Man-Eating Snnkes.
"Theexistence of man-eating snakes
has been doubted by naturalists, but I
cs 11 prove the facts from my own ex
perience," says Charles E. Michaelis,
who lias just returned from the Philip
pine Islands. "In 1880 I was living
t hen at Ti-rando. One of our servants
was a short, broad-shouldered Japan
ese named Picttl. He was a cattle
herder and frequently in the woods.
Several times he told 11s of tho exist
ence of a, monster python fifty feet
long, not 11 mile from the plantation.
1 gave him a gun and buckshot to kill
it, but it never materialized, and we
became incredulous.
"One day Picul was missing. His
gun and hat were found in the woods
and brought in. One of the native
hunters examined the ground and gave
his opinion. Picul must have been
caught by ft snake, ns 110 blood had
been shed, but there had evidently
been a struggle. The next Sunday, in
company with an Englishman named
Mason and their native trackers,l took
to tlie woods to look for our lost serv
ant. The natives lead us to the edge
of it track of submerged land, covered
with long grass. The water was about
three inches deep. Here in the mud
was the track of a big snake. The tle
pression made by tho body in the mud
was quite eighteen inches wide. Sud
denly one of the men called out:
"'Look! look!' Three hundred
yards away the water was agitated in
to waves, and gliding toward us was a
yellow snake that looked 100 feet long.
The head was 11s large as a bucket. It
was 11 bright yellow, striped with
black. To watch it gliding toward us
was trying on the nerves, but we
waited and at forty yards gave it two
loads of buckshot in tho head. It
reared ten feet out of the wafer and
lashed about, but finally sank and the
natives hauled it on the bank with 11
rope. It was just thirty f-ight feet
long--our fears had added the other
sixty. To keep it from the white ants
it was at once cut open and skinned.
Inside was tin lower jaw of a human
being and i> leg and thigh bone, while
a loin cloth was rolled into a perfect
knot, no bigger than 11 mail's fist, and
this Picul's sisters identified, so tho
poor fellow had fallen a victim to this
horrid reptile."—New York Telegram.
Moki Naitil Painting.
Who cv« heard of painting in sand?
The Moki Indians understand that
species of art. Two paintings of this
kind, copied accurately from the orig
inals, have been newly placed on exhi
bition at the National Museum. Per
haps they might better be called mo
saics, being done in sand of six differ
ent colors on aflat, horizontal surface.
The colors are yellow, green, white,
black and 11 mixture.
Such pictures are made by Moki
priests and piiostesses on the floors of
their subterranean chambers. The
six colors stand for the cardinal points.
Yellow is the north, green is the west,
red is the south, white is tho east,
black is the region above and all colors
signify the region below.
One of the two sand paintings is a
copv of the kind of picture made for
the annual ceremonial of the Moki
women's festival to the germ god,
which take.- place in Septcuibi r. The
work of art is < \eeuted during the
progress of the secret rites. It repre
sents two figures in an elaborate frame
oi' different colors. On the left is a
likeness of Lakoiic-ma-na, the patron
ess of tho affair. She is clad in a
white blanket. 011 the right is a por
trait of »>ne ol the twin gods of war,
who carries a zigzag of lightning iu l.is
hands.
The other picture is a fac simile of
the one made by the chief of the fra
t. rnity of antelopes at the festival of
the siuil.c dance. It is highly conven
tional 111 its character. Rain clouds
tire represented by semi-circles. 1 'ar
id I<l lines show tin' rain failing. Four
odd looking zigzag figures stand lor
the lightning snakes, which are re
spectively red, green, white, yellow.
The green and white snakes are female,
and the yellow and red snakes are
male. Around this sand mosaic are
performed the weird rites of the ante
lope priests, who Miig songs embody
ing the mythological drama o.' the
"Snake Hero. ' —Washington Star.
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AN F.OG-I.AYINA TEST.
Tn an egg-laying test at the Louisi
ana Station, involving bens of ten com
mon breeds and continued 240 days,
brown leghorns made the best record,
Hie hens of this breed laying au aver
age of seventy-two eggs. Light brahmas
came next with an average of fifty
eight, then langshons with forty-nine,
buff cochins and Plymouth rocks with
forty-six each, and tninorcas with forty
five. The American breeds averaged
thirty-three eggs a hen, Assatic forty
five, and European forty-four.—New
York World.
now GOOD COWS AKK RUINED.
Many good cows are practically
ruined by being kept apart from the
herd. Their isolation is due usually
to a whim to make a pet of an individ
ual cow. Women aud children arc
mainly responsible for this form of
foolishness which should never be in
dulged by the careful dairyman. Cat
tle are in their way exceedingly social
creatures, and absence from their as
sociates affect them unfavorably. They
are nervous and uneasy when separ
ated from them, and in the case of
cows lose flesh and fall off in milk.
Sometimes it causes them to abort,
but this rarely happens, enough mis
chief being accomplished without.
Foolish men sometimes tie a cow up
to punish her, with the result that tho
fool is punished iu the lessened yield
caused by the separation from the
herd.—American Dairyman.
EXHAUSTED LAND.
We are suffering here in New Eng
land from land cxhoustion. That is
one of the questions that confronts
New Eugland, confronts Massachu
setts. If these lands were highly pro
ductive, they would bo occupied and
used. One of tho primo reasons for
the abandonment of these lands is be
cause they no longer have *plant food.
Now, how have tliey becomo ex
hausted? I think largely by raising
the grains. That is what the New Eng
land farmer primarily did. He raised
corn and oats, wheat and barley, and
sold them, and thus impoverished
these lands.
The farms of New England have
been impoverished because we have
sold more from tho land than we have
restored to it. The question then for
the farmer is, How shall I restore, how
shall I build up my farm? How shall
I wisely do it? I believe the wise way
to do it is to buy grain. I think it is
tho cheapest way to do it, because
when you raise a crop of grain on your
land you diminish the fertility of that
land.
When you raise a crop of anything
except the leguminous plants, except
the pea and tho clover and the bean,
ami crops of that nature, and draw it
off the land, you have taken something
out of mother earth. When you buy
grain you buy something which liis a
large mantirial value. When a man
buys a ton of bran for S2O I say it is a
good investment. Why? Because he
buys in that £2O worth of nutrition
812 worth of manurial value. The
man who buys a ton of cottonseed
meal for 82.S buys s2l worth of manur
ial value.—Now England Farmer.
PICKING OEESE.
In answer to the query, "How often
in one season ought geese to bo
picked?" a farmer with fourteen years'
experience answers, iu the l'hiladcl
phia Farm Journal, that ii depends en
tirely on tho feed and ruu and ex
plains the whole situation as follows:
"They feather out more quickly when
they are permitted to run on green
pasture aud have abundance of good
water to drink. Every ten weeks
should Hud them, under such treat
ment, with a good coat of feathers. Do
not pick until laying is over. Geese
cannot be artificially moulting aud
producing eggs at the same time.
Never pick them in cold weather.
When ready to pick, which the experi
enced gccse-miser can tell by the color
of the plumage (if ready there will be
no yellowish tinge on tho white
feathers, but to be sure pick a few
from the breast of the goose), the
feathers come easily and arc dry at the
ipiill end. If not ripe, they are soft
and bloody. And this is one of the
reasons why store bought feathers
sometimes have such a disagreeable
odor. The best guide, experience, tells
us to take only a small pinch of
feather* iu the titiger* at II time, and
with a quick downward jerk, froiu tail
to neck, displace the tlrat coat of
feathers with tuily a very little of the
seeoud coat, the down. Do not pick
the bolsters. thoau large feathers
under the Wllign. If you do, the poor
creatures wring* will droop foiitinii
ally. Wheli the goose dies. We call
atrip these off for tilling pillow* for
home iiu Itiit never tnkc them from
tilt neese while living."
U1L.1.1 NO COMM.
Hilling com la not as common at it
oll'-e Waa, til lull 111 some hectlou* It 1*
atlll followcd to iiiutc an extent K\
ci pi 111 v. ry ui t lun 11l |» worse than
uael.sa l.ibor 111 ulI Hi lda ll aM»Wcra
tie purpo. kupm pari >f I lei foots
ol the plant >.llt •>( water. Una li H
.1. -.liable thill t uecoiiipliih, but lo
att.ii.pl It bv hull It' Up hills for the
coru la 1., a I .p| a tciiipora' . MI. I a
vi n 11. .p. i'• l 'tibal. talc for draining.
Holm 111... h< wnvcr, Ihla mtial Ih II .li.
o( Ih. planting .it the 11l l.| be ll 112 rrc.l
liti > I 111. Nit | 4ii I. ol ft. - . I- |„
t'anl In -I | Hi. loot* uf the corn
Hitler Hutu I raltur itian above it»
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Iu tin* villi.. I tun Ihi two mam ,
po*. 11 lilt ro„K to a. mire fund an.i
lo k. plb pi ..I in au upllghi pi
tioti, .ot I 11. I prone i. 4. It Ih.
which can obtain but \little food and
which can do but little* to hold up the
plants. A moderate nvimber of long
roots will do a great ddal more to keep
the corn from blowing Mown than will
a much larger number of short ones,
which have neither time to gaiu
strength nor room in wliichlto becomo
fully developed.
The plants will grow far mope rapidly
if they are allowed to depend' upon the
natural development of their rootsjthan
they will if by the formation of / hills
the growth of a large number of' short
and weak roots is stimulated. The
writer does not recall an instance in
which he ever injured a field of corn
by level cultivation. Ho does remem
ber several instances in which ho be
lieves that by hilling corn he wasted a
good deal of work and materially re
duced the yield of the crop.—New
England Homestead.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Lettuce may be sown at any time.,
The soil cannot bo made too rich/for
tomatoes.
Peas and corn ground together are
good food for swine.
Coal ashes make good material/to
mulch the quince trees.
Horticulture and entomology, will
go hand in hand in tho future.
Clover is an excellent feed for hogs,
as it supplies the needed nitrogen.
Tomotoes do best when kept oft' the
ground, and are not so likely to rot.
Timber for posts should be seasoned,
charred and immersed in hot coal tar.
Get in late cabbage or celery whero
you have taken off peas or other crops.
Keeping the surface of the soil lino
and mellow will aid to retain moisture.
It is well to stir a bitof oatmoalinto
the drinking water, especially if you
use ice.
An old sow who has proved a good
breeder should always be given the
preference.
The boxing and freight on poor fruit
is as much as on good. Tho selling
price is less.
Coal ashes that are reasonably full
of coarse cinder mako a good mulch
for strawberries.
A twig that can be cut with a knife
now may require » pruning saw if al-
I lowed to grow another year.
When you "rest a bit" in the field
remember the team will enjoy it too if
allowed to stand in the shade.
If you will not spray your trees your
self, why not hire somebody to do it
who knows how? It will pay you.
Oil meal or linseed cake is made by
English stock breeders the basis for
| thoroughly good prepared stock food.
Mulch trees and bushes that were
j set this spring. The dry, hot weather
| we may expect now is trying to new
! set fruit.
A good way to kill out briers at this
! time is to spread over them a thin
j layer of dry straw and then burn,
j Wheat straw is best.
On account of the risk of keeping it
j will be found best to market onions as
soon as they are thoroughly ripe if a
good price can be obtained.
In nearly all cases pears will have a
better tlavor if they are picked as soon
I as matured and are then ripened in
| shallow drawers or on shelves.
In packing fruit uniformity in size
! should be observed as well as possible,
putting in only good, fair-sized mer
; chantable fruit os number one.
It should be remembered that dead
I wood may be cut out of a tree at any
time. Now is a good time to do work
of this kind, as the dead or diseased
limbs can be readily seen.
While shade anil ornamental trees
beautify the premises, cure should be
taken that those growing close around
the house arc kept pruned so as to ad
| mit of a free circulation of air.
A tree is strong and hardy when it
: becomes old and its roots are thor
oughly established. While it is young
it needs and must have attention or it
will die. The better the start to grow
when young the better the tree.
A good method of destroying cockle
burs where fields are thoroughly iu
fested with them is to seed to grass or
clover and use it for meadow for a few
years. When it is plowed again and
crops such as corn, potatoes, etc., are
planted go over it with a hoe in late
summer aud autumn and cut them out.
V foothold once gained, heroic treat
ment is required.
Look out now for the warts on the
plum trees and cut them oil' with a
k111f• mid paint the wound with kero
M ile oil mixed with ultv kind of paint
that may be at hand. If left they be
come the black kuot. and often destroy
the trees unless prevented ill seasou as
above described. Follow it up every
fortnight through the summer, and
uriib up all the wild cherries in the
neighborhood
'l'lie lllrlh ol l.uke
In geographical times, not long
ago, as sp« aks the sciential, but »rv
long a«o, as speaks th< chronicler of
Unman f'.llii », tin r. w» • -. .1 | y Tllttjf
oil tie eastern slope of the Hicrr.t
Nevada* at the headwaters of tho
I'lUckee lliwr About this valley
tow* fed granite mountain*. Km
urtlepc lo » came, 112 lits were opened
lit tin locks, aud from the fissures
I ..nr. d tiioiolr.ii* sireaius of lava.
i H.C u| ill. . It MM rI" MNMMNI TIC LOWER
• lei of the valley, and through It
p. ure.l Itoo.l. of motion rocks. Hlr-aui
titer >lr. am I. lied, M.I ill to|l.|
sheila SM>I blocks, HUtii a >.*ll »**
built across the vallt y illlM o» lis si
M IM hi lull', Si.d4l.ove ll »su a d.cp
• aslll 'iai or 1 o 1 n<piar.> lull, t 111 at* a
t he fcioriiu. thai 112. ll .114 the graml. mid
VolcallU Uciii'itHlU* folic I 111 I Ivcfa to
till Ih. l,on. and Uk> t'akoa u »
att u«.!» h»v. I ,u«. fluid) p lie lat a
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
FOR AN INVALID.
A delicate invalid custard is tnado
as follows: Beat up two eggs, mix in
half pint of milk, sugar to taste, and
soino vanilla, lemon or nutmeg flavor*
ing; when well stirred pour the mix
ture into a buttered bowl, cover with
buttered paper and steam in a sauce
pan of boiling water, which should
come about half way up the sides of
the bowl, for half an hour. A savory
custard is made in the same way, sub
stituting cold beef tea, free from all
fat, for the milk, and of course leav
ing out the sugar.—St. Louis Re
public.
VEAT. PATE.
Chop fine three pounds of lean veal
and half a pound of fat fresh pork.
Mix with the chopped meat one coffee
cupful of bread crumbs and three well
beaten eggs; add two even teaspoon
fuls of salt and one salt-spoonful of
pepper. Stir all thoroughly together
and moisten with a little soup stock.
Pack in a buttered mold which has
been rinsed in cold water after greas
ing. Cover tightly and steam over
five hours. Turn out of tho mold and
putin a warm oven for holf an hour,
leaving tho oven door open. Put un
der a heavy press and allow the meat
to becomo very cold. Slice in thin
slices and garnish with parsley.—New
York Recorder.
ROAST BEEF H HEART.
This is a dinner dish that alwoys
catches the appetite of all English
men, and here is the true English
style of aooking it: Get from your
butcher a nice, plump, Arm heart;
let it stand in a pan of cold water in
which a handful of salt has been dis
solved for half an hour. Prepare a
stuffing of grated bread crumbs one
good-sized onion, a sprig of parsley, a
tcaspoonful of dried sago (or better
yet is green sage when you can get it),
a piece of butter the size of an egg,
and pepper and salt. Mix these to
gether with one well-beaten egg, fill
all the holes in the heart with stuffing
and boil for one hour in a small
sauccpau in which the heart can stand
upright, so that the stuffing cannot
boil out. After it has boiled slowly
for an hour take out of the water,
cover the top of the heart with a large
slice of larding pork and roast for two
hours, basting frequently. Servo with
currant jelly on very hot plates, ami
see that the slices are cut thin and
lengthwise of the heart—it will be
more tender. Serve some of the stuffing
on each plate.—New York Tribune.
on FEN URArE TRESERVE.
The trouble necessary to the prepara
tion of the old fashioned preserve
which I have to recommend ought not
to count, writes a correspondent. We
can't get something for nothing in this
world, and for certain toothsome
morsels we must have the patience of
our grandmothers as well as their cook
book.
It will be easy to those living in the
country or those having their own
grape vines to procure green grapes.
But the most delicious grape preserve
I have ever tasted was mude of fox
grapes that grew wild in stony
meadows. It is quite possible even
for those living in cities to get wild
grapes by bargaining with some
huckster or market man at the right
time. The grapes should be bought
when they are still hard, before they
have softened in the least, but when
they have attained nearly or quite
their full size.
Having got your grapes, provide
yourself with a small, sharp penknife,
and cut each grape in half exactly as
you would an orange. Then remove
the seeds and throw the fruit into cold
water, it will take you all da yto do
fourteen pounds, but the preserves
are worth the trouble.
Once seeded, the process is the same
as for other fruit. Use granulated
sugar, allowing pound for pound.
Cook until the sirup jellies when cool,
and seal in the ordinary manner.
This preserve is very rieli and of an
cut in Iv different tlavor from that
made of ripe grapes, and is sufficiently
acid not to cloy, and is the best
'•sweet'' I know of to serve with meats.
• —Chicago Record.
HOVSEHOLD HINTS.
Mend the torn pages of books with
white tissue paper.
Clean brass kettles, before using,
with salt aud water.
Clean plaster of paris ornament*
with wet starch brushed off when dry.
A shovel of hot coals held over spot
ted varnished furniture will take out
the spots.
After knives have been cleaned they
may be brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
It saves time aud labor to have u
broom, brush an.l dustpan for every
floor iu the house
Flatirons should be kept as far re
moved from tho steam of cooking a
possilde, as this is what causes theui t<
rust
Two parts ot ammonia with one o!
turpentine ma ken a mixture which will
soften old puint and varnish ho thai
they can be candy scraped off.
A towel rack made with M'veral arm*
fastened to a half circular centre, which
in turn* fastens to the wall, is a con
veiiielit place (or drying dish towels.
Co clean liar I woo ls and oil cloth
w ish Hr«t with a soil spong* dipped
frequently hi fresh water When th<
Moor has dried, w.»sh it again with a
rag dippi d in.l uilitiiri of hoi water
aud skim milk
l.eiuoii will do (or the yellow white
sailor what shoe polish does (or tin
worn black one. It. mm. lie ribbon
Laud, aud, willi a 'lie. of lemon, clean
the straw thoroughly I'ut ou a (resh
band, and lie hal is white and fresh
To clean white ostrich plumes ills
solve lour ouu.e* of whit, soap !u foul
pulls of hot water Make a latin • aud
pi tuge tin l. ilhi r» into it, rubbing
them w>ll With the hands for live ol
kU minutes. Wash OUI IU clear hoi
wat r aud shake until drv
Turkish toui iliu- iu pure while it
b<>* cou> th t-d 11>. moot H iu* •
nit i nit tin: i ~u>» An it -how . din
llltt! > >t*t lilMl i»4 *4 Hi I*' til* It %
New gold is a brilliant shade for
brunettes.
Ermine is to be the fur of the im
mediate future.
Black relieved by white is again a
favorite fashion.
Mrs. "Jennie June" Croly'e fad is
collecting pitchers.
"White silk serge is much med for
dresses and neglige waists.
Leather bindings will supersede vel
vet on the bottom of dress skirts.
A soft, unerushable silk called
regence is very popular in Paris.
Especial attention is just now being
given to the making-up of challies.
Mony society women ore adopting
the gentle Italian dove as a household
pet.
The wreath effect prevails rather
than the bunch for trimming women's
small hats.
Corduroy silk chiffon iB a French
material with more body than tho
plain chiffon.
Long Empire scarfs of chiffon or
lace thrown over tho shoulders give a
quaint touch to the costume.
Unconventionality lias marked the
wedding journeys of several prominent
brides and bridegrooms recently.
A pretty idea for decorating finger
bowls is to have a bowl of larger size,
so that spaco for flowers is left be
tween.
It gnaws at the hearts of English
women that at their . garden parties
American girls carry off the social
honors.
Those who ore good social prophets
tell us that maids of honor will be
quite out of fashion for weddings next
season.
A story is told of a New York mil
lionaire's wife who has been for the
last three years -"traveling all over
Europe trying to match a pearl."
Some of the women of China are be
ginning to comprohend the follow of
compressing the feet. A missionary
has been enlightening them on the sub
ject.
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, the
brilliant author of "Old Kaskaskia,"
began her literary career when a mere
child as contributor to a Boston juvenile
magazine.
In Dutch Guinea the women carry
upon their persons all the family sav
ings in the shape of heavy bracelets,
anklets, necklaces and even crowns of
gold and silver.
Miss Dod, the lady tennis cham
pion of England, only reoently celebra
ted her twenty-first birthday. She is
also an excellent bicyclist and golf
player, as well as a singer ond pianist.
One of the particular occupations of
the average woman just now is the ar
rangement of some simple, inexpen
sive, rather durable and as nearly as
possible unsoilable dresses for World's
Fair wearing.
It seems that among the attractions
at tho World's Fuir is a straw hot
braided by the busy fingers of her
Majesty, Queen Victoria. It isn't
much as a hat, but as an example of
royal industry it is valuable.
Bombay seems a very progressive
sort of place. It has a Sorosis and a
cooking class. Recently at a competi
tive examination over one hundred
Parsee girls cooked a long list of In
dian delicacies to show their profi
ciency.
Probably the youngest telegraph
operator in the country is little Miss
Msttie Quin, of Rouseville, Penn. She
is seven years old, and for a year she
has been able to handle a key uuder
standingly, within the limits of her
vocabulary.
The favorite amusement of the
Queen of Italy is mountaineering, aud
she has just started on a long holiday
iu the All >s. Her Majesty has a ten
dency toward stoutness and possibly
that accounts for her devotion to so
active a pursuit.
At a dinner given iu honor of a
young girl just entering society in
Paris the servants wore white liveries;
the guests were twelve youug girls, all
iu white, with powdered hair ; the ta
ble furnishing and decorations and as
many of the different sorts of food
as possible were entirely in white.
Among the peculiarities of Quaker
ism, a correspondent points out, Quak
cresses are not allowed to wear gold
ornaments or to have their ears
pierced for earrings. If a mother per
mitted her daughter to undergo this
operation both mother and daughter
would be "read out" of meeting.
When the Queen of F.uglnnd dies
her uiotal remains will rest in tie- gray
granite sarcophagus with the late la
mented Prince Albert'* ashes, Under
neath the arms of the Qitceu and
I'riuce Albert on the monument is in
scrilied ' ' Farewell, well beloved, here
at last I will rest with thee. With
thee iu Christ I will rise again."
Princess Hans Henry, of I'less, is
the reigning beauty iu Loudou ju-t
now, aud the society journals are go
tug into raptures over her at a great
rate. She is only nineteen years old.
and one Jenkins declare* that "she is,
like her name, 'Daisy, being infantile
ly fall, with woudering blue eyes, aud
she looks even younger than she is. "
Our American girls do not take
kiudly to tin- brown Holland dresses
trimmed with black satin, which have
bueu received with mi lunch favor iu
Kuglsud. They are too severely siui
pie aud resemble liothlli/ so much as
furniture eoveriug. Tin v cost a good
bit, too, (or plain gowns, (or tie
Sleety ol tin ir making has much to do
Willi their success.
Is LivkllllMir I 4 Use J lit M4lu I
It la |Ni|iularly supposed lhat tin
sudden downpour whu'h usually (ol
lows a bright Hash uf litkulli la in
solu*' way caused by the il tsh M' twi
rologlsls have !•»..». ii lhat this is not
Ihe and thai, u»a«tl) I" th e lit
traiy, II Is not ouly po .slide hut hlgll
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Teach the Children to Swim,
The constant repetition of the re
ports of accidents by drowning enforces
ihe thought that much of this loss of
.ife in the water could be avoided if
ihildren were to swim as
promptly as they are taught to read
*nd write and to properly care for
themselves in respect to healthful pre
cautions.
Every child should be taught to
swim before the ago of twelve or four
teen years. In all the large cities
swimming schools with capable in
structors afford ready and inexpensive
opportunities for teaching children to
swim. Nothing can be move easily
learned. Many children acquire the
accomplishment in a single lesson of
an hour, and very few boys or girls re
quire more than a half dozen lessons
in the hands of a competent instructor
to learn how to swim. Singularly
enough, girls learn more easily than
boys, and when once acquired the ac
complishment is never forgotten, as it
is largely a matter of confidence in
one's ability to keep afloat.
Aside from the precautions of Bafcty
involved, we should consider the de
lightful recreation and the healthful
exercise that persons, young and old,
of both sexes, find in the pastime of
swimming. In moderation it is one of
the most healthful if not the best of
all summer exercises, and can be en
joyed in the still waters of the lakes in
the country and the mountains or in
the rolling billows of the surf at the
seashore. It is the roost inexpensive
of all amusements, the cheapest, the
lust, open to all, and the marvel is
that so few young persons learn to
swim.
It is often ebserved that the chil
dren of the street who wander sbout
the wharves and the beach become ex
pert swimmers, apparently without in
struction, while the pampered sons and
daughters of wealth, who are given all
the beuefits of an elaborate education
and who are favored with all the ac
complishments of the day are seldom
taught to swim, and these at the sum
mer resorts are often putin peril of
their lives in emergencies. Thisisnot
as it should be.—New York Mail and
Express.
Sheep-Shearing Machines.
So many trials of sheep-shearing ma
chines have resulted in failure that the
belief has become fixed that shearing
by machinery is entirely impracticable.
This idea seems to be a mistaken one,
as machines operated by horse power
are in successful operation in England
and in Australia. It is said that a
flock of 200 sheep will warrant the
purchase of one of these machines.
New York World.
Brooklyn pharmacists want dry
goods dealers prohibited from hand
ling their supplies.
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Baby's Dimensions.
From measurements of 100 infanta
born in the Royal Maternity Hospital
of Edinburgh, averages have been ob
tained. They are practically the samo
for American children, and are as fol
lows :
Average weight of male infant at
birth, 7.55 pounds.
Average weight of female infant at
birth, 7.23 pounds.
Average height of male infant at
birth, 19.84 inches.
Average height of female infant at
birth, 18.98 inches.
Each inch of the male infant eor
responds to 2.56 pounds. Each inch
of the female infant corresponds to
2.<V2 pounds. The range between the
shortest and tallest male infants was
ten inches; between the shortest and
tallest female infants, eight inches.—
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