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Wheat Gambling. In all sorts of gambling and financial speculation, whenever there is any great gain in any quarter, there must be corresponding loss in another. In the ordinary transactions of human life, in the regular barters between man and man, the true theory of the wisest political economy is put into practice when both parties are equally benefited ny the transaction. This is a truism to which exception is frequently taken ; but it is a truism, nevertheless. The spirit of reciprocity is the true spirit of honest trade, and the principle of the (J olden Rule, in one form or another, is the underlying principle at the basis of every honorable trade. But, whether a man puts his money in a base-ball pool, or leaves it to the arbitration of the dice box or the cards, or whether he risks it on the footing and bottom of a favorite trotter, or in vests in the chances of a corner in wheat, and comes out of the transac tion with great gain, some other man or men are losers to the same amount. And so, all along the way-side of the history of the successes of the few in gambling operations, are the records of the wreckothc mauy. Success blinds the public TOrnd, and clouds the public conscience to the real nature of the manner by which that success is at tained, and the greater the success the more dazzling ihe brightness of the triumph, the less clear h the moral vision of the lookers-on, and the less sharp and potent the criticism that fol lows the methods by winch the success is brought about. The month of July closed in the wind ing up of a gigant ic wheat corner in the Milwaukee market It matters little to the general public underlying such a matter who throws the successful dice, or who turns up the winning card. One or more tine fortunes have been made. A few men came out of the game with well-lined pockets. But at the iatue tirfe $oiDebofy's money pays tke Dills ; idknebody's losses foot up to make up the gains; and, on general principles, just as many dollars have been lost by some as have been made by others. Aside, then, from all questions as to the upsetting of values or the derange ment of legitimate business, the gam bling that takes the form of speculating on wheat corners is proportionately as much greater curse to the community than the ordinary methods of gambling as its prolits are greater. Milwaukee Jour, of Comnurce. Export of Breadstuff's. Europe at peace is a good customer for our breadstutls. JSince the Berlin settlenfcgfvas. made, .the advance in American wheat for' export has been very marked. Within two weeks the winter grades have gone up about ten cents a bushel, and the movement of grain to the Continent is now almost unpreeedcntedly great. The demand arises from the short crops in Europe and is of that kind which may happen any year on the Continent, whether the nations are at war or not. The un favorable weather, more than the with drawal of any number of Russians from the field during the late eoutliet, is the cause of the scanty supply abroad. Not long ago American speculators were jreckoning on the contingency of a general European war as the only thing that would make a foreign market for our enormous wheat crops. They are now surprised to sec the same desirable event coming abmit without such a con vulsion preceding it. The preseui for eign demand for American breadstutls shows the futility of calculations in such matters. It is a h ssou to specu lators not to put to much dependence on what they hear, and never to pin their faith on tin expectations of war, thau. which nothing is more uncertain, Attpt all, it is Europe at peace that buy the most of'our various products, and is best able to my for them. For a steady and profitable customer, com mend us to a nation that is not always fighting. JV. V. Journal of Commerce. Ashes as Cattle feed. The Maine Former says: "One of our substantial sulcribers, in a recent conversation, gave his experience in treating neat stock affected with the nabit of eating wood, chewing bones, etc. His cattle were one spring affected in this way ; they became thin in flesh, refused to eat hay, and presented a sickly appearance. lie put about four bushels of leached ashes in his barnyard and threw out to them about a shovel each day. They all ate with evident relish. After turning them out to pas ture he put one peck of dry ashes per week on the ground in the pasture. They ate it all up and gnawed off the grass where it had been lying. The cattle began to improve, gaining flesh and looking better than they had for several years. lie now gives one quart of ashes, mixed with the same quantity of salt, to twelve head of cattle, about once a week, and finds it to agree with them wonderfully. larger yields may be got from hoed crops planted in drills than when planted in hills. This is true of corn, potatoes, beans, or any other crop of the kind. But it is not a good way on weedy land, or for a slovenly farmer. The rows should be as straight as a line, and at accurately even distances. Cultivation must be frequent and thor ough. Proper implements should be used by skillful hands. These things premised, the drill system gives satis faction. gjomcstic. Now to Ouskkvk Sunday. The question of the proper observance of Sunday has leen a much' disputed one. and is one of much interest. A certain amount of religious services should of course (fwrnji part- of. each Sunday's life; slyivjq! mdeetj bo its central idea, but it should riot "infringe upon the. de mands of overworked nature for rest But what is rest? Clearly what would le rest to one would not be to another. What would increase vitality and strength to the day laborer would make the weary student, Iraok-kcepcr or editor more weary. The work of the six week days, whatever it is, should be put entirely out of sight From Saturday, until Monday. iucmai laoor reading, 1 writing or other employment that reqttt AmAUH dHb& l.iysical la lorers must cease physical lalnir, and can obtain the desired rest in mental improvement. Those whose week days are spent within the four walls of a store or an office, should le. in the open air, in the broatl fields, where they can breathe nature's purest aerial draughts, as much as possible. Those who labor out of doors will find their greatest rest and enjoyment on Sunday in their homes. ' The business man and the banker should cease all thought of busi ness, take a complete respite from all thoughts of "shop,' and Sunday for all classes should be made as widely differ ent from any other days in the week as possible. It should le made enjoyable, especially for the children, that they may grow up with the love of the day, instead of an aversion for it, as is too common even in the best of Christian families. The observance of the day in each household should be made a study, that the most profitable and rest-giving enjoyments to suit each case may be fouud,and then letthe observance of the day, once settled, be lived up to as strictly as a business transaction. The day should have "its distinctive features; religious culture; freedom from toil for servant as well as master; rest in its true sense, and enjoyment of the higher order, which relaxes the nervous system, and is one of nature's greatest restoratives, all have their place, and none of them should be neglected. Pittsburg 1 hyraph. Household Receipts. Corn Oysters. Fifteen ears sugar corn, grated. Salt and pepper to taste. One cup of grated bread, four eggs, yelks beaten light, whiles to a stiff froth just before baking, (irease the griddle well with butter. Bake like griddle cakes the size of oysters. Scrape the juice out of the cob; do not grate tp closely. Late in the seasou add a little cream. A Xice Way to Cook Yorxo Chickens. Take youugchiekens,drcss them as usual, take them apart at each joint, wash them and place them in a dripping pan, and just cover them with swet thin cream, season with salt, pepper and a little butter; put them in the oven to cook. When the cream is almost cooked away the chickens are done. They are splendid cooked in this way. How to c.et rid of Cockroaches. '(iet an ordinary sized bottle, with neck large enough to admit these pests, then catch a roach and place it in this bottle. If your cupboard is infested with these animals, place this bottle containing the single roach on a shelf near the side of a cupboard at night, and the next morning you will have quite a bottle full, 2rovidol it be a good night for mtehes. Beef Omelet. Three pounds of beef chopittd fine; three egs beaten together; six crackers rolled fine; one tablespoonful of salt, one teasioonful of pepper, one tablespoonful of melted butter; sage to the taste; mix well and make like a loaf of bread; put a little water and bits of butter into the pan; invert another pan over it; baste the omelet occasionally; bake an hour aud a quarter, and when cold slice very thin. Sweetbreads with Tomatoes. Set over the fire a quart of nice ripe peeled tomatoes, stew half an hour slowly in their own liquor, and strain tl rough a coarse sieve; then put in ihe sweetbreads, well-trimmed and soaked in warm water; add a little salt and cayenne, and quarter-pound of butter, smoothed in three spoonsful of Hour. Stew slowly till the sweetbreads are well done, that is alout an hour and a half. A few minutes before dishing stir in the beaten volks of three esgs. Important I'm of Natural G"$. The petroleum product of Pennsylvania now reaches the fabulous sum of eighty mil lions of dollars per year, while the ex portation runs to aliout sixty millions. Uutil recently, or at least within a few years, but little use has been made of the natural gas which has discharged into either the open air or been burned in huge torch lights through the oil re gions. In Beaver Falls, a manufactur ing town of considerable note, located about thirty miles west of Pittsburg on the Fort ayne and Chicago Railroad, one well was put down about sixteen years ago for oil, and struck gas at about 1,100 feet in depth, whence it poured continuously until about two years ago, when it was leased, cased up, and brought into use. This induced the Harmony Society to put down more wells in different localities (five in num r), all of which give out liberal sup plies, some as high as one hundred thousand feet everv twenty-four hours, which is now being used in neaily every manufacturing establishment in the town. About one half of the gas used for lighting the town comes from these wells ; it is also used under the gas retorts for heating (five in numler). The large cutlery" works use it in 40 heating furnaces; the hinge works, in three large heating furnaces ; the pot tery works, in two large kilns and two very large furnaces for drying ware; the shovel works, in one large heatiug furnace ; the file works, in seven large annealing furnaces ; the saw works, in one very large heating furnace, 14 feet long by 11 feet wide," which is run toa very high heat. It is also used in one forging furnace. Two drying kilns for seasoning lumber use it. And it is also introduced into dwelling houses, heat ing furnaces, and stoves and cooking stoves, and is exclusively used direct from the wells for lighting one large dwelling. Other wells are now going down, and everything indicates the ex clusive use of this gas for all heating, illuminating, and manufacturing pur poses. Its value is really incalculable in working steel. It as said to be fully equal to charcoal, if not superior, there lieing no base substance like sulphur or other matters so damaging to its quali ty. A remarkable feature about it is, that men woik right along in a room filled with it, take it freely into their lungs, in short, breathe it as they do air; and it appears rather healthful than otherwise, while manufactured gas is actually dangerous to inhale. The flame is clear white and gives an intense heat with very little smoke. There seems no diminution in the supply; there may be a limit to the supply, but the gas is in all probability being con stantly produced down deep in the earth. Sntntifir A ruerican. Our Ensmnom Consunijition of Tirn her. In pleading foi the protection and perpetuation of forests the Lumber man's Gazette gives some interesting particulars of the amount of timber L consumed every year in this country. we have now," it s savs. "about 00.- 000 miles of railroad ; the annual con sumption for ties or sleepers alone is 40,000,000, or thirty years' growth of 75,000 acres. To fence these roads would require at least 1.10.000 miles of fence, which would cost $45,000,01)0 to build, and take at least $15,000,000 an nually to keep in repair. We have 75, 000 miles of wire, which requires in its putting up S(K),000 trees, while the annual repairs must take 300,000 more. The little, insignificant lucifer match consumes annually in its manufacture 300,000 cubic feet of the finest pine. The bricks that are annually baked re quire 2,000,000 cords of wood, which would sweep the timber clean from 50, 000 acres. Shoe pegs arc quite as im portant an article as matches or bricks, and to make the required annual sup ply consumes 100,000 cords of fine tim ber, while the manufacture of lasts and boot trees tikes 500,000 cords of maple, beech, and birch, and about the same amount is required for plane stocks and the handles of tools. The packing boxes made in the United States in 1874 amounted to $12,000,000, while the tim ber manufactured into agricultural im plements, wagons, etc., is more than $100,000,000. The farm and rural fences of the country consume an immense amount of lumber and timber annually, but as we grow older as a nation, this consumption may, and probably will, be reduced by the more general use of live fences or hedges. Our consump tion of timber is not only daily on the increase, but our exportation of timber is also rapidly increasing. Our staves go by the million to France annually, walnut, oak,maple aud pine to England, and spars and doeking timltcr to China and Japan."' The Growth of Nails. The growth of the nails is more rapid in children than in adults, and slowest in the aged; goes on faster in summer than in win ter, so that the same nail which is re newed in one hundred and thirty-two days in winter, requires only one hun dred and sixteen in summer. The in crease of the nails of the right baud is more rapid than those of the left; more over, it differs tor the different fingers, and in order corresponds with the length of the finger; consequently, it is the fastest in the middle finger, nearly equal in the two on cither side of this, slower in the. little linger and slowest in the thumb. The growth of all the nails on the left hand requires eighty-two days more than those of the right. tumorous. That was a fine iucl-a-Yorick dis play when Hamlet discovered the skull of the dead jester. Cincinnati Satur day Night. We never knew but one man who had absolute faith in humanity, and he advertised for a lost umbrella in this paper last week. Camden Post. "Do not marry a widower,' said an old lady, a ready made family is like a plate of cold potatoes.'" 'Oh, I'll soon warm them over," replied t he damsel, aud she did. 4l am a sort of a planet,," ho said, in despairing tones. "I have jut about as many quarters in a month as the moon, but they don i last me half so long.' But he didn't laugh, even when the bricklayer's clerk s;iid, ('il bous a rest." liurlington 11 ork y . Why is it that people are always so "tired out' by a twenty-minute ser mon, and so 'refreshed' by a two-hour society drama, a little bad ? That a steamWit always has an un conquerable horror of its own time card V That every man who owns a horse thinks he has a "stepper," and firmly Ik lieves the animal would go like the wind if he were "let out V" That nobody ever thinks of sitting in a summer house ? That hunting parties from the city always kill so many more prairie chickens than they bring in 'f That so many more watch-chains are worn than watches ? That in no matter what direction a man starts a pin, the point always ulti mates in the end of his fore-linger V That he always swears when the terminus alfctvc referred to is reached ? That no man thinks any other man knows how to build a fire ? That every living man who smokes affects to lc a connoisseur of cigars ? liurlington llatckeye. I am a man-nurse at Bellevuc Hos pital. It is my duty to smother pa tients that doifi seem likely to get bet ter when their beds arc wanted. I per form this nefarious act in the silence of midnight, my sole weapon, a hospital pillow. It's the regular thiug up there, you know. "Well, one night when we were full there was a call for a lcd, and I was about to create the accommodation, when I felt a hand from behind placed upon my shouidcr. It was the nurse, Mary Ann. "Don't," she said, "it's dangerous. Follow me : I have some thing to say."' I followed to a distant corner of the hall. There, her left hand toying idly with a medicine phial she spoke in this strain : 4tIIe was in love with me once, and I don't wrant him silenced ; besides, he has a mission to accomplish, and he'll get better." 'What is it ? I asked. She drew me closer into the shadow of the wall, and whispered, "He has a torpedo in his inside. 1" "Impossible !" I gasped, pre paring to dive under a cot. " "Yes, but don't be alarmed ; it is one of his own invention. It is no larger than a pill, and he swallowed it by mistake. It has made him very sick, but so long as he lives it will remain intact, unless, per ad vent ure, he is subjected to violence, when it will explode 1 1" "Ahal Then he musn't die here.'" "Of course not. That is why I cau tioned you. To-morrow he will lie taken carefully home to his mother-in-law's. There he proposes to manufac ture these torpedo-pills by the gross. They will regenerate society. Hus bands will be able to live at peace, and go to the lodge as often as convenient without fear of consequences. Xo man will dare to beat his wife, for fear of ex ploding her torpedo. Policemen will use the club with great caution, ami not without previous inquiry. Ward primaries will fade into the dim past War will be impossible ; the killing of the enemy's soldiers, will be the de struction of your own troops. Xo stige-driver will dare to run down help less pedestrians, because the torpedo pill will be harmless during an unmo lested life and a quiet death, but infer nally deadly the instant violence is at tempted. It is to Ixj sold to editors at half oh I what was that V" Terrified, I listened. There was a hissing sound issuing from his bed, and then then a loud report The build ing quivered, the walls tottered, and the roof went soaring into space. The man with the torpedo tiad gone off I I don"t know how I escaped. When I awoke to consciousness I was lying agaiust a lamp-post at the corner of Third avenue and 125th street. I have thought it over since, and concluded he must have hit himself, accidentally, in the chest. His loss can never be com pensated for ; no one possesses the se cret of those pills. Hural New Yorker. A LIVING FISHING LINE. Down among the sea-weed stems and pointed rocks we perceive a long, black, tangled string, like a giant's leather boot-lace set to soak; let us trace it in its various folds and twists, an ddis entangle some of it; we shall then have in hand a tough, slippery, india-rubber-like substance, which might well be pronounced a sea string, and classed with the long trailing weeds among which we have found it A sea string it is, but not a weed; in fact, a living lasso, capable of consuming the prey it encloses within its treacherous folds. From twenty to thirty feet is no un common length for this artful animated fishing line to reach, but its diameter rarely exceeds an eighth of an inch. It has a mouth, however, capable of con siderable distension and holding power. What can appear more innocent than this delicate-looking creeper trailing here and there as the heaving water wells and Hows as the tide comes in? Let an unwary tube-dweller, lulled into a false security, stretch forth its ten tveles to meet the welcome wave, and a pointed head is adroitly insinuated. The mouth ellects its tenacious grasp on the yielding tissues, and the tenant of the tube becomes foxlfor the Ifnncr tcs Jiorlasii, for such is the name of this cord-like freebooter. Mr. Kingsbury appears to have taken more than ordi nary interest in the habits of this strange creature. Speaking of it, he inquires, "Is it alive? it hangs helpless and motionless, a mere velvet string, across the hand. Ask the neighboring annelides, and the fry of the rock fishes; or put it in a vase at home, and see. It lies motionless, trailing itself among the gravel. You cannot tell where it begins or ends. It may be a strip of dead sea-weed Hiinanthalia Ion a or Chorda jilum or even a tarred string. So thinks the little fish who plays over it, till he touches at last what is too surely a head. In an instant a bell shape sucker mouth has fastened to its side; in another instant, from one lip, a concave double proboscis, just like a tapir's (another instance of the rcjeti t ions of forms), has clasped him like a linger. And now begins the struggle, but in vain. He is being "played" with such a fishing-rod as the skill of a Wilson or a Sloddart never could in vent; a living line, with elasticity be yond that of the most delicate fly-rod, which follows every lunge, shortening and lengthening, slipping and twisting round every piece of gravel and stem of sea-weed with a tiring drag, such as no Highland wrist or step eouitl ever bring to bear on salmon or trout. The victim is t ired now, and slow ly yet dexterously his blind assailant is feeling and shift ing along his side till he reaches one end of him; and then the black lips expand, and slowiy ami surely the curved linger begins packing him end foremost down into the gullet, where he sinks inch by inch till the swelling which marks his place is lost among the coils, and he is probably macerated into a pulp l-ng lie fore he has reached the opposite extremity. Once safe ilown, ihe black murderer contracts again into a knotted heap, and lies like a oa with a stag inside him, motion less and blest. Pi,f,nlnr Educator. THE CAMPHOR-TREE. The tree from which camphor is ol taincd lielongs tot he family of gutlife rous productions. It grows abundantly in the forests of Sumatra and llorneo. It is one of the strongest and loftust trees of these ountrics. lis lmrk is of a brownish hue: its leaves resemble those of the camphor-irce of lapan; its leaves and its s cds send forth a powerful smell, resvinbling that of turpentine. The trunk can attain a diameter of from six to seven feet. When the tree has attained the size of a poplar which is seven or eight years old. it yields cam phor, hut in a small quantity. Before that age, it produces only a thick nil, which, according to the inhabitants of these countries, is the first state through which the camphor passes. There is no way of exactly recognizing the trees which contain the one or the other of those substances. Nevertheless, when old trees are pierced, camphor is almost invariably found. It is usually met with in hollows, very close to the heart, exactly as resin is met with in other trees. These hollows or pockets would seem, by the irregularity of their form, by their extent ami by 1 heir volume, to be rather a diseased affection, peculiar to the tree, than a natural property; but this is not the case. The manner of procuring this resin ous substance consists in sounding the trees by means of a deep incision at their base, and going nearly as far in as the heart. If nothing but oil llows out, the tree is immediately abandoned because, as already stated, at the cud of seven or eight years it yields cam phor. As many as twenty or thirty trees, sometimes more, are thus mu tilated lie fore a tree containing the matter sought for is found. Kvcry tree supposed to contain camphor is cut down, then divided into pieces from one to two inches in length, then transversely cleft into two or four parts to obtain the camphor. The quantity yielded by a tree of middle size is from five to six kilogrammes. Most of the camphor which circulates in commerce comes to us from Japan or China. It is procured from the Lauru.i Comjihora. It is obtained by cutting the wood into chips, which is then submitted to the action of the heart The great .thera peutic power of camphor known by Ilaspail, famous as a chemist, phy sician, and political martyr justi fies us in giving it a high and honor able place among hygienic agencies. TEACH ME. Teach mo to live ! "Tis easier far to die tJently ami silently to pass away On parties long night to close the heavy eye. Ainl waken in tlie glorious realms of Uy. Toaeli nn that banter lesson how to live, To serve thee in the larkest iaths or life. ; Ann me lor rontliet, now iresh vlor sv Ami make me more than romineror in tliestrire, - YoMtk'x CWijttitttfin. A monument in memory of the late Lord Lyudhurst has just been com pleted, and will be erected in the nave of Worcester Cathedral, England. The design is that of an altar tomb, in the manner of early fourteenth century gothic, on which reposes a recumlMMit statue of the deceased in white marble. The figure is draped in the rolcs of a ieer. Samuel F. Ii. Morse, of telegraphic fame, studied painting in England, and was the first person to deliver a course of public lectures upon art in Amer ica. TiEaisTKn's Linimkxt is unequalh d for man or animals. See advertise ment in another column. THUMB-SUCKING IN CHILDHOOD Aside from hereditary congenital deformity, which may itself have origi nated in this practice, there is no one cause so productive of malformation of the bones of the mouth, and irregu larity of the teeth, as the habit of thumb-sucking in infancy; the differ ent positions of the thumb giving rise to different kinds of deformity. Generally, on looking into the mouth of a patient brought to him for cor rection of irregularity of the teeth, the dentist at once perceives what has been its cause from the peculiar features it presents; but at timas this special mal formation is so disguised by other and more hidden causes that it is dillicult to distinguish it. In deformity from this cause there is often found in the upper portion of the mouth, just back of the incisors, a hollow in the palatal bones, into which the little victim's thumb has fitted, and which has itself been moulded by and on the thumb. The front teeth are projected forward, sometimes spread out like a fan, but commonly at an angle, overlapping one another, and pushing out the upper lip, giving the face a prognathous appearance, while the whole upper jaw has a stretched look, as though it had been drawn out while soft andlKiCome hardened in that position, as indeed is the fact. The bones of the floor of the nares are not infrequently elongated and at the same time narrowed, occasioning a difficulty of breathing through the nostrils, espe cially when asleep, and many conse quent ills; such, for instance, as a col lection of dried mucus in the posterior nares in the morning alter a long stay in a reclining position, and much trouble at this time in clearing the throat and getting it comfortable for the day. Also from this necessity of breathing through the mouth it must be kept open, and the air currents dry ing the saliva in .su, the earlxmates of lime or tartar are deposited from it upon the teeth, and left all over them; the dust enters from without, and, mixing with this precipitate, produces that collection of hasty, greenish tartar so offensive loth to sight and smell a focus for acidifying fluids and the pu trifying debris of food. Acids thus formed unite with the lime of the teeth and cause their destruction. The irregularity ami crow ding of the teeth are therefore seen to le not the only nor the least of the evils caused by this practice. In the lower jaw a reverse deformity often occuis. i'roni the position taken by the thumb, while the upper jaw is drawn out, elongated and narrowed, the lower is pushed kick and shortened, tlattcned in front and protruded at the sides, so that the articulation of the lower molars is throw n outside of their corresponding upper teeth, whilst the lower incisors are far inside of their proper osition an inverse wrapper jaw." The ltones of the ramus and of the infant ile jaw itself, while soft, are at times literally I tent back, causing the bite of the lower teeth to Ik an en tire ttfoth Kick of its normal tosition, while the front portion of tin; jaw con taining the incisors is Ih'iiI upwards, so that tlie crowns of these teeth nunc close to or actually bite into the gum of the upper jaw. This is a kind of irregularity w hich little or nothing can 1h done to remedy, and the oor victim must go through life deformed and suf fering from the consequences of the ignorance or weak indulgence of pa rent or nurse. Not infrequently this 1 tending luck of the lower jaw is such that, as the st it i nisei are developed, each molar strikes in turn ainl takes the Itearing off from the anterior tooth, until at length the wisdom tooth takes the whole 1km ring, ami the mouth can no longer lie closed, the front teeth U'tng kept apart sometimes as much as a quarter of an inch, entirely preventing projtcr mastication of the food, inter fering -seriously with sptveh, and greatly inquiring the looks. Thejiow crful pull of the temporal muscles add frequent shocks in the act of mas tication and the numerous incidents of life often set up inflammatory action in these unsupported teeth, and, after more or less intensity of suffering, cause their final loss. The same pro cess is then set up in the teeth imme diately anterior to these, the second molars, and they in turn arc lost; and soon, until the patient has no molars for mastication, and all the work of pulping the food conies upon the weak bicuspids ami front teeth. The con stant inability to masticate properly is a fertile cause of dyspepsia, and it is hard to say where is the end of the disturbances occasioned, if not di rectly produced by this apparently in nocent halnt. Along with the general deformity of the jaws ami the mal position of the teeth caused directly by the changes of shaic, forced mechani cally upon the alveolar processes, comes greater or less misplacement of the teeth from the disturlKince of the tooth germs in their infantile cysts; and there is hardly any form of irregu larity that may not arise from this cause. Consequently upon the crowd ing and overlapping of the teeth arises caries with all its train; caries uion the lingual and buccal surfaces, dis figuring them much more than the proximal caries which 'occurs in the teeth of. well-formed and regular mouths. In the general category of thumb sucking we may reckon linger-sucking, generally the fore and middle linger; Hp-sucking, usually but not always the under lip; and tongue-sucking, which may deform either side or the front of the mouth, according as the child favors one or the other position for its tongue. In this latter case the whole of one side may lie pushed out Itcyond its proper articulation, throwing the upper teeth entirely over and outside of the under ones in such away that they not only leeome a disfigurement, but are wholly useless for puroses of mastication. The tongue also buries itself deeply in t he soft Imucs of the palate, and there leaves its mark in delibly impressed, greatly injuring the voice, ami interfering seriously with or rendering impossible for life distinct articulation. These practices arc not less harmful than thumb-sucking, in asmuch as they can and do go on at all hours of the day and night, whether sleeping or waking, and from their na ture are less susceptible of correction than the latter. The vile practice of some mothers ami nurses of supplying children with ginger-bread and sugar-teats, so-called, for constant sucking is not only filthy in the last degree, injurious to the di gestive organs by keeping the whole length of the alimentary canal filled with a fermenting, acidifying, gas-producing mass, but it is the direct cause of the rapid decay of the deciduous teeth from the acids formed from the sugar, always present upon ami be tween them. The effects of sugar upon the teeth are now well understood to be rapidly destructive, confirming' the popular belief, which in this as in other cases has been found correct, from its property of rapidly fermenting when mixed with the saliva, and forming lactic and acetic acids. The warmth and moisture of the mouth render it a seat especially favorable for this pro cess, and indeed there is no place where it is more active. The consequence is that these little innocents are the early victims of sensitive teeth, and much of their uneasiness, their tears and la mentations, at this period arises from this unsuspected source. Toothache from inflamed pulps and alveolar ab scess soon follows, and the early indul gence for the sake of quietude is more than paid for by the subsequent dis turbances. The crowns are lost by rapid caries, ami dead roots are left to obstruct the passage of the coming permanent teeth, and turn them aside from their proper positions in the arch, adding this deformity to that caused directly by the presence of the bolus of the mouth, and its moulding the soft and growing boucs of the child's IKilate. Mothers, in their ignorance of con sequences, often encourage all these practices for the sake of their peaceful and quieting effects, and resist eve: y suggestion that tends toward their cor rection. Even when warned and fully understanding the dangers, they, in mistiken kindness, for temporary pre sent good, neglect to provide against certain future evil. Even physicians of long practice have been known to advise mothers to encourage these habits, and when shown models of mouths made monstrous in this seem ingly harmless manner, can hardly bring themselves to lelieve that the special case called to their attention is anything more than an exceptional one, instead of lieing the type of a class. Whenever the practice is dis covered, no time should be lost in the endeavor to break it up, as it grows with the growth and strengthens with the strength. Even in its earliest stages this is not an easy task. The little one, with its strong sucking in stincts, has found that other things besides the nipple, of its nurse can give it a sort of comfort, and it sucks in discriminately everything it can clutch and carry to its mouth its toys, clothes, the sheets and blankets of its bed, as well as its fingers, thumbs, and fists and no means but absolute con finement of the hands and the pre vention of access to its mouth will suffice to prevent it. Anointing the lingers with aloes, pepper, and other bitter and pungent flavors answers but for a time, and soon loses its efficacy, for the child becomes so accustomed to the taste as either to acquire a liking for it, or else overlooks it w hilst con tinuing to indulge in its pet sin. A loose nightdress, made of light llannel, without sleeves, like a lug, okii at both ends, placed over the head and drawn up alKut the neck, leaving the head out ami all the rest of the ltody within, but the hands free to do any thing but go to the mouth, is the. only real safety. With this the habit can be corrected, and with Ibis only, ami the child suffers no inconvenience or real discomfort, ami is not taking small doses of which "many mickles make muekle"- of drastic cathartics or other medicinal agents. .Perseverance in this method will surely effect a cure, and nothing short of an absolute cure should lie allowed; for so persistent is the habit that it is not rare to find it retained through childhood ami youth up to adult age, disfiguring the hands as well as the features, and imparling to the whole countenance a look of idiocy. With our modern appliances ami methfKls some of these deformi ties may 1h remedied, but not all. Many are absolutely incurable, and the victim may be compiled to carry the marks of this practice ami their ac companying discomforts through a long life. The "ounce of prevention'1 is here much "lietter than a pound of cure.1 A SINGULAR TRADITION. St. Stephen's Iay, in the Isle of Man, is given over, among a gjeat part of the population, to a cruel custom that of hunting wrens with sticks and stones ; and when they succeed hi capturiug oue, it is tied to the end of a long pole, and carried around the country. The custom arises from a superstition, dat ing far into the past, of a fairy so beau tiful that all the youths of the island went to look at her, and then she would sing such wondrous songs that they fol lowed where she chose to lead them, which was into the sea; for she was cruel and wicked ; and led them, one after another, to their death, until at length scarce a young man was left, and trouble was in every man's home for the brother and son that was miss ing. At length there came a knight, who vowing vengeance, laid a deep plot for the destruction of this w'icked lady He seized her by her long hair, hut as he stood over her with his drawn sword, she suddenly changed into a tiny wren, flying away from under his very fingers, and so escaped with a mocking song of triumph; but, by some power greater than her own, the wicked lady-fairy was compelled once in every year to reappear in the island in her assumed form ; and this is on St. Stephen's Day, when the young men of the superstitious island hunt after her with a vivid memory of their ancient wrongs. Nc imtst le Qmran I. THE MODE OF RECOGNITION AMONG ANTS. The combats and communications of ants arc among the most interesting and mysterious phenomena. The He v. II. C. McCook has given an account to the Academy of Natural Sciences, at Philadelphia, of some exicriments he has made to determine what is the mode of recognition among ants. He has studied the pavement ants (Ttra niorimn ci!tV), which he has ol served engaged in continued combat for over a fortnight, the warriors being only the workers or neuters. There is no distinguishable dilfcrence between the ants of the lighting parties, yet the recognize each other infallibly as friends or foe They challenge all comers with their antcnn:e; if the' are friends they pass on; if foes, they straightway interlock and "fall to." Sometimes many ants are congregated against one, which is being torn limb from limb. Mr. McCook surmised that recognition was based upon a certain odor emitted by the respective! factions. He found that if they were enveloped in an odor of cau-de-cologne, while not at all deprived of activity, all became, harmonous; those who were previously engaged in bat tie unclasped one another, and they went on for several days, amicably feeding, burrowing, and build ing. Tlie same experiment was tried on the carpenter ants, which behead their enemies: their hostile proceedings were not stopped by eau-de-cologne. It is a terrible thing to see a strong man writhing in the agonic of his first love, when bergamot, beer and benzine struggle for the mastery in the air about him, and victory favors each one successively, as your nose approaches his hair, his mouth, or the elbows of his coat. Hatckeyc. "Love," remarks the moralist of the Graphic, "is deaf as well as blind." Too true, too true. A man has to love you at a rate of about one hundred and ninety degrees in the shade, before you can make him hear you ask him for nine dollars.T-A'x. Nothing will create even in a man of the most sluggish disposition such a lively and intense desire to set on foot a thorough investigation as to hear a dog growl iu the dark and not know just exactly in which direction he heard it. llaickcyc. "What," says the Christian Intel ligencer, "what is so rare as an honest man ?" 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 3, 1878, edition 1
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