The Brussels Post, 1890-5-30, Page 22
THE BRUSSELS POST:
Max :io, 1890,
VIE INFANTILE PONT'S.
EVEN THE BABY HA$ BECOME THE
OBJECT OF REFORM.
Igen Nouns Trells or the Most Approved
WAY or firinglne l;p Children—New
Torn Ladles Who 11111 Net Allow Their
Sables to Se letssed-Yoatilatlou :aid
!'roper Diet.
Even the baby is the victim of reform.
/Methods employed twenty years ago are ha
tolerable in the nursery of to -day.
The infantile don'ts are almost as numer-
ons as the etiquetticat negatives.
Among the approved are;
Don't rock the baby.
Don't let him sleep in a warm room.
Dont let him sleep with his head under
cover.
Don't let him sleep with his mouth open,
Don't "pat" him to sleep.
Don't try to make him sleep if he is not
sleepy'
Don't let him pap inthe afternoon.
Don't let him be kissed.
Don't let him wear any garment that is
tight enough to bind his throat, arms, waist
or wrists.
Don't have ball -buttons on the back of hie
dress,
Dont have clumsy sashes on the back of
bis dress.
Don't cool his food by blowing it.
Don't feed hien with a tablespoon.
Don't use a tube nursing -bottle.
Don't change the milk you started with.
:Don't bathe him in hot or cold water.
Don't bathe him more than three tunese
week.
Don't allow a comb to touch his head.
Don't let him eat at the family table.
Don't let him taste meat until he is two.
Don't let him sleep on a pillow.
Don't coax, tease, torment, mimic or scold
him.
Don't whip him.
Deli t make him cry,
Don't notice bin when he pouts.
Don't frighten him.
Don't tell him about ghosts, boogaboos or
bad places.
Don't shake him.
Don't put him in short shoes.
Don't dance, jump or dandle bin.
Don't overfeed him.
Don't let him sleep With an adult
Don't place him face to face au a bed or in
a carriage withanother child.
Don't let him swallow things or eat ashes.
Don't let him roll downstairs.
Don't let bim fall out of windows.
Don't teach him to walk
Don't wash him with lye soap.
Don't let him chew printed cards.
Don't expose bis eyes to the sun unless pro
tooted by a peaked hat or veil
Don't scream in his ear.
Don't rap him under the chin.
Don't lift bun by the wrists or arms.
Don't starch any of his clothes.
Don't allow him to wear wet bibs.
Don't worry him.
Don't give bine anything to eat between
meals.
No babies in New York City had better
caro than the small son and tiny daughter of
Ir, Douglas Green. He took au apartment
in the Navarro to have Central Park for their
playground, For a while the family lives
on the ground door. It occurred to the fond
father that the air was rarer and sweeter
highse up, and he moved to the fifth door,
devoting the best room in the apartment to
the nursery,
Here the song of mocking birds and cam
arias, the clomping of blue birds and orioles
and the perfume of window gardens made this
air musical, merry and delicious.
Here the little tots lived and grew in beauty
and health attended by efficient and intelli.
gent nurses, watched over by a devoted and
lovely young mother and surrounded
by innumerable toys that instruct•
ed as wall as amused the.The room
in which they slept p t had two little brass bed.
steads, but no fire winter or summer, and the
system of ventilation was such that the air
was as fre.h and pure as it was possible to
have it and preclude draughts,
Not content with the superior excellence of
the plumbing, mfr, Green had every foot
of pipe overhauled at his own expense to
make etre that there was no sewer gas. The
bath in which the little ones were refreshed
was the same temperature as the child's body,
a thermometer being used to determine boob.
By the same means the health condition of
the baby was ascertained every day, and aau
the heat of the bread and milk and bond.
lion. Every drop of water used in pre.
paring the food and drink was carefully Ili
tered,
They took their outing in a carriage if it
was foggy and on foot in fair weather. They
had high top boots for wading purposes, and
they not only used them but actually wore
them out. A physician was hired by the
year, who was summoned, not to make them
well, but to prevent their getting sick, Bir.
Green believed in prevention. His objectwas
perfect phyaical development, which be at-
tained to a remarkable extent. The children
are not only beautiful personally and pbysi.
tally, but have the manners and bearings be.
longing to a Royal household,
Gastronomically they kuew nothing of a
surfeit. They had plenty of cold water and
sweet milk to drink, an abundance of brown
bread and butter, cereals and broths with
mashed potatoes and beef extracts. Cali-
fornia fruits compromised the dessert. Neat
and bonbons were forbidden articles of diet
The sweet little two-year-old daughter of
hiss. Sne11-McCrea had the same careful our.
tering, with the addition of a Preach maid
who taught the blonde toddler to lisp the
Parisian tongue. The cost alone of keeping
the baby in clean clothes amounted to 85 a
week. She slept, in a canopy crib, mailed up
in eider down and Persian Iamb, with the nur-
sery window wide open. It the pink in her
cheeks paled, Dr, Bowles was summoned and
ordered to restore the color, Not allowed to
give medicine, he once prescribed a pug dog,
with long reins, fringed with silver bells,
Nannette helped drive the wild poodle
up
Fifth avenue and tiny Allis Snell -McCrea
came back with the color of the Jacqueminot
rose in her caeek, ate her saPPer
t went
to bed
and slept twelve hours, The dootor's fees and
the prescription only cost $15, but who says
it was muds/
Mrs. George Gould has two beautiful boys,
and like Mr- Green and Mrs, Snell-MoCrea,
hoe object from their birth has been to make
perteet animals of thein.
These diminutive millionaires have a doe -
tor, two nurses and a maid between then,
and every morning, from 11 to 1, a coachman
and a footman delve up to the curbstone in a
brougham, and Hingdom Gould and Jay
Gould II„ with their white•aproned nurses,
go, oft for rho morning air. Nobody dares to
kiss these sweet, eatable follows, The nurse
girls won't have it, stirs. Gould won't ha''e
it, either, and a violation of her ordersmeati
ioetant dieraitsai. Approach one of the pink
and white olmbby boys with mouth made for
n Wee and the inaicl will withdraw. If You
peer's; 851e wilt frowtl; tort ralnng, sue feu
frankly say: "11008 ' nee but ,ales. Gould i.
a wise little women, and her boys aro a
match for clay pair of cherubs Hutt ever wore
s ingebt paint, print, marble or stained glass,'
-Nell Nelson, in the N, S. Works
CYCLING AND HEALTH.
'floe Dlow.Legged Cyoier and ids Other
Dangers,
Dr. B. W, iiiebardsuu, in The Asekspldd,
points out that mass certain erseutdal condi-
tloes.are obese s'e l eyellug is inevitably injuri-
ous to health.
He thinks that it Is always best to delay the
commencement of cycling until the bodyis
closely approaching to its maturity. Even
adult cyclists who are too much in the saddle
almost inviolably acquire what may be called
the cyoltst's figure, which is net graceful aid
is not Indicative of the full possession of per-
fectly balanced bodily powers. Hence I
should not reeommead cycling as a pastime
of the schools, and I should not favor it as an
exercise, even during holiday times from
school, except in the most moderate degree,
The systematic pursuit of cycling should
never be fully commenced until the rider has
arrived at maturity—that is to say, until the
age of 31 years has been attained.
The erect et eyeling on the upper extrema
ty of Swarm awe forearm is to alightly bend
the limb, the deformity taking place in the
arm bone and in the fingers, aur to bring
about an unnatural Curve of the shoulders,
On the lower limbs cycling tens as markedly
as it does on the spine; and, as the lower
limbs perform the greater part of the work,
they usually feel aha effect of it most distinct-
ly. Riding brings out and exaggerates any
deformity, however slight. The pelvis of the
rider, now practically a part of the machine,
is fixed to it, and is almost as rigid as itself.
lu this position of things the tbiglt bona fs
placed under unusual strain. Tho large mus.
cles in the fore part of the thigh are employ-
ed in extending or lifting up the leg at great
disadvantage of leverage, What the strain is
on these muscles every young cyclist knows
to his cost, and it is not until they get a kind
of extra -natural power that riding is easy.
The pressure upon the thigh bone causes bow.
leggedness.
We still maintain a baste error in the ma.
chine, by having it so constructed that the
pelvis of the rider becomes a axed port of
the machine. This is well Chown when the
cyclist has to meet a hill, In climbing we
push the machine or drag it, We want two
entire changes in construction of the ma-
chine, one by which we can bring the whole
weight of the body into the propulsion; the
other by which we can call forth all that
muscular power which is used with such
effect in walking and running, but Is lost in
cycling. If these two objects were attained,
and there is not the slightest reason why
they should not be attained, climbing would
be just as easy on the maahiue as it is of/ it;
while the degree of speed that would be rend-
sred applicable would, at least, be doublets:
that is to say, if now in ordinary riding the
four utiles an hour of the pedestrian is changed
into eight, it would than, with the same
amount of exertion, be turned into sixteen•
while the twenty miles an hour of the fastest
rider would be turned into forty, if that
were a safe pace to travee—St, James Gaz-
ette,
VANDERFELT'S ROAST PIG,
A:Toast Flt for The llontezumas prepared
by a Well known Actor.
E. H, Penderfelt the actor, has an aeom-
pllshneut which many of his friends enjoy
as numb es he. Ile can mash a pig as never
pig was roasted, before, these friends think,
and Ise roasts one often, and when he does
this a merry party sits around the board on
which the savory, orisp,,brown and tempting
dish is placed,
The Hain whoseheart will not warm over e
deliciously roasted perfectly dressed and
baudeoneely garnished pig, must be a mis.
stthrIc cynic. i
c n c, But the man who could
P
wa
toh a
V naevi t' then r bh
al a kitohe from a
time he begins his cooking until he pulls from
the ovou the great pan, steaming and crack-
ling, without getting into a sympathetic con-
dition of intense and breathless interest,
ought mover to have the good fortune to eat
a well roasted young porker,
Vanderfelt adorns himself with a great
spotless apron, and, armed with a wonderful
roasting -fork, he marches to the kitchen and
rakes possession of it. No part of the pro -
paring of that meal is clone by hands other
iben his. Re dresses the pig, places it in the
over, savors it, bastes ft, plunges his fork into
the golden brown of the flesh, takes it out In
triumph when itis done, and with a radiant
face bears it to the table for the "feast hi
the Halls of the Montezumas,"
As he carves it, his satisfaction is so great
that he begins eloquently to sing the praise
of roast pig, and then the "fun" begins,—
Now York Tribune.
Clotting Well Since Ms Grave Was Dug.
A friendless man in a small town in Maine,
after suffering many years with a cancer and
using all his hard-earned money, mortgaged
his small farm last all for a sum sufficient
to get him into the Maine General Hospital,
and went there to die. but has lingered
through the Winter suffering acutely A
week or more ago word was sent to the town
authorities from the hospital to make aerate
gamonts at once for his burial, as he voile
not possibly live but a few hours, and Isis
body would need immediate attention, Sc
in the lonely village churchyard was dug bis
gravo, which still awaits its occupant.
Strange to relate, the condition of the sick
man has eine° changed for the bettor; and
there is a possibility that be will recover sue
flciently to return to find ne house and no
welcome save the open grave on the bleak
hillside,—Boston Record,
Boots of Viimnn 51ttn.
In 1870 the flim of Habreaholtz Bros.,
boot and shoe masters of New York city,
made a pair of boots from bumen skin wbiob
they sent to the Centennial. Exhibition ai
Philadelphia. If we remember rightly, they
were never
Put on exhibttinn which goes to
naw thatthere t' t
a oro nes sono hixntanit in he
Centennial officials if not it the makers of the
ghastly foob•gear, Afterwards they wore
Bent to Professor S. V, Baird of the Smith.
sonian Inststute, who would not allow them
shelf room. The slain from which the boots
were made was taken from the breast, stom-
rob and back of a man who had died sudden-
ly and been taken to a medical college. In
general looks the boots were of a light brown
color and somewhat heavier than if made
from calf skin, The dark color was caused
by the tanning process. The leather was
Much more porous than either calf or core
skin,—St, Louis Itepublie.
SGO•Ditun't /anew.
New Parlor '1MTaid—Here's a letter
Ma'am, if you please,
bXfstrease--Pray, Mary, ate you not ac,
customed to see letters handed on a tray?
New Parlor Maid --lyes ma'am; but 1
didn't know if you was,—St, Louis Ma.
Pewd044y en the Working 1 soy.
Previous to 18•»a noon worked "Isom eau•
up to sundown," and they saw huh lltelo of
their homes on what was thenrlgidJy alp
nerved as "the tiabbath." The adornment 01
the home gate the head of the family no coo
cern, fur he spent bub a abort tine In the
house. Ile knew but little of the watts oa
tie household oxeeut those that pertained tt
food, nod to the fact that he went forth res
the purpose of supplying the family wlte
fond we owe the terns "breadwinner" as ap
applied to tau laborer. To be a breadwiuue
was all that the workman of the last century
aspired to; and yet he grew tired of the Coll
test, for it brought him but a scanty portion
of what be stt•nggiedfor. In 1825 the agitation
for the establishment of the 10•hour system
began, and it continued until it was °IIfciaily
recognized by the president of the I;Tnited
States In 1840, Strikes, contentions, disputes,
and very often bloodshed, at length brought
the 10 hour system into operation, and with
the Shat adoption the workman became am.
bitious of being more than a bread -winner,
The steam railroad was then courting
commercial acquaintance, and in rapid se-
quence Caine the telegraph, the lightning
express train and the daily paper, with its
record of yesterday'sproceedings. Invention
took new life in every department of trade
and industry and we now find ourselves able
to do iu a minute what it formerly required
hones to perform. Since 1840 the agencies of
production hays gained a power and force
that were not deemed possible during the
years which rolled between the dawn of the
rhristiaa era and that date. Previous to that
1510 brain worst was not supposed to be en-
Itled to any' more consideration than hand
tabor so far as the hours of sorrice were con-
cerned. Until recant years it was not sup-
posed that the olerk or the employe of the
counting -house should remain at his post a
aborter number of hotu'e than the meobanic
or the laborer, What was wanted hl order
to allow all men to labor was light, and the
light came.
Fewer hours of toil mean more time to
read, and after the adoption of the 10-bour
system, the workman took more of iuterest
in the press of the land; he had more time
to read, and that fact ouce established, it
became a paying investment to advertise in
"the papers." The number of papers began
to increase, for the masses had more time to
read; having more time toread, they learned
what was going on throughout the worldand
they naturally acquired new tastes and de-
shes. The adornment of the home became
a3 object with the man who could see his
Kone by daylight and the demand for articles
of home consumption and adornment in
creased very rapidly.—North American Re-
vlew.
20,000,000 STARS.
And Each of These a Central Bon, With lie
Own Colony of Planets.
Astrouomers say that the fabulous number
of 20,000,000 stars, all aglow, eau be seen with
a powerful telescope. When we consider
that the nearest of these is 200,000 times as far
from us as the sun, and that it would take
from three and a half to twenty -ons years for
the light which reaches us to cease, if they
were extinguished, we cannot grasp and hold
the vast conception in our minds.
Yet it is supposed that each of these is a
central sun, which its own colony of planets
circling round it, which in size are vastly
superior to those of our own solar system and
are travelling through space with such speed
that it is impossible for us to comprehend 1t.
The star Sirius is said to be moving fifty-
four
iftyfour miles a second, or 194,400 miles per hour,
a flaming nines, leading its brood of planets
through illimitable space.—Arena.
Slow to Beep liuii'1 Friends.
A girl I know said: "I'm a great one
for making friends," It sounded as if
she ought to be very happy, but when I
had a minute to think I wondered if she
were good at keeping them. Making
friends is easy to the girl who is bright
and happy, whose society gives pleasure
and who is genial. But the keeping
ade-
mands more than this,
If you want to keep a friend don't get
too intimate with her,
Have your own thoughts and. permit
her to have hers.
Do not demand too much of her in the
way of confidence,
And do not be aggressive, wanting to
know wily she hasn't done this and why
she doesn't think as you do,
If you think your friend's style of
dress is not beautiful don't tell her; you
only' offend her, because deep in her
heart she feels that she knows a great
dere• more about it than you do.
Do not find fault with. your friend's
friend and do not expect to be the only
one given a corner in her heart.
Be us considerate of her feelings as if
she were a stranger, and remember that
politeness is an everyday garment, and
not one intended only for high days and
holidays. To sum it up in one sentence,
preserve the courtesy of the beginning if
you wish to keep your friendship to the
and,—Ladies' Homo Journal,
The Size of Miss' Wyoming.
Wyoming,'wbich will undoubtedly be
the forty-third state in the Union, is not
a baby in size at least. It is nearly twice
lane size of Iowa, and it has rich and
varied resources, Itis estimated that the
population at this time is about 115,0001
Ono -sixth of the land is eovere with
timber. It has a coil area double that
of Pennsylvania. Its mineral resources
are its greatest source of wealth, Wyom.
ing is a daisy, and will be a rich member
sf Uncle Sam's family,—Washington
Post,
Commercial Oltat.
"What clo your think of the clothing
trade?" said the Tramp to the Scarecrow,
after swap in
suits
with him,
"like than »
I r e I d o the station.,
ary business," answered the Scarecrow,
Long Winded.
Old Grull'y—Who is that man you just
ehavod?
Barber—That, sit', was Dir, Griggs, one
of my best customers, I've been shaving
him five years,
011 Gs'uffy—Humphl then ho must
have been holo four year's before I came
in,—Boston Herald,
011a Own,
"There is one face that is always before
me," said Clarence, as ho stroked the
golden store locks of hie month-old wife,
"And that is"--•-•
And thein the timid creature hung her
iainty head, while the heartless wrotoh
whispered;
"My owls,"
1rro, 27.—No. 4583,—LAous' BASQUE.
PRICE 20 Ceeme.
Quantity of Material (21 incises wide) for
32 inches, 31 yards; 34 inches, 4 yards; 36
inches, 4 yards, 4 yards; 38 inches, 4,11, yards;
40 inches, 4.} yards; 42 inches, 4.e yards.
Quantity of Material (42 inches wide) for
32 inches, 3; yards; 34 inches, 2 yards; 56
inches, 2 yards; 38 inches, 21 yards; 40 inch-
es,21 yards; 42 inches 3.1 yards.
If made of materials illustrated, 1 yards
of 49. -inch material, and Pe elude of velvet,
will be required to »take the medium size.
No, 4585. —LAMES' PICTURED SttsR'r.
PRlc➢:30 Glens,
This design cuts from 22 to 32 inches waist
measure, and the quantity of Imperial re-
quired for each size, of el -inch goods, le}
yards, or of 42 -inch goods, 4 y'aala. Skirt
liming 11 yards.
If made of materials illustrated, 4 yards
of 42 -inch material, 31 yards of 24 -inch plaid
silk, and 1„ yards of velvet will be required
for each else.
Plato and plaid goods, with a garniture of
velvet and metal butte*, are auto:tea for
this design, tie bodice of which is taken
from Pattern No. 4583, price 25 cents. This
has a pointed front having a velvet revers
fastened toward the left side, high collar,
tailor back, and fall Decree of tine two
materials edged with buttons, and tit ting
very tightlybelowthe elboowo. The akin
)las as full back dropping in two Aral, folds
hi the centre, with a panel of velvet and
buttons on the left, and kilt pleats on the
eight side and front below short revers of
velvet; apron drapery of the plaid caught
high on the right. Pattern No. 4685, price
30 cents.
BURIED ALIVE IN A STEAMER.
Terrible Sufferings of Twelve Japanese
Stowaways.
Ten Girls du 01d \t'oman and
n Don
4
Accrete Ttms tis Bc1oN 1
tak Rheu
Found a Week Later Eight Were Bead,
The etsamer Gaelic, which arrived at San
Francisco from the Orient the other morn-
ing, brings to shocking story of the death of
eight people on board tine Japanese steamer
which left Nagasaki on March 21 and aerie.
acs at gong Kong four days later. For
some days au odor had been noticed i0 the
engineersmess room, which gradually grew
worse and was attributed todead rats.
After a lours search it was traced to rt oom.
pertinent above ono of the tanks alongside
the engine mom. On the manhole being
opened, some naked bodies were seen. The
coal in the main hold was quickly removed
to got at the sliding door to the tank, and
when this was opened a horrible sight was
revealed.
Eight dead bodies and four still alive were
disclosed, all completely naked, their
clothes having been discarded on account of
tho intolerable heat. The compartment is
about throe feet high and two feet wide, and
extends times the ship, It is used only for
the purpose of getting at the tank for ex-
amination
x-
a minatio n purposes.
In this cramped place twelve persons, one
man awl the others women, had been stowed
for a week. Japanese women are not allowed
to leave their own country without official
permission, but else demand for then for
immoral purposes is so great that frequent
attempts are made to smuggle them on board
stomas, That appears to have been the
object in the present case, A party of ton
girls, in charge of a ntan and an old woman,
were stowed away in the hole, where there
Waft neither ventilation nor light.
They had a supply of foots and water with
them, so that starvation was not arheed to
their other }sufferings, but that any of then
should have survived. a week's confinement
in such a place is simply, wonderful. The
man was one of those who sncoumbed, but
tiro old woman survived. The survivors
were 51 a shocking condition, Their bodies
were swollen and covered with prickly
heat. They at once received such attention
ars those on board were able to give them.
C\'arin baths were provided and °loblting was
supplied,
The story told by the three girls is that
they wore induced to leave their homes by
the man and woman by promisee of obtain-
inggoal sitnatiotls in Hong Kong. On
their arrival at Nagasaki they were put on
hoard the steamer, They got into the conn.
pertinent by the slidingdofrom the hold
before the cargo was fully
ly loaded, and until
the dloor was closed they had no idea of tam
suffering they wore to undergo, Afterward
they founts themselves literally burial alive,
without any power olescape or of attracting
attention,
It has been impossible to ascertain at what
particular time the eight deceased persons
succumbeel, but the survivors say that the
heat of the iron plates beealne so great that
bho living lay across the bodies of the dead in
order to secure relief, Capt, Romany view-
ed the bodies and they were afterward
buried. The four survivors were sant to
"sung 'iYair Hospital, whore they are de-
tainod under orders of the Registrar.
General,
The Alderman anti the Thief,
TORONTO, May 20. --Tho man that runs
foul of Alderman 1;. A. Macdonald generally
finds out he has stirred up the wrong custom-
er. A lineal descendant of tine Lord of the
Isles the alderman
inherits
the
pugnacity t
of
his
Isles,
and is always gre trnrfor v
The other night a burglar thought he
would and in Mr. Macaotald's horse ata easy
mark. It did not take him long to fines out his
mistake. Shortly before midnight a domestic
finale. Maedonald's employ, shortly after the
family had retired, fancied she heard a door
slant on the ground floor, and immediately
came to the conclusion that there was a bur-
glar in the house. Sho e:died bit'. alactloiald,
who donned a dressing -gown, armed himself
with a revolver, and proceeded to make an
investigation. When Ise reached the hall he
saw the dark figure of a man making for the
door, and he tired at the intruder quick as a
flash. Tltebnrglarpaidnoatteabion,butd wind
out of the door with Mr. Macdonald in slot pur-
suit. The alderman °augt,ht up to the but"
gla' before he reached the street, and in at
short time he was sitting astride of Mr,
Burglar, holding the revolver to the thief's
hoed. He sat there in the rain, while the
ladies in the house telephoned to No, 4
Police station, and the patrol waggon carne
dashing tip with Detective Watson and ser -
oral constables, and they scoured the prison.
er and locked him up, He gave Itis nsttno
as George Hall, and said that lie boarded at
tine Albion hotel. Hall was employed by
Alt'. Macdonald some menthe ago, and
when he was (lischa'gotl he carried off tate
key of a roar door, which admitted hen into
the basement of the house, He entered this
way last night, and ascending front the
basement to the ground floor inside the
]rouse, forgot that the door on the stairway
leading from the basement was closed by a
strong spring. When he passed through
the door it slammed after him, and made
the noise which alarmed the servant.
A Woman's Weapon.
A great deal of laughter has been expended
on womankind for taking rho broom as a
weapon in "shooting" at enemy, but, after
all, why should not one use the implement
to which she is most accustomed 7 Greet exe-
cution is possible with the weapon of our
choice, as au l uglieh woman living in Can -
ads, has proved.
She war one day greatly interestedin put-
ting out the family washings to dry, Sheets
and tablecloths wore on the line, which, to
her horror, suddenly fell,1dropping
her spot.
Ices clothes in the dirt.
A largo buck caught by the antlers was
the cause of the trouble., Thera was nob a
ratan within five miles—they had all gone to
Lb neighbor for the day, The cheer plum
godaboub, and the woman screamed, Sone•
thug hal to be done, and (lone at mace.
There was a fine gun in the house, loaded,
bat site would not approach it, as firearms
wore her especial dread.
Ammo her many possessions she had a
large pasty of tongs, hits thoroughly under,
stood this firearm, and with all her house.
wifely instincts outraged site seized tltom.
anti began ale &Watek.
Within five minutes the buck's skull was
pounded to a "oily and then the victor, her
clothing slightly torn, sat down rind indulged
in a good cry.
0
Yoe camobwin without saorlfioo,
QUEER FLORIDA STEAMBO TING.
Weird Sights by Night trent an Oehatwahe
laver Stens 5111,1er,
The river is 300 miles long, and its source
is at Okeeltutikee, near Leesburg. Wind-
ing down with a four•ntile eurrost, the riv-
or empties join the St, Johns, twenty -live
mita sunlit of d'ahatlet, The greatest c•har-
aclerivtie of the (lcltlatuthe is its n'oos'ed.
need, there not being a sae:telt in its en-
tire length over :10u feet, while from bank
to hank the widest part 18 not ove•lilty feet.
Tho laud nu either aide is swamp land, and
there is hardly It dry spot between its source
and Silver Spring, so noted for clear water,
which reflects as a mirror,
We left Palatka on Monday morning on
the I/keehunkeo, which runs between that
point std Silver Springs. Our boat, which
so built specially for the Ocklawaha, meas.
Utes seventy feat in length by thirty fa
Width, with stern wheel. The taboo is
comfortable and roomy, admirably adapters
to tourist trail. Thu Brow is composers
principally of negro deck hands, whose busi-
ness it Is to take a pole and shove thestoam-
er off from the bank, should she enn into it
which is very often date.
Wheat the little steamer turns her course
for the Oeklawaha, leaving the great St.
Johns in the roar, oto thinks that she is to
run into the woods, but on nearing the
mouths creek•like stream ie noticed, and
'site ploughs along, and is soon :surrounded
by trees, from which branches lap over and
meet, making the eoeneoe of tt eirdgrandeur.
As the little craft rounds tate bends you
wonder if site w'on't tun into the woods, but
at bell signal to the engineer elteska its slow
Spout' to a trtotiot that le allttestst stop and
the point is gainers, when we pass on. ales
exhaust from the smoke -stack echoes in the
dim distance, through tate thick forest, while
an occasicmal wall n' screech front some wild
birds sodas to the nnssicsoronraatie, peculiar
to tate ssrrotudinge. hours pass and anent
but as :nine tea, On the forward deck the
sightseers gather to "take in " everything.
Aro neoaaional alligatar ee0n to sw•itn jus
across the ixnv or rootussrea a dry spot in thet
broiling sun, slumbering and fearless, for it
has long been the rule on Osltlawuha boats
never to allow passengers to shoot ori' a gun
or disturb this great curiosity, so rename
on all Florida streams. W'itlt reluctance
we give alp our sightseeing position to answer
tate supper bell, and hurry through the steal
that no strange sight will be lost.
When we again reach the check datksese
has clouded the skies, and the echo becomes
lender as the stillness of night grows deeper
with the fleeting hours. The pilot house is
on tie hurricane fleck. Two nerves stand
at the wheel, while the C'aptam sits on deck
smoking a cigar, with "eyes front," On top
the pilot house is an iron \easel, resting on
lags that free it from the deck. In that Pas.
sol a glowing fire is kept burnin • all night
long, with pine knots for fuel, The clunky
dao'lse who acts as liroman is noticed oldy
000nsionally by the grin on his face, which 1s
made all the more plain by the appearance
of itis white teeth. One would think that a
locomotive headlight would be Letter on
these steamers. The Captain informed us
that the light nest shine in till 31ireetions,
Immo the 1100 of a p[ac Iso' .'i'h" bench 14 the
river
are so short that a locomotive light
could not he used quick enough in casting
ant its reflection, that the pilot utight nee
iwhich way. to steer his heat.
A night on the tlekhaw'uiut is a sight worth
living to see. The that night out there
W105 a party of us on the upper deck. The
little steamer rat so close to the river lank
that the tree bramebes raked oil' our hats.
The siege on the pilot house :spied two cranes
toostisg on it limb, and picking up a light.
wood knot killed then both at one tick, when
the birds fell of our feet.
More than once dist the steamer in trying
to matte a spurt head ram in 10 the w00110,
and have to be poled ori' by the deck hand:,
Whenever this teas tine case there sat a
lively scramble to see which would get into
alto cabin first.
One hundred miles up the Ockhtw'alia we
cam
to what isn
k Drum arsthe "Sisters,"
two
large cypress
t1
ats grown
u o
osit
a to
ed
each ether directlyat the water's edge, Ilene
we squeezed through with only about one
foot on each side of the boat with which to
get through,
PEARLS OF TRUTH.
Illusion is brief; but repentance be long.
g
Society is the meter, and man the ser -
wart,
Distrust a swonan who speaks of he;vit'.
rue.
Passion is always suffering evert whim
gratilieti.
Troubles, like babies, grmv' dagee by
nursing,
Mon aro women's plaything ; ts•ouren aro
the devil's.
Ho has half the deed doe who las made
a beginning,
The fittest clay 00 tato 15 that on which
one quits it. .
The greatest luxury a man eau allow
himself is marriage, ,
Toauo'tmv is a satire on today, and
shows its weakness.
•To learn to clic is better than to study
the way* of dying.
Pleasure is the Hower that fades ; remem-
brance is the lasting perfume.
Simplicity of character is the natural re-
sult of profound thought.
By being contemptible, we eat men's
minds to the tune of contempt.
Absolute in its anxious longing and sense
of vaoanoy is it foretaste of clonal,.
A great writes does not reveal himself
sero and there, but everywhere. •
We mingle in society, not so much to
tweet others as to escape ourselves.
It is true that friendship often soda In
love, but lova in friendship never.
Moral Dipl omaey is the only ono which
leaves monuments, not ruins, behind fb,
Ho is
best v served 1 rho hits no
OOCa
riots
t0
pot tiro hand of others at the cud of hts
arm.
Self is the
teat nn -
Olr•'
In the world, that sets itself sop above all
else.
Why 'should sorrow be eternal / Men
Surely weary of pleasure, why shotdd they
let weary of sorrow
.3 beloved face cannot grow ugly, because
not fleet: and compiexioit, but expression,
mated love.
Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it
has many points in common tierewith, I,
call 11 rather a discerning of the infinite
witis the finite,
Opportunity has hair in front, but behind
she is bald, If you seize her by tie forelock
you may hold lis'; but if suffered to escape,
not Jupiter himself eau etlteht her again,
That oven a woman should be faultless
. , , .is an arrangement not permitted Ivy
mature, which assigns to ne mental defects,
a it awards to us headaches, illnesses, or
death,
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