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, VOL. XIlT T- OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1878. " NO. 36.
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My Wife.
My little -wife is oat beyond the burn,
I see her partaol behind the fir,
And hero am I inditing verse to her
Ere Bhe return. " -
That pretty bird ia happy thcr conceal'd, ,
This fragrant chamber smile a peaceful
smilo -
What joy to sing the joys of home tbgiv?hile
My Joy's afield 1 ' .
My epouao is mila sho8 meek as any nun.
And yet her spiritual calm ia such
Somehow one's always feeling she id much
Too good for one.
Shettamkg riawiso and handsome 'tis her
creed,
I vronder am I either ! On my word
Sometimes I've wondered "an' my bonnie
bird"
Think so indeed:
Perhaps 1 for she my homage ne'er repels;
Perhaps I might have loved her half a life,
Perhaps had she but seen the little wife
Of soma one else.
But vrliy should I complain of cross or cares ?
While entertaining her (who won't com
plain)
It may be I an angel entertain
t 7 . --And unawares .
.. i Cornhill Magazine.
Opening of the Taris Exposition.
The great French Exposition of 1878
opened on the 1st of May with a grand
National fete, the first since the days of
the second empire, since the war, since
all those disasters which the French have
expel ienced since France first donned
her Republican robes and parried the
dagger strokes of her wily enemies. The
people hailed the day as an emblem of
peace, of - future prosperity and their
justly entitled reward for past sufferings
and much patience. All work was for
bidden, and those who did not care to
wander through the gardens and the
boulevards, spent thcf'day in contented
idleness looking out of . their windows
upon' the flags moving with the breeze
and gazing with friendly expressions on
their neighbors across the way. .
The Exposition was opened with due
ceremony in the presence of the different
representatives of rarious countries who
appeared with all their importance shin
ing on the breasts of their coats, many
small men even staggering under the
weight of their decorations. Marshal
MacMahon, in order to give as little
plebeian tone to the affair as possible,
kept the audience and ambassadors wait
ing with princely indifference. Tickets
of invitation were issued to the different
Commissioners, to be distributed among
their compatriots, who, however, com
plained that the French had kept the
lion's share and there were not sufficient
invitations to satisfy all their distin
guished countrymen. Whilst some
tickets carried the proprietors to the
very centre of the important hall where
the ceremony was to take place, others
offered admission only to the grounds,
where the visitors stationed themselves
to Bee the procession of grand person
ages as they passed before them. The
crowd was so great that little attention
was paid to the injunctions for the pres
ervation of the greenswards, and the
garden was almost ruined by the tread
of many feet. The usual executive abil
ity of the French seemed on this occa
sion to be wanting, for considerable con
fusion ensued, and no one was able at the.
end of the ceremony to find his carriage,
and it was onlyi after vandering over
much ground, through considerable mud
and receiving occasional shower baths
that one carr.e across his vehicle. How
ever, no one felt much .inclined to nurse
lis anger for everything and everybody
was en fete.
From every window waved large ana
small flags, and very many contained
two, by which it was known that an
other than a Frenchman born occupied
the conspicuous apartments. It was
astonishing to perceive how very cos
mopolitan the inhabitants of Paris prove
to be, to find out how many of one's
compatriots are away from their native
land, and how 1'aris, tne great city ot
which all France is so proud, is sus
tained and its glory contributed to by
different representatives of the various
nations of the earth. These flags pre
sented a most picturesque effect and of
tentimes a singular contrast, for there
were all colors and peculiar designs to
be seen, but none of them could surpass
the red, white and blue, particularly
when' the stars would be discerned. All
the windows from the first to the fifth
flight were filled with flowers, which
were a pretty accompaniment , to the
flags, and these, with the pleasant faces
peering through the hospitable openings,
presented a very pretty picture. ine
Parisians cave strong expression -to their
patriotic, sentiments by the purchasing of
flags and lanterns, and so great was tne
demand for bunting that merchants
raised the price, and, speculating with
unpatriotic spirit, but with commercial
instinct, on the patriotism of others,
realized quite a large sum. When the
bunting gave out, recourse was had to
calico, but that also came to an end, and
many made flags of tissue paper. Early
in the evening there could be seen Chi
nese lanterns taking their place among
the flags and flowers, the preparations
for the evening's illumination. " In all
the little by-streets even, from the attic
windows a flag and a lantern could be
discerned, and there was something ef
fective and contagious in this general
demonstration of patriotism. It seemed
as though the one .pulse of the nation
were beating, all feelings and sentiments
were strained to one subject, and like
tne narmony ot grand music, it had
lifted them to & higher sphere. '
At about three o'clock in the day the
cannons began booming, and the firing
of guns was heard for over an hour
The principal part of the fete, that which
is dear to the heart ot every Frenchman,
took place in the evening, when Paris
seemed one blaze of light. All Paris
was in the street on that night all -the
eoneieraes, bonnes, cooks, and that class
of people, who rarely move away from
their portcochere, were plodding their way
from one boulevard to another, past the
place de 1'Opera and up the Champs
Elysees, in order to get a sight of the
grand illuminations. ' Not only the side
walks, but the whole of the street, was a
mass of human beings moving in oppo
site directions, some leading children by
the hand, others carrying them on their
shoulders, and all holding closely to each
other for fear of being separated in the
dense crowd. The stream of lights above
and the tread of the people rubbing
against each other, all talking in a sub
dued voice, produced a strange and
startling effect. Many of the houses
looking out on the boulevards and prin-.
cipal streets were illuminated with two
and three rows of gas burners placed
very close togctlrfer.- Upon Gambetta's
hotel in blazing letters could be read La
Republique Franeaise. Flag3 of all na
tions arranged in semi-circular form
waved from the roof of the entrance into
the court, and it was pleasant to perceive
that the American flag which was placed
next to the French flag wound its folds
around it with true sisterly affection.
The most curious sight was the Place de
1'Opera, which was made as light as day
oy the electric lights. Iwery square
inch of ground was occupied by a dense
mass of people which did not move but
remained stationary as though awed by
the scene before them. A vast number
of persons from the provinces had ar
rived that day and many of them were
no doubt seeing for the first time the
wonderful effect of the electric lights.
The Opera House was magnificently
illuminated by rows of gas burners at
the top which encircled it like bands of
fire, and the bronze figure holding the
golden lyre was lighted up by an elec
tric burner which instantly changed po
sition and gave to the marvellous statue
a new expression. 1 he windows of the
foyer looking out on the street were
draped in crimson velvet trimmed with
gold and filled with handsomely dressed
spectators. The flight of broad steps
leading up to the entrance of the house
was covered with people crowded to
gether and standing .erect, bathed in this
marvellous light so that from the centre
of the square they suggested visions of a
celestial choir, such as pictured by the
inspired pencil of a Gustave Dore. Few
conveyances of any kind were to be seen,
and tnose who were foolish enough to
venture out in a carriage were like so
many prisoners, for the crowd was so
dense the horses could not make the least
headway. A gentleman visiting Paris
decided on attending the opera of
"L'Africaine," given at the Grand Opera
House, and although he started from his
hotel before half-past seven o'clock, he
succeeded in reaching the Opera House
only at half-past ten.
lhe Champs L.lysees was a beautiful
sight, and the garden of the palais as it
is still called was a place of enchantment
with its Venetian lanterns and numerous
sky-rockets. The fete was kept up until
two o clock the following morning aud
all cafes and restaurants by special order
were kept open until that hour. The
streets were all so illuminated and so
filled with people that Time himself be
came somewhat bewildered, and when
twelve o'clock arrived, he thought he
had unconsciously jumped two hours.
The fete was a grand success and when
the Parisians sought their pillows that
ght it was with feelings of satisfaction
and contentment with both themselves
and the entire world.
This Exposition is pronounced to be
different from any of the preceding ones
which have taken place at Paris inas
much as it bears on its face the stamp of
Republicanism, of earnestness and seri
ousness. The spirit of progress seems to
have insinuated itself with the princi
ples of liberty in the heart and mind of
the French, and they have called to
gether the different nations that they may
learn all that will improve their condition
and further advance them on the road to
perfection. The French are poor colon
izers, unwilling travelers, and instead of,
like Peter the Great, going forth to
gather the wisdom collected by other
nations, they act with characteristic in
dolence and bid the East and West,
North and South pour out their treas
ures before them that they may judge
and learn.
The anti-Itepublicaus complain that
the Exposition is too sombre, too serious,
and that not enough time and attention
are given to amusements, but the Ex
position is an honest expression of the
sentiments of the poople who, on this oc
casion, with full liberty, prove to the
world that they have a love of work and
a seriousness of character for which they
have never had proper credit. Corres
pondence of th Toledo Blade.
Russia's Strength. The Cologne
Qatetie estimates the army which Russia
can place in the field at once at C00,000
men. This strength may be maintained,
but cannot be increased. The Russian
forces now in European Turkey and
Roumania amount to twelve and a half
army corps, 312,000 men. About 100,
000 men must be employed for the oc
cupation of Asiatic Turkey; so that only
seven and a half army corps 187,500
men remain still disposable. In the
case of war with England the Russian
troops could not be withdrawn from
Turkey and Roumania. The disposable
seven and a half army corps would then
be employed for occupying the coasts of
the Black Sea and tue lialtic. Poland
and St. Petersburg and Moscow,where re
cent events have shown the presence of
very dangerous elements, would also re
quire strong garrisons. Russia could,
therefore, in case of war with England,
maintain her present position, but would
have no forces not to speak of an Indian
campaign for taking precautionary
measures against Austria, at whose mercy
she would be if Austria resolved on
warlike measures.
Things have got to such a pass in New
York that a drum major can't appear on
the street without being mistaken for a
Russian officer and asked by some reporter
if it is true that he has bought the Inman
fleet of steamers. Neva Haven Register.
Camping- Parties to the Biff Trees and
xosemite.
The fame of the Sierra Nevada Forests,
the Big Trees and Yosemite is justly
world-wide. Horace Greeley says: "I
know of no single wonder of nature, on
earth, which can claim superiority over
Yosemite." And of the forests he says:
"The Sierra Nevada surpasses any other
mountains I ever saw in the wealth and
grace of its trees." Professor Whitney
says: "The scenery of Yosemite, fir sub
limity and beauty, can hardly be sur
passed, if equalled, by any other moun
tain scenery in the world." And of the
Big Trees lie says- "There is no known
tree which approaches the Big Tree in
grandeur, thickness and height being
taken into consideration." Aud this is
the general judgment of the most noted
travellers of all countries who have vis
ited the Big Trees ami Yoscmito. ,No
wonder that people coine from Europe,
Asia, the Isles of the Sea, and all parts of
.North anc South America to see the Big
Trees and Yosemite; the wonder is that
so many of our owu people have not yet
seen them, located as they are on our
own borders and almost at our own
doors.
The expense of this trip has hindered
many from making it; but this idason
does not exist if pnrtie.i go with their
own or hired teams and camp out while
on the way and when in the valley; and
hence, more and more, as each year passes
and this fact becomes known, camping
parties from all parts of California are
visiting the Big Trees and Yosemite.
From half a dozen to twenty or thirty or
more friends from a neighborhood make
the trip together. They take their own
or hired conveyances to carry the party,
and a heavy wagon (if the party is large)
to carry food, blankets, warm over and
under clothing, cooking utensils and
other camp equipage. Nothing but what
is absolutely needed for the trip should
cumber the party. Food for man and
beast can be bought at Yosemite and
when ou the way there and back. A
servant is handy to do the cooking and
camp work, so that the campers may rest
when the day is done and they are not
sight-seeing.
From their place of departure these
parties take the most direct route for the
San Joaquin Valley (crossing the San
Joaquin river at Grayson ville or Hill's
.berry, if from the coast or bay counties),
and heading for and passing through
Coulterville, a town in the foot-hills, be
tween Tuolumne and Merced rivers; go
thence by the Coulterville and Yosemite
Wagon Road to the Wonderful Valley.
Camping places, with abundance of wood
and good water, are found on the way to
the valley, and camping grounds, and
grazing for horses, without cost, are re
served by the losemite " Commissioneri
for all visiting the valley and camping
out. These camping parties, when made
up of genial companions and of yoth
sexes, find such a trip to Yosemite and
the Big Trees delightful and instructive,
from its novelty and the varied and won
derfully interesting scenery it affords;
healthful by reason of the out-door moun
tain life that is led, the pure air breathed
and the delicious water drank; and inex
pensive because they travel at almost no
cost in their own teams and carry their
hotels with them.
Terrible Earthquake in Venezuela.
A report reaches us by cable from Ha
vana that another great terrestrial con
vulsion has occurred in Venezuela, where
by six hundred persons have been killed.
Although the details of this terrible ca
lamity have not arrived the history of
former earthquake visitations in Venez
uela leads us to apprehend that in a re
gion so liable to these convulsions the
horrors of the past have been experienced
once again. As far back as 1812 -the
records show how destructive the shocks
have beeninthe regions northof the valley
of the Orinoco. Caracas, Laguayra and
Porto Cabellobave been laid in ruins more
than once and widespread destruction
carried to the villages and small towns of
the interior. We find by reference to the
records that the town of Cumana was de
stroyed by an earthquake in 1853, and
at Caracas, in 18GG, 1807 and 1868, vio
lent shocks were experienced, which ex
tended throughout the country and caused
great loss of life. Great destruction was
also caused in 1875 by the widespread in
fluence of an earthquake in the regions of
Venezuela and Central America. The
latest destructive shocks took place at
3ua and were felt severely, it appears, at
Caracas. The dispatches also state that
an intense heat prevailed over Venezuela.
Although relations probably exist be
tween barometric pressure as affected by
temperature and subterranean disturb
ance, they have not been satisfactorily
determined in any degree. Attention has
been called to the frequency of explo
sions in coal mines during periods of low
atmospheric pressure, following those of
unusually high barometer, and it is
sought to connect the two occurrences by
showing that the escape of "fire damp" is
greater when the atmospheric pressure is
very much reduced. We prefer to be
lieve in the theory which we recently an
nounced in these columns that severe
earthquakes occur on the lines connect
ing the volcanic centres, and which give
the general direction of the great fissures
that connect the latter. The displace
ments of matter represented by moun
tain systems mark, in our opinion, the
sites of enormous subterranean spaces,
within which the forces that produce the
earthquake are developed. N. T, Herald.
A few weeks ago a Paris husband in
serted the following advertisement in a
paper in that city: "A widow, young and
good-looking, mother of four chil
dren, without fortune, desires to marry a
wealthy and honorable man. Address
BR." He looked up the answers, found
that one of them was from a wealthy and
honorable gentleman, and then drowned
himself, making his wife a widow so she
could avail herself of the chancer
Goveknok Hubbard, of Texas, says
his State is getting rich
at the rate
of
$100,000,000 per annum.
Whew !
Eeeipes for Bread, etc.
WJteat Bread Fine. Sift your bread
pan half or two-thirds full of flour (the
pan should be a large one and should
never be used for any other purpose)
make a depression in the middle of the
flour, into which, for four good-sized
loaves, pour two quarts of blood warm
water. Add four or five boiled potatoes
well mashed and rubbed through a colan
der. Stir in about one-half the flour in
the pan, which should make in the center
of the pan a pretty thick batter. Add
two-thirds of a teacupful of yea9t, stir
well through the mass, snip dry flour
from the sides over the batter to prevent
crusting; cover with your molding board
or bread cloth, and set (at night, or early
in the morning) in a moderately warm
place to rise. In from six to twelve hours,
according to the temperature, it will be
light enough to knead. Stir in the re
mainder of the flour in the pan, and more,
if required, to make the dough or sponge
stiff enough to handle. Knead very vig
orously on your board until the mass is
smooth aud even ; mold into loaves, fill
ing the baking Ugs not more than half
full and set in a warm place to rise, cov
ering it with a cloth. . In from half an
hour to an hour it will be light enough to
put into the oven, which should be but
moderately hot. Bake slowly one hour,
turning occasionally. Some knead the
sponge a second time before molding into
loaves, but if properly kneaded the first
time this is unnecessary trouble. If no
potatoes are used, scalding a part of the
flour improves the bread. Avoid two
things, do not let it get too light, and do
not take it out of the oven until it is well
done. When taken out, expose it freely
to the open air for an hour or so to allow
the vinous fumes which are always pres
ent m hot fermented bread, to escape.
Then cover with several folds of cloth for
several hours longer before putting away
in your close bread box. No yeast bread
should be eaten until it is six to twelve
hours old.
Wluat Bread Graham. Use equal
parts of fine flour and wheat meal or
Graham, but remember that the Graham
is a little more rapid in the process of
fermentation. Add no sugar, salt, or
molasses, but use rather more mashed po
tatoes. For common use tlm is as desirable a
form of bread as can well be made from
wheat. It is wholesome and nourish
ing, and meets all the requirements of a
first-class bread.
Iiye and Indian, or Brown Bread. Two
parts ot yellow corn meal to one part of
rye meal. Scald the corn meal, stir in
the rye, making a stiff batter. When
blood warm add a little yeast and a table-
spoonful of molasses to each two quarts;
let it rise hve or 6ix hours; put in a stone
crock or iron bake kettle, cover, and bake
in a slow oven from three to five hours.
If baked all night, it is all the better.
Brown Bread with Soda. Scald the
meal as before, dilute with butter-milk or
sour milk, stir in the rye meal to the con
sistency of a thick batter, add soda to
neutralize the acid in the milk, and bake
until well done in a moderate oven.
Brown Bread Cake. For a family of
six, stir equal parts of yellow corn meal
and good wheat meal into three coffee
cupfulsof buttermilk or sour milk, add
a tablespoonful of sugar (maple gives
them a delicious flavor), and three scant
teaspoonfuls of soda. Bake at once in
gem pans in a quick oven, and serve hot.
These cakes are good enough for any
body king, queen or president, and need
no shortening or other abomination.
Oems Plain. Stir fresh wheat meal
into sweet milk the fresher the better,
untifa very stiff batter is formed. Whip
thi3 vigorously, as you would eggs, for
somo minutes. Have, your gem pans
hot and your oven very hot. Fill the
gem pans full and bake at once, keeping
your oven piping hot from first to last.
Bake until quite browned. You will be
surprised at their lightness. This is the
best form ot warm bread ever baked,
and may be eaten by the most delicate
invalid with perfect impunity. It is
good for the weak and good for the
strong; for young and old for every
body.
Oems, wiih Corn Meal. Into a pint of
soft water more or less as required
stir fine wheat meal (Graham) to the
consistency of a moderately thick batter,
incorporating as much common air as
possible by whipping it for some time
thoroughly, as in beating eggs. Let set
over mgnt, to swell. In the morning
stir in a pint of new milk and sufficient
scalded corn meal to make a thick bat
ter, using as little water as possible in
scalding the meal. Add a little salt-
have your gem pans hot and your oven
hotter. Bake until nicely browned, and
serve hot.
Oems with Corn Meal Anollier way.
Scald corn meal with as little water as
possible, dilute with cold sweet milk
(water will do) and add wheat meal suf
ficient to make a stiff batter, which beat
thoroughly as before. If water be used
instead of milk, an egg will add to the
delicacy of the cakes. Bake in hot gem
pans in a hot oven.
Oems, with Oatmeal. Thin cold oat
meal mush, with new or sweet milk,
using about equal portions of milk and
mnsb. Then stir in fine wheatmcal
until you have a thick batter. Beat
thoroughly, making the batter as stiff as
can be handled with a spoon. Bake in a
quick oveD, in heated gem pans, until
evenly browned, aud serve hot.
Gems, with Oatmeal. Another way.
Dilute oatmeal with buttermilk or Bour
milk; thicken to a stiff batter with wheat
meal; neutralize the sour milk with soda,
according to rules already given, and
bake in a quick oven.
To Cube aBcrn. This has been used in
the case of a child four years old. who
had been badly burned. Suppuration was
abundant and so offensive that they or
dered the child a tepid bath, containing
a coupie oi pincnes sulphurate of iron
This gave relief to the pain, and being
repeaiea twice a uay, twenty minutes each
bath, the child soon was well.
A Russian Metropolis.
Moscow is the strangest mixture of
beauty and squalor that can be seen.
Here is a church painted bright green all
over, with a picture of some saints above
the door. Next it i3 a little, dark shop
where icons and lamps are sold. A little
further on is a narrow, sombre passage,
running through to the next street, with
shops opening into it where all sorts of
small wares are exhibited. Theproprie
tor stands at the door and recommends
his goods to the passer-by. At the end
of the street is the Kremlin, that wonder
ful remnant of barbaric splendor. If you
stand and look at it, as I did, under a dull
March sky, the sharp little snowflakes
pelting you fiercely in the face, with
melting snow under foot, and a general
nastiness and sloppines9 all about you,
you will be moved to a sort ot wonder
that these high white walls, these queer-
colored domes and roofs, and all this
strange architecture, could ever be ad
mired bv anv but a savage race. But go
to the same point of view on a clear day
after a snow storm, when the ground is
white and clean, when the sun scintillates
on the delicate tracery of the crosses
which surmount the domes, themselves
take deeper and purer shades of blue and
green and gold and gray then you will
appreciate better the real beauty which
underlies all this apparent barbarity.
Entering the holy gate, which is noth
ing remarkable to look at, every one, not
excepting the Czar, must uncover his
head. From the walls of the Kremlin
there is a magnificent view of the city.
Raised so high above it, the squalor and
dirt do not stare one in the face, and the
hundreds of minarets, and spires and
crosses, all brightly colored and the
green roofs of the houses, with the low
range of the Sparrow hills on the one
side, across which the French army
marched, and from where Napoleon got
his first view of Moscow, for a very
beautiful picture. The first thing to
visit inside the Kremlin is the church
where the emperors are crowned. From
the first Romanoff down to the present
Alexander II. the coronation ceremony
has taken place in this same church, on
this same platform in the center of the
building. The cathedral is more than
rich. It is literally glittering. with gold
and silver and jewels. There is not one
square inch in floor or ceiling or walls
which is unornamented. The screen at
the back of fcthe altar is of solid gold.
The icones have necklaces and tiaras of
diamonds, emerald3 and pearls. The
chandeliers are of silver. The walls are
covered with paintings aud mosaic work
of Siberian marbles. Splendor gleams
from every corner. No words can ex
press the riches of this church. It is said
that all wealth of all the Russians could
not buy the contents of this one little
building. Letter to Boston Advertiser.
Cure for Hydrophobia.
I can give some facta which may be of
use to somebody, thereby giving life.
The time between the biting of an ani
mal by a mad dog and showing signs of
hydrophobia is not less than nine days,
but may be nine months. After the ani
mal has become rabid, a bite or scratch
with his teeth upon a person, or slobber
coming in contact with a,sore or raw
place, would produce hydrophobia just
as soon as though he had been bitten by
a mad dog. Hydrophobia can be pre
vented, and I will give what is well
known to be an infallible remedy, if
properly administered, for man or beast.
A dose for a horse or cow should be about
four times as great as for a person. It is
not too late to give medicine any time be
fore the spasms come on.
The first dose for a person is one and a
half ounces of elecampane root, bruised,
put in a pint of new milk, reduced to
one-half by boiling, then taken all atone
dose in the morning, fasting until after
noon, or at least a very light diet after
several hours have elapsed. The second
dose the same as the first, except take two
ounces of the root; third dose the same
as last, to be taken every other day. Tlrree
doses are all that is needed, and there
need be no fear. This I know from my
own experience, and know of a number
of other cases where it has been entirely
successful. This is no guess-work. Those
persons I allude to were bitten by their
own dogs, that had beeu bitten by rabid
dogs, and were penned up to see if they
would go mad ; they did go mad, and did
bite the persons.
This remedy had been used in. and
about Philadelphia for forty years and
longer, with great success, aud is known
as the Goodman remedy. I am acquaint
ed with a physician who told me he knew
ef its use tor more than thirty years, but
never knew a case that failed where it
was properly administered.
Among other cases lie menlioaed was
one where a number of cows had been
bitten by a mad dog. To half of this
number they administered this remedy,
to the other half not. The latter all died
of hydrophobia, while those that took the
elecampane and milk showed no sign of
that disease. It. C. SJtoemaker, in Conn
try Oentleman.
Alcoholism and Farinaceous Food.
Liebig's theory that liquor-drinking is
compatible with animal food, but not
with a farinaceous diet, has been put to
tue test by Charles Napier, an English
scientist, and in each of the twenty-seven
cases tried it was fully substantiated.
The most remarkable of these experi
ments was in the case of a man sixty
years of age, who had been intemperate
for thirty-live years. His constitution
was seriously imparcd by his frequent ex
cesses. But after an almost fatal attack
of delirium tremens, he was persuaded to
attempt a farinaceous diet, by which a
complete cure was effected in seven
months. Amonir the articles of food es
pecially adopted to the cure of a taste of
alcohol are placed macaroni, lianueans,
dried peas, and lentils, all of which
should be well boiled, and flavored with
olive oil. The principle on which such
a diet causes a disinclination to alcoholic
liquors is said to be that the carbonaceous
starch contained in the macaroni, beans,
or oleaginous food appears to render car
bon in an alcoholic form both unneces
sary and repulsive.
Roots for Stock Feed.
Roots have become a necessity, with
progressive farmers, as a winter food for
stock, and their great value in this con
nection should commend them to those
who have not essayed their cultivation.
Even the owners of work and driving
horses in the large cities, where no op
portunity is had to raise them, annually
buy hundreds of bushels of carrots, man
gel wurtzels, turnips, etc., to be fed
in connection with grain food, to their
horses, and they are well assured of the
profitableness of using them, for the ani
mals are always sleek, fat and glossy in
appearance, and never become hide-bound
or sickly.
The sheep, cattle and swine, too, come
in for a share of the roots' in winter, and
no. farmer who has a right to be called
one should think of neglecting the culti
vation of roots for his different kinds of
stock. There ia scarcely a farm, on which
the farmer makes a living, which is not
large enough to make it profitable to
grow from one to two acres or more of
carrots, mangel wurtzels, etc. If they
have not been grown this season, by all
means purchase some. If the markets
are carefully noted, it is often possible
to buy comparatively large lots at very
moderate figures. He who goes without
them deprives his stock of something
they really need, besides not realizing the
same amount of value from the food con
sumed that would be obtained if a few
roots were regularly fed, to tone the sys
tem and keep the animals sound and
healthy.
In storing roots for winter feeding,
never use the house cellar for the pur
pose, for the smell which will continually
arise from them and prevade the entire
house, will not only be unpleasant but
may lead to sickness. A barn cellar is
the most appropriate place, though we
have kept large quantities out f door9,
in mounds made for the purpose. We
select a high piece of ground on which
we put a light sprinkling of straw; on
this the heap of roots is put, say about
fifty bushels in a heap, after first carefully
removing the tops or leaves. After the
pile has been nicely rounded up, spread
a light covering of straw on them and
then put on the earth or soil carefully to
the depth of six or eight inches, first
making a "chimney" at the extreme top,
with a whisp of straw placed upright, to
afford ventilation. By taking the soil
from immediately around the pile for
covering the roots, better drainage is af
forded and they are kept free from wet or
dampness.- After the soil has all been
put on which is necessary, go over the
heap and pat it down nicely with the
back of the spade, to make it shed the
rain without washing away any, or but
little. In this way we have kept carrot",
beets, parsnips, turnips and mangel wurt
zels the entire winter. We always took
one heap at a time, when wanted for use,
and conveyed all to the barn, to a dark
place free from frost. When this lot was
used up, we tackled another heap in the
same way.
If roots are kept in a light and airy
place they will soon shrivel up, or rot,
and lose much of their value as stock
feed. After the heap has been finished
and packed down with the spade, it is a
good plan to cover it with a few inches
of old straw or fresh litter from the sta
ble, which will prevent heavy ruins from
washing the earth down. A better sub
stance is long rye straw placed arouqij
the mound and tied at the top, as this
will shed most of the rain, and if drain
age is properly provided for, no trouble
need be apprehended. D. Z. Evans, Jr.
in Ohio Farmer.
More on Turnips. The Country Oen-
tleman says turnips may be grown in less
time, and at less expense of labor and
fertility of soil, than any other root or
tubes grown on the farm,and for the table
of feeding to stock they fill a want often
otherwise unsupplied. One great advan
tage to the general farmer is that the
crop may be put in after other hoed crops
are well along, or where such may have
failed from any cause. The product, too,
is usually abundant for the space occu
pied. All kinds of stock are fond of
them, especially during winter, and not
only so, but they thrive and lay on fat
raster when fed on turnips, in connection
with other feed, than when they are de
prived of succulent food. However low
in the scale of nutrition science may place
the turnip, there can be no disputing ac
tual experience in their feeding results.
Straw with turnips may be made to fill a
want of hay for much farm stock. Well
decomposed manure or some approved
fertilizer should be applied as a dressing
to the soil previous to sowing the seed.
Drill culture has the advantage over
broadcast in that the crop may be culti
vated and kept free of weeds, and with
greater certainty of good, sizable roots in
greater abundance.
Dust Bath. A dust-bath ia quite as
grateful to fowls as another kind of bath
is to the higher race of bipeds. Make a
box three feet square at least and about
six inches deep, and set itin a sunny cor
ner of the fowl house. Fill it with dust
from the road, or a3 that is rather inac
cessible at this season of the year,
with
clay or dirt dried before the stove and
then pounded fine. Take care not to in
troduce gravel or sharp bits of stone, as
they will injure the fowls when in the
violent motion of dusting.
A very good substitute for dust may
be found in the fine coal-ashes which can
be used to good advantage either alone
or mixed with carlolated powder, which,
by the way, is always beneficial used
with either. Avoid wood-ashes, as the
least moisture will produce lye, and the
fowls' feet, wings and heads will be eaten,
raw by it, even if death does not follow.
A patent has been obtained for the
preparation of maize leaf, as a substitute
for tobacco. It is said to be of anti-nervous
effect, and to be a very pleasant
tonic to the system. It is sweet and pun
gent. , ,
A Georgia hunter recently killed a
wild turkey weighing forty pounds.
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