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The Family Doctor.
For toothache, where a cavity ex
ists, there are many remedies in com
mon use, but, says an exchange, none
seem to relieve as equal parts of hy
drate of chloral and gum camphor
rubbed together. Saturate a piece of
cotton with the mixture and put it
into the cavity of the tooth covering
it with dry cotton. Care must be
taken not to allow the remedy to come
in contact with the inside of the
mouth, as it may produce severe burn
ing.
An exchange says: “Let any one
who has an attack of lockjaw take a
small quantity of turpentine, warm it
and pour it on the wound, no matter
wherd the wound is, and relief will
follow in less than a minute. Noth
ing better can be applied to a severe
cut or bruise tl.au cold turpentine ; it
will give certain relief almost in
stantly. Turpentine is also a sover
eign remedy for croup. Saturate a
piece of flannel with it and place the
flannel on the throat and chest, and in
every case three or four drops on a
lump of sugar may be taken in
wardly.”
l)r. Efrard, of Nimes, states that he
has for many years treated all his
cases of sciatic and neuralgic pains
with an improvised apparatus, con
sisting merely of a flat-iron and vine
gar, two things that wiil be lound in
every house. The iron is heated until
sufficiently 'hot to vaporize the vine
gar, and is then covered with some
woolen fabric which is moistened
with vinegar, and the apparatus is ap
plied at once to the painful spot. The
application may be repeated two or
three times a day. Dr. Efrard states
that, as a rule, the pain disappears in
twenty-four hours, and recovery en
sues at once.
The Labor Question.
LABOR’S DEMANDS.
.triking Painters Suoceed, while Marble
Cutters Surrender.
Salt in Diphtheria.
In a paper read at the Medical Soci
ety of Victoria, Australia, Dr. Day
stated that, having for many years re
garded diphtheria, in its early stage,
as a purely local affeetion, character
ized by a marked tendency to take on
putrefactive decomposition, he has
trusted most to the free and constant
application of antiseptics, and, when
their employment hss been adopted
from the first, and been combined
with judicious alimentation, he has
seldom seen blood poisoning ensue.
In consequence of the great power
which salt possesses in preventing the
pretrefacti ve decomposition of meat and
other organic matter, Dr. Day has often
prescribed for diphtheritic patients
living far away from medical aid the
frequent use of a gargle composed of a
teaspoouful or more of salt dissolved
in a tumbler of water, giving children
who cannot gargle a teaspoonful or
two to drink occasionally. Adults to
use the gargle as a prophylactic or pre
ventive three or four times a day."
New York.—The painters through
out the city made a demand on their
employers for an increase of fifty cents
a day, oe >6 50 for a day’s work. The
demand was in nearly every case ac
ceded to, and only some of the smaller
shops refused it. In these the men
struck to about the number of fifty,
and are confident that they will
shortly be re-employed at the increased
rates.
The marble cutters’ and marble pol
ishers' strike was virtually ended by
the return of all but the employes of
two shops to their work. Some were
given a slight increase in their wages
but the majority went back at the old
rates. The men say that the failure
of their strike was due to the want of
funds to continue it. They say they
will strike again when their finances
will allow of it.
The trackmen of the Hudson River
Railroad who went on a strike for an
increase in wages from $1 20 to $1.50 a
day were granted an increase of 15
cents. Some went to work and others
are determined to hold out for $1.50.
The Belgian pavers in 'the employ
of Contractor Cunningham, who is
la} ing pipes in the city through which
the wires of the Edison Electric Light
Company are to run, notified him
that they would require after to-mor
row $4 for a day’s work, an increase of
$1. Their demand will probable be
acceded to, and if not the men will go
on strike.
The striking painters who were de
manding an increase of 50 cents a day
in their wages are meeting with suc
cess, and the indications are that the
men will be all back to work at the
increased rates.
A large number of the striking men
of the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad resumed work. A
compromise was effected by the offi
cials granting an increase of 15 cents a
day over the former pay, $1.25.
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How Voltaire Cured the Decay
of His Stomaoh.
1200 Railroad Brakemen out on
son River Road.
New York—About 1200 men em
ployed by the Hudson River Railroad
as trackmen have been on a strike for
an increase of wages. The strike ex
tends from the Thirtieth street depot
to Albany, and along the line but few
men are employed. They are paid
$1.20 and $1.37£ a day. The city men
are not on a strike, but may join the
others if an advance is not obtained.
at Marsh bank & Son’s foundery struck
for an increase of wages from $1.70 to
$2 per day.
The laborers employed on the
Northern Central Railroad tunnel on
the west side of the river algo struck
for an increase in their pay.
Pittsburg, Pa. — The Amalga
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers at a district meeting decided
to auvance the puddlers’ seale, to $6
per ton. The present scale which ex
pires on June 1, is $5.50, and the pud
dlers have been working at that rate
for the past three years. Everything
else on the scale has been advanced in
proportion, and a scale for engineers,
fixing their wages at $3.25 per day on
the 2 5-10 card, was also adopted.
Fall River, Mass.—Recently the
masons, bricklayers and plasterers
here asked for an advance from $2.75
to $3 per day. Only one or two of the
employers granted the increase. The
Union met and after a long discussion
voted to strike.
Lawrence, Mass.—The affairs at
the Pacific Mills assumed a new phase,
it being announced that, unless the
strikers voted to return, the upper
mill would be shut down for six
mouths. The treasurer now orders
the upper mill to be closed for six
months. This includes the entire cot
ton manufacturing department of the
Pacific Mills and one-third of the
worsted department, and will throw
2500 hands out of work.
A thousand looms are in operation
at the Central Pacific Mills, with 342
weavers, a gain of 20. The entire
spinning at the Tower Mill can be
operated, as sufficient help has been
engaged. 100 additional cards and
four more raping frames were started,
and there appears to be no doubt that
the entirt Central Mill will be in full
operation shortly.
Cleveland, O.—The Mineral Ridge
district miners, who have been work
ing at 10 cents reduction, came out
of the mines, and will await the ac
tion of to-morrow’s State Convention
at Columbus. The Churchill miners
gave notice that an advance of 10
cents will be asked after next Mon
day.
Cambridge, Ohio.—The striking
miners resumed work, accepting 62J
cents per ton.
Wilmington, Del.—The Kaolin
laborers at Hockessiu who struck for
$1,50 per day have resumed work.
Interesting Lumber Statistics.
Timber Growing and
Timber in the
ing Interests,
est.
In 1880 there were standing in Mich
igan 35,000,000,000 feet of timber. Dur
ing the previous year nearly 4,500,000,-
000 feet were cut. In Wisconsin there
were 41,000,000,000 feet standing, and
the twelve months’ cutting amounted
to nearly 3,000,000,000 feet. At this
rate of destruction it cannot be many
years before the supply in these two
States will be exhausted.
The CoarBer Varieties of Timber.
In the “ Memoirs of Count Segur ”
there is the following anecdote : “ My
mother, the Countess de Segur, being
asked by Voltaire respecting her
health” told him that the most painful
feeling she had arose Irom the decay
in her stomach and the difficulty of
finding any kind of aliment that it
could bear . Voltaire, by way of con
solation, assured her that he was once
for nearly a year in the same state,
and believed to be incurable, but that,
nevertheless, a very simple remedy
had restored him. It consisted in tak
ing no other nourishment than yelks
of eggs beaten up with the flour of po
tatoes and water.” Through this cir
cumstance contained so extraordi
nary a pesson as Voltaire, it is aston-
ishing how little it is known and how
rarely the remedy has been practiced.
Its effleacy, however, in cases of dlbil-
ity, cannot be questioned, and the fol
lowing is the mode of preparing this
valuable article of food as recom
mended by Sir John SinclairBeat
up an egg in a bowl, and then add six
•table-spoonfuls of cold water, mixing
the whole well together; then add
two table-spoonfuls of farina of pota
toes ; let it be mixed thoroughly with
the liquid in the bowl; then pour in
as much boiling water as will convert
the whole thing into a jelly, and mix
it well. It may be taken alone or
with the addition of a little milk in
case of stomachic debility or consump
tive disorders.— Scientific American.
The stair-builders’ strike has ended
succissfully for the men.
Tlie bakers are organizing, and it is
thought will make a demand for in
creased wages.
The painters decided to demand
from their employers $3,50 a day.
Forty-nine employers have signified
their willingness to pay the increased
rate.
At a secret meeting the Harmony
Mills spinners decided not to accept
the ten per cent, reduction. „ Their ac-
will cause a complete cessation of
work. •
Scraps.
In one of the timber growing States,
there is now wealth of $87,500,000 in
growing pine timber, estimated at an
average value of $2.50 per thousand
feet for the standing tree. As a vast
source of wealth to the Btate in which
it is growing, yet unhonored and most
lightly esteemed, even to such an ex
tent that its wanton destruction passes
unnociced, are to be found fully 7,000,-
000,000 feet of hemlock, which, in the
near future, will be sought for at a
price scarcely below the preseut value
of the pine, for which it will be util
ized as a most excellent substitute in
many of the coarser uses of lumber.
This hemlock is to-day utilized only
in the'production of bark for tanning
purposes, and it bears to the timber
wealth of the State only about the
same relation that the hordes of buffalo
upon our Western plains bear to the
meat supply of our nation, as they are
slaughtered by the thousands and
stripped of their pelts for the use of
the civilized world, while the carcass
is left to the vulture, regardless of the
fact that a race is being exterminated
which can never again be propagated.
The hemlock tree of the Northwest,
like the buffalo of the plains, possesses
a value, the extent of which will be
realized only after the process of waste
ful extermination has done its worst
and no more remains to be utilized.
The hemlock in one State, if placed at
a value which it will bear before the
expiration ol five years from this date,
would bring to its owners not less than
$14,000,000; at the value which is
placed upon it to-day it is worth not
lese than $2,000,000, and, in the en
deavor to utilize the bark, the trunk
of the tree, which might also add to
the wealth of its owner, is left to rot
upon the ground or to leed the forest
fires which sweep away so much of our
wealth every year.
The Lumber of the Future.
Closing of a Cotton Mill at Reading—
Troubles Elsewhere
It is the right day that brings forth
the adder, and that craves wary walk
ing.— Shakespeare.
The fire-fly only shines when on the
wing; and so it is with the mind;
Readino.—The Reading Cotton
Mill, the largest establishment of its
kind in this territory, owned and
operated by the Garner estate of New
York, shut down, owing to a strike
among the employes, the cause of
which was a notice posted up some
days ago that a reduction of 10 per
cent, would be made in wages. There
are about 250 hands employed in this
mill, the greater part of whom are
boys and girls. The wages paid are
considered very low, and the strikers
say a reduc tion of 10 per cen# would
not leave them sufficient to purchase
the oommon necessaries of life, some
of the boys receiving as low as 25 cents
per day, while others receive from $5
to $7 per week.
The Superintendent of the mill says
the order for a reduction came from
New York, and was made in order to
have the wages conform to those paid
at the Cohoes and Wappinger Falls
Mills, New York, operated by the
same estate. About two hundred and
fifty employes are thus thrown out of
employment, whose wages aggregate
about $5000 per month.
Reading, Pa.—At the Reading
Cotton Mill sixty boys employed in
the spinning and curding departments
and ninety girls in the weaving de
partment quit work on aceountof a 10
per cent, reduction In their wages, to
take effect on the 20th instant. The
mill is still running.
Harrisburg,, Pa.—The moulder*
Influenza—Out flew comfort.
“Him!” said the disgusted politi
cian of his opponent—“he couldn't
beat a carpet.”
Wisdom for April.—Never, never go
out without your umbrella—or some
other person’s.
“I die content,” said the fiy in the
baker’s dough ; “somebody will take
me for a currant.”
The ancient Egyptians did not use
tobacco, and, mark you, the ancient
Egyptians are dead.
The difference between a dandy and
a tramp is only a difference iu degree.
One has his trousers tored, and the
other 1ms his trousers t’order. %
Did it ever occur to you why a
lawyer who is conducting a disputed
will case is like a trapeze performer in
atircus? Didn’t? Well, it’s because
he flies through the heir with the
greatest ot fees.
An Irish priest once a.'ked a milk
man, who admitted that he filled his
pail occasionally from the pump,
“How do you know, Michael, when to
stop watering ?” “Begorra, your rev
erence, we go on watering till the
customers cry out against it.”
An elderly Scotchwoman went one
day to an apothecary’s shop with a
prescription for two grains of calomel
for a child. Seeing the druggist weigh
the medicine with scrupulous exact
ness, and not thinking he did this
from anxiety not to get an overdose,
but from his* penuriousness or desire
to give as little as possible for the
money, she said : “Dinua be sae mean
wi’ it, man. It’s for a puir faitherless
bairu.”
Father and son were driving along
in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls,
when the child’s face suddenly bright
ened and he exclaimed: “What a
lovely place, pt.pa! Whose is it?”
“That is the country residence ot a
well-known haekman, my dear,” said
the old man. “And what a big ice
house lie’s got, papa!” “That isn’t'an
ice-house; it’s the vault where he
keeps his diamonds.” Then thefllad
settled down with a tired look as lrhe
had heard something like that before,
and resisted all temptation to talk
further.
The increase of population causes
the denuding of land which may be
cultivated, and while it augments the
demand for building material it re
duces the supply. A proper system of
arboriculture may to some extent
mitigate the inconvenience of a want
of timber, but it Das long been appa
rent that other material must eventu
ally be introduced to take the place of
wood. Scientific discoveries and
mechanical contrivances have brought
many things into use whose value was
formerly unknown. It has been
shown that the most durable car
wheels may be made of
any one who has strong
and substantial articles which are
made of “paper-mache, ’ will readily
perceive that light materials may be
converted into very dense substances.
A scientific contemporary declares
that in future years timber will be
made of straw, and the article below
gives the results of some experiments
which have been made to test its
value. It is as follows :
“The lumber of the future is to be
made of straw. It is to compete with
that of the better class, as there seems
to be no necessity of introducing knots
and shakes into the artificial material.
int,roduce*a;ccmplete'cbange in build
ing materials. These will include
paper for doors and window frames,
floors, mouldings and roofs, glass for
porches and pillars, cornicek ami walls
iron for beams, joints and rafters, with
not a splinter of wood in the whole
construction, which will l e replaced
with straw lumber, if meded.”
The Logging Interests.
Owing to the open winter the
logging interests of Minnesota and
Wisconsin aie suffering greatly. At
Moose Lake camp one party, who
could get in 800,000 logs if there was
snow, does^,not expect to have 300,000
feet; another has 3,000,000 feet cut but
is unable to handle it; while a third,
after abandoning a section where it
expected to gather 1,000,000 feet if the
snow held out, will be lucky to secure
200,000 feet. In the camps on the
main Chippewa, Flambeau and their
tributaries, the open winter has re
duced the cut of logs one-third the
estimated amount of 600,000,000 feet.
At Menomonee, Wis., thirty-five
camps expect to bank 100,000,000 feet,
and the loggers of La Crosse,if the mild
weather continues in the end, will
have but 100,000,000 feet for their sea
son’s work. The estimated cut on
the Black River was over 200,000,000
feet, of which probably not more than
three-fourths will be secured. It is
confidently predicted that a large
number of small and new’contractors
will be ruined through the want of
It is manufactured into any desired
lengtliH from 12 feet upwanl, and as
much as 32 inches in width, ih e cost
is such as to compete with bUbr or
finishing grades of pine, auaVthe
locality of competition cannot va
much, for straw is usually cheap where
lumber is cheap Some samples re
cently exhibited held a nail as well as
wood, are susceptible of high finish,
and can be polished to any extent de
sirably It is waterproof, and therefore
must bkdurable as pine or oak, while
it is as* well adapted for roofing pur
poses as for fine interior work. It is
susceptible of being worked by the
ordinary tools of the carpenter, and
once fitted for its place it will not be
apt to shrink or swell. Samples re
semble hard wood, about as dark as
with
snow.
Importance of the Lumber Interests of one
Shipping Tort, Pensacola, Florida.
There were 86 vessels entered with
an aggregate tonnage of 49,116. There
were 59 vessels cleared for various
ports in Great Britain, France, Italy,
Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany,
Jamaica, Cuba, Central America,
Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and the
Northern ports of America, with an
aggregate tonnage of 85,098, The total
exports during the^month sum up as
follows : Hewn timber, 490,129 cubic
feet; sawn timber, 654,059 cubic feet;
lumber, 8,165,000 superficial feet. This
is a fair pretty exhibit of business for
one month, to say nothing of several
cargoes of shingles, and one of 1,850
bales cotton for Boston.
Timber Growing.
Soft maple seeds must be gathered
as soon as rip*^ which will be with
the ripening of strawberries—late in
May or early in June. Plant imme
diately without drying, and they will
come up in a short time and make
about as large a g'rowth as locust. Ca-
talpa seed is very delicate,lighter than
parsnip seed, and on clay land if there
comes a heavy rain it cannot come up
through the crust. They bear trans
planting as well as cabbages, and I
would recommend sowing thickly in
a prepared seed bed, anj then trans
plant to nursery rows six inches apa
letting them stand one year. The
will, with good care. j?rqff_^^?e fe
high the first
I think it better to give c #ipas t li
tie more room, and_ y kKv onJ v*
liuudrcd plant^gll^bquare r
and red, as I recomni
! or locusts and maples. The earl
the trees can be planted in the sprin
the better, but the ground must work,
dry and tine. Plow and harrow ti,
in good order, and mark out with the
two-horse plow, rnakiug a furrow as
deep as the land is plowed. Three
hands are needed in planting, but a
boy will %o for one. One holds the
tree upright, and the others with light
’■hwo
shovels throw IToll on the roots and
press it with. {} air feet. J^Muk 1000
can plarited weIMn"a half ur.y by
two men and a boy.
The Majesty lof the Law.
Mitchell Messenger’s livery stable,
at De* Moines, Iowa, was burned, to
gether with twelve horse*.
oak. hut more dense in texture
a specific gravity of one-flft
than thoroughly seasoned bla
nut. For finishing it will no
quired to bjfA^hic
her
There is a Justice of the Peac
in Crosby County. \Y
he found a man guilty o
bull that did not belon
fined him $75.
“Why, Jedge,” said the doo
man, “I haven’t got no $75^; I ©a
y no such fine.”
VThe State of Texas puts me in (this
offlcVto find a way to make men pay
their fines. You will cut cedar poles
until you have cut enough to satisfy
the majesty of the law,” replied the
Justice.
“But, Jedge, .v hat use lias the State
of Texas got for cedar poles ?”
“The State of Texas hnan’tK
use for cedar poles. It’s j
who needs them cedar pole*
fence. I’ll take the poles]
with the State of Texas fti
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