THE DROWNING.
IIOW TIIKY MAY I1K RKSCL'KI)
iM) KKVIVKI).
A Timely Description of tn Methods
of tKnlamt's National I.lfe-Sav.
Ins Society Hint Which
Slay Save Human Life.
' K sro nil of nil too
lazy, too careless,
too self-indulgent
to take any pains
to learn those I it
tin things which
might easily be
learned, and which
would touch ns to
confront tho thou
sand nnI one
emergencies of daily lifo. For in
stance, the revolving year brings round
to ns again the bathing season and itn
attendant casualties. How many of
ns have the faintest conception of how
to act in case wo are present at any of
those casualties, how to rescue a swim
mer who is iu danger, how to resusoi
tnto thn apparently drowned? Yet
thousands of liven are sacrificed every
year in the ocoau, in lakes, in rivers,
and a largo proportion of these might
have boon Kaved by rightly directed
effort at the opportune moment. Which
of n can nay that he may not nt any
time ninko himself responsible for tho
loss of a valuable lifo through this
criiiiirml negligence?
The ICuglish are ahead of 11" in recog
nizing thin great truth, and in devis
ing plans for lessening tho perils of
those who go down to the sea or the
river in boats or in bathing dresses.
In the year 1HD1 they established a
National life-saving Mooiety, which,
though one of the youngest of their
National institutions, has already ac
complished much, and promises to in
crease in usefulness as it grows in pub
lic confidence and widens its sphere of
activity.
Thn last annual meeting of the so-
A SERIES Or ILLUSTRATIONS, SHOWING ROW
ciety was held early in March of this
year at St. James's Hall, in London.,
The Duke of York was elected Honor
ary President, and young Lord Ampt
hill, who made a remarkable record at
Oxford as an oarsman and swimmer,
was unanimously elected Acting Presi
dent. The Duke of Teck was made
Tioe-Premdent, while Messrs. William
and Archibald Sinulair were continued
in office as Secretaries of the society,
the positions which they have held from
the beginning. Their rooms, whioh are
also the headquarters of the society,
are at No. 3 Clarendon square, London
N. W.
The aim of the sooiety Is, in brief,
co promote and extend among the pub
lio at large a technical 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
public lectures and demonstration of
the drill. They are also doing their
best to stimulate public opinion in fa
vor of the general adoption of swim
ming, floating, diving and life-saving
drill as a branch of instruction in
schools and colleges.
The demonstrations which they are
giving are full of -interest, as will be
eon from the aooouipanying pictures,
taken at a reoent exhibition in Lon
don. The squads or classes are first in
structed on dry land and then the
movements are carried out in the water.
This double instruction is necessary,
because it is easier to explain the exact
reason for every movenieut while stand
ing firmly on land. The subsequent
objeot lesson in the water is rendered
luminous by the preliminary explana
tions. The rescue drill comes first in order.
The initial method shows how to deal
with a person who is lying qniet or dis
abled. Be is turned on his back and
the hinds of the resouer are placed over
the ears at the back of the head, tho
mouth being kept clear of the water.
is m
1 ur
This is very simple anil it restores eon
fldencfl to the rescued. The second
and third methods are more complex
and illustrate the means of bringing
in persons who are struggling. In
these Movement the 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' icr is tired ont or in
jured. Here the resrner swims with
the breast stroke, and the subject,
lying on his back, is made to rest his
hands on thn 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
eiil reckless assumption that it knows
all about it. The society indorses
wnat is known as the Sylvester method,
which is briefly as follows:
The moment the patient is brought
to dry land all tight clothing is re
moved. Tho neck and chest are ex
posed. Tho face is turned downward
with one of bis arms between forehead
and ground. Water thereby osonpes
from the mouth, and the tongue falling
forward leaves tho windpipe free.
The month is cleansed and wiped. If
satisfactory breathing commences tho
circulation of thn blood is assisted by
firnily rubbing the limbs upward, and
if possible the body is restored to bent
by means of warm flannel, bottles of
hot water and 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 nb
sent, different measures must be tried.
The patient is placed on a flat surface,
face upward, the shoulders being sup
ported by a cushion or sny article ol
dress at hand. Tho patient's tongue
is drawn forward and fixed by passing
an elastic baud or piece of string ovei
the tongue and under the chin. An
operator at tho patient's head grasps
TO SAVE AND RKV1VX TBI DROWNING.
the arms just above the elbows and
draws them gently and steadily upward
abovo the head, where they are kept
for two seconds. The chest being thus
expanded air rushes into the lungs.
Then the subject's arms are turned
down and pressed for two seoouds
against the sides of the chest. By this
means air is pressed out of the lungs,
and by repeating the procesj about
fifteen timon in a minute natural
breathing may return. Immediately it
does so heut and stimulants are to be
applied in the way already specified.
New York World.
A Hat ol the Season.
This hat is in black straw, lined
with black velvet, and trimmed with
pink, black laoe and delioate pink
roses. The crown is small and rather
high and is enoiroled with a band ol
pink silk. New York World,
The pet of aBrooksville (Fla.) young
wuama ii fc pig, that follows her about
to streets as though it were dog.
Catohlnf Tigers.
A dealer in wild animals saysi Tigerf
re caught by natives who know their
haunts and habits. About midway
between the place where the tiger rests
daring the day, and the water to which
How Tiar.n ark traited.
lie goes nt night, a pit is dug, twelve
or fifteen feet square, sixteen or eigh
teen feet deep, and sloping so that the
bottom will measnre about oightnen
feet square. This pit is dug during
the daytime when tho tiger is asleep,
and 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 bo 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 and nears
this spot, ho sneaks up to n cer
tain distance ami then, as is his fash
ion, springs upon his prey. He falls
into the pit, from which he makes tho
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 which is let down
over him, and afterward big pieces of
rattan are gradually worked under him
to make the captivity complete. I5y
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, winch I sold ami which
is at present with a largo traveling
show, captured last June, is a man
eater, lhreo months before his capture
ho had eaten a woman aud child, and
on this account wereooived10i) bounty
from the Government where wo caught
him. Leopards arc captured in the
isme way as tigers. New York Press.
Longest Whiskers In the World.
The bewhiskered gentleman whoso
portrait appears with this article is
Lagraml Larow, of Barton County,
Missouri. 11a has an expanse of whis
kers that would give the wind much
port in fuet, that would employ a
Western cyclone in its idle moments.
Ho has unquestionably the longest
whiskers in the world, and had nature
beeu as lavish with Samson in his chin
ners as she has beeu with Mr. Larow,
ind had endowed Samson with strength
in proportion to that given him for
his cranial adornment, lie could have
pulled down tho
llock of Oibrnlter
if ho hail 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.
ij being desirous ol
exchanging photo
graphs with overy
man in the United
States with a beard
over fonr feet long,
and every unmarried lady with hah
over five feet long. He was born in
Tompkins Connty, New York, with
two in family, and of parents whose
brothers were noted for beards that
were heavy but not of extraordinary
length. Sir. Larow came West in
1877 and has been a resident ol
Barton County nearly fifteen years,
owning a farm a short distance from
Lamar, the connty seat.
Force of Habit
Photographer "Head a little more
to tue itra, please." Truth.
Ml (OK I'll'!''!
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
rtBST BULL BON. ,
How Cot. Orssna's Bravery Helped Save
the Union Arm 7.
I W AS s member
of Batterv O, Ud U.
H. Art., 'during- ths
lals war. Ths bat
tery was command
ed Julv 21. l)l, by
first blent. O. I),
llreen (now Colo
nel snd Assistant
Adjutant .General,
U. ft. Army.) as
n vvJ ever drew s sword.
VL ll M Ksrly In the morn-
. lug of July 21. the
V ItMllwrv was rviwltf
Pf "' ' for action. Hreone
tVJr.iv k "ml ?n,,rt '!'
vi-v (i ro to ins meiu
' bern, saylni:
".Men, 1 presume
ne will have s linrd
i.(Jny' lluhtin. l'ro
t.. tmblv none of vou.
. Svmyalf Included,
were ever In any big battle. I wsnt no
man to so Into the battle that leels timid
about It. Hlep to the front, all who waul to
stay back."
Not out of ns n oved. 1 think It wouldn't
have been good for till health, if anyone
had.
'Driven ami rnnnolieerl. mount!" wm
the order, and off to ths baitletieM we went
st full callnp.
The firing of the Infantry greeted our ears
on tho road. We went In battery on the
left of the bstlleticlil.siul were engaged mors
or less during the day. We bploiiKcd to
den. Dixon 3. Miles Division, of Harper's
Ferry fsine.
About p. m. the battery commander re
ceived order 10 limber up and fall to the
rear, which order was obeyed; but we did
not go very far,;only on the outskirts ol lbs
wixsla. when Lieut, tlreene commanded
"Hall," saying. "Here I alav or 1 lie. Men,
will you stand by me?" "Ye. ye." re
plied! h bntteryni.nl, and with cheers we
unlimber d and loaded llis six pieces with
spherical rasvhot.
An Aid of lien. Milea'smds tip snd said:
"Lieut. Uroene. Hen. Miles orders you to
limber up your battery snd move to ths
rear"; which order bs disobeyed, saving to
the Aid: "Who in are you? net out of
here!"
Ths llh N. Y.. commanded by Col. Jack
son, supported us ami l.leut. (ireene asked
Col. Jai-kmn: yWIII you Hay und support
my battery .'"
l,I will, instruct mo what to do. as you
ar a West Pointer, and 1 will carry out
your instructions."
After the inlantry wers in proper position
w awaited developments. W hadn't very
long to wait until the lilack Horse Cavalry
came out In lull charge after the retreating
troops. ' Now. men, steaily until I givo the
command to lire," ald Kreene. "Fire!"
came the order, and they received the full
benetlt of the whole charge, and horses snd
riders tumbled down, and that was the last
we saw ol' ihut famous vavalrv.
1 say with pride, as every member of the
butiery iliil.tliiit we raved a pail of the army
from destruction, thanks to l.leut. llreene s
courage and bravery.
After dark we fell back to Fairfax Court
house, where e staid till morning, then
falling hue to our old camp. AHers few
day. I. lent. Ilieene was called to Wsshing
Inn. If I am not mistaken, belore a court of
inquiry, where he wa. honorably acquitted
atitl brevet ted Captain for gallant service in
said battle. A few wi-eks Hfier we iost our
brave commander, he being promoted 011
some stall duty. We all felt sorry for the
loss. Mi;ti' 8 iiaciit, in "National Tri
bune "
A THYINU B11UATION. !
Signaling lbs Presence of Forrest in tbs
Face of Almost burs Death. '
At a meeting of II 1. Merrill I'ost. 411,
Depaitmtut of Michigan. Hay Ciiy, Mich., ;
Comrade tieorge V. Hntierlleld, Co. Ii, Jd
Mich., related an incident of more than
usual Interest which hapienod June 4, lski,
about 4 o'clock p. ru. he was attached to
the Signal Corps and stationed about IS
miles south from Nashville, near Franklin, '
Tann., on the Harpeth Kiver. ,
The point was accupted by a email force
of observation dixtrlbuied along the bank of
the river, and commanded by Col. Ilmrd.
Pickets were posted at the end of tho bridge ;
on the opposite side of the stream, und tbs
signal station was an elevated p inform in
full view or the river ami In comni'itilcutlon
with another signal station three miles dis- I
tant, toword Nashville, where there was a .
considerably larger I'nion force.
The rebels occupied Columbia, a short
distance sway, with s strong force. About ,
4 o'clock in the ufternonn ths picket posts,
stationed st ihs end of the bridge across the
river, wss attached and retired bringing
with them a prisoner, who reported Forrest
preparing lo attack with U.OoO men.
After exchanging a lew shots with the
enemy Col. liaird rode up snd directed
Lieut. Howgate to signal the next station
the presence of ths ens ny in fores snd ask
for reinforcements. I
Lieut. Howgate, after preparing tbs mes- j
sage, called for a volunteer to signal ths mes- 1
age l'rivnte Johnson volunteered, snd ,
seising the Hag mounted ths platform, but
before he bad attained a standi nx position
ths rebels tired s full volley snd Johnson
fell, pierced with six bullets.
Another call was mads fors volunteer to
take his place. But the exposed position,
the force of the enemy and their evident
purpose to prevent ths signaling mede ths
attempt hopeless, and certain death to the
man attempting it:
A private then suggested to Col.Baird who
was standing by. that it was but three miles
to the next signal station, und a man might
ride there in 10 mi miles. Col. liaird ac
cepted the suggestion and dispa ched a
mounted man with ths message at once.
After about IS minutes the messenger re
turned, batless. his horse in a foam, snd re
ported s strong force of tbs enemy between
the stations, and hs was unable to deliver
bis message.
CoL Uuirdtlien said the signal must be de
livered. Lieut. Howgate then directed tbs
Hvs men of bis station to draw cuts, snd
marked figures 1 to 9 on slips of paper. No.
1 to flag ilie signals. No. S was drawn first,
then No. '2. and then Comrade Biitlertleld
drew No. 1. It was nearly the first tints hs
bad heard ths whistle of s bullet, being
new In lbs field. The next day he would bs
20 years of sge, and what seemed to him
tbs certainty of death made the situation a
trying one. und, for the ne meut. unnerved
him and made him speechless. But alter a
moment he recovered himself ami signalis
ed bis determination to make the effort.
Taking off bis cost and seizing the Hag, bs
mounted the platform and was greeted with
s storm of lead. But lis wrved trie Hag snd
signaled ths message, though before its con
clusion s battery bud Joined the musketry
fire and was hurling shells at tbs operator.
As the last word was delivered by ths wav
ing Hag, ButtertUid fell iu s faint from ths
platform, aud was picked up by bis com
rades as dead. An examination, however,
showed that ids body was unscathed. Four
bullets bsd pssssd through his trousers. two
through his sleeve, ths top of hts cap was
shot away, snd the Hag was struck by Hi
bullets. It was mors than a weex before
Comrade Butterfield recovered from tbs
nervous shock hs bod sustained, but hs was
consoled with the fact tbst hs had delivered
tbs message without s single mistake, and
tbst timely help srrived snd drove Forrest
from the field M. M.Amdssws in National
Tribune j
Thk man who nukes bit own nod
ia on that In merciless.
FOB FARM AD OARDES.
mtr.Tt'Bsi or 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
in dropped in rows nlun inches apart
and so that the unions may be three
inches apart in tho rows. This takes
twenty-four pounds of seed to an acre.
The laud should be rich and as fine
" as an onion bed," which is as fine as
it can bo made. It is absolutely
necessary to keep out all weeds, and
some hand weeding is always found
necessary to make a full crop of H00
bushels per acre. Thero is no other
crop that insists so positively cm clean
culture and rich, mellow soil. But
at the same time no other pays better
for it. Now York Times.
THE TEST FOR HEX.
An egg containing a live duck or
chicken, upon being placed in a dish
of tepid water, will immediately go
bobbing ntul kicking eccentrically
about. It is confidently asserted,
by somo reliable poulterers, that if
the air cell U situated on tho side tho
sex is assuredly feminine, and if on
the end the opposite. You con test
this for yourself. A chu'kcu'e flesh
should bo yellow, a duckling, on tho
contrary, should be 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
lilit nt night J if you do you will
frighten them ami tho effectH of it will
bo noticed for many days after.
Hang up a lantern nnd let it burn
during the night that they may see
about them and remain quiet; it is
very important when keeping largo
flocks of dticka to remember this.
New Y"ork Independent.
CARRIAOE HOUSES) IN DEMAND
Do farmers and horseman know that
there is n demand for fine, well
lniitcheil, carriage horses that is not at
nil equaled by the supply, asks J. V.
Darrowin the New York Independent,
If they know it, they do not appreciate
it nnd profit by it to the extent they
might. The gentlemen who want this
stylo of horse are men who aro able
to buy nnd pay for all they get, nnd
round prices do not deter them.
Auswer for them this question "Where
can I get a pair of sound, well-iuutched
carriage horses of sixteen hands or
over?" aud you will have 110 trouble in
sidling them ut your own price.
One drawback to tho breeding of
such horses ia the " trotting " craze.
Nearly all breeding has been in the
trotting line. What has been searched
for with great persistency is the " re
cord breaker," and iu the hands of
the professional breeder, tho "record
breaker " has been produced. But
thero is nothing in such breeding for
the ordinary farmer. He cannot hope
to compete with the professional, but
he can get most excellent returns from
breeding the road and carriage horse.
The wise man is he who tries to supply
nn existing demand, not a possible or
illusory one ; and tho existing demand
for horseflesh is now in the line above
indicated. Moreover, tho farmer cnu
do this without interfering in the least
with h.H ordiuury farm duties, nnd
tho returns from a good colt sold now
nnd then will very materially help him
to solve tho problem of making tho
farm pay,
COMBINATION FOR ENHILAOE.
Professor J. W. Robertson of
Cunuda bus been experimenting in the
mutter of balanced rations for ensilage
and gives his conclusions in Hoard's
Dairyman. He fluds that Indian com
is an incomplete cuttle food because
its carbo-hydrates or heat producing
purts are largely in excess of its al
buminoid or fleiih producing parts.
His object wits to grow Something in
connection with corn which would
have an access of albuminoids and for
this be selected the horse bean which
is exteusively grown in England for
auimul food. Tho average yield of
green fodder from the horse bean iu
Canada in six tons, and a chemical
analysis gave 870 pouuds of albu
minoids and ninety-four pouuds of
fut per ncro. But this combination
did not fully satisfy the professor
because there would now be a defici
ency of fut. This he supplied with
the sunflower, which was raised in
rows three feet apart, plauts twelve
inches apurt in the row. The yield
was at tho rate of seven and one-half
tons of sunflower heads per acre, and
the analysis showed BS'J pounds of
albuminoids aud 729 pouuds of fut per
acre. The combination for the feediug
of cattle muy be prepared us follows:
Half a bushel of horse beans are
mixed with oue-third of a bushel of
Iudian 00 ru, aud ure sown or planted
on one acre iu rows three ami oue
balf feet apart. The method of culti
vation to bo followed is simillar te
that for the culture of fodder corn.
When the corn reaches the glaring
stage of growth, the product from two)
acres of tho mixture (which being
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 box on a
cart or wagon, and put through it on
and with the, Iudian corn and horse
beans.
A HORN KIM.ER.
The bureau of animal industry ol
the United Ntntes Department of
Agriculture has recommended a inix
turo for preventing tho growth of
horns upon calves. The mixttiro is
prepared by taking fifty parts of
caustic soda, twenty-five parts of kero
sene oil nnd twenty-flvo purts of water.
An emulsion is inudo of tho kerosene
oil and soda by heating nnd vigorously
stirring, and this is then dissolved in
water. Tho mixture should then bo
placed in a bottle with a solid rubber
cork. Iu applying, tho following
directions should bo observed: First,
tho calf should not bo over three weeks
old, from five to twenty days being
the proper age. A horn will some
times be killed on calves that are even
four to six weeks old, but it cannot be
depended upon with certaiuty.
Secondly, with a pair of scissors clip
the hair around the embryo born so
ns to expose a spot about the size of a
nickel. While nn assistant holds the
ciilf securely, drop two or threo drops
of tho mixture upon the horn, and
w ith tho end of tho rubber cork rub
it in thoroughly over the bare spot.
Apply the fluid first to ouo horu and
then to tho other, until each horn has
been gone over three or four times.
The rubbing should bo continued uutil
the caustic lias softened and removed
the hair and surface skin immediately
urotiud the horn. Third, care should
be taken that the fluid does not spread
over too largo a surface and run down
the sides of the fuoe. To insure suc
cess, tho mixture must be carefully
and thoroughly applied. If used care
lessly the embryo horn may not only
be not killed, but the face of tho calf
may bo disfigured by allowing tha
fluid to spread and run down over tha
skin. Nebraska Farmer.
FARM AND OAItDEM NOTES,
Wood ashes are good for luwns.
A work horse needs cure, as well as
a thoroughbred.
Peus are among tho very best pas
turage for swine.
White oak burk will stop the horse's
craving for boards.
PI urn and cherry trees should be
bushy, not spindling,
Cows rcquiro plenty of water, if they
ore expected to give milk.
Judicious feeding is needed to keep
op tho 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 sows to do well
yott must first have fed tho calves well.
Instead of allowing your surplus
fruit to rot, why not dry or evaporate
it?
Have fewer low-priced horses, and
the good ones will command a better
price.
Busswood is said to be the greatest
honey producer for the short time it
is iu bloom.
Outs 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 tha enrrant
aud goosebery bushes 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 over.
The soapsuds at hand after wash day
will do good if used in wateriug
plants in the vegetable garden.
By placing a mulch around small
fruit plants it will bo of great benefit
to them, especially to strawberries.
It is di moult to And a horse fitted
for pleasure driving. The trouble lie
iu forcing the development of the colt.
It it is desire ssio plant lima beans,
it is necessary that the soil be well
prepared, as they delight in a rioh
soil.
In the garden, and among the frniu.
especially, a piece of work done in
good season will save many times its
cost.
Hives to face the north are recom
mended by some beekeepers. Tha
hive is not so hot in summer and i
eiwilr shaded.