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WILIlAMETTHE JBMBtf. (S f t '' ' ! - . , . . History of the Potato. It teems scarcely credible that only ono hundred years Lava elapsed aincb the Koneral introduction of this now well known nnd university cultivated esculent into Europe. But such is tho fact, and.it has bcon proposed to hold a jubileo in Oormauy in this year, 1874, in honor of tho centennial of tho potato. Whcu tho Spaniards conquored Pern, in tho sixteenth contnry, thoy carried somo potatoes to Europo and sent them to tho Popo. Tho raw plant was cultivated a littlo in Spain, Italy, Burgundy and tho Netherlands, and from a certain rosom bianco to tho trufllo, an esculent fungus growing in tho earth, tho Italians gavo thorn tho namo of Jviuti, or liratuoli, whenco tho Germans dorivo their word Kartoffel. Tho French called them "Ap plos of tho earth," Pommes de lerre, whllo in Austria and portions of Germany tho equivalent oxprossion Erd-apel is used. John Hawkins first introduced them in to England in 1505. Walter Raleigh brought them thero 1584, and Anally, Ad miral Drako in 1580. Tho lattor sont somo to a friend to a friond to plant, with tho remark that tho fruit was excollont and nutritious, so that it would bo vary useful in Europe. His friend actually planted tho tubors, and thoy grow nicoly. But when the seeds balls were ripo, he took theso instead of tho tubers and fried them in bnttor, and, sprinkling sugar and cinna mon ovor them, placed them boforo somo company as a great rarity. Of courso thoso balls tasted disgustingly, ami tho assembly concluded that tho fruit would not ripon iu Europo. Tho gardonor pull ed up the plants and burned them. Tho gentleman, who chanced to bo presont, stepped on ono of the baked potatoes as it lay in tho ashes, whou it broko opon, and ho notiocd that it was whito as snow, and mealy, and hnd such an ngroenblo smoll that ho lasted it and found it vory palata ble Tho new vegetablo was thus rescued, but for a century after it was only culti vated in his gardon, and in 1600 tho Qnccn of England mado tho remark iu hor houso book that a pound of potatoes cost two shillings (about 50 oonts) ,Jour. of App. Chem. PncNixo Tomatoes. That tomatoos aro bonofltcd by pruning wo hava not tho slightest doubt, and wo yonrly practico it in our own gradon. Somo rocommond and othors practico cutting off all tho tops of tho plants, to which wo most strongly object, as wo aro satisfied that such a courso is vory injurious to tho plants, in well as to tho porfect ripening of the fruit. As tho tomato bogins to grow, Bolcct say throo or four o f tho strongest shoots, pinch all tho othors out, should tlioro bo auy, by tho ilugor and thumb, closa to tho stem. W'hon thoso four bunchos bogiu to show fruit, a small latoral will show itsolf immediatly at tho noxt joint. Thoso should all bo pinched out as fast as thoy appear, lotting no shoots grow at any tiino, but tho four main branches roforrod to; by so doing, whothcr tho plants aro tied to stakes or laid on tho ground, wo havo always found that wo secured a turg or, finer, and at tho mo tiino a hcavior crop tliau wo could by auy other process. lh'itjijt iC liiv's Catalogue. Onion MAaaor. An onTon-growor, of considorablo oxporiouco, Bays that ho de stroys tho onion maggot in tho following man nor: As soon as tho maggots aro dis covered at work, romovo tho soil from tho sides of tho bulbs, by making a shallow trench with tho eornor of a hoo; then pour into this trench so.tp-smls mado by dissolving two or three gallons of soft soapjin a barrel of water, previously adding 0110-pound of copporasjiu tho soap. Rur al -Netc Yorker. 2 y Analysis ov the Potato. It has boon found by analysis that in 100 parts of po tato thero aro wator, 70.00; staroh, 21,00; azotio mattor, 1.00; fatty patter, ,10;sugar, 1,09; .skin, 1.C5; mineral matter, (salts), 150; total, 100.00.v Tho potato produces al least 30 por 100 of dry matter, 1.05 ol which must bo subtracted for tho skin which reduces tho food port to 28 por 100, 24arts of which are starch. -' California Grown Seeds. EuiTons 1'nrss: I lately read with .much Intercut an excellent article in .your paper on "Callforui.. Raised Garden Seeds.',;, The writer,-of Ban Jose!, says: ,"Y. are not willing to' admit that our favored clime and' soil will not produce aa good seeds aa.ean be raised on auy other portion of thacnltlvatcd land," Sly opinion, thu result of inauy yeiirs' experi ence to' floriculture, coincide with bis, ,'i'of tho 'first 'fe'vf years Iwus" Impressed 'with Mhe Idea that eastern neA most bVohtained every spring, to insure fine llowers, but meeting with gome disappointment, Hnd possessing consider able of tbe'Yankee' desire of experimenting, I concluded to raise my own, and the mull has beeujvery satisfactory, nono of my varie ties" having degenerated, while not a few have greatly improved, some of which last summer were perfect marvels of beauty. But iu raising t;ood seeds, mnch cars is required, and none ut the finest llowers allowed to remain and ripen. I believe' that in her productions of fruits and flowers California has no rival. Her elevated mountainous localities; her, warm, brlgut.'ever.MoomlnB valKyn, are especially fa vorable to endloea variety; and Iter long uin men and rich'solls, to an almost falnilous yield. Our initiation into the real agricultural re sources lit California is only in it infancy, so much buy wo. ytt to learn, and bo many of our preconceived opinions to cast aside; prominent among which is the erroneous idea that Cali fornia cannot grow ber own garden seeds. Peutz, Jan. U, 1874. ' M. P. lacurisisa tuk FtXTixa Pboi-kett or IIaibs by .tub Dsk or Gntvicaia. According to JUiuWUt't itrfier ZeUwuj, a mixture of nitric add and treacle is now propoaed aa a substitute for the use of mercury dissolved in n I trio acid, formerly employed fur enhancing the felting properties of rabbit's hair in the manufacture of (elt bats. Qood HbAVTH Hints for Nurses. Tho following sensible suggestions are from the pen of Florence Nightingale: " Concise ness nnd decision are, above all thing, neces sary with the sick. Let your thought expressed to theni bo concisely and decidedly expressed. What doubt ana hesitation tUere may bo in your own mind must never be communicated to theirs, not even (I would rather ay etipo cially not) iu little things. Lot your doubt be to yourself, your decision to them. People who think outside their heads, tho whole pro less of whose thonght appears, liko Homer's, n the net of secretion, who tell everything Ihit eu tucm towards mis conomsion anil away from that, ought never to bo with the sick. Irresolution is what all patients most dread. Rather lhau meet this In others, they will col lect all their data and make up their mind for themselves. A chnngo of mind iu others, whether it is regarding nn operation, or re writing a letter, always injures the patient more than the being called upou to make up his mind to the most dreaded or difficult decision. Further than this, iu very many eise, the liu. nglnution In disease is far more active aud ivid than It is lu health. If you propose to tho patient chango of air to one place ono your, and to auother tho next, ho ha. Iu each enso, immediately constituted himself in Ituaq luatlou, tho tenant of tho plaoe, gono over the wuoio premises in iilea, ami you nave tired him as much by displacing his imagination, ns If you had iictually curried him over both places Abovo all, leave thu slok room nulcklv. nml come iutn It quickly, not suddenly not with a rush but don't let the patteut bo wearily wait ing for whcu you will bo out of tho room, or when you will bo iu it. Conciseness and decision in your movements, us well as your words, are uccessnry iu tho sick room, a nec essary of absence of hurry and bustle. To possess yourself entirely will insure you from either failiug, either loitering or hurrying. If a patient has to see, not only to his own, but also to his nurse's punctuality, or persever ance, or readiness, or calmness, to nuy or nil of theso things, h is far better without that imrnu than with her, however valuable and handy her services may otherwlso bo to him, and however incapablo bo may bo of rendering them to himself, Tiik l'l'HB.-The pulse ot a healthful grown person beats seventy times iu n minute; there may bo good health down to Bixty; but If thu liulso always exceeds seveutv. there U adisraie tho uiachino in working too fait; it is weir- lug ltsull out; lucre Is a lever or inuamatioii somewhere, aud the body is feeding on itclf, ns in consumption, whcu tho pulse is quick, that is, over seventy, gradually increasing with decreased chances of cure, until It reaches one hundred and ten or ono hundred uud twenty, when death cornea beforo many days. When the pulse is ovor seventy for months, and if thero is a slight cough, the luugs are uiTecttd. Every intelligent person owes it to himself to learn from his family physician how to ascer tain tho pulse iu health; theu by comparing it with what it is whun ailing, ho may havo somo idea of the urgency of his cose, aud it will bo au important guido to tho physician. Parents should kuow tho healthy nulso of each child. ns now and then a porsou is born wiih a pecul iarly slow or last pulse, ami tue very case lit hand may be that peculiarity. Au infant's pulo is ono hundred and forty; a child of seven. about eighty; and from twenty to sixty years it is seventy ueuu n minutj, declining to sixty at four score. Thero nre nulses all ovor tho body, but whero thero are only skin and bono, as nt tho templas, It U most easily felt. Home and cuff A. Dikokh ruoM War Clotiiks. Few persons understand fully tho reason why wet clothes exert such a chilling iullueuce. It is simply this; Water, when it evaporates, carries oil' an enormous amount of heat lu what is called the latent form. One pound of water iu vapor contains ns much beat n nlno or ten pounds of liquid wultr, ouu an una iirui mum, oi course, be takeu from tho body. If our el o tires nre uioistuued with threo pounds of water that is, if by wetting they aro rendered threo pounds heavier, theso threo pounds will in drying, carry off us much heat us would raise three gallons of ice-Cold water to tho boiling point. No wonder damp clothes chill us. To IUmovk Auiiesivk Plastkii. Every sur geon, doubtless, is familiar with tho appear ance of a part which has been enveloped in adherlve plaster, after tho straps havo been removed. The appearance is not ono iu very good keeping with n 'chanty arid neat surgical ilressing. Thu portion of thu plaster which is l ft adhering to tho skin may bo quiokly aud completely rsmovid by the use of oil of turpen tine and sweet oil. Uso u little more than half turptntiiie. This compound, carefully rubbed over tho parts with n bit of cloth or sponge, and thcu washed off with warm soapsuds, wilt leu've tho surfaco as clean as unturo ever intended. Kxcluimjt. r.vicn and Aouk PiioriiTMCTiu. Wo hoar that hovers! of the otlioera upon Sir Garnet Wolstlye'H staff provided theiuselve beforo starting kith tho pretoription for bilious remit tent fever so htrouRly, ,Tcoininandi'4 by Dr. Liviug'tono. It will perhaps be remembered that in his Interesting volume on the ZuiuWd expedition, tho .Doctor published the iugre'di eutH of a pill which was found to be of the greatest service to every one accompanying him. The formula Includes resin of Jalap, powdere-1 rhubarb, 'quinine and calomel, and was always administered previous to the em ployment of quinine. Ciufi'ED HiSM.t-Tha easiest and simplest remedy is found' In every 'storeroom. Take common starch, audi grind it with a knife until it is reduced to the smoothest "powder. Tnku a clean box and till it with starch thus prepar ed, so na to hava it continually at baud lor use. Every time hands are taken from the auda or dishwater, wipe them, and, whllo they are yet damp, rub a portion of starch thoroughly over them, covering the whole surface. The effect is magical. The rough, smarting skin U cooled and healed briugiug and insuring the greatest degree of comfort and freedom, from this by no meaus iuslguiflcant trial. Arti&m. To Stop Dlkduto at tui Nose. It is worth while to know bow to stop the bleeding from the noso wheu It becomes excessive. If the a - lj aa.c..l A.mltf n.i et.A 111a nrtftrv that supplies the blood to the iddo of tho face atzecteu, tue result is accompusneu. meiwu small arteries branching up from the main arteries on each side of the neck, and itttHiug over the outside of the jawbone, supply the face with blood. It tho uoso bleeda from the right uoktril, for example, pa the finger along the edge of the right jaw till the beating of the artery la felt. Press' hard upon It, and the bleeding will cease. Continue the pressure five minutes, uutil the ruptured vtsoel in the nose have time to contract. (Ml Water Tanks and Health., ..llK San Fraucisoo depends principally Mr Its water supply on the Spring Valley Water Com pany's Works, Tho water from this source. Is Introduced Into houses lu two different meth ods. Tho first Is by direct commuulcation be tween the main pipes and thu emission faucets in the'houses. Tho wator is (hits' snpplied en tirely by direct pressure from the head of tho reservoir. Put iu many parts of tho city this pressure is too great for tlio couwuieuce of consumers. Auother method of, introduction is accordingly extensively resorled to. Iu or- ilur In miiilMrntrt tin fnn'ri nf ill,, Mtr.titm. Idtlkil celvo tho water from the Mreet malus, and it is tbeuco conducted tnrougn the houses oy tue usiiaI nines. To regulate tho supply in tanks and prevent overuow, au ingenious device is umI, wnicu quite iuiuis lu purpose, nut is op-'ii to n serious objection from n hygienic polut of iow, vis., that iu interrupting the free and constant llow of fresh water from tbore e'rlvers, it creates a little lake of stagnant water on every house-top whore it is employed. The water is dctaiued iu the tauk by not Wing steadily drawn out aud exposed to the ray of thu situ for (ndollultu periods of time, nnd all the organic operations of wgctnblo aud ani mal germination and decomposition have tho same tqiportuuity to occur as iu stagnant pools. Months, sometimes years, elapse, aud uo thought is giveu to vleanimt ami aauliylug the tankH. These remarks aru equally as applloa ble to those larger tauka In tho Missiou plain, which aro elevated tho air nnd filled from wells by tho nld of windmills. Iu these latter the water often reniains for a loii i while, for tho owners nra induced to economize thu water in order to maintain their supply, whun during tho summer season there Is often quite a length of lima iu which tho wind does not blow strong enough to work the windmill. Attentiou has, at different times, been called to theso facts by physicians, aud also to tho daugrr ot generating disoasu which eusues. Housekeepers do uot, however, appear to havo bteu sufficiently warned to induce ttieni to take steps to ub late thu difficulty. Folio ing is a portion of a payroll "Water Tanks ou tho Tops of Houses, which was tcrceiitly read by Arthur U. Stout, M. 1) , moniber of the State Hoard of Health, beforo tho Ban Francisco Mi croscopical Society, It deserves the attentiou of all who nro interested in tho matter: It uot nufreqiiehtly happens that theso houso top tauka are uiace'ensiblo, except at consider able trouble aud iixpuusc, uud are uot supplied with covers. Housekeepers, who otherwise would be careful, aro colisuquuutly deterred from taking tho proper precautious to sanity their tuuks. Persona unacquainted with these facts, and finding tho water impure would be disposed to inculpate thu rvnervolr of thu Spiiug Valley Water Company; when in truth tho noxious swamp is ou tliu roof of their own houses, Tho nueatlon tit tho purity of water, and strictly careful analysis ol the various in gredients w blch thu analytic chemist uau de lect, aro Irom time to tliuu urged upou tue public, doubtfully appreciative ot the suieutltlo skill displayed; but let any hnusokceipcr. Hot too lazy to tako thu trouble, enter a search lute tho contents of tho tank ou his house roof; let him collect u bottle full of its soil, aud put ono drop of it under a proper mierosuope, nnd theu prououueo having seen it with his own eyes upon tho soup which ho drinks. Many observers know that theso homo-top tauks nro thu birth-plae'u of mosquitoes, like luiiny other hwainp'i, only ou a smaller scale, aud that their offspring uilgnitu Into tho apart ments below them; that various devices of win dow screens and mosquito nets nro resorted to, and that on houso will bo infested while adja cent ones will bo exempt and yet, tho hint of the moMpilto, truly piquant, lulls to awake them totliu quality ol their beveiragu. Ilia water wheu first drawn from tho tank may appear clear and pure, but iu a short tune It becomes cloudy, lints a faint odor and kooii limn to a greeuldi color. After u Hum green vegetablo matter foims, aouiuof which lloata on tho hiirfaca and nUo gathers on the bottom of the containing vi'Stol. This vegetable growth now becomes thu nidus or homustcad of Innunurublo uilcroscojdu nnimalculua of inauy different HprcitH. Ill duo tiino thesu phut uud uiiiiual creations dio aud decom pose, uddlng thereby another noxious ingred lent to the water. Air nud water for human uso should bo pure, or nearly so. Anything short of purity It nu incentive to gastrlu disor der aud unfavorable digestion. Wu may uot bo ublo to specify with precision if all tlnno vegetable and amiiiil products are actually IKiikonouswheu takeu into thu stomach; nor Jet tow far the heat of tho organ may destroy tin in, and thogastrlo Jul en usxluillatu ilium liko other vegetable aud animal food, but wo do know that s'uch Infected water, wheu dratik, produces nausea very promptly. I'lw aloiuaoh ruvoltH and indicates to tho mind that something un healthy has been swallowed. Wo also know that certain of the in escape destruction iu the tomach and nro nhaorbed iuto tho blood, aud give riso to toxiotuia. It Is uot our object here todisctiMi thtsu qmstluns, but accept lug thu well-admitted faut that water under thu ubovu conditions is unwholesome, to show that these tanks.wheu neglected, aro thu prolillcgiucrators of septio fovc ra'and other diseases of auieinlo type uot necesturily, febrile. CorrKK WiThn ah a Hkmkiit ruu Oout, Dr. Monchaux, iu tho lUvut de TlxratUbiM, gives tho following: Put u tablespoonful of greou that is, uuroastaal'coirtw lu a half a tumbler of pure water, at thb temperature) of Ibo sur rounding air, aud after allowing it lo stand for twenty-four hours, drink orTthuliipiidiminedi utely upou getting up iu the morning. Pill the glass with water again as beforehand again drink the liipild its before, ho that the same ofTee serves twloe. The liquid obtained is of green color, more or less tinged with bluo, ao according to tho kind of colTco used. I do uot, know the chemical composition of the water, but the grainss well considerably, and sometimes sprout, throwing on littlo bubbles of gas, which I suDDoau to be carbonlo acid, I have uot observeti very long relative to this remedy noon the urio acid diathesis. If I am to give an opinion upon it, I am at present Inclined to think that it attacks rather the effects of the malady than ,the disease itself, suppressing the former from dav to day, If I may no express inyaelf.wblhi tba latter remains. It will be.there fore, necessary to continue the dally une of tho remedy as above, Foou MxinciMK. Dr. Hall relates the case of a man who wan cured of his biliousness by oing without bis supper and drinking freely of lemonade. Every morning, saj s the Doctor, this patient arose with u wondtiful aeusa of rent and refreshment, and feeling as though the blood bad been literally washed, cleansed and cooled by the leuionado and faat. Ills theory is that food can be used as a remedy for many disease successfully. Aa au example, he cures anittiuLf of the bloat bv the use of suit: tpi'epsy by watermelons; kidney affections by celery; poison, Olive or sweei on, eryaipeias, puuuuoi i-ranUirries aunlieel to the part atfectcd: hydro- phobia, onions, do. Ho the way to keep in good health Is really to kno- what to eat not to know wuai meuiciues to ease. Potatpkh PaoscniBKiJi Several German ' writers upou races predict that natlous, far from improving, will deteriorate both In phy sical nud merit il characteristics, If potatoes be come n principal article of diet. Tho celebrated Carl Volght says that "the nourishing potato does not restore tho wasted tissues, but makes i our proletariats physically hnd mentally weak." The Holland physiologist, Mulder, give the same judgment when he declares that the ex cessive, uso of potatofi among'thc poorer classes and coffee and tea by the higher rank", is the caiiso of tho Indolence of uniloui. Leidcnfrott maintains that tho revolutions of tho lnt three ooiituriea have been caused by the changed nourishment; tho lowest workman, In former times, ato more flesh than now, wheu the cheap potato tonus his principal mitwlitencr, but gives him no muscular or nervon strength. The Mining and Scientific Press Marching Onward . Our rAredil tjrrtaiu of ."ouipltluu, lu.llcloiuly mm deDttug, stitl courfnlrntiy mrauglntt Inta retfuUrita ptrtmrut. Ii been hfirllly emlarstsl. It rrn.lort th lxr worth inure lo rvsJrra, who can flti.l hauiltljr th which Interests them monl. 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