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Show 7 -- - - 'J XJ , -. - .. 1 HOW HORSES SWIM. ' Tho'lr Ilouynnc," Vurlo no Itruoh as That of Human Ilclnft. A contributor to the Lond6n Field writes that swimming liorscs across a flooded creek or river is a common and on some stations almost daily occurrence occur-rence in Australia during the rainy season. "As a nilc I havo remained seated in the saddlo while- swimming my horse across a Hooded river" ho says "and have found tho buoyancy of ,the horse , to -vary quite as milch ns that of a human being. I have had some horses which would swim with tho scat of tho .saddle clear above the water, while others, on the contrary, swam so deeply that only tho ears, ' eyes and nose wcro visible. In the latter lat-ter ens' the sooner the; rider, slips over ftji tail the hotter., it you arc not, in 'the saddle I do not think it; matter's much whether you swim at the horse's head or his tail, or on your back, breast or side. Of coarse the nearer you are his head the better chance you have, 'of' gnidhigtliim IfAiicccssnry, Jiut asn; ' nJldiSrsas willow lm' as fast andas. straight as they can to the nearest landing point. In tho whole course of jnyt experience. I, have acqn bu,t ono 0"orjs unnblejoj' unwilling to-swiih,,;ahtV on "tills occasicJn'tlie Itlfrsb' turned on his side immediately it found itself in deep water, aivl refusing to make the slightest effort it was drowned. In my opinion the most important thing to do when -swimming any horso across- n stream is to unbucklc.your fmnnlc, rmln, . and, vif riillng with a double-reined bridle, cut tho stitches of the curb rcirii Practically, the only danger there is lies m the risk of the horse getting his forelegs entangled in the bridle, which can easily bo avoided." Antlsoptlo Qualities In Coins. . It is o well-known fact that paper money is liable to transfer bacteria from one person to, another, and thus to sprend contagious-diseases. It is also supposed that coins, which are more in circulation thnn notes, might similarly similar-ly act as agents for spreading disease, and investigations in that direction were made at tho Vienna university when Austria changed Its currency to the gold basis. A report about his ob-' aervatlons was recently published by Dr. Vincent in the Vienna Medical Gazette Ga-zette in which, he states that' metals act, so to speak, as antiseptics in regard to' bacteria, or microbes, the fact being that these miseroscopic organisms have .but a very short.lease Df life while on metals. The destroying influences of metals increase with their temperature, nnd also with the close touch of "the -micro-organisms with the metal. At a temperature of 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Fahren-heit, which Is common In the pockets where money is carried, the destruction of microbes occurs within three hours. The various metals lued for coins are somewhat different in this respect, silver sil-ver being the most antiseptic and gold the least. Copper and bronze hold about the middle between the two more precious metals. St. Louis Globe Democrat. |