THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



to assist the bursting of the grain, throw it in-
to a colander to drain; when dry, put it into
a dripping pan, and brown it exactly as if it
were coffee.  On one or two occasions I have
mixed a teaspoonful of ground coffee through
the quantity of wheat intended for the table,
and it would puzzle any one to detect the de-
ception.
  As this information may be of use to those
who would otherwise be deprived of their ac-
customed cup of coffee in these days of high
taxes and high treason, may I ask you to give
it a place in your valuable paper?
                               ECONOMIST.

      HEALTH AND DISEASE.

              Bodily Carriage.
  Instead of giving all sorts of rules about
turning out the toes, and strengthening up the
body, and holding the shoulders back, all of
which are impracticable to many, because soon
forgotten, or of a feeling of awkwardness and
discomfort which procures a willing omission;
all that is necessary to secure the object is to
hold up the head and move on, letting the toes
and shoulders take care of themselves. Walk
with the chin but slightly above a horizontal
line, or with your eye directed to things a lit-
tle higher than your own head. In this way
you walk properly, pleasantly, and without
any feeling of restraint or awkwardness.
  If any one w shes to be aided in securing
this habitual carriage of body, accustom your-
self to carry your hands behind you, one hand
grasping the opposite wrist.  Englishmen are
admired the world over for their full clhests,
and broad shoulders, and sturdy frames, and
manly bearing. This position of body is a fa-
vorite with them, in the simple promenade in
the garden or gallery, in attending ladies along
a crowded street, or in public worship.
  Many persons spend a large part of their
whIkiivg existence in the sitting position. A
single rule, well attended to, in this connection
would be of incalculable value to multitudes-
use chairs with the old-fashioned straight
backs, a little inclining backwards, and sit
wvith, the lower portion of the body close against
the back of the chair at the seat; any one who
tries it will observe in a moment a grateful
support to the whole spine.  And we see no
reason why children should not be taught from
the beginning to write, and sew, and knit, in
a position requiring the lower portion of the
body and the shoulders to touch the back of
the chair nil the time.
  A very common position in sitting. special-
ly among men, is with the shoulders against
the chair back, with a space of several inches
between the chair back and the lower portion
of the spine, giving the body the shape of a
half hoop  it is the instantaneous, instinctive
and almost universal position assumed by any



consumptive on sitting down, unless counter-
acted by an effort ot will; hence parents should
regard such a position in their children with
apprehension, and should rectify it at once.-
Hale's Journal of Health.

         YOUTH'S CORNER.

         An Attempt to Catch a Shark.
  When within four or five hundred miles of
New York, on one of the warmest and bright-
est days of the season-the water as smooth
as glass-a half dozen wicked looking sharks
came swimming alongside and were quite
around us, although we were steaming along
at the rate of 12 miles an hour, and were evi-
dently determined that something should hap-
pen. The whole company of passengers were
on deck or leaning over the gtinwales to get a
good view of them, when the sauciness of one
or two who, with great goggle eyes turning up-
ward to the four hundred faces above them,
seemed to insist that some of us should fall in-
to their jaws, induced us to see whether we
could not overmatch them.
  A man was despatched to the first officer for
his consent and the use of his great steel hook
and chain; another went to the cook room for
a big lump of pork, and there was a great stir
everywhere on board. Finally all things were
ready and the baited hook was tossed over-
board!  Quick as a flash one of the sharks
turned towards it and we were all in high glee
-the ladies scattering off to the other end of
the ship as hurriedly as if we were already
dragging the monster on deck. But then, like
a sensible shark, he stopped to take the sober
second thought, and rather concldcde4; that lump
of meat didn't quite resemble the man he ex-
pected for his dinner; and so lie stopped in his
course. But the pork went on, and would soon
be out of his reach. That wouldn't do at all;
and again, swift as lightning almost, he dash-
ed at it. Again his reflections stopped him,
but only for a moment; once more lie darted,
and-we had him!
  Now there was a scampering in earnest. Ile
was not one of the largest, but would probably
measure fifteen to twenty feet in length; quite



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