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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1878)
i eir I ild eU r THE BIBLE AND THE DRUNKARD. I CALIFOKMA CATTI.K AVl.TTT..- I .,. 5 ' . ' In a recent temperance sermon, the Rev. E. C. Ray, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, made the the following allusion: What is the relation of intoxicants to piety! It us take a hasty fiance at the Bible. Noah discovers the intox icating principle of wine, is himself disgraced, and curses his son. Job's children carouse so that he daily deems it necessary to offer sacra rices and pray for them, "lest they have cursed the name of the Lord." They aro all slain during one of these feastings. Lot, through wine, is led to commit horrible crimes. Jacob, intending to steal his brother's birthright, gives his father wine, possibly to blunt his senses. In the desert some drunken priests offer unholy fire; they are consumed, and a strict law en acted forbidding priests to drink wino or strong drink while mmistering. Samson's mother is forbidden to drink; so is Samson: the reason, he was to be filled with the spirit and be the servant of the Lord. Nabal, the fool, endangers his property, his life and the lives of his family, by his folly in his cups: ho awakes from the drunken stupor only to dio from its effects. David, with 400 men, slays the drunken host of the Amekalites. Amnon is slain by Absa- of Israel, has but three verses in t.h ttil.t I they picture him a drunkard, and slain in a drunken fit by his servants. Iten-Hadiul and CATTLE. his allied host are routed while drinking them selves drunk. Hut, wont of all, the I oi J tells us that the fall of the kingdoms of Israel ami Judah was doe largely to thuir drunkenness. King, iriesU, prophets, ami people staggered through wine and strong drink. What a pic ture ! Cod own choftcu, favored jnople destroyed ! And it was ffcrough idolatry and Btrong drink. IsFi-i KXri or Climate on tUd.-Attention hat been cUd to a curious instance of climatic influence race. In 181.., several hundred Wurt. : -. families emigrated to Trana Caucaaia, and took ut their abode in the neigh borhood o Tiflia. Tney were remarkable for a broad, Stuart' built, fair or red hair and blue eves. Hi next generation changed somewhat, and brown Ksir and black eyes were seen. In the third ueratiou the type of the original colonists wk- liardly reoognizable. Black eyes and ran we the rule, the round faoc length ened, the form gained alenderne and eleganoa. Inarmnch a- they never inter-married with another race, it is contended that climate alone DWftt have efi -ted the change. A Don wm a Loso Memory. Ynuatt aays fat Newfouu- and flogs are often remarkable for t ln-3 r 1";.. memory, and, as an instance, mentions that ne recognized him after a lapse of five yean an t left his new master to follow him. Mr. Jestv also furnishes another instance which occurred t a village in Cumberland. A man in paatiig -'ruck a sleeping Newfoundland a blow with h whip. The animal pursued him for some ...stance, and, although be was unable to get his revenge, he did not forget the indignity, for, It! months after, he recognised bis assailant of tht previous year and aavagely attacked him. sir Mi they picture him a drunkard, and Blnin iu. a Mt drnnkm, (It h Kin ..nl. D TT.J-J ... . SUPPLEMENT TO The large cattle ranges of California, which are never separated by fences as in older coun tries, made necessary the adoption of Mm6 method by which the cattle of different owners could lie recognued. in consequence of the herds becoming frequently mixed. The custom of branding was brought from the mother country by the early Mexican settlers, and is still con tinned Jo effect this object, nim aro peri odically held in certain localitiea, at which time the cattle belonging t different parties are branded with their respective marks and then turned loose. This custom is stiU in vogue in the southern counties of California, but in many places has been discontinued, as fewer cattle are kept, the laud is fencedin and the country more settled up. Without going into detail the method is as follows : The day for holding the rnfro is ap pointed by some of the prominent stock owners o a certain range of country. The large bands of cattle of perhaps fifty owners, which have been roaming during the year in the rango are to lie brought to a certain level spot at a con venieut point for the hoi ,,.,. ill ib. - and ranchmen convene at the appointed place I to share tne work and ajwrt, lor sport it is to most of them and work for all. If there arc "corrals" on the ground, so much the better, if not, horsemen are detailed to keep the differ- out herds separated. Barak lire aro built where the brands are heated, and the work Iwgin. The calves art; recognized (as to own erslup), by the brands fa tbfl cows they follow, so the same brand is seared into theo- skin by tlic men who have ohugt of that iart of the business. The herders separate Luto lands, gem-rally of three, and one of them rides into the herd, sin gles out a yearling and drives bin into theopcu BuiL These men do not show the slightest hesitation about riding into the ruddle of the herd after they have singled ofi an animal. When the ni'urro drivea him But, another nuuero throws his riata over hit horns and tries to slacken up his speed : meanime another riata is thrown over his hind leg aftd down be come. When necessary the thirl man dis mounts, and the bull, by the aid tf a sliarp knife, ouickly liecomes a steer. If oaly to lc hrandc., he is thrown as near the fire u possi ble and the brand is applied. The riata is dis engaged from the horns by one of the tten, and by a tjuick motion and practiced turft of th wrist the man who holds the auimal by the hind leg, throws his riata loose and tht beast is free. An m.i Scieuce. The Paris Agricultural ami Entomological Society has applied for the grant of a piece of land in Mont Souris, for the establishment of a model apiary, and for the cultivation and eihibition of all kinds of plants most suitable for purpose of bee-keeping. The Municipality of Paris, to which body the ground in ijueatioo belongs, have acceded to this pti tioo on the sole condition that the whole stab lishment shall be often gretoiUsBaly to the topil of all municipal schools of the capital at certain time and under proper supetrriaioo. THE WEST Slinni? There has been a great deal written upon this subject; a great deal too much pet-hap. There is always a certain amount of cant afloat among the people. Dean Swift used to wage bitter warfare against it In those days it used to dress in priestly garments and assume a saintly air, now it goes about with a learned look and prate of this and that, as if it carried the cos mos under its hat and was not made of dust and aahes. But it is the same hollow pretender to day that it was then. It is the same false prophet whether it stand behind the pulpit or reads a sounding pajvr More some hwrned so iety. In these times we all know how common this scientific cant is, mid we all know bow to tell it True science i a worker. True scieuce thinks nitherthan talks. In most places there is more talking than thinking; there is more buncombe than Bcience. Again, true science is modest, not loud and routing, it works in the silence, often in the dark; and, in short, science io ii m rhiiii . nun m sen-scekim? ilus soihl-moutiied ranting ol empty heads haa done much to throw discredit upon science in the eyes of practical men. But let us re mcinlwr the distinction we have made, and let us make the application until WO have separated the wheat from the chaff. We have said that science was truth-seeking. That is the kemal ol the whole matter. Scieuce in its broadest, widest aspirations seeks to take in the rays of light that stream iu upon it from the remotest itar in the universe to the nearest, minutest atom of earth dust, and to bring it all to a focus upon its camera. It seeks to repro duce in miniature the great universe about us, so that Mora its vision it can see accurately pho tographed each fact ami factor in the great whole we call nature. This is science. It is not a mere aggregation of facts. That would bfl a chaos; but it is nit arrangement of facts gained with infinite lalor from tin ' Dp of the Andes to the Iwttom of the deec8t ocean, gath ered by men young and energetic, and by men old and worn with yeara. It is an arrangement of fact so made that they show their natural relationship to each other, the forces at work among tliem, and the law that knows no break ing. ThiB is what science is, Itis ourheritage from all tho past. It is our Btore-bouso for all the future. Now has industry no interest in this store of knowledge wrested by tho work of the bent minds that have ever come into existence? Utm ecu. What would industry lie were it to lK-eonm pet rifled It would In wi.it China is to-day. If then progress and improvement are necessary, whence ou it DOOM but from a wider, a deejH-r knowledge of the facta and forces akoiit us. Where call one get that but from science? Here it is arranged, classified, labeled by the baud of some great uiaiU-r. This is not very iow, but it is very true, and we are all liable to forgot it iu the hustle of the workshopand thcfirld. The practieal man ban got to look on scientific knowledge as all very well, hut he does O0UM just how it Wars on his work, lie may agree about all this in a gen eral sort of way , Iwt ho doe not find the help from science that he ought. What is the re ault! Aakany one, who ha been to tint Pat ent Office at Washington, and hear what he has to say on tho endless host ol men who have wasted years on the perpetual motion phantom. Stop to think for a moment of the mwttd brains and bullion tint has U-en put mioii this one mistaken effort. Think again of the addi tions that might have been made to our indus trial resources, if science hail directed this en ergy and capital. Science tlu-u is valuable to industry, lirtd, because jt avoids tiptlMsttojl ol euergy iu the rong dirctiili. In the second place, stieine helps in suggest ing new fields for inventive and industrial genius. Scieuce, pure science reineinlmr, is only the orderly arrangement of facts. It is not the nppheation of tliem that is the Held of the in venter and the. practical man. Hut let us bou what has come to industry from the pure sci ences. We do not need to search forillustra tmns, but rather to omit, there are so many at hand. In the lirot plaoflook at the work of Michael Karaday, a H.r book binder's appren tice, who devoted bis life to the study of pure science without any idea liut the love of truth. And i. !!. I the result of his latx.rs in manifold applications of his discoveries in the laws ..f electricity that teem on uvery hand. If is name like Franklin's is a name to conjure with. Again see how chemistry haa made of coal Ur dye stuffs lliat rival the rainl tow's hues. Hut examples are needless. Ut as lern the lesson. IM "s send our inventors, our miners, our me chanics, our farmers, our children to learn not of loud-mouthed talkers, but of science what is and what is not a jiowiible or a uselul combina tion of force and matter Miuin; and SekntUc I'm. KroMoUMiv at Paihh. ThcKocieteCeutrale d'Agn culture t d'lnstjcudogie haa erected in the Champ de Mars an appropriate building, iu which an extensive and exhaustive exhibition of all Uiat relate to the breeding of useful and the destruction of injurious insects will be held dunug the orescnt Year. TIub building in which will uu reproduced ou modi larger scale the collection actually existing iu the Luxembourg gardens, is to Inq, alter the Inter national exhibition, transferred to the Plato du Montaouris, in the center of an area of '.'.WW BUiwrticial meters, which will lie exclusively de voted to exhibitions, and public lector on agriculture and insectology. 1 u Marniotun, President of the Nociete Centrale, aj J M I in.' t. the general secretary, have to that eud, opened negotation with the Pari M unk-ijial in,, il. who, however, hesitate to grant the us of the site in oueatiou, in case tiie neigh hohood of the lie would incon veuiance pasMri-by. Thia, however, is likely to b S viasd, the scheme baa all prospects of be ing uiccecafnlly cajriml out. ItU estimated that the collieries of Piotoa coonfcv, Nova .Scotia, would prodao l,UX,000 too of coal per annuia SUNDRY RKC1PES. tons Hkkap. -Colonel rMwin Uonry of (.reenvi le, leuu., remarkwl: 1 ftm werf w. Muainted with the subject of corn bread. I bvo ui I .untr- where com bread ami pork are among the nru.c.l staples for food. A very , ' v noum ot greuml te make com meal tit for cooking pWM I have a null on im- o .,.i ...i ..... ' . fthQ for my neighbors, The meal should I ground c-tan-e, like that you use in the North or fMd. I consider our com makes Mter oread than the corn raistM at the North; it contains more saccharine. Com bread is T .7 j(ciicraun Hi tlieliread hL i,i",7" ,f tW ,llt'"1 r,,,,,"l K . wi "..in citarse, i no steam Iiasses an.nnd and through it and makes a tine an iclc. t om meal can ba ma.le into numlr of "V 1 auo i noH' our repre sentatives at the Pans fapritiotj uill see that they have a resUuront in which this article is served in all manner of wavs, so that the pco pie visiting the reposition uiav have an optn.r tunity of testing the various prettarotious made from our Indian corn." Hi .r- Mtvov Srt on one rtiart of rich "T V u'" ""oeesoi line winte sugar and a few drops of extract of vanilla or any other ' " "H, 11 M' Sim iroin. ...... Kwn,,, oof ounce oi isinglass or ccLilmo in one pint of cold water for a half hour, let it simmer ou cmWra until perfectly dissolved, 7. V ?" " preieni me gela tine from sticking t.. the Utttem of the stewpan ..... .,,.uK, ,.,, luaewarm. pour tlie cream slowly in. U-ating it all t he time until stiff enough . " ,i- ni pus it in mollis pre- VIOIlslv t 11. o. , Ml ....i.i I (iiuiiAM His,itT. Three cupfuU (i rah am oui, mm cupiiu winie Hour, OM teasMN)ilflil Btula, two of cream of tartar ; rub the nda and cream of tartar into the Hour, and sift altogether wtw wwj are wui ; lheu ail. I one salt spoonful of salt; next Wo toaapoOnhlU of lard, luhlied into the prepare.l flour .piickly and lightly; lastly, three cupful milk, containing on taUaipOOItftll of white sugar. Work the dough The .lough should have a rouh surface, ami tht biscuit bo flaky. Roll out lightly, cut iutoeakM about half an inch thick, and bake in a iptick Wathr-kisinh H'ikai'. Takoaouart riiAm ami ft apoon, toaltj Imbd, till the pitcher half full of boiling walcr, cool to the temperature of I I,,, I ,(,. ii... mtlm ;.. Il .. l ... ... D , v umi i nat ter, a hour pancakes, add a miartcr UID00tl fol ,.i kiIi ,..,.l i i.. 2 i i ... . wnn, fini ng )M-ea- noilftUyi it will rise in five or six bonis. Somo M , !, r thia lo ) ,r Imtvmmtfm . , Udt Fish km.- Blxtffga. twocupsof sugar, half a cup of butler, hall a cup milk, two nt 1 -1 wmhuji mjwumi i iiho a snect ol lint- tered pftptr. drop on luitler about (lie lenuth Hlol .if MMB 11 1X1 SN.I.( ...... ... f iwni nun HSS "Ciiny baked, remove from the p.iHr, am) juiu tho nDOOU sides together with a very liUle goKl jelly, or the white of an i-gg. Light Ptronixo, put two tbiHH)mifuiB of sage. Uploeftof rice in a pie dish, pour over a i "' moo mm aim a nan teblfttpoonfuu of sugar, a little gratetl nutmeu. if 1.L. .I. 1..L.. I . l : J M-.i.o ui a mon oven ; u rice is used, bake three boiira. Til KltV Al-I'IKI LHU Toil; I'lliin. the chops with Iftll and pepjn r and a lilt lo pow ilered s.igo or swe. t luaijoraui; dtp them into bcatrii Offn ftd tlien IsUobofttSJft In, .id crumlM; fryalmilt'JOmiliutei, or mild they are domt; put 1 1 i oa ft bo diftbi pour oil a put of tho gravy into ftnotbfr pan lo mikl ;'vv to serve mm int-m, u u i-iioosd ; Hon fry apples, which you have aUoad about twutloi.li of an inch tluck, cutting them around the nppl so that the core ialft the eenler of fwk pice. Win II the y are brow iud 0Q ftftoh lidl nod partly ( kcd. torn Ibm Qftrtfully with a paucak turner, and let them flnUh cooking. il n Oft 1101 Chop tine a luediiim-sinsl heiul of cabliage am) Mftftejj ith butler. njir and salt; ld water enough to cook mild very tender; then when almost dry add a cup of thick sweet cream and siiiiiurr a few i it is lunger. For those who prefer cabbage with VitMftjar, ft good WftV U (0 BN half cream and half rilMgftr, or for tlmsu who do nut have cream, use milk and thicken with a little Hour. Howk Aim Fum Arru Pre st.. appluB and run tliem through a line sieve; ndd one bftftl apple, ag and sugar togut)t,o;, sweeten to taste, flavor with le B makti crust as for ft tart; bate, ami when the put ja cold -L the white of one e'g with su-ar ftft f of fioiTing; cover the pie ami put in Um bj to brown, frosting slightly; eat cold. We slalm our rep titatioiilh.it it will tn kle the palalo of all wh eat it. OVftTftBJ) Pre Om o.urt of milk, four eggs, sweet, ii toyoortatt. Barorwil! b- n or what- evtr is UkftO bftft, line the pin plate with crust and pour lint milium in, grating a Ii til nut meg on the top, ami bake. KtUJM fWJbUv li A writer for the limit Wurl'l says: Year ago we laid out the mio pretty cleanly by the following contrivance; Take blocks alstut the sirs of ohrick of some wood that can lie easily Imrcd; liore with an inch auger about six invliea into the middl of one and Take l orn meal one ijuart, and mil in it four ounces of araemc; till the holes in the block to within an iuch of the muile, ram ming It down pretty tight. tba in the field where mica do cougregtto, with the oprii end lowBt to keep wet out, and my word for it, there will some get shot without hearing auy noie. These silent gun should he looked at ftf freuently; nd when empty It reloaded, and whenever you hav to reload you can rt as sured that there are dead mio aliout I would recommend strvchuin were it not m Ipensivt, .ni' I then it kills aoouickly that thy wonbl b fouud sUcking iu the bole, and prevent tb others from getting a ahar.