The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-13
THE DALLAS HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 49, 1880.

is we'll lighted and divided into apartments
bv cotton netting. AT one end Is PIT IN
which is set coal stove fitted with a water
back, to which is attached 4-inch iron pipe
which extends the whole length of the build
ing, with return pipe for carrying the water
back for renewed heat, the whole acting
automically So long as the lire is kept up.
The pipes run within two or three inches of
the ground, and after being wound with
flannel and covered with a small roof of
cloth, afford the nearest approach to real
mother that artifcislly Matched chickens
have ever yet been treated to, ard the bright
eyes and glossy feathers of the thrifty
growing birds attest to the excellence OF the
arrangement"
An English gentlemen thinks he found in
two experiences convincing evidence that an
finals reason. He kept horse.eech and a
pair of water-heet in glasses of water on
his table, and the first night they crawled out,
but when replaced the next morning. never
repeated the indiscretion, having evid ntly
learned that they were more comfortable in
their native element than on a dry surface.
The second case related to family of dogs
with strong lungs and a hereditary weakn, SIS
for barking in the small hours, which it WAS
necessary for their master to restrain or else
take the risk o, arrest tor causing nuisance
! in the neighborhood. The result is reported
| in NATURE
"l therefore determined TO explain to my
four animal; that they really mustn't barn.
One night, having provided myself with n
stick, waited till heard one Of them bark,
and | Immediately went out and chastised
him, or rather the one | thought had made
the noise, | was, however, soon met by a
difficulty; although | could recognize the
bark of the old one, could no, discriminate
we'll between those of the puppies; and
whilst the old one WAS silenced after few
chastisements the puppies wer" not; proba-
| bly, in mistake 1 had thrashed the wrong
puppy. | therefore hit upon the plan Of
making whole four responsible for ca b
other and us soon as | heard any of them
bark, | applied my stick freely to the whole
four, the one after the other. When this
had been done two or three times | heard one
of the puppies bark, and the next moment il
gave pitiful squesl; the mother had it by
the neck. | went out and patled her, thus
explaining that she had done we'll She
wagged her tail, as much as to say she un.
derstood me perfectly and the dogs never
barked again except upon the most provok.
| ing occasions"
Some one asks ''if there is any known res-
son why we are right handed" Anato'
mists say that the development of the liver
above that of the spleen pushes the heart to
the left side aud in consequence of this ar
! rangement the right arm receives more blood
than the left arm, and the left side of the
brain, which presides over motion on the
right side ofth' body, receives more blood
than tue left side of the brain, Cultivation
Of both sides Of tho body is earnestly advoca-
ted by scientists in order to equaliae the two
halves of the brain and render the individual
more serviceable to society aud to himself.