Year: 1875

TRAPs.- Not rat traps. nor mouse traps.
but traps for people. Don't put them in
to your house or about your premises.
Some people live on year after year with
shackling old well curb Just ready to
break in pieces. 1t is patched up little
from time to time, but never securely.
Some day little ones foot trips on the
icy stones. the rotten boards crush, and
your child is in the cold depths below.
If his life is saved, You may well think it
Il miracle. SO, too, a cstern Twill be COW
cred with loose board or two. which anv
child may remove and these have often
proved death-trap to some beloved mem
Der of your flock.


Don't put Il lock on your closet doors
that opens with a spring. Have a fair
door knob that can be opened on either
side. A great deal of troubble may come
in the train of one of these spring locks in
the course of Il houses lifetime. | had a
friend shut into such closet once by the
sudden closing of the door, by gust of
wind which came in through the open
window. She called and pounded on the
sides Of her prison until she feared she
should faint or smother before any help
came. Finally the curiosity of the old
woman with whom she boarded was
aroused by hearing snch a peculiar ham
mering up stairs and came up to inquire
into the same.


A servant in large house in the city
was left alone one morning to take charge
of a little child Just running about. She
happened to 90 into Il closet with such Il
lock on the door. when the baby closed
the door upon her. lie was too small to
open it, or to realize the mischief he had
done 1t would be two hours before the
family returned. and when they did the
doors were all fastened. She felt that she
could not survive Il half hours mpriSon-
ment in that smothering place. That
thought gave strength to her nerves and
muscles. and with all her might she beat
against the door. \ stout pair of shoes
helped considerably. and at last She burst
open the door. and was free.


Boys and girls, never get into a big box
or chest to hide when playing with your
companions. Too many fatal accidents
have come from such practice. \ lad
got into Il big grain box in his fathers
barn while playing hide and seek. and
strong wooden haSp sprang into place and
fastened him down. His mate sought for
him in vain, and when night came he did
not return to his home Then a regular
search began of the whole premises. with
very di>couraging results. Finally hired
man chanccd to 90 into this room, but
little used. and thought he heard a faint
tapping on the old chest. The poor boy
was quickly released, and none too soon
He would probably have smothered if the
fastening had not worked Il little loose so
that he managed to slipa hickory nut he
had in his pocket under the edge of the
lid atfording him a little air. 1t is useless
to say "b"vs must keep out Of such
places" They will not, 50 it is wisdom to
keep the traps out of their way.


But worse trap than All these is the
trap Of a whisky barrel in the cellar. 1t
works the deaths of the household more
surely than the uncovered we'll. They
may possibly escape that There is little
chance of the other The world is full
enough of snares and pitfalls for your
children, without Your placing these IN
der, their Young unwary feet.