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THE ILLmOIS FAEMEE. 



Mar. 



Dark Stables- 

 It cannot be doubted that light exercises a verj 

 important influence upon animal as well as upon 

 vegetable econoiny. Every cue's feelings bear 

 •witness to the t^timulus afforded by its agency ; a 

 dark day or a dark room induces lassitude and 

 repose, which is quickly dissipated by the bright 

 eunshine. Many diseases aie niuch more viru- 

 lent in shaded situations ; and the eye especially 

 cannot long retain its full power if deprived o 

 light. From mistaken notions on thia subject, 

 or from false economy, it is a general practice to 

 exclude light from the stables of horses.and other 

 animals. It is supposed by many that they thrive 

 best in the dark Where the animal is stabled 

 for a brief period of rest, darkness will undoubt- 

 edly favor his repose. In the season when flies 

 are troublesome it also may be well to darken 

 the stable to exclude them, but when ani 

 mals are stabled permanently in darkness, 

 they cannot but suffer in \arious ways. — 

 The horse, especially, is very much subject to 

 diseases of the eye, and there can be but little 

 doubt that this tendency is increased by confin- 

 ing him permanently where the eye, in waking 

 hours, is strained to an unnatural position to 

 perceive objects around him. Horse jockeys find 

 an advantage in the use of such stables. The 

 anincal being brought into the glare of day is con- 

 fused and startled, and by his high stepping and 

 by his high stepping and half uncertain manner, 

 impresses a novice with an idea of his spirit and 

 action. Even if the quiet induced by darkness 

 may /livor increase of fat, it is not conducive to 

 muscular strength. Muscles deprived of the 

 stimulus of light become- flaccid, and the appar- 

 ently high condition induced by this means is 

 soon lost by active exertion. Men whose em- 

 ployments confine them to poorly lighted apart- 

 ments soon lose the color and the energy of full 

 health, and the same results follow similar treat- 

 ment of animals. 



Besides this, a dark stable will seldom be kept 

 in that cleanly condition which favors full health. 

 The " corners " will be neglected, especially if 

 the care of animals be entrusted to the " help " 

 who are usually content if the stable looks nice. 

 When building stables, ample provision for light 

 will cost but little more than imperfect fixtures, 

 and in the end will be found more profitable. — 

 Maine Farmer. 



New TTse for Coal Oil- 



Within a few days, some experincents made by 

 our neighbors, have shown us that coal oil has 

 other and valuable uses besides that of giving 

 light. One of our friends, who was sadly troubled 

 with fleas, saturated a cloth, and after wrapping 

 it in another cloth, then wound around it all his 

 dry linen as he unrobed at night, at the same 

 time he took another cloth slightly touched with 

 the oil, and rubbed his body ; the result was a 

 perfect extermination of the nimble little pests. 

 Another of our friends, after trying various reme- 

 dies to kill bed bugs, used coal oil ; it was per- 

 fectly efficient, destructive apparently to all. 

 As a preventive aoramst the attack of flies on 

 horses, a gentleman rubbed an animal a few days 

 since with a cloth dipped in the oil, and then 

 wrung as dry as possible ; the result was that for 

 hours the flies gave the coal oil and horse a wide 

 berth. — Ex. 



We find coal oil of value in bruises and lame- 

 ness. Its application is at least harmless to 

 human flesh, if it is of no value, while to the 

 insect tribe it is sure death. A little of it 

 sprinkled in the bottom of hens' nests we think 

 would have the effect to drive out the vermin that 

 infest the poultry. Ed. 



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— Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and equip a 

 lie, consecrate a lie with solemn forms and aw- 

 ful penalties, and after all it is nothing but a 

 lie. It rots a land and corrupts a people like 

 any other lie, and by-and-by the bright light of 

 God's truth shines clear through it, and shows 

 to be a lie. 



— The young gentleman who was kissed by 

 two girls at the same time has nearly recovered 

 from the collision. He is now able to sit up, 

 and it is thought will be able to return to his 

 business. 



— To converse with spirits — lay a five cent 

 piece on a table in a grog shop, and they'll show 

 themselves quicker than you can say "beans." 



— Picture of despair — a poor pig with his nose 

 through a garden fence, almost touching a cab- 

 bage stalk. 



—A little boy being asked, "What is the chief 

 end of man ?" answered "The one what's got the 

 head on." 



— An Eastern editor perpetrates the follow- 

 ing : "A flock of sheep composed of all 'weath- 

 ers,' may be said to resemble our climate." 



—If a flock of geese see one of their number 

 drink, they will drink too. Mm often make 

 geese of themselves. 



— Three things can never agree — two cats 

 over oce mouse, two wives ia one house, or two 

 lovers over one maiden. 



-—A one-legged gentleman became very much 

 excited the other day at a political discussion. 

 He got hopping mad. 



— A country editor, speaking of a blind 

 sawyer, says : "Although he can't see, he can 

 saw." 



— No man can look on a fashionable woman's 

 figure now-a-days and say that figures won't 

 lie. 



—Most ladies never realize the full beauty of 

 the painter's art until they have their portraits 

 taken. 



— What miss will ruin any man ? Mis-man- 

 agement. 



What miss always makes her lover go astray ? 

 Mis-lead. 



