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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-03
Breaking Steers.

The mode of breaking steers prac-
ticed in Kentucky is thus described:
Where the establishment is a large one,
and there are some to be broken in
every year, the fixture and practice
here recommended would seem to be
eligible and judicious: Get strong
post, eight feet long by two thick; plant
it three and half feet in the ground,
well rammed: round or level the top Of
the post and leave a pin to it, or make
mortlce and insert strong twO-inch
pin Of tough wood in it. perpendicularly
at the top, six or eight inches long.
Then get a tough sapling twenty-five
feet long; measure off at the small end
of it the usual length of yoke. and
bore the holes for your bows. Then
bore three holes, or more if you choose,
four, eight and twelve feet from the
other end Of the sapling, " the size of
the pin in the top Of the post, giving
the shortest lever first, draw your steers
up, let them be young or old, gentle or
wild. it makes no difference; yoke them
to the end of the pole; but instead of
tying their tails together, if you wish
to avoid bob-tail oxen, tie their loins
together with a good rope, wrap up
their head halters, clear the front, and
let them go; round and round they will
20 with a rush: drunk-dr drunken, still
they grow, until grooming, down they
drop. For while they lie painting and
looking wild; then leap as if suddenly
frightened, rush round and round again,
grow drunk and drop again. Leave
them, they will repeat the experiment,
until, Keeling. they will stop or stand.
In few hours you may lead them
around by their halters. Uncouple
them from the pole, or yoke them to
your cart, and drive them where you
please with safety.-I0ledo Blade.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-03

HoN. JOSHUA TUTHILL, of East Saginaw, Mich.
says: Count me among the enthusiastic friends of
Hunts Remedy. has proven in my all you claim
for it Having suffered for abO twenty years with
severe disease of the kidneys (Which our local physi
clans pronounced Brght's Disease), l made journey
East to consult the eminent DR.. Haven, of Hamilton,
New York. of whose fame In this specially had heard
much. DR.. Haven examined me carefully and simply
said: GO and get bottle of Hunts Remedy and take
according to directions After having travelled SO far
for treatment it struck me rather funny to be d.
rected to take medicine which might have bought
within q stones throw Of my own door; but was in
the doctors hands, and of course followed his advice
and right glad that did for before had taken
Hunts Remedy half dozen times found immense
benefit from it. and by continuing the use Of 1t for
limited time recovered from my trouble entirely and
to day, think. Of the most rugged Of rugged
Michganders The world Is indebted to you. sir. for
the PRONUNCIATION Of such q medicine, and hope you
may not 60 without your reward"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-03
An Accurate Time-Piece.

While on the subject of
IWaltham watches, we may mention that
we hayei seen La letter H'oin stbe Com
mander of the Gordon Cystic Castle
line of Steam Packets, who j Eas forth
nate enough to save life at sea, and who
for his gallant conduct was presented in
September. last with "a Gold Keyless
Waltham Watch by the President OF the
United States, on behalf of the London
Local Marine Board. Referring to this
Presentation Watch, heI says: When
] left London the watch was six seconds
fast, and on my arrival at Singapore it
was only three seconds slow, most ex-
traordinary performance for watch, as
p ! carried it on my person the whole
time. compared it every day with my
thermometers on the passage out. and it
seldom or ever differed one second from;
them; in fact, I found it almost, if not
rs good as my chronometers, which is a
great deal to say for a watch carried
about and subject to all kinds of jolt"
London, England, The Matchmaker,
Jesoeller and Sjlrersnith. Feb. 5, 1883.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-03
No Gongs, No Banners.-"A Summer Idyl >
From = Providence Merchant.


Me-. GEORGE q. DAVIS, fruit dealer at ~ West.
minister street. bears his grateful testimony to the un
eQualed excellence of the production of one OF our
most skilfful Providence pharmacsta Mr. Dayis
says: Last spring was very greatly troubled with
bad that times urinated blood and my sufcrings
were intense. My condition SO painful that for
while was scarcely able to attend to business, and the
severe pains would come suddenly and severely that
would be obliged to leave a customer whom might
happen to be waiting upon During part of the time
was unable to walk and scarcely knew what to do or
which way to look for relief At this time friend rec
commended Hunts Remedy. took two bottles Of it.
and It took right hold my disease and cured me very
speedily, and have experienced no trouble with my
Kidneys since.
Furthermore, Hunts Remedy has strengthened me
very much. and since began to use have been able
to attend to business and am all right now. Heartily
recommend it to all What 1t has done for me it win
do for you who afflicted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

That wonderful creature, the Reporter, has
lately discovered new vein which promises to be
richly worked 1t is the publishing a list of those
Their dav with the following Item d" The Bishop
of Blank confirmed Yesterday morning at 81. Per
fection's Church, Sallie Waters. Tommy Jones,
Birdie Brown, ETC.. etc" We wonder how the list
was procured. for certainly the clergyman would
not have given IT. Is this to go on and DO deyel-
oped Are we even to have such items as this
"Pussie Williams and Ernest Maltravers were
present at the early celebration yesterday in st.
Agncss Church. Polly Watkins. on account 81
her sudden cold, was unable to attend .; or i" We
noticed with pleasure that Colonel and Mrs.
Heavypurse honored St. SimOn's Church with
their presence on Sunday last Oh, spare us this
at least, argus-oyed ones Let the penitent and
earnest souls como to their confirmation aud lake
up their Christian vows without having their
names printed IN the next mornings edition of
The Family SpF. May We ask any clergyman when
importuned for the list, to say no :! Ii il hard,
however. TO imagine any rector giving such list,
DuJ there are rectOrs and rectOrs- Living Church.
In great cities it is very rare to have gen.
eral revival peryading the churches of all denOm-
nations. There is nothing in the nature of the
case TO make them impossible. but there is much to
cause them to be more Improbable. There are
men now living who have seen this city shaken as
by mighty WIND under the power of the spirit OF
revival OF religion. But the city then far from
being what il now is. The population has greatly
changed. The business of the CITY has become
widely different. The domestic life OF employer
and employed is not what it was. Society itself is
CONSTITUTED on other principles The chef peculi-
wealth and subdivision of labor the association of
families has been broken up, and individuality is
asserted mere and more. Society is not now con
structod on the social principle, but is regulated
by conventional rules. This disturbances of the
close ntimacies Of life has led to less interest
neighbours spiritual welfare, and the Church itself
takes on the phase that distln cuisines the world.
lNew-York Observer,
The material out of W hich the average" min
lister IS made is young man, with such an amount
of personal religion as the average church member
possesses lie desires to do good, thinks the minis
try opens the way to usefulness, and perhap: be-
lieyes he is specially SCALED to It, He studies
in college and seminary becomes engaged to young
lady feels that he settle himself down TO
real work till she is ut his side his WIFE, and there
fore even before he is married shows how truly
Paul said: lie that is married careth for the
things that are Of the world, how he may please
istry is subordinated to the thought of neither
there is such salary within his reach that ho can
venture on matrimony.- Baptist Weekly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
HOW TO TAKE EXERCISE.

The aim of exercise, says The London Lancet,
Ia not solely to work the organism which Is
thrown into activity, though that Is one ana
very important, part of the object III view, De-
cause as the living body works 1T feeds, ana as
it feeds it is replen ished but there is another
purpose in exercise and that is to call INTO ac-
ton and stimulate the faculty OF recuperation'
The difference between being accustomed to
exercise and able to work without feeling 1t,
and being barely able TO accomplish speclai
task, and having it taken out OF one blythe eX-
plot, whether mental or physical, Is the diner
ence between possessing the power OF rapid re-
palr by nutrition, and not having that power
in working order-sO that some time must
elapse before recovery takes place. and during
the interval there will be fatigue ana more
or less exhaustion. Exercise with view to re-
cuperation should never so much exceed the
capacity OF the recuperatiye faculty as to pros
trate the nervous energy. Ihe work uOhe
ought not to produce any great sense OF
fatigue If exhaustion be experienced, the
exeI else has been excessive in amount. Inc
best plan to pursue is to begin with very
moderate amount of work, continued during a
brief period, and to make the length of the in
teryal betNeen the cessation Of the exercise
and the recovery of feeling OF freshness "
the guide as TO the increase of exercise. we do
not mean that false sense of revival which Is
sometimes derived from the recourse 10 stlmu-
lants, 6ut genuine recovery after brief PERIOD
of rest and the use of plain nutritious food. III
this simple rule were carried into practice by
those who desire " to grow strong there would
be less disappointment, and a generally better
result, than often attends the endeavOr to
profit by exercise uninteligently employed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
THE THOUGHTS OF CHILDREN.
rrom The Pail Mil Gn.eiie.

From The Pal Mall GdseHe
Alexander Dumas has been coming out in the char
acter of censor mOrua and the theme chose1 in the
paper which he has contrbutedto the periodical re-
iocing in the title Of NOHreda Ne IS the FAM liar one
of the neglect shown by p rents i'll the training OF
their children especially in very early years: The
grand offence oil parents lies in Sinking the difficult
ties presented by the curiosity OF children The hrst
beginnings of that inqulsltiveness are TO be SEEN
according to NJ. Dumas IN actions not generally at,
tributed to any such cause. " When you see chlld
spoil and destroy Immediately and deliberately the
playthings that have been given to IT, pull OIL the
METALS of the flowers 1T has gathered, and even the
wings of insects which it has caught you say;
Children are destructive; childhood is merciless
liz is a mistake The child is not destructive; 1t Is
not cruel. 1t is curious IL does not want TO DE-
appearance OF this desire Tor knowledge, with inc
first utterance OF the often embarrassing but mex
orcsabe questions how r and "why T. the gray
est responsibilities fail upon the parent and these
responsibilities he either shirks seeks to delegate
to Others. NJ. Dumas description OF the latter pro-
cess Is very fOrcible. The mother who has married
not know ing why, and brought forth u child not
knowing how, makes haste to hand over the care OF
IL to others. The wet-nurse and nurse 10 provide
for the body the bonnie tho g0verness and the con-
vent or, in the case OF boys, the tutor ana INC
school, to train the mind Che miIister the priest
or the rabbi to look after tho soul-each teaching
something which the other calls false, and all
equally condemned by nature, history and science
these are all instances OF that delegation of parental
duty against which NJ. Dumas lnveighs. And all
this because this man and woman want to have all
the pleasures all the rights all the recompenses OF
paternity and maternity, while transferring as far
as ever they can Its duties and responsibilities To
Others" AS the children grow up the delegation Oh
parental duties is followed, in the case OF the
bows at least w their absolute neglect The
yonng mans desire to know the world is allowed TO
lead him into all sorts of excesses. at which the
parents wink. ii faut que Jeunesse So passe" and
Il is only when the vigor and the freshness OF
youth have both passed away that the parents in
teryene to induce him settle in fe in order that
they may enjoy the luxury Of being surrounded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
TIE DOG or MONTARGLS.

Paris letter u The London Globe.
dog carved in the mantelpiece over the fireplace
of the dinng-rOOm of the Chateau de Montargis Is
the only thing which remains TO remind the present
generation OF the famous duel which took place be-
tween the Chevaler de hacaiTe and the faithful
hound of Aubrey de Montdidier The latter was
murdered when out walking IN the Forest of BOndy.
where the chapel built by three merchants who
were saved from the robbers by appaTtiOu of the
Virgin il still the site of an annual pilgrimage His
dog attempted to defend HIM. but was left for dead
nv The assailantS. The animal recovered, and going
to the house of friend of Its lasj master was sue
ccs,ful in bringing him to the spot where the muir
dcrers had buried the body OF their victim. No clew
was found 10 the asSasslns until one day, when the
friend was passing with the dog through the Rue
aux Ours the animal flew at man, who proved 10
be the Cheyaler de Macare. He would have been
stranglcd had not some OF the paSSers-Dy
interviewed. Tho matter was brought before
King Charles v, who ordered the CheyalIer and the
dog into his presence. He considered that a COM
bat was necessary. and gave permission Tor the
trial by battle to take place. The Chevalier was to
be armed with club. and the dog was to have an
take place behind the cathedral of N6tre Dame
ON the spot termed the Island of st. LOUIS, which
now fronts the Morguc. Ii has been transformed
into garden, and those who SIT down there AFTER
visiting the relics of N6tre Dame or before peeplng
into the Paris deadhOuse, little think that they are
within the limits of the famous champ clos where
the dog compelled the assassin of his master to con-
fess his crime.
Within few hundred yards of the public garden
is the SprbOnne, famous Tor the experiments con-
Quoted there by NJ. Paul Bert and other vviSectlon-
ists who have never paused to think OF the
agony they are INJECTING on the animals who are
not only the most faithful companions OF man, Dut
who can according to history, enter the lists III
favor of those whom they regard as their natural
protectors The Rue aux Ours exists still, and BID
lophiles who study the history OF Old Paris, com
parug 10 with modern times, can point TO the spot
where the dog of Montargis first seized the assassin
of Aubrey de Montdldier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
A CHEESE-MAKING BERRY.

Nature has, it appears provided substitute
for rennet in the manufacture of cheese, the
article being the berry of the plant known to
botanists as IV,thanid oOaguldRS. This shrub,
says The London Globe, thrives in the Punjab
and TranS-lndus territory, and has long been
used by the BellOchees and Afghans to curdle
milk. But its complete efficacy WAS rot de-
monstrated until lately, when the berry was OIL
cially experimental with at a farm belonging to
Sir james Ferguson, the present Governor Of
Bombay. The report published by the Govern
ment says that complete success was achieved,
q perfect curd being produced and the cheese
turning out excellent in every respect. The
method of preparing the puRerd-so is the
berry called, from the Persian name OF cheese
is to put some ounces into a small quantity of
cold water and to allow this to simmer by the
side of fire for twelve hours. AT the end of
thst time about half pint OF the decoction
will suffice to curdle ffty-fye gallons of milk,
the quantity of berries employed being two
ounces With a view 10 the more extended
cultivation of the shrub, an experimental plan
tatiOn is about to be established at the Govern
ment Botanical Gardens at 5aharanpore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS.

professor Schiaperelli, the well-knOwn Ital-
san astronomer, III recent lecture OH inc great
comet of 1882 explained conclsely the devel-
onment of these erratic bodies on their APP
proach to the sun. Inc proper nuSieh hSa Oi %
comet is, he says, solid or liquid Oouy SO
small as rarely to be seen III the greater
number of comets it seems to he not large
enough to be visible even Ill powerful teles'
cones 1t seems also that IL some comets there
are several nuclei, very small and close, whose
narticular atmospheres in their development at
last unite in one. So long as such BODY, or
system of bodies, remains far from the sun, IN
extra planetary regions, where temperature Is
less than -140o e. according to the mosC
moderate estmates) and where the sun mas
perhaps no power to heat it, the matter must pe
wholly solid, or at least liquid ana II Sinai
nuantity is gaseous or vap0TOus, IL InuSv mo ua'
great density and small volume. Inc ap-
prOach to the sun will obviously SVEN INC &c
yeloping atmosphere, oil. give rise 10 one II u
hoes not vet exist. Shortly the nucleus begins
to annear surrounded by blaze OF light feeble
nj first hut afterward more ana more orlliant,
which is the star or neaa OF 'se COMET hso 10th
bec ause they have not matter enough to make
an atmosphere, and because they do not come
near enough to the sun to be subject to gies,t
heat. Some comets do not enter the eartns
orbit Others cannot reach that of Mars, ana the
comet of 1929 got only little way into the
orbit of Jupiter. The most part OF those
cOmets being exposed very moderately 10 t9e
solar influence. cannot increase, ana remain
telescope and it is probable that large num-
her stop at Jupiter or Saturn's orbit (or even
further) in their descent upon the sun i: none OF
those are seen. ..
TIE tail of q comet consists of matters re-
nejed by the sun with mysterious power
fbe comet is also so much swollen and con-
yulsed by solar heat that the little nucleus Is
not able sometimes to keep together the rag
ments by its own very feeble attraction. Nlo-
lent eruptions take place at the surface, so that
pieces of the nucleus are raised and thrown
out of the principal body's attraction Those
fragments then pass through the heavens as
independent bodies, and their orbits are not
very different from the orbit OF the nucleus
Sometimes one of the broken pieces is large
enough to engender another separate comet
But most generally it seems that separated
pieces are small and numerous, like the sparks
of a piece of salt thrown on the fire and ex-
tend along tn , trajectory of the nucleus like
current or projection of corpuscles, which grad
ually in wade all the orbit of the comet Many
comets probably alb engender in their course
a similar retinue and the planetary intervals
are peopled 10y these corpuscles produced by a
comets partial disintegration. When the earth
in It's yearly revolution passes through one OF
these professions it meets with several pieces,
which get infiamed by contact with the terres'
trial atmosphere, and burn in short time, pro-
ducipg falling star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
BEFORE And AFTER.

did | step your train p
Nay. dearest, no matter"
Nv pet brown again.
Did step on the trainT
"You wanted. 'tls plain,
An excuse, sir, to llatterV
did step on your trainp .
NAY, my dearestl what matter u
II.
"YOur foOts on my gown
We'll, it doesn't much matter!'
You Vandal! you clownl
Your fOOt's on my gown -
"Such an ugly dull brown
'Tisn't worth all this chatterw
" Your toOPs on my q0tcn !"
We'll. what does 1t matterW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
MY LADY.
From The Home Journal.

From The Home Journal
I think of her in April days,
So gladstone is she,
So rich In beauty, shyly hid,
So winning and free;
So proud ttrO' transitory tears,
Yet not else than kind;
So pure, her like IN all the world
Inever shall find!
I dream of her by leafy glades
Where brooks ripple calm;
| sing to her within my heart
A merry spring PSALM;
For sweeter are than western winds
Her swift, low replies,
And more to me than viOlets
Those frank English eyes.
LOUISE lMOGENE Quincy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22

with the ordinary threads. The flannel so pre-
pared forms dry pile. NJ. Drincourt, pro-
lessor Of physics at the Rheims Lyceam, and
NJ. Portevin, of the polytechnic school, have
nroyed. independently, il is stated, by precise
eexneriments, that NJ. Claudats flannel liber-
afes electricity, either by simple contact or
metter) in contact with the products Of trans
niration when the tissue is applied to the body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
ELECTRIC FLANNEL.

Medicated garments are common epouob and
Or. Claudat, a Frenchman, has inst add.d to
them q so.called "electric fiannei,S which he
claims is effcacious against rheumatism. This
flannel contains. per kiogramme of wool. lis
fiammes OF oxides OF tin, copper, zinc and iron.
hese metallic products are woven alternately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
CONCENTRATION OF SOLAR HEAT.

Delaurier describes in Les MOndeS a new
system Of concentration of solar heat. The
principle is that if the air be heated IN closed
space, the hottest layers rise TO the upper parts
and in this region the temperature will rise
more and more if the caloIitic action be pro-
Onged, and suitable precautions be taken
against cooling. Thus, if the Enclosure have
tue form Of pyramid CT a cone, an apparatus,
both cuIiously and variOusy useful, may be
had at little cost. NJ. Delaurer uses double
envelope of glass with layer of air in the in
terval On the shaded side tile outer envelope
is covered with light wooden shutters coated
with bright metal This arrangement is es-
pecially useful for winter or a cold climate. At
the centre of the apparatus, on a wooden base,
are fixed vertical radiating partitions of cop
per blackencd by oxidation, and on the edges of
these are cemented the trapezoidal plates of
glass, which form the first envelope. The aD-
paratus is not dramatically closed below. NJ.
Delaurier considers that it would, besides being
industraly useful, make an excellent pyrrhe-
IOmeter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
PHoToGRApHlNG THE VOCAL ORGANS.

PHOTOGRAPHlNG THE VOCAL ORGANS.
Some attempts have been made i'll London to
photograph the human vocal organs III the act
OF singing. The principal object was to obtain q
picture of the ligaments known as the vocal
chords, which are situated at the top OF the
scope, small Mirror which when placed at the
oack oil tile throat serves al once TO reflect light
upon upon the membranes, and to form an image OF
Them visible to the observer. With the aid OF
TINS instrument numerous observations baye
; veen made upon singers, and much valuable
n, has been collected, but all previous
emol.s 10 OBTAIN photograph by substituting. a
SnIa LOT the observers eye have entirely
Tailed. The difficulties were overcome by the
use, use OF powerful Siemens electric lamp. sup
Rilee py aynamo machine. b means of this
light some excellent photographs were OBJ
tanned Oh tile laryngoscopic image. The patient
ia eacn case was Herr Behnke, at whose in
stance the experiments were made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22

NEGROES IN THE SOUTH.-Ata meeting OF tho
Episcopal Church Congress few months ago,
one of the speakers, the Rev. j. l.. Tucker. OF
Jackson, Miss, created a sensation by saving
that the moral and spiritual condition OF the
negro race in the South is deplorable. and
that even their religion is unconscious hypnc-
risv.D He has since written book enuilcd
THE Relations of the Church to the C0lored
Race" in which he reiterates his statements
and adduces facts to prove them.