix tho
larger intestines, aboyo and boyond
whieb it lies. Again, medicines given
to tho horso in such circumstances aro
exceedingly uncertain. Even the hoalthy
stomach of tho horso does not absorb.
much loss that which is distended be.
yond rucasuro with gas. Anything thoro
fore, which is introduced into tho stom
ach, muct bo passed through into tho
intestines boforo it can enter tho circu
latlon. But hore, again, Is tho obstaolo
ot an overstretched and inactivo stora
uoh, unablo to contract on Us contonts,
or force thom on into tho bowols. Again
tho introduction of agents into tho
stomach still further distends it, and at
first aggravates tho symptoms.
Such a caso of aouto indigestion and
tympany of tho stomach, as might bo
expected, is ono of tho most hopolcss
and fatal disorders of tho horso. Yot
as delay is usually equal to doath, early
ventures at trontmont givo tho only
hopo. Givo by tho mouth 1 ounoo tine
turo of ginger, 80 drops oil of pepor
mlnt, ono-half ounco aqua ammonia,
and ono scruple t'neturo of mix vomica
in a pint of cold water. Tho samo may
bo given as an Injection into tho rectum,
tho water bolng Inoroasod two quarts,
In tho absence of theso, gvo whatever
stimulant comos to hand a pint ol
whlskv, gin or brandy, or ono-half
ounoo poppor, with a pint of llmcwntor,
or ovon a toaspoonful ol baking soda
and another ol cnrbollo acid. Gentlo
walking cxcrclso may bo given, with ac
tive rubbing of tho nlnlomen with
straw wisps, nnd half an hour after
tho medicated injection, Injections ol
soapsuds to tho amount of four quarts
in each. Six drachms of aloes may also
bo given by tho mouth. II recovery
ensues, tho rood should bo limited in
quantity, and of a quality easily di
gested, for a week, ami ton grains of
nu-t vomica and one-hall ounco ground
gontlnn may bo glvon daily for tho samo
length ol timo.
Inn c-tso of colic arising from a full
drink ot wator followed by nn ncttvo
run, tho prbspects nro far bottor. Hero
tho sufforlng will bo onco nt rollovcd by u
stlmulent nnd anodyne, and ns tho dis
turbance is mainly in tho Intestines,
this mny bo Introduced into tho stomach
with hopo of Its speedily passing through
and being absorbed; ono-half ounco of
ginger and ono ounco of laudanum will
usually sulllcp. Should thoro bo no re
lief in half an hour It may bo repeated
as an injection, and at mo samo timo a
doso of laxatlvo uicdtclno may bo given
by tho mouth. Fivo drachms aloes nnd
ono drachm powdered gentian mado
into n ball with syrup, will usually suf
fice nnd roliof may bo calculated on In
threo hours at tho utmost. Salt and
water, nbout which ono correspondent
nsks, Is a vory unsatisfactory doso, being
Irritating to tho mucous mcmbrauo
when too concentrated, and not t.t nil
calculated to curry off irritating mater
ials from tho stomach and bowels. Its
main vnluo is in retarding formcntation
in tho contents, but this is bettor eflocted
bysaloratus, ammonia, hyposulphite of
soda, or carbolic acid.
Hoi-Hen' Collurn.
la rhtltdelphU Times.
I am surprised that tho suffering which
horses endure from ill-fitting collars has
not bcon mado n subject of complaint.
Tho fact is, thoro Is no greater or moro
unnotlcod causo ot torturo to tho horso
than an ill-fitting collar. Tho troublo
is not bo much nttribulnblo to ignorant
harness-makers, but rather to tho other
causo that of changing harness from
ono horso to another, regardless of tho
lit of tho collar, tho most important item
in tho wholo harnoss, particularly In
draft work. If this suggestion hnd been
offered in Now York, whcro I havo work
ed till within tho last fow months, I
could refer to four out of oviry flvo harness-makers
whoro a drivor could de
pond on getting a perfectly-fitting col
larand no uoubt tno samo is mo caso
horo yot tho ovil exists In New York
to as groat an extent ns nnywhero. Tho
causes of this groat troublo nro, In car
nnd stage lines, ignoranco and careless
ness on tho part of tho superintendents
changing harness under tho nbovo-men-tloned
conditions by grocery, milk, nnd
express men. In largo wholosalo dry
goods, hardware, and othor commercial
nouses, tno troume is principally caused
by bad repairs in relinlng nnd stuffing
collars, tno most particular oi an nar
noss jobbing. If tho following condi
tions wero observed, ninety per cent of
tho sufforlng would bo avoided: First,
a collar should fit liko a nomfortnblo
shoe; second, tho traces in dratt should
bo of equal length; third, a collar should
fit closo to tho withor. with room for
tho opon hand to pass ovor tho gullot;
fourth, tho benrlng should bo full and
frco from lumps in tho filling. When
tticso conditions lau in giving a norso
comfort nt work which I havo yet to
hoar a good practical harness-maker
should bo applied to nnd tho troublo
will bo remedied at onco.
A Clerk' MUUto.
London Globe.
Tho well-known legal doctrlno that no
notico can bo takon of stops in inter
preting a document received a rathor
striking illustration at the Middlcssx
Registration Court. A voto had' boon
claimed lu respect of certain buildings
by a firm which occupied a part of
thom, and questions had boon addrcssod
to tho claimants, which they woro re
quired lo answer in writing. Tho par
ticular aucstlon unon which tho diffi
culty aroso was wncthor the building
was wholly or in part ocoupiod oy tno
Arm. and tho nnswor which it was in
tended to givo was, "No. Fait of -tho
promises 'is occupied by us." Unfortu
nately iov uio claimants, wno wero oi
tho Liberal porsuarion, their clerk or
literary roprosontntlvo had not tho pen
of a very ready writer, and tho answer,
as sent to tno ouiciais, roau, "xxo part
of tho promises is occupied by us."
Tho full stop, which would havo been
so essential a tactor in aotcrmining mo
sonso of tho sentence hnd bcon .alto
gether omitted, and its absonco-wns not
oven atoned for by a capital lotter at
whloh might havo excused tho revising
barrister tn supplying it gratuitously, so
as to "mako sonso" of tho passage
much In tho samo stylo as a commenta
tor engaged in publishing or interpret
ing a text ot iEjcbylus or Pindar. Ho
accordingly read tho words in their
literal moaning, and hold that tho claim
ants, in making such nn answor, bad
abandoned their claim to a voto for tho
premises. It Is difficult 'to-seo how ho
could woll havo como toadifforent con
clusion. Tho rosulb, nevoitheloss,
throws somo doubt unon tho maxim al
ready quoted, that punctuation Is' in a
rgai point oi view a vory invoious uo
tall.
BrundliiK Men.
xewtoikdraplilc.
Tho branding of army mules an
horses has bcon a recognlzod praetlc
inmost countries for past years, but
remained for an Englishman to propol
that soldiers should bo treated in tl
bbhw way. Dosertion in tho Brltlrh
army Is carried on to an excess unknown
In othor countries, and t,o guard against
tho evil, and to mako the recovery of a
fugitive more cortain, somebody has
submitted to tho war pfHoo a llttlo in
strument whloh, on touohlng a spring,
will instantaneously and Indelibly tattoo
a small crown on tho man's wrist. Tat
tooing is not exactly branding, n so far
as tho moohanloal oporatlon is concern
ed, built Is 'exactly tho samo in its ro-
suits it leavos a mark for lifo, and it
scorn scarooly possible that any largo
numb'or of human bolhgs will voluntarily
submit to it. unloss tho work is a honor-
nblo one, whloh tho Quoon's sorvlco. at
this tlmo certainly is not ropuwuio uo
among Englishmen gonorally,
PRACTICAL SCIENCE.
Fire Dump Indicator.
A vory sonsftlvo flrodatnp indicator
has been luvcntcd In Gormany so scnsi
tlvo ns to shiw tho presence of 0.25 por
cent, of marsh gas lu tho air 61 mines,
whllo tho ordinary si 'cty lamp only bo
gins to discloso thn danger when tho
gas is In tho proportion of lW-pooVdl.e
As now arranged, n magno&oiootrto
current Is sont through two flnrj'platfc
num wires In ono circuit, nnd maintains
thom in a state of incandescence. Ono
of theso wlros Is protcoted from tho in
fluonco of any firo damp, but tho other
Is fully exposed io tho notion of that sub
itanco; tho litter will, therotoro, glow
brighter lh,m tho former when tho
marsh gas pours into tho nlr. A mova
blo photomotrlo screen is placed bo
tween tho wires, nnd, when it Is shlftod
until tho. reflection of tlia wiros upon t
nro oqunl,Jto1dlffo';oncooftho''iaicusUy
of tho light of tho wiro is shown on a
scale, nnd this dlffcronco Is tho moasuro
of tho proportion of tiro damp In tho
nlr.
Htenm Holler.
Compound steam boilers for utilizing
light fuol matters havo boon still further
improved, so ns to combino peculiar ef
ficiency and economy, nnd nro being
largely Introduced abroad. Tho boiler
Is composed ot a singlo fluo or Cornish
boilor and a multitubular boiler, placed
end to ond, leaving a space botweon
them; nt tho top theso boilors aro con
ncctd together by n steam drum, nnd nt
tho boltpm by circulating p ipos. Tho
Cornish boilor is sot directly ovor tho
furnace, with tho ond next to tho tubu
lar boiler over tho grato, tho firing
being dono nt tho side Tho products
of combustion nnd llnmo pass backward
under this boilor nnd forward through
tho singlo fluo, across tho spneo between
tho two boilors, and through the tubes
of tho tubular boiler to tho chimney. A
portion of tho hoatcd gas and flamo is
mado to clrculato under tho latter boll-'
cr boloro passing to tho chlmnoy a
fonturo of special vnluo in this arrange
ment. Hound In I-'lnmc.
Of nil producors of so-cnllod myste
rious sounds Dr. Tyndall's sonsltivo or
vowel flamo is ono ot tho most curi
ous. Out of a particular kind of gas,
with a burner of peculiar construction,
tho lcarnod professor produocs a lighted
jet of flamo nearly two feot in holght,
oxtromoly narrow, nnd so exqulsltoly
sensitive of sounds that it sings and
dances up and down, in responso to ev
erything that is sung or said, with dif
ferent degrees of sensibility for different
vowel sonnds. "The slightest tap on
a distant anvil reduces its height sovon
inches. When a bunch of keys is sha
ken, the flame b violently agitated, and
emits a loud roar. , Tho dropping of a
sixpence into, a hand already containing
com nt a distanco or twenty yards,
knocks tho flame down. It is not pos
sible to walk across tho floor without
agitating tho flame Tho croaking of
boots sots it in .violent commotion.
Tho crumpling or tearing of paper, or
tho rustle of a silk dress does It tho
same It is- startled by tho pattor of a
rain drop. I hold a watch near tho
flamo, nobody hears its ticks;: but you
all soo tho effect upon tho-flame; at ov
ory tick it falls and roars. Tho winding
up of the watch also produces tumulb..
Tho twittering of tho distant sparrow
shrieks in the flamo; tho note of a
cricket would' do tho same A chirrup
from a distanco of thirty yards causes
it to fall and' roar." In rofercnoo to tho
power of tho' flume to respond to poetry,,
tho lecturer said:-' "The flamo selects
from tho sounds thoso to whloh it
can respond; it notices somo by tho
slightest nod, to othors it bows- moro
distinctly, to somo Its obelsanoo is very
profound, .while to mnny sounds it turns
an entlroly doaf oar."
EU'cct oC llrcutlilnif Oxygen
Ayoung Frenchman,. M.. Auno, has-
lately mado experiments on hlmsolf
relatlvo to this quostion, which ho has
chosen as tho subject ot a modlcal thesis.
Tho experiments lasted four weeks dur
ing whioh timo ho submitted hlmsolf to
a uniform r egimo as regards quantity
and quality of food, muscular oxorolso,
and intellectual work. Ho took oxygen
only during tho second and third wook,
inhaling bctweon forty and' oight litres
ofibtiaily, but during tho wholu timo he
dado-a careful record of temporaturo,
pulse, rosplratlon, ete Tho conclusions'
arrived at are brlotly as follows:: Inha
lation of oxygon, made undor certain
physvblogicai conditions doos- not causo
any inconvenience uno- may no-
sort' 1QQ' litres and even, more,.
dity. Oxygon Incroisos- tho appo-
tlw, nnd devolopstho functions of
msimiiatloa; ami on tnis account it teaus-
. . . i . . . . .
IxMneroase tno weight ot tho- boay. it
unrouuees nsiigut intoxicnr.cn, ana ting
u . ...
ling sensations in tho oxtromltles It
Valsy tho temperature vory slightly,
winter Us Inlluonco tho respiratory
movements and tho pulsations- becomes
more numerous. Oxygen has aaa incon
testable notion on certain elements of
tho"blood;tt Sino'reases the .aamlsejr pf
red corpuscles ami of ham&toblastt and
tho richness of tho former in homoglo-
bln. It has noinflueaco oa thewhlto
cornusolos. M. Auno- did not ex'porl
onco thnt sonsatlon of heat In tho ohost
of whloh some abhors have Bpok'pPln
connection with this subject (jlommont-
ing on M. Auno'a experiments, M. Hoy-
em remarks that the effeotaare only
temporary, 'and that while Inhalation
ofoxveron mtv be of service throueh
favoring assimilation, it ooqld nptjj
made a dollnltlroKtreatrnqnt,,! andit
would bo nooessflryalwayito-adnrinlstor
iron in addition. "Tho inhalation gives
very good roouits in: tno ease ot dyspep
tic phenomena- and obstinate, votnlting,
An exchange armies- that the aelo ft the
aristocrat ot birds, beowsa It moves l,u.
mypeitcircivs.
A SAMPLE TILL All B.
U. Quad.
I write this from a country village
containing nbout ono thousand Inhabi
tants, It Is a lovoly llttlo town ncstlod
on a sido hill to break off tho raw winds
of winter and tho hurricanes of summon
When I arrived this morning It soomod
to ne n If there could not bo a bad man
or aschbldlng wipnan In tho village.
but fourvhourtJiaVo passed nnd I am a
wiser man. I camo horo to soo old Mrs.
Brown nbout a ponsion sho wants from
the government, and whon wo had
'finished our business, I said:
"I seo you havo four churches horo."
"Yos; but wo nevdr'havo anysor
mons worth listening to."
' '"Tho men look intelligent and
smart."
f 'Humph I Thoy aro rogular pokes I
Tlicro isn't a man In Fnrmvillo who
knows o'notigli ,to ask boot- In a- horso
trade.'
"But tho womon look happy," I pro
tested. "Thon thoy look what thoy alnH,"
shonnswerod. "I don't bollovo' thoro '
Is n happy woman in tho wholo village.
.If you know of tho awful carryings on
horo, you wouldn't look for happy
wives."
"What awful things do tho mon do?"
'You'd bettor ask what thoy don' t do.
It's a wondor to mo that Fnrmvlllo
hasn't shared tho fnto of Sodom and
Gomorrow."
"Do thoy drink?"
"Do thoyP Didn't I soo ovon old
Doacon Harris woaving this way and that
as ho climbed tho hill last ovoningP It's
nslippory path, of courso, but sobor
mon don't climb a hill sido ways."
"Do thoy gambloP"
"Gamble? What did 'Mrs. Potts tell
mo that horbrothor's wifo told Mrs.
Davis not a month ago? Four of tho
leading mon in tho placo wero caught
playing checkers for the soda water.
That's a nlco example isn't It?"
"Is Mrs. Potts n!coP'u
"Nlcol-Why, sho"s tho worst gossip in
town I It's a wonder that mon don't
duck her in tho mill-pond!"
"And Mrs. Davis?"
Sho's a hypocrite! Sho'll talk sweet
to your faco, nnd abuso you bohindyour
back."
"Mrs Georgo is well spoken of."
"By whom? I'vo known hor fllteen
years, but l'vo novor board a human
being spoak well of her. Sho eats opi
um and lies liko a trollop."
"Isn't Mrs McHonry air right?"
"All right? Why no ono can Uvo In
tho honse next to her."
"Tho postmaster seems liko a good
man," I ventured to remark.
"Good EcanE Why, my husband always
believed he was tho vory man who throw
adog yellow down our well. I don't say
that ho steals letters, but I do know that
whon I sent two three-cent stamps in a
letter to my daughter in Illinoy, sho
never got it-"
"But there must bo ono good man
hore"
"Thoro must eh? Woll, I wish you'd
pint him out. to mo. I'do liko to polish
up my spoetacles and tako a good look
at him."
"And isn't there ono faultless wo
man?" Woll; I don't want to 'soom vain "and
concoited, because nono of 'us aro long
for this- world, bat I expect I'm tho
faultless- ono- yot nro inquiring after."
Ithlnk l shall go out on tho ovonlng
train. Mrs. Brown says that every
house and lot Is mortgaged, ovory busi
ness man is ready to "brut," and ovory
family has at least one scandal about
mem. un my way ovor. to tno post
ofllco an hour ago, t asked a grooor if
ho know old Mrs. Brown. .
"Know hor! Why. sho's a gossip, a
liar, a hypocrite, and a dead beat, and
too lazy to change hor stockings more
man twiop a;year."
Molding Character.
Parents too often forgot that tho
molding of tho character of children is
principally in thoir hands; thoy also too
often forget that childhood is full of-llfo
and joy, and naturally seeks for amuse
ment, and that any effort to crush out
thoso natural desires in children only
tends to drlvo them boyond tho reach
of tho restraining hand, whero thoy can
indulgo, without rostralntand directed
only by thoso who look only to th? joys
of the moment. There are but fow
places whoro tho mind .of tho hoy can
bo more easily turned in tho right direc
tion than on tho farm; for horo all
through) tho- growing season ho Is
orount.in uurcct. contact wun tno won
dorfiil powdrs'of naturo, nnd a very llt
tlo instruction- will teach, him to, in a
moasuue, realizo hor beauty, purity and
perfection, .and at tho samo tlmo create
n biin-adesiro to better understand her
teachings. When onco tho boy becomes-
interasteti in, and really loves to gaze
on tho beauty ot naturo, tho mind, is
lilted up to that position where it begins -to-
realise, that right action ,1s tho
groundwork of human happiness, und,
wuen ine long winter evonings como no
will be glad to spond a portion, ot, thom
reading books that pxplaln in detail tho
laws relating to animal and wogotabla
life; but to make tho ovoulngs pass
pleasantly us woll is profitablwreoutlrea
the united cg'qrts oi both pardjts. , All
proper means snouia no usoupo inter
minglo with instruction various, inuo
cent amusement"" to keep tufovenings
from'b'olcgHiccsQaiotveadina i'mm in
structive books should bo-tollowRl by
conversation upon tho subject read. A
oou mioroscopo Biiouw. always bo at
and to assist', tho eve Id investigating
tho wondorful productions of nature
und especially tho boauty and finish of
tho flo ivors of pot plants whloh should
bo tound on every hand, No homo la
fsmpioro wiinoui aweascanaii uozon
oworlng pot plants; thoy form a con
trol attraction whloh draws togothor all
of tho members of thb household; and
aside from their attractions and beauty
they give lessons of Instruction relating
to. plant growth that will do much to
proparo.meiDoys so inoy win no better
prepared to work successfully among
the plauU of .the field. .
r . . f ir' . 7
Mnrllllftnfc MnA ImnnlnlvA nnrmlft. tl buM .
octurer on .phyelogncmy, "nave black eyes
or tt they don't have 'em, they're; ant V) get
'era, tt they're too Impulsive," J