The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10

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you every advantage to practice this art
until you are good swimmer. Outside
of the enjoyment of bath, the swimmer
is the one who ought to have the coolest
head in case of an accident in the water.
He can trust himself further in fishing,
rowing and sailing, and will be offered
more than one opportunity during his
lifetime of saving human life.
"It is we'll for a growing boy to take
such exercise as will strengthen his
muscle, but he must be cautious. Box.
ing is too harsh. 1t not only strains the
muscles of the arms and back, but is
quite apt to affect other parts. To be a
good boxer is simply to have the satisfac.
tion of pounding some one around room:
Wrestling is dangerous, and the bars and
trapeze result in broken limbs. Riding
and walking are probably the safest and
best exercise for growing boy"
"See this water pitcher"
"Of course"
swell. what makes it so damp on the
outside ?"
"Don't know"
easy enough my lad. The ice has
cooled the pitcher until the moisture in
the air is condensed on the outside.
That's the way pitcher or tumblcr has
of perspiring."
"What made it rain yesterday ?"
because storm came up"
"That's not fair answer. When two
clouds of unequal temperature unite, rain
will fall. Clouds are masses of vapor,
more or less saturated with water, and as
soon as the cold condenses the air the
water is squeezed out as from sponge,
and we call it rain.'
It is a queer boy who does not meet
with an accident of some sort every week
of his life. For sprained ankle rub on
whiskey or arnica. If cold water will
not stop nose.bleed, fold piece of paper
and place it between your teeth and up.
per lip. A few drops of cold water on
the back of the neck will often prove
remedy. A cut finger will stop bleeding
if you hold it in cold water. If you get
dirt in your eyes rub toward the temple
instead of the nose.
A stone bruise should be poulticed
until soft enough to lance. If you can't
swim remember to struggle as little as
possible if you fall into the water. A
common chair would float you all day, so
long as you only rested your hands on it.
Never carry coin of any sort in your
mouth. Enough grease and dirt can be
washed off seemingly clean quarter to
discolor pint of water.
Now let's see about some of the triHes
we never turn aside to investigate. A
full grown gra.shopper can jump 200
times his own length. If man could
Jump in the same proportion as the shop.
per-" he would cover fifth of a mile.
You have heard the expression, "Blind
as bat" Well, bats are not blind, any
more than owls. The insects they feed
on only move about at night, and there.
fore bats eyes, were they never 80
sharp, would be of no use by daylight.
Don't you see the curious workings OF
nature in this?
The owl has been adopted as the
emblem of wisdom, but there are dozen
wiser birds. He can fly in the full glare
of midday, but like the bat be does his
feeding at night, and, therefore, has his
sharpest eyes after sundown.
A catipillar crawls so slowly that it
makes you tired to watch him, but one
will travel 100 feet an hour. Their fuzzy
coat is their protection against certain
enemies. He cannot slip into a hole,
like certain grubs and worms, but when
threatened he rolls himself into ball,
like hedgehog, and even robin makes
wry face in gulping him down.
The common ant, whose way the slug.
gard was invited to consider, is hard
worker. If man could carry as much
in proportion as an ant he would have
no trouble in shouldering hogshead of
sugar. One single ant will sustain the
weight of 81 others clinging to him to
make bridge. A strong man could not
sustain the weight of two good sized boys
many minutes. IF horse could bite as
hard in proportion as an ant he would
chew up paving stones and scrap iron
without giving him the too.hache.
Look at the feet of the partridge and
then at those of the hawk, and you will
see more Of natures wisdom. The hawk
has talons, 80 set as to fasten the more
firmly with every effort of its victim to
escape, while the partrid ge has nails for
scratching among the leaves and grass
after its food. One depends on his own
efforts for his dinner; the other is sup.
piled by nature with nuts and berries.
While the eagle is the king of birds, he
has ever been fugitive from man. He
is not as good fisher as several other
birds, and his size counts against him in
swooping down for small game. He
must live. not on what he originally cap
lures, but by robbing other robbers. He
has sharper eye than any other known
bird, and nature has so fixed it that he
can work them as we use telescope;
that is, he can focus his vision so as to
plainly see objects far beyond the range
of ordinary birds.
Man would have been foolish enough
to make the feet of all birds and fowls
alike. Nature gave the eagle and hawk
sharp beaks and hooked talons and extra
strong wings. Where the eagle is ahead
on vision the vulture beats him in sense
of smell. The eagle prefers to kill bis
own meat; the vulture waits tor his to
die. The hen has no use for talons, be-
cause she scratches the earth. The goose
was not intended to scratch, but to secure
food i'll different way. Hence its longer
neck, different bill and webbed feet. The
crane is after still another sort of food,
and instead of being swimmer he can
take the medal at wading.
If you want new straw hat just show
me where nature has made a single mis-.
take in the beast, bird, insect or reptile
kingdom. You find every living thing
working in its own way, and that way is
the best for it.
The ant is rapid on its legs and does
not therefore require the spring of
grasshopper. The beetle goes knocking
about haphazard and is therefore built so
strongly that he can knock himself down
a hundred times day and not feel it.
The butterfly is so gorgeous that the eye
of every enemy is attracted. 1t is there
fore an adept at dodgiug. Watch one
week and you will never see it fly four
feet in STRAIGHT line, The swallow is