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The Portland daily press., 1875-08-18

NEW YORK. August 17-Evening .-Money at II
q pei cent. on call Sterling Exchange dull and
Gold opened and closed at 1873, with sales in the in
term at 1883 and 49, The rates paid for borrowing
were 8, @ per cent per annum and l,64 1-32,pel
sstant Treasurer paid out to-day $4,000 on account
Of interest and $4,000 in redemption Of bonds,
STATE bonds are dull Railroad mortgages were
firm Stocks generally strong at close, when highest
prices of the day were current.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Please tell the people that you saw their
advertisement in the Pr ESS, the circua-
ton of which, per month, exceeds 100000.
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Providence Print Cloth Market.
Chicago Stock Market.

PRovIDENoE.Aug. 1.-THE printing cloths market
is dull and prices steady at 81 54c for standard and
extra 64x64.
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READ, BUY AND TRY.

In using Cough Medicines find WAYS COM.
POUND SYRUP OF LUNGWORT to be
the best kind have ever used.
JAMES NJ. Stafford,
Al Chestnut Street.
Sold by all Druggists.
@. WAY &c CO..
Corner Myrtle and Cumberland SITS.
ma22 sniff
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
Portland Wholesale Markets

Portland WaOlesnie Markets
Tuesday, Aug. 1.-The markets show but little
change in prices Oil Winter Wheat Flour is still
firm, and those who have stock on hand are not at
all anxious to dispose of it, Prices are unchanged.
Sugars are weak with fair demand. Grain is ac-
tive and the supply is quite small. Molasses is dull
Potatoes are very plenty and sell for 50 cents. The
demand is small
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NOTICE.

There will be special meeting of the Portland
Psthins Relief Association, WEDNESDAY EVEN
ING, August 18th, at y o'clock. All members are
requested to be present. business of Importance is
to come before the meeting.
aug1Ssnd1t FRANK w. TRUE, Sec'y.
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DIR. BaCkNELL'S SYRUP,

nYSold by all Druggists for the cure of Bowel or
Summer Complaints Dysentery, Diarrhea, Cholera
Morbus, Collie, &c, is purely vegetable, without
particle of opate, highly aromatic, powerful tonic,
pleasant to the taste, and guaranteed to give imme-
date relief Prepared only by EDWARD SUTTON, of
Providence, R. jy23snsm
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7. O. O. F..

The members Of Machigonne Encampment, No. Il
|: Q. o: F.. are requested to meet, at Odd Fellows
Hall, WEDNESDAY EVENT \ G. August 18th, at 8
o'clock, for the purpose of perfecing arrangements
in relation to the Excursion Manchester and Fitch
burg, the Oath instant. 1t is earnestly hoped that
there will be full and prompt attendance.
aug17snd2t PER ORDER.
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GUNS,
Breech and Muzzle Loading, Rifles, Re.
vOlvers, Fishing Tackle for Trout,
Pickerel, and SmeIt, Sporting and
Blasting Powder mt Wholesale
and Retail. and ammunition
of all kiuds.
Shet Revolver and 100 Cartridges S.,
Repairing of all kinds
II. IL. DAVIS, Portland, Me-,
apr26Sneod6m Cor. Federal and Temple SITS,
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A CAR ID

A CARD
To the public OF those wanting Refrigerator. /
have not time myself and do not employ agents to
run round and dunn up Customers, but sells my
Goods at Manufacturers prices, and will simply say
if they will call at Howell q Morse's 20 Market
Square, and see my Refrigerator in full operation
before buying, it will be to their advantage, the
proof Of the merits claim for it are all there and
speak for themselves.
my17sndtf j. f. MERRTLL.
PERSONAL N0TICE.-Notice is hereby
given that all officers, sailors and soldiers
wounded, ruptured injured in the late Rebellion
however slightly, entitled to a pension, and
thousands of pensioners are entitled to an increased
rate. Apply Immediately through DIR. L. B. JACK
SON, Late Surgeon U. S. Navy, No. New Cham
beers St.. New York. oc29sn1y
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Schlotterbeck's Moth and Freckle Lotion

A safe and sure remedy for removing Tan, Pimples,
Moth, Blotches, Freckles and Eruptions from the
Skin rendering it soft and fresh and imparing to it
MARBLE PURITY.
PRICE FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Prepared only by A. G. SCHLOTTERBECK g.
Co., Apothecaries add Chemists, 1903 Congress street.
One door above Brown. Portland. Me. ma27sndtf
NOTICE.
The M. G. NJ Association Library will be open for
the delivery of books, SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
Aug, 21st. Per order of
aug10sn2w LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
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BEAR RIVER Ms. Sch Rose-20 cords wood to
order.
MURDER ISLAND, Ms. Sch Baltic-4OOO live
Holsters to John Marston.
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METEOROLOGICAL

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNALl
OFFICER, Washington. d. c.,
August IS, Il A. M))
For New Englnnd,
warm and partly cloudy weather, with east to
south winds, slight changes in barometer and
light rains near the coast.
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SPOKEN,

june II, lat 80 N, Ion % 40 W, ship Resoue, from
Cardiff for Callao.
June To- lat 81 s, lon 35 W. ship st Nicholas from
LObos for Liverpool
June q, lat 35 S, Ion 81 E. ship Thomas Dana from
Calcutta for New York.
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Inhalation.

A great amount of suffering may be prevented
py Ts use Oh De y 1 n ef
minutes. 1t is sure preventive of Dphtheritis, a
disease which has caused SO much anguish and be-
reavement 1t renders breathing easy. 1t arrests
the progress of disease in the lungs removes tuber-
cles by absorption, proongs lite and keeps the pa
tient comfortable in hopeless cases. and effects
in durable cases. G. MORSE, M. D.,
au7snd&w3m 70 Free St., Portland Me-
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MEMORANDA
DOMESTIC PORTS.

Barque Envoy, Berry, from Iloilo via Ascension
arrived at London 7th inst, with mainmast sprung
and had carried away mizzeDmast head and main
topgallant yard, in heavy weather.
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tFROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
Ar at Greenock 18th inst, brig Dewey. Loring
Portland, (July 12)
Ar at Bowling. (Scotland), 14th inst, barque Jose
Lopez, Mcdonald, Portland 20 days.
Sid FIN Cadz =, brig Helen Phinney, Boyd, for
Gloucester.
Ar at Esinore 14th, brig Giles Loring Anderson
Stettin.
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.
PORT OF PORTLAND,

Tuesday, Aug. ~.
ARRIVED.
Steamer New York, Winchester, st John, NIB via
Eastport for Boston.
Sch Mahaska, Blake, Port johnson - coal j W
Deeripg.
Sch belmont, Blake. New York-coal to Rich &
Judkins.
Sch Speedwell, Morton, New York-corn to Geo W
True & Co.
Sch Rose, (Br) McFadden. Bear River NS-wood
to order.
Sch Baltic, Greenlaw, Murder Creek, NS-tO0O live
Holsters to John MarstOn.
Sch Utica, Thorndike, Rockland-lime to c B
Morse & Co.
Sch Chas Cooper, Gray, Bangor for Lynn.
CLEARED.
Brig Horsey, (Br) Coffll, Norfok-Yeaton &
Boyd.
Sch s Lindsey, johnson, Boston-J Nickerson.
SAILED-Schs Bailey. and Eva May.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
The Care of the Feet.

A few days since young lady, who sut-
fered from almost constant and severe
headache, though perfectly healthful 9TH
erwise, consulted physician with respect
to her malady. The first question asked
by her physician was, What do you wear
on your feet?" For reply the patient put
out her foot, incased in a thin cotton
stocking and a morocco slipper. Further
inquiry elected the fact that she wore no
more clothing on her feet or the rest OF
her body in winter than she did in the
hottest part of summer. "Do you suffer
from cold feet?" asked the physician.
"Oh. yes,'' was the reply; my feet
haven't been warm tor year they're al
ways cold" 1t ought to be needless to
say that the prescription of this physician
was wooden stockings, thick shoes, and
covering of flannel over the entire person.
Nature herself in animals inferior to
man indicates Enthusiastically that more
clothing is needed in winter than in sum-
mer. The exceeding costliAess OF our
raresr furs is owing in a great measure to
the fact that the animals from which they
are taken are trapped in the seVerest
weather, since then their fur Is heaviest
and finest. Our horses, our COWS, our
sheen. and our cat set us an example, i'll
tbe thick winter coats they put on, of what
we should do. And we follow their ex-
ample i'm the main, as to our heads, by
niIing all the hair on them that we can
conveniently carry; as to our chests by
covering them warmly with beaver or as
trachan or seal-skin, as to our hands Dy
encasing them in muffs; but the feer, IL
we wear stockings thick enough to keep
them warm, and shoes large enough to
cover the stockings and heavy enough to
keen out cold and damp, why then they
will look clumsy, and who ever heard OF
lady with clumsy feet? No, let the dain-
test slipper, the most delicate hose, suffice
for covering these extremities; we Will
mt mn with headaches, congestiOns, Ill
health. and get used to it, if we can.
The fashion as to dressing the feet is
vastly more sensible than it was some
wears ago, and is continually gaining, IN
| that direction. Prunella with paper soles
was the street wear for ladies twenty years
ago: then morocco came in vogue, ana
now pebble goat; so we have reason 10
hone that the time is not far distant when
fine nioneers in these innovations will dare
to be seen in calk-skin. :,
What kind of health would men have Il
they dressed their feet for the street a.
most women do? What health WoulC
women have if they dressed their Zee
somewhat as men do? All, but we can
wear such thick soles, they're so heavy
No we can't, we put the weight on oul
heads, hang it around our hips, go nal
clad as to our lower extremities, and thel
wonder that we feel so miserable and have
such wretehed health.-N. 7. ITt01!ne.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
Black Beetles.

Most insecks don't git very famous excep
may be amung their sells, but back beetles
is in every boddy's mouths. My father ne
saws they are in vested with peculiar m
tress on a count of their domestic habits.
[ spose he means they git in the cuDDerd.
One day he was to lunchen, and Uncle
Ned he said WV, wen did you come IN, we
are oil glad to see you; Missy, wy dlddent
vou Law a plate for him? We oil loCkt at
Uncle Ned, but he diddent say any more,
and went on eatin. but Missy began to say
wot did he mean, wen he spoke up asln,
and said if we had knew you was comm,
Missy wude a had more cole mutton COOK
ed. but NAV be you don't like mutton, try
a bit of the bread. Then | said who was
he tOckin to, and my father said Edward,
you must let me interup you TO say there
is a comftable sylum at Bloomingdale, ana
if was you Ide take the first train, put
Uncle Ned he didden seem to hear, but KEEP
on eatin, and my sister begun TO look ike
she was gOin to cry, like she All ways
does, the silly puss. Then Uncle Ned ne
said never mine, Missy, praps heel come
agin a other time, wen you nave got
chicken or a crab said, or some thing NICE
And vile he was sayin so it was Dlack
beetle. and it come out from under lne
crewet stand, and loOkt oil a round ike
sayin this is a nice family party, but some
how like black beetles best; wich is the
nearest way to the kitchen9 Then we Of
laft excep my sister, wich had lain the = Ia
bic. but of course wen you are a laffing
you don't have much appetight.
Black beetles is some times call cock
reaches, but wOts the use of two names
for one nuisance is wot | won to kno, thC
Billy has two names wen you come U
think of it.-Little Johnny's Composition
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puNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE advertisement of certain stone
cutter reads: "Those who buy tomb
stones from us look with pride and saus,
faction upon the graves of their lrlendS.
A CHIcAGo preacher has locked himselt
up in the fourth story and draws his meals
up by a bed cord. He says they can
get up no SANDER about him.
1T Is wonderful what an amount OF
struggling and red facedness will be gone
through with by person wrestling into
a new pair of shoes "a size t6o large"
A CAIRO man warns people not to trust
his wife, and she retorts by saying that
he'll 90 without clothes all summer be-
fore she'll take in washing to rig him out
again.
"HAs that cookery-boek any pietures2'
said Miss c. to a bookseller. = NO,
miss, none," was the answer. nhy,
exclaimed the young lady, "what Il I, Ihe
use of telling us how to make goou uli-
ner, If they give us no PtdtesP
SWEAR" said a gentleman 10 ms
mistress, ssyou are very handsome.
a. Pooh ~ said the lady, $50 you would say
If YOU did not think So" And so you
would think" answered De, 1hOuSh L
should not say So"
"WHY, YOU rascal" said DR.. Radcliffe,
the great physician, to Pavior VINO
dunned him, "do you pretend TO De pald
for such a piece of work? why, you nave !.
spoiled my pavement. and then covered IL
with earth to hide your bad work. DOC
tor" said the payiOr, mine Is not lile ohly
had work the earth hides" You dog,
you,'' said DIR. Radcliffe, ''you are Wit !;
you must be poor. Come in and you snail
be paid"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
CASTELAR, on the Future OF Spain.

CASTELAR, has been interviewed by cor
respondent of the London Ne,os. Says the
writer: | asked Senor CASTELAR, If he were
free to speak of the probabilities of the
future. 1.-THE future" said he, T" is chaos.
The political situation is deplorable-as
bad as it can be. Carlism is impossible,
that is one certain consolation. Alpbon-
sism is tres dificiEe.' Its very essence is
reaction. 1t is standing menace to
every movement toward liberty. 1t men
aces alike religious liberty, civil freedom,
and public instruction. 1t blocks every
wheel of progress. Alphonsism means
the dominance of priestcraft, the perpetu-
alton of superstition, the willtul mainte-
nance of ignorance, the suppression OF the
liberty of the press, freedom of thought,
of instruction and of culture in our acade-
mics and universities, general darkness
over the face of all the land. 1t may last
for time, but the same elements that
overthrew the dynasty before must lnevlt-
ably operate toward and eliminate in the
ultimate upheaval. In the meantime all
that can sadly discern is that the political
situation is epouvGntabte.' There is nc
uncertainty in the utterances of CASTELAR,,
as there certainly was no bitterness of per-
sonal feeling. He has no ar7'iere pe,asee as
to himself his serrowing and solicitude
are for Spain. | cannot give expression
to the emotion with which, probably fol
the last time, shook the hand OF this trut
patriot and honest man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
A Horrible Affair.

One of the strange,t and most horrible
of sensational incidents took place the
other day at Puteaux. A party of children
who were PLAYING in the environs discoy-
cred floating in the air, and partly entar-
gled amid the branches of tree, a white
parcel, upborne by means of some twenty
or thirty little red toy-balloons, which
were attached to it. The attention of the
pelice being called to this singular object.
it was brought down and the package
opened, which proved to contain the
corpse of a newborn infant. Investigation
into the matter brought to light the fol-
lowing facts. The child was that of poor
toy maker and his wife; just after the con-
finement of the latter the husband had died
suddenly, and all the household goods and
chattels had been seized for rent. The un-
happy woman was driven mad by this ac-
cumulation of misfortunes she killed her
infant, and then went out and threw her
self into the river, leaving behind her a
written paper, in which she declared her
Intention of committing suicide, and said
that she "had gotten her baby all ready
! TO 90 ND TO heaven A sadder tale with
a stranger termination it would be hard to
find. The toy-balloons had evidently
formed part of the dead husbands stock IN
trade.-Paris Letter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
Vespers in South America.

To the traveller in Spanish America, the
striking of the vesper bell exercises po-
tent charm. AS the usage requires every
one to halt, no matter where he may be,
at the first stroke of the bell, to interrupt
his conversation, however important, and
listen without stirring until the conclu-
sion of the chime, the singularity of
whole population surprised in a moment,
as it comes and goes, held in a state OF
petrifacton, and paralyzed as If by an en-
counter, may be imagined. On every side
YOU see gestures interrupted, mouths half
opened for the arrested remark, smiles
lingering or passing into an expression OF
PRAYER you would fancy them a nation
of statues A town in South America, at
the tinkle of the Angelus, resembles the
city in the " Arabian Nights" whose in
habitants are turned into stones. Inc
magician acre is the bell-ringer; but
hardly has the vibration ceased when
universal murmur arises from these thou
sands of oppressed lungs. Hands meet
hands, question seeks answer; converse
tions resume their course; horses feel
the loosened bride and paw the ground ;
dogs bark, babies cry, the fathers sing,
the mothers chatter. The accidental turns
thus given to conversation are many.
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The New Society Bow.

Another kink is in the bow, which Is
the height of elegance, because it Is FOR
eign." You are not to bend your head
with the least degree ofrevCrenee. That's
only suitable in saluting your aebnOWl-
edged superior; but you are to LOOK me me
party YOU address coolly in the eye, smile
your Sweetest. and gently incline your
head toward the right shoulder with lit
tie backward movement at the same time.
It's little difficult to do at first, and prac-
tieing before the glass you look as silly az
YOU feel; but never mind, it's the
thing" and such matters are more con-
tagiOus than the measles; so you'll get It
after little. It's easier than saying
Good morningi' at 5 O'Clock. Newly
elected NJ. C.s bring their wives here every
winter. 1t takes man months TO knd Ou-
the /" tricks and manners " which distln-
guish society people; but the average
woman, either from the pralries Oh Ne
braska or the pine regions OF North caro-
lima, will catch all necessary airs IN q
single winter, and be ready to instruct lne
next new conner WashinstO" L>''er'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
A Chinese Revival Meeting.

The sensation of the day, says the Sacra-
mento Record, was meeting gotten up
by Wah Low, a converted Chinaman. 1t
was held at the corner of / and Third
Streets. Wah 10y managed at half past L
O'Clock to get together some 2OO OF MS
countrvmen. He had about him six Chinese
who have been ChristlaniZed. These were
provided with singing books, while on a
blank wall were hung a number OF slips oil
white cloth, on which various songs were
stenciled. 10y stood in front OF these and
with long wooden pointer pointed OUT
the words, emphasizing the syllables ana
the music at the same time. The singing
of the Cinnamon was creditable, better
than we had any reason to expect. Early
in The evening a number of ladies came up
and aided in the singing, and subsequently
the 80 or 60 white men in the crowd JoineG
in the choruses. After considerable sing
inc, Rev. Mr.. Hough addressed the CHI
nese assembled, Way 10y interpreting
sentence by sentence. =,
sWhen Jesus was here in the world"
"How 10y sing chowing Jesus see you
late"
s. He said. Come unto me, all We that
labor and are heavy laden, and Will give
you rest.'"
{" Saw lung yet che choy ching buy sat
che q1oy longing, onlying yah wong yet
ying ehOyse." -.
"You are all seeking for happiness, but
YOU are not happy"
"Ling ty Sc ung you moy chawing sing
| gek set yeng."
I. You seek for happiness, but do not
find it."
"Ayng how sing chong lee set sing
coy ung gee" bo,;
ness" -.
/" Ying low musing leying toy SET
o-y-ng." -,
In this manner the exhortation proceed
ed. The Chinese above gwen, ii lnor
oughly ineligible to the civilized reader
can be sifted out by the nearest Chines'
laundryman, our report being special ant
accurate and in the purest tone OF the po
etical tongue of the flowery kingdom.
Wah Loy now took the stand ant
preached to the Chinese for twenty min
utes, in which appeared to be an earnes
and eloquent manner, II eloquence mas
place in Chinese culture.
More singing followed, and Mr.: liam
mond having meanwhile arrived, wa
; nlaced in buggy. and Wah 10y mount
ing beside him, the Evangelist preache'
to the Cinnamon, the eiDterpreter, sehuero 5rt
by sentence, translating for MN. ~
Chinese gave good attention, ana near.
,, all wore smiling faces. 1t was great Gu
riosity to them. Said one:
"All same Melic man, Chinee nab oi
: meet. all same in street. Bully"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
Making Vinegar.

A correspondent of the Chautauqua n.
W Farmer, starting with the premises
that to make good vinegar you must nave
good pure cider, and see to it that the bar
rel into which it is to be put Is entirely
free from faint, proceeds with the process
of making as follows:
Cider once properly made and put into
sweet, fresh barrels, the balance OF the pro
cess in vinegar making is no trick at al.
1t is chemical process, to be sure, Dut
nature will be good manlpulatOr Oh IL.
The chemistry of the thing consists SIMPLY
in the oxygenation of the cider, and II the
air is allowed free access to it the OXygena-
ton will 90 on slowly through the winter
and more ra idly in the summer. The
process may be accelerated by keeping
cider in a warm room, and made more
rapid still by trickling the cider through
a hogshead or large cylinder perforated
with holes on the side and filled with
birch shavings, so as to allow the alr 10
come in direct contact with it. A little
Yeast added to the cider gives it a good
start on its fermenting course.
Our custom is to await the slow pro-
cess ofnature, and to admit air to the clcer
only through the bunghole. In the sum
mer we take the barrels out of the cellar
and place them in a sunny place, nalllng
some wire gauze over the bungholes 10
keep out flies and straws. We
have known the latter to be IN
serted by thievish bipeds. This process
makes vinegar slowly but surely; but we
are inclined to think the result is a better
article than by more rapid manufacture
Things hastily made are apt to be poorly
made. s. paint in long time and for
long time.n said one of the old Greclan
artists. This mode of making vinegar re-
uuires about twelve months. Early-made
cider will some times go through the vim
ous and acetous lamentations the same
fall, but it forms a poor article, and we
prefer to wait till the latter part OF OctoOer
or the first of November before we start
the cider-mill for the supply Of the ylne-
gar cellar.
Beware of all nostrums in the manuiac-
ture of vinegar. The simple, unadulter-
ated Juice of ripe apples-if small anu
ITnottv. no mathematics the best flavor
ed vinegar. Brown sugar, mOlasses, mus
tard-seeds and all flavOrings and medlca-
tions are a damage. Some rec0mmenu
adding the g mother OF vinegar from an
old vinegar barrel. This ''mother Is q
fungus growth on old vinegar and VIII
doubtless hasten the acetous fermentaitlo Ji
in cider. as it contains within ltseH lne
seeds of decay, but it is very apt 10 contain
sIso had fiayors and too much c0rruptioh'
Putting I. mother with new cider IS 100
much ike bringing up little child 10 as
sociate and sleep with its aged and lnhrnl
grandmother. The child grows Old last
enough without such an unnatural cataiyI-
ic influence.