The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, October 18, 1888, Image 6
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TO PARENTS ANO TEACHERS.
A Ptaa to IMMdf of Brtiool CMMroft—-TVi
AJUbk Om.
Ocra-.ionally is oncotujltrrd a lad n lm
ha» grown up in our afreets nod guoc.-^-
fuily eluded Uie truant zititeera Socli a
one is aimca: aln'a>a of the “gamin” or
der, ill fed, tcanuly ckahed and gener
ally neglected. And jot, BOtwiliirtand-
tng the hanlahipe implied, we find him
•trong. actiee and ••wiry." If pitted
again*! a country boy of Ins-age the
chancea are our city lad would “uac the
other np." AU things considered it
must appear evident to those who study
the subject that because our children are
sent to school at too early an age is one
potent reason why they suffer so much
from the contrast with their country
cousins. But it is iHirposelees to attempt
to persuade parents to keep their little
onus out of school until it is safe to send
them. Borrowing an expression, one
might as well hope to level Gibraltar
with a crowbar. In the proper author!-
ties is our only hope of reform. They
cannot be ignorant of this grave re
sponsibility. Reluctantly accepting tbe
situation, we will give mothers and
teachers a few won Is of practical advice
as regards their treatment of school
children, in so for as pertains to health.
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Its
importance is not always appreciated,
eitlier by parents or children. Every
child should bavo a full bath at least
once a week, whereas many in our pub
lic schools know that luxury only when
tho public Lathing houses are opened to
them, which is, of course, only in warm
weather. Neglect of cleanliness propa
gates other mean habits, and tends to de
velop the beast Li one’s nature. If a
child’s body is continually dirtythe will
•con grow low and dejwaved, notwith
standing all Ida oilier influences are the
best. Let parents fix that fact in their
minds, else by that one neglect they ut
terly ruin tbe natures of their children.
Those who live in humble tenements,
destitute of bathing facilities, should cal)
the washing tub into service at least once
• week, and a general scrubbing of the
children take pboe. Seme mothers take
pleasure and pride in tlie appearance of
their little ones; others seem positively
indifferent whether or not tlieir faces are
washed or hair is ever combed. They
should see that both is done faithfully,
not only in the morning, but on going to
A JEWELER’S TREASURES*
STANLEY’S HARDEST BATTLE.
The character of the clothing gener
ally is not a matter of dictation. We
cannot expect the children of poor pa
rents to wear “good clothes,’’ bat what
is worn can be clean, and there is no ex
cuse for their being otherwise. From
this time oat until school closes in tho
spring, children should wear flannel next
to the skin, and let mothers remember
that underclothing worn during the day
must not be worn during the night while
in bed. Children, as well as adults,
most have undershirts for night wear,
and tbe one taken off at bedtime should
be nxead over a chair to dry and air
well A word here about the sleeping
room. Our poorer people are forced to
content themselves with a few small
rooms, and, as a rule, they are sadly
overcrowded. That cannot be helped in
many imtnnoes, hut such rooms can be
properly ventilated. Open—throw wide
open—the windows of the bedroom a
little while before the children go to bed,
and then, when they are ready to un-
dreae, go la and partially, but not en
tirely, close them. Leave them open as
modi as the weather will permit. A
disinclination to ventilate tlieir rooms
properly is one giarisg and fatal fault
with ignorant people. To that cause
alone can be attributed much of the sick-
and many of the deaths among
> mothers allow their children to
j in bed in the morning until late
and then hurry Uiem away to school.
Tbe ooneequenoe is breakfast must be
bolted. It ought not to be necessary to
my that children should have t -upie time
in which to cat, and should he forced to
do so slowly. Tea end coffee are Injuri
es* |o them. If mothers will insist in
■Hewtng them to have thorn drinks, then
bt the quantity be small, and in much
milk. Cocoa is liked by every child,
and, if not made too strong, it is wliolc-
some and nourishing. One thing more
about breakfast; be sure that tho children
eat enough. Even if they eat lieartiiy,
as a rule they will be hungry before din
ner time cornea; therefore, provide them
with a light luncheon—bread and butter
and some sound, ripe fruit if posbiblo.
“Early to bed and early to rise” U a rule
which cannot safely he violated by chil
dren. That they need much more sleep
titan adults, every one should know. Let
the liour before retiring lie passed quietly
In some form of amusement.
To allow tliem to go to bed excited
either by liard play, by study, or by a
“story book,” means wakeful hours or
sleep disturbed by dreams. When a
child appears to bo ailing lie slioald be
kept oat of school unlU ho is himself
again. By teachers much too high a
premium is put upon punctuality and un
broken attendance. In consequence,
children are encouraged to go to school
when they are really quite sick enough to
he at home and in bed. Scarlet fever,
measles, diphtheria and tlie like are very
easily transmitted from an affected child
toooe in perfect health. The former need
not be very ill; he may. In fact, be in
mbool and appear but slightly ailing, and
yet it is quite possible for him to bear about
with him the germs of disease, and com
municate them to those with whom he is
brought in contact. Ail must remember
that a cam of infectious diseaso need not
ha severe to bo a source of great (Linger
to others. A child is just as likely to
“catch the disease” from one who has
only a very light attack of an infectious
nature as he would were tho attack of
deadly intensity.
Again, tbe first sufferer may be only
slightly HI—in fact, be up playing about
tho bouse, or even in school—and yet the
one to whom he transmits the disease
may become terribly ill with h and die.
Hence, there is but one rule for mothers
and teachers to follow: Never send a
child to achool who appears to be ailing,
no matter how confident you may be that
tbe trouble is but trifling. And u readier
ehould never allow a child to remain in
•chool a moment af *r she detects a sign
which leads hes to i nspect that be u not
weiL If this rule i< rigorously observed,
the death rate will be mervurabiv de-
1—Bneton Herald.
An <3«M Dm th
Forty Coot*—Imlctl ■■■
Sometimes I think that the adage. **aU
is not gold tliat gtir ts.” m* •In to be re-
r instructed by poopte in our line Of btad-
n.-as and made t > read, "all gdd docs not
glitter,*’ remarked one of tlie leading
manufacturing jewelers of Pittaburg to
tbe writiv. In |>nx>f of this .•meertion ha
exhibited several piece*of gold, as nearly
pure as it can be. and Ktill he worked to
good advantage. Tlie material looked
very much like old brans, ami was so
dingy and lusterlem that none I Nil an ex
pert would luive {•renounced it gold.
Two biuali straight pieces, in shape and
sire very much like small Itorscdioe nails,
were shown, and these, tlie jeweler said,
would bo transformed into tlie main por
tion of a Anger ring, after being bent,
sliaped and properly joined together. The
piece designed to form tbe top of tbe ring
in which the stone is set. is separate. It
is shaped like a tray, having been given
this form by a die or stamp, by means
of wbicb it was cut from a niece of roiled
gold.
Tbe manufacturer next unlocked his
safe and brought forth some of its rare
and costly treasures. There were dia
monds, rubies, pearls, emeralds, sap
phires, amethysts and scores of other
precious stones, in infinite variety, from
all ports of the earth.
“Wo are obliged to keep a large stock
on band,” said tlie jeweler, “much larger
than the eastern manufacturers, who are
able to send cut and buy what they want
at any time. A good deal of our work
consists in tlie making of badges, pine,
medals and other designs tosorder, at
short notice, and a large assortment of
precious stones is therefore indispeaaafala.
Wo have diamonds of every size, ranging
from large and perfect stones several
carats in weight and worth hnndreds of
dollars, down to the merest speck, coat
ing leas than half a dollar. Yes, you can
buy a genuine diamond far 40 cents, I sit
it won’t be large enough to be remarka
bly conspicuous. Pearls, too, we bare
in great numbers, some larger than peas
and others smaller than pinheads. 1%#
greater part of these gems are cut and
polislted abroad. Even tbe California
pearl, fished from tho ocean by divers
along tbe Paciflo coast, goes abroad to
the hands of German lapidaries, and is
then brought bock to this country to be
set in Jewelry, Tho greater number of
earls found are imperfect, and all such
eve to be cut, making what are known
i half pearls.
“We carry, also, a large stock of imi
tation stones. Every real gem is imi
tated, and tho more precious the stone
the greater will be the number of imita
tions. Many of the imitations are so per
fect that only experts can distinguish
them from the genuine. All stones for
settings are bought by us, cut and pol
ished and ready for use. They are all
graded according to the French measure
ment, and the packages containing them
marked with the exact size of each
piece in millimetres. Take this lino of
turquois, for instance, and you will ob
serve that each has the same pattern run
ning through all the different sizes.
Fashion rules in jewelry, os in every
thing else. A stone at one time very
popular in rings may go out of ^tylo en
tirely In a few years. Hence, unless we
take the utmost care, we are liable to
have on accumulation of costly material
on our hands, with no chance of getting
rid of it until fashion’s caprice brings it
into favor again.’’
For weighing diamonds and other
precious stones a very delicate instru
ment, known as the diamond scale, is
used. It cousMs of balances, and is so
delicate that it will turn when a weight
equal to one sixty-fourth part of a carat
is placed upon it. Tlie smaller weights
used on tbe sculee are of aluminum, the
lightest metal known, and a piece one
slxty-foorlh of a carat in weight is but a
small, (limy scale that tho breath would
move.—E. W. Bartlett in P-ttoburg Dis
patch.
The ttulmmss of Gab.
A prater is a common nuisance, and os
great a grievance to those that como near
him ns a pewterer is to hw neighbors.
His discourse is like the braying of a
mortar, the more impertinent, the more
voluble and loud, as a pestle mokes more
noise when it is rung on the sides of a
mortal', than when it stamps downright,
and hits upon tlie laisincss. A dog that
opens upon a wrong scent will do it
oftener than one that never opens hut
ujxin a right. Ho is as long winded ns a
ventiduct, that lilla as fast as it empties;
or a trade wind, that blows one way for
half a year together, and another as long,
as if it drew in its breath for six months,
and blew it out again for six more. He
has no mercy on any man's ears or pa
tience that he 3an get within his sphere
of activity, Uit tortures him. as they cor
rect boys in Scotland, by stretching tlieir
lungs without remorse. Ho is like an
earwig; when lie get•* within a man’s ear,
ho is not easily to l>e got out again, lie
m a siren to himself, and has no way to
escape shipwreck but by having* his
mouth stopiied instead of his* ears. He
' ys with his touguo as a cat docs with
•r tail, and is iransported with the de
light he ; ires himself of his own making
—Samuel Butler, author of “Hudibras."
tfca Orephlv
•f as
Tbe bloodiest and most furious battle
Stanley ln l vtth the Congo natives dur
ing his first descent of that hver was
with tbe Ba Ngala. Every body lias read
his graphic account of that combat, in
which i**i. four canoes loaded with tho
fiercest of Conpn fighters were precipi
tated into the little land of travelers, and
had not iqx-ars been pitted against fire
arms Stanley's party would never have
reached tlie mbl A while ago Mucle, one
of Hie officers of tlie chief of tbo Da-
Ngala, gave t»Capt. Coquilhat the na-.
tive version of tliat mem. Table day. The
white men on the Congo bring home few
■tori''*i that surpass in interest those tbe
natives tell of tbe time when tlie un
known whites first came among them,
and of the commotion these strangers,
with tlieir wonderful trade goods and
their still more astonishing weapons,
everywhere produced.
“Wo had never seen a white man,”
■aid Muele, wlrase tribe, thickly populat
ing tbe river bank fbr many miles, num
bers over 100,000 people. "We had not
tbe slightest idea tliat such beings ex
isted. Ono day, some dozen moons ago
(it was on Feb. 14, 1877], at tlie moment
when the sun stood right above our
beads, a flot.lla of canoes of a form
we had never seen before, pre
ceded by a ' canoe of extraor
dinary size, suddenly came into view.
In tbe swiftest part of the current
they were quietly paseing in front of our
villages. We were astonished to see that
the men, even to their heads, were cov
ered with white cloths, and we tliought
it very singular, for the richest chiefs we
knew wore only a little rag made of
banana fiber; and a fact that was abso
lutely new to us, and tliat upset all our
notions of humanity, was the sight of
two white beings, yes, as white as our
C iry clay, who appeared to command
expedition They seemed to have
about tbo same form os other men, hut
their hair, their eyes and their color were
very strange to us.
“We asked oos another, Were not those
men envoys from Ibanza, the mysterious
spirit, and why did they so suddenly ap
pear upon our river? Their purpose couki
only be bad, for sodden ly they landed on
an island opposite ua, instead of coming
to our shore, as all people did whose in
tentions were not hostile. At first, before
we were able to see them distinctly, we
thought they were an expedition from
our enemies of Mobeka. Our alarm
drums sounded, sod we crowded to our
canoes, all ready for a fight But the
clothing of the warrors, the strange form
of their weapons, and the unheard of
aspect of the white men soon undeceived
ns. Still, we launched our canoes and
rapidly approached those of the unknown
strangers.
••Tlie ol
C n
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Korst Theory of Maswiga.
Wo know massage Is beneficial as we
know the tongue to bo coated in certain
fevers, but why this occurs may puzzle
many to whom the mystcrus of physiol
ogy are too tightly sealed In a word,
then, the thorny of massage is lisscd not
only upon the known effects already re
ferred to, but upon the hypotliesis of tbe
direct alteration in the structuro of cells.
In disease the cell walls in tlie annual tis
sue become hypertrophied The formative
material or nucleus is imprisoned in an
impenemtreble sheath through which
nourislimcnt cannot be carried. This
hypertrophy of the cell wall in {istliclo-
gical conditions is identical with that
which results by a slow process from the
advancement of age. M:image breaks
down this hypurtroplded condition of tlie
ceil wali by uiecliauical means, creating
fissures tlirmigh which nourishment
i forces its way to tlie nucleus within.
1 Theoretically, if massage could he applied
^to every cell of tlio bodv, there would be
no reason why we shouM ever grow old;
• but. this being practiouUv ini possible, we
I must ho content with the more limited
benefits it bestows, v.'hich, however, are
important and consult-raoic. — Medical
Register.
rmltm and Tecetablm.
Many fruits and vegetables, being
hermetically sealed while tliey are fresh
from the vines at tho point of supply, are
fresher, more wholesome and palatable
than the so called fteeh fruits and vegeta- !
posed for tale for considerable
«f time in city and village t
^fact not generally understood
Our best packers now
J articles shall bs picked
r while the dew is on them.
older of the two white men had
straight gray hair, and his eyes were the
color of the water. He stood upon ids
canoe and held toward us a red cloth and
some brass wire. Wo still npproaclied
him, discussing excitedly the moaning of
his strange attitude. The other white
man [Frank Pocock, who was drowned a
few weeks later in the cararacts of the
lower Congo] aimed his weapon at us,
and tbe older man talked to him nqiidlv
in a language we could not undcratatuL
Those of our friends who were nearest
tbe strangers thought tho actions of the
white men boded us no good, and so they
judged it best at once to attack these
mysterious whites, who had come from
no one knew where.
“Then the battle began, and it was the
most terrible we ever fought. Our spears
fell fast among the enemy and we killed
some of them, and their bodies lay half
over tlie sides of tlieir canoes. But, oh,
what fetich gave their weapons such won
derful power? Their bullets, made of a
heavy gray metal we had never seen
before, reached ns at enormous distances.
Women and old men who were following
the combat from the shore were hit. The
walla of our buU were perforated. Some
goats which were wandering far off In
tbo fields dropped dead of their wounds.
As for us who were on the water, our
stout shields were pierced as though tliey
had been bananas. Many of us were
killed and wounded and others were
drowned, for the bullets knocked
holes in some of our wooden canoes,
which filled and sank. Still wo kept
fighting desperately, and we followed the
white beings some distance below onr vil
lages. Tlieir band finally escaped us and
raised loud cries of triumph as we ended
tho pursuit. We could not understand
what they said.’’
Muele added tliat Mata Bulke, tbe
chief of the Ea-Ngala, exerted every
effort to dissuade Ids ardent people from
approaching the whites, who, he de
clared. could not be human beings. It
was this same chief who, throe years ago
this month, wept as he bade farewell to
Capt. Coquilhat, the founder of the Ba-
Ngala station, who was about to go back
to Europe. “Return soon,” he said, -for
I am old, and I wish to sec you again
before I die.” A few days over a year
later Coquilhat was again among the Ba-
Ngala, who, with tlieir powerful and
aged chief, are now among the most
faithful and useful friends of tbe whites.
—New York Sun.
RUppera for Um
In one of the cantons of Switzerland
tho public educational authorities cele- 1
brato the approach of tlie wet seuson by
providing each of their young scholars
with a jiair of xlippers, which the chil
dren, bring with them in tho morning
and 'wear indoors during the day, while
their damp bnnts ore being dried at the
fire. Thus the clianoes at their catching J
cold are reduced to a minimum, and the
ranH is, of course, greater comfort for '
HIS MANNER OF GMT.
tty Hto We
Would you read
Observe hi* gait; I
be had
shouted oat: “Speak, that I may am
you.” It was through' the voles only
that the beauty of a person oouid be seen
by him. If he had deeired to form an
accurate estimate of the mind be would
no doubt have cried: “Walk, that I may
judge of you.” A man may conceal his
true character by his tongue—he may be
aide to make it wag in a way which will
deceive, but his legs will betray him. A
thief can no more walk like an honest
man than a camel can go through the
eye of a needle; a melancholy
man cannot possibly put cu the
gait of tbe soldier, and Caliban
never walked like Ariel There is
fine walking which indies tee self possss-
siou; uprightness walks with ease and
freedom; the student has the alow and
musing pace; the tradesman the quick,
nervous movement, while the laborer has
the hard and heavy tread. A keen ob
server once remarked that duplicity al
ways skulks; as it does. In like man
ner, tbe thief invariably sneaks; shame
has a sidelong carriage, but honesty puts
its feet into Excelsior’s boots and
marches to an “onward" measure.
You will have no difficulty in picking
out tbe student Who has not, while
strolling in the public garden or walking
along some of the few thoroughfares not
yet blocked by commerce, noticed the
man with arms behind and eyes fastened
fixedly before him, neither looking to the
right nor to the left, but with slow and
steady step passing silently onward? Per
Imps you ask yourself, “What can that
man be out for; lie neither sees nor hears
anything that is happening around him;
what good does a walk do him?”
Tlie student’s air, his gait, hk every
action will indicate that be is thinking—
that there is something he is endeavoring
to grasp; lie walks like a man seeking a
pearl which he feels he will certainly
sooner or later find. He has a confident
gait. N<*e the air of him who is troubled.
Restless nature—quick, nervous step; not
attempting to seek anything; not striving
to note the beauties of the universe of
God, or the handiwork of m*n, but on
the contrary endeavoring to shake off
some dreaded monster which appears to
follow him; a hidden power which —«nn*
to speak to him as to that other wanderer,
bidding him “move on," and he walks
hurriedly, seeing nothing, hearing
nothing. He is oppressed by a horrible
nightmare whose name is sorrow. Borrow
and stillness in such a case are synon
ymous terms, and exercise is tbe only
antidote.
it is the easiest thing in the world to
note tliat a man is in trouble by his gait;
indeed, he betrays it to that extent that
dogs have bren known to bark at such
persons, ns if divining that they were at
war with mankind. If a »n«n is vexed
he walks to get over his madn*—, and if
you observe him sharply you will notfce
tliat, not having the object at his anger
to kick, be viciously kicks up the gravel
or tries to chip off pieces of the pave
ment with Ids boots. *
How can you tell a wicked man? TVs
wicked flee when no man punueth. If
a man has done anything for which his
conscience accuses him, his Impiy* fc to
fly, to get away from the scene of his
crime and to put space between himself
and that still, small voice. He will be
in a hurry, and there will be neither po
etry nor harmony in his step. After men
quit this earth they are sometimes forced
to walk, in order to expiate boom of their
offenses.—D. J. McGrath in Boston Giohe.
The School* ot Grrece.
There ii a visible Greece and an invis
ible Greece, and the visible Greece is a
hot bed cf propagandism. Education is
the weapon she la using with immense
power in every country which she hopes
to call her own. There arc large schools
carried on vigorously at Smyrna, Con
stantinople, Sakmica, Ml .Vuioa Jan-
nina, Kozana (Macedonia); in Crete, and
in many islands of tho Aegean. The
Greeks ore well aware that in tlie end in
telligence wins the day. When the
crisis comes educated men will control
matters.
These schools have been established
and ore sa[>ported by private funds,
giveft mostly by Greeks who have grown
wealthy outside their own country.
They ore so many frontier fortresses
which arc all the more powerful because
they employ weapons of peace. The
Turk has no counter weapon except that
. kind of oppression tliat gives more char-
uster every day to the invisible Greece.
It is needless to say that thb propagan-
dtsm ha* nn immense resetio.iarr effect
en the visible Greece, and all ovvr tlie
stud may belieardthenng of new forged
weapon* in her intellectual armory.—
“H. W. a” in Now York Post.
la Mbool
old England may sse fts way to 1
hint from Httle Switzerland.—I
A Short mmI Toogh Lot.
The lot of our criminal classes seems
demonstrably to ho a si tort one and a
tough one. It ha* actually no amcliora-
tfotis. "Out of 60,000 prisoners, more
than one-1 ml f arc between tlie ages of 17
and 80.” It takes but three generations
to use up a nock that runs to vie*. The
average life of vicious people is leas than
one-half that of people of virtu* A
A code of
Is that not
to adsnce that it is
and at the
what valuablo thing
Globe-DAiocnt
A um *r Health
The hot pastry and iced drinks of this
country Imve much to do with the thin,
ness of its people.
Disordered digestion to adults is often
tlie outcome of being compelled or in
duced to oat rich food in childhood.
Up to middle life most people are care
less regarding their physical condition,
hence persons who ought to live long
lives have their days curtailed. The
time to pay strict attention to the bodily
health is during the vigorous portion of
life.
It is quite a common practise to doss
infants with teas, oils and sweetened
watera when any real or imaginary ill is
upon them. In some cases it » necessary
to re-enforce the natural supply of nour
ishment, but where possible, nature’s
fount should bo relied on chiefly.
For those who hurry to and from their
meals soup is recommended as a prepara
tory agent for tho reception of solid food.
For a man to hurriedly rush to his meals
end gulp down meat, vegetables and pie,
without a short pause of rest for tbe
stomach, is nearly akin to suicide.
Toasting bread destroys the year* germs
and converts the starch into a solublo
substance which is incapable of fermen
tation. Dry toast will not sour the
stomach nor produce any discomfort, and
is, therefore, more agreeable to a weak
digestion than any other bread.
A stooping position, mi>int*lnn.{ for
any length of time, tends mere to under-
—ii” tlie health than is supposed. An
erect position should be observed, whether
sitting, standing or lying. To sit with
the body leaning forward on the stom
ach or to one side, with the heels ele
vated on a level with the h*mU fa no j
only in had taste, but exceedingly detri
mental to health; it cramps the stomach,
presses the vital organs, interrupts the
free motion of the chest and enfeebles
the functions of the abdominal and tho
racic organa, and, in fact, unbalances the
whole muscular system.—Household.
Wh*t Dos* Cost V*
There Is in the United States a dog for
every three inhabitant*. The cost of
keeping 20,000.000 dogs is at least $200 -
000.000 per annum. The food given to
■n average dog every year if teA to
ohickeus would yield a return of more
than $10. High toned dogs are very ex-
psntive, their food * »rni deal
Qmm than that of soma propl*—Public
Opinion.
INSECT TORMENTS OF BRAZIL
, l L|l FMM WMe* IWa* rotor MW
Insects in all coon tries often poMte an
extensive power of annoyance zreatiy in
Mm* with their dimhmtive sbe. They
mar to combine the milmam of
hot with the minimum of effort in e
vy scientific taaMoa. Bresil is spedaBy
favored with parasitic torments, end
even if thorn who are to tbe manner
born become esse hardened, the traveler
from dimes where insect life is less of
fensive in its attacks can never be wholly
reconciled to his lot Even the most
generous of Christians harbors a revenge
ful spirit against his bloodthirsty out
minute assailants, which are at onoe
puny and powerful
Take the bush tick, fbr example. Of
this diminutive monster there are three
spedea, of which the largest is about
three-quartere of an inch hi diameter.
We are told that this Insect was known
to the ancients, but H is very unUkeiy
that they enjoyed its acquaintance.
There are three varieties: Ixodes ridnus,
Ixodes plumbeus and Ixodes reticulata*
Tbe Latin name was derived from its
supposed resemblance to tbe ripe bean of
the Palma Christi. The Brazilian name
is carrapato, and when examined under
ring glass it is seen to be fur-
with a weapon of offense in the
farm of a trident of teeth, which are
serrated inward. It has also three pairs
of legs, and each leg is provided with
strong booked daws. Enormous quanti
ties of the eggs are laid upon the ground,
and tlie young ones as they creep out
climb up the plants and catch at any
issing animal which brushes past, ana
itten on it.
When Mr. H. W. Bates was in the
highlands of Brasil, he had to devote an
hour at the end of his daflv rambles to
picking off the carrapetos that dung to
him by thdr incisive fang* The In
fliction is m dreadful that horses and
cattle sometimes die from the exhaustion
caused by the bites of these creatures,
which settle In swarm* The traveler
soon has tbe appearance bf a person suf
fering from shingles. Sometimes the
i bring on ridnian fever, just as
in Russia people may suffer from pu-
Ucious fever. The rainy season kills
many of tbe carrapatos, and they also
fall a prey to tbe birds; and the chiema,
in particular, is never shot by the na
tives, because they know the value of its
services in thinning the ranks of the
multitudinous blood sucking Ixodes.
Another insect torment of Brazil is the
jigger, or Pulex irritans, Pulex subin-
trans, Pulex minimus, pulex Penetrans.
These Interesting creatures make their
home chiefly in the human foot, and
hence are known to the Brasilians as
biohos do pe (foot beasts). Mr. H. C
Dent had five of these unwelcome guests
from January to June, and they took up
tlieir abode in the following localities:
Tbe first on the right big toe, second on
the right heel, third on the left heel mod
two under the sole of the left foot He
had to cut them out
Still worse are the verne, which attack
indifferently cattle and human being*
With animals they appear to raise a
large, hard lump, so that they probably
reside in the skin, after the fashion of
tbe ox warbl* Sir Richard Barton says
that storiea are current of negroes losing
thdr lives from the bevno. The grub lade
‘ in the nose and other parts of the
y, and if squeezed to death instead
of extracted, it festers and produces
serious ooneequenoe* Children three
months old may suffer from a visitation
of tbe berno. Borne of the natives, in
the case of adults, apply a burning stick
to the wound in order to destroy the
worm. Mercurial ointment is also need.
Mr. Dent’s dog was one mass of sores
from tho bernos and bichos de pe, and it
was pitiable to seo him, when running
about, turn round almost every minute
and, with a pitiful whin* bite his wounds
until they were raw. Such are some of
tlie pleasures of the insect world of Bra
zil.-New York Star.
la !■*■•■
It is probable that embroidery will
soon play a prominent part in men’s
dies* Thus far it has only shown itself
in connection with dress vesta, which are
embroidered with a degree of elabora
tion depending upon the taste and the
pocketbook of the wearer. The coming
fall will, however, witness the introduc
tion of embroidery upon coats, vests and
trousers. Thus far none of these gar
ments have been made up in Amsr^
but the material has been m*de tor
them, and considerable quantities of
Wert of England cloths have been sent
to Paris to be embroidered to the order
of leading New York tailors, In patterns
“ d *—
i at operations begin*
positions are readied.
A wet sponge piaosd on the head of a
working hone wfll rave the animal tram
P!*’«*iTe heat. In New York tbe um
HUNTING IN THE ALPS.
Tn* nswrrt* *r cm
tar <>•
In reality Alpine sport
tamer than the pemtog tourist usually
suppose* Chamois stalking, though the
few who practice N declare it to be the
most exciting of aU pastimes, is for the
most part, at least in Austria, left en
tirely to the poacher* The physical ex
ertion it reqairea, the danger* it involves
and the rarity, or rather the entire want
of, stanch and well trained bounds, ac
count for tlii* Both the chamois and
the roe arc driven, but in a way suited
to the character of tbe country and im
possible on an English estate.
Long before dawn tbe guests who are
invited to take part to a chamois hunt
assemble st an appointed place. Then
the steep climb into the valley which is
to be the
When tbe proper _
the head forester assigns to each of tbe
guests a place near one of tbe passes tbe
cliamofa are likely to take. All these
ambusbee are hidden from the heights
above bv rocks or bushes, and they are
always from three to four hundred, usu
ally more than a thousand, feet Sjpart.
When once a sportsman has been placed
he is expected to remain wliere be is as
silently as he can. He must not leave
his post on any account, as this might
not only disturb tho drive, but endanger
liis own life. At about the same time
as tlie hunting party leave their
rendezvous a party of driven aooom-
pa ied by dogs start from tbe other side
of the mountain rang* The noise they
make frightens tbe chamois over the
crest and, if the parties have been pro; eriy
organized, into the valley, where a
warm welcome has been prepared for
them. Except to very rare cases, those
who are posted above are expected to let
the herd pass before shooting, to order
not to moil tbe sport of their Mends
below. The bemtemeo must, of ooune,
always be placed so that the wind blows
toward and not from them. Roe are for
tbe moot part shot in a similar way,
though roe stalking la by no means un
usual.
Auertaahn stalking is a tor more excit
ing and peculiarly Alpine fbrmfif (port,
and it is tbe favorite recreation or tho
emperor of Aflatri*. It is only to the
muting season, roughly speaking in April
and May, that it is permitted. Tho cock
wt timid and cautious
but at this season he becomes a
victim of passion, and loses his bend—at
least at interval* At dawn he flies to a
t which be knows to be frequented by
i hen* perches upon an exposed bough,
so that all the charms of his plumage
may t>o seen, and begins his nuptial song.
It consists of three distinct parts, with a
and, while
his feathers
and beats upon tbe bough with his
wing* At inch times he seems utterly
unconscious of everything that goes
on around him. This is the sportsman^
opportunity; he has taken his place be
fore dawn near a mot which be knows to
be frequented and concealed himself fa
the beat cover he can find. As soon as
the bird begins Ha call, which b techni
cally known m Ms tods, he spetaa for
ward to some nearer cover in which he
can be silently fa wait during the Bret
pause; while the ascend strata b to pro-
grres ho must reach a point near enough
to take good aim. An Alpine sportsman
would no more think of *hnnH»»g an
Anerhahn to any other way than an
English squire would think of shooting a
be coontry
mow/
Is generally the most
of Birds; hi
short pause between each;
fit, the cock extends his
i greater put of tbe
i legally protected during the
Cox. In the
the bens are
whole of the year; they have a peculiar
cry. which some foresters suooeasfuUy
imitate for the purpose of luring thett
mote* —Saturday Review.
Rut to 1
Nortel
K-t tel
A «we
T *afni*Ju loUwa*J
Tb* patter of ttey feoiMfc
That raa te sa opaa door
TIi* smbaris tawbratectel
The zlrttsh r
AtthosMekte
Of fas
nts Is Utefy miMtc
Tbo aierty vote*of ibooomnd,
A* hs pa*MS out of Ught
Into tbs heart of tbe bemehot*
wwtb.Sm'siowrWk*..
And vtfoand faaldM are irsituu"^
With * Mw for tbetr deaiW^a
Under tbe windy flicker
And flare of the ercDlnrlaisn
1 boor* boat adranctng
A hem onSwstreoflsndiMtK 1 ^
A throat of tbe brere sad tcM.
Dear Unle wtrw ami mother*
BMteatef home to yaui
■ter In Harper'i Bteti.
'••*»■« Orousd*
Where the ma salmon gobasmueh.
mystery today mb has ever beeu. Aft*
Waving «*y disappear
fish have been found in very drop warn
hundreds of no fire from any salmon rivm
but their marine feeding grounds are MB
undiscovered. In tho raring thevrei
denlrmppearat the moutW
WhUe to salt water they never jumsu
a fly, the moment they strike fresh i
- 1 —uMjet or inf
time tail first, letting the current earn
them and keeping head up the riv«._
Globe-Democrat
Destroyed by Dud Boy*
No one but a builder con realize what
annoyance and loss bo is compelled to
endure from the depredations of mis
chievous bov* No sooner b the found
ation for a building laid than tbe trouble
begin* W!ien the workmen leave the
place then tho bovs take possession. Tliey
begin by throwing stones, sticks and
everything they can get hold of into the
mortar beds, sometimes entirely ruining
them by si leveling in all tbe surplus sand
and refuse that are left near tbe mortar
vat Tliey break and otherwise destroy
the finely finished bricks that are used in
tho fronts of residences, break up slate,
carry away laths and do all sorts of dev-
iliah things.
When the house Is nearly completed it
is then the mischievous boy does his
worst nets of vandalism. When tbe
plastering Is fresh on the walls it is his
delight to take a stick and scratch and
mar the fresh plaster os much as possible.
Nothing pleases three bovs more than to
make rude figures and scratch names
and Initials in deep lines on tbe smooth
surface of the freshly plastered wall*
Tho loss to builders in St. T^>nt« every
? ear by the depredations of young hood-
urns is simply inestimable. It is ahnret
impossible to find out the guilty parties,
and tho builder has to bear nL wascs and
annoyances with as good grace as pos
sible.—William Cochran in Glob*-Demo-
crab
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DMfemit KtoAs of Oooregw.
Illustrative of tho different Hn.ia of
courage observable in different races,
Lord Wolseley tells us that at the storm
ing of Lucknow our troops found them-
selves in presence of a gate house, from
the upper stories of which a aevere fire
was kept up cn them. The only access
to the upper stories was by some very
narrow winding staircase* hardly admit
ting one man at a time. The English
soldiers shrank for a moment from what
seemed certain death. But the Rttrh*
rushed In, went up the staircases with
out a moment’s hesitation, and in five
minutes had thrown every rebel out of
tlie window* Yet the SiUe would not
I vc stood up man to man agaimt Eng-
Ii infantry. There is also tho courage
peculiar to certain individuate and cer
tain races which arises from contempt
for death and the belief that It only leads
to a better and happier life. This was
Gordon’s conrag* This was the courage
of tlie Ironside* And thteis the oour-
ajv of the Turk*—London Standard.
In any large and highly organized oom-
raonity there must always be a consider-
able number of people whose duties or
rircumutanoee are such as to destroy the
character of home as a suitable place for
cdncotioual training. In Great Britain,
fir instance, military and naval officer*
with Indian, diplomatic and colonial
officiate, cannot look forward to having
their children educated under their own
eye* Men in political life, distracted by
tbe excitements of their work, and usu
ally migrating from country to town with
tin* legislative seaaons, are scarcely better
off. Tlie preference of the landed pro
prietors of England for living on their
own estates involves educational isola
tion, and mokes it necessary that boys
slmuld be sent away for training
Here we have already a very large
body of people for whom tho pubuc
Echool, wftli fta provision for homo care,
as well as mental training, is
a necessity. A larger
pedlency still remain*
wealthy very seldom get a fair chance
for training in tlieir own home* Lux
ury, social distraction* the excessive en
vironment of dependents, all militate
against mental industry and moral tone.
It i* tins consideration which leads tho
average Englishman of wealth to send his
boy away from Iwmo to the *impW uf 0
and steadier discipline of tbe pfiJh
school.—George a Parkin to The Cen
tury.
A Uoslnt Old CMtMh
“Taking the coshion” is a quaint old
Smnish court custom still practiced in
Madrid. The ceremony creates noble
ladies “grandees of Spain," with tho
right to sit in the royal presence by per
mission of the king or queen, and recent- j
ly Queen Christina solemnly followed the ,
prescrilird form, to order to admit several
young ladles about the court to the higher
rank. AU the lady grandees of the
court assembled in one of the state apart
ment* each holding a large cushion. In
the center of the room were a large arm
chair and a low stool
Queen Christina entered with her suite, j
took tlie arm chair and requested tbe la- !
din to Ht down on their cushion* Then
the candidates for grandeeship were in- .
traduced ode by on* RreA was aooom-
faanied by a sponsor, and made low re
verences to the queen and to every gran- 1
dee in turn. Tbs queen rerrt invited tbe
candidate to sit on the stool at her feet—
arranged as more convenient titan a eush-
ion-spoke a few words and allowed
the lad v to ktee her hand, before rising
to give her place to the next newcomer.
The new grandee than retired end mt
down upon a cushion within tbe charmed
ctocie of the ladies. Otarinoetl Enquirer.
The odor of rows and cow ^
thought to have a curative effect apm
consumptives. A hospital for this ••kin*
cure” te atom to tbo opened *t Reinick-
endorf, near Beriia. Tlie sanatoriuei
proper oonwia of a vast dreuiar bwilA
tog. to the basemeat of winch several
hundred cows will ba kspL and the odor
of Lie stablee be conducted to the raw
to the upper storioM. In the center of
the building is a large yard, for which ■
whey e.ire. bathing establishment* etc.,
are planned. Tho surplus of the dairy
products is to be disposed at to thepublio
under proper precaution*—Home Joor-
toO-
Osataas TtiaWsul of Hydrophobia.
1 recently met a gentleman of high td-
ueatfamai attainment* who stated that,
in six /ran’ ratidenoe to the East Indio,
ba had known of three severs cam of
hydrophobia, ami that each cose wo
permanently cured. The meau and
was to take the patient to a pool cr
stream of water, plunge him in sod al
low him to lust shout drown and thro
rewncitate him him. la each cam, o
before stated, a permanent cure wit
effected.—“W. T. O.” to Srimttit
American.
How do clowns make up their fund
I will teD you. They take oxide-chlcriiie
of Uemuth. which they mix with gnwe.
rub upon their liands until tbo ootnpM-
tion U thoprwtdh. when It is put upon the
face like the burned cork of the m-rro
minstrel After tliat, ootnnon duilk,
carefully dried, is laid on u second oust
The chalk adheres to the greasy skin, and
the face bsoon very thoroughly whitened.
—Clown in Globajlnuoerat.
tho flooraod to Forgot.
j Mr. Benedict (to sfiortsmaii friend)—
! Yes, we t •addled that day over fifty mike
' sgain.-A head wind* Made a splendid
: run.
Mi* Benedict—John, pteeee hold ths
! baby for a little while. My arms are so
; tired.
Mr. B.—You seem to forget, deer, that
! that infant weighs fifteen pounds and
; that my anus are also tired. —Pittaburg
| Bulletin.
Our Oonsamptloa of Petolss.
j Tho United States is the largest nudn
consuming country in the world, and
; trustworthy authorities estimate tbs oon-
Himption at about 8.000, OoO how*
twenty-two pounds each, which, at an
average of $2 |ier box, shows an expen
diture of $1,000,000 per annum for oos
dried fruit. —Once a Week.
The Tooth BreMh for Chltdro*
III many homes a tocAli brush wcnM
bo a curUx ity, and ywt every child slieold
bo provided with one and made to use H.
This b u duty which cannot be too
strongly insisted upon. Unless tbe teeth
are kept clean they will decay, and with
out good teeth perfect health b absolutely
impossible. —Buston Herald.
AAm-WWm IN wmmmm
i trib.' in the palm region of tbe Asto
i cradles tbe young In palm leave* *
Vorntm of Uss
znn cradles tbe young in palm leave*
single leaf turned up round the
some native process makes an exo«l*»
cradle, and now and then it js mode te
do service as a bath tab.—Brooklyn
Eagle.
Many who would not for thewort*
utter a falsehood are yet eternally schem
ing to produce falsetmprewionsoojte
minds of others respecting faote, oner-
acton optahmf.
Norway has mors earthqu*h*s th— k
generally supposed. Dr. H*®* "f’S
records twenty-three tar 1887, a* 1 •
three. Iiowever. being very shgbt.
An “inch of rata" means s
water spread ovwapurfaoeof ne«ty*~
square feet, or a fall of about UK* tea**
an acre of ground.
What we ought not to
not ever think of doing.-
Six hundred i
tin the I
i sf Amertcsn Handicraft.
Rapidity of execution, not fine
work, is the distinguishing feature
of all American handicraft Ameri
can carpenters and wood workers do
more good work to * given time than
My of their brothers of other land* but
it does not have the fhohleei neatneseof
the product cf Chinese and French
The Chines* for
GOLDEN DROPSj.K.Mdver
is (be same of tbe Uiest brand of first
quality OLD RYB Wi isky, for wSfob M.
V anno bos boon appeiawd sole local agent.
This brand was brought out for :bo apoeial
parpore of rivalling the eolebraiod Now
York Stock Exokaags Whirby, for which
M. Mass* site has the sols ageaey is this
a stogie nail, and
tttoJtoite place
* It is netcon-
to China to spend
to *8. construction of a
New*
•e»n
For Sale.
A VslaaMo Platostio* of 470 tore* sit
uated witkla five Miles af Dsrltogtoa
‘•raw rtaeonabi* Apply to
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