WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, UIveIGON, JANUARY 27, 1882
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KT WAY UNTO THE LORD,
apinuer in tlio sun,
: UiVlUlS!
all the threads will run
nto.l wave:
f day will bring its task,
plinil, no mole to 03b.
' the ui-e or name
i I epin.
jfcliat h in- one came
lid with' it
B.tluoad. ami said. "Since you
tut one thing you can Jo,"
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Hie Unpads so rough, and fast,
milieu lly,
IVtnrmsare sweeping past,
ear that 1
lit dare not try to find
er place, since I am blind.
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vhv, but I am sure
tint and place
jit fabric to endure
lime and race
rill have. So from the first,
a, I never felt accursed.
arm this trust has 8:un2
Fon i short word
i when I'was voune
nnn T hnnril
I not that Uod's name signed
seaieu iu rus, iiiuugu vmuu.
this be seal or siim
in, without,
Dot; the b6nd Dn iuc
ver doubt,
set me here, and still.
kud blind, I wait His will.
(listen, day by day,
tear their tread
he fin'shad web away.
Lieut the thread,
d s message in the sun.
L'Miinl spinner, work is done."
I lttAKES A NOBLEMAN?
i mail a nobleman
Cts a noble part,
vs alike by word anil deed,
th a tiue man's heart.
I not for himself alone,
ins the selfish few;
eg more than all things else,
od that lie can do.
the rami a nobleman
baud 8 up for the light,
h Wftrlr nf fihfiritv.
(.pleasure and delight;
Ears the stamp of manliness
ffcis open brow,
tcr yet known to do
jjtfon mean and low.
iff
i man a nobleman
it rives to aid the weak;
ter than revenge a wrong,
L kind forgiveness speak ;
a brotrur in an men,
sniint iinfn IrttKVt
Hd not crush the meanest worm,
ira me weanest imug.
be man a nobleman.
noblest of his kind.
its by moral excellence,
iritv of mind:
ires alike through good and ill
prm unflinching man
res the ciuse of 'brotherhood,
ads it all he can.
INTAQI0U8 DISEASES.'
if there was no disease more
ilian diphtheria, and those who
Id be just as careful as with small
it is to be more dreaded than that
e. We know of a fata, case arising
ning of a valise of clothing that
house where diphtheria had been
children. We heard cf a case
it was bi ought by friends visit'
whose children had bad it, carry.
ithing. The same family visitine
ly, who contracted the disease
iguaut as to cause the death of
en in each family. Those who are
te as to have it must be extremely
cleanse, fumigate and disinfect
and furpiture, burning everything
Bt tie cleansed, we nave neipea
ly out a number of children, and
Jiat it is a most painful and dread'
j1 for which there seems to be no
tearing in a malignant form, and no
lis it in the family should feel hurt
rs, ho"have chidlreu, keep oloof,
ard to battle alone, lut it is so con.
Bat it is to be dreaded. The small
often yield with goid treatment
purging, but it seems as if nothing
tn this fearful diphtheria.
The Nails.
Bgjrd to cutting the nails, there is a
ided down front old tinu like the fol-
, ou Monday, you cutth m for health,
on Tuesday, vou cut them for wealth.
i on Wednesday, you cut them for
18. ' ...
I ou Thursday, a new pair of shoes.
on Friday, jou cut tnem tor sorrow,
on Saturday, see your true love to-rrow.
! also a well-known proverb, which
ter a child had ne'er been born,
cut his nails on a'Sunday morn."
many it is said if this proverb be dis
the child will be liable to stammer.
itition exists in certain countries that
t parings of a child's nails be buried
ash tree it will grow np to be a first
r.
rptive powers of charcoal are so
it wil' absorb about eighty times
an its owb measurement. It ii to
that it owes its efficiency when
animals, and notninc equal
given or has eier been mscov
. .. Da... t a Ailnra .11. ill,.
tn. L'O UIUUI tuuvia uwww
re bow uustuihcently it acts in
eeejiBlaints, and to such it is recoin
M'dweaics of domeJVic animals, and
mjjt awinr, with just as much confi-
:ing a feucerae a wucu gitcu wj
ring typographical error shows
auce of a comma. At a ban
was given; "oman witn-
i a brute.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Potato Puffs. Boil the potatoes in salted
water, then drain and dry them a few m'nutes
and mash them perfectly smooth. To a pint
of mashed potatoes put two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter and beat with a fork until the
whole is light and creamy. Add the yolk of
two eggs, a cupful of rich milk and lastly the
whites of the eggs beaten to a froth. Beat
each ingredient in before adding the next.
Put in a little salt if needed and pour
the whole mixture into a buttered baking
dish. Bake in a quisk oven until the surface
is nicely browned. The success of this dish
depends on the faithfulness with which it is
beaten.
Apple Meringue. To a quart of sifted apple
sauce add the yolks of three eggs, butter the
size of a small egg, a little nutmeg, a pinch of
salt and sugar to taste. Put the mixture into
a neat baking dish and cook until a light
brown on top. Cover with a meringue made
with the three whites of the eggs beaten with
thrje tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and a
little lemon juice until stiff. Soft powdered
sugar over the top, return to the oven long
enough to color delicately and serve cold w ith
sweetened and flavored cream.
A Very Nice and Palatable Salad. A
small head of cabbage, cut fine; half a cup
ful of sugar, half a cupful of vinegar, half
a cupful of flour, one-quarter of a teaspoonful
of mustard, half a teaspoonful of salt, and one
egg, raw. Mix the flour and mustard to
gether with just euough vinegar to wet them.
Then mix the above, except the cabbage,
together quickly; put into a porcelain-lined
pan, and stir over a fire until they boil; then
throw the hot mixture over the cabbage, stir
it through, and cover the cabbage tisht until
cold. Serve cold. Celery tops may be cut
with the cabbage, and will bo found excel
lent, or the entire celery may be used; in that
case the mixture should bo allowed to cojI
before throwing it over the cut cellery.
Coal Oil for Medical Use. About one year
ago I frosted my feet very badly, and I tried
coal oil with treat success. It not only cured
the frost, but I had about a half dozen corns,
some of them for ten or fifteen years, and one
of them for thirty-five years. I bathed them
and cleanea them all off my feet. I also had
the "ground itch," as we call it here; I had
ben troubled with it very much for many
years, and the coal oil cured it entirely. My
feet are sounder and smoother to day than
they have been for forty years. A Reader.
A Recipe for Omelet. '" Aunt Mary,"
Carlinsville, 111., sends her method of making
an omelet, which she thinks is better than
any she has seen in print. To six eggs, take
a cup of milk; put a slice of bread in the milk
and mash fine. Cut fine some cold ham, and
place it ip the frying pan. Beat the eggs
thoroughly, mix them with the milk and
bread and turn upon the ham when that is
hot. When brown on the underside, set for
a while upon the upper slide of the oven, and
when done turn out on the plate and serve.
It will not fall but be lie bt when cold, while
omelets made with Hour will fall, unless
eaten very hot.
A Rich Light Omelet. I have discovered
what may be a new way to make a 'rich and
very light omelet. For a family of three we
heat the yolks of five eggs, adding a good tea
spoonful of chopped parsely and five even
tablespoonfuls of thick sour cream, with a
very little soda in it. If the least too much
soda the omelet will not be good. I put about
the sixth of an even teapoonful of soda, and
perhaps even less might do. When that is
all stirrred together, add the whites of the
eggs, beaten to a froth and pour into the pan,
which I put on the stove in advance with a
lump of butter in it; put it back so that the
butter will only become a very light brown.
I cover the omelet and fold it over and dish
it. It will be very light, and I, think very
good. I forgot to mention the small pinch of
salt to the mixture. Corr. Oermaritoion Tele
graph, (
The Use of Lemons. I do not think there
is an hundredths part of 'lemon juice used
generally as its valuablequalities would seem
to commend. I know of nothing better ns a
stomachic corrective as well as a strengthener
of the nervous system. We all know that it
is used for rheumatism, and I have no doubt
is'also good for gout, if taken three times a
day and at least half a gill.at a time. It can
be taken in much or little water or no water
at all. It is not unpleasant, one soon becom
ing accustomed to it, and would rather drink
it than pure water. For headaches it is the
best cure I have ever used. It will relievo it
in from ten to fifteen minutes oy a single dose.
I would not advise less than half a gill at a
time. I know of people who take it tluee
times a day as a preventive cf disease, and as
a refreshener in hot -weather. It quenches
thirst also better than anything else. No
sugar.
Household Perils. There are two or three
liquids ii8ed in families which are paiticularly
dangerous, and must be employed, if at all,
with special care.
Benzine, either ami strong ammonia consti
tute this class of agents. The two first-named
liquids are employed in cleansing glov.es aud
other wearing apparel, and in removing
stains from carpets? curtains, etc. The
liquids are highly volatile, and flash into va
por as soon as the cork of tho vial containing
them is removed. Their vspors are very
combustible, and will infhtne at long dis
tances from ignited candle's or gas flames, and
consequently they should never be used in the
evening, when the house is lighted.
Explosions of a ery dangerous nature will
occur if the vapor of these liquids is permit
ted to escape into the room in any considera
ble quantity. In view of tie great hazard in
handling these liquids, cautious housekeepers
ill not allow them to be brought into their
dwellings, and thu coarse is quite com
mendible. ,
As regards ammonia, or water of ammoaia,
it is a very powerful asent, especially the
stronger kinds sold by drujrgists. An acci
dent in its use has lately come under our
notice, in which a young ladjr lost her life by
taking a few drops through mistake.
4fi $M $MWii.
THE SQUIRREL'S LESSON.
Two little squirrels, out in the sun.
One gathered nuts, aud the other had none.
"Time enough vet," his constant refrain;
"Summer is still just on the wane."-
Listen, my child, while 1 tell you his fate;
He roused him at last, but he roused him too
'late.
Down fell the snow from a pitiless cloud,
And gave little squirrel a spotless white
shroud.
Two little boys in a school-room were placed,
One always perfect, the other disgraced;
"Time enough" yet for my learning," he said,
"I will climb, by and by, from the foot to the
head."
Listen, my darling; their locks are turned
One as a governor sitteth to-day;
The other, a pauper, looks out at the door
Of the alms-house, and idles his days as of
yore.
Two kinds of people we meet every day;
One is at work, the other at play,
Living uncarcd for, dying unknown
The busiest hive has ever a drone.
Tell me, my child, if tho squirrels have taught
Thelesson I longed to implant in your thought!
Answer me this, and my story is done
Which of the two would you be, little one? .
Growing World.
HOTS WANTED.
Boys of spirit, boys of will,
Boys of muscle, brain and power,
Fit to cope with anything
These are wanted every hour.
Not these weak and whining drones,
That all trouble magnify
Not the watchword of "I can't,"
But the nobler one, "111 try."
Do whato'er you have to do
With a true and earnest zeal;
Bend your sinews to the task,
Put your shoulders to the wheel.
Though your duty may be hard,
Look not at it as an ill,
f it be an honest task,
Io it with an honest will.
At the anvil, or the farm,
Wheresoever you may be,
From your future efforts, boys,
Comes a nation's destiny.
Exchange.
OUR LETTER BOX
Is full to overflowing, there' being over twenty-five
now on .hand, so if any of our little
friends fail to see their letters in print soon,
they must not be disappointed, but must have
patience to wait their turn.
E. B. is the only one left of December date.
We are glad to hear from him again, and this
letter shows improvement, which is just what
we like to notice.
Fanny tells of the Christmas times. We
are pleased to observe that nearly all our little
folks have something to say about Christmaa
and its pleasant attraction; it shows that there
are many happy chi'dren on this coast.
Newton and Lydia write together; the
brother writes of his new gun. It is well for
every one to know how to handle fire arms,
but great care must be used or there is dan
ger of premature discharge. There is scarce
a paper that comes to us that does not tell of
some sad accident in the careless use of guns
and pistols. Then if every animal was in
stantly killed it would not be so sad, but too
often the bird or animal sets away wounded
and suffering, to die a slow painful death,
which is a wicked, cruel thing. Then most
boy 8 are so proud of their ability to shoot that
they will fire away at anything that comes in
sight, which is a needless waste of animal life.
We are sure none of our boys will do this V
they stop to think. Newton writes well.
Lydia helps her mother, which is the very
best thing a little girl can do.
William seems to be a new correspondent,
or we do not remember to have had a letter
before from him. Telephone is a funny name
for a dog, but it is quite a significant one. If
the dog is so good at rat killing, see how long
you can keep him, It takes kindness and
good feeding to keep a dog very long.
Olie writes nicely for so little a girl, and she
must keep on trying each time to do a little
better.
M. M. tells o'f her success in Btock raising,
Wliich soon enabled her to own an organ,
which she will enjoy as much as the posses
sion of cows and calves, though she has
"kil'ed the goose that laid the golden egg;'
perhaps mamma will explain what that means.
Lizio would be, gla 1 to get some pieces for
a quilt that she is making. We presume that
she would exchange with some of the girls of
the Hcto Circle, and it would cost only a
three cent stamp to send a livtlo bundle of
them.
Thomas writes a real boy's letter, telling of
things that interest all boys. He writes very
well indeed.
Nettie writes again, and tells of her pets,
and we should liko to hear more about them '
Bird writes a long letter, which shows ex
cellent penmanship, and every w ord is spelled
right but one, which is a great credit in so long
a letter. Every boy Bhould be allowed to
have a dog of his own, that is if he is
a kind and thoughtful boy, and no boy lias
his rights that is not allowed to have One; sea
what fun Bird has with his dog keeping the
geese off the wheat field.
Proxy writes a letter that will bo read with
interest. We hope Proxy's little friend will
try, try; again, and send a letter of im own,
and, if he "don't at first succeed, try, try,
again," and he will gain confidence.
Meta says her sweetest pet is a baby brother,
the most cf a pet after all; and it is such a
help to mother to know that baby is in care,
fill bands, that will keep baby from harm.
CUude tends an excellent letter, one that
anyone could see was written by a boy of en.
ergy and ambition, He can be a manly boy
and enjoy manly sports, and yet thinks it is
not beneath his dignity to help his mother
with the washing. We do not like a a gen
eral thing to see men and boys doing what
belongs to the women of the house to do, for
men have enough of their own affairs to see to,
but if there are no sisters to help, or sickness
in the family, it is in nowise derogatory to th
men and boys to attend to the homework; but
it is their duty to do all they can to help
mother along.
We have given more than the usual num
ber of letters this week, as they are accumu
lating so fast. We think the young folks
wont care how many come out, as every one
enjoys reading them.
Euoese Crry, Dec. 28, 1831.
Editor Home Circle :
As I have not written for so long a time, I
thought I would write again. It' has been
raining for tho last two or three days and .has
brought the river up considerably. Christmas
is just past. I had a splendid time. We had
a Christmas tree. in our house. I got two
pairs of cuff buttons off the tree. My cousins
are here spending the holidays with us. My
sister is going to take music lessons in a short
time. I have tho cows to feed every evening.
Pa killed nine hogs yesterday, and cut them
up to-day and rendered part of the lard. The
verse that Jessie Waldron wants found is in
Ezra, fourth chapter, eighth verse. But
Jessie did not write all the verse well. I
can't think of any more at present. Yours
truly, E. B.
WAmnDBO, W. T., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
On the beginning of the new j ear I thought
I would write to Aunt Hetty and tell her
what a merry Christmas we all spent. We
had a Christmas tree, and I got lots of nice
presents. I am a little girl 14 years old. I
live in Sprine Valley, W. T. This is my first
letter to Aunt Hetty. My pa takes the
Farmer, and I have seen so many nico-letters
I thought I would write, too. Yours truly,
Fannie Arthurs.
Waitsbtjro, W.T., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a little girl 11 years old. I have a lit
tlo colt which is not one year old yet; its
name is Blaze. I have no other pets. I have
two sisters; one of them is 2 years old, and
the other is 13 years old. My little brother
died last Fall with the scarlet and typhoid
fevers, and two or three little girls and boys,
neighbors, died, too. I guess I will close.
This is my first letter. Good-bye.
Olie Artiiers.
Franklin, Or., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editdr Home Circle :
As I have never written to your paper, I
thought I would write. I am 13 years old. I
live on a farm nine miles southwest of Junc
tion. My father keeps the post-office. It is
raining here now. I do not go to school. I
will tell you what I do to help ma. I wash,
iron, scrub, cook and wash dishes, milk the
cows, make the be'ds, sweep the floor, sew,
spin and knit. I will close, hoping to see this
in print Boon. Yours truly,
' Lydia J. Brvant,
Franklin, Or., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
As I have never written to your paper, I
thought I would write. I am a little boy 12
years old. I do not go to school now, as our
school was olosed on account of bad weather;
my teacher's name was Loui'ia Wilcox; she
was a good teacher. I will tell you what I do
to help my father. I plow, harrow, feed the
horses, bogs and chickens and cut the wood.
Father bought me a Bhot gun. I havo killed
nearly every thing I shot at. I will stop for
this time, and if this is printed I will write
again and tell you more about my home and
friends. Yours truly, .
Newton J. Bryant,
Yoncalla, Or., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editor Home Circle ;
I thought I would write to the Circle. I
am a little boy 11 years old. I will tell you
what I do to help pa. I milk five cows, help
clean out the barn. My b.-other and I killed
a snake four feet and a few inches long. I
have a calf; my ma gave it to me for going
after the turkeys. I have been grubbing most
of this Winter. I havo a dog, and his name
is Telephone. I and my brother have good
times with our dog killing rats and mice. As
this is my first attempt, I will close, wishing
(he Farmer luccess. Your littlo friend,
William Lamm.
Calipooya, Or., Jan. 1, 1882.
Editor Home Circles
As it has been some time since I wiote to
you, and seeing so many letters from tho
young folks, I thought I would write again.
As the little girls and boys are tellint' about
their pets, I will toll about mine. I have a
little brother seventeen months old. I have
several other pets, but he is the nicest of them
all. I have another brother 7 years old; he
has never been to school, but reads quite w ell,
He says he is going to learn to write, so that
he can write to the Farmer anil tell about
his pets. As Ida Clark told you about her
cows. I will tell you about mine. I had seven
dollars given' me when I was very small
Papa wanted it, and I let bim have it, so he
gave me a calf, and 1 kept her until I had
seven head. It cost so much for feed that
papa sold them and bought mo a nice organ
Now I am learning to play on it. I can play
several pieces. I think I am doing splendid,
as I have not had any teacher to iustruct me
in music. I will close for this time, wishing
the Farmer long life aud great success.
Yours truly, M. M. Rone.
Rosebpho, Or., Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I write this little letter for a boy over 12
years of age. He wrote one himself, and then
was afraid it was not good enough to print,
but perhaps will send it yet. This is his first
Winter at the plow. He drives turee Horses,
and is ambitious to do his work well. I liko
to see boys, and men too, work at semething
that will pay. It is a pitiful thing to see
people waste their energies for nothing. But
to succeed they mutt study practical business
as well as books. We milk three cows, and
ther are all teU. They have a good pasture
to feed in, and plenty of hay morning and
night. You can tell good milk by the way
the rich cream foam rises in the milking pail.
Some boys like to milk. If the cow is afraid
of you. or excited the flow of milk will be
scant and poor in quality. I read a piece in
a naner about a coat being taken on a ship to
furnish milk for tho table, and the writer
said that it took two men to hold her, and
then thev irot but two or throe spoonfuls of
milk. A cow under such treatment would
not give much more milk than tho Roat did.
But I should think that a goat would feel
quito at homo on a ship; it would see so many
things to arouse and satisfy its curmsity; it
would climb into tho rigging if possible, and
when the ahip neared tho land it wouid bo
the first one to jump ashore. I knew a goat
that took a rope up a tree and hung itself.
Strance. but nuite true. Some goats will
jump. One of my neighbors owned a goat
that would jump fences. Well, the man tied
a rone from the coat's fore foot to its hind
foot, leaving the rope long enough for it to get
about very well, but it could not jump, uno
dav the coat concluded to walk up a leaning
ash tree. The tree leaned so much that tho
goat could walk up it easily, and when up
four or fivo feet from the ground the rope
caught on a little snag, and tho goat fell off,
and there he was swung up by the feet, it
had a bell on, too, and rang its own funeral
knell. How (one the Door creature hung
there before it died no one knew. It wa in
sight from a road, and several people saw it,
Vint. it. wa tnn far n(f tn tall wlist it WUS. and
nobody could have guessed. Your little
friend's friend, Proxy ii..
Wells Station, Or., Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle:
I am a little boy 13 years old, and seeing
so many letters from little boys and girls, I
thought I would write one. My little brother
and I have plowed about fifty acres ready for
Spring son'iilg. Wo have 100 acres of wl eat
up already. Wo aim to put in 150 acres in
tho Spring. My brother and I are going to
start to school in about ten days. I went out
one morning after the hories, and hearing the
dog bark, went to see what she was barking
at; she had treed a coon; she land I killed it.
My brother and tho dog killed a polecat.
We did a large washing to-day for mamma, us
she was sick. Our pets are two shepherd dogs
and a little babybsiithor. T will close, hoping
to see this, my first letter, in print. Papa
takes the Farmer, and we like to read it.
Cladbe Mansfield.
Wells Station, Or., Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a little girl 13 years' old. I have five
brothers and two sisters. My oldest sister is
staying in Albany going to school. I have to
help mamma do all the work this Winter,
and next Winter I will go to school. Our pets
are a cat and two turkeys, but the prettiest
of all is a sweet little baby brother. Papa
takes the Farmer, and I like to read the let
ters from the little boya and girls. This is
my first letter, and I hope it is not too long.
I will close, wishing the Farmer success. I
wi'.l write again. Meda Thompson,
Benton County, Or., Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
It is a long time sinco I wroto to you, It is
a nice day to day. X study reading, spelling,
writing and arithmetic. Uncle Jack was
down last week. I havo a pet hen; her name
is Win; aud a pet bird; his namo is Dot. If
Aunt Hetty will print this, sho will hear from
mo again. So good-bye. Your little friend,
Nettie M. Grounds.
Goldendale, W. T., Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle:
As I enjoy reading the little folks' letters, I
thought perhaps some one would like to hear
from me. lam piecing a .friendship quilt, and
have it half eloiio. I would thank Aunt Hetty
or any of the little girls if they would tend mo,
some pieces of their dresses and aprons I
help do all' tho housework. My pet is a
sweet littlo brother; he is seven weeks old,
and we call him Pearlie. I would like to hear
from all the little writers again. Goldendale
is a very nice quiet towi, but I prefer tho
country, and I prefor Oregon to Washington
Territory. Wo will move to our farm in the
Spring. I' shall bo very glad whon Spring
comes again, I will clone, with best w ishes to
all. Lizik Roiiertsov.
Goldendale, Wi T Jan. 2, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle:
This is my first letter to a paper. I am
boy 15 years old. I live in Gohlondale. I
have six brothers and four sUters. Wo don't
intend to live here after Spring; wo are then
going across tho Columbia river to the Spanish
Hollow country. My papa and brother
Robert have been over there to break prairie.
Thero is one case of small-pox in town, My
papa bought a span of mares, and paid ?300
for them, They weigh 2,500 pound. Wo
have eight head of hoises and two cows. I
milk tho cows and help tend to the hprc. I
will now close. Success to the Farmer. Your
little friend. Tiiomm J. Roukkthos,
Tanoe.nt, Or., Jan 2, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I nm a boy 13 years of age. I havo started
to write to the Farmer several tnr.es, but
failed. I live on a farm near Tangent. I havo
been going to school, but it was out a week
before Christinas. I had nice weathor to go
to school in. We had a nice Christmas tree
out here, and the house was crowded full of
people; there were oer soven bundled pres
ents on the tree. Our folks were all out. The
men around here had a glass ball shooting
match at Tangent on Saturday, It has Lecu
raining for the last few days; it freezes
aw bile and then rains. The gceso and ducks
are having a nice time on the wheat fieldr,
The people are killing them. There has not
been very much sickness around here yet. 1
will tell you about my pets. I havo a nice
dog; his name is Cola; lie is a smart dog, but
there is one thing about him that I don't
like, he runs away whenever he getr
chance. Ho is a splendid .dog in all otlMf
respect. If any geese light on the wheat, W
will go and scare them off, and he will kMf
after them till they leave the field. IfcT
also a pet kitten; his name is Ted. I tutr
colt; her name is Polly; she is not broke io
work yet. I saw in the Farmer something
about a Bible verso some of thn little folks'
want found. It is in the fourth chapter o(
Ezra and tho tenth verso. 1 will writ t
Bible word for them to find: In what part t4
the Bible does it say anything about senators?
Well, I can't think of anything else, sol wfH
close,. Bird Lupih. '
What Causes Malaria.
The researches of Prof. Klebs and Pro,
Tommassi-Crudcli, now generally accepted
by the medical profession, established that
malaria is due to a specific microscopic plant
which exists iu the soil of certain district
and floats in tho atmosphere above it. This
plant, when inhaled and absorbed, finds in th4
human body conditions favorable for it
growth and reproduction, and it prospers and
multiplies at the expense of the organism ill
which it dwells. The mode of combating it If
twofold first, to find suitable and, if possible,
inexpensive remedies for it and prophylactic
against it; and second, to prevent, if possible,
its generation and multiplication in the toil
itself. The conditions necessary for its devel
opment have been found to be: First, a tem
perature of not less than GO to 70 Fahren
heit; second, a moderate but not excess!?
elcgree cf permanent humidity, and third,
free 'supply of oxj gen. "The absence of any
one of these three conditions is sufficient to
arrest or render impossible the development
and multiplications of this organism." It I
necessary to clear our minds from the old
prejudice that malaria exists only, or even
chiefly, in marshy soil. The Campagna Of
Romo, as it happens, is not really, marshy
Pi of. Tomassi-Crudeli t is of opinion that,
speaking roughly, two-thirds of the malaria
stricken districts in Italy arc situated OB
heights. "Sometimes," he says, "the sur'ac-
nf these districts is completely dry during
Summer; but tho production of malaria in
them goes on just the same, provided they are
kopt mnist below tho surfaco by special con
ditions of the subsoil, and the air can reach
tho moist strata by pores or crevices in th
surface. This is precisely the condition of th
greater patt of the rising grounds in the Cam
pagna of Rome. " Further, the direct action'
of the oxygen of tho air is so necessary to th
development of the plant that the most pel
tilential marshes become innocuous when th
soil is completely covered by water. Pay
nients, buildings and the liko may aot in th
same way, and arrest. tho development uf th
plant by cutting off tho necessary supply of
oxygen. But if, even alter tho lapse of year
or of centuries, communications with the out
er air is restored, whilo tho other condition
remain the same, the soil secovers its nozioQ
properties. London Saluntat Jteview.
There is an old song which singi how
certain venerable man delighted to pas th
evening of his days in initiating his grand'
child iu tho exhilarating gamo of draught,
and so well did the lad profit by his inttruc
tion, that at last the old man was beaten by
tho boy. In looking over the two parts of Sit
Nicholan, this old soag has come back to n.
Certainly tho producers of such litoiature for
our own boys and girls must look to their"
laurels. Both in tho letterpress and the en
gravings these two volumes seem to U
(though the admission touches our vanity of
our patriotism, call it by which name we will,
something closely) above anything we produc
in tho same line. Tho letterpress, while con
taining quite us large a power ot attraction fof '
young fancies, is so much more idea'd, 10
much leas commonplace, altogether of A
higher litery style than the average produc
tion ef our annuals of the same class. And
tho pictures are often works of real art, not
only as engravings, but as composition of
original design. London Timet.
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