The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 13, 1884, Page 6

i ji i i HH. THE ART OF SWIMMING. How a Professor Teaches Young- sters to Strike Out Like Frogs. “It has often struck me as singular,” said the instructor, ‘‘that the mujority of people who begin to take swimming leagons imagine they will never be able tolearn. lam speaking purticularly of men and boys. As a rule, they litdle faith in the instructor, e to be a little suspicious of his good in- tentions. Ladies, on the contrary, are confiding. They foil closely, without questions, qaekly: Some of the best swimmers we have are little girls and ladi Of ‘ourse they don’t possess a man’s strength and endurance, but they seem to understand what they will have to do and persevere untii the purpose is accomplished. The average boy and youth will insist upon remaining in the water longer than is beneficial—very few of them realize that ten minutes in the water is in the majority of cases a far better time to produce a vig reaction than a half hour. On a warm day, however, a person is very much tempted to remain in longer than is { for him. “What causes this lack of confidénce in so many persons?”’ was asked. “It is rather difficult to explain,” wasthereply. ‘You can take a dozen boys and set them to studying lan- gaages or mathematics, or in learning a new physical exercise—such as row- ing. ‘The chances are ten to one that everybody will feel that he can learn more quickly and perfectly than every other boy. It is different when, it comes to swimming. Almost every pupil will exclaim: ‘I know there is no use trying, because I can never learn if I tried a hundred years.’ ”’ “Well, how many years does it re- quire?” “Years! exclaimed Mr. Dinsmore, in astonishment, ‘‘why it doesn’t take even months or weeks. From three to six lessons will make the most timid person confident. ‘This is the way we teach,’’ and, leading the to the tank, the instructor explained how the motion with the hands and feet were first taught in an ante-room. ‘The pupil is placed in apparatus,’’ said he, “which supports his body and gives his arms and legs a free swing. Then a teacher counts slowly, one, two three, until the learner can kick out like a frog at regular intervals. After that he is placed in the tank, and his head kept above water with a band un- der the arms, held in place by a rope attached to the ceiling. When the motion has been acquired the band is taken off, and the first thing the pupil does is to gulp in a mouthful of water and bob under the surface. A long pole is ready in the teacher’s hands, and the struggling, sputtering youth grabs the end of it, and nearly coughs his lungs up. That is all over a few more lessons, and the learner is surprised to find that he can easily swim from one end of the tank to the other. “It is a little surprising,’’ continued the instructor, ‘‘to see how many men there are over 40 years of age whocan’t swim any more than an oyster. We had one pupil here aa few years ago who was close on to 70. He was slight- ly feeble, bald as a watermelon, and had the gout. Weil, sir, that old chap went to work with a will, and learned how’ to swim inside of two weeks. The only thing that bothered him was the flies. The little pests would skate all over his head while he was in the water, and he would forget where he wasand make a frantic grab. Of course his nose would go under and he’d be halt strangied. It used to tickle the boys immensely, and as soon asthe old gentleman reappeared on the surface he was received with a loud cheer. “Several ladies bave become such excellent swimmniers that they were in- , strumenial in saving human life. At Atlantic Cit ns ago, a very handsome girl—the daughter of a prominent railrond man—swam out yond the breakers and rescued a young man who was going down for the last time. Did it result in a mar- tiege? No, sir; the young fellow was very grateful, and, I believe, did make some sort of a proposal, but, as he was clerking in a notion store at $8 a week, was freckled, had no front teeth, anG wore plaid clothes, he didn’t make out very well, Thet identical young lady is now engaged to ma a wealthy New York banker. He fell in lovo with ker while she was splashing around in the ocean at Cape May. Lhoro waa one advantage, at least, of knowing howto swim. It caught a huaband.”— PAsiadelphia Times. > oa A Needie oa Its Travels. Ten years ago a womsn residing in Harlem, while walking across the floor in her stocking feet stepped upon s needle, which entered her right foot between the instep and the joint of the large toe. Several doctors tried to ex- tract the needie, but it seemed to have disappeared. The foot and leg swelled to size, and the woman was _to her bed for upward of @epths. Then one evening her daughter dup from the grocery store beneath and said that there were burglars in the house. The mother jumped out of bed, and the burglar had just time to get his heels out of the back window before she had got down the stairs and was after him. When the doctor called that day, his patient was about attending to her work as she had done before she met with the misha; “That run down the stairs has cured me, 1 do believe,”’ she Said to the doctor, and the latter after that time wes a patient less. It was but s short time afterward, the ensiform cartilage, which is located just at the lower termination of the breastbone. Hospital surgeons said there was 2 foreign substance there, ‘and when the needle incident of ten years before was recalled and related to them they advised an operation. The advice was rejected, but on Satur- so bad that a Hundred and Just day last the pain became physician in East One Eleventh street was summoned. above and to the right of the umb' he found something that evidently did not belong there. He made « half-inch deep incision about an inch in length, inserted a pair of nippers, and drew out—eve foremost—a needle more than an inch long. It had worked its way down some three inches from where the pain was first experienced. When removed, the needle was as smooth and as sharp as the day it was turned out from the factory, but was colored a dark blue, somewhat mot- tled. The doctor has carried it in his | pocket-book since Saturday, but al- though it has been carefully wrapped up it has rusted very much since it was extracted. | A number of stories of the travels of | |aneedie through the human system | have been published, but it is said that it would not necessar- ily cause death if the needle passed through veins, the lungs, or even the heart in its erratic peregrinations | through the body.—New York Herald. —— The French at Obock. An Arden corresponderft of Journal des Debats gives a flattering account of Obock and the taking possession of it by the French. It is but ten hours’ voyage from Aden, and is described as having an excellent natural harbor, with two anchorage grounds having a depth at low tide varying from ten to thirty meters, and it is protected by cliffs from north and west winds. In this harbor French ships of war and of commerce will find the refuge and the revictualing that they have hitherto had to seek at Aden. The territory which has been ceded, apparently by the most conciliatory of sheiks, is about one hundred kilometers in length by thirty kilometers in breadth. Again French moderation is in the ascendant; for the amiable sheik of Aoussa and the chiefs who were with him said to the officers of the Infernet: ‘Why fix any limits? Pray take the whole. We are entirely yours." Whether the officers thought this to be in earnest or wisely judged it a mere ancient Oriental formula, they ‘‘did not abuse these good feelings.’ Nor did they concede the shiek’s request to be allowed to put himself under a French protectorate. On tire contrary, they have now to treat with him about the roads to Shoa. At present at every well on these roads exorbitant exactions are levied on the earavans. ‘The French are now to prove the depth of the sheik’s good feelings by trying to induce him to cede all his rights to these tolls, ete., and to accept for them a moderate fixed tribute per man and per camel for the whole wa: For the moment they are very self-satisfied in their sense of moderation. ‘hey believe that the English are very indignant about this ‘‘modest’? acquisition of theirs, and, in response, they contrast its small proportions with the largo acquisitions which England “is about to make’’ in Egypt, ‘tunder color of defending the rights’’ of that country.” << Ezra and Phoebe. A Williamsport colored woman said to her better-half one day last week: “Ezra, you got two dollahs las’ week foh clennin’ up’ bout Marster Winfield’s house an’ yahd. dollahs?”* “Heah, Phoeby,”’ “You jis’ go an’ put dat ar’ two dollahs in one ob dem banks up on Pine street.” «‘An’—an’—de bottle’s empty. Pheo- by.”’ And he held up an empty black bottle, from the neck of which there was a suspicious emanation of gin. Phoebe squinted her eyes at the bottle longingly, but pretended not to see. “Foh de lawd, niggah, we'’s got to be sabin’ ob de money now. Hard times is comin’, shuah.’ “You’s right, Pheby. But dem banks is ali got to bust an’ den no money, no gin, no nothin’.’”” And he held the bottle up again. “Well,” she sighed, sadly, ‘pears you's allers right "bout de financial fairs, Ezra. But jis’ go on aa’ put dat ar’ money in de bank, and don’t spend a cent for rum.”’ He went out sorrowfnily, and she raised the window and ealled after him: “Ezra!” “Hey?” “Is dem banks boun’ te bust?”’ ‘Dem banks’ll bust shuah, woman.”’ “Dat's too bad; but I don’t want you et any rum, mind. Has you got ogtle?”* “Yes, Pheeby.’’ “Well, it's a heap a waste o’ bottle to bring it back empty, and I guess de banks will bust, Ezra. Hey?’ “Yas, Pheeby.” 5 “Whar? you goin’ to git dat gin?” “Some place, Pheeby.”’ “Well, git it, den, ef you’s bound to conterdics me ebery time. Nevvsh to de saw sich s obss’nate nigeah. Git a qusht Ezra! You heah me?’’—Break- fast Tabie. | A dejected y of about 10 years ol ¢ cook the other day. He toki her if his mother asked for him to say that he did not i { ' | care for any dinner. As he expected, his mother came to look for before the dinner hour, and w prised to find that, although tnere was company and some extra dishes of which the boy wss fond, he did not wish for any nner. When closely pressed as to the reason, he said in sn embarrassed way, ‘Because 1 haven't any manuers."" The poor, seif eon- csiee ae was certainly ‘under con- did not assert itself: { viction” of his sins, and Lis mother | was impreseed with the thought that too much faulihad-been found with him a: the table. probably not more than half a dozen | | are authentic. Where is dat two | just | How to Anchor the Many suggestions are given to farm- ers about anchoring the boys on the farm, but none seem to fit the case bet- than the direction to give him some share in th rofits. Something that he can call his own, and which he can improve by industry. Sometimes the “bent”? may be very pronounced, but ordinarily it is what you make it It is easy to interest the little boy in small fruit culture, or in the care of young stock, whose growth he watches with keen interest because the proceeds are to be his very own. As you value your good name with your boy, deal as up- rightly with him as you would with your neighbor's son. ‘‘Don’t let it be boy’s caif, but father’s cow.’? When he has gained some money by hard work and the means you have given him to use for himself, don’t say tohim ;} as another father did: ‘‘Dan, you may lend me that money and I will give you my note for it."” The money was hand- ‘ed over most reluctantly, and that was | the last the boy ever saw of it. That | boy concluded to quit farm life at the | earliest day he could. Two boys I knew, had by the hardest earned money, selling apples around | the village from a bag carried on an | old horse’s back, bought « calf. It | grew well and was watched and tended with pride, and there were various cal- culations over the way the money | should be invested. But one day a cat- tle dealer came along and they saw their pet sold with the rest of the young | cattie; and one of these boys remem- bered when he was gray-bearded that they never saw anything of the money. Very different did another farmer manage. He gave his boy any acre on the farm he was a mind to pick out, with leave to use sll the fertilizers he pleased, and various other facilities for making his small farm a success. The boy chose to set it in small fruits, for which there was a good market, and every year saw him more of an enthu- siast in this culture, and very soon they brought him in a most handsome re- turn. City life had no charms for that youth as he grew up. There is a delight in watching the growth of trees and plants of one’s own setting that is of a most elevating, re- fining character. It is a foil to many of the temptations of life, which are to be found in the country ss well as the city. A good paper on the subject,and & perso: interest in the culture will cause an inteliizent iad to take hold of it with vigor, and invest country life with a new charm. No wonder Oliver Wendell Holmes said that the best poems he had ever made were the trees he nad planted along the winding river. Would that every **waste place about our might this year be plar ith a vine, a bush or atree. Wh change it would make in the face of the landscape, and in the lives of the dwellers in these homes.— Green's Fruit Grower. She Needed No Male Protector. in his **fours in zn Weleh Amaz Evan, who lived Thomas Pe Wales, named Peutlyn. years of : at at this time above 90 She was the greatest hunter, sicoter and fisher of her time. Sne kept at least a dozen dogs, killed more foxes in ayear than all the confed- erate Lunts do in ten; rowed stoutly and s queen of the lake; fiddled ex- cellenily and knew all of our old mu- sic; did not ect the mechanical ris, for she a very good joiner, {ut the age of 70 was the best wres- er in the country, and few young men dared to try « fall with her. Margaret was also blacksmith, shoemaker, boat- builder and maker of harps. She shod her own horse, made her own shoe j snd built her own boats while under celebrated her exploits. She had many admirers, but gave her hand to the most effeminate of them.—Loston Jour- nal. conirsct to convey copper up and down tue lakes. All the neighboring bards | | Sam Ward's Way of Testing Wine. Mr. Sam Warc 2 gretted in Eng’ whether his friends i knew er cared much al history that he took care of ti states’? as nobo i dinne to trave.ing tion of among the EF suflicient foun id when t had never h under Sam Ward's you perceive, taught American, and in this almost quets Ww Delimonico’s. make Ame liked in En | which 1 h is deeply re- I doubt much this country bout his person- evond the fact “in the His his them much aled did nd id, and t off ag: nst a consid- erable rue of Its which, in | common y¥ other mo: , he un- doubtedly was chargeable with. The | fact that he did it by what are calied hospitalities neither enhances nor di- | minishes the merit of the service. Din- | ing with him was one of the most seri- ous functions of life, and ac ism of a dish or an opinion of a vintage was j never lightly delivered. Nobody can ever forget it who ever beheld the series of evolutions by which he first acquired for himself, and then imparted to the company, his judgment on a glass of claret. The keen eye upon the latter to see that he wrought no harm upon the precious fluid as he let it flow from one crystal to another; the delicate adjustment of the thumb and finger to the glass; the poise of the glass as he lifted it; the concentration of his whole being in the sense of smell us the bou- quet ofthe wine reacied the nerves that transmitted it to the brain; and the touch of the lips ch followed, com- ; and the instant, subtle, decisive parison of bouquet with flavor; the de- icjous content which spread over his features if both senses satistied; the ap- peal to friends hard by to share in the ight; the graceful invisible lines ch the glass described in the air as he set it down—he who has not seen all this and much more in the simple act of tasting and testing a np bottle has am in his best estate. —G. W. Smaliey’s London Letter. a A Costume for &' ale Anglers. A lady who art of angling has de costume, whic sthe1 pretty as w practicai. seen at Redfern which it is made but) waterpro: contrived sk knees downv | quite short, buckers. down forms fortable wa i ful for « When tie r bed and b: the upper turns up ond 2 hips by mnenns of leather The underside is then found j to be furnished with two lil pock- ets. An edging of some two inches of brown leather protects the ed of the petticoat. The j et is also edged with leather, and is made double breasted. ps of leather are placed on the shoulders to relieve the pecheuse from the dragging weight the fishing basket would otnerwise be. A ry becoming hat, made of the Chevoit and bound w auther, completes a | very busi nd becoming cos- tume, wii lso suitable for shooting | or a walking expedition.—The London World. —_— + On the Advertising Power of a Good Name. An editorial under the above title in \ the July Century closes as follows: “For years we have watched the workings of this system of patronage — + —— Blacking the Yellow Fever. Mental confusion is a phenomenon to which every one is liable who can be badly scsred—and it takes but very lit- tle to turn a tragedy into a farce. | Some years ago, when the terrible | ‘Yellow Jack”’ was in Savannah,Judge B. of the supreme court of the state was holding session in the upper coun- try, but within twenty-four hours’ run, by mail, of the infected city. Quite suddenly, Iate one afterncon he was seized with the head-ache, pain in the back, limbs, ete. Having heard that these were the salutations which Yellow Jack extends to his victims when approaching them, the judge in great consternation applied toa friend who was ‘“‘posted,’’ for advice. A hot mustard bath was ordered at once, and the judge was soon laving himself in the irritant fluid. Presently he felt better, and, finding ; gan to apply it quite freely on his per- ;3on. After some pleasant exercise in | this way he looked down for the first time on his body and limbs, and to his horror discovered that he was turning biack! His friend was hurriedly sent for, ; came in and declared that the symp- jtoms were intensely expressive of | yellow fever. | “But,” said the judge, “I feel no | pain; I feel well.” *‘So much the worse; the absence of pain is a marked symptom.”’ “Oh,” groaned the judge, ; shall I do?” ia “The only hope is in mustard; rub away,” was all the advice his friend could give. And he did rub, with s will. | On examination he was as black asa |crow—and the ‘‘soap,’’ ich a care- less servant had dropped into the tub, was discovered to be somebody's patent paste blacking. The judge survived. | “what ‘ i J. E. Hall, of Marietta, Ohio, ninety- one years old, is said to have built the | first wharf on the Ohio river, and his ! son is married to s ddaughte: | Martha Washington. nae —— 'a cake of soap in the bath-tub, he be- | of advertisement by means of good names—here in the city of New York; and we must say that we have seen grest harm come from it, in many di- rections. The persons are not as numerous as they should be who reso- lutely refuse the use of their names to every movement, to every institution, to every committee, to every board of management, to which they are unabie to give the necessary time and atten- tion, er im whose affairs they are not competent to deal with full intelligence and with fitness of taste and educa- tion. Wesay that such scrupulosity seoms to be exceptiona: ia New York, and yet events are constantly occur- ring to show the ‘danger, even the im- worelity, of allowing the use of one’s name where one’s care and attention do not follow. | *‘We have barely alluded above to | the reprehensible course which some | pursue of using their own good names as an investment, for profit, in con- | nection with financial corporations, or shemes of various sorts, which they do not in reality control. priety of such action there can be no ; question. Recent events have made | the dsuger and wrong of such an act | lamentably conspicuous, and we do not need to dweil upon this phase of the subject. is to eall especial attention to the loose manner in which good names are con- Stuntiy being used by way of advertise- men‘, in charitable, s 1, edu al, and other p: eworthy lines. ask our readers they cannot each re- eall some instance where the publie has been misled, or where honored repu s have suifered? 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