Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-06
DoM ESTHC NURSING.
Sensible Suggestion on the Care of the
 Sick at Home.

by the treatment ot skltlful ocullst.
 DOMESTIC NURSING.
 Sensible sugssstIon on the Care of the
 Sick at Home.
 From Home Topics.I
 A large, sunny room should be selected for the invalid; if without carpet, so much the better. Sunshine as disinfeetant is worth bushels of chloride of lime.
 The room should be kept thoroughly ven- tilated and at 8 temperature not lower than TO degrees. If the patti ent is kept warm, air may be freely admitted without the least danger.
 A sheet folded once lengthwise, laid across the bed, with the upper edge just touching the pillars and the ends tightly tucked under tke mattresses, will be foul nd to add greatly to the patients comfort. It does not wrinkle like single sheet, and crumbs may be read fly brushed off it.
 The bed linen should be changed at least once in three days; the blankets once week, those that have been removed being hung in the open uir for few hours, then thoroughly aired in warm room.
 In bathing the invalid never uncover too large surface at once. Pin blanket round the shoulders, fastening it behind, and re- move the night dress under that. Put the hand under the blanket and sponge the skin, a small portion at time. A woman's hair should be eombed every day if she is able to bear the fatigue. If it has become tangled & little sweet oil will loosen it..
 The cross sheet should invariably be kept free from crumbs and wrinkles, as these are & frequent cause of bed sores. Wherever the least redness shows on the patients body the skin must be at once bathed with alcohol. thoroughly dried and dusted with powdered oxide of zinc.
 The carpet of sick room should be light- ly brushed once day with a damp cloth Dry clusters and feather brushes are worse than useless.
 Meals for invalids should look as tempting as possible. The tray should be covered with the whitest napkin, and the silver, glass and china should shine with cleanliness. The patient should not be disgusted by 8 display of too much food and should not be consulted beforehand ss to what he will eat or drink.
 The nurses dress should invariably be neat, tasteful and pretty. Slippers or boots of felt should be worn. To be continually smoothing the bed, pestering the patient with sympathy and saying dozen times an hour, 'How do yoG feel now" is enough to drive a sick man wild.
 Household troubles should be kept far from the sick room. Above all, an invalid or an apparent convalescent should be saved from his friends. One garrulous acquaint' ance may in half an hour undo the good of 6 week of tender nursing. In long illnesses g small bed-table will be found indispensable Every cup, glass, spoon and utensil used | should be taken out of the room and washed | as speedily as possible. As to walking on l tip-toe and whispering, nothing can disturb | a nervous person more.
 HUNTING AELsGATORs AT NIGHT.
 How the Sport is Conducted In Flor ida The Reptiles Becoming 1 Searcer.
 From the Chicago Herald.l Alligator hunting by night is at present
 the great sport in Florida. In their present | panic stricken condition the alligators gel. l dom go far away from the water in the day
 time, but make all their overland journeys l at night They are growing very uneasy al
 the advances of civilization, and have
 learned to shun both men and steamboats l So frightened have they become that repeat | ed trips may be made the entire length ot 1 the St. Johns river without a single speci-
 men being seen. Alligator hunting was for.
 merly one of the most lucrative pursuits ir Florida, as well as source of infinite
 amusement to tourists. The reptiles were l State. They seemingly possess no intelli | gence whatever, and are notably slothful | but have learned that safety Is found only in
 nasty flight and seclusion. In former years | they were shot at random by excursionists from the deck of nearly every steamboat that navigated the lakes and rivers of the State, but now the ironelad rule is every 1 where enforced on board that alligators mus not be seriously disturbed by either passen.
 gers or employees. This regulation has beer
 rendered necessary to satisfy women ane
 children who constantly complain of being
 in Florida for weeks without ever seeing
 single real live alligator in it's native haunts l Under present conditions alligator hunt. ing by daylight has become tedious and un
 profitable in most parts of the peninsula
 and 8 novel scheme for killing them at nigh
 has been adopted. The hunters equip them
 selves with guns, revolvers, knives ant
 bulls eye lanterns. The alligator track ii
 reached soon after dark, for the alligator
 begin to move early in the night. Tn,
 tracks are as plainly marked as wagon roads 1 and are made by the reptiles constantly tray 1 cling from one lake, river or swamp to an
 other. The alligators can be heard at con
 siderable distance laboriously approaching
 The men preserve absolute silence until tn | alligators reach the proper point and ther
 turn their bulls eyes upon them.
 The dazzling stream of light seemingl,
 paralyzes the reptiles, and they stop short il
 their journey. Their eyes bulge out ant
 sparkle, and at these glistening orbs tn
 hunters direct their aim. It is useless t
 shoot the alligators except in the open moutl
 or under the throat, as the shot is repellet
 by the tough skin on other parts of tn
 body, producing no perceptible effect. ex cept in some instances to exasperste the rep tiles to frenzied resistance.
 In one case, between Lakes Nellie ant Louisa, few days ago, an alligator sup posed to be fatally shot showed fight whel approached, and knocked one of the mel
 unconscious with its tail. Fearing to shoo then because of possible injury to thei companion, the other hunters attacked tn t ferocious reptile with clubs, one of which four or five inches in diameter, was seized il the monsters jaws and crushed to splintere t | A man is usually employed to remove tn t hides and teeth, while the bodies are left 8 ? food for the numerous buzzards, which ar a here protected by law. The hides sell fo
 from one to three dollars each, and the feet
 for as much more, the former being in de 3 mand for the manufacture of various lesthe goods, and the latter to be worked up int . jewslry and other ornaments. Half doze enterprising men can capture from one to a ' nf o1ls sr