THE DROWNING.
HOW TIIKY MAY tlK RK3CUKI)
AM) KKVIVKI.
A Timely Description of te Methods
of Kngland's National Mfe-Mar.
in Society Hint Which
Slay Save ltumnn Life.
' E are nil of us too
lazy, too careless,
too self-indulgent
to take any pains
to learn those lit
tln things whieh
might easily be
learned, and which
would teach us to
confront tlio thou
sand and one
emergencies of daily life. For in
stance, the revolving year brings round
to na again the bathing season and ita
attendant casualties. How many of
as have thp faintest conception of how
to act in cane w are present nt any of
these casualties', how to resctio a swim
mer who ia in danger, how to resusci
tate tho apparently drowned? Vet
thousands of lives are sacrificed every
year in the ocean, in hikes, in rivers,
and a largo proportion of these might
hnvo been saved by rightly directed
effort at the opportune moment. Which
of us can Kiiy that he may not at any
time miiko himself responsible for the
loss of a valuable life through this
criminal negligence?
The English are ahead of ns in recog
nising this great truth, and in devis
ing plans for lessening tho perils of
those, who go down to the sea or the
river in bouts or in bathing dresses.
In the year lrllll they established a
National life-saving society, which,
though one of tho youngest of their
National institutions, has already ac
complished much, nud promises to in
crease in usefulness as it grows in pub
lic confidence niul widens its sphere of
activity.
The Inst annual meeting of the so-
A BKBIIM OF IMiPSTRATIONS, SHOWING HOW
oiety was held early ia Maroh of this
year at St. James's Hull, in London.,
The Duke of York was elected Honor
ary President, and young Lord Arapt
hill, who made a remarkable reoord at
Oxford as an oarsman and swimmer,
was unanimously eleoted Acting Presi
dent. The Duke of Teok was made
Tice-Presidont, while Messrs. William
and Archibald Siuoluir were continued
in oflioe as Secretaries of the society,
the positions which they have held from
the beginning. Their rooms, which are
also the headquarters of the society,
are at No. 3 Clarendon square, London
N. W.
The aim of the sooioty Is, in brief,
to promote and extend among the pub
lio at large a teohnioal knowledge of
the methods of life-saving, and of re
suscitating the apparently drowned.
With this object in view, they have
formed classes of instruction through
out the country, and arranged for
publio lectures and demonstration of
the drill. They are also doing their
best to stimulate publio opinion in fa
vor of the general adoption of swim
ming, floating, diving and life-saving
drill as a branoh of instruction in
schools and colleges.
The demonstrations which they are
giving are full of interest, as will be
aeon from the accompanying pictures,
taken at a recent exhibition in Lon
don. The squads or classes are first in
structed on dry land and then the
movement are carried out in the water.
This double instruction is neoesaary,
because it ia easier to explain the exact
reason for every movement while stand
ing firmly on land. The subsequent
object lesson in the water is rendered
luminous by the preliminary explana
tions. The resoue drill comes first in order.
The initial method shows how to deal
with a person who is lying quiet or dis
abled. He is turned on kill back and
the binds of the resouor are placed over
the ears at the back of the head, the
' month being kept clear of the water.
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This is very simple ami it restores con
fidence to tho rescued. The second
and third methods are more complex
and illustrate the means of bringing
in persons who are struggling. In
these movements tho subject is carried
either by the elbows or under the
arms. The fourth method is very
pretty, and is used when the im
perilled swim' er is tired ont or in
jured. Here the rescuer swims with
the breast stroke, and the subject,
lying on his back, is made to rest his
hands on the other's shoulders. In
this way a person may be carried with
out fatigue for a considerable dis
tance. After the rescue drill the class goes
through the various methods of resus
citation. This is a subject concerning
which the profound ignorance of the
public is only equalled by its cheerful
nd reckless assumption that it knows
all about it. Tho society indorses
w list is known as the Sylvester method,
which is briefly as follows:
The moment the patient is brought
to dry land all tight clothing ia re
moved. Tho neck and chest are ex
posed. Tho faeo is turned downward
with one of his arms between forehead
and ground. Water thereby escapes
from tho mouth, and the tongue falling
forward leaves tho windpipe free.
The month is cleansed and wiped. If
satisfactory breathing commences tho
circulation of the blood is assisted by
firmly rubbing the limbs upward, ami
if possible tho body is restored to hent
by means of warm flannel, bottles of
hot water ami heated bricks applied to
the soles of the feet, the thighs, the pit
of the stomach and tho armpits. On
the restoration of life wine or brandy
may bo administered.
Hut if the breathing is slight or ab
sent, different measures must be tried.
The patient is placed on a flat surface,
face upward, the shoulders being sup
ported bv a cushion or any article of
dress at hand. The patient's tongue
is drawn forward and fixed by passing
an elastic band or piece of string ovet
the tongue and under the chin. An
operator at the patient's head grasps
TO SAVR ANT RKV1VS THK DR0WNTN0.
the arias just above the elbows and
draws them gontly and steadily upward
above the hoad, where they are kept
for two seoonds. The chest being thus
expanded air rushes into the lungs.
Then the subject's arms are turned
down and pressed for two seoonds
against tho sides of the chest. By this
means air is pressed out of the lungs,
and by repeating the proceu about
fifteen timott in a minute natural
breathing may return. Immediately it
does so heat and stimulants are to be
applied in the way already specified.
Now York World.
A Hat ol the Season.
This hat is in blaok straw, lined
with black velvet, and trimmed witb
pink, blaok lace and delicate pink
roses. The crown is small and rather
high and is encircled with a band oi
pink silk New York World.
The pet of a Brooksville (Fla.) young
wunmu m a pig, that follows her abont
tha streets as though it were a dog.
Catch Ins; Tiger.
A dealer in wild animals says : Tiger!
are caught by natives who know their
haunts and habits. About midway
between the place where the tiger rest
daring the day, and the water to whieb
BOW TTOlTnS ARK TRArFP.D.
he goes nt night, a pit is dug, twelve
or fifteen feet square, sixteen or eigh
teen feet deep, and Bloping so that the
bottom will measure about oighteen
feet square. This pit ia dug during
tho daytime when the tiger is asleep,
ami every particle of that dirt is care
fully carried away by hand. The
tiger's sense of smell is very acute, ami
not the smallest quantity of fresh dirt
must be found near the pit, which is
covered with branches and leaves.
Over this a tripod is erected from which
is suspended a live goat. At night,
when the tiger comes forth ami neura
this spot, he sneaks up to a cer
tain distance and then, as is his fash
ion. Purines linon his urev. He full
into tho pit, from which he makes the I
most frantic but unsuccessful efforts to
escape. In a few days his strength
is exhausted.
In the meantime tho natives have
built a bamboo cage whieh is let down
over him, and afterward big pieces of
rattan are gradually worked under him
to make the captivity complete. By
the time this last operation is per
formed tho tiger is nearly dead from
exhaustion, covered with blood, foam,
dirt and altogether very miserable. An
immense tiger, which I sold and whieh
is at present with a larsro traveling
how, captured last June, is a man
eater. Three months before his capture
he had eaten a woman aud child, and
on this account we received $VM bounty
from the Government where we caught
him. Leopards arc captured in the
isme way as tigers. New York Press.
Longest Whiskers In the World.
The bewhiskered gentleman whose
portrait appears with this article is
Lagrand Larow, of Barton County,
Missouri. Ha has an expanse of whis
kers that would give the wind much
port in fact, that would employ a
Western cyclone in its idle moments.
Ho has unquestionably the loudest
whiskers in the world, and had nature
been as lavish with Samson in his chin
ners as she has been with Mr. Larow,
nd bad endowed Samson with strength
in proportion to that (riven him for
his cranial adornment, he could have
pulled down the
Hock of Gibralter
if ho had wanted to.
Mr. Larow is a
bachelor, a farmer
and stock-raiser, is
six feet tall, weighs
175 pounds, and has
not shaved for six
tetn years, says the
Kansas City Kaw's
Mouth. His whis
kers are seven feet
long, and he wishes
to gather a collec
tion of pictures of
long-hairen people.
being desirous oi
exchanging photo
graphs with every
man in the United
States with a beard
over four feet long,
and every unmarried lady with hait
over five feet long. He was born in
r i.: n X- V ....1.
two in family, and of parents whose
brothers were noted for beards thai
were heavy but not of extraordinary I
length. Mr. Larow came West in
1877 and has been a resident ol
Barton County nearly fifteen years,
owuing a farm a short distance from
Lamar, the county seat.
Force of Habit.
Photographer "Head a little more
to tue ion, please." Truth.
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SOLDIERS' COLUMN
FIBST BULL RUN. ,
How Col. Greene's Bravery Bslpsd Bits
tbs Union Army.
I WAS a member
of Patterv O. !2d U.
8 Art., during Ihs
Ula war. Tim bat
tery was command
ed Jitlv 21. 18tll, by
First Lieut. O. 1).
(Jreen (now Colo
no! ami Assistant
Adjutant .General,
U. A. Army.) as
lf kM ever drew a .word.
'III. I rT Early In ths morn-
Inn of July 21, tho
hutf.trv ' a ranri.
I- "i ' for action. Oreone
WVtV''T' n",,,B " horl
Nts11 tv'1'"18 lo ,,B mem
bers, saying:
IK Ji .'it'll, ii'Buuia
uny ngnuns;. I ru-
bably none of vnu,
" -'myself Included,
wr svsr iu any bin battl. I want no
man to go into the battle that feels timid
about It. Step to the front, all who want to
stay back."
Not one of in n oved. I think It wouldn't
have been good for hit health if anyone
had.
"Drivers and rnnnoneert, mount!" wn
the order, and off to ths battlefield we went
si full gallop.
The ft ri tut of ths Infantry greeted our ears
on tho road. We went in battery on ths
left of the batt It-Held, and woreengnited mors
or lens during the day. We belonged to
(ten. Dixon a. Miles s Division, of Harper's
Ferry fame.
About 8 p. m. ths battery commander re
calved ordi'ra lo limber up and fall to ths
rear, which order was obeyed; but we did
not go very far.;only on the outskirts of the
woods, when I.ieut. Greene commanded
"Halt," saying, "Here 1 stay ortiie. Men,
will you stuud by me?" "Yes, ye." re
plied the batterym-n, and with cheers ws
unlimber dantf loaded the six pieces with
spherical cawhot.
An Aid of (icn. Miles'srode up and said:
"Lieut, (freene, (ien. Miles orders you to
limber up your battury aud move to the
rear"; which ordrr lis disobeyed, saving to
ths Aid: "Who In are you? Hot out of
here!" , . ,
Tbs 18th N. Y.. commanded by Col. Jack
son, uptortpd us and l.teut. lireeue asked
Col. Jfkon: ;'Will you nay and support
my battery'.'"
"1 will, instruct me what to do, as you
ore a West I'otntrr, and 1 will carry out
your instructions."
After the infantry were In proper position
ws awaited developments. Vie hadn't very
long to wait until the HhirU Horse Cavalry
came out in lull charge after the retreating
troops. ' Now. men, steady until I give the
command to lire," said Ureene. "Fire!"
came t lie order, ami they received the full
benefit of the whole charge, and horses and
riders tumbled down, ami ihnt was the latt
we saw of I hut famous cuvalrv.
I say with pride. every member of the
buttery did.thut we raved a tmit of the army
from destruction, thanks to Lieut. Ureene s
courage aud bravery.
After durk we fell back to Fairfax Court
house, where we slaid till morning, then
falliiu- buc to our old camp. After a few
day. I.ieut. Ureene w:is called to Washing
ton, if I am not mistaken, before a court of
inquiry, where he wa honorably acquitted
and brevetted Captain for gallant service in
said battle. A few welt afier we iost our
brave commander, he being promoted on
some stall duty. We all felt sorry for th
loai. .Ur.TiN- riAriiT, in "National Tri
bune "
A THYINO BllUATTON. !
Signaling the Presence of Forrest in tbs
Face of Almost Sure Death. '
At s meeting of H. V. Merrill l'ost. 41!),
Depaitnitnt of Michigan, Hay City, Mich., :
Comrade Ueorge W. Htitterlleld, Co. B. 2'Jd
Mich., related an incident of more than
usual interest which happened June 4, Ivil,
about 4 o'clock p. m. lie was stlui hed to
the Signal Corps and stationed ab iut H
miles south from Nashville, near Franklin, '
Tenn., on the Harpeth Klver.
The point whs accutded by a small force
of observation distributed along the bunk of
the river, an. I commanded by Col. Ilnird.
Pickets were posted at the end of the bridge ;
on the opposite side of the Mtreuiu, ami ths
signal station was an elevated p atfurm in
f 'ill view or the river and In communication
witb another signal station three miles dis- I
taut, toword Nashville, where there was a .
considerably larger I'nton force.
The rebels occupied Columbia, a short
distance sway, witb a strong force. About ,
4 o'clock In the afternoon the picket pons,
stationed at ihe end of the bridge across the
river, was attached and retired bringing
with them a prisoner, who reported Forrest
preparing to attack with 12. 000 men.
After eichanging slew shots with the
enemy Col. Haird rode up and directed
Lieut. Howgate to signal the next station
tbs presence of the ens uy in fores and ask
for reinforcements. I
Lieut. Howgate, after preparing the lues- j
sage, called for a volunteer to signal the nies- i
age Private Johnson volunteered, and
sening the Hag mounted ths platform, but
before he bad attained a standing position
the rebels tired a full volley and Johnson
fell, pierced with six bullets.
Another call was made fors volunteer to
take his nlsce. Hut the exposed position.
ths force of the enemy and their evident
purpose to prevent me signaling raaue ids
attempt hopeless, and certain death to the
man attempting It:
A private then suggested to Col.Ralrd who
was standing by. that it was but three miles
to the next signal station, and a man might
ride there in 10 minutes. Col. Haird ac
cepted the suggestion and dispa ched a
mounted man with the messuge st once.
After about 1.1 minutes the messenger re
turned, batless. his horse in a foam, and re
ported a strong force of tbe enemy between
the stations, and he was unable to deliver
bis message.
CoL Haird then said tho signal must be de
li verei. Lieut Howgate then directed the
five men of his station to draw cuts, and
marked figures 1 to 5 on slips of paper. No.
1 to Dag ihe signals. No. 6 was drawn first,
then No. 2, and then Comrade Hutterrleld
drew No. 1. It was nearlv the first time he
had heard the whistle of a bullet, being
new In the field. Tbe next day be would be
20 years of age, slid what seemed to him
ths certainty of death made the situation a
trying one. und. for the ne meut unnerved
him and made him speechless. But after a
moment he recovered himself and signalis
ed bis determination to make tbe effort.
Taking off bis coat aud seizing the Hag, be
mourned the platform and was greeted with
s storm of lead. Hut he weved the Hag and
signaled ths message, though before its con
clusion a battery bad Joined the musketry
fire and was hurling shells at the operator.
As ths last word was delivered by the wav
ing Hag, Huttertleld fell in a faint from tbs
platform, and was picked up by his com
rades sadead. An examination, however,
showed that bis body was unscathed. Four
bullets had pased through bis trousers.two
through bis sleeve, the top of bis cap was
hot away, and tbe Bag was struck by 142
bullets It was mors than a wee before
Comrade ButterHeld recovered from tbe
nervous shock bs had sustained, but be was
consoled with tbe fact that hs bad delivered
tbs message without a single mistake, and
that tlmsly help arrived and drove Forrest
from tbs Held M. M. Andrews in National
Tribune
Thb man who nukes bli own god
aa una that U merciless.
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FOR I'ARV AXD GARDES.
rmrrrjRH of onions.
This crop is grown either by seed or
by sets, which are small onions of the
previous year. If the seed is sown it
is dropped in rows nino inches ajiarj
and so that the onions may be three
inches apart in the rows. This takes
twenty-four pounds of seed to an acre.
The land should be rich and as fine
" as an onion bed," which is as fine as
it can be made. It is absolutely
necessary to keep ottt all weeds, and
somo hnnd weeding is always found
necessary to make a full crop of 800
bushels per acre. There is no other
crop that insists so positively on clean
culture and rich, mellow soil. But
nt the samo time no other pays better
for it. New York Times.
TttP. TF.8T FOR HKX.
An egg containing a live duck or
chicken, upon being placed in a dish
of tepid water, will immediately go
bobbing and kicking eccentrically
about. It is confidently asserted,
by somo reliable poulterers, that if
the air cell i situated on tho side tho
sex is assuredly feminine, and if on
the end the opposite. You can test
this for yourself. A chioken'g flesh
should bo yellow, a duckling, on tho
contrary, should bo white. For this
reason it must not have green food but
once a day when fattening. Never
go among a flock of ducks without a
liht nt night; if you do you will
frighten them and tho effects of it will
bo noticed for many days after.
Hang up a lantern and let it burn
during tho night that they may see
about them and remain quiet; it is
very important when keeping largo
flocks of ducks to remember thin.--New
York Independent.
CARRIAGE HORSK8 IN DEMAND.
Do farmers and horseman know that
there is a demand for fine, well
matched, carriage horses that is not nt
nil equaled by the supply, asks J. W,
Darrow in the New York Independent.
If they know it, they do not appreciate
it and profit by it to the extent they
might. The gentlemen who want this
stylo of horses are men who are able
to buy and pay for all they get, and
round prices do Hot deter them.
Auswer for them this question "Where
cull I get a pair of sound, well-matched
earriago horses of sixteen hands or
over?" niul you will have no trouble in
selling them at your own price.
One drawback to the breeding of
such horses is the " trotting " craze.
Nearly nil breeding litis been in the
trotting line. What has been searched
for with great persistency is the " re
cord breaker," nud in tho hands of
the professional breeder, the " record
breaker" has been produced. Hut
there is nothing iu such breeding for
the ordinary farmer. He cannot hope
to compete with the professional, but
he can get moHt excellent returns from
breeding the road and carriage horse.
Tho wise man is he who tries to supply
nn existing demand, not u possible or
illusory one ; and tho existing demand
for horseflesh is now in tho line above
indicated. Moreover, tho farmer cnu
do this without interfering in the least
with his ordinary farm duties, and
tho returns from a good colt sold now
and then will very materially help him
to solve tho problem of mukiug the
furm pay.
COUHINATION FOR ENHILAOR.
Professor J. W. Robertson of
Cunadti has beon experimenting in the
mutter of balanced rations for ensilage
and gives hia conclusions in Hoard's
Dairyuiun. He finds that Indian com
is an incomplete cattle food beeause
ita carbo-hydrates or heat producing
purts are largely in excess of ita al
buminoids or fleah producing parts.
His object was to grow something in
connection with corn which would
have an acnesa of albuminoids and for
this be selected the horse bean whieh
is extensively grown in England for
auimul food. The average yield of
green fodder from the horse bean in
Canada is six tons, and a chemical
analysis gave 870 pounds of albu
miuoida and ninety-four pounds of
fut per aero. But this combination
did not fully satisfy the professor
because there would now be a Jefici
euoy of fut. This he supplied with
the sunflower, which was raised in
rows three feet apart, plants twelve
inches apart in the row. Tho yield
was at tho rate of seven and one-half
tons of sunflower heads per acre, and
the analysis showed 352 pounds of
albuminoids and 729 pounds of fut per
acre. Tbe combination for the feeding
of cattle muy be prepared aa follows :
Halt a bushel of horse beans are
mixed with one-third of a bushel of
Indian ooru, aud are sown or pluuted
On one acre in rows three aud oue
tWf feet apart. The method of culti
vation to bo followed is similiar (
that for tho culture of fodder corn.
When the corn readies the glaring
stage of growth, the product from two
acres of tho mixture (whieh beintr
grown together is necessarily handled
as one crop) is cut and put into the
silo, together with the heads from half
an acre of sunflowers. The sunflower
heads may be reaped with a common
sickle, carried to the cutting Ixn on a
cart or wagon, and put through it on
and with the, Indian corn and horse
beans.
A horn Ktt.r.KR.
The bureau of auimat industry ol
the United Htntes Department of
Agriculture has recommended a mix
tnro for preventing tho growth of
horns upon calves. The mixture is
prepared by taking fifty parts of
caustic soda, twenty-five ports of kero
sene oil and twenty-flvo parts of water.
An emulsion is made of tho kerosene
oil mid soda by heating and vigorously
stirring, and this is then dissolved in
water. Tho mixture should then be
placed iu a bottle with a solid rubber
cork. Iu applying, tho following
directions should bo observed: First,
the calf should not bo over three weeks
old, from five to twenty days being
the proper age. A horn will some
times bo killed on calves that are even
four to oix weeks old, but it cannot be
depended upon with certainty.
Secondly, with a pnir of scissors clip
the hair around the embryo horn so
as to expose a spot about the size of a
nickel. While nn assistant holds the
cult securely, drop two or three drops
of tho mixture upon tho horn, and
with tho end of tho rubber cork rub
it in thoroughly over the bare spot.
Apply the fluid first to one horn and
then to tho other, until each horn has
been gone over three or four times.
Tho rubbing should be continued uutil
the caustic has softened and removed
the hair and surface skin immediately
nrouud the horn. Third, care should
be taken that the fluid does not spread
over too large a surfuce and run down
the sides of the face. To insure suc
cess, the mixture must be carefully
and thoroughly applied. If UBed care
lessly the embryo horu may not only
bo not killed, but the fuce of the calf
may bo disfigured by allowing tho
fluid to spread and ruu dowu over the
skin. Nebruska Farmer.
FARM AND OAKPEM NOTES,
Wood ashes are good for luwns,
A work horse needs euro, as well as
a thoroughbred.
Peas are among the very best pas
turage for swine.
Whitt) oak bnrk will stop the horse's
craving for boards.
I'lum and cherry trees should be
bushy, not spindling,
Cows require plenty of water, if they
are expected to give milk.
Judicious feeding is needed to keep
np the strength of your horse.
If straw is allowed the swine for lit
ter it should bo frequently changed.
A horse will respond more readily
to kindness than he will to the whip.
If you expect the oows to do well
yon must first have fed tho calves well.
Instead of allowing your surplus
fruit to rot, why not dry or evaporate
it?
Havo fewer low-prieod horses, and
the good ones will command a better
price.
Busswood is said to be the greatest
honey producer for tho short time it
is in bloom.
Oats with timothy or timothy with
clover hay make good ration when
muscle is needed.
As soon as the early vegetables have
been cleared from the garden prepare
for those that come later.
Coal ashes piled about the currant
and goosubery bushos will preserve
them from smut or mildew.
If a change of queens is necessary,
it should be done after the swarming
aud honey seasons are ovor.
The soapsuds at hand after wash day
will do good if used in watering
plants in the vegetuble gurden.
By placing a mulch around small
fruit plants it will bo of great benefit
to them, especially to strawberries.
It is difficult to find a horse fitted
for pleasure driving. The trouble lie
in forcing the development of the colt.
If it is desireiisio plant lima beans,
it is necessary that the soil be well
preparod, as they delight in a riob
soil.
In the garden, and among the frniu.
especially, a piece of work done ia
good season will save many times ita
oost.
Hives to face the north are recom
mended by some beekeepers. The
hive is not so hot in summer and ia
easily shaded.