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THE FEVER IN CUBA.
HOW AMERICANS ‘WILL ROOT OUT
THE DISEASE.
Don “’eyier‘s Calculation That the
“Yellow Jack” \Vould Eight “'holly on
the Side of Spain is Not “'ilhout Points
of interest.
When the Spanish butcher, General
Weyler heard that the United States
were concentrating troops for the in«
vasion of Cuba, he cooly remarked—-
“The yellow fever will kill half of
them and we shall dispose of the other
half." Weyler in threatening our
armies with this scourge seems to for-
get that he really furnishes this gov-
ernment with an excellent and most
cogent reason for ridding ourselves
once for all of the proximity of a pest
house on our borders, and the bringing
of Cuba under the same sanitary con-
ditions that have practically extirpated
the yellow fever from the Southern
ports. Had the United States no high-
er grounds for interference in the af-
fairs of an adjacent island, the filthy
and unhealthy conditions under which
the Weylers, have perpetuated them-
selves in Cuba would have been alone
amply sufficient. For until the Span-
iard is driven out the yellow fever will
remain to be a menace to the health
and happiness of the people of this na—
tion despite every effort of Congress
to bar it out.
The United States will not neglect
cleanliness, vaccination, and the pro-
curing of wholesome drinking water
for the Cubans, and least of all need
there be any apprehensions that our
people will encourage the Spanish idea,
that epidemics are specially sent by
God, and that only in his own good
time will they disappear. The benev-
olent butcher-general need not rely
too much either on the decimation of
our tr00ps by yellow fever which will
eventually be driven out with the pious
despotism of Spain at the point of the
l‘ancet. For meantime we shall burn
enough of sulphur to not only kill all
those murderous microbes through
which Weyler with characteristic cow-
ardice hopes to overcome the valor of
our army, but to keep the name and
prowess of the great republic ringing
around the ears of the dying dynasty
of Spain for the balance of Mr. Wey-
ler’s natural life.
Don Weyler’s calculation was that
the "Yellow Jack" would fight wholly
on the side of Spain. This is not with-
out interest. Upon what is this hope
based? Is it upon the belief that the
microbes love the Spaniards and hate
the Yankees? It is difficult to see how
Americans would be more amenable to
the disease than have been these sol-
diers which Spain has already sent to
Cuba. That the Spanish, however,
rely as much on yellow fever as upon
the boasted tenacity of their aims to
play havOc with the troops of the'
United States seems plain enough;
and the dread of the epidemic may
have some influence in causing the
country to give such attention to yel-
low fever as it never previously con-
sidered necessary. '
About ten years ago a movement was
before Congress to establish a. commis-
sion to check the ravages of yellow
fever by inoculation. The proposed
bill which was backed by the Louisi—
ana State Board of Health was report-
ed favorably to the Senate but no
proper action was taken on the sub-
ject then, though the investigations
had the effect of increasing informa-
tion on the nature of this disease that
is far ahead of any in the possession
of Spanish doctors.
Yellow fever is a heritage of the era
of slavery. Had we never imported
Africans we might never have known
what yellow fever was. The virus of
yellow fever comes originally in the
last resort from the discharge of the.
sick negro and from the scourings of
slave ships that had been thrown out
at the ports of debarkation and which
carried back and forward with the flow‘
and ebb of the tide fermented under
the heat of a tropical sun and so taint-
ed the shores of the surrounding at-
mosphere.
The poison first‘generated in quar-
ters where the negro
which it spread along the shores
of the Gulf of Mexico and fructifled
particularly in the mangrove swamps
of Cuba and the West Indies. For
twenty years after the termination of
the Civil War—slavery being continued
in Cuba—Lt raged in Memphis, Mobile
and other Southern cities. With us,
however, it has long since yielded to
science and sanitation though occa-
sionally the taint has periodically
reached us from Havana,-where the
virus has fermented and multiplied:
being carried into harbors in trading
ships through various vapors on in- ‘
fected crews. When extirpated from
Havana it will be finally eradicated
from its favorite habitat in the breed-
ing nest provided for it by Spain and
from which repeated quarantines, fum-
iigations and disinfections have been
powerless to abate its virulence, prin- ’
cipally on account of the difiiculty of
divorcing the Spaniard from his filthy
environments. »
Yellow fever like typhoid requires
certain conditions for its development.
It arises from noxious exhalations or
miasmata, and flourishes in stagnant
water or under a hot sun. Badly aired
vessels, impregnated with a fetid hu-
midity, generate it, and these condi«
tions can be mitigated if it takes an
entire regiment of doctors to accom-
pany our sailors. With competent
medical officers, good nursing, proper
ventilation of ships and of tents while
on bivouac, with the atmospheric dis-
turbanca due to the discharge of can-
‘non and the consequent burning of
gun powder, the American troops will
cutter much less from yellow fever
than is generally supposed while en-
gaged in reducing Havana. -It is the
I universal testimony of all sanitarianl
that Yellow fever has its starting'point 2
in the lowest and filthiest quarters of '
lived from .
seaport towns, and that when proper
conditions are observed it has ceased
to be the devastating pestilence whiCh
it used to be in other years.
allowed that the worst possible condi-
tion in which to meet the disease is
. one of “funk” and it is probably either
in order to inspire our troops with fear
,or to make voluntary enlistment difli-
cult, that Spain's ex-Captain-Greflel'a1
dwells on the terrors of this mUCh
talked of disease.
habits and condition of health as in
typhoid fever at the time of attack;
and as the disease is rapid much de-
pends Upon prompt treatment and ac-
curate diagnosis. The symptoms are
usually an instantaneous shock at the
base of the brain, followed by uncon-
sciousness and a state of fever. In
bleed.
six or seven days they pass into the
circulation. Here they begin to repro-
duce and kill by poisoning the blOOd
causing rapid fatty degeneration with
other anatomical injuries which give
which the disease takes its name. This
common with typhoid fever.
kidneys are inflamed. Unlike typhom
fever, however, temperance is no safe-
guard against attack nor is intemper-
ance except in so far as it lowers the
system, necessarily fatal. Indeed the
chances of recovery are sometimes in
favor of the bibulist rather than the
prohibitionist.
An officer who has served in the
West Indies relates that in one case the
led following the first stage of the
fever, violated every prescription and
order of the attending physician, but
was cured. One peculiarity of this
disease to which the old saw “preven-
tion is better than cure applies" is that
it never attacks a pure-blooded negro.
If the yellow fever should ravage our
troops to the extent hoped for by Spain
the United States have fortunately still
in its 8,000,000 citizens of Afro-Ameri-
can origin, enough of fighting valor to
subdue the dons in Cuba.
To Cure Human Diseases.
human diseases by encasing the body
in a freshly-slaughtered bullock’s
skin. The system—known as math-
erapeutics—has been in use in France
for many years with great success, and
;is gradually spreading throughout
Europe. Your own doctor may even
order you such a bath one of these
days. This is how the operation is
performed. ’
The patient is put into a. freshly—
' the heat of the blood to escape. The
head of the patient is the only part of
the body which is not encased in the
skin. After remaining a variable
. length of time in this unique bath, ac-
cording to the state of health of each
individual. the patient is taken out
and plunged into hot water.
These baths are most expensive lux—
uries, for a skin can be used but once,
as artificial heating of the blood does
not suffice for the natural life-giving
{warmth of the freshly—killed animal.
Only the rich can afford to indulge in
" them, and the Paris physician numbers
among his patients some of the wealth-
iest and most distinguished persons in
France.
Very Hard to Kill.
To shoot a human being in the head
causes instant death; but this is not
the case with animals. A headless fowl
”will run about for some twenty min-
utes, and a bear with a bullet in his
brain has still life enough to kill its
murderer if it can reach him within
a few minutes. The only vulnerable
point in many reptiles. is the spine,
and a snake with half an ounce of lead
in its cranium will live for many years.
The star-fish, jelly-fish and other crea-
tures of the protoplasmic genus, if
chopped into many small pieces, do not
die, but each separate particle becomes
a living star-fish, etc.
But the most peculiar instance is
that of the common English “death-
moth," as it is called. If you cut its
head, legs and wings off it still lays
i its eggs before dying; If you throw it
into scalding water, crush it under a
hammer until it is a mere pulp, it does
not breathe its last before it has pro-
duced some twenty eggs, which are in-
variably fertile.
A Critical Moment.
“Miss Laura,” began the youth, with
a flushed face and a tremor in his
ivoice, “I came this evening to ask
you—1)
“One moment, please, Mr. Hankison.
’ Willie, you are making too much noise
'with those toys. You’d better take
them into the other room."
“To ask you,” resumed the young
man, mopping his brow with a trem-
bling hand, “if you—"
“Willie, take those toys instantly
. and go." -
ache remedy you said the other even-
ing you were going to take, and if it
did you any good. I am nearly wild
with a headache to-nignt."
“I have forgotten the circumstance
to which you allude, Mr. Hankison,"
said Miss Kajones, coldly. “Willie, you
may remain if you wish.”
It is said that in London there are
no fewer than 10,000 professional musi-
cians of various grades, and that mot.
than half of them are women. ”he“
i
It is also -
A good deal, too, depends on the .
most cases the stomach is effected and i
in some cases the gums and nostrils 5
The immediate cause as stated ;
by a specialist is that termed the baC- g
illus icteroides wnich collect in great .
force in the spleen from which after ,
rise to the lotus or yellow color from _
special fever has many other points in ~.
The liv- .
er loses all functional activity and the ,
patient during the most dangerous per- .
The French have a system of curing '
killed bullock-skin, and the hide is'
'qulckly sewn up. so as not to allow :
“If you have tried that new head- '
BARCELONA HARBOR.
ONE OF THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AND
BEAUTiFUL IN EUROPE.
; The City is Old, Very Old—Its History
Goes Back into Tradition, Which Do-
to Have Been Ila
Io
clares Hercules
Founder.
tiful harbors of all Europe is that of
Barcelona, the chief seaport of Spain.
Its magnificent port has long made it
the principal embarking center of the
kingdom for troops destined to'serve
i in distant waters and lands. From
5 this point werelshipped the thousands
? of youths, who found death, not glory,
‘ in Cuba; and here she is now gather-
: ing her soldiers and manning her war-
é ships preparatory to sending them
; forth to defend her trans—Atlantic pos-
i sessions. Barcelona, the quiet, the
' beautiful, is being ,uickly transformed
‘ into a noisy, bustling military center,
I haunted by sad—eyed women.
The city is old, very old. Its his-
tory goes back into tradition, which
' declares Hercules to have been its
founder. In the time of the Carthag-
' inians it first bec me of importance.
The Romans conquered it and made it
. great. In the ninth century the city
1 was ruled by a Christian chief, with
l the title of Count of Barcelona, which
E was afterwards merged into that of
' King of Argon. During the year 985
i it was captured by the Moors; but re-
The city
lnow became very powerful. It di-
vided with Italy the commerce of the
'world. ~It ruled the Mediterranean.
i Barcelona became a name powerful in
Europe. The great of the world
sought its gates; and wealth, learning
and luxury made their homes within
its walls. Ferdinand and Isabella
loved the city; and here, in 1493, they
received Columbus after his famous
voyage.
For a time Barcelona was the capital
of an independent kingdom; but, dur-
ing the reign of Louis XIV and Philip
V it was captured by the allied forces
of France and Spain, sacked, burned
and robbed of its independence. In
the War of Succession, in 1795, the
city was taken by Lord Peterborough,
one of the famous sieges and captures
05 hiStory; but on the return of peace
was again restored to Spain. Napo-
Icon, in 1808, sent Duhesme, with 11,-
000 men as a. pretended ally, who en-
tered the city and tbok possession of
its citadel. When Napoleon fell Bar-
celona once more came under Spanish
rule, where it'still remains.
Barcelona is the least Spanish of all
the cities of Spain; and the most cos-
mODolitan. Spain, Catalonia and
France have each stamped a. portion
of its character on the city. The
resultant is not the highest type of
s conquered not long after.
humanity. The people are noisy.
turbulent and ”riotous. They are
.proud, selfish and fickle, becoming
easily discontented and always readY.
.at slight provocation, for a. riotous
, demonstration against the government.
Should a. revolution occur in Spain
Barcelona would be among the first to
fly the red flag. It is distinctly a
commercial city, the most enterprising
and flourishing in Spain. It possesses
immense shipbuilding yards. iron
works and hosts of other man—
, ufacturers. It is the Pittsburg
017 Spain; yet its blue skies are
unclouded and the purity 01' its
air untainted by black smoke and
vile fumes. Its people are on the hunt
for the “almighty dollar,” and, ap—
parently, they find it, for while Spain
has been growing poorer Barcelona has
become rich. The typical Spaniard is
too proud to be a trader; but the citi-
zens of Barcelona. have none of this
; false pride. They will do anything
to make money; and the result is they
hold the purse strings of Spain.
Barcelona is beautifully located on
the shores of the blue Mediterranean.
On one side is the magnificent harbor,
filled with shipping from all parts of
the world; and on the other gently
undulating hills and back of them the
wild ruggedness and grandeur of the
mountains. The air is ever clear and
pure. The sunrays are dazzling in
their brightness; but hot, sometimes
very hot. The vegetation is of luxur-
ant growth, and fruits and flowers
beautify the scene and make fragrant
the air. To live a month in Barcelona
is apt to give birth to the wish to dwell
there always.
The streets are often narrow and
dirty; but always interesting. The
Rambla. is the most famous of the
thoroughfares of the city. It is to
Barcelona what Fifth Avenue and the
Boulevard is to New York. Here are
the most important public places. It
is the pet promenade of the people, the
gathering place of whatever is most
Pleasant, polite or picturesque in the
life of the city. The Ramble. runs
from the sea in a northwesterly direc-
tion; and, unlike our streets, the mid~
dle part is given up to foot-passengers,
with a carriage way on each side.
Along its entire length grow two rows
of stately trees, making a cool walk
even on a hot day. On feast-days a
flood of people flow up and down the
Ramble. Another beautiful promen-
ade is the Muralla del Mar or sea wall.
This gives a. delightful view of the
harbor and the mediterranean. The
streets of Barcelona are fast becoming
- modernized and losing much of their
picturesQueness.
To the traveler the most interesting
' part of Barcelona is its churches; and
of its churches the cathedral is by far
the most notable. Indeed, some writ-
ers place the Cathedral of Barcelona
' above St. Peter’s at Rome, above the
churches of all other countries, in its
1 uplifting influence. :The beauty and
refinement of its architecture, the soft—
ness and perfections of its coloring
and details—the harmony of the whole,
, appeal to the soul as no other church
, does. The building was begun six
.hundred years ago, and to-day it in
not completely finished. ,
One of the most accessible and bean-1
-~.
A l'ni'table “’ardrobe.
A lady going abroad has made her-
self what she calls a portable ward-
robe. She frankly says that the idea
is not original with her, but is an Eng-
lish notion, and that she has only cop-
ied an article which she once saw in
London. The thing is so convenient
and easily made. and the woman who
travels or who in summer has a room
in the average boarding house with
the usual lack of closet space, may be
glad to know exactly how this porta-
ble wardrobe is. designed.
It is made of a large piece of water-
proof cloth or canvas such as one sees
used for gun cases, game bags and
men’s mackin-toshes. This piece is
five feet long by four wide, and is lin-
ed with brown boll-and. On the right
and left sides of the canvas are stitch-
ed flaps of hoiland like the lining, each
flap being the same width as the can
va-s and a little over half as long.
Across the top of the canvas is fast-
ened a rod with dress books. The
wardrobe is hung against the wall
with the rod at the top, gowns are
suspended from the hooks and the
flaps are then fastened over the gowns
which are thus securely protected
against dust and dampness.
Never Care: to Wander,
The range of the honey bee is but
little understood by themasses, many
supposing that bees go for miles in
quest of nectar, while others think
that they go only a short distance. It
may be curious to many to understand
how anyone can tell how far the bee
may fly, but this is simple when un~
derstood.
Years ago, when the Italian been
were first introduced in the United
States, these bees, having marks dif-
ferent to the common bees already
here, were easily distinguished, and
after any bee keeper had obtained the.
Italian bees they could be observed
and their range easily noticed. If
bloom is plentiful near where bees are
located, they will not go very far, per-
haps a mile in range. but if bloom is
scarce they may go five miles. Usu-
ally about three miles is as far as they
may go profitably.
Bees have been known to go as far
as eight miles in a straight line, cross-
ing a body of water that distance to
. land.
At the back of this canvas dress pre- .
server are straps
tacked, after the fashion of a shawl
strap. When the owner of the dresses
wishes to travel, she spreads her port-
able wardrobe on the bed, lays her
skirts and waists in smoothly. buttons
the flaps, rolls up the whole thing.
straps it securely, and behold! it is
ready to be carried or checked to the
owner's destination.-—Harper’s Bazar.
Children With Nerves.
A word about nervous children. Of
course there might be none. but there
are thousands. Never scold them nor
“make fun” of them. They suffer
enough without your threats or sar-
casm. Pretend not to See their awkl
wardness when in company, nor their
grim-aces when alone. A case was
discussed the other day of a boy of
ten years old. who, on being vexed,
and often without any apparent prov-
ocation, will clench ’his hands and
make the most frightful contortions
of the muscles of his face and head.
'His poor mother fears he is idiotic.
By no means. He is the brightest boy
in his class at school, fond of reading
and of natural history, but he is of a
highly nervous temperament and has
not been taught to control the little
wires, so to speak, on which he is'
strung. This is no single case. There
are thousands of children who give
way to their nerves in a like fashion.
Talk to them about these curious lit-
tle fellows that should be their ser-
vants, not their masters. Never chas-
tise them. The man or woman who
chastises a nervous child is on a level
with brutes that have no reason. En-
courage them. Help them. Be pa-
tient with them. They are the making
of our future successful men and wo-
men, for they will work hard at what-
ever they undertake. Brace up your
own nerves first and then be indulgent
toward the capers of your over-her.
vous children—London Mail. "Ctr”
Expensive Cooking Utensils.
There is no better proof of the in-
creased interest t-hat Women are tak-
ing in culinary matters than the dainty
and costly cooking utensils to be found
at the house furnishers. A saucepan
made of the best copper, silver lined,
and costing $42, tells its own story.
Never before in the history of house-
furnishing goods has an assortment of
culinary ware so expensive been put
on the market. There are long band-
led fryiuc pans of the. best grade of
copper, lined with silver, and costing
.113 much as most people would give
for a handsome sugar dish or a piece
of bric-a-brac for the drawing room.
Dainty little stew pans cost from $4.40
up to $12.50, according to size. The
smallest are hardly larger than a muf~
fin ring. There are water boilers just
as shapely and costing just as much
as a handsome vase or drinking cup.
and what women would be inclined to
class as “dear little receptacles,” of
make and quality so fine that terrapiu
stew made in them can be set before
the diner in the same vessel that it is
cooked in. Yet a half dozen of these
terrapin stew pans, made of copper
and silver lined, cost $20—fitting hold-
ers for food sorare and far famed as
Long Island and Chesapeake terrapin
at $3 and $5 apiece—New York Sun.
To Oversee Music Practice.
A young girl who is studying with
one of the best known pianists has hit
upon a plan to perfect herself in meth-
ods of teaching by going from house
to house and supervising the practic-
ing of her teacher’s younger pupils.
She is a sort of travelling musical
governness. This is not only a great
help to her in her musical studies, but
also a great advantage to beginners
and to their parents. The great bur-
den of responsibility for musical pro—
gress of their children rests upon the
parents. For, no matter how great
the te‘adher, ’he cannot enforce prac-
ticing when he is absent.
Many parents do not understand
music, and so they do not know
whether their children are practicing
their music correctly or not. In the lat-
ter case they are perhaps acquiring
habits which will retard their musical
progress. And so the student govern-
ess has found a. niche which has been
waiting for her for some timer-New
York Sun. ._ .. _. . .
sushi-l
c-~"'—— —-
and a handle ut- ’
i
If, while the little bee is out of its
home or hive, the hive should be re-
moved some ten or twenty feet, ac-
cording to the surroundings, when it
came back to where its home was first
located it would be hopelessly lost. If
its home was in an open space, with
no other objects close, it might find
its way home, but, even if the hive
should be moved only a. few feet.
many of the bees would get lost.
So to move a hive. if done in the
winter time, it would be all right, but
if in the summer time it shouldbedmw
after dark, or when the bees are not
flying. and even then the bees should
be stirred up some and smoke blown
in at the hive entrance and a board or
some object placed in front of the
hive so that the bees in coming out
may mark their new mention. Bees.
no doubt. are guided by sight and also
by sense of smell. They are attracted
by the color of bloom, as, if they are
at work on a certain kind of bloom,
they are not likely to leave that par-
ticular kind of bloom for any other as
long as they can find that kind.
Again, bees are often attracted to
sweets by their sense of smell, for
they will go after sweets even if in
the dark, if close. However, any kind
of sweets may be placed in glass in
plain sight, but it covered. so as not
to emit any smell. the bees will take
no notice of them—Baltimore Ameri-
can.
. Fall Plowing of Stubble Land.
The most common mistake in pre-
paring ground for fall grains is waiting
until just before‘seedi’ng time or about
the last week in August and the firs‘
in September. There are several rea-
sons wiiy early plowing is the best.
The weeds that have started after the
cutting of the small grains are turn-
ed under and kept from seeding. This
is no snail consideration where the
ground is at all foul. If some of the
weeds near the surface should start
after plowing. go over the field with a
barrow or some kind of a cultivator
and allow none to develop.
The chief value of early plowing is
that the land has an opportunity to be-
come well pulverized and compacted
before seeding time. If the land is
hard when plowed the numerous work
lugs which should be given it. with
the rains of late summer and early
autumn, will dissolve the clods an-
obli-terate damage, if present when the
seed is sown. Many failures with
winter grains can be traced to late
plowing and imperfect preparation 1.
the seed bed.
Begin plowing as soon as the shocks
have been removed from the field.
This will vary from the second week
in July to the first week in August.
A depth of about five inches is usually
sufficient, depending somewhat upon
the character of the soil. In a few
days go over the field with a barrow in
order to level the ground and create-n
mil mulch to prevent excessive evav
oration. Drag or roll several times
during the fall and follow each time
with a barrow to loosen the surface.
Seed the fall grains from September
10 to 20, always using a press drill.
1' Finely Cut. Silage Keene Best.
The extra labor involved in removing:
the whole corn from the silo is a seri-
ous drawback to that method of stor
ing, although fodder corn placed in thi
silo whole has in many instances comi
out in good condition. All things con
sidered. however, close packing proves
most desirable. Cut silage can b'(
more closely packed and the air wil'.
be more completely excluded than
when the crop is put in whole. For
these reasons the finely cut silage will
be subjected to a smaller degree of fer-
mentation and the losses should be cor-
respondingly less.
’i‘he advantages of slow fillir
against rapid filling have been strong-
ly urged us a means of procuring :.
so-called sweet silage. The term sweet
silage, however, is a misnomer, when
used to designate a definite condition
Such a product as strictly sweet sling;
never came from a silo, and the term.
if used at all, should be one of degree
rather than of kind.
Slow filling causes a greater degree
of heat to develop and uhis tends to
soften the mass and cause closer
packing, while the high temperature
does not favor the forming of acids.
At this high temperature, 135 to 150
degrees F, certain forms of fermenta-
tion often progress rapidly, and the
fact that less acid is formed when
slow filling is practiced does not prove
that there is a smaller loss of food
constituents during the siloing pro-
econ—American Agricultturalistt. '
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,
“a YOUTHS -
BEAN-BAG SONG»
Bean-bag, bean-bat
flying through the
sky.
Come and let mg
catch you— ;
Do not fly too highl’ ’
‘ - \ again;
‘ Do not fly toolow. .'
Fall into my hands. and then . ‘
Up again you gol
Bean-bag, bean-bag. sailing in the sun, " '.
Why do you come down so soon .
I
Spread your wings and fly away:
I‘d change you to a bird
Were I a fairy who. could say
The secret, magic wondl
Bean-bag. bean-bag. wouldn’t it be funny ,
- If I were but a princess.
And you a. bag of money?
But if you fell upon her nose
"1' would make the princess scold!
Beans are safer, I suppose. L
Then silver or than gold!
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—-Christoper Valentine in St. Nicholson“.
Tricks In Swimming. .
Plain swimming, with its attendant ,
diving, treading water, floating and
rolling in the warm sand, is quite good
enough sport for most young people. ,
But there are a number of tricks. and .
games in swimming which will help
to make the sport more fascinating.
than it is.
Few people realize how very nearly,
the human body comes to floating;
Drop your arm loosely in the water._
and it will rest near the surface, buoy--
ed in its place by the pressure of the
water.
of the head in proportion to the weight
of the body a man would swim as ens-.-
ily and naturally as a horse or dog.
With these facts in mind. the good
swimmer or floater keeps as much of
his body under the surface as he can.
0n the same principle a swimmer may,
keep himself afloat by holding a very,
small piece of wood in each hand, pro:
vided he allows himself to sink deep
into the water. It merely requires a
little confidence in letting the body so
deep into the water. .
A boy who falls overboard from a
ship, if he keeps cool and does not try
to raise himself out of the water, as
many frightened 'people do, can keep
afloat for some time by paddling gen-
tly, his clothing acting as a float until
it becomes well soaked. ~=
One of the greatest sports “in swim-
ming” may be had with a rubber tubc
ten or twelve feet long. Two large
empty spools should be fastened'to
the ends of the spool by crowding the
rubber into the hole in the middle of
each, which has first been enlarged
with a jack knife. The swimmer al-
lows one of the spools to float on the
surface of the water or fastens it near
a stone or log on shore or next to a
stake driven into the water. Then he
places the other spool in his mouth
and sinks out of sight under the wa-
ter. Of course he can breathe through
the tube, and he can remain a consid-
erable length of time without rising
to the surface. Any boy can readily,
imagine the various pranks he may,
be played with such an invention. It
will also be found useful in diving
for lost objects—Boston Journal.
Paddy Polan’s Bath.
It was the day of “the greatest show
on earth,” the “Eleven Elephant
Show,” and all the little ragamufilns
in town had followed the circus m-
gons from car to show ground, and
from there to the river, where the
eleven elephants were to be given the
unusual treatof a bath; or rather the
chance to bathe themselves, and one
another.
The small boys of the place spent
most of their summer days “going in"-
also; but among them was one little.
pug-nosed, freckle~faced little fellow-
Paddy Polan by name—who could
neither be coaxed nor driven into the
water,
Paddy was the most mischievous, as
well as the dirtiest, of them all, and
no sooner had the creatures from the
circus entered the water and began to
enjoy their clumsy gambols, with loud
trumpetings and the dashing of foun—
tains of air over one another, than
Paddy stationed himself on the edge
of the bank and began to throw stones
and unkind remarks at them.
The elephants, whose drab velvet
co'ats had been changed to black satin
by the water, were at first too happy
to be teased, but their keeper, who
had walked beside the baby elephant
to the river, carrying in his arms a
great milk bottle from which she took
her dinner, warned Paddy not to hit
the baby, as the mother elephant,
Beatrice, was very cross.
Paddy foolishly kept on, and soon a
stone struck the baby, and before the
boy could make his escape, the moth-
er, with a yell of rage, had seized him
in her trunk, and taken him out into
the middle of the river.
The crowd was silent with horrol-j
expecting to see poor Paddy dashed
to pieces or his life trampled out by
the herd. But, no, the others all st00d
back, and let Mme. Beatrice punish as
she would. '
She dipped the struggling‘ Paddy in
the' water, then taking him to where
the baby stood she used him as a
scrubbing brush, or sort of a wash rag
on his fat back and, sides.
Then, while every one screamed with
laughter, she threw Paddy on the
bank, a sadder, wiser and cleaner boy.
and there a chorus of voices greeted
him, crying:
“Paddy went in! Paddy Polan went
in!” ‘.
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Now 1 send yOu back -
It it were not for the weight '
Norwalk Chronicler